Milford chronicle., 1929-08-09
Glendale


gratifying to the people of Ellen
dale and the surrounding country.
: The old time resort is faVor1te
with the people living here, who at
all times are greatly pleased to
visit the beach, where in the past
they have spent many pleasant
/ hours, and is known to all of our
residents as "our beach"
4, 1t is very interesting to have some
of the old-timers tell of the early
days of Slaughter Beach. Some of
; these men who have lived for four
score years or more, can tell OF do
ings at the resort years before 1t
was even thought the beach would
ever be what it is today. Some re-
member the time when man nam
ed Morgan kept whisky saloon in
a shack where the hotel now stands,
and the liquors which he sold were
full of the fighting spirit, and the
big Thursdays" of those days were
known as a knock down and drag
out affair.
When a man can buy whisky at
five cents per glass and sometimes
as low as three cents, it don't take
long before he is in a condition to
seek a conflict, and no difference
whether he get whipped or not often
imbibing a few more drinks he is
ready again to tackle the first man
that comes along. This was the
state of affairs in the early days of
old Slaughter Beach.
Then we are told of the days when
George Male was proprietor OF the
hotel and the wonderful things he
gave his patrons to catfish, clans,
oysters, snappers, crabs, both soft
and hard; fried chicken, frog legs,
and most everything else the heart
could wish in the eating line for the
sum of fifty cents per meal.
After Mr.. Male sold his interest,
there were several owners, up to
the time of Edward Reynolds,
whose reputation as a hotel keeper
was second to none, and he contin-
ued to serve the business until the
coming of local option, which abol-
ished the sale of Intoxicating liquor
in Sussex county, and Mr.. Reynolds
retired to private life.
The old hotel for several years
was not open to the public except a
r year under Mrs. Wyatt, until the
coming of Frederick Grown, who
purchased the property of the late
Stanley Short, but whose proprietor
ship was not a success, and the
property continued to grow less in
value until the purchase of the
property from Mr.. Grown by the
present owners, who have improved
it in many ways, and under the
/ proprietorship of Mrs. Wyatt and
son will soon gain it's former pop
ularity, which it had under the
Hale's and Reynolds regimes.
But let us hasten back to the
time when the modes of travel were
in use in going and returning from
the big Thursdays" held at Slaugh-
ter Beach more than fifty years ago.
The people of Ellendale will re-
member that the main thoroughfare
to the beach was through the town,
and the people from Nanticoke hun
dred, port of Georgetown and Cedar
=. Creek hundred used this main high
way to reach the old resort.
The mode of travel was varied,
but mostly by covered wagons and
CdIlS. u6 nOlO PlO5A Co0AfO AesA IL
ers used horses or mules to haul
their wagons but the poorer classes
had to be content with oxen.
Each year on Wednesday after
noon and night before big Thurs
day" the constant streams of COW
cred wagons and carts would find
their way through the streets of
Ellendale on their way to Slaughter
Beach. Those who can remember
back for forty or fifty years will
also remember Clip. Donovan and
his two yokes of steers hitched to a
covered wagon which himself and
family occupied while on their
yearly trip to the bay side. These
ways of travelling is thing of the
past. The coming of the automo-
bile has changed everything. But
we often wonder if the people of the
early days were not more satisfied
with their surroundings than those
M..o AVG III Jne present age. They
did not have much and in conse-
quence did not crave the fine things
in vogue today. But went their way
contented and happy. The minds of
men III those early days had not
invented those things which have a
tendency to degrade rather than to
life up. Some say we are living in
a fast age; too fast, we think, which
will bring disaster in the end.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Timmons, two
children, accompanied by John Nc
Nett, of Philadelphia, made sew
eral days trip last week through
the Shenandoah Valley. They re- I
turned to their home here on Sun
day night.
They report a splendid time. Mr.. !
Timmons resumed his position as
station agent for the Pennsylvania /
Railroad Company Monday.
G. E. Clendanlel substituting for |
him during his absence.
The funeral of James H. War
ren, which has held in the M. 3.
Church on Saturday afternoon, was
largely attended. The church was
full showing the deep respect the
deceased was held by loving ones
who knew him.
The Revs. Diehl and Horner who
had charge of the services, made
some beautiful and touching remarks
about the life and character of the
deceased.
Rev. Mr.. Harner who was pastor
of the local church when Mr.. War
ren was converted, spoke Of the
great changes in the life Of the
man, and the great happiness he
seemed to enjoy since devoting his
life to the service of his Master.
Mr.. Warren was a skilled mechan-
ic and will be sadly missed by
those who had need for his services
along that line.
But the most of all is the fact
that all will miss him. He was an