Henry L. Harrison

These orchards were formerly the special care of George A. Harrison, but since his demise, have been under the supervision of Henry L. Harrison.
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Senator Harrison has employed more labor and paid out more money in Worcester County for labor than any other man in the County for 40 years.

At the time Senator Harrison was sent to the Maryland Senate from the Eastern Shore, there were practically no improved highways on the Peninsula below Wilmington, Delaware.

Ocean City, Maryland's only seaside resort, which is seven miles from Berlin, could then be reached only by crossing to the peninsula on which it is located, by means of a railroad bridge, and by dirt road.

The agriculturalists of the Eastern Shore had other grievancies which they wished relieved by the Legislature and Senator Harrison gave freely of his time in every effort to improve existing conditions.
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Senator Harrison was one of the men responsible for making the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, from a small College to a real University for all farmer boys and girls of the State. Senator Harrison was one of the original men named in the charter for the Eastern Shore State Normal School, and always a friend to the Maryland State College of Agriculture.

Senator Harrison was an able supporter of the bill providing for County Demonstrators or Agents, the State and Federal Governments contributing equally to the support of these men.

Through his efforts the beautiful bridge at Pocomoke City was made possible, as a part of the State Highway system, and he hopes to be able to bring to fulfillment plans looking to the drainage of large areas of land now under water in times of high water or heavy rainfall, and other important improvements to complete the needed road improvements in the county.

Senator Harrison has found time to devote to fraternal activities, being a member of the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. He has given his financial influence to a number of business enterprises of Berlin and greatly aided them by his sound judgement and advice. He is President of the Exchange and Savings Bank of Berlin, the Berlin Building and Loan Association numbers him among its directors. He loves his church and has given his time to the church, and was honored as a representative at the Methodist General Conference in 1924.

On the fifteenth of January 1893, he was united in marriage to Miss Ada Long of Frankford, Sussex County, Delaware, and they have become the parents of four sons, - G. Hale, Henry L., Orlando, Jr., and John Long Harrison. G. Hale Harrison is a graduate of Cornell University and has been actively identified with the business for several years. For some time he had charge of the budding of all fruit trees and is now Manager of Sales and Treasurer of the concern.

The second son, Henry L. Harrison, entered the business as director of the Orchards.