Graffiti and croquet

Well, that was quick work! In last week's column I mentioned getting a complaint from a reader about the unsightly graffiti at the abandoned gas station on Baltimore Pike in front of the Wal-mart complex. Within two days it was gone, neatly painted over with white paint. Well done, East Marlborough Township road crew (at least, I'm assuming that's who obliterated it)!
More good news out of East Marlborough: according to a story in last week's Kennett Paper, dessert-loving neighbors packed a township hearing to support an ice-cream parlor that's being proposed for a renovated brick building on Route 82 in the middle of Unionville, next to Kinloch Woodworking and in front of Lou Mandich's Last Chance Garage. During the hearing, the residents learned that in the late 19th century the property "was often the scene of croquet competitions between teams from the towns in the area." What fun Tilda would have had reporting on those! The Doe Run/Blow Horn squad would of course have totally ruled, although the Embreeville and Springdell teams would have been formidable opponents. Do you think they had Fantasy Croquet back then?