Milford chronicle., 1941-01-17
HARRINGTON

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second assistant chief during tn
coming year, replacing second as
sistant chief Lewis R. Clymer, VIII
requested q drivers assignment. AT
ter installation the newly electel
officers began duty in their new of
fees. The usual thirty day period OF
new applications was waived asidl
and several new members, includini
Fred Bailey. Emerson Plummer
Franklin Waller, Linw0od c. Dono
van, William Humes, Marion H, Ger
man and w. e. Hearn were elected
10 membership.
President c. d. Mills named Geo
w. Swain, Edward Harriet and Mil
ton Welch delegates TO the next
county meeting at Clayton on Jan
uary Is. They discussed the propos-
ed changes in the county bylaws
and later voted to donate member
ship cards to all flremen who may
be called into training with the army,
Alden j. Ramsdell and Charles Peck
are two members of the company al
ready In the service, Chief Shockley
provided delicious home made cake
and ice cream as treat to the men,
bers at the close of the meeting.
About one hundred relatives and
friends, including members of the
American Legion, school and city
officials, assembled at the station
early last Tuesday morning to give
the rs men from Kent county draft
board a rousing send off. The draf-
tees assembled at headquarters at
six o'clock and were then served
breakfast at Parks restaurant. The
high school band furnished music at
the station Just before the arrival of
the 7:17 a. m. train, when the new
soldiers boarded the rear car of the
train for the trip to Trenton, N. ].
John F, Abbott, Jr, was In charge of
the men from this point.
The Harrington Home Demonstra-
tion Club had as its guest Miss Hazel
Darrell, county agent, when 1t held
the annual covered dish luncheon in
the community hall of the First Ma
tional Bank last Monday afternoon.
A large number was present for the
affair. Mrs Clarence Tharp was pre-
sented with a gift for making per-
feet attendance during the past year.
Mrs. ]. A. Masten gave reading, as
sisted by Miss Myrtle Anderson, Mrs.
W. T. Jacobs, Mrs. Albert Thistle
wood and Mrs. Harry Boyer.
State Master Clarence Jester and
Mrs. Jester, assisted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Paris G. Kirby. Mrs. Howard Moore
and Mrs Jonathan Willis Of Milford,
Installed the officers of Harrington
Grange No. IS. Patrons OF Husban-
dry, at the regular meeting on Mon
day night The following officers
will direct the activities Of the
grange for the coming year: Master,
Otis Smith; overseer, Walter j. Pas
key: lecturer, Mrs. Willis Laughery;
steward, Ernest Vogl; assistant stew
ard, Mrs. D. X. Wood; chaplain, Mrs.
Alfred Sharp; treasurer, Edward A.
Smith; secretary, Mrs. Helen Brown;
gatekeeper, Willis Laughery; Ceres.
Mrs. Otis Smith; Pomona, Mrs. Geo.
Rawding; Flora, Mrs, Daniel r.
Link; lady assistant steward, Mrs.
d. X. Wood; chairman OF home eco
noinics, Mrs Clarence A. Tharp.
The annual citizens meeting held
last week in the fire house created
some little interest here. The annual
report Of the water plant and city
council had already been published
IN q local paper. The report dis
closed that a $1,000 water bond was
retired, reducing this indebtedness
to $4,000 Sewer bonds to the value
OF $4,000 were also paid off, which
reduces this debt to S101 900. Besides
reducing the Indebtedness, sewer
and water lines have been extended
and a number of streets were re-
built.
Nominations were received at the
meeting for members of city coun-
ell from the first and third wards. |
The terms of COuncilmen Lewis
Slaughter and Fred Greenly expire |
and IL was reported they were can
didates for reelection. According to
the city charter nominees must file |
for the Office accompanied by a pc
tition Of property owners from their
respective wards. The mayor is a
hold-over. SO FAR no other candidates
have been mentioned for the vacant |
posts In the event there is no op- |
position TO the present councilmen,
the election on Tuesday was expect
cd 10 be tame affair.
The local firemen were kept on the /
run last Friday morning when they
three alarms In three
hours. The first call, a chimney fire
at the home of Lee Banning in Far
Biington did no damage, and two
hours later the company was called
TO assist the Denton Fire Company |
combat a fire that started near tliel
chimney In the home of Thomas Ca
hall near Burrsville. Most of the fur
niture was removed from the burn
ing home which was destroyed.
While part of the company was
fighting this fire another call came
from Andrewville Truck No. 2 re-
sponded to this alarm and extin-
guished fire in a State Highway
road scraper-the damage to which
was thought to be small.
Mrs. McVaughn of the Wilmington
headquarters of the Red Cross was
the speaker at the meeting Of the
New Century Club held
this week. She spoke in the inter-
est Of making Harrington production
unit more active in Red Cross work.
She displayed samples of sewing that
was required and asked that every
woman in town, who was able, to do
some of the sewing or knitting that
Is SO urgently needed. Mrs. Fred
Mayer has charge Of the distribution
Of material for sewing and Mrs. Rey-
nolds Wilson will provide the wool
for the knitted garments.
The subject of the afternoon pro-
gram was American Citizenship"
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