Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1917:

The Food Conservation train, touring the state, is distributing a recipe for making scrapple and advocates a great use of this distinctively Pennsylvania product. Housekeepers of Delaware County, this delicious breakfast dish in its highest state of excellence is on sale at your local meat shop.

75 Years Ago – 1942:

“Santa Victory Christmas,” an NEA special Christmas comic strip for the kids, began in the Chester Times yesterday. The strip tells of the adventures two youngsters have with Santa Claus and unfolds Santa’s clever war of assuring the youngsters a Merry Christmas and still doing his bit in Toyland toward victory.

50 Years Ago – 1967:

From Vivian Brown of Associated Press Newsfeatures: Architects and builders should plan homes with a new point of view. The moderate priced house available to the average family is out of whack with our times teenage population. These World War II-era type dwellings that were stripped of everything but bare necessaries must be updated by the do-ityourselfer or professionally if they are to accommodate grown children.

25 Years Ago – 1992:

Curbing the astounding rate of truancy at Chester High School will require more than beefing up attendance programs and personnel – it will require a community-wide commitment to keeping students in school, a Chester Upland School District administrator told parents last night. “Not one of us should by any high school-age child anywhere in Chester and not challenge them, ‘Why are you here and not in school?’” said administrative management consultant Lionel Lauer. “… The solution isn’t two or four or 20 attendance officers. It’s a community problem, and we will have to address it that way.” 10 Years Ago – 2007:

If you’ve never been to Pamplona, but held the desire to see the famed running of the bulls, perhaps the best American equivalent would be the predawn opening of an electronics store on Black Friday. “It’s real madness in here,” Yohannes Tedla, Value City assistant manager, said at 4:15 a.m. “We’re open for 24 hours from midnight until 12 o’clock.” When he unlocked the door, there were customers lined up around the building. Economic analysts predicted consumers will be more selective this year and suggested retailers are luring them with various offers in light of the national credit crunch.