Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1921: Sheriff’s Notice: “I, Albert R. Granger, High Sheriff of Delaware County, hereby give notice that I will be prepared today to afford prosecution to the voters in case of any disturbance or disorder in the city of Chester or county. My duty is to see that constitutional rights of the citizens are not interfered with and that order is preserved. In case of any disorder.”
75 Years Ago – 1946: You can’t trust a bull. Twice within 25years that statement has been proved at the Weir Dairy Farm, at Village Green. Howard T. Weir, prominent Delaware County dairyman, is nursing body bruises today after being trampled Wednesday evening by his prize Holstein bull, “Jake.” But for the alertness of Tom Bishop, and the help of Charlie Perkins and Earl Weir, a son, the county diaryman would have been more seriously injured by the enraged bull. Bishop saw Weir going into the pasture for the cows, armed only with a stick. He knew the bull had been turned into the pasture, so he kept watch. Just as he anticipated, the bull charged the dairyman, bowled him over and started trampling on him.
50 Years Ago – 1971:
Flood-stricken Delaware County got a big assist today as National guardsmen – 550strong – went on active duty to help mend the damage caused by Chester Creek a week ago tonight. The guardsmen were ordered on active duty by Gov. Milton J. Shapp after he arrived in devastated Eyre Park on a personal inspection tour of the flood areas.
25 Years Ago – 1996:
Twenty freshmen and sophomores at Penn State Delaware County Campus are taking classes this year without having to leave home. The students are taking part in Project Vision, introduced last year as a unique learning experience in which interrelated courses are all taken through an IBM Thinkpad laptop computer. The courses are designed with components that utilize the computer to search and secure information.
10 Years Ago – 2011:
Students at Strath Haven Middle School were greeted by a new landmark designed to enliven the landscape while simultaneously pumping up school spirit when they returned to school earlier this month. Erected near the upper entrance to the Providence Road school is a concrete sculpture featuring the word “HAVEN” in 5-foot-tall letters, with a large panther head on one end and a curly panther tail extending from the other.