Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
Misses Margaret and Jennie Johnson of Eddystone entertained a number of friends at a masquerade party at their home. After the masquerade costumes were reviewed, and attractive games of various appropriate sorts were played. The home was fittingly decorated for the occasion.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
One of the main subjects to be brought before the Chester Board of Education for discussion at the board meeting Monday night will be the appointment of a successor for John J. Vaul, principal of the Dewey-Mann School, who will leave for the Army next week. The board has asked for bids for converting the new Vocational High School and the Wetherill School heating systems from oil heating plants to coal heating plants.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
Twelve civilian students were arrested early this morning in the first narcotics raid in the history of PMC Colleges, police said. Police Chief Joseph Bail and Detective Capt. James F. Thomas led some 35 men from the State Narcotics Control Square, the Delaware County Detective Vice Squad and the Chester police in a 2 a.m. raid on several dormitories and an East 15th Street fraternity house. Thomas said the police, in cooperation with college officials, had the Penn Morton College students under surveillance for about a month.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
The next few months will tell whether the Group to Save St. Anthony of Padua Church can rescue its beloved parish at Third Street and Concord Avenue, Chester. The group is fighting a recommendation of the regional planning committee of the Philadelphia archdiocese which aims to consolidate Chester’s six Catholic churches into one parish with two worship sties, one at St. Robert’s, 20th Street and Providence Avenue, and one at Resurrection Church, Ninth Street and Highland Avenue. The archdiocese classifies St. Anthony’s as a “national” church without city boundaries.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
Chester Mayor Wendell N. Butler Jr. and the rest of the Chester Republican ticket cleaned up at the polls Tuesday. “I have to thank each and every one of you for a job well done,” Butler said to an enthusiastic group of supporters gathered at the old Colony Building on Welsh Street. “It’s been a joy serving you for five years and we are looking forward to another four years.”