1932 Dressed Up As Geo Washington

The 1932 George Washington BiCentennial

Snowflake Potatoes

In looking at menus from the 1930 and 1940 one of the consistent forms of potatoes served at a dinner were snowflake potatoes.  Now Snowflakes potatoes are not just white potatoes they are a form of mashed potatoes with sour cream and cream cheese added to them. According to the website What's on the menu.  http://menus.nypl.org/dishes/266169   snowflakes potatoes were on restaurant menus from 1928 to 1954.  So for some reason about the time common sense went out the door so did Snowflake potatoes.

Kanye West and the Delmar Connection

Since Kanye West is back in the news again let me point out a Delmar connection to him.  In Donda West book "Raising Kanye Life lessons from the mother of a hip hop Superstar" she talks about Kanye West's grandparents; James Frederick West and Fannie B. Hooks West.  At various times in their life they lived in Delmar (James was born in Delmar) .  They would eventually move to Wilmington, Delaware.  Both would die within one day of one another in 2006.  James F. West father and mother were; Virgil Henry west and Estella Elizabeth Selby West who lived in the Delmar area. James and Fannie West son, Raymond, was the father of Kanye West. 

The Fox International Revue Comes To Delmar 1989

In May of 1989 the Delmar Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire department sponsored an all male revue at the fire hall.  Filled to capacity, the women watched Fox, Mustang, Flash, Rebel, and Jaguar do their stuff.  The 400 women paid ten dollars each for the show.

Shirley's Place

The 1970s and 80s had Shirley's Place south of Seaford.  Shirley Magidoff came over from around Laurel, Maryland where she had a Used car lot.  She set up shop in Seaford.  Know for her flamboyant cowboy shirts and Levis plus her car sale slogans.  She was in business for about 10 years.  She married Max Dubin in 1976 and her life ended at age 59 in 1985 when she was struck by a car while out walking on the road near Bethel, Delaware. 

Kennebec River Ice 1874

 These ads are from The Daily Gazette, Wilmington Delaware August 21, 1874.  All three advertise ice from the Kennebec River, so was the Kennebec river ice particularly good or was it just a matter of the ship that was hauling ice pulled in Wilmington and the ice just happened to be from the Kennebec river or even worst it was just ice from God knows where that the advertisers called Kennebec River Ice.

1874 Delaware Thanksgiving Proclamation

Nov 19 1874 The Daily Gazette (Wilmington )