Days Gone By
100 Years Ago, 1923: Preliminary consideration of the proposed installation of the latest improved Gamewell police call system in this city will, in all probability, be a feature of today’s regular session of Council, as a result of the trip of inspection taken by officials a few days ago to Trenton, N.J., where the new system is in use. At the present time the telephone system in vogue here necessitates a desk man being on duty day and night, taking the calls of officers, three sergeants working the shifts. The proposed system is of the electrical automatic type for the recording of calls, the mechanism designating on tape the location of the box from where the call is made, the date and time.
75Years Ago, 1948: Prospects of early inauguration of water service to the Gardendale section of Upper Chichester Township have been brightened with the delivery of some of the required materials, the Chester Municipal Authority learned Thursday. Rennie I. Dodd, executive manager of the authority, said a consignment of six-inch pipe has been received and will be installed shortly. The final step, he added, awaits the arrival of eight-inch pipe, which is known as the “main feeder line.” The project has been a burning issue in Gardendale since an outbreak of typhoid fever several weeks ago.
50 Years Ago, 1973: The brown paper lunch bag was a symbol of honor today at Interboro High School as students and faculty boycotted the school cafeteria, bring their lunches. The boycott, led by high school students and supported by faculty, is aimed at ARA Services Inc., the Tinicum-based firm which is providing food service this year in the Interboro School District. Students are protesting what they say is poor cooking of food, unsanitary refrigeration and other storage facilities, high prices and poor quality of food.
25Years Ago, 1998: A former Kmart store cashier, facing criminal charges for making four purchases using customers credit card numbers, waived a preliminary hearing in district court yesterday. The 22-year-old Upper Darby woman, was arrested in late February and charged again in March for forgery and theft incidents at the Clifton Heights store, 713E. Baltimore Ave.
10 Years Ago, 2013: A year ago this month, a $250,000 Mega Millions ticket purchased at the Wawa on South Governor Printz Boulevard in Tinicum expired and went unclaimed. On Monday, the clock started ticking on a much more lucrative Cash 5 winner from the same store — this one worth $728,528.50, less 25percent in federal withholding taxes.