Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918: The full page advertisement that appears in this issue of the Times over the name of the Ministerial Association in their go-to-church campaign is a distinct innovation in this vicinity. After several weeks of darkness (due to the influenza epidemic), all churches here will be open for worship tomorrow and as a reminder to all that thanks should be offered by regular communicants of the various churches and strangers in the city, this plan was hit upon by the minsters here to remind the people of this fact.
75 Years Ago – 1943: The annual Armistice Day celebration will be held as usual this year. Veterans from the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II will form at Third and Thurlow streets, and march north on Third to Market Square, turning left onto Market to Sixth and Edgmont Avenue, out Edgmont to 12th, thence on Providence Avenue to the “Memorial Gun” at 13th.
50 Years Ago – 1968: The burglary of an “undetermined amount of cash and travelers’ checks” from the Greater Delaware Valley Savings and Loan Association branch office in Newtown Township was disclosed Friday. There were unconfirmed reports the loss may have been as much as $10,000. Township police have referred the Thursday night safe break-in to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The branch office in the Newtown Square shopping center, West Chester Pike, was opened in July.
25 Years Ago – 1993: Rep. Nick Micozzie of Upper Darby, a strong and vocal backer of the WAM legislative slush fund, is going to introduce legislation to reform the program. Micozzie’s legislation would open the program to more public scrutiny, provide that money be appropriated in budget line items, and limit grants to municipalities only. It also calls for “competitive” review of applications by existing committees in the House and Senate. But money still could be doled out only under a legislator’s say so. Under Micozzie’s legislation, party leaders would no longer have direct control over initiative grants.
10 Years Ago – 2008: The Penn-Delco School Board hired Aston police Officer Michael Castagliuolo as the district’s newest residency investigator this week. Castagliuolo will join two other officers in investigating non-resident students who may be attending district schools illegally. Superintendent George Steinhoff informed board members Oct.
21 that the move does not mean there is an increase in investigations of possible non-resident students attending district schools, emphasizing that the hire would help ensure the investigations are completed in a timely manner.