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100 Years Ago – 1917: No matter how little money you make, we are prepared to help you make it grow. We will be your partner in a cause so worthy that you should give it serious and immediate attention. You are invited to step in and talk it over with us. Any day in banking hours from 9 to 3, or Friday evening, 7 to 8:30 o’clock. You will never regret letting us help you in this very important matter. Pennsylvania National Bank – Postal Savings Fund and U.S. Government deposits are kept here. 75 Years Ago – 1942: Posthumous admission to the Delaware County Bar today was granted to the late Lt. Col. Hugh F. McCaffery, a Chester army official who died last winter in an airplane crash, in an unusual ceremony in a Media courtroom. So far as records show, this was the first posthumous admission more than 250 years of county court history.
50 Years Ago – 1967: A 61-year-old Aston man was shot to death Saturday night when he and his wife – returning from a trip to Florida – stopped by chance at a service station in Salisbury, Md. Police are seeking the unknown assailant. No weapon was found on the scene. “There was no indication of any robbery. All of his money and personal things were intact,” said Salisbury Police Chief Leslie J. Payne Jr.
25 Years Ago – 1992: Former Delaware County Council Chairman Edwin “Ted” Erickson – one of several county Republicans looking for a job in the wake of President Bush’s defeat – is expected back at the county Government Center Building by the end of the month as Delco’s third executive director, sources said. Erickson, a Republican high-level appointee of President Bush, will replace current Executive Director Matt Hayes. Hayes, in turn, will become executive director the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority. That post is currently filled by Delaware County Republican leader Tom Judge Sr. Since August, when Judge was named county recorder of deeds, he’s been doing double duty in both office while a “search” for an authority boss progressed.
10 Years Ago – 2007: It’s become something of a tradition. The Upper Darby Marching Band heads off to a weekend competition, wins a trophy, and pulls back into the high school parking lot in the dead of night to the sound of honking horns from proud parents. “I’m pretty sure the neighbors hate us,” said longtime Royals Band Director Jason Majerczak.