Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1916: Eight highwaymen obtained nearly $300 from five men in the vicinity of the O.W. Ketcham Terra Cotta works at Ridley Park. Reports of the holdup were made to the local police. Patrolman Creegan, of Leiperville, started an investigation, but could obtain no clue as to the whereabouts of the highwaymen. The five men were holding a jubilee in the when eight men entered their shanty and demanded the fat purses of the crowd.
75 Years Ago – 1941: The big Halloween parade to be staged in Chester on the night of Thursday, Oct. 30, will form at Seventh and Lloyd streets, it was announced by Harry B. Carroll, general chairman of the committee in charge of arrangement. “From the Lloyd ball park the parade will move south to Third Street, then it will proceed east on Third to Market Street, north to Edgmont Avenue and up to Eveleth Street, where it will disband in Deshong Park.”
50 Years Ago – 1966:
There is no need to reopen Chester Hospital, and there are no long delays In admitting patients to CrozerChester Medical Center, Center Administrator Elton W. Barclay said in response to Dr. Nathan V. Plafker, chairman of the Chester Planning Commission and chairman of the mayor’s hospital committee, who called to reopen the hospital closed in Chester Hospital in June. He said it would be “senseless” to put Chester Hospital back into operation for the few patients facing short waits for elective surgery, emphasizing the delays involved only elective cases.
25 Years Ago – 1991:
About 7,000 people braved a chilly fall freeze to enjoy the “tour de Blue,” an event celebrating the anticipated December opening of the Interstate 746, better known as the Blue Route. “I work in Norristown and the Blue Route will be a marriage-saver,” said Jason Collier of Drexel Hill,
as he rode a bike in the northbound lane he soon hopes will be occupied by his Subaru. “I might make it home in time for dinner once.”
10 Years Ago – 2006:
Two North Carolina men were charged Friday with drug distribution after Pennsylvania State Police made a routine vehicle stop on I-95 in Tinicum and found about 50,000 “Ecstasy” pills, as well as a machine gun that was hidden under the passenger seat of their rental van. The pills were of assorted color and valued on the street at about $1 million.