Milford chronicle., 1960-10-14
Harrington Church
Women Held Fine
Meeting October 4th

Meeting October 4th
According to Mrs. Fulton j.
Downing, anniversaries are hap
py time and such was the case on
Tuesday evening, October 4, at the
combined meeting of the Asbury
and Trinity Women's Society OF
Christian Service. The meeting
was held in celebration of the goth
anniversary of the W.S.C.S., in the
Collins Building of Asbury Meth
odist Church.
The evening was also a time OF
reminiscing with Mrs. William w
Sharp taking her audience back
to the beginning of the Society
on October 4, 1940 Mrs. Sharp was
well qualified to tell the story OF
the first growth of the Society since
she served the young organization
as first president of the Peninsula
Conference W.S.C.S.
A roll call of the charter mem
bers of the Asbury Society was
made with 80 of the original wO-
men being present. Mrs. SHARP
then introduced the past presi-
dents of both the Asbury and Trim
| ity groups. They were from Trini-
ty: Mrs. Harry Boyer, Mrs. Ear
Sylvester, Mrs. Ernest Raughley
and Mrs. Calvin Simpson, Mrs. Ell
wood Gruwell, Mrs. G. Tharp Har.
rington and Mrs. Frank c. O'Neal
T. M~c nc C(aY
were unable to be present, how
ever. From Asbury, the presidents
were Mrs. James Cahall, Mrs. G
Fred Wilson, Mrs. A. B. Parsons
Mrs. Charles Greenhaugh, Mrs
Mark Wiley and Mrs. Fulton ]
Downing. Only Mrs. Greenhaugf
was unable to attend. Each of these
women gave short resume Oi
their term of office, each one re
nlembering some of the struggles
of the early days, and some of the
light-hearted moments that occur
red.
Also included on the program fol
the evening was the introduction
of Mrs. Jonothan S. Willis of Mil
ford, Zone leader, who brought
message from Mrs. Byron Gibson
Spiritual Life Secretary for th'
| Dover District. Her topic wal
How deep is your ocean-Hov
high is your sky. A vocal solo b.
Mrs. William Kramedas, and violin
and piano duet by the Misses Re
becca and Sara Moore were enjoy
| ed by the audience.
| Rev. Nelson Benjamin and Rev
| OIin I. Shockley both expressed
their pleasure at being invited tt
participate in the anniversary.
A social hour followed the pro
gram. Mrs. Cahall and Mrs. VIII
son, first and second presidents o.
the Asbury society poured at the
tea table, and Mrs. Allen B. Par.
SOILS, the third president, cut the
Anniversary cake.
The twenty years had passed
quickly it seemed to some of the
ladies'. Certainly the work they
had done was an inspiration to the
presidents of the societies today
The work continues and increases
| in Importance to the church anC
| the conference. Credit for the pro.
gram belongs to Mrs. Sharp, Mrs
Downing and Mrs. Floyd Nasser
who worked with Mrs. Francis
Winkler and the Local Church Ac.
tlvities Committee.
At the business meeting tha1
preceded the program, Mrs. Down
ing noted that 10 new members hat
been enrolled in the circles. Thii
was the direct result of member.
ship drive that Mrs. Sharp hat
| planned.
Other announcements that were
made included the postponement
of the study course on Basic
Christian Beliefs by the Rev. John
Link. The date for the first meet
ing will be Wednesday, October
IT, 1880 in the Collins Building
This Sunday, the WS.C.S. will at
tend the morning church services
as a group, sitting on the left side
| of the Sanctuary together. A meet
ing of the UNICEF committee fol
Halloween will be held at the
home of Mrs. Frank O'Neal, Sr.
/ On nui oudyt OCIOOCl 1oth at o os
p. m. Those who are asked to at.
tend from Asbury are Mrs. Down.
| ing, Mrs. Marvin Richardson, Mrs
| William A. Minner, Mrs. B. Nor
man Hopkins, Mrs. James Moore
Mrs. George Cain and Mrs. Fran.
els Winkler. The MYF will serve
lunch from the lot next to Pitlick's
garage on Election Day. The mon
ey realized from the sale will be
used to buy a tape recorder. The
| Deborah Circle announced that
they will have bake on Satur.
day, October 22nd, at Cahall's End
| Hand Store.
Because of the Dover District
Fail Conference on November 1st
| there will be no meeting of tie
| local society on that night. The
next meeting will be on December
| 6. with Mrs. James D. Moore, lead.