Milford chronicle., 1942-12-11
HARRINGTON

AltSf Il lOui-WeekS Illness, OedJl
occurred to Ebe NAPLES Cordray
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
last Tuesday morning. Mr.. Cordray
was born in Pennington and re-
sided there all of his life. He was
the son of the late Thomas and
Mary Lord Cordray, and was a me-
chanic by trade. Funeral services,
in charge of the Rev. Howard
Davis, pastor of Pennington Meth
odist Church, were held from his
late residence last Friday after
noon. Interment in Hollywood
cemetery. Besides his widow, Mrs.
Ella Irons Cordray, he is survived
by six children: Mrs. Homer Vim
cent, Harrington; Mrs. William
Harrington, Mrs. Charles Aaron
and Mrs. Ray Clark, all of Dover;
Miss Madaline Cordray, Farming
ton, and Private Robert Cordray,
Fort Dix, N. j.; also three sisters,
Mrs. Annie Booth, Pennington;
Mrs. Joshua T. Downs. Wilmington,
and Mrs. Samuel Satterfield, of
Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehu F. Camper re-
Gently entertained at dinner for a
party of friends. The guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A.
Short, ST., Wilson Short, Harry
Short, Billy Knox, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
A. Short, Jr., the Misses Thelma,
Lillian and Betty Ann Short, Mr..
and Mrs. Abner Hickman and Miss
Mary Ann Hickman, Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ. Short and children of
FELTON,; Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Ca
hall and son, of Greenwood, and
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Short,
Oakland, N. ].
The WOman's Society for Chris
tian Service of Asbury Methodist
Church of this town, elected Off
GERS for 1943 at its meeting last
Tuesday night. The results were
as follows: President, Mrs. C. F..
Wilson; vice-president, Mrs. Allan
b. Parsons; treasurer, Mrs. TheO-
dore H. Harrington; recording sec
retary, Mrs. Clyde Perry; cores
pOnding secretary, Mrs. Job o.
Pride; chairman Spiritual Life
Committee, Mrs. Fred G. Mayer;
secretary Missionary Education and
Service, Mrs. William w. Sharp;
secretary of Christian Social Rela-
tions and Local Church Activities,
Mrs. Wallace Hanson; secretary
Student Work, Mrs. L. T. Jones;
secretary of Literature, Mrs. Frank
E. Witchey; secretary of Young
Peoples Work, Mrs. Abner Hick-
man; secretary of Children's Work,
Mrs. ]. Willis Clifton; secretary of
Supplies, Mrs. Norman Hopkins.
Parsonage Committee, Mrs. Fred
C. Powell, Mrs. L. T. Jones, Mrs.
Mayer and Mrs. L. c. Jones. Other
committees will be named at the
January meeting.
The retiring officers were given
a rising vote of appreciation by the
society for their splendid service.
Two of them were accorded special
praise, for not only two years of
service in the new organization
but also the former organization
the Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs.
James A. Cahall has served as
president continuously for sixteen
years, and the treasurer, Miss Heba
Baker, has been in office since
1927. Both have been loyal and
faithful, untiring in their efforts to
promote the welfare of the organ
ization they served, and the society
was sincere and enthusiastic in ex-
pressing appreciation. Following
the election. a sketch rs the World
on Your Heart" written by Mrs.
Robert Mitchell of Wilmington, was
presented by Miss Margaret Gray,
Mrs. ]. R. Wilson, Mrs. C. F. Will
son, Mrs. Joseph Masten, Mrs. V. S.
Clarkson. Miss Oda Baker and Mrs.
j. o. Pride.
Mrs. Earl Sylvester and her COM
mittee is very happy over the sue
cess of hOuse-to-house canvass in
the bond selling drive conducted
here during the past week. Start
ing out in a modest way, a huge
thermometer was placed in the
business section with a $4,000 top
d figure. Before the drive was half
over the red mercury had run out
the top with report of over $780,
900. According to Mrs. Sylvester,
the final report will be $S9, 9,400.15,
which includes the sale of $106.40
in stamps. With the latest popu-
lation listed as around 1000 that
would be bond for each and every
one in the town. Competition was
keen in the sale among the MEM
bers of the committee. The fol-
lowing ladies assisted Mrs. Sylves-
ter on her committee: Mrs. j. G.
Smith, Mrs. H. E. Quillen, Mrs. F.
b. Smith, Mrs. J. r. Wilson, Mrs.
William Horleman, Mrs. Reese B.
Harrington and Mrs. Theodore H.
Harrington. The women opened
their drive by first getting permis-
sion to use a number of the store
windows for advertising in the bus
mess section.
After a lingering illness, David
Rust, aged S5 years, died at his
home in Pennington last Thursday
morning. Mr.. Rust was born in
Pennington and lived there all his
life. He was a retired railroad en-
ployee and the son. of the late Jas.
A. and Elizabeth Allen Rust. Fu-
neral services were held from his
late residence Sunday afternoon at
one o'clock and were in charge of
the Rev. Harold Davis ~astOr of
Pennington Methodist Church, with
interment in Hollywood Cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Roche
Rust, the deceased is survived by
two children, Mrs. Fannie Wilson,
New York City. and Frank Rust,
Pennington. There are also seven
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren surviving. Mr.. Rust
was the last member of a family
of eight.
At the regular meeting of the