Other Times
100Years Ago – 1920: Gov. Sproul will stand like a rock against any change in the Sunday law of Pennsylvania. Addressing more than 1,200 persons at the
18th anniversary service of the Philadelphia Sabbath Association at Gaston Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, last night, the governor declared that behind the agitation for more liberal Sunday laws were money-making interests.
75Years Ago – 1945:
The Lutz name will carry on at the head of the Union Society of Upper Darby (the Horse Company) as it has for nearly 30 years. The members of the 123-yearold organization, formed in
1823 to stamp out horse rustling in the county, made that certain Saturday night at their annual gathering when they named Howard M. Lutz, Media attorney, president to follow in the footsteps of his father, the later J. Milton, who died last Aug. 3.
50Years Ago – 1970:
Chester’s planning commission agenda Wednesday was as full as today’s turkey as six developers presented plans totaling about $45 million in new construction projects. Planning Director Ferdinand Vari termed the proposals, which includes three apartment complexes, two plans for housing units and a firehouse, “a big push for the city of Chester.” Final approval was given to West End Ministerial Fellowship Inc. to build the first 46 homes between Seventh and Nine streets and Broomall Street and Central Avenue out of a planned 110.
25Years Ago – 1995:
Master Sgt. Gregory J. Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harrison of Woodlyn, Ridley Township, was selected as the U.S. Air Force “Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter” for April through June at 8th Air Force Headquarters, Barksdale
Air Force Base, La. A 1973 Ridley High School graduate, he is Superintendent of the Systems Control Branch of the 608th Air Communications Squadron, he supervises the deployment of over $55 million worth of tactical computer-communications systems in support of the execution of combat air campaigns.
10Years Ago – 2010:
Chester City Council approved the first reading of the city’s $41.6 million 2021 budget. The preliminary budget reduces the resident earned income tax to 2.15 percent from 2.2.5 percent. It has dropped 28 percent since it reached a high of 3.0 percent in 1996. There is no increase in the city’s real estate tax rate for the 16th straight year.