TRAVELERS RESTAURANT REHOBOTH

REHOBOTH HISTORY

1936 – 1950

TRAVELER RESTAURANT & JIMMY MOORE

Recently I made post in reference to the Travelers operated by Jimmy

Moore, an old time Rehoboth Santa Claus. Neither the post of Jimmy

nor Travelers got any comment or likes.. Jimmy Moore and Travelers

was in Rehoboth between May 1936 and 1950. It appears that in April

1950 the Travelers became the Avenue, located 31 Rehoboth Avenue,

according to Googlemaps, at or near the same location as was Travelers

as I remember it. 31 Rehoboth Avenue WAS between Edwards Treasure

Chest gift shop and the Blue Hen theater.

Here are some newspaper items, dated, which prove the existence of

Travelers Restaurant and Jimmy Moore in Rehoboth 1936 to 1950.

Most of the items appear in the Wilmington Journal.

May 7, 1936 : Mrs H.M. Waller, speaker, 'American Artist & Musicians'

6 pm, Travelers Restaurant Kiwanis Club o Rehoboth Bach.

April 15, Thursday, 1937, Pan American Day observed by Rehoboth

Kiwanis at Travelers Restaurant, the speaker Commander A. Campbell.

US Navy Retired and a Rehoboth resident.

November 10, 1942, IOOF dedication of Service Flag, at Travelers

Restaurant, Rehoboth Beach, Milton Fried chairman, assist by

James Travis and Bill Henning.

May 9, 1944 ad for waitress wanted, Traveler Restaurant, good wages,

Rehoboth Beach.

August 12 1944: Violation of price ceiling, James G Moore, Travelers

Restaurant and Blanch I Pilla, Blanch's Restaurant, both in Rehoboth.

Wednesday, 13 June, 1945 ad of Atkinson Restaurant, 7 North 1^st

Street, Rehoboth, Nettie D Atkinson. 7 1^st Street appears by gogglemaps

to be in the south end of Lingo grocery store building.

Thursday, February 21, 1946, Lewes & Rehoboth Red Cross workers

will meet with Rehoboth Kiwanis at Traveler Restaurant

March 1946 Clifton Morris of Lewes, Sussex Trust Cashier, speaker at

Rehoboth Kiwanis in Traveler Restaurant.

May 1946, at the Rehoboth Chamber of Commerce dinner Col Edgar Stayer

spoke of needing a year round open hotel in Rehoboth at Travelers Restaurant.

February 1947 Rehoboth Kiwanis held dinner meeting at Traveler Restaurant.

January 2, 1948 Travelers was awarded Christmas decoration winner along with

the Gre-Sin, Edwards Treasure Chest, Top Hat cleaners, Yellins five & dime all on

Rehoboth Avenue.

March 1948 Travelers held the retirement party for Kiwanis Charter member Jimmy

Moore and Naomi his wife who are closing the Travelers which they have run for 22 years.

Friday, July 1950 New Journal reports Jimmy Moore, Rehoboth's Santa Claus, is very ill

with pneumonia at Beebe. Jimmy Moore died 3 days before Christmas 1950.