Milford chronicle., 1943-10-15
HARRINGTON

tatives from most of the rae
tracks on the Eastern Shore( hel
in the office of the secretary o.
Monday night, it was decided t
hold a three-day racing meet ol
October 21-22-23. The races will
not be sponsored by the Fair Asso
citation, but by the associated tracks
and will be known as the Delmarv;
Race Meet. The races will bt
held on the fair grounds with foul
races. each day. The ever-populal
Clayton Elliott. of Bridgeville. will
be the starting Judge; the timers
are Ralph Lord. Dover; Oscar Roe
Sudlersville, and Harry Nichols
ChestertOwn. The judges are Man.
uel Penuel, Vert Willis and DR.
Harry Mcdaniel. Winners. two
best-in-three, and the prizes are
First, $50 war bond; 2nd. $25 war
bond; 3rd. SIS in war stamps, and
4th, $40 in war stamps. The fol-
lowing tracks will participate in
the races: Radcliff Park, Chester
town; Sussex Driving Club. Lau-
rel; Kent & Sussex Fair. Harring-
ton; Homeward Driving Club, New
ark; Vandyke Driving Club. Van
dyke; Beaver Dam Park. RoXana.
and Pittsville Racing Park, Pitts
Vile; Dover Racing Park. Dover.
With president. b. l. Shaw. presid-
ing, the following members of the
race committee were present: Wal
ter FarlOw. L. b. Brittingham. Mr..
Shaw: Henry Stafford, W. j.
Swain, J. NJ. Harrington. Charlie
Rouse. Harrington Case. J. Gordon
Smith, Norman Lynch, W. T. Moore.
]. o. Williams. Clayton Elliott. Ed
mund Harrington. Richard Tarbut-
ton. Jake Rundick and Fred C.
Powell.
The local fire company can now
boast of long-distance fireman.
when after due consideration and
suspension of the rules, the appli-
cation of William +. West. Jr.. of
the United States Navy, was favor
ably considered and he was elected
to membership. West, who was
drum major for the high school
band here while in school. often
expressed a desire to be a fireman,
so after he became q and applica-
ton was sent him somewhere in
the Pacific. The president. Samuel
Raughley. presided over the bust /.
ness session. naming Tom Brown. /
Milton Welch and George Swain as .
delegates to the next county meet (
ing to he held here on October 20. !
c. Douglass Mills reported on the
last meeting held at Camden. Mills
and Swain. together with one MEM
ber of the high school faculty. will
Judge the essays on Fire-Preven-
ton. The firemen discussed a fire
school. and Mills and Calvin Simp-
son will check on the firemen to
see who can attend the school.
Edward Harriet and Paul sNeeman
are to meet with the auxiliary to
try to arrange Halloween party.
The company had three alarms in
September including one fire drill.
A native Delawarean. daughter
of the late Peter ID. and Elizabeth
Hamilton Harrington. Mrs. Rebecca
ID. OulNCil ultu at AACA III w hCol
Ashville, n. c., last Friday. Mrs.
Outten has lived in North Carolina
for the past 21 years for her health.
The body was brought to this town.
Funeral services will he held from
the Boyer funeral home on Sunday
The services will be in
charge of the Rev. Milton Elliott,
pastor of Todds Chapel, where she
is a former member. Interment
will be in Hollywood Cemetery.
The deceased is survived by three
children: Grace Outten of West
Ashville. y. C.. and Harold B. and
Ernest Outten. both of Harrington.
Also one sister. Mrs. Marie Jones.
of Greenwood. survives.
After lingering illness. Robert
Fl. Elliott. aged 70 years. died at
the home of his daughter. Mrs. JOS
eph Fleming, last Thursday morn
ing. Mr.. Elliott, a retired farmer.
was born in Georgetown and for
The past five years made his home
with the daughter. Funeral SER
Tices were held from the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fleming. OH !
Commerce street, Sunday at three
o'clock. The Rev. Thomas c. Jones.
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church. |
Will o. ciate. Interment will be l
n Bridgeville cemetery. Besides '
lis daughter with whom he lived. l
lie is also survived by four other
children: Robert H. Elliott. Bridge '
lille; Harry A. Elliott. New York v
'ity; Lawrence Elliott. Rochester. '
'. Y. and Mrs. Anna Young. Phila-
lelphia. There is also half-brOth- S
II. Isaac Elliott. of Blades. and 13 F
Sergeant Anna Sibitzky. of Mia S
nj. Fla. is spending a few days o
With her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Con- Il
ad Sibitzky.
Sergeant Harry Quillen, Sioux ri
'ity. Iowa. is spending week h
nth his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Har- T
Y Quillen.
Quite a little excitement was n
reated here Sunday afternoon tt
hen firemen responded to a blaze
! the Downes drugstore in the 81
lain center. Firemen extinguished NJ
chimney fire caused by the ac-
of SCOT, without any m
Just about fourteen hours lO
iter the curfew closing fire-pre- NJ
ention week. during which time ii
very possible means was used to
rye citizens to clean chimneys T
nd make thorough inspections of in
leir equipment, the first alarm NJ
as sounded. This town had but
ne alarm during fire-prevention 81
eek. and it was in the adjacent hi
,ction. A
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Davis, of al
'ilmington, spent the weekend
ith the latter's mother, Mrs.
ora Tharp. III
Mrs. Howard Mays and her moth Fl