Milford chronicle., 1945-02-02
HARRINGTON

years ulVu ~ tHe nome Of his SON
lr-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs
Zedoe Clark near Greenwood on ;
Wednesday. Jan. 24th after several
months illness. Mr. McI.aughlin
Was born i'll Ireland the son of the
late GeOr2e and Mary NcI.aughlin.
he was a bridge builder and moved
TO this country 10 years ago sctt-
ling III New York. Later he pur-
CHASED farm near Greenwood
T4lere he has lived for the past IS
Years. Funeral services We're held
last Saturday morning at l0 o'clock
from ST Johns Il. &. Church iii
Milford in charge of the Reverend
Daniel NJ. Powers Intermcm i'm
Holy Cross Cemetery. bower. He is
survived by three daughtrr. be
SIDES Mrs. Clark there is also Mrs.
christian SlaW of Nineland. New
Jersey and Mrs Calvin King of
Arden, Delaware: three sons. John
Mclaughlin OF Media, Pcnnsylva-
mia; Leo Ncl.au@hlin of Vinclamd.
New Jersey and Philip McI.au2hlin
OF Oklahoma city. Oklahoma. also
IL grandchildren and :; 4rrat-erand
children
=
lccliC one for the HARRINGTON fire
r.en, when they responded to -four
HlaIms III less then two hours. The
FIRST call Was TO Farmin2ton for Il
chimney fire which did no DAMAGE.
hut the second alarm was Of a
more serious nature, caused bY 4
short circuit. flames ignilcd the
draperieS in the room OF Miss Mil
Mrs. William \. Swain. proprietor
OF Swain's Hotel ON Route l3 al
the entrance to this city With the
wind bloWiho Il gale and freezin2
temperature. the fire was discover
cd early and before it GOT a start.
Assistant chief e. ~ Cahall alriV-
cd soon after the alarm was sound
cd. !iZcd up the situation and
quickly turned in the second alarm
bringing out all equipment All the
personal BELONGINGS oI Miss SW ain
we're either damaged on destroyed
including Il fur coat She however.
Lad insurance ON the coat The
damage is estimated mt $4,000
covered by Insurance. The chicf
uagllaEc occurred in this one room
and included the turnshines Chirf
t. W Shockley was slightly injur-
ed hN ilyin" glass when hr slit TWO
ui his fingers The lir"u"n just
aig4,ut had the hotel lire under con-
tl0 when another alarm for Il
chimney fire on Ward Street. came
iii. two engines rushed To this cali
the fire was cXtin2uiShcd without
damage. Still another call came Ia
ter while the firemcn were putting
the hose back on the trucks. his
called out the men 10 Vernon four
miles West Of This city for a CHM
ney fire which was eXtin@uishrd
without damage Mir. and Mrs.
Swain were Very appreciatiVc of
the Volunteer services ot the fire
men and have already promised
them ample reward
The IlarrinStun Gun Club held
their annual election Of officers
during the ppast week Tho follow
H. officers were elcctcd President,
john Holloway ST., Hico president.
l.. Il. Harrington; secretary and
treasurer. Dewitt Tatman; tru5-
tees Nr Holloway. Horace llamil-
ton. and Ernest HomeWood: shoot
IlaStcr and property custodian.
iold John MaSten Memorial
shoot on .Washineton's Birthday.
Thursday afternoon. February -
All shooters are invited but must
bring their own shells
Mr.. and Mrs Phillips Of Heho-
both Beach. Cap@in ard Mrs. Ran
Gall H. Knox Jr.. and MIR. and Mrs
Samuel Williams of this city at
liams sister. Miss Edna r. JOSEPH
of I.owes to Corporal Irving Nit6G
of the Delaware State Troopers. ii
the United states Army chapel
Washington. ID. e. on Saturday
January 9th. Colonel Irving Car
pentcr. a chaplain in the t. :
Army, 4 former minister OF En-
worth Methodist Church. Rchoholi
performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Carl Jones has been a re
cent visitor with Wilmington
friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Welch. Mr.
Lewis Curtis and Mrs John CUrti
all Of this city, attended the capn
ing exercises AT Wilmington Gene
:al Hospital ON Friday ni@ht. Tn
formers daughter, Miss Emma l.c
Melch was among those in IN
class
Simplicity marked the weddin
last week Of Miss Carrie Bell
EobinsOn, daughter of Mrs. Marth
Robinson, SanatoSa. PcnnsylVani;
and Corporal Alden J. Ramsdel
L. s Army. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. |
.Judson Ramsdcll of this city. Th
ceremony was performed in Fir;
Presbyterian Church, ny the Rev,
rond A. Bta'tis liallock. past0
Mrs Earl :. Yohn presided at II
organ. The double rims Ccremon
was used.
On -en in marriage by her uncl
Mr. Stuart Mel0y OF SanatOga. II
bride looked lovely in a pearl ga
travelling suit, with which she W0l
Lrown accessories and a corsa@e
Violcts. The brides only attendaI
was her sister Mrs. Eugene
IIornn2 OF Mount Vernon, Ne
York. She Was attircd in Il t"O tol
2ray suit. Her accessories We
brown and she wore Il corsa@c
yellow butterfly Orchids MIR. cha
W. Moore OF This city, served
best man The usher was MIR +.
gtnc : Horning \ reception il
lowed at the Laurel Lock tea r0O
The bride. ii graduate Of PottStCV
Ili@h School and West Chest
state Teachers College. is ply.
cal education supervisor in POtt