Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 03-28-2002
100 years ago
March 29, 1902
ODESSA NOTES
Mr. John W. Watkins spent Tuesday in town.
Mrs. R. J. Mailly is visiting relatives in Wilmington.
Miss Lizzie Gilch is visiting her sister at Atlantic City.
Miss Mary Money was the guest of Miss Beulah Naylor over Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Hall is being entertained by her mother, Mrs. William Rhein.
Mr. H. Rodney Sharpe is spending the Easter holidays at his home on the Levels.
Mrs. John C. Corbit, Jr., of Norristown, and Mr. George C. Gibson, of Philadelphia, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Gibson over Sunday.
Dr. F. H. Moore, of Forest Presbyterian Church, Middletown, will deliver a lecture at St. Paul’s M. E. Church on Thursday evening, April 3d, at eight o’clock, on “The Land of William the Conqueror.” After the lecture, the League will give a reception to Rev. John M. Arters and wife in the lower room of the church. Every one is cordially invited.
WARWICK HAPPENINGS
Mr. Wilson Merritt spent Tuesday in Earleville.
Special service at the M. P. Church to-morrow.
Miss Bessie R. Merritt spent Saturday in Middletown.
W. J. Lofland was a guest of relatives in Cecilton last week.
T. B. Vinyard spent one day recently in Wilmington and Elkton.
Miss Lily Pierce, of Cecilton, was a visitor in town on Saturday.
Mr. Urie P. Ginn was an Elkton and Wilmington visitor last week.
Mrs. C. R. Manlove entertained Mr. and Mrs. Urie P. Ginn on Sunday.
75 years ago
March 31, 1927
Nearby Towns
DELAWARE CITY
William G. Keane, of Baltimore, Md., is spending several days here with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ball of Dover, were visitors here Sunday with Mrs. Lillian Shook.
Postmaster Stanley Stevens was able to be out for a time Sunday, following his recent illness.
Miss Frances Webb has returned to her home here after spending the past week with Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Filkins, of Audubon, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Hope left Monday afternoon for New Brunswick, N. J., where Mr. Hope will be employed with the Austin Company.
Miss Margaret Walters, a student nurse at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C., was a week-end visitor here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Walters.
TOWNSEND
Paul Hodgson, of Baltimore, spent the week-end at his home here.
Mrs. Mary Niles, mother of Dr. J. D. Niles, is visiting in Philadelphia.
George J. Salmons, a business man of New York City, was a visitor here on Saturday.
Ira Moore and family, of Elkton, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hart on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Heverin are the proud parents of a little son born Thursday, March 24th. Mother and baby are getting along nicely.
Earl Mumford, a factory inspector of Wilmington, was on a tour of the state on Monday and spent a brief time in this vicinity while covering the trip by auto.
The Epworth League services on Sunday evening were in charge of Mr. Charles M. Watts. A good attendance enjoyed an excellent program including a duet by Miss Elizabeth Connelly and her brother, Walton Connelly, also other special features.
50 years ago
March 27, 1952
Middletown H. S. Top 15 List
“What We Want For Easter”
Helen Eckler – A boy in blues.
Patsy Reynolds – An Irish name.
Betty Laws – Another Merry-land.
Jimmie Austin – Another Joan.
Jean Webber – Easter Bunny.
Katherine Lockerman – A great BIG Easter Egg.
Gloria Frank – A few more pounds.
Anna May Sparks – Just a man.
Marguerite Butler – Another thrill.
Smokey Smith – A new car.
Norma Burris – A date with Walter and Herman.
Sam Smith – To be chef at the Glass Kitchen.
Earl Emerson – A steady girl.
Eddie Sudloff – A little “Chicken.”
Suzzie Jeffcott – To pass swimming.
Local Personal Column
Those Who Entertained and Have Been Away
Mr. Albert Jolls, Jr., of Baltimore, spent Sunday visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. Elva Leaden, of Philadelphia, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Schettler.
Mrs. Harry Hufnal is visiting her brother, Mr. Ernest Jarrell and Mrs. Jarrell, in Denton.
Mrs. Roy Tedder, of Rockwell, Md., spent several days this week with Mrs. Sidney Berman.
Mrs. J. B. Hanna, of Wilmington, spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. John W. Dickinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. McCloskey visited Mr. and Mrs. John White in Shillington, Pa., on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Green and daughter, Nancy, and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Green, of Trenton, N. J., visited relatives in town on Saturday.
Mrs. Elwood I. Banning, of Claymont, spent the week-end here with Mrs. Elizabeth M. Stevens and Miss Ruby May Kumpel.
Mrs. O. A. Husfelt was the week-end guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Maslin, and son, Billy, in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Richardson and Miss Elizabeth Kemp, of Dover, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hufnal and family.
Mrs. C. Malcolm Cochran, Sr., and Mrs. C. Malcolm Cochran, Jr., have returned home after spending a week in Charleston, S. C., where they visited the “Blossom Festival.”
