Other Times
100Years Ago – 1919: There is an opportunity for Chester to secure a shirt factory that will employ at least
450persons, mostly women. Fred J. Hicken, a member of the Chester Kiwanis Club, made public a letter this morning that, if acted upon promptly, may cause another industry to locate this city. Mr. Hicken is going to do all he can to have Kiwanis bring this enterprise here. The people making inquiry are Tauber, Lipton & Co., of New York.
75Years Ago – 1944: There were
94,283persons employed in Delaware County by the manufacturing industries, the transportation and utility companies, according to the annual survey of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, just released by William F. Delehanty, secretary. This is a drop of 7,930workers from the
102,313reported at this time last year. Delehanty said. There were 159firms reporting. In 1939, the year war orders started to be received by local plants, there were 36,383workers in county industry, the records disclose.
50Years Ago – 1969: A 17-year-old Broomall youth is going to have a good seat at Friday’s Apollo 12blastoff at Cape Kennedy, Florida. His name is Ronald Rovner, 403Candlewood Road, a senior at Marple Newtown High School. Rovner’s invitation from NASA came as a result of his participation last April in the NASA Youth Conference at the Goddard Space Center.
25Years Ago – 1994: Improvements to a section of State Road in Upper Darby that winds through a residential neighborhood are finally under way. Concern about the high-accident area escalated in 1991when the curve at Wildell Avenue was the site of a fatal accident. A residents’ group rallied, petitioned township council and for the past three years worked with state and local officials to correct the killer curve and make their community safer. State Rep. Nicholas Micozzie, R-163, received notice of the $60,000legislative initiative grant to fund the project during the summer followed by the bidding and awarding process.
10Years Ago – 2009: For the second time in less than six months, an attorney is filing for an injunction against Chester city government over its controversial trash delinquency notices – this time in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. Last August, a federal judge tossed a similar suit in U.S. District Court, saying she didn’t have jurisdiction over the matter. The flap over trash delinquency notices began last May when the city attempted to collect fees from around
4,000property owners, with some of the outstanding fees dating back more than a decade.