Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 04-24-2003
100 years ago
April 25, 1903
Personalities
Miss Helen Smith was in Wilmington Saturday.
Mrs. J. C. Stites is visiting friends in Dover this week.
Misses Jeannette Schreitz and Lillian Solway were in Wilmington yesterday.
Mrs. W. P. Cullen was in Wilmington and Philadelphia Monday.
Mr. H. S. Beaster has accepted a position with W. T. Connellee.
Mr. A. W. Tatman has accepted a position in Atlantic City, N. J.
Mr. Charles Dickerson, of Wilmington, spent Sunday with his wife here.
Miss Ebe Wilds, of Smyrna, was the guest of Mrs. J. C. Sties last Friday.
Miss May Hodge, of Canaseraga, N. Y., is visiting Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Wilkie.
Mrs. Ella Penington is entertaining Miss Jessie Whitaker, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charles N. Dickerson is spending several days with relatives in Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dare have returned from a visit with Lancaster relatives.
Mrs. John Allen, of Philadelphia, has been spending several days with friends here.
Mrs. George Echenhofer, of Philadelphia, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Price .
Mr. Theodore Lenhart has accepted a position as foreman with the J. C. Parker & Son Co.
Mrs. T. S. Fouracre and little son spent several days this week in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Miss Clarissa Richards, of Wilmington, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Richards.
Mr. J. Elliott Pardee, of the Centerville, Md., Observer, paid our office a pleasant call Monday.
Mrs. Hugh C. Browne and little son, of Wilmington, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. H. V. Parvis.
Messes. William Holten and Frank Suydam spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Shapley, in Smyrna.
Dr. Stewart Pool, of Pittsburg, Pa., is spending some time with his father, Mr. Z. A. Poole, near McDonough.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hudson and Miss Mabel Hudson, of Smyrna, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McWhorter.
Mr. and Mrs. William Carey, of Wilmington, were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McColgan, over Sunday.
Miss Lanra Jackson, of Wilmington, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for some months, is spending sometime with Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Richards.
75 years ago
April 26, 1928
St. Georges
Mr. Harry Clark, who is ill at his home here, is improving slowly.
Mrs. Harry Williams is spending a few days with relatives in Easton, Md.
Miss Alice Hutton entertained Mr. P. L. Day, of Wilmington, over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Wenzer, of Holly Oak, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huxtable.
Prof. Paul Brown and wife with their guests from Wilmington, spent Saturday in Dover.
Mr. D. G. McCall, of Wilmington was a dinner guest at the home of C. H. Staats on Tuesday.
Mrs. Mattie Jones has returned to her home here after spending come time with relatives in Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Othoson and children, of Philadelphia, spent the weekend at their summer home here.
Miss Alice Buckson, of Philadelphia, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Buckson over the weekend.
Miss Anna Reynolds and friend, Mr. William Reardon, of Wilmington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Reynolds on Saturday.
Rev. O. B. Rice and wife entertained over the weekend, his twin brother, Orenzo Rice, of Washington, D. C., and William J. Rice, of Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stapleford entertained at dinner on Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Carrow and daughter, Grace, and Mr. and Mrs. Janvier Kumpel, of near town.
Mr. and Mrs. William Billard and daughter, of Philadelphia, and Midd Virginia Schillinger spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Othoson at their summer home here.
The St. Georges Trust Company donated a prize of $10 to the winning team in the New Castle County grammar school baseball league, of which the Commodore MacDonough school is a member. The local team has won three games in the league. They defeated the Newark School team on Friday by a score of 16 – 2.
