Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1920: The hotel property at Ninth Street and Edgmont Avenue, known as the Hatton House, and owned by W.D. Ingram, was sold today to J.P. Eyre Price, the real estate broker, for $85,000. This is one of the best business locations in the city, situated on two of the city’s most advantageous highways. This property has been used for many years as a hotel. When the present leases of the tenants expire on Aug. 1, the structure will be torn down to make room for five modern stores.
75 Years Ago – 1945: A thorough investigation of the cause of a fire that swept through the three-story brick structure home of the Chester Nest 1228, Order of Owls, Ninth and Sproul streets. Friday afternoon was launched today by Fire Chief Elmer Weigand and the state fire marshal’s office. While no official estimate of the damage wrought by the blaze, first reported at 2:30p.m. Friday, was available, the figure was expected to fall between $25,000 and $40,000.
50 Years Ago – 1970: PMC Colleges Librarian Lee C. Brown says there is a trend toward viewing and listening in the modern college library. He even predicts the use of media information resources such as microfilm, tape and disc recordings, slides, transparencies, film strips, motion picture film and video tape recordings may soon rival the circulation of books and journals. With this in mind, Brown said PMC decided to invest more than a half million dollars to provide its new Lt. William J. Wolfgram Memorial Library with the very latest technology to handle viewing and listening studies.
25 Years Ago – 1995: Sgt. David Hollingsworth was appointed police chief by the Aston Board of Commissioners in a 5-to-1vote. Ed Kulesa voted against the motion; Jim McGinn was absent. After Kulesa’s vote, he stated that he wasn’t voting against Hollingsworth as Police Chief, but that “I’m voting against the procedure.” Kulesa argued that the entire seven-panel board of commissioners should have input into Hollingsworth’s yet-to-bedetermined contract, rather than the three-man Personnel Committee. Hollingsworth, 48, has served on the township police for 16 years and will be paid $60,000 annually.
10 Years Ago – 2010: Negotiations to renew the lease of the Newtown Square Post Office have broken off. If the situation does not change, the branch office will be closed by May 31. The only local loss would be the Route 252 retail location to buy stamps and rent mail boxes. According to USPS public relations representative Kathy Yarosky, an ongoing search for another retail location in the Newtown area will continue.