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(Born in 1900, Wilmington, Delaware)
Known as the “Carnival King,” Harry Schagrin supplied rides and prizes for the annual carnivals of the volunteer fire companies on the Delmarva Peninsula. In his travels, Schagrin saw a new gas cooking stove that…

Died age 93, February 25, 2002
Public school teacher 20+ years, first woman president of the JCC, president since 1959 of the Harry Cohen Foundation
Graduated University of Pennsylvania, post graduate work at Hunter College (NYC)
Harry Cohen…

Dora Markowitz was a Polish immigrant who moved to the U.S. in her late teens. Though she originally worked as a milliner in New York City, she became a homemaker and a farmer after she and her husband purchased farmland in Kent County, Delaware.…

Died May 5, 1996, age 82
Born NYC, moved to Hartly, Delaware, with family early 1920s
Involved in farming, established Sydel’s Egg Farm after purchasing his father’s farm

Died July 9, 1983, age 80
Born Poland, came to Wilmington in 1926, opened dry cleaning and tailor shop on W. Fourth St., retired 1975
Became active in Workmen’s Circle, Branch 69 of Wilmington. Recording secretary, executive director before…

Tales of Topkis family. Interviewee was daughter of David L. and Hannah Ray Topkis

former Executive Director of Jewish Federation of Delaware (JFD), story of Delaware participation in 1967 & 1973
Israeli War

Died July 19, 1992, age 59
President of Econoviews International (Kennett Square)
Graduated in 1953 Pennsylvania State University, masters from University of Wisconsin
Taught economics at UD, Cornell University, Pennsylvania Sates…

Harry David Zutz (1917-2008) was a second-generation Russian American insurance executive. Though he initially struggled to find work in the middle of the Great Depression, Zutz entered the insurance business as an office agent for U.S. Fidelity and…