Middletown transcript., 1901-06-01
ODESSA NOTES

Eugene Davis has returned from Phila-
delphia
DR.. Dorsey W. Lewis spent Sunday in
Baltimore.
Miss Ella Tyabout is the guest of Mrs.
Daniel W. Corbit.
Mrs George Green has recovered from
quite severe illness.
The Misses Walker from Philadelphia
were in town Thursday.
Miss Charlotte Young, of Wilmington,
is visiting Miss Georgia c. Enos.
Mr.. S. Scott Townsend was among
Odessa's many visitors this week.
Miss Martie J. Zachies from Port Penn
spent Sunday with Miss Ida W. Lloyd.
Mr.. Henry Scott Townsend, of Will
mington, spent Decoration Day at home.
The McDonough School held their an
nual picnic at Cool Spring on Thursday.
A family reunion was held at the house
of Mrs. Michael Gremminger, this week.
Miss Nathalie Woodall, of Washington,
is visiting her cousin, Miss Louise G. Cor
bit.
Mr.. George Lon Coppage is spending
some time with his aunt, Mrs. Joseph II.
Enos.
Mrs. John Sutphin and daughter,
Helen, of Trenton, N. j., are visiting Mr..
W. R. Davis.
Mr.. William A. Hukill, poet laureate,
of Delaware, paid flying visit to Odessa
on Thursday.
Mrs. G. F. Brady, of AEildletown,
spent Thursday with her daughter, Mrs.
F. B. Watkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stuart and son, of
Chester, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Alfred Stevens.
Ex-senator Anthony Higgins, of Will
mington, is the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Daniel w. Corbit.
Mrs Jacob Muhlberger who has been
in i'll health for several years sailed We'd
nesday for Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs Melville Lindsey and son,
Clarence, of Washington, D. c., were the
guests of Odessa relatives Thursday.
Another wedding in town. Joseph F.
Lynch, the well known prosperous and
popular young merchant, after repeatedly
avowing his confirmed celibacy, crept off
to Wilmington on Tuesday afternoon and
the papers of the next day contained an
account of his marriage to Miss Lowman,
of Wilmington. The bride and groom
returned on Friday and will live in the
Woods house on Main street, now occu-
pied by Mr.. John Green.
Decoration Day was appropriately OBJ
served here by music, speeches and the
scattering of flowers. At the Methodist
graveyard an inspiring and patriotic
address was made by Rev. DR.. Barrett,
of Middletown, several appropriate songs
were sung by selected choir and the |
assembled friends moved to the Old
Friends Burying Ground where the |
Hon. Anthony Higgins spoke above
the grave of Captain Corbit. The beau
tiful ceremony was concluded at .Old
Drawyer's Church by placing flowers and |
flags upon the graves of all the old sol |
diers who sleep within its shadows.
The Public Schools closed on Friday
and happiness reigns in Boyville. The |
year has been successful one from the |
standpoint of the number of pupils en-
rolled and the amount of knowledge in
stilled into the youthful minds. The |
Principal, George N. Davis, will not re-
turn. He has been appointed Deputy |
Clerk of the Peace of Sussex County. |
Miss Creamer and Miss Enos of the inter-
mediate and primary departments, res
pectively, will be invited to fill the same |
positions for another year. The annual
report divulges the rather remarkable |
coincidence that the three teachers in |
charge of the schools were all born within |
the same week of the same year. What |
year?