Milford chronicle., 1942-10-30
HARRINGTON

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high school auditorium next Mon
day night at s o'clock. According to
Bill Humes, the speakers will in
clude Mayor ]. Wallace Woodford
and B. F. Courtright of Dover. The
meeting will deal with civil defense
needs of a community. Efforts are
also being made to secure some au-
thenic pictures of Pearl Harbor.
One morning last week Paul
Meredith, an employee of the Bond
Bread Company, parked his car at
the plant and started out on his
bread route. In a short time the
car caught fire, believed to have
started from sparks of cigarette.
The Harrington firemen confined
the damage to about S25.
The Misses Muriel c. Smith of
Iowa, and Guilai Logue Roberts of
Baltimore, are the musical evan
gelists who are conducting a two
weeks evangelistic service at Trim
ity Methodist Church. The services
began last Sunday and will contin-
ue until November l, according to
the pastor, the Rev. Thomas c.
Jones. Both ladies are accomplish
ed musicians. Miss Smith plays the
violin and marimba, and is a grad
uate of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago; while Miss Roberts
plays a harp and is graduate of
the Peabody Conservatory of Bal
timore and of the Theological In
stitute of Cincinnati, Ohio. The la
dies also assist the pastor with the
preaching. Services will continue
all next week with children's
chorus and illustrated hymn pastel
drawings, a vestry service, DEM
onstration of patriotism by two
young people.
The last of the family Of Ross,
who settled section of lower Del
aware between. Harrington and
Denton on what was named Ross
Lane long before the coming of the
modern highways, died at his home
Monday, October 10. Benjamin
Franklin Ross, age S6 years, and a
twin brother to Wesley Ross, who
died some time ago. The farms of
the two brothers abutted the state
highway, one on each side of the
road. Mr.. Ross was born in this
vicinity and had lived here all of
his life. He was the son of the late
Reuben and Rebecca Hopkins Ross.
For the past several years the Ross
Brothers donated the community |
Christmas tree to the city. Funeral
services were held from the Boyer !
Funeral home. The services were
Ia charge of the Rev. Robert E.
Green, pastor of Asbury Methodist !
Church, with interment in Holly
wood cemetery. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. May Collision Ross.
Promptly at o'clock on Sunday
morning with signal from the fire
siren, trucks had assembled at the
fire house ready to start through
the rural sections surrounding this
city for the collection of scrap of
every description. The city proper
was also worked by some Of the
trucks with the result that at the
close of the days collection, the
committee was well pleased with
the amount of scrap received. The
pile is much larger then the first
collection made and at that time it
contained about q tons. An esti-
mate placed on this pile indicates
that there are at least 35 tons.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Greenhaugh,
Miss Kathryn Greenhaugh and Miss
Marian Counselman of Frederick,
spent the weekend with Private
Earl Greenhaugh at Camp Lee, Va.
Mrs. Patosi Moore has returned
home after spending the past week
with relatives in Wilmington and
Dover.
Mrs. Noah Cain has returned
home for few days after being in
Philadelphia for few weeks. Her
daughter, Mrs. w. w. Simmons is
with her.
The Union Methodist Church of
Burrsville will hold their annual
chicken salad and fried oyster sup
per on Friday night, October 80.
Adult tickets, 60c and children tic
kets, 30c.
Mrs. Franklin Taylor of Balti-
more, and son are visiting the for
mor's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur M. Taylor, near this city.
Corporal Charles Peck of Eaton
town, N. j., spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Peck.
Mrs. H. C. Austin is visiting
friends in North Carolina and Yir-
ginia. s~
Mrs. C. S. Morris is spending this
week with Mr.. and Mrs, P. H. Win
die at Coatesville, Pa.
Mrs. Patosi Moore is visiting her
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Moore at
Church Hill, Md, this week.
The bake sale conducted by the
mothers auxiliary to the chancel
choir of Asbury Methodist Church
last Saturday in the Cupid ice
cream store amounted to over $50.
Miss Adel Masten of Wilmington
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. C. Creadick.
Robert Smith of the University of
Maryland spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and. Mrs. R. B.
Smith. {
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tee of Will
mington spent the weekend with '
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Tee.
Miss Neva Radcliff of Belle Ha- ]
ven, IN. c.; has returned home after
spending the past week with Mr.. /:
and Mrs. Harry C. Tee. /
Harry c. Tee, Jr., left Monday
morning with orders to report to
a United States Naval School at
Columbia University for three
months training period for an en-
sign rating.
Members of the Lions Club and
their wives attended the evening
service at Asbury Methodist Church
in Harrington last Sunday evening.
The ladies of Asbury Methodist
Church will serve a turkev sumner.