Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1916:

As a precaution against the spread of infantile paralysis, Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Commission of Health, has issued a sweeping order that all schools, public, private and parochial, in Pennsylvania will remain closed until Sept. 18. The public schools in Chester were to have opened Sept. 11. Dispatches from Harrisburg indicate that Dixon’s order applies to college and preparatory schools, although most of these do not start their fall term until after Sept. 18.

75 Years Ago – 1941:

Last times today at the Congress in Marcus Hook for “They Met in Bombay,” starring Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell. Evening prices are 10 and 20 cents at the Eddy on Saville Avenue, Eddystone for “Blood and Sand” with Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Rita Hayworth. Visit the scientifically air-conditioned Mac at Ninth and Walnut for “The People vs. Dr. Kildare” with Lew Ayres, Laraine Day and Lionel Barrymore. See the latest “March of Time” newsreel, “Peace by Adolf Hitler,” at the air-conditioned Boyd.

50 Years Ago – 1966:

The Delaware County Vocational-Technical School Authority approved preliminary plans for vocation-technical high schools in Aston, Marple and Folcroft. The authority said the plans will be sent to the state for approval. The proposed Aston school is the smallest – 84,000 square feet – of the three. Head architect Edgar Miller said the building are designed to provide for future expansion, and that the Aston site probably would be first to be expanded.

25 Years Ago – 1991:

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy has filed a $100 million libel suit against the author of a Michael Jackson biography that alleged Gordy cheated artists out of profits. “Stuff is just made up out of the clear blue sky,” Gordy said of the book written by Randy Taraborelli, a native of Ridley Township. “I have every confidence in my work,” Taraborelli said.

10 Years Ago – 2006:

Leveraging his clout as “America’s Mayor,” a moniker earned for his grace under pressure on Sept. 11, 2001, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Republicans’ steadfast support of the war on terror makes them the clear choice for voters. Giuliani stumped for U.S. Reps. Curt Weldon, R-7, and Jim Gerlach, R-6. “With (Weldon and Gerlach), you have leaders in Pennsylvania that are realistic,” he said. “They understand what we are facing.”