Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
The way that some of the street pavements in Chester are deteriorating is giving city officials and citizens a good bit of concern. The Filbertine pavements seem to be crumbling away in a manner which would indicate that the asphalt used in the composition was “dead” or “short” to a remarkable degree. Small holes first appear which rapidly become larger, the material seeming to crumble up and grind away as though it had no tenacity or holding power.
75Years Ago – 1942:
Two 27-year-olds and a 25-year-old participated in a drinking party Wednesday night and then began to “wander around” the eastern section of Chester. Finally, they wandered into a mill at Green and McIllvain streets, and when their actions interfered with employees turning out defense work, efforts made by the night superintendent, Raymond Dumaine, to have them leave quietly, proving futile, he order that they be locked in a room pending arrival of officers who had been summoned.
50Years Ago – 1967:
Thomas Amoth of Fox Road, Middletown, a senior at Penncrest High School, has been named a winner in a nation-wide mathematics contest. Sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Association of America and the Society of Actuaries, the contest was designed to encourage wider interest in the study and application of mathematics.
25Years Ago – 1992:
Upper Darby residents who opposed a homeless shelter are upset that an outreach center has opened. Several men and women complained to township officials at the council meeting this week of the “audacity” of the Community Outreach Project,” 6460 Market St., which launched its project after the Community Action Agency and township officials declared a homeless day shelter “a dead issue.”
10Years Ago – 2007:
Haverford police will begin enforcing the township’s first curfew for minors on Friday, June 1. Curfew hours are midnight to 5 a.m., seven days a week. Approved by commissioners on a trial basis, the police department is giving written notice to youths and working through the school district Cable Access Channel and local newspapers to inform the public of the new law. The owner, operator, or employee of an establishment will be committing an offense by allowing a minor to remain on the premises during those times.