Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 12-30-2003
100 years ago
Dec. 12, 1903
Townsend
Mr. G. H. Wilson spent Sunday in Baltimore.
Mr. W. A. Scott spent Saturday in Philadelphia.
Miss Helen Weldon, of Smyrna, spent Sunday with friends in Townsend.
Miss Mary Garton, of Millington, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Samuel Watts.
Mrs. Daisy Collins is visiting her is visiting her sister, Mrs. William Leech, in New Castle.
Mrs. Walter Pratt, of Clayton, has been visiting hr aunt, Mrs. Emma Finley.
Mr. Williams Simpson, of Wilmington is visiting his sister Mrs. J.V. Hayman.
Miss Lizzie Devenish, of near Smyrna, is spending sometime with Mrs. Harry Staats.
Miss Ada Daniels, of Wilmington, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Daniels.
Mrs. S. B. Hewitt and family have removed from our town to his farm near Golts, Md.
Mr. Levi Atwell has removed from Townsend to a farm of Mr. Daniel Corbit, near Odessa.
Mrs. L.B. Shockley and daughter, Naomi, have returned after a pleasant visit to Ellendale.
The cabinet of the Epworth League, Easton District met Wednesday in the Immanuel M. E. Church.
Mr. William Lee and wife visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lynch, near Greenspring, Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Watts and little son Edgar, of Cecilton, have been visiting her father, Mr. L. B. Shockley.
Among those who were injured in the Greenwood explosion were Mr. James Hewes, wife and two children who were visiting friends in Greenwood at that time. Mrs. Hewes and one of the children were severely cut by flying glass, while he escaped with only a few bruises.
The revival services in the Townsend M. E. Church are still continuing. There have been some conversation, but unfavorable weather has interfered somewhat with their progress. Rev. Alonzo Davis, of Wilmington, preached Monday evening, and Rev. T. F. Beauchamp, of Still Pond, Md., brother of the pastor, on Tuesday evening.
Odessa
Mrs. E. S. Stevens is visiting her son, Mrs. A. D. Stevens, in New York City.
Mrs. J. J. Humes, of Palmyra, N.J., is the guest of his daughter Mrs. F. Reynolds.
All members of Washington Camp No. 11, P.O.S. of A., are requested to be present at the general election next Wednesday evening, Dec. 16th.
At a recent meeting of the M. E. Sunday School Association it was decided to hold their Christmas entertainment on Wednesday, December 30th.
Cecilton
James H. Smith spent Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Charles Jester is spending sometime with relatives in Philadelphia.
Albert Watts spent Sunday last with relatives and friends in Townsend.
Miss Forsythia, of near Earleville, was the guest of Mrs. Anna Jamison this week.
Ralph and Morgan Pearce of Elkton, spent part of this week with James A. Watts.
Henry Minner, of Kennedyville, has been spending the past week with friends in town.
Rev. W. A. Dawson and wife were entertained by Frank Biggs and wife on Tuesday.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson entertained one of her little friends from Middle Neck recently.
Miss Blanche VanBuskirk, of Baltimore, is visiting her cousin, Miss Edith Alderson.
Quite a number from here attended the festival at Cayots schoolhouse on Tuesday evening.
75 years ago
Dec. 12, 1928
Our Local News Happenings
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Ladies of Warwick M.P. Church cleared $110 from their recent annual poultry supper.
The net proceeds from the festival held for the benefit of St. Paul’s M.E. Church, near Earleville, Md., reached $110.
The rush of the holiday mail is already being felt and will give, more pronounced as Christmas approaches nearer.
Talent from McCabe M. E. Church in Wilmington presented a humorous entertainment Wednesday evening in the Summit Bridge M. E. Church for the benefit of Summit Church.
Magistrate Benjamin Vinton fined F. B. Dawson, of Camden, $25 and costs and a charge of reckless driving. Dawson was arrested on the state highway near St. Georges by Officer Hitchens.
Three bids for 10,000 feet of show fence and two bids for a caterpillar tractor for use in snow removal were received at the meeting of Levy Court Tuesday and were referred to the court as a committee of the whole and Assistant Engineer Alban O. Shaw for tabulation.
The “Pink Elephant” hotel at the foot of Clinton St., Delaware City, which has been the seen of many raids and several free-for-all scraps during the past year or so, is now closed. The last occupants of the hotel have moved their furniture and belongings from the building.
Many people are visiting the farm of James Guessford, near Townsend, to see the three calves to which his cow gave birth to recently. This is the first time that one cow has given birth to three calves in that section. These were two males and one female. The heifer was four years old.
Government employees were engaged in cleaning out the old canal park at the foot of Clinton St., Delaware City, when the storm caused them to stop temporarily. All the leaves and sticks were being raked up and burned. Several old trees that been blown over were also being disposed of. Work will be resumed when the snow clears away.
Delegates and visitors to the Delaware State Grange were guests of the University of Delaware on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week when the grangers held their annual meeting in Newark. This is the first time in fifteen years that the grange has met in Newark. Governor R. P. Robinson, master of the grange, presided at the session.
