Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1921:
Forty-eight farmers, bricklayers, engineers, carpenters, machinists and patternmakers were graduated from William Free School of Mechanical Traders Saturday afternoon, each one of the graduates being a finished product in his chosen vocation. John Wanamaker, chairman of the Board of Trustees, presided at the exercises at the beginning. Wanamaker said that William School stands out above all other places of learning in this country, as an institution of usefulness. He pointed out that in the 28 years of the school’s existence, 1,427 young men stepped out into the world with capital in their hands and heads which he said cannot be surpassed.
75 Years Ago – 1946:
There was a big “shivaree” in Brookhaven on Wednesday night, with trimmings. Everyone who is anybody, and that included almost everybody, was out to welcome and fete Private and Mrs. Peter Feyas Jr., the 20-year-old hero who lost both legs from a battle injury the climax fighting in Germany in March 1945, and his bride, the former Beverly Rogers, 18, of Lacrosse, Wis. Peter and his wife were married on Easter Sunday in the chapel at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C.
50 Years Ago – 1971:
Tony Cilento, a 21-year-old engineering major, became the first “King of the May” in Swarthmore College’s history today when he joined May Queen Kathy Felmey of Millville, N.J. for a coronation ceremony in the Scott Outdoor Amphitheater before a large Parents Day audience. “It was just a gag,” said the six-foot, two-inch senior from Fairlawn, N.J.
25 Years Ago – 1996:
The dilapidated remains of Pulsations Night Club are a poor welcome mat for the township, Concord supervisors said Tuesday night. “It’s an eyesore, not just for residents, but to everybody driving through,” Supervisor William Vollmer said of the futuristic and crumbling Baltimore Pike landmark. However, supervisors said they are at wit’s end to make the club’s owner repair the structure. 10 Years Ago – 2011: The Garnet Valley School Board recently accepted four gifts to the district, representing a total value of $28,887.51. The donations included a Yamaha Clavinova and moving dolly from the Choral Boosters; 51 sets of computer speakers and other technology from the Concord Elementary Home & school; and $1,000 to the boys’ basketball program from William Putman.