Thank you David Lantz for sponsoring the October 2025 printed edition of The Mill Town Messenger.
Sponsor’s Corner Quiz
By Pam LaFountain
MJ Harrington’s Jewelers has been located on Main Street since 1948. What do you know about this successful Newport area business?
Take the Sponsors’s History Quiz below (Answers can be found by clicking here or in the next NHS newsletter).
Hint: Check out the Harrington’s article in the October 2021 edition of the Mill Town Messenger for some of the answers
- Why is the business called “Harrington’s? What is the connection to the present owners, the Lantz family?
- Who was the original owner of the jewelry business at 19 Main Street, Newport? (1841)?
- MJ Harrington’s opened its second store in 1976. Where was this store located?
- In the 1990s Harrington’s featured a cartoon character on their Seiko watches. Who was this adorable creature?
- This quiet, mild mannered gentleman retired from Harrington’s Jewelers in 1995 after almost 40 years of serving the public. What was his name?
- In the 1960s Harrington Jewelers featured a special piece of jewelry that was described this way in their advertisement: “ Twin bands of gold for Father and Mother – – The stone of the month for each child in the family” What was this special item?
- In the 1960s the Harrington Jewelers had a program called Harrington’s Gift Bureau. This program offered an opportunity for a special group of customers to select items that friends and family could purchase for them. Who was this special group of customers?
- On the 50th anniversary of the business, a brass clock was given to customers celebrating what event?
- When buyers at the Harrington’s bought too many pieces and decided to sell them at a reduced price in the 1990s, what were the jewelry items called?
- In the 1980s MJ Harrington Jewelers sponsored a sports team. What sport did they play?
Help us thank MJ Harrington’s Jewelers by letting us know about an item that you have either purchased yourself or was given as a gift from Harringtons, that is very special to you.
My Story:
Many years ago while walking my children through town, I spied in the window of Harringtons, a beautiful white porcelain nativity with tiny Irish shamrocks along the bottom of most of the pieces. Mentioning this to my husband, I was thrilled to receive this beautiful gift that Christmas. Although I am not sure the year I received the nativity, I do know that every year it has a special place in my home during the Christmas holiday. It is still wrapped up every January in the distinctive white Harrington’s box we all remember. “Oh, it’s from Harringtons.”
