Descendents of Elihu and Jerutha Jane Hastings 1929

1929 Family Reunion

Elihu Hastings (1839-1913) was the son of Moses Hastings.  Jerutha Jane Cordry Hastings (1833-1898) was the daughter of Elijah Aaron Cordry and Mary "Polly" Collins.  As with most Hastings family trees there is some confusion on them.  Elihu had three wives, the last he married in 1900; Eliza Emily Workman who had previously been married to James Ellis, and Nancy Hastings.  So there is always the chance of step children by different wives entering the picture when you say the descendents of Elihu and Jerutha Jane.  They married in 1851.  She had at least 15 known.
Frank Hastings (1852-1852)
George W. Hastings (1854-1909)
William Edwatd Hastings (1855-1909)
Maria Katherine Hastings (1857-1929)
John W. Hastings (1858- )
Charles Allison Hastings (1858-1917)
Alice Hastings (1859-1862)
Elihu Thomas Hastings (1860-1936)
Mary "Doll" Jane Hastings (1864-1947)
George Darius Hastings (1866-1943)
James Roland Hastings (1868-1905)
Harvey Webster Hastings (1870-1944)
Quincy E Hastings (1871- 1953 )
Ella Sophronia Hastings (1873-1955)
Hermus Elton Hastings (1875-1917)

So with this many sons and daughters the reunion would be quite large. 

Elihu Hastings also owned the land where todays State Street Park is.

above 1940 Salisbury Times 

Crab Flakes

above from the shellfish menu of the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis 1910

first they are using Crisfield Crabs
second no where do you see a crab cake

Armina Elliott

above from the 1962 Delmar Bi-State Weekly

Armina “Mina” Ethel Chipman Elliott (1886-1962) was the daughter of John Henry Chipman (1851-1888 ) and Mary Jane Gordy Chipman(1850-1928 ).   Her father ran Chipman Mill outside of Laurel and after his early death she received a share of it. She would marry in 1908 to William Norris Elliott (1887-1915). They would have as children: Ethel Mae Elliott (1909-1997) who would marry William Howard Workman, Joseph Norris Elliott ( 1911-1999) who was a farmer, and Carlos Woodrow Elliott (1913-1975) who was a feed and lumber merchant.  Armina spent more time as a widow then married. 

She lived on Ralph Store Road and had a farm.  She was known for hard work.  She had a number of foster children living with her after William Elliott passed away.  Both Paul Carey and Marshall Carey lived with her on the farm.  They were her nephews, sons of George Raymond Carey and Stella “Elsie” Chipman Carey. She adopted Howard Elliott (Harold Ames).  There is not much know about Howard, he was five years old in the 1910 census and was shown as an adopted child born in New York State.  He may not have been adopted in the legal sense but merely “taken to raise” and his last name changed to Elliott.  He was adopted prior to Armina having her own children. 

Her brother, John Emory Chipman, was the principal in the Delmar school.  He committed suicide as did some other Chipman relatives of hers. Her grandson, Joseph William Workman, committed suicide in 1985.

1929 Radio Ad Whayland Drug Company

1929 From Laurel State Register
The radio was viewed as being so important that a question on the 1930 census was "Do you own a radio?"

1957 George Leong

1957 new teacher George Leong comes to town - from the Bi State Weekly Newspaper

Oakland Park 1880

CELEBRATION AT DELMAR

On July 3, Wicomico Tribe, I. O. R. M., of Laurel, will celebrate the Fourth by a picnic at Oakland Park, at that place.  Speeches will be made.  The Sabbath Schools of Laurel will also participate.

Above from the Wilmington Morning News 19 June 1880

Oakland Park was a grove of trees on the west side of Delmar with a pavilion.  The below 1877 map of Delmar shows where it located.

Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Car Place Setting