OTHER TIMES
100 Years Ago — 1922:
Outlook for the building trades in this district is very bright. Contractors are getting so busy it is difficult to get them to take time to hook up with smaller operations, preferring to devote their attention to the bigger things in the building line. The reduction of the freight rate is still keeping uncertain until after the first of July, but the tariff agitation Washington is not affecting the building trades because practically all the building materials are made in this country and the surplus is exported.
75 Years Ago — 1947:
James Hanna, widely known Chester and Delaware County contractor, died shortly before 1 p.m. today at his home in Swarthmore. Seriously ill for the past two weeks, death came at the age of 70, Mrs. Hanna, his nurse and were doctor were at the bedside. Born in Haddonfield, N.J., Mr. Hanna had lived in Chester and Delaware County from the age of five, when his father, the late John Hanna, came here to enter the contracting business.
50Years Ago — 1972: After a week of inactivity, 24 teams which make up the Media Little League will resume their schedules Monday night. No games were played last week because of repeated vandalism to the clubhouses and refreshment stands at several fields including the main field off Kirk Lane in
Upper Providence. League President Joseph Viscek said the 18-member board of directors passed a motion adding $50 to another $50 anonymously donated making a total of $100 reward for the apprehension and conviction of the vandals.
25 Years Ago — 1997: Chemical announced it would begin a $150 million cost-saving program, with a key part of the savings to come from cutting 800 to 1,100 employee and contractor jobs. The anticipated job cuts will be made over the next few years out of 5,300 positions worldwide, Arco Chemical said. There are 1,400 workers at the chemical company’s Newtown Square corporate headquarters. It is not known how many of those jobs will be lost.
10 Years Ago — 2012: Darby Borough officials are mourning the loss of one of the town’s oldest residents. Mamie Smith died June 17 at the age of 106. Borough council President Janice Davis said Smith, who moved to Darby in 1927, had made countless contributions to the borough. “She was a very nice, very kind lady,” Davis said. “She lived a long, good life. There was no nicer person.” Among Smith’s contributions to the borough, Davis said, was the founding of the Willie G. Childs VFW Post Ladies Auxiliary.