Milford chronicle., 1942-07-03
HARRINGTON


late George p. Harrington and thu
daughter of the late Major Wyatt
and was born in Kent county. Flu
nerol services were held from th'
Boyer Funeral Home in this city
on Thursday afternoon at O'Clock
The services will be in charge o.
the Rev. Robert e. Green, pastor o
Asbury Methodist Church.. where
the deceased was lifelong mem.
Der, assisted by the Rev. Thomas C
Jones of Trinity Church and the
Rev. Thomas Phillips of the Pill.
: grim Holiness Church. Interment
was made in Hollywood cemetery
Besides her sister, the deceased is
survived by three children, Edward
Wilson, 0aklyn, N. j.; Charles
Harrington, Media, Pa, and Mrs
William. A. Swain of this city; also
II grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Private Charles Grant of Fort
Benning, Georgia, is spending fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Taylor of
Baltimore, have been recent guests
of the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, Arthur NJ Taylor.
Private Walter Taylor of Geor-
gia, is the guest Of his mother near
this city.
Private Frank O'Neal has. safely
arrived in India. He cabled his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank C. 0'Neal.
The Harrington Vacation Bible
School which has been conducted
here in the public school building
for the past ten days, held the com
mencement exercises in the Collins
Educational Building of Asbury
Methodist Church, Friday evening
at 1880 o'clock. The courses offered
the scholars. were: Beginners De-
partment,s What, God Gave and
What God Made;". primary depart
ment, "Bible Homes and Homes
Today" junior department. Fol
Dwers of Jesus" intermediate de-
partment, Understanding the BIZ
Z BILE" Principles of Scouting"
First Aid" Music" and Caring
for the Sick. The faculty of the
school included: Beginners, Mrs.
Clara Watts; assistants, Miss
Gladys Melvin, Mrs. Ethel Rapp and
Miss Gladys Wix; primary, Miss
Oda Baker, assistants, Miss Nellie
Emory and Miss Louise Clifton;
junior department, Mrs. Christine
Clymer, assistants, Mrs. Thomas
Jones, Mrs. William Sheath; inter
mediate department, Miss Charlotte
Beauchamp and Miss Hazel Taylor;
first aid, Mrs. Pearl Hanson; mu-
sic, Melvin Brobst; caring for the
sick, Mrs. Harry Farrow; general
principles of scouting, Mr. Brobst.
The Rev. Robert e. Green, dean of
the scohol, and the Rev. Thomas c.
Jones, conducted the chapel SER
vices. There were 119 pupils en-
rolled in the school-the enroll /
ment was slightly less than last
year due to gasoline rationing and
rubber shortage. There were no en-
rollments from Pennington this
year. A picnic treat was given the .
scholars on Friday at the close of /
the morning session.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Mems Bible Glass of Trinity
Methodist Church was held at the
parsonage this week instead of at
the home of Harry L. Boyer A sud-
den switch in arrangements was
necessary. The class plans to meet
with Mr. Boyer in July. The nomi-
mating committee composed of A.
@. Creadick, r. e. Raughley and
Lewis Slaughter submitted their
list of selections for the new Off
GERS. The following officers were
elected for the new year: President,
Edgar #. Hall; first vice president,
Samuel NJ. Williams; second vice
president, George w. Swain; third
vice president, Norman Smith; sec
retary, B. Tharp Galloway; treasur-
er, Randall H. Knox, Sr.; assistant
secretary, Rev. T. G. Jones. The
discussion of the evening centered
around methods to increase the at |
tendance of the class on Sunday !
The class has quite a
large enrolment, but only about
half of the membership attend reg
The Boy Scout picnic was held {
last week at Garland Lake. A swim j
ming meet, ball game and camp
fire iwere features of the outing.
Robert Moore was welcomed into {
the troop as a tenderfoot scout. {
The troop will have ten members at 6
Camp Rodney for the first two {
weeks of the season. \
Official word has been received
bYshis parents, that Private Robert
is safely located on New
Island in the Pacific. \
Bunting is in the c. A. G. S's
The monthly report of the Red
Cross sewing and knitting units has
been submitted for the month of
June. Even though not as many
workers were on the job during the
past two months, Sic hours were
spent on the sewing projects and
l41 pieces were completed which s
included 10 snow suits, women's t
lresses, 2S .chilidren's rompers, 19
bed Jackets, IA convalescent robes,
/ girls blouses and so ditty bags il
Mrs. Fred Mayer reports plenty of
sewing on hand and asks for bet d
,er fcooperation in this work. a
Samuel Cook of the United States t,
Navy spent the weekend with his v
Mr.. and Mrs. t. L.
Adams.
Mrs. Doris Babbitt and children
# Thompson, Conn, are visiting her r
nothers MRS. Reynolds and sister,
drs. William Wechtenhiser.
ffsaorge H T,eGates of the United n