Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918:
As the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident at Fourth and Engle streets in Chester early Saturday evening, Leroy Rhoades, of Ellsworth Street, is a patient at the Chester Hospital. Rhoades is employed as a chauffeur by the Field’s Brick Co. and was driving his machine down Engle when the accident occurred. As he attempted to run eastward onto Fourth, he evidently failed to judge the space, with the result that the truck, after smashing the covering of an inlet, collided with a tree. His condition was given out last night as favorable.
75 Years Ago – 1943:
Elmore Jackson, executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, said that a group of 70 conscientious objectors will go to China within the next three months to aid in civilian relief and public health work. He said he thought it “quite likely’ that the program would be extended to Europe. The men, most of whom are now in work camps, will receive training at Quaker institutions, probably Haverford and Swarthmore colleges.
50 Years Ago – 1968:
Ninety-three Delaware Countians left for Army service this morning to the tune of rousing band music, inspirational words and warm applause. They attended an hour-long Project Sendoff program in Chester before climbing aboard chartered buses which whisked them away from their families on the start of a trip that may end in Vietnam. The 93 were the greatest number of Army inductees yet honored by the two-year-old Sendoff program.
25 Years Ago – 1993:
The new mascot of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, L.C. Bee, a 6-foot black and yellow bee character, cavorted yesterday at a Harrisburg elementary school. The bee will travel through the state speaking to student son the dangers of underage drinking.
10 Years Ago – 2008:
Neumann College has submitted an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Education to begin the process necessary to attain university status. The application and thousands of pages of extensive background material were delivered to Harrisburg on April 10. The decision to file the application came in October 2007, when the Neumann College Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of pursuing university status.