Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1922:

Sidney A. Rhyne, alias “Whitey” Morris, convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of Vincenza Anthony Popiel, November, 1919, and sentenced to be electrocuted, expired in the Eastern Penitentiary hospital Saturday, and was buried in Eden Cemetery yesterday. Following his conviction in the December 1920 term of court, Rhyne suffered an attack of paralysis.

75 Years Ago – 1947:

Dedication ceremonies for the Highland Gardens Park and Playground will take place on Sunday at 3 p.m.at the site of the project, Forwood and Culhane streets, Chester. This marks the first of a series of similar recreation spots planned by the Highland Gardens Community Club. All Boy and Girl Scout Troops sponsored by the Highland Gardens Community Club will carry out a specially planned program for the event and will conduct the flag raising.

50 Years Ago – 1972:

The possibility of providing financial relief to owners of flood-wrecked Eyre Park houses through an urban renewal program is back in the picture today. The urban renewal idea was revived at a Wednesday meeting in Washington of four Eyre Park residents and William H. Wilcox, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs, with Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, R-Pa.

25 Years Ago – 1997:

A Sun Valley High School senior is one of 10students nationwide to earn an honorable mention in a Student Fiction Contest featured in today’s USA Weekend magazine. Kelly Campbell, 17, won for her short-story “Freight.” Her work was selected from among 4,856submissions by high school students around the country. Campbell hasn’t decided whether to major in English literature or biology in college, she said, but being a writer is a distinct possibility.

For her honorable mention in USA Weekend’s third annual writing contest, Campbell gets a $75 gift certificate to be used for

books or software.

10 Years Ago – 2012:

Chester Township commissioners will vote on an ordinance that would allow developers of the Fairgrounds housing development to construct a series of berms to separate the newly constructed homes from nearby Interstate 95. “The developers would maintain and keep the area looking nice,” Commissioner Robert May said, adding that the township has been hoping for a berm to be built along the site for the last 25years.