Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-07
REHOBOTH HAS BIG
CROWD ON HOLIDAY
Five Thousand Go to Resort by
Train and Motor; Many Will
mingtonians.
spec,nl Corre.pondcnce OF Evcry Even.nx

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Rehoboth Beach, July 27.-Fully 5000
people were brought here by train and
motor vehicle between Friday and Mon
day night. Seven car trains Of the +. b. 4
W., from Love Point and stations on route,
filed to capacity, unloaded hundreds Of
vacationists at the boardwalk. The main
thoroughfare was congested with parked
autos, and the sidewalks with visitors.
Out in the surf hundreds batbed all day
and lay in. tho sand, and tho hotel porches
were well patronlzed. Dance halls were IN
full sway until late ut night and the per-
feet weather kept beach promcnadcrs
strolling until tho early hours. Every one
joined in the holiday spirit and n thriving
business was done Mt THE lunch stands, soda
fountains, and among the curio and photo
shops. The Belhaven Hotel claims TO
have served thousand dinners and ut the
Henlopen Hotel no rooms were to be Ind
only by reservation and the dining hall
was taxed To capacity.
Prominent Wilmingtonians who spent
the holiday here were: Mayor Taylor and
Mrs. Taylor, ex-Judge Marvel, accompa-
MED by his daughter, Mrs. Frank l.. De
Almond, Building Commissioner Fred A.
Ross and family, j. Paul Cranston and
Margaret Handy, daughter of Hon. l..
Fred Gawthrop and daughter Rachel,
James b. Stuart, Harold We'll and DIR.
Wales and family; MIR. and Mrs. Column
bus Watkins; James Morrow and II. G.
Wolfe, Helen Harrington, Mrs. Mary III.
Adams and Miss Marion Betz of Red
Cross Motor Corps; w. s. Valentine Of
the 7. Is. & W. railroad; Alice W. Dick
and family who spent the Fourth with
the latter's sister, Mrs. ]. l.. Carminc.
Miss A. c. McCauley spent the Fourth
at her cottage
Governor Townsend and daughter were
here from Solbyville.
DR.. Paul NJ Picrson and II. g. Ely
and family of Swarihmore, were here.
Congressman Layton Of Georgetown,
and family, were here.
Daniel W Corbit of Odessa, and J.
Pilling Wright, vice-president of the Con-
tinental Fiber Co, of Newark and family,
were here.
Miss Mary L. Powers, associate editor
of the Newark Post, visited Miss Anna
Hazard and friends
David Hillegas, treasurer of the Eqm-
table Trust Co, and family, were guests of
II. J. Mifflin, father-in-law of Mr. HIlle-
gas
Commander p. J.. Reed of aerll fame,
was registered at the Belhaven.
DR. W O. Sypherd and Van Giesen
Smith, Of the faculty Of Delaware College,
were also here
Late comers who have arrived 20 ocou-
py their cottages are: Charles Scott and
family. Miss Helen Hudson, Bob Smith
and family and Robert ID. Kemp and
family.
T. W. Cooper and family, and Daniel
Du Ross and family, entertained house
party on the Fourth.
The following guests, all Of Wilmington,
were at the Henlopen Hotel for the boil
DAYS Miss Ida G. Ice, Sarah A. Gulick, |
Cecile Beste, Peg Guhck, Charles Hay |
ward. Ralph Low, Jr., Marion T. Dovinc,
Mr. and Mrs. l.. G. Moore, Walter Nj.
Frances. Mr. and Mfs w. I. Frances, |
and the Misses Marie and Marion
Frances, T.. NJ. Davis, G. Walter |
Deverrel, ]. II. Squres, Ralph |
Ashton, NJ. Bradford, D. Schreiver, !
sherman Keen, A. W. Phillips, II, Nj. |
Kent, Roy NJ Schilling, Helen Hudson,
" r. Gibbs, W G. Hcmphill, Mrs. W. J. |
Hemphill Miss Helen Reynolds Truston |
/. Davis, Jr., c. NJ. Almond. Jr., G. l.. /
Galloway, NJ. T. Millikin, b. +. Kerchncr |
md wife, j b. Reed, Arthur Stout, |
James l. Boyce, A. j. Bertram, NJ. D., |
|. A. Gray and wife, DIR. W. Z. Harris and /
wife, Mrs. l.. f. Wales, f. W Covcrdale, |
Joseph T. wilkins, H. c. Greene, J, +.
Hazel, F. c. Blake