Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917: The huge pipe organ that will be installed in the new St. Hedwig’s Church at Fourth and Hayes streets, Chester, has arrived and is being installed. It will take at least two weeks before the organ is in place. The organ being installed will be one of the finest in this section.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
District Attorney William B. McClenachan Jr. has announced his support of Maj. Gen Edward Martin. The county prosecutor, who is a candidate for the state Supreme Court, is supporting Martin for the Republican nomination for governor against Sen. James J. Davis. McClenachan, who has been district attorney since 1936 and has been associated with the office for over two decades, prosecuted John J. McClure and the Chester city officials last year for their part in the Chester Water Company sale. His announcement has added impetus to the anti-McClure and anti-Davis campaign in Delaware County.
50 Years Ago – 1967: A beaming Gov. Raymond P Shafer — tongue in cheek and hand outstretched — made a “surprise” invasion of the courthouse Friday. The governor took the county Republican’s stronghold by storm and scored at least a psychological victory over the local GOP organization.
25 Years Ago – 1992: An independent delivery driver for a delivery company faces numerous charges of theft for allegedly pocketing the money collected for furniture sold. The 29-year-old Philadelphia man was arrested by Clifton Heights police after the $4,000 theft was reported by the delivery contractor for Drexel Hill Furniture Warehouse. According to court documents, the man allegedly delivered furniture to five customers in April and collected cash for the merchandise. He told police he “used the money to purchase cocaine.” 10 Years Ago – 2007: Patrick Murphy of Avondale, a Media Elementary School teacher and director of Penncrest High School’s 2007 musical, was commended by the Rose Tree Media School Board for being named National Honor Roll’s Outstanding American Teacher. Murphy, who joined district 1988, was selected by former Penncrest High School National Honor Society students for having the greatest influence on their lives. It was noted he shares this distinctive honor with a very small percentage of all teachers in the United States.