Milford chronicle., 1944-03-24
HARRINGTON


Major Charles Bishop of Queens
town, Md, a member of the Lions
Club and the Harrington Fire Com
pany of this city, spoke at joint
meeting of the Lions and Rotary
Clubs recently about some of his
experiences overseas. Major Bish-
op was stationed somewhere in
England and came back after his
missions were completed. He was
decorated with the Distinguished
Flying Cross with five oak clusters,
also ribbons for European theatre
of operations, American defense
and submarine patrol. Major Bish-
op has been on several missions
over Germany and other Axis coun-
tries. His plane, THE Flying Vir-
gin" has a credit of Is enemy
planes shot down. Major Bishop
was a former employee of the Eas-
tern Shore Public Service Com
pany here. working with the en-
gineering department.
Lieutenant George Vaapa, for
mer vocational agriculture teacher
at the Harrington High School.
whose home is in Wilmington and
a member of the Harrington Rotary
Club, spoke at the meeting of his
experiences. He was an armament
officer stationed somewhere in
North Africa and later in Italy.
Lieutenant Vaapa was in the in
.F A ft.if aud
overseas for Is months before re-
turning home He was the first
one of his company to return to
the States. Visitors of the even
ing included Past President Kess-
Ter FarrOw and l.. Fl. Brittingham
of Laurel. Visiting Rotarians were
Wallace Keys and Francis YeOman
of Denton One new member, Jack
Pitlick was installed at the meet
ing. Two of the members are leav-
ing for the armed forces, Melvin
Geiger and Clarence Dyer.
Private funeral services were
held for Lewis Tharp last Tuesday
in LemoOre. California. The SER !
vices were held at the Phipps Cha
pei. Mr.. Tharp was a native Della
warean and was Is years old. He
passed away February 26 at Glen
dale Hospital, following short
illness. He was well-knOwn in this
community where he often visited
his nephew, S. +. Tharp and his
brother. the late Howard Tharp.
Mr.. Tharp was resident of Los
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survived by four nieces and three
nephews, Il sister, Mrs. n. J. Har
rington and a brother, Samuel
Tharp, all of Delaware. The Rev.
l.. V. Fletcher. pastor of the First
Baptist Church. conducted the SER
vices with interment in LemOOre
cemetery.
In the fire house here on We'd
nesday night of last week the la
dies auxiliary served Il dinner TO
the volunteer solicitors for the Red
Cross drive. The goal for this city
and surrounding territory. includ-
ing Pennington is $4,000. Randall
Knox. cashier of the Peoples Bank
and Theodore II. Harrington, cash
ier of the First National Bank, were
asked to serve as treasurers for
the drive. II. +. Quillen. local chair
man introduced the speakers of the
evening which included W. B. Rus
SELL director: and Mrs. w. Dale
Wright, home service director of
Wilmington.
Mrs. J. Gordon Smith. chairman
of the War Fund Drive, instructed
the following solicitors to visit all
of the members of Red Cross in
and Pennington and
the surrounding rural sections. The 4
residential section will he solicited
by Mrs. H. W. Smith. Miss Edith |
Smith. Mrs. Elmer Tee. Mrs. f. G.
Powell, Mrs. w II. Horleman. Mrs.
Ernest Dean. Mrs. Fred 5. Bailey.
Mrs. r. b. Smith, Mrs H. l.. Boyer,
Mrs. Fred Wilson. Mrs. Robert WiX.
Mrs. j. w. Hopkins. Mrs. W. +. ia
:obs, Mrs. j. II. Potter and Mrs
Norris Adams. The business sec
ion will be in charge of Mrs. Earl i
Sylvester. Mrs. A. L. Parsons, Mrs.
Theodore Harrington. William W.
Sharp, Earl Sylvester. Ernest 4
and Archie Feagan. So
icitors for the rural section in
,lude Misses Viola Clendaniel. Mar
saret Gray, Madalyn Tharp. Mrs.
Hobbs. Mrs. Robert Stat
ord. Mrs Russell Bowdle. Mrs.
Toward Cooper. Mrs. J. A. Masten. II
Mrs. Amos Minner and Mrs. Ruth II
Billings. Mrs. Edward b. Collins II
md Mrs. Elwood McKnatt were
lsked to take charge in Farming
on and the surrounding territory. n
Mrs. Rosie Flamer Mrs. Elma
Tharp and Herschell f. Warren III
we're selected to solicit the color
ID section of the city. Other guests
included Howard Williams. Rotary II
Club; Dewitt Tatman. Lions Club; II
Mrs. Ernest Raughley. Century ii
i lub; J. c. Messner, superintend
mt of the high school; ]. Gordon II
smith. Calvin Simpson. Harrington
fire Company; Mrs. Wallace Han
ION. Ladies' Auxiliary; Mrs. II. +.
luillen, second vice chairman of
Red Cross and Miss Madalyn
Tharp, secretary of the local Red
ross. II
Suffering from a paralytic stroke
It the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Iinerva Dominy. age ~ years, died
asst Tuesday night. March IA. Mrs.
)ominy was born in Columbus.
)hio. and was the daughter of the
ate David and Susan Cowpe Ste
'enson. She had been living here
With her daughter about year and
vas making preparations to visit
mother daughter in Virginia. Fu-
Ieral services were held from the
boyer Funeral Home on Saturday ii
fternoon last at 2 o'clock. The
ervices were in charge of the Rev. III
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