Tuesday, February 5, 2008

OTHER TIMES -- FEB. 5

100 YEARS AGO – 1908

A foreigner thought that Chester was on the way to Lancaster but he found it a way to the city lock-up. He was arrested at Fourth and Market streets, Chester, by Officer Sill who saw him acting in a very queer manner. He was arraigned before Magistrate Elliott and was fined $2 and costs or three days in jail. Not having the necessary money he was remanded to the lock-up. He said that he had started to walk from Philadelphia to Lancaster and had landed in Chester.
The Chester Roller Skating Rink, 302-304 Edgmont Ave., that had been closed for some weeks, reopens under new management with every prospect of success. The rink has a fine floor and the place is brilliantly lighted. The managers promise polite and courteous treatment. Music will be furnished by the Imperial Venetian Band. Chester had been without a skating rink for some time and the lovers of the sport are glad to learn they will once again have the opportunity to the enjoy their favorite sport.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

Norwood Borough Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the parking of automobiles on Chester Pike.
Chester Township Fire Co. No. 1 has organized an auxiliary at a meeting at the home of Mrs. Daniel Bailey, 1132 Engle St. Mrs. Thaddeus Holmes has been elected president of the new group.

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

Brownie Troop 47 of Springfield is having a rollerskating party at Chez-Vous for girls and their mothers.
Mrs. Raymond I. McFadden of Claymont assumed her duties as organist at Parkside Methodist Church.
Aston Police Chief Richard Tipton said that he is calling in the state’s stray-dog enforcement division for help in correcting the loose dog problem in the township. He said that all dogs must be on a leash or confined to their yards at all times to avoid their being picked up by the enforcement squad.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

A resident of Riddlewood in Middletown has been charged with embezzling more than $300,000 from a Broomall firm where he worked.
Mt. Zion CME Church in Darby Township celebrates its 87th birthday anniversary next week with services each night. There is an anniversary banquet at the church on Saturday.

10 YEARS AGO – 1998

Dr. Alonzo Cavin of the Chester Rotary Club has been appointed assistant district governor of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Rotary Region. Cavin, 58, is an associate professor at Widener University in Chester.


--- LEN CASTERLINE
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