Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918:
Edward Dickerson, the First Ward contractor, is providing stable room for a number of horses and mules which belong the United States government and are used by soldiers who are guarding the shipyard plants in Chester. The stock is quartered in the Dickerson stables at 23rd and Potter streets.
75 Years Ago – 1943:
Chester’s first permanent memorial to the men who are fighting in World War II will be dedicated on Saturday afternoon at Sun Village. A stone monument erected by citizens of the village the intersection of 11th street and McDowell and Morton avenues will be dedicated with Judge Henry G. Sweeny as the principal speaker. Mrs. Kathryn Morgan, a Gold Star mother of 1121 Remington St., will unveil the monument.
50 Years Ago – 1968: A Chester solider, who received a medical discharge form the Marine Corps in 1964 and later was drafted into the Army, has been reported killed in Vietnam. He was identified as Army Pfc. Leonard David McGinnis, 22, who married the former Joyce Schrum, 507 W. Seventh St., while home on leave in March. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1964 while a senior at Chester High School. Three months after he received a medical discharge because of a shoulder condition. McGinnis tried unsuccessfully to re-enlist on several occasions and was drafted into the Army in October 1967.
25 Years Ago – 1993 :A Trainer man pleaded guilty to a charge he torched his parent’s home while on a PCP binge and had to be rescued after he twice ran back into the burning house. The 29-year-old told the court that he’s “finally straight” and off drugs after he entered the plea to arson and was sentenced to 18 to 36 months incarceration. At the time of the fire, the man struggled with police in a rescue attempt while asking them to let go so he could “finish the job.”
10 Years Ago – 2008:
Yeadon Borough Police are now on board with the use of tasers, nonlethal weapons that subdue dangerous subjects through electro-muscular disruption. The borough plans to purchase three X26 tasers at about $1,100 each. They will be issued only to the sergeant on each shift, Police Chief Donald Molineux said, adding that more tasers may be added later on. Mayor Jacqueline Mosley said having tasers could have prevented harm to officers recently injured on duty.