Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1920: Chester City Council at an adjourned meeting today instructed the proper officers of the city to borrow
$50,000, or as much more thereof as may be necessary, to conclude the work of the city. Superintendent of Finance William Ward Jr. raised the question of the right of the city to borrow the money. Mayor Ramsey was strong in his position that it was the duty of council to find the money with which to make the repairs.
75 Years Ago – 1945:
A Chester woman, Pfc. Barbara M. Stacey, WAC, was an eyewitness of the historic unconditional surrender of the Germans to the Allied leaders in the red schoolhouse at Rheims on May 7. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John MacKenzle,
620 W. Eight St., Barbara, who is 25, is assigned to SHAEF as a typist, and is quartered on the third floor of the schoolhouse which was the scene of the history-making events accompanying the end of the war in Europe.
50 Years Ago – 1970: Miss America 1970spent about two hours in Delaware County Monday afternoon. Pamela Ann Eldred,
22, the Michigan native, visited the Franklin Mint in Middletown to serve the striking of the first medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Miss
America Pageant. She then luncheoned on filet mignon in the red-carpeted VIP room at the Township House Restaurant in Media. 25 Years Ago – 1995: Satisfied that admission policies for Delaware County Community College’s nursing program have been made more fair, the Garnet Valley School Board unanimously approved the college’s budget. DCCC will set aside 10 percent of the available spots in its popular nursing program for graduating high school seniors, beginning this fall. Garnet Valley postponed acting on DCCC’s budget until it received written notification of the new admissions policy.
10 Years Ago – 2010: Middletown Township Council unanimously granted conditional-use approval and final land development approval for the final build-out of the Rocky Run YMCA on West Baltimore Pike. According to Rocky Run board member/attorney Timothy Sullivan, the proposed 19,800-squarefoot addition to the facility that opened in 2003 would be designed to “square off” the front of the building.
Its centerpiece would be a third pool, described by Sullivan as “a family-fun pool” with slides and water features to appeal to children and their parents.