Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 05-01-2003
100 years ago
May 2, 1903
Odessa Notes
Miss Ladie Fox was a Philadelphia visitor this week.
Mrs. William Huffington who has been quite ill is much improved.
Mrs. Brice, of Camden, N.J., is the guest of Mrs. Joseph M. Armstrong.
Miss Grace Vinyard and Mr. Walter spent Sunday with friends near Newark.
Mrs. William Schillinger, of Wilmington, visited Mrs. William Ecces part of last week.
Miss Georgia C. Enos, of Wilmington, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Enos.
Mrs. G. L. Townsend has returned after an extended visit to Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Hahn visited her son-in-law, James H. S. Gam, at St. Georges, part of last week.
Mr. Porter Walker, of Wilmington, is visiting his parents, Mr. V. H. Walker and wife near town.
Mrs. J. M. Arters has returned home after spending four weeks with her parents at Dillsburg, Pa.
Mrs. F. William Curtis and children have returned to Newark after spending a week with her parents.
Mrs. George Carson Boyd and daughter, of Wilmington, are visiting her parents, Mr. William tucker and wife.
Mr. Stanley Stevens and friend, Miss Aker, of Delaware City, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Alfred Stevens.
Mrs. Townsend returned after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. George Buckson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rose entertained on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Harry Webb, of Delaware City, Miss Seek, of New Jersey, and Miss Katie Hutchins, of Townsend.
75 years ago
May 3, 1928
Our Local News Happenings
Many brief paragraphs gathered weekly by our scribes
This week will see that start of sturgeon fishing for the season. Some of the fishermen planned to start last week but did not do so because of the storms.
John F. Nelson, proprietor of the garage at the St. Georges on the state highway near that town, is making extensive improvements to the building at the present time.
Daylight saving time, which went into effect Sunday in Wilmington, Philadelphia, New York and other cities, does not include Delaware, other than Wilmington, which still remains on standard time.
A special meeting of the Town Council and Fire Committees, of Smyrna, was held at the Fire House last week to discuss the purchase of the new engine for the Smyrna fire Company. The present engine has been in use for 15 years and is practically worn out.
The Merritt Farm, situated on the Sassafras River and Turner’s Creek in Cecil County, Md., has been purchased by the Miller-Nelson Company. The property will be sub-divided into building lots. The situation is an ideal one for a summer home, being at the head of the Chesapeake Bay.
On Monday evening, May 14, in the assembly room of the Commodore MacDonough School at St. Georges, there will be a musical recital given by the “Treble Clef” of the Washington Heights Century Club of Wilmington and sponsored by the Delaware City Century Club for the benefit of the building fund.
The Mount Harmon farm of 432 acres in the Cecilton district, has been sold by the Fidelity Trust Company of Philadelphia, executor of Sidney G. Fisher, to Judge William I. Shaffer, a Justice of the supreme Court of Pennsylvania, at private terms. Judge Shaffer will greatly improve this fine old place and make it his summer home.
The annual municipal election in Chesapeake City, Md., for the election of a town president, to serve one year and two town commissioners to serve for two years will be held in the Fire House on Monday, May 7. The following have been nominated: for town president, Dr. E. D. Graves and Joseph Savin; for commissioners, William M. Brown and Harry Griffith.
50 years ago
April 30, 1953
Townsend
Daylight wasn’t saved on the farm half a century ago. It was all used – from dawn to dark.
Children suffer no ill effects through listening to fairy tales, says a doctor. How about voters?
We are keeping our fingers crossed and hoping the dove of peace won’t lay an egg this time.
An astronomer reports he has found a hole in the Milky Way. We hope that this doesn’t mean that our universe has sprung a leak.
Mrs. John Singletary and children of West Chester, Pa., motored to Townsend on Sunday where they spent the day with relatives and friends. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Luta Baughman of Malvern, Pa.
A town election will he held at the Town office on Saturday, May 9th, from two to four p.m., for the purpose of electing three Town Commissioners to serve for two years. Those filing should do so ten (10) days prior to the day of election with the secretary who is Mrs. Daisy Johnson.
The rainy spell stopped about all activities that would certainly help the country folks. It halted not only farmers but all who worked in shops as many failed to make the trip from their homes due to the disagreeable conditions. A lot of business enterprises had to suspend activities temporarily on account of the rainy spell and some workers stayed home a whole week.
John Sweeney has returned form Miami, Florida, where he spent the major part of the winter. His stay there included the privilege of seeing several baseball games, a visit to the alligator pen, and a trip by plane from Miami to Havana, Cuba. Other diversions also held his attention and he also recalls the time he went out fishing for tropical fish. His party held a fish fry on returning from a trip down Biscayne Bay. He expects to return during the next winter.
Readers are asking what became of the fellow who used to march through the neighborhood, looking into gardens from the back fence and speaking plainly of what he observed. Sometimes his remarks were so insulting that the garden owners would tell him to bother them no more. But he persisted and finally had to be chased away by the garden owner.
Sometimes again a fierce dog was sent to chase him and he sure left in a hurry whenever the dog was called to duty. He claimed to be a beetle inspector from a city college.
