Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
GLENDALE
SIaughter Beach 191O.109O

| Will nave 10 take lnLO COQSlQeraJlOn
something which happened before
the year 1910.
Edward Reynolds who was the
proprietor of the hotel for several
| years and who was noted for the
excellent house which he kept;
whose superior could not be found
in Sussex county, was compelled
through the coming of local option
to close the old hotel and retired to
private life. Mr.. Reynolds did not
live long after retirement but died
few years late at Milford. The old
inn that had been open so many
years and which had sheltered some
of the best men of the State, was
compelled to close its doors to the
public.
The owner at that time, J. Stan
ley Short, of Milford, with his fam
lily, occupied it sometime during the
summer season and sometimes his
sons, John and George looked after
the place, until the coming of Mr..
and Mrs. Wyatt who rented the
property and at once the old hotel
resumed its popularity, under their
charge, and it looked if Slaughter
Beach would at once become once
more as it was under the old re-
gime, the place of pleasure for both
old and young and so it continued
until the coming of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Grown, who bought the
property from Mr.. Short which will
later constitute story within it
self.
The late Bradbury Morgan of Lin
coin leased plot of ground from
the Simpsons and proceeded to
build for himself a neat little cot
tage at a point on the beach called
his family enjoyed themselves for
several years. Mr. Morgan during
his lifetime was very fond of catch
ing clans which generally were of
very large size. He was the only
man the writer ever knew who
staked off the bay into different sec
tions, so he would not rake over the
same place twice. Pretty clever
stunt.
1t was said when Mr.. Morgan was |
building his cottage, there came a !
heavy wind which twisted the cot
tage very much. When the carpen-
ters came to finish the building they |
concluded it would take too much |
work to get the twist out, so they !
finished the structure with the twist .
still in. We understand that the |
cottage was sold to Charles Reed |
and moved from the Cedars to a
place on Delaware avenue and he
sold it to Samuel Robinson who re-
paired it, lived there and kept a
small store-he in turn sold it to
Purnell Pettyjohn who also lived
there and kept a grocery store for
several years, and he added addi-
tions to the main buildings but to-
day upon careful scrutiny the twist
is still there, and will remain as
long as the building lasts. !
Speaking of Samuel Robinson who
was a resident of the beach for sew
eral years, he was a very useful
man in many ways-always ready
to grant favOrs to his friends and
to serve them at all times. Outside
Of his grocery store he sold ice and
he people of those days before the
advent of the ice wagons would
nave Jared badly without the aid of
Samuel Robinson.
He also bought fish and oysters
md peddled them in different parts
If the State. Mr.. Robinson tired of
he beach and finally settled in Lau-
'el where he is engaged in the
business and we under
tand doing well.
At an early date the story will be
continued, with Henry NOyes as the
irst character to be presented.
Death of Hon. Josiah Marvel
The sudden death Saturday of the
Ion. Josiah Marvel at his home,
lear Wilmington, was a severe {
hook to his relatives and friends
lot only here but throughout the {
,tate and the United States as we'll. '
oe Marvel as he was called by I
hose who knew him well was one
f those large hearted men whose s
onstant aim was to do something
hat would benefit some of his fDl-
DIV beings. His fame as a lawyer t
nd orator was nationwide and the
lace he has left vacant will be hard
} fill. His election to the presiden-
y of the American Bar Association v
tamped him as one of the outstand- \
ig men of his day. d
Mr.. Marvel was Democrat and t
to that set of men who s
elieved in the Jeffersonian princi- O
les as laid down by that great il
ian. His father and grandfather be- a
IRE him were Democrats of the old
,hoOl, and though they have pass S
! to their reward their inflJYence is O
ill felt in the affairs of Nanticoke c
The writer knew the deceased N
ON his boyhood days and has A
atched his rapid rise in the csti- N
alton of his fellowmen. 1t is said C
lat death loves a shining mark" a
was certainly verified in the O
,ath of Josiah Marvel. NJ
The Marvel homestead where A
,siah reached his manhood was O,
)ted for its hospitality. His father in
Id grandfather kept an open house tt
,th for their friends and the way b,
rer, who was seeking place of n
SIT was a noted fact that the cl
d Marvel mansion situated near
nowles Cross Roads, Nanticoke lie
undred, Sussex county, the latch G.
ring was always hanging on the la
tside. sc