Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1922:
The citizens of Ridley Park turned out en masse last evening to celebrate the purchase of the Community Club House. The efforts of the committee in charge were finally rewarded. They have worked incessantly and untiringly to make an absolute reality of what a few years ago was considered a dream, and deserve all credit.
75 Years Ago – 1947:
An unusual provision is made by James H. Garthwaite, late of 413 E. 19th St., Chester, in his will. After making bequests of $2,000each to Mary E. Shaw, a cousin, and Jean Boles, the will says. “All the rest I give and devise to William S. Blakeley, Jr., knowing he will see that my friends receive remembrances.” Mr. Garthwaite, member of an old Chester family, was superintendent of the Wetherill Co. until it was sold to the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in 1917. He was widely known as an engineer.
50 Years Ago – 1972: A countywide sewage treatment plan, which calls for all county waste water eventually to be treated at two big plants has been approved and ordered into effect by the State Department of Environmental Resources. DER ordered the county sewer authority, officially known as Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) to begin preparing plans to put the two-plant plan into effect.
25 Years Ago – 1997:
A representative of St. John’s Latvian Lutheran Church showed the Newtown Planning Commission a sketch plan of a new church building and social hall at Goshen Road and Route 252, across from the John du Pont Estate. Commission Vice Chairman John A. Battista voiced objection to the parking lot being too close to neighbors’ homes and called for a new design. Gulbis expressed willingness to have the plan changed.
10 Years Ago – 2012:
Penn-Delco officials will meet this month to discuss a resolution supporting a state House bill that would exempt school districts from the state Prevailing Wage Act. “Prevailing wages are the most costly unfunded mandate for our school district,” said board member Lisa Esler. “It’s an unnecessary expense that robs children of money that could be used for the classroom and puts a burden on the taxpayers.” The Prevailing Wage Act, enacted in 1961, sets compensation rates for contractors working on school district construction projects.