Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1921: Optimism was the keynote of addresses by two prominent members of the United States House of Representatives, Hon. Patrick Kelly, of Michigan, and Hon. Thomas S. Butler, of this district, guests of honor at the 38th annual banquet of the Young Men’s Republican Club given in Odd Fellows’ Temple, Eighth and Sproul streets, last night and attended by several hundred ardent Republicans. The affair was one of the most successful of recent years and was featured by the presence of a number of women, the first time in the history of the club that they were invited and numbered among the speakers.
75 Years Ago – 1946: A staff of operators will be on duty in the office of the Chester Times on Election Night to give returns to the public. The polls will close at 8 p.m.
50 Years Ago – 1971: A Strawbridge & Clothier official asked the Middletown Township supervisors Wednesday night to rezone about 15 acres along Baltimore Pike to permit construction for a $2-million Clover store. And in a major decision the supervisors refused to grant a permit to allow a 15-story geriatrics building at Fair Acres, the county’s home for the aged and indigent. S&C attorney Robert Surrick said the property eyed for Clover is on the north side of Baltimore Pike, west of Pennell Road, on the former Mitchel and Jackman tracts, about opposite the Garden Fair and The Riddle Paddock.
25 Years Ago – 1996:
Blustery winds didn’t cool down the fervor at the grand opening of the Heritage Plaza in Chester Township, what one shop owner says is “a one-stop shopping experience.” Located on Ninth Street between Engle and Townsend and bordering the city of Chester, the six stores and one office offer some of the best clothes, decorations, and services to be found. The shops provide, literally, services and attire from head to toe.
10 Years Ago – 2011:
A block of Lansdowne Avenue, from Baltimore to Lacrosse avenues, will be closed 3 p.m. today to 5 a.m. Saturday as filming of “Silver Lining Playbook” makes a stop outside the historic Lansdowne Theater. Lansdowne Council President Matt Schultz said film crews have given the old theater’s marquee a “temporary fix” with light boxes and rewiring that will make it appear as though the marquee is fully lit.