Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918:
The Times and Morning Republican will take their distributors to Chester Park on Friday morning. Every boy who sells or serves Chester daily papers is invited. A special car will be provided. Call it the “Newsboys Special.” It will leave Sixth Street and Edgmont Avenue at 8 a.m. sharp, and return at noon, so as to enable every boy to take care of his afternoon route. Free eats – this many fellow think the best part of a picnic, especially when they are free – baseball games and other sports.
75 Years Ago – 1943:
Charges that the Republican organization in Delaware County maintained a secret registration place in Glenolden, in violation of the state Election Code, were made this morning by a resident of the borough. Representatives of the anti-McClure faction in the Republican Party said they discovered that additional party registrars were working at the Glendale federal housing projects, then arriving at the official firehouse registration site after 9 p.m. and adding between 70 and 80 names.
50 Years Ago – 1968:
Richard Nixon, frontrunning candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, arrived in Philadelphia this morning. Accompanied by his wife, Patricia, and basketball star Wilt Chamberlain, he quickly promised to spend the day learning about urban problems – not wooing convention delegates. Chamberlain said he is traveling with Nixon “to convince the people he’s the man for the presidency.”
25 Years Ago – 1993:
Over the objections of Aldan Borough’s planner, the community of homes will soon include a large retail shopping complex. Providence Village Plaza is slated for development on the site on Oak Lane at Providence Road, previously occupied by International Paper Co. In addition to a Giant supermarket, it will also include a Mandee women’s clothing store, Thrift Drug, L.A. Video, a Hallmark card and gift shop, Family Dollar Store and a dry cleaner.
10 Years Ago – 2008:
A 26-year-old Philadelphia woman who made her own luck at Harrah’s Casino in Chester pleaded guilty to a charge of theft by unlawful taking. Judge Ann Osborne sentenced her to serve six to 23 months in jail. She admitted to authorities, that while working as a slot host, she wrote false credited machine payouts. Prosecutors said it was later shown that she stole a total of $30,181.