Milford chronicle., 1941-11-14
HARRINGTON

~. ~. millSs Iu6 present 1nCum
bent, was nominated for a thir
term as president of the fire con,
pany, at the regular meeting hel
on Monday night. Samuel Raugb
ley was nominated for vice presi
dent to succeed Charles Peck, VIII
is in the U. S. Army. All the othe
officers including, secretary, Leon
ard Horleman; financial secretary
Harry G. Tee; treasurer, C. T. Har
rington; fire chief, C. w. Shockley
and fire recorder, Mr.. Tee, were ne
nominated for another term. TIL,
election will take place in Decem
ber, after which the chief will Sc
lect his assistants, name the driy.
ers and appoint chief engineer.
Mr.. Mills presided over the bust.
ness session. The fire recorder re.
ported four alarms during the
month of October, one in the rural
area and three in the city. New
members whose applications were
presented last month were elected
to membership. They include: Will
son Bradley, John d. Schofeld and
Alton Collins. The company will
be represented at the next county
meeting at Milford by Marion Ger
man, Sol Martin and Claude Ca
hall. Since the parades for the
year are over, the company pre-
sented the high school band with a
donation. Wilbur Pearson was re-
appointed caretaker of the fire
house and city hall.
Former Congressman Hon. Rob-
ert G. Houston was the speaker to
the Mems Fellowship Bible Glass
of Trinity Methodist Church last
Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock. This
was arranged as special Armis-
tice Day service to which the pub
lie was invited The Sunday school
orchestra furnished music for the
occasion. Samuel M. Williams is
the class president and the Rev.
T. C. Jones is the teacher. The
pastor used for his subject at IL
o'clock, "A Good Soldier" At the
evening service a special Red
Cross service was held. The Boy
Scout troop attended. The sermon
topic for discussion was "The
Sacred Duty of Service; Why the
Red CROSSE"
Mrs. Elmer West gave a birthday
dinner for her daughter, Mrs. AL
berta Richards of Seaford, last
Sunday. Among those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard T. West. New
Castle; Mrs. w. H. Brittingham,
Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs Clar-
ence Pearson and son Larry of
Greensboro; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Booth and sons of Seaford; Connie
Lands, Seaford, and Elmer West,
Jr., of this city.
Mrs. j. Gordon Smith, chairman
of the annual Red Cross roll call
for this city, Pennington and the
rural district, near this city, has
a list of her co-workers
and the districts they will visit.
The roll call opened on Armistice
Day and is to be completed by
Thanksgiving Day. The necessity
of Red Cross aid this year is
greater then ever before and the
committee will be very thankful
for the fullest cooperation of ev-
eryone. The Red Cross aides are: |
Commerce street, residential, Mrs. |
S. M. Williams and Mrs. Randall /
H. Knox; Commerce street. bust
ness section, Mrs. Theodore H.
Harrington and Mrs. Claude Ca
hall; Boulevard, Mrs. Ernest
and Mrs. Frank Witchey;
Liberty, Dorman and Grant streets,
Mrs. Jonathan Hopkins; Delaware
avenue, Mrs. r. j. Emory; Harring-
ION and Second avenues, Mrs. Ell
ner Smith, Weiner avenue, Mrs.
Fred Powell and Mrs. ]. C. Mess
ler; Center street, Mrs. E. w.
Dean, and Mrs. Jackson Warfield;
V1ilby and Hanley streets, Mrs.
William F. Smith; Reese avenue
md Vernon Road, Mrs. Eugene
Ross; State Highway, Miss Mad
yn Tharp; Paradise District, Mrs.
ruth Billings; public schools, Mrs.
Naomi Carlisle and Mrs. Harry G.
Tarrow; Harrington to Houston,
tate Highway, Mrs. Herman '
Brown; Pennington, Mrs. Edward
'ollins; Harrington to Whites
urg, Mrs. W. T. Bullock; Masten's j
'orner District, Mrs. Amos Min ]
er; Williamsville District, Mrs.
ieorge c. Simpson.
The monthly report of the sew
lg and knitting units of the local
led Cross for the month of Octo-
er as submitted by the chairman S
, as follows: 80 sweaters and 4 {
lufflers. During the month sew
nty-two pieces were completed; \
azarene Church, Mrs. J. w. Dick b
rson, IL dresses; Trinity Metho- {
ist Church, Mrs. Harry Boyer, key
Ldy, 10 dresses; sewing room in e
rehouse, % dresses, Is bath robes, E
boys shirts, 8 baby shirts, pa
mas, 1 snow suit, 1 skirt and l c
Ib. The committee in charge of d
lie volunteer service is making an a
rgent appeal for more workers to
,sist with this worthwhile work. t.
The Harrington New Century al
lub met on Tuesday afternoon in A
'gular session with the president, X
rs. S. M. Williams, presiding.
ION after the meeting opened the
'esident calle dthe members at d,
ntion to a rummage sale to be
censored by the club and which d,
Ill be held in Cahall's store, on H
0vember 14-15. She also. spoke fo
the Club Institute to be held at d.
nyrna and requested that the
ub be well represented. On No pl
mber IS, the club will be enter
ined at a reciprocity program by cI
e Houston Club, the meeting will
at p. m. The ladies were again le
that they could be of
lch assistance at the sewing unit at
Id in the firehouse each Wednes- Bl
y from 10 a.. m. until 4 p. m.