Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 37

CHESTER TIMES, CHESTER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1987 EL1V1K SHARON HILL'S NEWS JOTTINGS Mrs. Anna Donohue Honored on Her Birthday Anniversary The Brighter Side By DAMON RUN YON Mrs. Anna A. Donohue, 61 Florence avenue, Sharon Mill, was given a surprise birthday party by her family, on Tuesday evening at Boothwyn. It was her seventieth anniversary.

Mrs. Donohue is widely known in, the borough and through the eastern section of the county, having lived here for more than 25 years, where her husband was engaged in buslneas. The party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George White, in the Lawncroft section of Boothwyn, and was decorated in keeping with the occasion.

Mrs. Donohue was also the recipient of many fine gifts. Attending the affair were: Mr. and Mrs. White and family, Mr.

and Mra. Frank J. Donohue and family, and the following with their families, Mr. and Mra. John A.

Donohue, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Donohue, Mr. and Mrs.

James C. Donohue, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donohue, Mr. and Mra.

Walter W. Donohue, Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Donohue, (Mrs.

Donohue coming from Longport, N. for the affair), Mr. and Mra. Prank J. Burke, Mr.

and Mra. James J. Desmond, Mr. and Mra. Lawrence Ceres, Mrs.

Margaret Dougherty, Mrs. John O'Donnell, Edward Kelly, William Feehery and Howard Palmer. Mrs. Raymond K. Murray, of Coates street, is expected home on Saturday from Cape where she has been staying for a month.

Elmer McCausland, of Cherry street, has returned from a two weeks' vacation at Ocean City, N. J. Howard Talbot, of High street, observed his birthday anniversary on Tuesday. Mrs. Paul Donohue and daughter Joan, of Barker avenue, are the summer at Longport, N.

J. Mr. Donohue expects to join her In a few days, for his vacation. Frank M. Cooper, 1008 Elmwood avenue, observed his birthday anniversary yesterday.

Mrs. Margaret Bortell, 926 Kimwood avenue, was a visitor in Cheater yesterday Mr. and Mrs. William Lock, of Burnside avenue, have returned from Chicago, where they visited Mr. and Mrs.

A. Bottomley, formerly of the borough. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Booth, 46 Barker avenue, are spending this month at Ocean City, N.

J. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yocum, of Chester pike, are planning to move into their new home on Kenney avenue, this week. Mrs.

Hayden Badders left for her Virginia home, on Tuesday, after visiting her son and daughter-in- law. Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Badders, of Barker avenue. Robert Smith, 70 Barker avenue, is visiting in York, for several days.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. McNair, of Clifton avenue, will leave Saturday for a two weeks' vacation at Ocean City, N. J.

WEST CHESTER PIKE Mrs. William H. Starr, of Bywood, is at Lake Maranacook, Me. Miss Betty Riddell. daughter of I Mr.

and Mrs. W. Riddell, of Upper Darby, left today for Norway, iv where she will be the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A. P.

Mowitz. Mr. and Mrs. F. A.

Lockwood, of Brookline, and Mr. and Mrs. L. Clyde Lockwood, of Llanerch, are visiting in Ocean City, N. today.

Included among 16 winners of scholarship to Villanova College, announced yesterday by the president, Very Rev. Edward V. Stanford, O. S. was James E.

Robinson. 312 Fairview avenue, Upper Darby, who was one of three victors in the fifth annual competitive examinations held in June. Kingsley E. DeRosay, of Upper Darby, a student at Upper Darby High School, was one of the winners selected for excellence in studies and extra-curricular activities. It seems that the editor of a Lon-; don newspaper recently called on his readers for the twelve most famous sayings in history, and five men have since been diligently employed at excavating him from the avalanche of replies that befell.

Everybody In England had a list, The sayings turned in were mostly old timers, such as Wellington's "Up, guards, and at 'em," and Nelson's "Victory, or Westminster Abbey." and Napoleon's "Every French soldier carires In his knapsack a marshal's baton," and so on. We have been mistrusting some of these old sayings, unless duly authenticated by written record. Ever since we learned that General Pershlng did not say "Lafayette, we are here." We thought that was quite a saying at the time, though we felt it seemed somewhat dramatic, and out of character for the cold, dispassionate Penning, and we were greatly disappointed when we found that some other fellow said It. It would have been much more moving and historic had the general given voice to these ringing words. That is what the reporters thought, too, at the great moment when the other fellow said it, and probably history will take the same view, and pass it on to future generations as Perahlng's.

Another thing that tended to undermine our belief in the authenticity of these old sayings is the fact that we find so many attributed to different persons. The London editor credits Cecil Rhodes, the empire builder, with "so much to do, so little done," as Rhodes lay dying, but these same words have been put In the mouths of other famous persons as they were expiring, among them, as we remember, William McKinley. Many of the last lines attributed to dying clticens always struck us as too well thought out to ring true. We do not believe that when a man Is dying he bothers much about thinking up a few well chosen words for the record. It is our guess that in most cases he just turns his face to the wall, and wishes he had gotten a different doctor, and passes on, leaving the rest to the reporters.

Anyway, what a man says when his number is up does not seem especially important. It was what he iaid when he was alive and kicking. The greatest last words we ever Heard were attributed to an old sport, who, when his physician told htm his hour had come, remarked, "Well, Doc, it's all even." We wish the London editor had called on the American public for the most famous sayings. Our folks would have given him some of more recent vintage, and certainly more picturesque than those his readers dug out of history. For Instance, there is the saying attributed to one Mr.

Joseph Jacobs, of American pugilistic managerial fame, "I should have stood in bed." This saying was uttered in the presence of Mr. Dan'l Parker, a scribe of undoubted veracity, who recorded It for history. The occasion of the saying was a journey to Detroit on which numerous vlccissitudcs befell Mr. Jacobs, It seems he had been called out of bed by well meaning friends to make the journey, and after three days of festivity, Mr. Jacobs, holding a sorely aching head between his hands, gazed at Mr.

Dan'l Parker with a woebegon expression, and gave sir I utterance to his saying, "I ould of stood in bed." There spake all humanity in regret. It would have been a wonderful crack for a fellow like Napoleon, after Moscow, say, and It would have received more historic importance than we con hope for it, coming from Mr. Jacobs. The historic significance of a saying often depends on when and where you say it, and who hears It. If no one had been around to hear Caesar say "Venl, vldl, vlcl," the saying might not have achieved any considerable notoriety.

Anyway, we do not think that is any more expressive than Mr. Jacobs' saying, "I should of stood in bed." Mr. Jacobs' saying tame- thing a lot of us can echo at least a couple of times a week. Speaking of Caesar, it Is to be regretted that he never heard the saying of Mr. Bud Fisher, the cartoonist, "Suckers can't wait." Mr.

Ftsher was expressing the over-eagernesa of his fellow man in rushing into situations of which they had no complete awareness. This is a good saying, too. We like it almost as well as the saying of Mr. Butch Tower, the Broadway gentleman, who summed up the hard-boiled philosophy of the big street when someone was deprecating a victor in some sports contest because the victory awarded by a foul. The world don't ask you how you won," said Mr.

Tower, sagely, "but did you win?" FOLCROFT 6. 8. Dlnmore, of Hook road, Polcroft, entertained at a bridge luncheon on Tuesday In honor of Mn. Christopher Ohrtattanson, of City, Mo, Her guests included Mrs. R.

Hanny, of West Chester; Mm, H. N. Kearney, of Olenoldim; Mra. Belford Thompson, of Polcroft; Mm. William Wtvel, Mrs.

C. L. Wright and Mra. William Patterson, of Prospect Park. Mr.

and Mra. Bertram Sinclair, of avenue, who are vacationing In Wlldwood, met with an automobile accident in which Mra. Sinclair Buffered several fractured ribs; Mr. Sinclair and daughter Constance bruises and shock. Miss Elaine flackers, of Sharon Hill, and MIM Sharllne Shearer, of Philadelphia, who were also in' the car at the time were uninjured.

Mra. Raymond Johnson and son Raymond, of Aahland avenue, are vacationing In Cape May. Mr. and Mra. John Bryfofle and family, of Aahland avenue, are vacationing in New York.

Franklin P. Haller, Sr, of Wood land avenue, who has been a patient in MtBterald-Mercy Hospital after a fan, la at home under the can of a nurse. Mra. 8. W.

Russell, of Elmwood avenue, was a visitor In Stone Harbor early In the week. Mr. Russell and mm Llynn are in Wildwood this week. Mr. and Mra.

Charles Heffner and daughter Dolores and Mrs. Edgar Weaver, of Ashland avenue, are vacationing In Somera Point, Mr. and Mrs. H. Warner Grant, of Aahland avenue, are vacationing in Wlldwood.

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