Other Times
100Years Ago – 1920: From general gossip about town, Easter Sunday will find many hundreds of residents absent, with the seashore and other points claiming their presence for the day. Weather conditions holding good, Atlantic City will have some few thousands of Chester inhabitants. With the biggest automobile population in its history, the city will send shoreward scores of machines, and the trains will share in the movement to no small degree. Hundreds of workmen who came here from other points will take advantage of the Easter holidays to go to their homes.
75Years Ago – 1945: Sixty-two more names were added to Delaware County’s honor roll of war dead during March. The new total stands at 731 from the county who have given their lives for their country. On the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, the county list contained 448names. By the end of February, the count had soared to
669, an almost 50percent increase in three months and reflecting America’s stepped-up offensive.
50Years Ago – 1970: A proposed
$36million building program for the Delaware County Community College was unveiled Wednesday night during an informal meeting at the former Dante School in Concordville, the college’s temporary campus. Plans call for the
3,500-student facility to be constructed on the college’s permanent campus in Marple. The 20sponsoring districts will share a total cost of $17.7million, with each district being assessed according to its market value.
25Years Ago – 1995: Sitting transfixed in front of your TV set playing video games. That’s hardly a new concept. But what about getting video games piped in from your TV? Tomorrow’s the day Suburban Cable introduces Sega Channel, a video-games-on-demand service, to its Delaware County customers. For a monthly fee of $12.95, subscribers will have unlimited access to 50titles from the library of more than 500games for the Sega Genesis console.
10Years Ago – 2010: A suggestion made by the mayor to restrict access to the secretary’s office after hours divided Sharon Hill Borough Council at a recent meeting. Mayor Robert O’Neill addressed concerns about the front door of borough hall being left open after business hours. He suggested all council members use key fobs to gain access to the front door and council chambers. A proposed restriction to the secretary’s office, which would apply to everyone on council except the mayor, did not sit well with all council members. “As elected officials, we should have access to this building,” Councilman Scott MacNeil said. “To me, it sounds like there’s something to hide.”