Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 08-01-2002
50 years ago
July 31, 1952
Local Personal Column
Those Who Entertained And Have Been Away
Mrs. Carlton Draper, of Milton, is visiting her mother, Mrs. P.L. McWhorter, Sr.
Mrs. Alma MacEwen returned home on Sunday after spending a two-week vacation at Rehoboth.
Mr. John L. Pitts, of Bloomfield, N.J., is spending this week with Mrs. Pitts and Mrs. William T. Connellee.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Coverdale and son, Richard, of near town, were visitors in Lenoir, N.C., and Tennessee recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Williams and son, Larry, of Wilmington, were week-end guests of her mother, Mrs. Laura C. Treleaven.
Miss Jean Hawthorne, of Drexel Hill, Pa., spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Donovan and little son, Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark and son, Ronnie, of Newport Heights, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bendler and family on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Coverdale and family, of near town, and Mr. Coy Dysan, of St. Georges, were Ocean City, Md., visitors on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gage and Miss Susie Gage, of Deerfield, Ill., and Miss Susan J. Foard, of Baltimore, are guests of Mrs. Julian H. Foard.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cannon and son, Rocky, of near town, and Mrs. E. Woodrow Gonce and son, David, of near Townsend, were Wilmington visitors on Tuesday.
Mr. Donald Wheatley is a patient in the Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, where he underwent an operation on his back on Wednesday morning of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Charlton left this (Thursday) morning to return to their home in Lakeland, Fla., after spending a month visiting relatives in and near town and in Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. McGinnis, of this town, have received word that their son, Charles R. McGinnis, has been transferred from Camp Kilmer, N.J., to McAndrews Air Force Base, Newfoundland.
75 years ago
August 4, 1927
News Items From Nearby Towns
SUMMIT BRIDGE
Mrs. Eliza Bendler spent Saturday in Wilmington.
Mrs. Isaac Roberts was a Wilmington visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Harry Murray was a Wilmington visitor last Thursday.
Mrs. Kate Clay is spending some time in New Jersey with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Golt and Mrs. Carrie Golt were Wilmington visitors Saturday.
Rev. Oren B. Rice, of St. Georges, was a caller in several of the homes last Thursday.
Master Jack Naylor, of Townsend, is spending this week with his grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Bendler.
Mrs. John Neville and daughter, Mrs. Edward Wilson, of Wilmington, were visitors in the village last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark, of Newark, were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deputy, of Mt. Pleasant, Sunday.
Miss Gladys Golt has been spending a few days in Wilmington, the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Noble Cavender.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conley, of Philadelphia and Mrs. James N. Lewis were dinner guests of Mrs. Charles Kane, Friday.
Messrs. Mitchell Golt and Oscar Lank, Medford Golt and Paul Golt spent Thursday at Kent-Sussex Fair at Harrington, Del.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dickinson, Miss Edith Golt and brother, Billy, attended the Kent-Sussex Fair at Harrington, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Calhoun and mother, Mrs. Calhoun, of St. Georges, were callers at the home of Mr. William Murray, Sunday.
Pierce Alrich and sister, Miss Nevada Alrich, were over Sunday visitors with their mother, Mrs. Mollie Alrich, and sister, Miss Ruth Alrich.
