Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1916:
Dr. Luther H. Gulick, of the Russell Sage Foundation, N.Y., and former physical trainer of former President Theodore Roosevelt, delivered the principal address at the second day’s session of the Teachers’ Institute in the assembly room of the Larkin school building, Broad and Crosby streets, Chester.
75 Years Ago – 1941:
An unidentified but extremely efficient fortune teller may have a job on the Chester police force if he desires it after his amazing predictions in a larceny case heard at city hall. Patsy Quino, 45, charged that a barmaid took a borrowed camera in his possession while he was tossing off a few in the taproom where she is employed. Quino said that it was in the girl’s room in a box in the corner of a dresser drawer, having been told its resting place by a fortune teller of Wilmington, Del. Detectives found the camera there.
50 Years Ago – 1966:
Mrs. Martin McNeil will take the fight over her son’s controversial plaid slacks to the superintendent of Chichester schools. Mrs. McNeil’s son, Kenneth Caroll, 16, a senior, was sent home from Chichester High School again for wearing the brown plaid slacks deemed too loud by Principal Plummer. Mrs. McNeil was to meet with Schools Superintendent Dr. James F. Shankweiler today “to find out who is the judge on what the children wear — parents or teachers.”
25 Years Ago – 1991:
PennDOT officials called Chester and county leaders together and unveiled what they thought was a “breakthrough” in the current stalemate over the widening of Route 291. But political leaders were unimpressed with what amounts to a downscaling of the road commonly known as the Industrial Highway. Frustrated by what they termed 28 years of unnecessary delays, the group made clear to PennDOT District Engineer Steve Lester that his alternative plan would get little support as it now stands.
10 Years Ago – 2006:
Yes, there were problems. But those problems are far outweighed by promise. That was the sentiment of Chester High School Principal Johnny Vann’s remarks during an address to parents at Back to School night when he touched on the fights that broke out Sept. 12, forcing the school to close for two days. Ninety to 95 percent of students attending the high school, he said, are excited, motivated and interested in getting an education.