Other Times
100Years Ago – 1920: With Edward McMunigal,
525, Congress Ave., Chester, who sustained serious injuries when he dropped from the roof of the Chester Ship hotel, is in a dangerous condition in the Chester Hospital, and refusing to make a statement to the police, two men have been arrested by the city detective bureau. One of the men was closely questioned and declared that McMunigal was not pushed from the roof. According to the man, he had a rope tied around a sharp ledge on the roof to permit him to enter one of the rooms below in which there was a quantity of whiskey. He admitted being with McMunigal, but says that the rope snapped and caused him to fall to the ground.
75Years Ago – 1945:
One of America’s most distinguished artists and mural painters, Newell Convers Wyeth, 63, and his 3-yearold grandson, were killed instantly at 9:17 a.m. Thursday when a Pennsylvania Railroad train collided with their station wagon. It was struck at an open crossing by a southbound train at Ring Road, about a mile and a half north of Chadds Ford.
50Years Ago – 1970:
Judge Francis J. Catania issued today a permanent injunction blocking the Springfield School District from purchasing land for two schools. The controversial case began two years ago when Springfield’s commissioners challenged the school district’s plans to acquire 82 acres for an elementary school and a middle school. Catania criticized the school board for not having made an “intelligent investigation” of its school needs and for refusing to accept parkland offered by the commissioners.
25Years Ago – 1995:
Perhaps the skateboarding kids of Media were doing homework. None come before borough council last night to comment on the amended ordinance prohibiting the activity throughout the business district. However, parent John Davis of Second Street vigorously pursued the question of where his son, and other skateboard enthusiasts, can practice their activity.
10Years Ago – 2010:
About 150 friends of the Community Action Agency of Delaware County assembled outside the Delaware County Courthouse Tuesday morning to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the agency. Chief Executive Officer Ed Coleman, who was the only employee when the agency was founded to help poor Delaware County residents become self-sufficient, now has a staff of 226.