DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago, 1922: A thousand dollars was subscribed to the St. Joseph College fund yesterday afternoon by members of St. Anthony’s Italian Catholic Church of this city. The college, which is a Philadelphia institution, is making a drive for funds to enlarge the building. The meeting yesterday was held at the rectory of St. Anthony’s Church and was opened by Rev. John Zazzara, an assistant pastor of the local church, who acted as chairman.
75 Years Ago, 1947: Media High School shoved over two touchdowns in the final period at PMC Stadium today to upset a favored Chester team, 12-0. After scoring its first touchdown early in the fourth quarter on a line play, Media rallied again near the end when Fisher intercepted a Clipper pass and raced 65 years to the end zone. Swarthmore defeated Lansdowne, 26-0, in their annual Turkey Day game at the Swarthmore College field. Ridley Township missed scoring safety inches in the waning moments of the second quarter of today’s game against Eddystone at the Woodlyn field. The final score was 0-0.
50 Years Ago, 1972: Cable television is a household fixture in the homes of more than six million subscribers nationwide, but not in Delaware County. Several dozen franchises with various community antenna cable television (CATV) companies have been approved by county municipalities since the first one was granted by Upper Darby in January, 1965to the Jerrold Electronics Corporation’s former cable TC division. But although municipal ordinances give cable TV companies the right to construct and maintain systems for as long as 25 years, construction cannot begin until approval processes are met by the FCC and FAA, local zoning boards, and a pole attachment agreement from the power and phone companies. 25 Years Ago, 1997: A proposal to turn Donnelly Avenue into a oneway street has angered many
Aston residents who live on surrounding roads. Janice Fromal of Marianville Road last week presented the commissioners with a petition signed by 132 residents voicing “”strong opposition” to the proposal. The 132 residents live on streets surrounding Donnelly Avenue.
10 Years Ago, 2012: Local teens who frequent Lansdowne Public Library were hoping to inspire other young people to hit the books, both printed and electronic, when they produced a light-hearted parody of a Michael Jackson tune called “Read It.” But on Nov. 19, three days after the video debuted at the dedication of the library’s Ronnie Hawkins Resource Room, they found their three-minute takeoff on Jackson’s 1983 hit “Beat It,” had been blocked by Sony/ ATV Music Publishing from appearing on YouTube.