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100 Years Ago – 1919: Complete details of the new fraternity building of Penn Forest, No. 21, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, were given last night at the first Ladies’ Night of the season, which provided a delightful success. It was the largest and most successful event of its kind ever conducted by the forest. Slides illustrating the new building to be constructed at Ninth and Welsh streets, Chester, were shown on the screen and all the features were explained by Grand Tall Cedar William S. Haney.
75 Years Ago – 1944: Despite a virtual doubling of Delaware County’s population since 1920, crime in the county has increased only 10 percent. The county’s criminal courts tried 843 cases in 1920 and 934 in 1943. And of the 934 cases which came to the courts’ attention last year, 230, or about 24 percent, involved marital difficulties such as nonsupport or neglect. These two features constitute the most marked trends in the county’s crime history over the past two decades … The sharp increase in marital difficulties and broken families and the decline in number of cases in the face of a sharp population rise.
50 Years Ago – 1969: Stockholders holding about
75 percent shares of the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. (Red Arrow Lines) voted today to approve the $13.5 million sale of the firm to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
25 Years Ago – 1994: The Longwood Villa nursing home on Naamans Creek Road will be razed and a new, larger facility approved last week by Bethel Township Supervisors will be built in its place. The new nursing home will have
90 beds and will replace the existing building, built circa 1948, which has
52 beds. According to Longwood Villa administrator Mike Dooling, the new facility is needed to comply with state Department of Health regulations.
10 Years Ago – 2009: Upland Borough Council recently unanimously passed an ordinance that creates a five-member historical commission and provides protection for the borough’s many historic assets. “I think this is one of the best things that has happened in this borough in a long, long time,” said Ray Peden, president of the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House. The new advisory board will have the power to review land development plans and comment on the potential impact on nearby historic sites.