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“Transpen-line”. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transpen-line.gif#mediaviewer/File:Transpen-line.gif Wikimedia Commons domain via under Public Licensed “Transpen-line”. The Transpeninsular Line The First Stone Marker of Delaware’s Southern Boundary at: Fenwick Island By Sandie Gerken
Have you heard that the monu- between the Atlantic Ocean and she was a student at Hood Col- johnny-cake. This embarrassing century long legal battle. ment at the Fenwick Island light- the Chesapeake Bay. After nearly lege. She notes that through the feeling arose from the difficulty of It is easy to understand the con- house marks the Mason-Dixon a century of disputes between course of time and the elements, obtaining flour in the 1870s and fusion over boundaries when we Line between Maryland and the Lords Baltimore, proprietors the emblems on the stone were 1880s. White flour was so scarce note the various land grants and Delaware and thus, marks the of Maryland and the Penn family worn down to such a extent that a that the only available flour that lack of proper surveying and map- boundary between the North and of Pennsylvania, boundary lines tale began to be told by the older locals could get shipped by river ping. Charles I granted Maryland the South? were drawn to separate the Mary- residents that had very little to or railroad was of an inferior dark to Cecilius Calvert in 1632. About This is NOT true. land colony from the “Three Lower do with the marker’s historic sig- grade, while, perhaps Maryland fifty years later in 1681, Charles II Counties” of Pennsylvania. This nificance. The legendary story of could obtain better flour. How- granted Pennsylvania to William This east-west line is the first line marker bears the Penn the symbols stated that a johnny- ever, upon close examination of Penn and the Duke of York sold Transpeninsular Line surveyed and coat of arms on one side and the cake represented Delaware on the the marker, the three “ beaten Penn his Three Lower Counties drawn by Pennsylvania surveyors coat of arms of the Calvert family north side of the marker and that biscuits” is the Penn emblem on on the Delaware soon afterward. John Watson and William Parsons (Lord Baltimore) on the other. Cen- the south side was marked by a the Delaware side. So much for The problem was that some of this with Maryland surveyors Thomas turies of salt winds and rain have Maryland beaten biscuit. Appar- that tale! Now for the history of land overlapped . Charles II left it Jones and John Emory in 1751. The beat on the marker, yet it endures. ently, this tale was a source of the Line, short version! to the Calverts and the Penns to stone marker was erected April 26, I found an old newspaper article humiliation for Delawareans who Delaware is known as the first work out the mapping and true 1751 to mark the easternmost end in papers saved by my grand- felt that it signified that Maryland state to ratify the US Constitution, division of the bounds between of the southern boundary from mother. This article was written could afford a beaten biscuit and but it is possibly the last state to Fenwick Island to a mid-point by a local girl about 1935 when Delaware could only afford the have its boundaries settled after a continued on page 2 The Transpeninsular Line: The First Stone Marker of Delaware’s Southern Boundary at Fenwick Island Transpeninsular continued from page 1 Line Trivia: the two colonies. The crux of the long dis- limestone marker, imported from England, browne.blogspot.com, 2012 pute in the English courts lay in two words was set. This line runs westward “as the Transpeninsular Line Marker-Maryland • Cape Henlopen really lies and an incorrect map. Charles Calvert, the crow flies” for 69 miles 298 perches (69.9313 State Archiveshttp://msa.maryland.gov about 15 miles north of the third Lord Baltimore, had submitted to the miles) with similar stones set at 5 mile inter- “History of Famous Line Between States”, Fenwick Island marker. If this English courts an erroneous map locating vals for 35 miles to the mid-point of the pen- Delmarva Heritage Series, Salisbury Times, true cape had been used as the Cape Henlopen at Fenwick Island. The two insula. These markers were rectangular with Dec 18, 1959. start point, Delaware would words found in the Maryland charter were rounded tops. At one mile intervals there be approximately 1000 square “hitherto uncultivated”. Their charter gave are brass disks set in concrete. miles smaller. the Calverts the rights to all lands from the The Middle Point marker, representing Sandie Gerken Atlantic Ocean to the Chesapeake Bay that the southwestern point of Delaware along lives in Dagsboro, • The Fenwick Island marker is were not previously inhabited by Europeans this line, can be found about 6 .6 miles west DE. As a native said to be the oldest standing Sussex Countian, man-made object on the coast (hitherto uncultivated). The English courts of Delmar in a pavilion that protects this local history is one between Indian River and determined that the Maryland grant did stone, as well as the stone placed by Charles of her passions. Ocean City, MD. The stone was NOT include any of the contested territory Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1763 marking white washed and the images between the Atlantic and the Chesapeake the southern point of the western (south- Retired now, she devotes her time re-cut in 1952 to be readable. inhabited by Europeans BEFORE the1632 north) boundary of Delaware. to genealogy research (her great- Maryland charter. Thus, the brief Dutch So, for this southern border of Delaware est passion since 1978), watercol- • Marker #5, located near Wil- settlement at Zwaanendael in 1631 favored all that Mason and Dixon did was to accept or painting, grandchildren, soccer liamsville and the Bayside the Penns. To finalize the litigation in 1732, the middle point of the Transpeninsular for kids with disabilities, books, Americana complex is in good the English courts decided to divide the Line as their starting point for the western and things creative and historical. condition. peninsula of land between the ocean and boundary line of Delaware drawn between She recently authored the book Memories of the Clayton Theatre • Marker #10 is located on the the bay into two equal parts by a line from 1763-67. This line is known officially as the as a fundraiser to help the Clayton property of Pomeroy’s Liquor Cape Henlopen (Fenwick ) to the middle “Tangent Line” and is part of the Mason go digital. She is now exploring Store at the state line in Sel- point on the peninsula, then a tangent –Dixon Line that separates Maryland and her writing skills with local history byville. line run from that point up to meet the Pennsylvania as well. So, in truth, Delaware articles for High Tide News. previously accepted 12 mile arc northern does not lie north of the Mason-Dixon Line, • There is no marker at mile #15 as the Pocomoke River and boundary of Delaware. Lord Baltimore’s but east of it! Swamp made it impossible to faulty map was accepted and an agreement was reached. A disgruntled Lord Baltimore Sources: place a marker in the ground at News this location. did not move forward with the required “First Stone in Mason-Dixon Line at Fen- High Tide survey. So, for almost 20 years, more court wick’s”, Newspaper article by Joan Ivy Steele, Local news for the people, by the people • The TP Line runs through battles ensued until May 1750 when the ca. 1940, possession of Sandie Gerken High Tide News is published monthly, year Delmar, bisecting the town into higher courts ordered both sides to begin East of the Mason Dixon Line, A History of round, and delivered weekly to homes two states. throughout Sussex County, Delaware. the surveys within 90 days. Pennsylvania the Delaware Boundaries, Roger E. Nathan, sent the first surveyors to begin the east- Delaware Heritage Press, 2000. Subscriptions are now available at: • A “perch” is a colonial line mea- http://www.hightidenews.com/subscribe.html surement equal to 5 ½ yards. In west line in December 1750. They drove the “Sussex County Markers”, Delaware State colonial deeds, a ‘rod’ or a ‘perch’ first stake 139 perches from the Ocean in a Archives, www.archives.delaware.gov Volume 2 Number 8 August 2014 is the same length. grove of mulberry trees where the Fenwick “Landmarks: Pomeroys on the Transpen- Lighthouse now stands and where the first insular Line”, Allen Browne, www.allen- Publisher: Layman Enterprises Editor: Judy Layman Contributing Writers: Sandie Gerken, Clayton Theatre Historical Marker Vincent Paez, Deborah Elias-Smith
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7 Soccer Mania By Vincent Paez Soccer mania has been upon us with the huge biceps, height and size. But the equip- by all around the world. While a Superbowl World Cup in Brazil this year. This tournament ment was expensive, and my family had four game or NBA finals game is viewed by hun- takes place in a different country every four kids to send to college, so I didn’t last long in dreds of millions of people, the World Cup years and is long awaited by every soccer fan. those two sports. is viewed by billions of people. Just think I have found that many Americans do not When I returned to the soccer field, it was about the reach that sports endorsers like understand this attraction to a game that is like coming home after a long trip. I was com- Nike and Adidas can have through soccer seemingly boring to them. fortable, relaxed and happy. I could focus with billions of fans versus the NFL with only In fact, I was watching the USA-Portugal on winning the game with speed, agility, millions of fans. This is why most professional game a few weeks ago and jumped up and skill. If someone was bigger than me, it soccer players, especially those in Europe, screaming when we scored a goal, when a typically meant he was slow and clumsy, and make more money compared to professional guy in the bar looked at me and said, “What I would blow right by him on my way to the football or baseball players. The highest paid surprised by how well Major League Soccer are you getting so excited about? This isn’t goal. It is true, that a taller person can reach soccer players, Messi and Ronaldo, earn well (MLS) has done in the USA. Stars like David even a sport.” For those of you who are won- higher for head-balls, but more often I would over twenty million dollars per year after Beckham and Thierry Henry, although past dering the same as the “bar guy,” I’d like to get to the place where the ball was heading taxes and not including endorsements. This their prime, have had a tremendous impact share with you why soccer is the number one sooner, because I was faster. puts them higher than top basketball, foot- on soccer fanaticism in the USA. Landon Don- sport in the world by far and why the World Think about the rest of the world. In World ball and baseball players, who earn twenty ovan, arguably the best player that the USA Cup is so important to so many people, War I and II, Europe went through severe eco- to thirty million dollars per year before taxes. has ever produced, has also helped generate including many Americans. nomic hardship. Emerging regions, like Latin Soccer also has deep political roots, making interest among the soccer youth. The USA Years ago, I was one of the very few young- America and Asia, have also gone through the fervor over it more intense. During the goal-keeper, Tim Howard, played so well in sters who played soccer in the USA. I spent economic hardship until the last twenty World Cup, political rivals sometimes go the tournament that he has found new fame my elementary school years in Colombia, years. What was a boy in those places to do against each other, such as England and in the USA. Tim has been for many years one South America, where I learned advanced in order to keep entertained with his friends? Argentina (who had a war against each other) of the best goalies in Europe and the world, skills. This was in the late sixties and early- A boy back then typically was not very tall or and Germany and France. Even at the local and he couldn’t walk through the streets of mid seventies, the time when famous play- muscular and obviously did not have a lot club level, soccer is used as an expression of Europe without being followed by fans and ers like Pele and Beckenbauer were in their of money. Soccer was always the answer. It politics. Clear examples of this are the two the paparazzi. He used to love coming home prime, as I read about them in the newspa- was a wonderful way to let out energy, build Scottish teams called the Rangers (Protes- to New Jersey where nobody recognized pers. Upon returning to the USA, I continued friendships, and it cost next to nothing. It was tant) and Celtic (Catholic), who have been at him. This now will change with his superior to play in junior high school and high school. not unusual to see children back then or now each other since before my grandfather was performance in the World Cup. Unfortunately, the American newspapers playing with a grapefruit, tennis ball, or even born. It is for this reason that soccer games did not cover international soccer. During a rolled up rag. That is the attraction of soccer. get so heated and end up with large fights The new stars that time, my father, concerned that I was One does not need expensive equipment in the stands. The USA team won the Women’s World too focused on only one sport, encouraged like shoulder-pads, skates, a stick or ice time. The fact that soccer has not taken off as Cup years ago, and that too has fueled me be well-rounded and try other sports. I One simply needs a cheap round object and much as other sports in the USA is most likely excitement in soccer and created stars like tried one season of wrestling. After spending a street or small area of grass to play on. One because (1) other sports invented in the USA, Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach. This newly most of the time staring at the ceiling, while does not have to be seven feet tall. The best namely football, basketball and baseball, generated interest has resulted in the highest some brute with huge biceps pinned me, I players in the world, Lionel Messi and Cris- have given us a sense of identity, which we viewership ever of this year’s World Cup. decided to quit. I tried basketball, but I was tiano Ronaldo, are among the shortest play- cherish, (2) we simply like big and strong, I expect there to be many more to follow destroyed on the court by fellows who were ers of their teams, Argentina and Portugal and (3) large media networks and the NFL, Donovan, Howard, Hamm and Wambach . so much taller than me, so I quit. I tried out respectively. One does not have to be large NBA, MLB and NHL would prefer not to dilute These new stars will play in Europe or the for the football team, but I saw that the huge or super strong. That would just slow a player ratings with yet another sport. The leagues in USA, become world famous and eventu- linemen were out to end my life, so I quit. The down. and their buildup of excitement of cham- ally take the USA further in the World Cup sports that I tried and liked were lacrosse and Soccer is the regular guy’s sport in the pionship games is impressive. Who could tournaments. After all, with our population hockey. They required speed and agility, not world. It is the poor man’s sport and loved match the showmanship of a Superbowl of 380 million people (far greater than other game, especially when it filled with hilarious World Cup countries) we should be able to commercials and wardrobe malfunctions? develop eleven great players, who are not Who could compete with the excitement seven-feet tall or three hundred pounds with of a World Series, even though it is played huge biceps, to take us to the final match with teams from only two countries, Canada and possibly the World Cup championship. I and the USA? That’s a lot for soccer to go up would love to see that in my lifetime. Hurray against. for the regular guy….the American regular Despite that challenge, I am pleasantly guy.
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But for some adventurous families right violence awareness and preven- improvement by enhancing the here in the Sussex County who are hosting an international exchange tion to cancer issues. lives of others through volunteer student through ETC, a non-profit, high school exchange program, the Belcher-Stack is a vice presi- service. fun is just beginning! dent for WSFS and the Millsboro DSFWC members actively sup- Students represent countries from all over the world including banking office relationship man- port GFWC programs and initia- Henrietta Belcher-Stack Germany, Sweden, Austria, Armenia, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, ager. She has held a variety of tives, as well as their own special March and six more treatments Brazil and China. Families interested in hosting are able to choose positions in the banking industry projects. of chemotherapy ending in June. from the more than 800 ETC students who are invited each year from and in business. In summer 2011, Belcher-Stack She is adamant about wanting countries all over the world. Apart from integrating into their new host She is also a Certified Reverse was diagnosed with peritoneal to pay it forward to help women family, students attend the local high school and are encouraged to Mortgage Professional and a Cer- cancer, a very rare form of ovar- understand just how strong they participate in local community service activities. These activities range tified Senior Advisor. ian cancer. She says that after are in the face of adversity. from feeding the homeless to giving presentations on their home She has been active many prayers, tears, and questioning During her treatment she country in local elementary schools. Regardless of whether or not the organizations, including volun- “Why me?” she decided that she began taking Zumba and now family chooses to host for one semester or an entire academic year, both teering at her children’s schools was bigger and meaner than is a certified Zumba instruc- student and family are sure to have an unforgettable cultural experience. and serving on the University of cancer. She continued work- tor teaching at Club Fitness in Those who would like to learn more about ETC and hosting an exchange Delaware Parents Board of Direc- ing and volunteering during Rehoboth and Curves, Mariners student are invited to contact Barbara Keyser at [email protected]. tors. She is currently President 19 weekly chemotherapy treat- United Bethel Methodist Church ETC is a non-profit, high school exchange organization promoting of Delaware State Federation ments and credits her family, in Bethany Beach on Wednesday, global peace through student exchange. ETC anticipates approximately of Women’s Clubs (DSFWC), a WSFS colleagues and volun- 7/9 at 5:30 also Marines United 1,000 international teenagers will seek the opportunity to live and learn nonprofit statewide federation teer organization members as Bethel Methodist Church in from American host families this year. Visit ETC online at www.edutrav.org of 23 community women’s clubs, the source of her strength and Bethany Beach. Submitted to High Tide News by: Barbara Keyser, Local Coordinator, and has held leadership roles in drive. Her get-over-it attitude Her motto is Live, Love, Laugh Education, Travel & Culture, 302-344-5179 [email protected]. GFWC Clubs in Sussex County. also got her through surgery in and Always Dance! 12