Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
HARRINGTON

local school, headed company O
Future Farmer students fror
Shippensburg, Pa, high school oi
a fishing trip to Bowers Beach o.
Tuesday. He visited several friend
here on Monday night.
Last week, all the ladies auxil
iaries to the fire companies in Ken
county sent delegates to a specia
meeting held at Bowers Beach
Officers for the new year wer'
elected as follows: President, Mrs
Elizabeth Barcus, CheswoId; frs
vice-president, Mrs. Clarence
Bradley; second vice-president
Mrs. Lewis Clymer, Harrington
secretary, Mrs. Ethel Vanaman
Bowers Beach; assistant secretary
Mrs. Estella LeTourneau, Bowers
Beach; treasurer, Mrs. Carrow,
Cheswold; assistant treasurer, Miss
Wanda Keller, FELTON,. The next
meeting will be held at Cheswold
on October 20.
Mrs. Harry L. Boyer is spending
this week with relatives in Allan
tic City, N. ].
MIR. and Mrs. Lorenzo T. Jones
are spending this week at Reho-
both.
Samuel Tharp, after many years
as a rural mail carrier from the
local office, is enjoying we'll
earned rest, having reached the re-
tirement age on September 1. He
is now using up his vacation days
before retirement. Albert Thistle
wood is substituting on the route.
Clarence Belts, assistant janitor
at the United States post office
building, has resigned the job.
Mrs. Lewis Grauer of Philadel-
phia, is spending this week with
her brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hopkins.
Private Charles Dayton of Fort
Dix, N. j., is enjoying a furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John o. Dayton.
Three new teachers have been
secured to fill vacancies in the
Harrington Special district for the
new school term which opens on
September 3. A teachers confer
ence is scheduled to be held on
Tuesday afternoon. Lewis o. Car
mean Of Laurel, graduate of the
University of Delaware, will teach
vocational agriculture and science,
succeeding George X. Vapaa, who
has entered the army. Louis G.
Jennings of Lancaster, Pa, gradu-
ate of Franklin and Marshall Col
lege and the possessor of degree
from Duke University, Durham, N.
c., will fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of James H. M. Darbie,
who has accepted a position as
principal of Frederick school. He
will teach Latin and French. Miss
Violet Noble of near this town,
will teach junioh high school home
economics and science, succeeding
Miss Ann Newnom, who resigned
at the close of last term to be
married.
The following make up the facul-
ty: j. G. Messner, secretary and
superintendent of schools; Lavenia
Bratten, librarian; Melvin L.
Brobst, music; Mr.. Jennings, Lat
in and French; Leona Dickrager,
mathematics and science; Mrs.
Mary H. Dolby, social studies; Ar
chic A. Feagan, mathematics; Vim
cent Guaccero, art; Paul E. Hawk,
physfcaT education and science;
Floyd N. Nasser, manual arts;
Miss Noble, home economics and
science; Katherine Rash, home
economics; Mr.. Carmean, Agricul-
tuTe and Science; Evelyn Wallace,
English; Sally T. Winfrey, Eng
lish; Frank E. Witchey, History
and science; Marian Kinnard and
Lucille Tharp, grade 6; Charlotte
Joseph and Loretta L.. Paskey,
grade 5; Mrs. Minnie P. Slaughter
and Virginia Griffith, grade 4; Oda
Baker and Grace Souders, grade
g.; Edith Smith and Mrs. Mary l..
Brown, grade 2; Margaret C. Sher-
wood and Bernice M. Cain, grade
1; Mrs. William H. Carlisle, Jr.,
school nurse; Mrs. Nexie B. Curry,
secretary. Colored Teachers: Her.
schel E. Warren, grades 6-7-S;
Verdella Mathews, grades 3-4-5;
Beatrice E. Ryland. grades 1-2.
Miss Hester Ann Bradley, aged SO
years, died at her home near
Greenwood last Thursday after
noon, Aug. 21, after being ill for |
two years. She was born near
Pennington and was the daughter
Of the late Thomas and Elizabeth |
Bradley. She lived in the COM
munity all of her life. The funeral !
services were conducted by the |
Rev. Jasper L. Jones, pastor of
Grace Methodist Church, Green
wood. and were held from her late
residence Sunday at O'Clock, with |
interment in st. Johnstown Gene
terry. The deceased is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Price,
Baltimore; Mrs. Charles E. Taylor (
and Mrs. John Hudson, both of this /
place.
For the second time within two
months the local firemen were
called out on Saturday afternoon
to fire in the building of the Har-
rington Milling Company, owned
by John Parks and located on Yer
non road. at the south entrance to I
this town. The fire was caused by
a hot box around one of the pulleys
on the third floor. Employees had
the fire under control when, the
company arrived. using the two !
and one-half gallon hand extin-
guishers, but not until it had burn
ed a hole in the side walls and the .
floor. Smoke was rolling from the /
upper windows by the time firemen
reached the scene. The damage
has been estimated at about $25.
The firemen refrained from using
water to eliminate damage to huge \
quantities of wheat stored in the |
mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore H. Har-
rington and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r.