Milford chronicle., 1942-10-02
HARRINGTON

a lineman for the Eastern Shor
Public Service Company for tn
past ten years.. died in the Milfor!
Memorial Hospital early last Frida!
morning following an operation TO
appendicitis, he having a ruptureC
appendix. He was born in Phila
delphia, the son of the late Johr
F. Peterson and Hilda Peterson
His wife died several years ago
Funeral services were held from
his late residence on Liberty stree
Monday afternoon at o'clock, the
Rev. Robert E. Green pastor Of
Asbury Methodist Church, haC
charge of the services with inter-
ment in Hollywood cemetery. Be-
sides his mother, with whom he
lived, there are two sisters, Miss
Helen Peterson of New York, and
Mrs. Kessler Farrow of this city.
Eugene Tucker, age 62 years, a
retired trackman of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad, died Friday morning
al, his home on Wolcott street in
this city after a lingering illness of
months when he suffered a par
alytic stroke. He was born in this
city and lived here all of his life.
He was the son of the late David
S. Tucker and Sarah Porter Tuck
er. Funeral services were held
from his late residence on Tuesday
afternoon at O'Clock. The services
were in charge of the Rev. Thomas
c. Jones, pastor of Trinity Metho-
dist Church, assisted by the Rev.
Thomas Phillips, pastor of the Pill
grim Holiness Church, with inter-
ment in Hollywood cemetery. Be-
sides his widow, Mrs. Neva Morris
Tucker, he is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Harry Cunning
ham and Mrs. Joseph Bradley of
Wilmington Mrs. Willis Walls,
Milford; Mrs Burton Satterfield at
home. There are three grandchil-
dren; five brothers and a sister
also survive, John and Charles
Tucker, Harrington; George Tuck
er, Wilmington; Fred Tucker,
Blackbird, and Mrs. Joseph Le-
Compte of Wilmington.
Shortly after two o'clock Thurs
day afternoon the fire company ex-
tinguished a fire in the cab of
truck trailer loaded with piling
about three miles south of the city.
The piling and truck were owned
by Ernest Galloway of Bridgeville
and was driven by William Priest
ley The load was not damaged nor
the chassis or tires, However, the
cab was badly burned. The driver
recovered from the glove compaft-
ment partly burned driver creden-
tials and burned parts of some pa
per money which he said amounted
to about fifty dollars. The damage
will probably, be about two hundred
dollars, covered by insurance. The
firemen responded with truck No. 2
and then sent for their water wa
gon. Most, of the fire was caused by
a leak from the auxiliary gasoline
tank located just back of the cab.
This was removed and covered with
sand to extinguish the blaze, it |
still contained several gallons of
gasoline. [
Mrs. Olin T. Perry, the newly |
elected president of the Ever Ready
class of Asbury Methodist Church,
presided at the first fall meeting !
OF the class on Monday evening. Re-
ports of the recent Flower Show
which was sponsored by the class
were given, and the secretary was
asked to write a personal note to
each of the three judges expressing
the appreciation of the class for
their service. They were Mrs. Will
liam P. Poole of Pennington, Mrs.
Willard Dufendach of Houston and
Mrs. William L. Coulbourne OF
Houston. The theme of the pro-
grams for the monthly class meet
ings this year is to be "The Wo-
men of the Bible" and will start
with the October meeting.
Mrs. F. B. Godfrey of Orlando,
Florida, was the guest of Mrs. w.
w. Sharp this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Dean of Fed
eralsburg, and Miss Mary Gallag-
her of Philadelphia, spent Wednes-
day, with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest w.
Dean. r.. ,-s..-.q 40
Brereton Unangst is a patient in
the Milford Memorial Hospital, hav-
ing undergone an operation for ap-
pendicitis. ......
Roger Whitford of Plainfield, N.
j., is spending a few days with
Haywood Quillen. !
George Russell Hands Of the
United States Navy is spending a
few days with his parents, Mr.. and i,
Mrs. Russell Hands.
DR.. Walter A. Hearn, district su- 8
perintendent, will conduct the first I
quarterly conference at Asbury =
Methodist Church on Friday night 6
at z o'clock and later hold the first :
conference at Trinity :
Methodist Church at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. George Vaapa has arrived c
home to be with her mother for
the duration. Her husband, Lieu
tenant George Vaapa, was transfer !
red to points unknown.
The first of the usual fall and
winter chimney fires occurred here =
On, Saturday morning when the To- :
,al fire company answered an ., .
alarm at the home of Ernest u
Wright ON Dorman. street. The j.,
blaze, located in the fiue of the kit \
,hen, was quickly extinguished u
without damage. - 3
Alfred Masten of Philadelphia .
Jpent the weekend with friends q
lere. i.t.... IL
Word has been received here that .
Kenneth Cain having completed Il
course in airplane mechanics, has =,
,een transferred to the West Coast. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dyer of {
spent the weekend y
With former friends here. M
Miss Hazel Taylor has returned g
0 the University of North Carolina, s.
t, Greensboro, N. c., for another M