Milford chronicle., 1941-04-11
HARRINGTON

terly conference session of Trinity
Methodist Church, held on Tues
day evening, with the Rev. w. A.
Hearn, District Superintendent OF
the Dover District, presiding. Ben
1amin Knox was elected as a re-
serve member Reports of the diff
ferent departmental heads were
read and discussed. The Rev.
Thomas c. Jones was invited to
return for another year with the
salary set at the same figure as
last year. Due to change in the
church discipline other officers will
be selected by a nominating COM
mittee with suggestions made at
the annual membership meeting to
be held on April "a. These appoint
ments are to be confirmed at the
first quarterly conference Of the
new year. Financial committees
are busily engaged in getting the
finances in shape to close the con-
ference year. A final report will be
made at an adjourned session of
the fourth quarterly conference on
May 1. The annual conference will
be held two weeks later in Will
mingtOn.
A very delightful Lenten tea was
enjoyed by the ladies of Asbury
Methodist Church and their friends
from other churches in the COM
munity on Wednesday afternoon.
Collins fiall was beautifully dec
GRATED with spring flowers and pot
ted plants, and at the tea table,
which was the center of attraction,
presided Mrs. Louis c. Jones and
Mrs. Allan B.. Parsons, assisted by
several other ladies'. The affair
was sponsored by the five groups
who during Lent have been hold
ing weekly meetings studying re-
ligiOus subjects In their respective
sections of the city. Under the di-
rection of Mrs. Lorenzo T. Jones,
eachr group presented one number
for the program, as follows: Group
No. 1-Mrs. H. J. Ramsdell, leader:
Piano duet, Rose Petals" by the
Misses Sadie and Esther Horn; a
vocal quartet by Verda Ruth Vane,
Louise Clifton, Fred Greenly, Jr.,
and Louis Warren. Group No. q:
Mrs. Robert Z. Green, leader, read
ing by Mrs. Floyd Nasser and a
vocal solo by Carole Lee Green.
Group No. 8, Mrs. Fred Wilson,
leader: A three part chorus by Mrs.
John w, Sheldrake, Mrs. Ernest
Dean, Mrs. Paulk Hawk, Mrs. Fred
Greenly, Mrs. Ernest Ranghley and
Mrs. Wilson. Group No. 4. Mrs. e.
w. Dean, leader: Tableau, yield
Not to Temptation" by Mrs. How
ard Wagner, Mrs. Theodore Har-
rington, Mrs. Clyde Perry and Mrs.
C. F. Montague. Group No. 5, Mrs.
l.. T. Jones, leader, presented a
Methodist "Quiz" by fourteen mem-
bers Of that group and a violin solo
by Mrs. James H. M. Darbie.
The Red Cross Sewing and Knit
ting Project is moving along very
successfully with more women of
the community giving their time
and talents to the work. In fact the
number of women assisting with
the work increases each week.
Mrs. Fred Mayer is chairman of
production and has extended
thanks to the Sherwin G Jaller
Company, local shirt manufactur-
ing plant for their interest in the
work by making twenty shirts and
also the pupils at the school in the
room of Miss Ann Newman, who
completed Is shirts, repair work
-. k1,o s.o..,s,,nr ,,,a oI,inod ruaa dime
by George Brown without cost to
the sewing unit. OF the two hum
dred and one pieces of sewing and
knitting finished and delivered,
there were &C skirts and 69 dresses
among the lot. On March ~, lob
more pieces of work were received
and much of it has been placed to
date, the ladies sew each Wednes-
day at the Century Club and VIII
welcome more assistants.
Mrs. Howard Thistlewood read
the club collect at the regular
meeting of the Harrington New
Century Club on Tuesday after
noon. This followed the usual OPP
ening song and the flag salute. Mrs.
S. M. Williams presided over the
business session. The president an
nounced that the State Convention
would be held at Rehoboth on June
4 and s, and also that a Kent coun-
ty day picnic would be held at Do
yer on May 26, to which all clubs in
the county are invited. The club is
about to come to a close for the
year and discussed their closing
party which will be on April 10.
The subject for the afternoon pro-
gram was Conservation" and was
I'M charge of Miss Elva Reese and
her committee, Mrs. w. Il. Jacobs,
Mrs Thistlewood, Mrs. Ethel Hun
ter, Mrs. David Force and Mrs. Ben
jamin Knox. Their program open
ed with the reading of the Cover
nor's proclamation setting aside
April 3 as Arbor and Bird Day, read
by Mrs. S. M. Williams. Miss Reese
had prepared one of the most in
teresting and extensive programs
given before the club. She read a
paper on the general subject oil
conservation. Other papers were
read by Mrs. l.. T. Jones, our
Earth" "Soil Erosion" by Miss
Reese; "Strip Cropping" by Mrs.
Thistlewood; "Terracing" by Mrs:
Wilson; "Soil Blowing Control,
by Mrs. w. w. Sharp; Soil Agen-
cies' by Mrs. F. Brown Smith, and
the last paper on what the Soil
Means to Our Town." was read by
Miss Reese after which she con-
Quoted an agricultural quiz. A So
cial hour followed. Next week the
topic will be Music" and this Will
close the club program.
The regular monthly meeting OF
The Harrington Fire Company was
held in the fire house on Monday
night.