Milford chronicle., 1944-09-08
HARRINGTON

Reverend Thomas G. Jones
Camp Meeting at Ocean Grove
New Jersey this week. Miss Dori
Hall daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Everett who has been a faithful
pianist for Trinity Methodist Sun
day School for several years AM
who will leave for nurse training
was presented with a gift at thu
Sunday School session last Sunday
Sergeant John Truitt of CAM
Davis, North Carolina has been
recent guest of his parents Mr.. anC
Mrs. S. H. Truitt.
Miss Betty Sagle of Cumberland
Maryland is visiting Miss Dorths
Lee Rice.
The Misses Doris Raughley and
Eloise Price are spending this
week in Rehoboth.
Sergeant William WechtenhiseI
of Fort Jay, New York spent the
weekend with his wife Mrs. Jose
phine Wechtenhiser.
Seaman 2 &c John Holmes Potter
spent the weekend with his par
ents and his wife Mrs. jeanette
Potter.
The regular meeting of the Fire
Company scheduled for next Mon
day night Labor Day. has been
moved up to Wednesday night.
Mr.. Charles p Bradley a farmer
of near Harrington age 70 years,
died at his home early last Thurs
day morning after being in poor
health for two years. He was born
near Pennington and was the son
of the late Thomas Bradley and
Jane Outten Bradley. Funeral SER
vices were held from the Boyer
Funeral Home in this city. last
Saturday at o'clock, the services
were in charge of the Reverend H.
II. Calhoun pastor of the Nazerene
Church, interment in Hollywood
Cemetery. Besides his widow. Eliza
Donavan Bradley. he is survived by
six children: Harvey, Harry, and
Ella Bradley, Mrs. Anna GustafsOn
all of Harrington; Ralph Bradley,
Magnolia; Florence GustafsOn,
Houston There are % grand
children and 3 great grand chill
-dren surviving.
Mrs. Herbert G. Denney presided
at a special meeting of the Ever
Ready Class of Asbury Methodist
Church this week when plans were
formulated for the seventh annual
Flower Show which the class is
sponsoring. Ii will be held in
Collins Hall on Friday evening,
September %. The general di-
rectOrs will be Mrs. Clarence
Raughley, Mrs. Charles DerricksOn
and Mrs. Elmer West. The chair
n:-classifications. Mrs. Shock
ley; tickets. Mrs. J. J. Plummer;
posters, Mrs. Clyde Perry; entries,
Mrs. Norris Adams; judges. Mrs.
Wallace Hanson; tables. Mrs.
Ernest w. Dean; publicity, Mrs. w.
w. Sharp; gift table, Mrs. w. r.
Massey and Mrs. W. S. Smith; ice
cream. Mrs. o. T. Perry; cakes.
Mrs. Fred G. Mayer; program. Mrs.
Sharp.
A grass fire believed to have
started from the sparks of a rail-
load train on lands of Charles
Peck along the railroad right of
way just North of this city Sunday
afternoon was quickly extinguish-
ed by the Harrington Fire Com
pany without loss and halted the
flames before it spread to a woods
nearby.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Ramsdell
spent Sunday with the formers
brother in Ashland. New Jersey.
Mrs. Ramsdell stopped off in Phila-
delphia for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Cain of
Newark spent the weekend with
his parents Mr.. and Mrs Hasty
Cain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Boyer and
Miss Jane Pride were weekend
visitors at Atlantic City.
Mr.. ad Mrs. Andrew MacMillen
OF Sommerville, New Jersey; Mr..
and Mrs. Jones and Harriet HOltz-
claw of Wilmington were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Job Pride over the
weekend.
Miss Mildred Wheeler spent part
of the past week with her mother
in Baltimore.
Miss Barbara Masten of Balti- +
more is spending the holiday week .
end with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
John Masten.
Ralph Smith second son of Mr..
and Mrs. F. Brown Smith will
enter Staunton Military School for
his freshman year.
Mrs. w. w. Sharp attended the
funeral of Mrs. George L. Borum
in Portsmouth, Virginia over the
weekend.
Miss Christine Powell daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Fred c. Powell has
returned to Skidmore College,
Saratoga Springs. New York for
her sophmore year.
Private Sol Martin of Fort Fost-
er Maine spent the weekend with
his wife Mrs. Ruth Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Sawtelle of
New York spent the weekend with
his sister Mrs. r. X. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Reese of
Riverview. New Jersey spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B.
Harrington.
Sergeant Kenneth Meredith of
Wisconsin is spending a furlough
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Meredith and his wife.
Mr.. l. Z. Legates has returned
home after spending the past week
in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Raughley,
Mr.. and Mrs. THEODORE Harrington
and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Sylvester and daughters, Mrs. Cora
Bailey are among those spending
part of September at Rehoboth.
Sergeant Maurice Harrington of
Camp Pickett, Virginia is spending
a furlough with his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Philamon Harrington.
Pfc. Norman Morgan of Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey is spending