Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13
HARRINGTON

mOnLn OF January, this shows q
fifty per cent decrease over Jan
uary of last year. President C. d,
Mills presided over the business
session at which time the company
voted to donate $500 to the War
Chest Drive of the Red Cross and
at the same time named a COM
mittee to consider the purchase of
a new water wagon for rural calls.
The committee, Lewis r. Clymer,
C. w. Shockley and C. N. Cahall.
The .firemen granted the use of the
fire house to the draft board on
February 16. The company will
arrange to purchase 300 feet of
213 inch hose. Five new applica-
tions for membership were receiv-
ed, Benjamin Hughes, Jr., Paul
Neeman, Frank Green, Irving Mel
win and George Sherwin The ap-
plications were referred to a COM
mittee, Clarence Collins, Samuel
Raughley and Calvin Simpson for
approval George w. Swain, Dave
Harrington, Benjamin Emory and
Mr.. Mills will meet with the ladies
to discuss the annual banquet to
be given the ladies. in recognition
of their cooperation during the
past year. Mr.. Raughley. Granville
Hill and Charles Tatman will rep
resent the company at the next
county meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Collins of
Milford announces the engagement
of their daughter, Rosella Augusta,
$ to Private Powell E. Billings, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Billings
of near this city. Private Billings
is stationed at Patterson, N. j.,
for the present. The prospective
bride is a graduate of Milford High
School and is employed at Sea-
ford in the nylon plant.
Last Sunday evening, February
8, at 1880 o'clock, the entire per-
sonnel of the troop, including COM
mitteemen, met in Trinity Metho
dist Church for religious services
which were conducted entirely by
members of the troop. Remarks
were made by the committee chair
man, John ]. Parks and the scout
master. Last Tuesday evening at
6;30 o'clock, the troop were guests
of the Rotary Club at SWANS
Hotel at a dinner, al which time
the charter was presented to. the
club by Mr.. Livingood, commits
sioner for the Dover District. Fri
day morning in the high school as
sembly, members of the boy scouts
will demonstrate before the stu
dent body, lessons in first aid, sig
mailing, and pyramid building. Pic
lures of last years season at Camp
Rodney will also be shown. Then
in the evening the weeks activity
will come to a close at the Muir
ply School in Dover, when the
district court of honor will be held. (
The troop committee comprises
Mr.. Parks, chairman; Floyd Mas
ser and Walter ]. Paskey.
Members of the troop are: Scout
master, Melvin l.. Brobst; senior
patrol leader, Bob Wechtenhiser;
scribe, Bobby Tee; patrol leader,
Billy Jester; assistant, Frank Hoe
flick; scouts, Bobby Jester, John .
Price and Matthew Echrich; pa
troll leader, Melvin Wyatt; Everett
Musser, assistant; Ralph Smith,
Donald Derrickson and Jack Hick-
man; patrol leader, Curtis Melvin;
scouts, Billy Dyer and jay Carson.
In observance of the 32nd birthday
of scouting, parents and friends
are cordially invited to- join in any
or all of the above activities.
Mrs. Fred Mayer and Mrs. Rey-
nolds Wilson, co chairmen of the
Red Cross sewing and knitting
units for this community report
that during the month of January,
SO pieces of knitting, including
sweaters and mufflers, were fin
ished and 1876 pieces of sewing, in
cluding snow suits, Is dresses, 5
pajamas, skirts, 81 rompers, bath
robes and a baby shirt, were COM
pleted. A total of 1914 pieces COM
pleted during the month.
The Rev. Paul Thomas, secre-
tary of Foreign Missions, spoke of /
war time conditions in the Phil
ippines Islands and other nearby
islands at a special service in the
Pilgrim Holiness Church last Sun I
day. The services opened with
Sunday school at 1870, followed by
the special service under the di-
rection of Rev. Thomas at 2:3O
o'clock. A young peoples meeting I
was held in the evening at z O'Clock
closing with an evangelistic SER
vice. {
Private Fred Hanson of Camp
Edwards, Mass, is spending few
days with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Porter were
hosts at a turkey dinner recently
that was given in honor of two
sisters, Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Ran
dali H. Knox The guests included {
Mr.. and Mrs. d. X. Wiley, Laurel;
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Fleetwood, t
Denton; Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett S. a
Harrington and family, Mrs Laura
Needing and Mrs. Hattie Plummer, i
all of this city.
MIR. and Mrs. Willard Wright and i
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Kitchens have v
from a two weeks trip
to Florida. C
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert r. t
Green are entertaining, the for II
mer's mother of Wilmington. /
The regular monthly meeting OF \
the o. u! r. class of Trinity Meth b
odist Church, will be hel dthis eve p
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank O'Neal on Clark street; S
MIR. and Mrs. H. B. Alloway OF
N. j., spent Sunday S
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