Other Times
100Years Ago – 1920: Arrangements were completed at a spirited meeting of the Alfred Stevenson Post – American Legion, last night in the Armory to move into their newlyfurnished headquarters at 608 Edgmont Ave., Chester. The entire second floor at this address has been leased for the ex-service men. Pool tables, and other equipment which will help to while away the dull winter evenings has been installed and there will be no better club quarters in the city when the final details are perfected.
75Years Ago – 1945: Delaware County will welcome its first New Year of peace in six years tonight – with noise and revelry, and prayer and thanksgiving. As the hour of midnight arrives and 1946 gets its start, with a promise of an era of peace, many persons will stop for a silent prayer for those who during the four long years of war died fighting to preserve the American way.
50Years Ago – 1970: Scott Paper Co. and Penn Steel Castings Co. today confirmed the firms had signed an agreement of sale for Penn Steel’s former plant site and properties at Front and Penn streets, Chester. The 11-acre facility had been shut down since a fire last February destroyed the plant’s facility. George F. Blessing, division vice president of Scott’s Chester operations, said the tract will be used for future expansion of the company’s local plant complex. The huge facility, now in the city, is Scott’s largest producer of the company’s household and industrial package products.
25Years Ago – 1995: Recent events surrounding the Chester Farmer’s Market have prompted the Chester Economic Development Authority board to ask for a review of the fiscal status of the market’s owner, Chester Exchange Inc.. The board has authorized its solicitor, Melvin G. Levy, to review the status of the Chester Exchange and to do whatever is necessary to protect the interest of CEDA.
10Years Ago – 2010: Homicides in Delaware County jumped 52 percent in 2010, bucking a trend that saw violent crime rates fall across the nation. Twentyfour of the homicides took place in Chester - one more than the total number for the entire county in 2009. In Philadelphia, major crimes dropped by about 3 percent, while the murder rate remained flat. In stark contrast was Chester’s homicide rate, which jumped 60 percent, just four shy of the city’s all-time record of 28 homicides in 1993.