Days Gone By
100 Years Ago, 1923: The banking department of the Cambridge Trust Company expects to move into their new temporary quarters on the lower floor of the annex building, formerly occupied by the real estate department, the first of next month. The real estate department is now located on the second floor over the floorage formerly used. The lower part is now in the hands of a local contractor who is making the necessary changes for the banking department.
75 Years Ago, 1948: William B. McClenachan Jr., former district attorney and an ardent sports fan, will be the toastmaster at the annual “Old Timers” dinner to be held Monday evening, Feb. 9, at the Chester YMCA. Principal speaker at the dinner will be Ira Thomas, oldtime A’s hurler and more recently farm system executive for Connie Mack. Tickets for the colorful affair are almost gone. Sport fans who wish to attend should get tickets as soon as possible. They are on sale at the Brigg’s store, ReeseBaxter store and the Chester YMCA.
50 Years Ago, 1973: Delaware County commuters turned today form the strikebound Penn Central Railroad to public buses, trolleys and private cars to get to their jobs and businesses in Philadelphia. A Penn Central spokesman in Philadelphia said the last passenger trains to run between Media and Suburban Station were the 11p.m. Wednesday runs in both directions. The last trains on the Chester-Wilmington local left Suburban Station at 10:31p.m. Wednesday and Wilmington at 11:10, with a stop in Chester at 11:31.
25 Years Ago, 1998: The third annual Job Shadow Day was held in Chester, with 60mentors providing 60students a chance to tag along and see how professionals really work in the real world. The students, from second-grade through high school, are members of the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, or the school-based Learning for Life program, which includes girls, sponsored by the Boy Scouts. Since a Scouting rebirth began in the city in 1995, over 6,400students take part in Scouting and Learning for Life, about 10 percent of these in Scout troops.
10 Years Ago, 2013: While they haven’t turned into trash pickers, members of the Marple Township code enforcement have started looking through residential rubbish. The township has conducted recycling for the 25years and the employees are checking for items that could be recycled. If an abundance of plastic, aluminum, glass, paper or cardboard is found, a letter is dropped at the house alerting the homeowners of the program.