Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918: Court Interpreter Jacob Rosenberg, of 2701 W. Second St., Chester, was beaten about the face and head and knocked down several times by a rum-crazed man at Second and Hayes streets Saturday night during a street fight. Charles Grossman, his sonin-law, of 2703 W. Second St., was also beaten about the face and was bitten in the hand by the infuriated man when he attempted to rescue his relative from the crowd.
75 Years Ago – 1943:
Number one in Pennsylvania and 12th in the entire United States – that is Chester’s standing in the “Retail Sales and Service Forecast” of salesman management, national magazine of marketing. News of the top ranking was received this morning from Merril V. Reed, vice president of Sales Management, Inc. of New York City.
50 Years Ago – 1968: A Greater Chester Movement official said he will try to instate a “hot breakfast” program for city high school students attending half-day sessions in junior highs. W. Norman Watts said he will meet Monday with all person interest in helping to establish the program. Watts said the meeting will be in Neighborhood Youth Corps quarters, 219 E. Eighth St. 25 Years Ago – 1993: Chester stands to lose almost half of the $12 million in funding that has been frozen by the federal government if council cannot agree on an agency to administer the monies by May, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And in response to HUD’s Jan. 15 letter to the city, Mayor Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard, a critic of the Chester Redevelopment Authority – the agency that administers the funds – wrote a letter to CRA Executive Director Willie Wells instructing the agency to fix the problems that have put the funding in jeopardy. 10 Years Ago – 2008: Through her frustration with the lack of healthy drinks available for younger children, Denise Devine created her own with the help of Cornell researchers that has a low sugar and high fiber content in a convenient box. “I had one of those always thirsty kids,” the Media mother of three said. “He just wanted to drink juice all day long.” Two weeks ago, Devine launched her Web site, www.froose.com, and with it, her whole-grains-in-abox, Froose in three flavors: Playful Peach, Perfect Pear and Cheerful Cherry.