Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1918:

That portion of East Seventh Street, between the bridge over Chester Creek and Penn Street, will soon have to receive permanent reconstruction from the city’s street department. The pavement has sunk several inches below the original level and at the west end of the bridge there is a sudden drop that is almost dangerous.

75 Years Ago – 1943:

Opposition to the regular Republican machine in the November election disappeared today with the announcement that the Committee of One Hundred, composed of anti-McClure Republicans. The independent faction will not field slate. The decision was reached following a meeting of the committee and the candidates they had supported last night. The withdrawal of the independent candidates leaves the Republican slate without any opposition of any kind both in the primary and general election, it is expected that a write-in campaign will be instituted by the Democrats in September enabling them to run a complete ticket in November.

50 Years Ago – 1968:

The Battle of Brandywine, the object of a lifetime study by the late Christian C. Sanderson, will be retold on the battle’s Sept. 11 anniversary in a program sponsored by the Sanderson Museum. A 1961 tape recording of a lecture on the battle by the late historian and storyteller will be presented in the Chadds Ford Elementary School. Slides shown include paintings from local artist such as N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Gayle Porter Hoskins and Barclay Rubincam.

25 Years Ago – 1993:

Chester City Council gave final approval to two development projects on the Widener University camps. The Leslie Quick Jr. Stadium is planned for a 10-acre site on the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and 21st Street. Widener also plans to raze four fraternity houses on East 13th Street and build 108 units of “special interest housing,” which could include fraternity and sorority houses or housing for special interest clubs.

10 Years Ago – 2008:

August has been a deadly month in the city of Chester, and the month is not even halfway over. The uptick in crime has the city’s six detectives, along with investigators from the county, working night and day trying to locate witnesses, determine motives and solve each case – before the next call comes in. The sudden increase in the gun violence is bringing the city’s murder rate close to what it was at this time last year. Seventeen people had been murdered by mid-August of 2007.