Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1919: Members of the Felton Fire Company are engaged in sprucing up a baseball diamond on the vacant lot at Sixth Street and Morton streets. During the past few days they have succeeded in filling in a number of small ruts and holes and have leveled the infield section of the plot. Cinders have been hauled to the scene and those in charge of the work are expecting to have the new improvements fully completed by Saturday of this week.
75 Years Ago – 1944: Quick action by company employees and volunteer firemen Sunday afternoon prevented the possible destruction or serious damage of the Sun Oil Company’s giant new
$13,000,000high octane refining plant in Marcus Hook, as flaming gases raced through the company’s sewer system, seriously injuring three workmen and menacing a number of company buildings.
50 Years Ago – 1969: The number of major crimes committed in 1968 in each of the six biggest communities in Delaware County showed an increase over the preceding year. While the nation experienced a 17 percent crime increase last year over 1967, Chester’s crime figures doubled for the same period, FBI figures showed today. Upper Darby experienced 968 major crimes in 1968 vs. 938 in 1967; 474 vs. 402 in Haverford Township; 606 vs. 411 in Ridley Township; 445 vs. 300 Springfield Township; and 540 vs. 418 in Radnor Township.
25 Years Ago – 1994: More than 50 Delco sportsmen and supporters of gun owners’ rights will rally today in Washington, D.C. Philip Kloss, 72, founder of Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania and county chapter president, said “it’s mostly to let the legislators know that we are not satisfied with the assault weapons ban, which is definitely against the Constitution’s Second Amendment.’’ Kloss, owner of Kloss Sporting Goods in Prospect Park for 42years, called the anti-crime bill narrowly defeated Thursday “”more pork barrel expenditures for the big cities” and that the NRA and their organization have been pushing for an anti-crime program at the state and federal levels for more than 10years.
10 Years Ago – 2009: Residents who owe back trash fees were offered another reprieve Wednesday by Chester City Council, which voted to extend its amnesty program an additional 90days. Residents who settle their trash bills or enter into a payment plan before Nov.
13will be eligible to have all penalties and interest forgiven. Residents had criticized the city for failing to send out regular delinquency notices over the past decade until notices went out to
4,000property owners in May.