Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
Admission was made this morning by Secretary Copeland of the Chester Shipbuilding Co. that the strike of ironworkers at the plant has assumed serous proportions, the total defections from the ranks of employees having reached a total of 400 men. This includes riveters, laborers, bolters and other gangs, and for the time being the company is letting the matter rest as it is. From the Times Editorial Board: “The Times regrets to learn that any one industry is threatened with a strike at this time in our national crisis, even though it may be of a very slight nature. That has been so much written and talked of concerning the patriotic duty of every red-blooded American that it seems improbably that men could combine to strike in times like these, unless some extremely aggravated cause arose.”
75 Years Ago – 1942:
An adding machine which had been stolen from the Chester office of the Story Coal Co., fourth and Caldwell streets, Saturday morning was found a few hours later by Barbara McClemmy, of 320 E. Seventh St., and Margaret Wells, 318 E. Seventh St They found the machine under a freight platform at Fifth Street and Morton Avenue and turned it over to police.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
Thomas A. Curran, 66-year-old Delaware County Common Pleas Court judge, died while vacationing in Ireland. Judge Curran was stricken Sunday and admitted Tuesday to a Londonderry, Ireland, hospital where he died later that day. Judge Curran and his wife, Grace, had sailed April 14 from New York for a vacation in Ireland and England. They had planned to start home May 20.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
Chester Township Council threatened to block off Engle Street between the Commodore Barry Bridge and Interstate 95 unless PennDOT agrees to reduce the current 35 mph speed limit. Board Chairman Stanley Kester expressed concern for the safety of children who live near Engle.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack made its first payment to Delaware County as part of an agreement hashed out four years ago. For the first quarter of this year Harrah’s netted $53.9 million, according to state information. Harrah’s agreed to give 55 percent of its gross revenue to the state, with percentages going back to Delaware County and the city of Chester.