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100 Years Ago — 1922: Samuel M. Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, was brimful of optimism for business in the United States and in general as he left yesterday for a month’s business tour of this country and Canada. He said the plant is now employing 7,000 men and operating at slightly more than 35percent capacity, with unfilled orders on hand totaling about $10,730,000.
75Years Ago — 1947: A Chester woman and her son-in-law were injured seriously at Wildwood, N.J., when the south porch of Convention Hall collapsed while jammed with spectators watching a fireworks display Friday night. They were rushed to Atlantic
City Hospital were aides described their condition as serous. Eight others with minor injuries from Delaware County were treated at Mace Hospital, Wildwood, and emergency first-aid stations.
50 Years Ago — 1972: The Casimir Pulaski Day Parade, one of Delaware County’s major autumn public attractions during the last 19years, has been canceled this year. Dr. Robert C.G. Stanley, Chester gynecologist and general chairman of the parade for a number of years, said Thursday several factors led to the decision to cancel it. He said the prime reason for the decision by the Pulaski Day Parade Association directors was “the lack of a suitable parade route.” Traditionally, the parade began at Market Square and marched up Edgmont Avenue — currently being widened and not likely to be done by October, Stanley believes — to Chester Park where it passed a reviewing stand.
25 Years Ago — 1997: John R. Johnston Sr. of the Upper Darby Fire Department was honored as the “”Fire Police Officer of the Year” at the recent annual dinner of the Delaware County Fire Police Association at the Brookhaven Borough Municipal Building. Johnston, who is a member of the Cardington-Stonehurst Fire Co., Upper Darby, is currently the association recording secretary and also serves as the 8th District director on the association board of directors.
10 Years Ago — 2012: From the AP, Philadelphia — Gross revenue from slot machines rose 5.5percent for the fiscal year ended June 30, according to state figures on Pennsylvania’s 11casinos. Tax revenue from slots increased 4.8% to $1.3billion. Two casinos, both facing increased competition in their regions, saw declines for the 12-month period. Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack, in the struggling suburban city of Chester, reported $263.6million in gross slots revenue, down 6.5percent. In Erie, Presque Isle Downs Casino was down 2.9percent to $169.8 million.