Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1917:

Conrad Journey, of 617 Penn St., Chester, who has been “deviling” around in the composing room of the Chester Times for the past four years, emerged from his apprenticeship today. When the young man entered his workshop this morning, he was impressed with fraternal congratulations by all of the other printers.

75 Years Ago – 1942:

Joseph S. Earnshaw, one of Chester’s most widely known musicians, died suddenly after being stricken ill with an apparent heart attack while walking at Seventh Street and Edgmont Avenue. Earnshaw, of Prospect Park, who was about 40, was organist at Tabernacle Luther Church, Philadelphia. He was also an exponent of popular music and appeared at cafes.

50 Years Ago – 1967:

Local options for liquor licenses in Glenolden and for wholesale beer distributor licenses in Brookhaven are scheduled to go on the May 16 primary ballot. The Brookhaven question is to be: “Do you favor the granting of malt and brewed beverages wholesale distributor’s and importing distributor’s licenses not for consumption on premises where sold in the Borough of Brookhaven?” Rejected were referendums on liquor licenses and retail beer licenses – both in Brookhaven – and liquor licenses in Colwyn.

25 Years Ago – 1992:

A Newtown Square man is accused of stealing a valuable computer program when he left an economic consulting company to start his own firm, according to a federal lawsuit filed by his former employer. The suit alleges that in January 1990 the man and his partner sole computer disks and other materials when they left a Bala Cynwyd subsidiary of a Swiss firm to start their own West Chesterbased company. The two now frequently compete, the suit says, and that the stolen software programs have been used to win contracts.

10 Years Ago – 2007:

Newtown officials recently held a public workshop to review options for development of the 205-acre Ellis Preserve. No vote was taken, but it appears a majority of township supervisors are in favor of Berwind Properties Group’s town center concept. The town center core would include retail stores with apartments/condos above, a dinner cinema, three levels of deck parking, a Whole Foods anchor store, stand-alone residential townhouses, and possibly a hotel. – COLIN AINSWORTH