Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 05-02-2002
50 years ago
May 1, 1952
Telephone Co. Announces County Reorganization
Northern Delaware Area Divided; Fred R. Lodge, Rural County Manager
Reorganization of the Northern Delaware Area of The Diamond State Telephone Company was announced today by Albert E. Rose, state manager for the company.
Fred R. Lodge has been appointed manager for the area outside of Wilmington. John H. Speidel, who has been Northern Delaware manager, will continue to be responsible for the Wilmington Central Office. Both men will make their headquarters at the company’s Wilmington building at 9th and Tatnall streets.
In his new position, Mr. Lodge will be responsible for the Delaware City, Holly Oak, Middletown, Newark and New Castle Central Offices, Rose said.
“The change has been made necessary by the great telephone growth since the end of the war,” Rose said. “By assigning two managers to the Northern Delaware section, we believe we will be able to provide better service for all telephone users here.”
Lodge, who has been acting as assistant manager since last December, started telephone work as a salesman in Omaha, Neb., in 1940, after attending the University of Maryland.
He joined the army in 1941 as a private and rose through the ranks to captain. He served overseas with the 90th Division and was wounded three times.
Upon his return in 1945 he joined the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania and was made a sales engineer in Philadelphia in 1948. He transferred to Delaware last December.
Local Personal Column
Those Who Have Entertained and Have Been Away
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Phillips spent the week-end at Haddon Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
Al Harris, B.T. 3, stationed in Philadelphia, spent the week-end at his home near town.
Mr. Jerome Wheatley and daughter, Holly, of Wilmington, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheatley on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Clark Burge, Jr. and daughter, Beverley, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Burge in Wilmington.
James R. Wheatley, S.N. who is stationed at Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheatley.
Mr. James W. Labour, of Berwick, Pa., is spending two weeks with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Labour and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Hopkins visited Mrs. Gilbert Bowen and Mr. Bowen and little daughter in the Doctor’s Hospital, Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Labour and daughters, Elaine and Trudy, spent 10 days recently with Mr. James Labour and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Labour in Berwick, Pa.
Mr. John C. Branner was removed to the Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, on Tuesday evening in the Volunteer Hose Company ambulance where he will undergo observation and treatment.
Mrs. William A. Deibert, of Odessa, will fly from the New Castle County Airport on Friday for Indianapolis where she will visit her daughter, Miss Jane E. Delbert, R.N., at the Indiana University Medical Center.
Cpl. James Daniels, stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C., spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Daniels. Cpl. Daniels has just returned from Ft. Hood, Texas, where he has spent the past three months on Exercise Longhorn.
Pfc. Richard W. Amazeen, who has been stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, is spending a 30-day leave here with is wife and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Lambert. Pfc. Amazeen will report to Camp Stoneman, Calif., on June 1 for assignment.
Mayor and Mrs. Thomas R. Newnam, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis K. Lecrone, Mr. and Mrs. Victor P. Kohl, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Money, Mr. and Mrs. C. Earl Shivery, Mr. and Mrs. Amos L. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. G. Lester Daniels, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Buckingham, Sr., attended the Rotary International Convention held at Haddon Hall-Chalfonte Hotels in Atlantic City Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
75 years ago
May 5, 1927
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES MEETING
Was Held at The Home of Mrs. E. A. Truitt Monday Evening
The monthly meeting of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies was held at the home of Mrs. Ernest Truitt, Monday evening, May 2, with devotions in charge of Mrs. George Buehm.
Mrs. L.C. Scott, president, presided over the business meeting of the Foreign Missionary Society. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. D.W. Stevens, Mrs. Scott read a letter in which an appeal was made to the emergency fund of China and the Society voted to subscribe the sum of $50 for this cause. Mrs. Scott also extended a welcome to two new members, Mrs. Noble Biddle and Mrs. Urie Ginn.
Mrs. J.L. Shepherd, president, presided over the Home Missionary Society. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. E.W. Caswell.
Mrs. Shepherd urged the society to make the June meeting, our last for this year, and “Every Member Present” as far as possible. The committees for next month are as follows: - Program. Mrs. William Wiley; devotionals. Mrs. D.W. Stevens; hospitality – morning. Mrs. George C. Burge and Mrs. Elwood Banning; evening, Mrs. Fred Davis and Mrs. L.E. Cullen; visiting committee. Every member of group. The June meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. William H. Wiley.
The program for the evening was in charge of Miss Fannie Shepherd and Mrs. Leland W. Money. Mrs. Ernest Truitt gave a reading which was followed by a vocal duet by the Misses Sara and Helen Kates. A short sketch was then presented by Mrs. John J. Jolls, Miss Gladys Hopkins, Mrs. Arthur Evans and Mrs. Leland W. Money entitled “Research Work in Rural Communities.” The Misses Margaret and Cassie Denny rendered an instrumental duet and a vocal duet by Margaret Tyler and Jay Davis, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Bennett. Misses Helen Kates and Margaret Tyler both gave vocal solos.
PUPILS WHO MADE GOOD ATTENDANCE
LARGE NUMBER ON LISTS
MIDDLETOWN
1st Grade – Albert Berg, Curtis Blome, Mary Ellen Spicer, Florence Marsteller, Elizabeth Lambdin, Louis Harris, Margaret Ford and Ruth Bradley.
2nd Grade – Billy Burchard, Austin Foley, Atwell Johnson, James Mullen, Billy Piser, Lee Records, Lambert Seemans, Ralph Thornton, Julia Wiley, Mary Donovan, Dorothy Nelson, Betty Reynolds, Dorothy Harris, Evelyn Harris, Helen Berg and Helen Alfree.
3rd Grade – James Ellis, Lawrence Foley, Frank Howell, Lloyd Nelson, Ben Pernol, Steve Vogel, Howard Tibbitt, Charles Edwards, Gertrude Butler, Catherine Blome, Elizabeth McClain, Mary Money, Meta Shallcross, Virginia Tyler and Eleanor Wilson.
4th Grade – Melvin Berg, Walter Evans, Edwin Johnson, Alvin Lynch, Harry Rowan, Evelyn Blome, Helen Burris, Eva Maul, Annabell Messick and Margaret Phillips.
5th Grade – Franklin Biggs, John Boyt, Fred Ellis, Edward Johnson, John Lambdin, Thomas Murray, Arthur Penneville, Clifford Rhoades, George Richards, Casper Sartin, Elwood Thornton, Vaughan Truitt, James Tyler, Karl Vogel, Clifford Poore, George Murray, John Daubert, Lester White, Robert Overdorff, Josephine Wiley, Ruth Todd, Edith Seemans, Anna Morehead, Louis Hufnal, Pauline Harris, Bertha Dreka and Mabel Bradley.
6th Grade – Paul Brown, Edward Brown, Weldon Burge, Reed Combs, William Ingelsbe, George Tibbett, Wilmer Williams, Bradford Poore, Walter Vandegrift, Edward Armstrong, Floyd Crossley, William Thomas, Hope Atwell, Pauline Dreka, Eleanor Stackley, Gladys Golt and Ruth Anne Minner.
7th Grade – Sewell Biggs, Wilson Boyer, Albert Buckworth, Warren Combs, Everett Lewis, Joseph Stackley, Eugene Thornton, Ernest Truitt, Frank Voshell, Charles Webb, Virginia Wright, Dorothy Todd, Ethel Thomas, Jeanette Sudler, Mary Shallcross, Betty Pool, Kathryn Kane, Frances Fisher, Olie Fortner, Elsie Ellason, Mary Crill, Myrtle Cavender, Louise Buckworth, Natalie Beatston and Katherine Appleby.
8th Grade – William Alfree, Alvan Batten, Evans Brown, Norman Collins, Orville Cox, Clarence Crossan, Holton Evans, Walter Spicer, Kenneth Wright, Priscilla Boyt, Mollie Harris, Grace Hopkins, Dorothy Hufnal, Ethel Johnson, Anna Marker, Ethel Steele, Elizabeth Swain, Margaret Tyler, Kathryn Mullin, Helen Tush, Susan Wiley and Edward Van Dyke,
9th Grade – Edna Atwell, Elizabeth Burge, Helen Beck, Florence Calhoun, Anna Cleaver, Pauline Donovan, Grace Harris, Buelah McGinnis, Lillian Morehead, France Reed, Harriet Wilson, Harold Daniels, Henry Hammond, John Howell, George Heinold, Charles Money, Clarence Reihm, George Records, Norman Reynolds, Roy Rawley and Floyd Thompson.
10th Grade – Boyd Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, Ralph Berman, Henry Brady, John Green, Samuel Stant, Gilbert Collins, Jay Davis, Dorothy Steele, Margaret Thornton, Blanch Messick, Olivia Maroe, Anna Johnson, Gladys Insolo, Marion Heldmyer, Evelyn Elliott, Dorothy Beardsley and Dorothy Batten.
11th Grade – Roland Heldmyer, Andrew Reynolds, William Watson, Ernest Weldon, Frances Kold, Dorothy Hutchison, Elizabeth Diehl, Margaret Denny, Margaret Baker and Mary Andrew.
12th Grade – Joseph Beaston, Leonard Hampson, Allen Virdin, John Voshell, Frank Roemer, Reynolds Money, Catherine Beaston, Margaret Crothers, Helen Johnson and Mildred Russell.
