Milford chronicle., 1941-11-21
HARRINGTON

FestlRaIlOn TO establish the cause
of an early morning fire last Wed
nesday that completely destroyed
a two-story farm home ON the Har-
rington-Whitlesburg state highway
about three miles from this city
Early morning travel on this one
lane highway is very light, and the
fire had gained considerable head
way before it was discovered by one
OF the route men Of the Bond Bread
Company. Something went wrong
in getting the information to the
firemen and they were not called
until 6:55 o'clock, then the presi-
dent of the company was summon
ed from his home and turned in the
alarm. When the firemen did arrive
there was nothing they could do
since the outbuildings were quite a
distance from the burning struc-
ture and the dwelling. was burned
to the ground. The firemen began
to wonder what happened to the
tenants, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Reed,
fearing they might have burned to
death. They Immediately began a
search and located Mr. and Mrs
Reed at the home Of William
Stubbs. Mr.. Reed enjoys raccoon
hunting at night, the wives of the
two men stayed at the Stubbs home
overnight while the men were
hunting. Mr.. Reed when question:
ed about the fire, said they dug po-
tatoes on Tuesday and only had a
small fire when they left the home
Tuesday night. He also offered the
information that one of the owners,
Roy Kavanaugh of New York, was
at the farm on Tuesday and is sup
posed to have gone back to New
York. The property loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, and Mr.. Reed said
he carried no insurance on the fuTA
niture, losing everything except the
clothes they wore. He estimated his
loss at $4,000. Mr.. Reed said he
did not know about insurance on
the buildings. Local insurance
agents were interviewed and none
of them had insurance on the
place.
The regular meeting Of the Har-
rington New Century Club opened
on Tuesday afternoon with the
singing of the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner' followed by a flag salute. Mrs.
s. M. Williams presided. Mrs. John
w. Sheldrake read a prayer OF
peace. Plans were completed for
the reciprocity meeting at Houston
next Tuesday night at o'clock.
The program topic for the after
noon was Red Cross and was in
charge of Mrs. Fred Mayer, Mrs. J.
r. Wilson and Mrs. Harry Boyer.
The program was a book review,
Student Nurse" written by Sue
Barton and given in a delightful
manner by Miss Verd Ruth Vane.
Flo Gardner then gave a reading
"Trees" by Joyce Kilmer. She was
accompanied by Lila Chason at
the piano. Mrs. Mayer then pre-
sented the Rev. Thomas C. Jones
of Trinity Methodist Church, who
spoke on the subject, What the
Red Cross has done in Harring-
ton" The Rev. Jones knows his
subject in all phases from long
years of experience in Red Cross
work. He cited many instances of
relief done here and his talk left
no doubt as to the great Importance
at the present time of carrying on
in a big way to meet today's needs.
A skit entitled "Tom Sawyer" was
given by Donald Vane and Howard
Brown. This was exceptionally
we'll done and much enjoyed by the
club. A social hour followed. Next
week the subject will be "Our Ju-
bilee." The committee would like
the entire membership present.
The Vocational. Agricultural boys |
under the direction of their in
structor, Lewis Carmean, in coop
Grafton with the Home Economics
Department under the direction of
Miss Kathryn Rash and Miss Violet
Noble, have plans under way for
the community fair to be held on
Thursday night, November 20, at 8
o'clock, in the high school.
Features of the evening program
are band concert, directed by Mel
win Brobst, educational motion pic
lures, a fashion show, and the
awarding of the sweepstakes to the
agriculture boy and the home eco
nomics girl who receives the great
est number of premium points.
OF much interest will be the COM
mercial exhibits set up by the var
ious industries of the city, all kinds
of agriculture products, including
poultry, vegetables, grains, nuts,
fruits and the like.
The various committees for the
fair have been appointed and are
as follows: General chairmen, Ce-
ell Wilson, Millard Cooper, Thomas
Peck and Carroll Welch; grains,
corn and hay, Ray Harrington, Les ,
ter Blades, Clarence Kemp; poul-
try, Mr.. Welch, Clyde Tucker, Al
bert Price; fruits and nuts, John
Price and Edward FARRELL; vege-
tables, Billy Walls, George Hands,
Ormond Jacobs, Roy Cain; other !
exhibits, B. l. Shaw, Will
liam Outten, Martin FARRELL, Joe !
stracher and Joe Ciganek. The
home economics committee is com
posed of the following students:
Publicity, Grace Green, Irene Out
ten, Sara Carey, Ruth Sherwood,
Irene Downes, Doris Derrickson
and M. ]. Price; exhibit placement, .
Marian Price, Mary Mccoy, Doris
M. l.. Brown and Louise
Layton, Elma Hudson, Thelma Null .
holland, Lillian Short, Martha Peck, 1
Cynthia Grant, Lillian Brown and
Mabel Tribbett; exhibitors tag I
committee, Evelyn Morris, Alicia e
Betty Bunting, Grace
Norris, Thelma Short and Violet I
Austin; prize display, Agnes Jack ?
sou, Charlotte Baker, Zita thinner , ,
v, Audrey Downes, Doris Glen