Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
“Absolutely nothing doing” qouth Chester Chief of Police Vance when asked by a reporter this morning if anything new was doing in police circles. The reason for the chief declaring everything was quiet was the fact that not an arrest was made yesterday by the police department. This is the first Sunday in six months that an arrest has not been registered.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
Marked by an attendance of about 1,000 persons, a GOP rally and supper was held at St. Hedwig’s Hall, Fourth and Hayes streets, Chester. The affair was sponsored by the Chester Council of Republican Women. Among the notables invited to the rally were U.S. Sen. James J. Davis and former state Sen. John J. McClure. Mrs. H.C. Donohue, president of the council, presided at the rally.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
U.S. Rep. Lawrence G. Williams, R-7 of Springfield, has been named one of six Republicans on the newly-formed House Ethics Committee, it was announced here last night. House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., said Williams was selected by the House Committee on Committees. Ford addressed the annual township GOP banquet at the Alpine Inn, where he scored the “mistakes” of the Johnson administration and predicted a Republican victory in the 1968 presidential election.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
Frances Henderson of Chester has been chosen to receive one of the 1992 Points of Light awards. Henderson has dedicated the past three years to neighbor revitalization projects designed to make Chester a decent, drugfree and safe place to live. She will be in Washington, D.C, today – her 59th birthday – where President Bush will formally announce this year’s 21 winners at a White House ceremony and luncheon as part of National Volunteer Week.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
Soon after Darby Township police raided a house for alleged drug activity, residents in the close-knit Briarcliffe neighborhood gathered outside to say thank you. “I thanked them back, for being so patient,” township Police Sgt. Leonard McDevitt Jr. said. According to McDevitt, it took about three months of surveillance to gather enough evidence to finally hit the house. He said borough council was instrumental in forwarding complaints from residents, who began noticing what they considered visitors who seemed to come and go quickly.