E W Long and Emma 1916

COLLEGE ROMANCE ENDS IN WEDDING

Miss Emma Graupner to Become Bride of E. W. Long Tomorrow Morning

A romance which had its beginning when the groom was a member of the varsity football team of Dickinson College, will have Its culmination tomorrow morning when Miss Emma Graupner of Harrisburg and E. W. Long of Delmar, Del., will be married at the bride's home, 9 South Tenth street.

The ceremony will be performed at 8 o'clock by the Rev. Rheinhold Schmidt, pastor of St. Michael's German Lutheran church in the parlors of the Graupner home. Mrs. M. P. Proehlich, will play Mendelssohn's wedding march, to be followed by the singing of "Oh Promise Me," by Miss Grace Penuel of Delmar, Del., a niece of the groom. The ceremony will be performed amid most beautiful floral decorations by Uttley.

Following the wedding, breakfast Will be served and the couple will leave for a wedding trip to Philadelphia, New York and New England cities.

Miss Graupner is a daughter of Mrs. Mary L. Graupner. She formerly attended the Mary Drexel Institute or Philadelphia and Irving College, Mechanlcsburg. She is accomplished and popular and takes active part in the work of the German Lutheran church.

Mr. Long is at present general sales manager for the Standard Baking Company, of Harrisburg. He was a member of the class of 1911 of Dickinson College and was prominent as a football and baseball player at that institution. He was also a member of the glee club, possessing an extraordinary tenor voice. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Above from the Harrisburg Telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) November 29, 1916

E. W. Long was Ebe Walter Long (1888-1970) son of Richard Wilson Long (1842-1922) and Arabella Jane Adkins (1846-1927).  More important for Delmar he was the brother of George Lorenzo Long, who built half the houses on the Delmar, Maryland side of town.  many of which are still standing.  E. W and Emma would continue to live and die in Pennsylvania.  They would have at least one daughter who was named Vivian Graupner Long.  

The Steinie Bottle

1936 ad for Gunther's Beer

A short glass bottle used for beer is generally called a stubby, or originally a steinie. Shorter and flatter than standard bottles, stubbies pack into a smaller space for transporting. The steinie was introduced in the 1930s by Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company and derived their name from their similarity to the shape of a beer stein, which was emphasized in marketing. The bottles are sometimes made with thick glass so that the bottle can be cleaned and reused before being recycled. Some of the expected advantages of stubby bottles are: ease of handling; less breakage; lighter in weight; less storage space; and lower center of gravity.^]

After the relaxation of Prohibition in the U.S. in 1936, many breweries began marketing beer in steel cans. The glass industry responded by devising short bottles with little necks, nicknamed stubbies, and types with short necks were called steinies. Capacities varied, with 12oz being the most common size used for soft drinks. The steinie dominated in the U.S. by 1950, and the neck became longer, such as seen with the familiar Budweiser bottle. Stubbies were popular in Canada until the 1980s. 

a Miller Steinie

Mrs H M Waller 1922

Wingate Sells House and Business 1948

• 8-ROOM HOUSE—301 Maryland Ave, Delmar, Del.; new roof. 2-car garage, all perfect cond. 3 blks from down town; 25 ml. from Ocean City. Md ; must sell: $6,500: also willing to sell downtown service station business. I. A. WINGATE, owner. Delmar 4283

From The Evening star (Washington, D.C.) July 26, 1948

Robert Cummings and his visit to Delmar 1946

First for those younger than 50 you are asking who is Robert Cummings? Robert Cummings was an actor who played in Movies and Television from the 1930's on up until his death in 1990. He was a pilot and frequently in his TV shows or movies he played a pilot. He played in over a hundred movies and just as many TV shows. He never quite reached legendary fame as a movie star as other actors of the period. I remember him more for his obsession with taking vitamin pills and other diet related foods. I seem to recall him taking over a hundred pills a day. Like Dick Clark he seem to stay a certain age and never really looked his age when he was older.

He had a TV show called Love That Bob 

So why was he in Delmar? Mrs. Robert Vincent, of Delmar Maryland, won a contest in 1946 called "How I would like to spend a day with Robert Cummings." She said she would like for him to spend the day helping her husband and his father run their Delmar grocery store. The Grocery store at 301 Pine Street was called J. R. Hines and Sons.

Mrs. Vincent was the former Edith Hudson and had just been discharged from the Army Nurses Corp as a First lieutenant. She had served 17 months in Europe.

The Avenue theater had a special showing of his movie "The Bride Wore Boots" also starring Barbara Stanwyck, for the visit.

From The Bi-State Weekly October 11, 1946

ROBERT CUMMINGS VISIT DELMAR TO PAY CONTEST DEBT

There was excitement a plenty in Delmar and hundreds turned out to greet Robert Cummings when he came to Delmar to keep a date with Mrs. Robert J. Vincent, who had won the movie and screen star for one day in a national radio contest.

Cummings and his wife arrived at the Salisbury Airport in their own plane last Thursday, where they were met by Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and a group numbering about 1000 persons. Arriving in Delmar, the Cummings and their welcoming party had lunch at the Rainbow Grille. Then Mr. Cummings helped Mr. Vincent wait on customers at the J. R. Hines Grocery Store. The store was crowded during the afternoon, many of whom were more interested in seeing the movie star than in buying groceries, although business was brisk, and the sales amounted to a neat sum.

Cummings role as clerk in the store was the outcome of a contest in which Mrs. Vincent’s letter was judged the best in 42,000 received from all over the U. S. on how they would like to spend a day with Robert Cummings. Mrs. Vincent asked that the movie star come to Delmar and help her husband run the grocery store for a day.

After playing grocery boy, Mr. Cummings was taken to the S. N. Culver Clothing store, and presented with a new hat by the manager, Howard T. Waller.

The Vincents and Mr. and Mrs. Cummings had dinner at the Vincent’s apartment in a sort of family affair. Then they went to the Avenue Theater, where Cummings picture, “The Bride Were Boots” was playing. The theatre was packed and many stood outside on the street.

Later a party at the Cozy Cabin Club on the Delmar Road in celebration of Mrs. Vincent’s birthday, brought an end to the activities of the day which could well be termed “A Perfect Day”.

Cummings and his wife, the former screen and stage actress, Mary Elliott, left the Salisbury Airport Friday morning in their red rocket-powered two seater plane for their return trip to Hollywood.

Of the Eastern shore, Mr. Cummings said “It is beautiful country,” and Delmar reminded him so much of the little railroad town in “King’s Row”, a picture in which he starred.

The Washington DC Evening Star October 1 1946

Join The First Delaware Cavalry 1863

above from Delaware Inquirer February 14 1863

1893 Ad for Stoeckle's