Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 09-05-2002
100 years ago
Sept. 6, 1902
Social Items
Edgar Carrow was a Smyrna visitor on Tuesday.
Miss Florence Jamison spent Sunday with Miss Mida Ecker.
Mrs. M. Shermer, of Philadelphia, is visiting Mrs. R. Hopkins.
William Heisel, of Elkton, Md., spent Sunday with friends here.
Miss Myers, of Philadelphia, is the guest of Miss Gertrude Swain.
Edward Moore, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with his parents here.
Mrs. C.W. Barrett, of Canton, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Carrow.
Harry Rickards, of State Road, has been spending the past week in town.
The public schools will reopen for the fall term on Tuesday, September 16th.
H.P. Stewart and sister, Miss Anna, were visitors in Wilmington last week.
Mrs. Delaney of Newark, spent part of last week with H.T. Hopkins and family.
Rev. Dr. J.R. Milligan and wife were visitors in Wilmington on Tuesday.
Elmer Egee and wife, of Philadelphia, were guests of relatives here on Friday.
Mrs. Charles Faulkenheimer and guest, Miss Everett, are at Atlantic City this week.
Austin Webb and son, of Wilmington, are guests of his mother, Mrs. Claren Brinton.
Misses Annie and Nannie Moore are spending several weeks in Wilmington and Stanton.
Mrs. Charles Rommell and Mrs. A.W. Foeman are spending a few days in Philadelphia.
Harry Robinson who has been in Goshen, Pa., for several days, returned home on Tuesday.
C.M. Riley has returned from a three weeks visit with friends at Smyrna and McDonough.
Mrs. Councill, of Wilmington, and Mrs. Smith, of Porters, called on relatives in town Tuesday.
Miss Lida Lloyd and nephew, Lloyd Caulk, of Odessa, visited the Misses Paynter on Thursday.
Miss Mattie Swain, of Wilmington, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Swain on Sunday.
Mrs. W. W. Rose and grandson, Roy Garren, of Philadelphia, are guests of W. K. Price and family.
Mrs. G. N. Bright and son, of Delaware City, were guests of A. N. Sutton and family on Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Steward, of Philadelphia, is visiting at the residence of her father, D. B. Stewart.
A. O. Gray and wife spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Soloman Davis, at Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. William Price and daughter, Miss Merrian, spent several days last week with relatives near Dover.
Miss Annie Wright and friends, of Philadelphia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wolf on Sunday
75 years ago
Sept. 8, 1927
School will cost $180,000
Middletown’s New Structure to be Modern in Every Respect
Members of the Middletown School Building Commission recently elected when this district voted to bond for $70,000 to build a new school building, met in Dover on Friday with the members of the State Board of Education and organized.
George S. Williams, president of the State Board of Education, was elected chairman of the building commission; Eugene H. Shallcross, of Middletown, vice-chairman; Dr. H. V. Holloway, secretary, and Daniel W. Stevens, of Middletown, acting secretary. The other two members of the commission in Middletown are Jesse L. Shepherd and John C. Alston. The commission voted to employ A. J. Taylor as engineer, and Gilbert and Betelle as architects.
The district will get $81,000 from the state under the $2,000-$1,000 school building program bill, making a total of $151,000 that will be available for the new building. This figure does not, of course, include the architectural and engineering costs which are financed by the Delaware School Auxiliary. These, with the school grounds purchased several years ago by Pierre S. duPont for $10,000, and donated to the local school, brings the total cost of the school and lot to about $180,000.
Social News of Middletown
Mrs. Biggs and Mrs. Vaughan Entertained Last Friday
Mrs. Julian Foard entertained some friends on Saturday afternoon at a most enjoyable porch party.
Mrs. S. S. Holten and Miss May Holten, of town, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Morris F. Eliason, on Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Lockwood entertained some friends at cards at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Theodore Whitlock, on Saturday evening last.
Miss Elizabeth Gibbs had as her guests at dinner on Saturday last, Mrs. Franels Hukill, of Allentown; Mrs. John Pitts, of Scottsville, and Mrs. Carlton Pepper, of Detroit, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Burge had as dinner guests Monday evening, Misses Hazel and Ruby Hancock, Frances Campbell and son, Lester, of Wilmington, and Miss Edna Beck, of this town.
Mrs. J. Frank Biggs and Mrs. Edward Vaughan were hostesses to the members of the Five Hundred Club at the home of Mrs. Biggs on Friday of the past week. Among their guests were Mrs. Clara Green, Mrs. Willard Biggs, Mrs. Fred Brady, Mrs. G. Lindsey Cochran, Mrs. Richard Cann, Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. Frances Watkins, Mrs. George Janvier, Mrs. Florence Webb, Mrs. Frank Retinger, Mrs. Leila Armstrong, Mrs. Nellie Lockwood, Mrs. John Boyt, Miss Mabel Derrickson and Miss Laura Willits. The ones receiving prizes were Mrs. Fred Brady, Mrs. John Boyt and Miss Laura Willits. After the cards, a most delicious luncheon was served.
