Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
“Buy a Liberty Bond and buy it today.” Thus does Hon. William C. Sproul, member of the central committee In the Third Federal Reserve district and chairman of the local publicity committee, appeal to the people of Delaware County today. He urges everyone to subscribe for a bond.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
Two of the Chester area’s busiest war plants received the coveted Army-Navy “E” awards for high achievement in the production of war equipment. Edsel B. Ford, president of Ford Motor Co., and only son of founder Henry Ford, accepted the burgee on behalf of the company and workers in ceremonies held in front of the Front and Lloyd street plant. Pennsylvania Gov. and Mrs. Arthur H. James joined a distinguished gathering of Army Navy officials and business leaders at a ceremony honoring the General Steel Casting Corp., Eddystone, who also received the award.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
The Chester School Board told School Superintendent John J. Vaul to “begin immediately” plans to end de facto segregation in six city public schools. The action came on the advice of Chester attorney Guy G. deFuria, who told the board it “must take immediate steps” to complete with a Pennsylvania Supreme Court desegregation order. The six schools are Douglass Junior High School and Dewey-Mann, Franklin, Lincoln, Washington and Watts elementary schools.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
Delaware County farmer and conservationist Ann Bates was lauded by the White House for her efforts to preserve farm land and manage natural resources. Bates, 66, was nominated for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-7, of Aston. Since 1952, Bates has raised sheep at her 82-acre Arasapha Farms in Edgmont. She was the catalyst behind a land use agreement to protect 300 acres of land owned by Sleighton School from commercial development and his the current chairwoman of the Delaware county Conservation District Board.
10 Years Ago – 2007: As the countdown continues to the Nov. 6 election, Democratic mayoral hopeful Rosetta Carter unveiled a seven-point crime reduction plan last week that she says would make Chester streets safer. The city has had trouble cracking down on violent crimes with 21 homicides so far this year, compared to 19 in all of 2006.