Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918: “At the present time potatoes are cheap and plentiful, and there is most urgent need for conservation of wheat. Therefore the Food Administration directs that hotels, restaurants and clubs who serve bread free change their plan to serve potatoes free and charge for bread.”
75 Years Ago – 1943: The directors of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce held their annual organization meeting yesterday at the Chester Club. The board moved to effect a merger with the Board of Trade of Chester and Vicinity, and the Chamber of Commerce of Chester and Vicinity.
As the deadline for payment of federal income taxes draws near, a staff of about 15 employees of the Department of Internal Revenue planned to gear themselves to handle the large crowds which are anticipated at the Chester Post Office.
50 Years Ago – 1968: “There is none quite so great as Muhammad Ali,” said Nelson X, a representative of the Cheyney State College Black Student League. And about 1,000 persons at the college seemed to agree with the statement when they greeted Ali with a standing ovation as he entered the Cope Hall gymnasium Monday afternoon. Ali spoke to the audience as a minister of the Black Muslim religion. Citing the words of Black Muslin leader Elijah Muhammad, Ali called for the separation of the blacks and whites into two separate communities.
25 Years Ago – 1993: From Sound Off: “I am sick and tired of the whiners in Aston. That that guy [co-founder of the Concerned, Angry Taxpayers group in the Penn-Delco School District] can’t pay his school taxes on that big single home, then he should buy a smaller one in Aston because they have the cheapest school taxes in Delaware County.” Signed, “Disgusted in Upper Darby.”
10 Years Ago – 2008: County Councilman John “Jack” Whelan said he is “very disappointed, to say the least,” over the U.S. Air Force’s decision to turn to two companies other than Boeing Co. for a massive contract to replace refueling tanker aircraft. The $35 billion contract went to France-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp. to replace 179 air-to-air refueling tankers. The Air Force intends to spend $100 billion over the next 30 years replacing its aging fleet of about 600 air-to-air tankers.