Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1918:

An erroneous impression is found in this city as well as others that it is not necessary for parents of children under 21 years of age to respond to the Income Tax. As the date for closing the accounts is the first of April, the parents of this city who have neglected the matter should immediately get out pen and ink and turn in a report to the government. This can be done at the income tax office in the Post Office Building, under the director of George Johnston, Inspector of Income Tax.

75 Years Ago – 1943:

Chester’s Ford plant has become the nation’s largest tank depot, Army Ordinance officers revealed following the first wartime tour of the Delaware riverfront industry. From its acres of buildings and storage space, nearly 5,000 employees are sending out a steadily increasing flow of war equipment “funneled in from plants over a wide area and destined for United Nations battle fronts throughout the world.”

50 Years Ago – 1968:

Chester Mayor John J. Nacrelli charged today that “indifference” by Gov. Raymond P. Shafer and the state administration may cost the city any chances of port development “for all time.” Nacrelli in a letter urged the governor to begin efforts immediately to obtain passage of a bill that would authorize the Delaware River Port Authority to develop port facilities here and in Camden, N.J. “We need these facilities, we need these jobs for our unskilled, semi-skilled and disadvantaged labor force and we need these jobs yesterday,” Nacrelli told Shafer.

25 Years Ago – 1993:

A Garnet Valley Middle School student was suspended when he was found to have brought a handgun to school, according to district officials. The principal termed the incident “an adolescent show and tell,” since the gun was not loaded and no threats were made by the student. However, he stressed that the incident was taken very seriously by district personnel. Although the student showed the weapon – described by the principal as an older handgun or “Saturday night special” with no caliber markings on the barrel – to several of his classmates, none of them came forward to report the presence of the weapon in school. Instead, a parent who heard rumors contacted district officials.

10 Years Ago – 2008:

A pair of $20 million donations to the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades has shattered the goal of an ongoing capital giving campaign and