Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918:
Through the efforts of Sgt. James Treston of the 20th District of Philadelphia and county Detective John O’Toole, a horse and runabout, the property of J. Hall of Newton Square, has been recovered. The team was stolen along with 35 valuable chickens on Monday night. As yet no trace has been obtained of those responsible for the theft.
75 Years Ago – 1943:
The property at 700 W. Seventh St., Chester, which has been bought by the Greek-Americans of Chester, is being remodeled to be used as a home for the orphaned Greek children who the United State government is expected to bring to this country after the war. The orphanage will be an annex to the Greek Orthodox Church, which will be built on the same property. A drive to secure funds for building it is now in operation. The president of this organization is William Stoles, and the secretary is George Kapourelos.
50 Years Ago – 1968:
The Republican Board of Supervisors (War Board) endorsed the Nixon-Agnew ticket Tuesday. Board Chairman Frank A. Snear Jr., who is also chairman of the county commissioners, said after the closeddoor session in the Snear Building the endorsement was unanimous. Snear said county Commissioner Harry A. McNichol, who had favored Nelson Rockefeller, voted to endorse Nixon and Agnew. “Rank-and-file Republicans in Delaware County favored Nixon all along,” Snear said at an impromptu press conference.
25 Years Ago – 1993:
Members of the newly formed Chester Anti-Drug Anti-Violence Network urged citizens to take back the streets from drug dealers during a noisy rally on Friday. “Too many of our children are getting drugged up and locked up,” said the Rev. William “Rocky” Brown III, a network founder and Republican city council candidate. “This city has violence of epidemic proportions. We want our children to go to Yale instead of jail. We want our children to go to Penn State instead of the state pen.”
10 Years Ago – 2008:
Fifth-graders at Loomis Elementary School in Broomall were congratulated by hospital staff for submitting the winning name for their new Da Vinci robot at the Main Line Health Heart Center at Lankenau Hospital. Twelve area elementary schools sent in 49 names for consideration and “Doc Bot,” submitted by student Paul Bonkoski, was selected as the winning moniker.