OAK ORCHARD
1911 – 1912
July 7, 1912, the
season regualarly opened and it's most prosperous summer is being
predicted. Many
improvements over the past months will allow Oak Orchard to better
take care
of it's visitors for a
week or month. New cement works along the beach prevent the river
from
reaching in and cutting
the beach during every heavy storm.
The Indian River House,
already noted as a hostelry , is open and already doing business
under direction of
Charlie Phillips and his bride, Miss Lawrence, of Wilmington.
Last year,
Miss Anna Cooper of
Millsboro , had charge.
Miss Myrtle Wilson,
Margaret Lynch, of Georgetown , Blanch McNear of Wilksbarre,
Pennsylvania, Elizabeth
McLernon of Camden, New Jersey, George Messick, Bill Short, Jr.,
Payton Banning and George
Walls all of Georgetown, enjoyed a coaching trip to this place
recently. Dr. Messick of
Milford and his family are at the Messick cottage , Dr. Chapman of
Georgetown is at the Ioka
cottage, the R. P. Davis family are spant a few days at the
Crapmore
cottage. Captain Vessey
has bought the boyce cottage house and Fred Blizzers family, the
Willins
of Georgetown are there.
Charles Cullin and Albert Worth were the weekenders at the
Crow;s
Nest. Mary Houston of
the Houston cottage entertained friends from Milton , Lewes, and
New
York. The G. C. Calhoun's
and Mrs Manners will spend the month at the Ioka cottage.
Last Sunday all but three
of the cottages were occupied.
Wilmington Evening
Journal, Monday July 8, 1912
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