Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 08-29-2002
50 years ago
August 28, 1952
Local Personal Column
Those Who Entertained And Have Been Away
Mrs. Lila Jones spent last week in Atlantic City, N.J.
Mrs. Mabel Howell, of Wilmington, visited Mrs. Gertrude Beck last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Carl Morris, of near town, enjoyed a motor trip to Chicago, Ill., last week.
Miss Margaret Riggin spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Girard Duppen in New York City.
Donald and Gerald Buckworth, of Elkton, are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sapp.
Mr. Francis D. Pinder, of Brooklyn, N.Y., spent the weekend here with his mother, Mrs. George E. Pinder.
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Cannon, of near Wilmington, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy E. Mahle.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rowe, of Baltimore, were guests of her sister, Mrs. Clarence Greenwood, for the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Darlington, of Merchantville, N.J., spent Wednesday of last week with his aunt, Mrs. George E. Pinder.
Mrs. N.C. Lockwood left on Tuesday to spend a few days as the guest of her niece, Mrs. Marion Ewing, in Cape May, N.J.
Wayne Morris, of near town, spent last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bailey, also of near town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lemont Jones were guests last week of the Misses Abbie, Bertha and Carolyn Richardson in Saxton's River, Vt.
Mrs. William L. Cole, of Bellevue, is spending this week with her parents, Secretary of State and Mrs. Harris B. McDowell, near town.
Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Buckingham, Sr., of this town, and Mr. and Mrs. James T. Shallcross, of Odessa, left on Friday on a trip to Nova Scotia.
75 years ago
September 1, 1927
Tomatoes Rot in Fields
Price s So Low Farmers Cannot Pick Them
Thousands of baskets of tomatoes are now rotting in the fields around Smyrna, due to the prices being so low that the farms cannot pick them at a profit.
Buyers for the Campbell Soup Company, Camden, N.J., are buying at Smyrna Landing, the price being thirty cents for five-eighths baskets. Many tenant farmers who are renting land on one-half share refuse to pick their tomatoes, claiming that their one-half share will not permit them to handle them.
The tomato pickers are asking five cents per basket for picking the tomatoes and the owners of trucks are charging five cents per basket to haul them to the boats.
Many farmers claim they will wait for a period of several days and if the prices do not rise they will plow their entire acreage down for wheat. The tomatoes and green vine foliage will greatly improve the soil, it is said.
Chicken Thieves Made Heavy Haul
Townsend, Del. Aug. 31. – Chicken thieves again operated in this part of the county on Friday night, having raided the hennery belonging to N.W. Guessford, a well known farmer on the Maloney farm. The loss amounts to 75 choice fowls and a motorcar was used to carry off the loot. The thieves, three in number, were traced as far as the Maryland line. Several clues are being investigated by the local authorities, and arrests may soon be made, as the Maryland authorities are now co-operating with local officers in searching for the culprits.
It is believed that this robbery was committed by a notorious gang of chicken thieves residing in Kent County, Maryland, and this gang has been suspected of several thefts around Sassafras for some time.
Plans For Handling Mail
Delaware City Will Have Star Route From Wilmington
Due to the contemplated discontinuance of the train service between Newark and Delaware City, provisions are being made by the Post office department at Washington, a new star route, effective September 1, will be initiated from Washington via Farnhurst and St. Georges to Delaware City.
The schedule provides the carrier leave Wilmington, daily except Sunday, via St. Georges at 7:30 a.m. and arrive at Delaware City (omitting St. Georges) 10 a.m. Arrive Wilmington (omitting St. Georges) 5 p.m. and arrive at Delaware City 5:45 p.m.; leave Delaware City via St. Georges 5:55 p.m. and arrive at Wilmington 7:10 p.m.
The necessity of establishing this mail service was brought to the attention of the Post office department by Postmaster Leroy W. Hickman.
The contract for carrying the star route has been awarded to Harold W. Lambert, of Bellmoor. The new service calls for twelve trips a week. St. Georges is to be supplied on the morning trip from Wilmington and on the afternoon trip to Wilmington.
