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100 Years Ago – 1921: Cardinal Dougherty will pay his first visit to Delaware County when he comes to Eddystone, Sunday, May 8. The purpose of the cardinal’s visit is to confirm a large class of school children at the St. Rose of Lima Church. Father Duffy, pastor of the church and other church dignitaries, have mapped out an elaborate program to greet the distinguished clergyman. 75 Years Ago – 1946: A “brownout” of Chester’s business district may be the result of a meeting schedule for the Chester Club at 4.30 p.m. today by the board of directors of the Chester Business Men’s Association. Based on comments from association President Meyer J. Freed, it is expected that Chester merchants will be asked to reduce the lighting in their windows, show cases, and outdoor signs, in an effort to conserve previous electric power, a shortage of which has resulted from the coal strikes across the nation.
50 Years Ago – 1971: Wednesday was the kind of day when college students cut classes and the East and West River drives in Philadelphia overflow with students who just want to enjoy being alive. But some Yeadon High School students had more important things on their minds. They wanted to go back to school. Classes have not been held since April 21 when the teachers struck the borough’s three schools, leading to protests from 100students.
25 Years Ago – 1996: Birmingham voters may decide in November whether to change the name which has graced this township for more than 300 years, to the new name of Chadds Ford Township. The rationale stated by supporters of the name change is that the new name would end confusion over the existence of two Birmingham Townships, one here and one in Chester County.
10 Years Ago – 2011: The Delaware County Association of Boroughs paid tribute recently to its late president, C. Scott Shields, at the association’s 72nd annual convention and banquet at The Heritage Ballroom in Ridley Township. Shields, who was mayor of Rutledge Borough, died March 25in a skydiving accident. Shields was remembered in remarks by his successor Darlene Hill, a member of Darby Borough Council, and in the invocation by the Rev. Olivet Brown of the Union Memorial United Methodist Church in Darby.