Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
More than 600 Boy Scouts, representing practically every troop in Delaware County, participated In the parade and rally last night in connection with the observance of the 51st anniversary of the Upland Methodist Episcopal Church. The parade was held in Chester, forming on Welsh Street opposite the Pennsylvania Railroad Station.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
Old rags and rubbish burning in a house at 101 Lewis St., Chester, brought out firemen from Felton and Franklin fire companies at 4:30 a.m. today. Firemen reported little damage from the blaze which was extinguished quickly.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Hugh Scott, a Republican moderate, endorsed President Johnson’s Vietnam policies today and said “it is imperative that we do not undermine the stature of the president as commander-in-chief and as the nation’s chief diplomat.” He said the Republican Party should not “misconceive its role as to become a ‘peace at any price’ party.”
25 Years Ago – 1992:
Volunteers will work through the weekend to set the stage for the arrival of President George Bush, who’s bringing his struggling re-election campaign to Springfield on Monday. Springfield Republican leader Charles Sexton said he expected from 3,000 to 5,000 people to show up for the event, which will be one of Bush’s first appearances after his initial debate with Democrat Bill Clinton and billionaire Ross Perot on Sunday evening. “He’s going to one of the most Republican counties in American, the strongest Republican county in America, which is Delaware County,” Sexton said.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
What happens in Nether Providence apparently doesn’t stay in Nether Providence, at least as far as one national publication is concerned. For the second time in just a few months, the township is receiving exposure in the pages of Money magazine. The first time around, in July, the municipality was hailed as the ninth Best Place to Live in America. Now, three families from the Wallingford section of the township — characterized as an “idyllic uppermiddle-class American suburb” — are the subject of an eight-page spread in the magazine’s October edition; their spending habits, savings track records and debt ratios on display for all the world to see in a piece headlined “Life and Debt on Willow Lane.”