Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1921:

Excellent speechmaking, good music and singing, and a sumptuous repast, were features of the annual banquet of the Firemen’s Relief Association of Chester, held last evening in the Food Will fire house, Fifteenth and Potter streets. There was a good attendance and the fair was voted the best ever conducted by the association.

75 Years Ago – 1946:

Sinclair Refining Co. has a $13,000,000 expansion and improvement program underway in Delaware County. Six separate projects are involved in the multi-million dollar construction program. The six projects include the installation of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, a new Polymerization plant, two additional vacuum asphalt stills, a new Road Oil plant, a 250,000-pound steam boiler and six 150,000-barrel storage tanks.

50 Years Ago – 1971:

Members of the Delaware County Republican Board of Supervisors

(War Board) are seriously divided over proposals for board reforms and new appointments. Eight GOP leaders, including three War Board members, said privately the crushing defeats the Republican organization suffered in the Nov. 2 elections have revived demands for change within the party’s structure. Some board members represent several communities each, and a frequent complaint from committee people has been that most of the board officials have failed to work closely with them on local problems.

25 Years Ago – 1996:

Three students at Widener University were awarded a W.W. Smith Scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year. The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust awards about $5 million annually to organizations in the Delaware Valley. The winners were nursing major Susan Reiley, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent of Reiley of Drexel Hill; psychology major Karen N. Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winston Clarke of Bryn Mawr; and nursing major Kristie L. Troilo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Troilo of Clifton Heights.

10 Years Ago – 2011:

For his courage, professionalism and leadership, Aston Police Sgt. Jeffrey Brown has been awarded the police department’s highest honor -the Medal of Valor. Brown, assistant leader of the Delco Tactical Team, was assigned the task of leading the entry team into a homicide suspect’s fortified position in a Trainer residence on July 4.