100 YEARS AGO – 1908

There is no further trouble either in the Fifteenth Street or Morton S. Avenue public schools where the children have been more or less restless over the strike of motormen and conductors of the Chester Traction Co. None has been absent from studies over time allowed by law and Attendance Officer Humphries is prepared to see that the law in carried out.
Ex-Chief of Police P.H. McGrann of the Fifth Ward of Chester is still holding down his fat position in the Treasurer’s office in Harrisburg. He spent Sunday at his home in Chester. He does not know long he will be retained by the state treasurer but is willing to hold down the job as long as he can.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

Collingdale Borough Council officially changed the name of Parker Avenue to MacDade Boulevard. Like action is proposed in Glenolden and Darby, where it is designated Eleventh Street. The new road was given its name because of the work in the Legislature of Judge Albert Dutton MacDade, then state senator.
For the purpose of engaging the community garden spirit in Eddystone, the Delaware County Emergency Relief Board has donated a large number of cabbage plants that can be picked up at St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church on East Tenth Street, Eddystone.

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

Creation of after-dark patrols composed of male residents aroused by a series of burglaries in the Bridgewater Farms area is awaiting the go ahead signal from Sgt. Reynolds Comstock of the State Police barracks in the county. “We’re isolated here,” said William McConnell of South Lee Lane, a member of the Bridgewater Farms Association “and the situation regarding lack of policing of the area has become intolerable.” He said members of the board of the Chester Township supervisors have repeatedly ignored pleas for protection.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a business to business opportunities expo this week at the Holiday Inn, Essington.
Rose Tree Media School District has two garden plots behind the Education Center available for community use.
10 YEARS AGO – 1998.Eddystone Councilman Charles Rowles said that dog owners often carry plastic bags to clean up after their dogs but rarely use them. He said the borough will crack down on the dog owners.

--- LEN CASTERLINE

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