Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1916:
A 4-year-old West Third Street, Chester, resident succumbed to the dreaded disease, infantile paralysis. The child was taken ill several days earlier in the week, and although medical aid was quickly given, the child showed no improvement. As of yet no symptoms have appeared in the family’s other children.
75 Years Ago – 1941:
Miss Nora MacDonnell, formerly of Ridley Park and now of the British Auxiliary Air Force, is still having an exciting time in England but hasn’t the remotest intention of returning home until the war is over. “I’ve made up my mind which side I’m on, and I’m plumb stubborn about it,” she wrote the Chester Times. “The British are such a galliard race in adversity that I am proud to stand with them. With them, I feel that death is preferable to the loss of one inch of British soil or one of the ancient rights which were so hardly won.”
50 Years Ago – 1966:
A 32-year-old Chester man was held for court on charges stemming from a freakish accident in which a youth was run over twice by the same car. The man was a passenger in a car that collided with a 20-year-old city youth riding a motorcycle at Ninth and Lloyd streets. The driver went to telephone for an ambulance, during which time the defendant got into the car to attempt to move the vehicle. In doing so, the car’s front wheel ran onto the motorcyclist.
25 Years Ago – 1991:
They rode the roller coaster, play water games to cool off, soared high in the air in a scary Viking ship – all to help Chester youth say no to drugs. Some 520 excited city kids piled into nine buses to head for a day of fun and food at the Clementon Amusement Park thank to a statefunded anti-drug program. The youngsters were led into the fun-filled day by city police narcotics Capt. Commodore Harris, his unit members, local ministers and parents.
10 Years Ago – 2006:
The next generation of Eagles fans got a new role model at the premiere of “Invincible,” the Disney film about Glenolden native and 1964 Interboro High School graduate Vince Papale. Those who know Papale and his story have, for the most part, given it two thumbs up. “I understand Hollywood embellishes things, but they pretty much hit the nail on the head in telling Vince’s story,” said Charlie Rodgers, a second-team All-Delco wide receiver on the 1971 Interboro team Papale coached.