Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
Headed by Street Sergeant Owens, a detail of patrolmen and state troopers invaded Crozer Park in Chester about 2:30 yesterday afternoon and apprehended 12 poker players, who it is alleged were playing for money, while a game was in full progress and confiscated cards and money. A sneak thief entered the cabin boat “Jack” in the Chester River and stole the carburetor from the engine. Owner John Oxenford, of Seventh and Potter streets, said he has a clue that is expected to lead to the arrest of the thief.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
Believe it or not! It took the members of Chester City Council, in weekly session yesterday morning, just four minutes to dispose of business on hand. The business? Cancellation of a bond for an overhanging signs, and approval of reports submitted by officers of the Department of Public Safety.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
One of 17 Glassboro, N.J., residents who returned home from a Russian tour said he delivered to Moscow a written appeal by a Morton man for release of his family from the Soviet Union. Anatol Michelson, who defected from the Soviet Union in 1956 and has been trying since to free his family, gave the letter to William Reisvich of Glassboro in the hopes the group would meet with Soviet Premier Alexi N. Kosygin.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
From Ruth Podem’s “Dining Around” column: And the winner in the category of Trendiest Restaurant of the Year – The Central Bar and Grille in Bryn Mawr, open since October of 1990. The 100-year-old freighthouse at the Bryn Mawr train station is all decked out in neon. Valet parkers whisk away your car on one side of the building, while the SEPTA trains roll by the plate glass windows on the other side. Inside the multitiered, multi-colored space varies from shadows to light, from endless ceiling space to narrow passage. Architect Ed Bronstein wanted you to feel like you were entering more than a building – it is a drama of dimensions.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
Clifton Heights council voted unanimously to proclaim future Memorial Days “Mary Quinn Day” in honor of the longtime resident. Quinn, 92, had coordinated veteran parades in the borough for 60 years until Michael Hall took over the reigns. Hall proposed the idea during the public comment portion of the meeting.