1943
REHOBOTH BEACH THANJSGIVING
The
Friday , November 19, 1943, Wilmington News Journal,
has
reported that the young lady's of the Rehoboth Beach vicinity
are
invited
to attend the Rehoboth U S O Club Thanksgiving dance , next
Monday
and come dressed as “victory gardeners” for the costume
dance
which is the first social affair of the Thanksgiving season
to
honor
the men of the Army, Navy and Coast Guard who are stationed
near
by.
Miss
Katherine Ross, well known opera singer, the program chairman
had
the idea to have the girls appear in a rural costume as the USO
dance
is to carry the 'barn dance' embellishments and decorations.
Refreshments
of cold cider and ginger cookies will be served by the management
committee under Mrs Mark Porter.
The
Monday , November 22, 1943 Wilmington Morning News
reports
the Thanksgiving season will be quietly enjoyed at the beach
this
year as many cottage owners will open their beach home with the
fair
“Indian Summer” weather .
The
only social event will be the USO Harvest Dance to honor the
servicemen
stationed near by. The Harvest Barn Dance is a costume
dance,
with the visiting girls dressed as victory gardeners , to the
country
harvest
decorations. Miss Katherine Ross is the USO program chairman
who
arranged the affair.
Among
those returning to spend Thanksgiving at the beach are
Mr
& Mrs Felix duPont who came up north from their South Carolina
plantation
“ Combahee” . Miss Mabel Grenoble of Gettysburg, has
arrived
at her brothers home last Wednesday for Thanksgiving dinner.
Mr
Grenoble, who has just come home from Beebe Hospital, free of his
short
illness.
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