100 YEARS AGO – 1908

Tinicum Township, once noted for its gay and wild Sundays, is now quiet and orderly, said County Detective Thomas H. Berry. Major Joseph R.T. Cotes of the Fifth Ward of Chester calls attention to the fact that children using roller skates on the marble walkways through the Larkin School grounds have damaged it considerably. “We have tried to stop it,” he said, “but it seems useless unless we have an arrest. Something should be done. The walks are in such a state that I doubt if they can be repaired.’’
Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland reopens today after a ten-day spring vacation. There will be little formality to the reopening but the students will get down immediately to work.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

A man from the 100 block of Hayes street in Chester was convicted of several store robberies and sentenced to one and one half to 10 years in the Eastern Penitentiary, Philadelphia, by Judge Albert Dutton MacDade. The admitted burglar said his companion had taken up black magic and spiritualism “and always had a power over me and had me commit the burglaries.”
George Hughes of Chester, a member of the Felton Fire Co. in Chester, broke his arm while attempting to crank his automobile to get it started.

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

Clinton K. Furman, 55, of 324 Chester Pike, Norwood, longtime Prospect Park Realtor, died after a headlong fall down the second floor stairs at his home. He was pronounced dead at Taylor Hospital. Chester’s Americus Council 242, Knights of Columbus, marked another milestone when it honored members of 50 years at its new home, 14th and Potter streets. Pins marking 50 years of membership were presented to James F. Cullin of Parkside and Peter J. McBride of Irvington Hills by Grand Knight Emanuel E. Bruton.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

Dwayne Garland, 20-year-old Chester youth who dove into Chester Creek to save the life of a 3-year-old girl, received a citation from Chester City Council. Garland of West 8th Street, pulled little Sharon Walls to safety after the child was reportedly pushed in the creek. He stayed with the girl until paramedics arrived.
The Rose Tree Media School Board voted to close Roosevelt School in Middletown and Hanna Carr School in Edgmont at the end of the school year.

10 YEARS AGO – 1998

The Delco Bird Club is bringing some exotic birds to St. Joseph’s School in Collingdale on Thursday. The birds are a greenwing macaw, umbrella cockatoo, conure and a hawk head. It’s part of the club’s Outreach Program. -

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