Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1920: Chester City Commissioner T. Woodward Trainer was back at his desk yesterday after a strenuous period spent in Chicago last week. He was a spectator of every happening at the Coliseum, and, as he humorously remarked, “wore out several sets of lungs cheering for Gov. Sproul,” during the balloting. “This was unquestionably the most strenuous convention since that of 1880, when it took 36 ballots to nominate Garfield,” said Trainer.
75 Years Ago – 1945: Driving celebrities to places of interest in Germany can be a lot of fun, especially if it’s behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz, with an inch-and-a-half thick windshield, which belongs to one A. Hitler. That’s the duty of Pfc. Joseph J. Sullivan, of Beechwood. Sullivan, 19, recently drove members of the Bulgarian royal family on a tour of the Bavarian Alps in Der Fuehrer’s chariot. He wrote to his father that “It has five speeds forward – the last one flying!” Joe holds the Purple Heart for wounds received in Germany while serving with the 100th Division of the Seventh Army. 50 Years Ago – 1970: State Rep. Stanley R. Kester, R-160 of Chester Township, will draft a bill amending the state penal code that would prohibit the retail sale of soft drinks in glass, no deposit, no return bottles. Kester said today from his hometown that the bill may bring a lot of opposition “but we’re going to introduce it.”
25 Years Ago – 1995: Regarded by many as a living saint for her tireless work with the sick and povertystricken around the world, Mother Teresa is scheduled to make brief stops in Chester Saturday evening as part of her current United States tour. She will visit the Gift of Mary AIDS Hospice, which is run by her order, the Missionaries of Charity sisters, then attend the 5p.m. Mass at Blessed Katharine Drexel Roman Catholic Church,
20th and Providence avenues.
10 Years Ago – 2010: In the face of continued criticism, Eddystone council approved the first step of an indoor scrap metal shredding facility locating in the former Foamex plant along the Delaware River. Councilman Bob Howat made the motion to approve the development application. A life-long resident, he recounted looking at Baldwin Locomotive, running near ‘round the clock, from his back door. He noted neither he nor his family were sickened by the various industries once operating in the borough.