Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918: Just a final reminder. Set your clocks back before going to bed tonight, unless you are in the habit of remaining up until the wee small hours when you can do it at 2 o’clock tomorrow morning, when the government will officially regain the hour advanced in the Daylight Saving Plan. Experts tell us that while watches and clocks can be safely reset by turning the hands back an hour, striking clocks should be set forward 11 hours.
75 Years Ago – 1943: Judge Henry G. Sweney called on people today to “do something about maintaining ethical and moral standards – and not simply talk about it.” In an impassioned address to members of the Chester Rotary Club, the Delaware County jurist declared that too many people rant about upholding laws and ethical standards, then turn around and get someone to “fix” a parking ticket they have received.
50 Years Ago – 1968: Upper Darby police broke up a teen-age burglary ring Friday, saying it was responsible for the break-in of 12 homes and a beer distributor in the Drexel Park Gardens section during the past two months. Lt. Henry Eby, head of the police juvenile division, said the ring consisted of seven boys – from
12 to 17 years old – who took more than $3,000 in items and cash in the neighborhood burglaries.
25 Years Ago – 1993: Longtime Collingdale Republicans, still smarting from primary election losses to the maverick New Republican wing, are supporting Democrats running for borough office on Nov. 2. The traditional Republicans have formed an organization, the Collingdale Republican Coalition Committee, chaired by former committeeman Frank Duff. It is passing out literature for the Democrats, according to Mayor Frank Kelly, who is running for re-election as a New Republican.
10 Years Ago – 2008: During the final phase of this year’s Smooth Operator traffic law enforcement program, a total of 99 tickets were issued by Parkside police officers to motorists on the borough’s roads, with 18 of the citations going to borough residents. Parkside Borough was among the Pennsylvania municipalities selected to receive federal funding to pay for extra police patrols in connection with the special program. At an average of $25 per ticket, of which the borough receives half, the total revenue for Parkside will be roughly $1,200. “If we continue with this program, it not only benefits the safety of our residents, it also puts a little something in our pocket, as well,” said Mayor Ardele Gordon.