Claymont High School - Clay Tablet Yearbook (Claymont, DE)

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UTERARY Thrs marble cannot delrneate hrs many vrrtues of Whrch the Hearts of hrs Affectronate Wrdow and chrldren retarn an rndelrble record Nor the Benevolence whrch rn the Breasts of Hrs Numerous Frrends and Acquarntances wrll long be Remembered Lodged rn the grand Lodge of the Sky He lrves wrth God no more to dre I am sure that hrs wrfe wrote that She could not wrthhold the fact that he was a lodge member Hrs wrfe loved hrm but no matter how great her love to acqurre such a frne eprtaph the poor fellow led a lrfe of comparatrve poverty so that the affectronate wrdow mrght have everythrng she wrshed Had he neglected a srngle request for money hrs memorral mrght have read Joseph Israel B 1753 D 1807 May he sleep forever So goes lrfe and death Another eprtaph that I noted read as follows Elrzabeth Harrrs B 1762 D 1784 An Amrable and Vrrtuous Woman She poor grrl spent her young lrfe rn slavrng for her devoted husband She washed hrs clothes sewed patches on hrs trousers and baked pres for hrm And thus rt goes forever There are thrngs rn thrs world whrch can be bought for a song but not an eprtaph TWO HISTORIC LANDMARKS Walter Lxlly and George johnson, 1940 HILE lookrng through a Delaware Tercentenary publrcatron we ran across two rnterestrng old burldrngs the Calahara house afterwards the Practrcal Farmer Hotel and the old Grubb s homestead One afternoon we set out wrth brcycles and a camera to rnvestrgate these landmarks We frrst went to the Calahara house whrch rs located at the rntersection of Harvey Road and the Phrladelphra Prke Srnce we were unable to get rn we asked the attendant of furnrture of thrs hotel have remarned untouched They are there today rn therr orrgrnal state It rs sard that durrng the War of 1812 an Englrsh vessel came up the Delaware Rrver and a cannon ball shot from one of rts guns fell through the roof of the hotel We were rnterested rn the archrtecture of the old burldrng and took several snap shots of rt before we re mounted our brkes We headed for Grubb s homestead located just the other srde of Grubb s Corner The brown stone house surrounded by locust trees rs set about four hundred yards from the road As we rode up the lane we saw a pleasant lookrng gentleman standrng at the door We approached hrm told hrm who we were and why we had come Much to our surprrse we learned that he was Newton Grubb We explarned that we were rn search of hrstorrcal materral for the CLAY TABLET Srnce hrs home rs one of the oldest rn the state we thought that he mrght have somethrng of rnterest to tell us about rt Well boys he sard seemrng very much pleased to talk wrth us thrs rs one of the oldest farm houses rn Delaware It has been rn our famrly ex er srnce rt was burlt How old rs rt? George rnqurred The marn part the stone burldrng was burlt rn 1777 but the date of the burldrng of the other part formerly a log cabrn rs unknown He awarted our next questron What rs that house? Walter rnqurred as we looked at a whrte washed stone burldrng apart from the mam burldrng . . . , . , . . . ,, , . . . . y Y . . y . 1 . . . - ll 33 Cl ' ' ' ' YU , . y . . . 0 . Y , . - . . . . . U , x . . . . . . x ' 1 X , . . ' . . . . . . y the garage next door about the historic building. We learned that the bar, the glass ware, and the . . . . . . H H ' n C5 ' Y! Y ' ' Y , . . . . . y ! ' 1 Y cc. 77 ' ' ' CK ' ' l Y Y Y ,, Y . . ,, . . ,, . . . . . . . Y 1 7 - - rr 7 D ' at 4 11 7 1 n V Y a , n 1

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We can save no more, sard Captarn Montgomery to the frrst mate He boxxed hrs head He brt hrs lrp Yes Lrght the fuse noxx He sxxept a xxrld eye ox er the deck from stem to stern He rarsed hrs head and looked after the mate No Wart' I ll do rt He rushed rnto the hold and lrt the fuse For an rnstant there xx as a dead srlenee rn xx hrch not a board creaked and not a waxe xxashed agamst the hull Lnrble at the moment to realr e xxhat he had done, he made hrs way calmly thouvh not sadly to the deck Together the captarn and the mate clrmbed doxxn rnto the xx artrng boat The seamen bent to therr oars and roxxed xx rth mrxfht Qnce on the shore the refu-'ees huddled together axxartrnxf xxrth horror the nex-it move of the frrvates Suddenly John Hancock Cnot the most famous onej crred, My country s flag' The attentron ofthe group turned from the frrvates to ohn He plunged rnto the yxater Wrth masterful strokes he ploxx ed through the xx ax es He reached the boat and clrmbed over the srde tc the deck Nrmbly he mounted the rrtlrnes From both land and sea came srlence The enemy forces D D xy xxere spellbound Hancock tore the flax' from the mast, rolled rt and sxvrngrng from rope to rope, descended He plunged from the deck and sxx am toxx ard shore Upon hrs landrng a cry arose The Brrtrsh xxere srtrsfred xx rth therr xretory Had not the Amerre rns hauled down the flag7 Was that not surrender The Amerrcans, not thrnkrnv of surrender xxere Joyous The flag vxas safe from rnjury and protected from rnsult as the boatload of Uloatrnv' ofhcers ne rred the brr f a terrrfrc cxplosron occurred The flame of the fuse had reached the poxxder After the rumblrng ceased the spectators of both natrons vafed horrr fred The frrgates xxere unharmed but the xx recka e of the Brrtrsh grg and the Nancy was strewn ox er the bay Captarn Montgomery shuddered and dropped hrs head rnto hrs hands Not a man xx as mrssrnfv and part of the cargo xx as sax ed The enterprrse xxas not a total loss but the brrg Nancy the first shrp to fly the Amerrcan flag rn a forervn port xxas lost a martyr rn the cause of freedom EPITAPHS IN THE IMMANUEL CHURCHYARD Henrz Pate, 1940 PITAPHS should be bestoxxed upon a person durrng hrs lrfe trme, but they are xx rthheld untrl after death xx hen the subject cannot enjoy them Thex are lrke lrfe rnsurrnee polreres Une nex er gets the benefrt untrl death, but one must pax for rt durrng Irfe If you are polrte, courteous, and humble, and pay all your debts you may get a krnd eprtaph on your Uraxestone On the other hand, rf you make one remark xx hrch you should not haxe made or leaxe one cent of your debts unpard, see xx hat krnd of an eprtaph you vet People gather rn lrttle groups and say to each other malrcrously See rf he vets an eprtaph IfI could haxe my xx ay, hrs tombstone vxould be as bald as my grandfather s pate He ll pay for hrs compliments or he ll not get them And you dre and are burred Folks xxrll pass your grave, stop to look at the slab and see only a name Prtyrngly they murmur somethrng about lack of money These bare tombstones leaxe much to the rmagrnatron but I xx ould rather read a xerbose eprtaph and burld a story on that As I xx andered through Immanuel Churehyard I found sex eral rnterestrnv eprtaphs Here are deposrted the mortal remarns of joseph Israel, Esq , who departed thrs lrfe unrxersally regretted December 13 A D 1801 rn Hrs 34th year of Lrfe LITERARY fl 2 I1 ' ' V V ' ,B . . . . . ' KK I h 1 v ll I 'L V. V1 Y x I ' . . I X X X H , . , . ,, . L . Q r r . Q . . . n ' s. L ' K 1 e -t - x ' 1 As ' 1 ' - - V ' I ' 2 V .lv A I 7 B Q Z , C , , M, , C V Y I h' ' l D ' U x 3 . Y . , D . , . D . . v ' ,K s s ,' . Y 3 . D . 7 V . ,L V. , as ' ' s , ' s s Q ' , ' Q -f ' . 'A Z ' h X . V D . D , . I ' 5 x 5' r w V I' . . g e . . . s ' ' -.x 1 -l 's V' I I- I f '-2 ' , 1 L . L x . ' I 'I rx ' x 1 V Vx 4 V . L K v 3 ' I L Xlxlrth more lusty' cheers the Brrtrsh put over a small boat and started toxx ard the Nancy. lust I - C' 1 ' H - r As .2 x s 'B' x ' sl- 4 - - s . 1 ' r ' I Y ' M -A 1 W - - L D B . Y 5 Y . Y Y . . . Y D, v 1 ' ' r Y , E Y B ' 3 S 1 1: r x - ' 'f ' x ' . x y' .x o I X l ' x I 1 1 I , c ' x e ' . - . . Y V v A I V 1 . D g . Y ' I Q v l-jx ' , . . I ., . . Y Z ' - v x ' . 1 1 - . ' , 1 rv - A A I c T I. sk- sk Y - ' ' ' y V , . 4 ' V 1 x 1 N Q C L u 5 I Y Y . ,- D , Q an 2 3 - X x - V I . . . C 1 Y i . - . . - . s s I K v

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