Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1918:

While in the act cranking a new automobile belonging to a friend, Willard R. Wright, son of Desk Sergeant James Wright, had the misfortune to have his right arm fractured when the machine “kicked.” He was treated at the Chester hospital.

75 Years Ago – 1943:

The Island of Malta – “most bombed spot on earth” – was down to its last few gallons of gasoline last year when a speedy Sun Ship-built tanker which had been borrowed by the British fought its way through the Mediterranean with 4,000,000 gallons and saved the beleaguered bastion. This grim, heroic merchant marine epic was told at a Philadelphia Optimist Club luncheon by John G. Pew, Jr., vice president of Chester’s Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., and it highlights the important part Sun workers and management are taking in the winning of the war.

50 Years Ago – 1968:

Several busloads of Delaware County area residents are expected to leave for Washington, D.C., to participate in the Solidarity Day march in support of the Poor People’s Campaign. Among those sponsoring business are the Media Area NAACP, People Urging Racial Justice, Delaware County Peace Action Group, Media Fellowship House and the Chester Support Committee for the Poor People’s Campaign.

25 Years Ago – 1993:

A divided Garnet Valley School Board adopted a final budget last night for the 1993-94 school year which calls for a 29.3-mill tax hike. Board member Raymond Spykerman led a defeated effort to table the $18.4 million plan, an increase of 3.4 percent over the current fiscal year. However, board member George Zahr expressed the opinion that the actual increase is closer to 8 percent. The average tax bill will rise 29.3 mills – or 6.54 percent – next year, as the millage rate increases from 447.7 to 477 mills.

10 Years Ago – 2008:

Chester Upland education advocates plan to pound the pavement in Harrisburg today, seeking support for Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposed new funding formula. The chronically troubled Chester Upland School District would see a $3.5 million boost in state funding in the governor’s proposed budget. Although it would not receive the largest percentage increase in the county, Chester Upland would get by far and away the most money in terms of real dollars — more than $40 million.