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100 Years Ago – 1918: For neglecting his wife and four children, a man from the 100 block of Howell Street in Chester was arrested today by Patrolman Hanley. A pathetic letter written by the wife was shown as evidence. It disclosed that the wife and children were starving for want of proper nourishment. She was also forced to get on her feet too soon with her newborn baby. The man is employed American Dyewood Co. and according to the police makes $40 to $80 a week which he spends on drink.
75 Years Ago – 1943: Following a solemn military Mass Sunday morning at St. Hedwig’s Church in Chester, a Silver Star was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolenski, 2324 W. Third St., which had been awarded to their son, Sgt. Stanley Wolenski, who was killed in action May 25,
1942, on New Britain in the South Pacific. A short street parade from the Syzmanski-Rywacki Post 546 home to St. Hedwig’s Church preceded the Mass, with member posts of the Chester Veterans Council and Post 3251 VFW of Wilmington, Del., participating with massed colors.
50 Years Ago – 1968: A museum to house the “Brandywine tradition of art” will be established in a
150-year-old Chadds Ford lumber mill, the Tri-County Conservancy of the Brandywine Inc. announced today. Conservancy Executive Director Harold K. Wood Jr. said that the museum on Route 1, near Route 100, in Birmingham should be opened by the spring of 1970.
25 Years Ago – 1993: St. Francis de Sales Church in Aston is celebrating its centennial year in 1994 with the theme “Let Us Build a City of God.” A special outdoor Mass this week will begin the festivities. Starting on the church steps, a proclamation will be read, a trumpet will blare, and Msgr. James J. Howard, rector of Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, will the procession to the altar in the front of the parish hall. For the monsignor, it’s a return home, as he once was an associate pastor at St. Francis.
10 Years Ago – 2008: Legislation that would require residents of Concord, Middletown and 20 other Pennsylvania municipalities that rely solely on state police coverage an extra $100 per year is just as appealing to state Rep. Stephen Barrar today as it was when he first arrived in Harrisburg 12 years ago. “It’s still a bad idea,” said Barrar, R-160 of Upper Chichester.