Monday, June 2, 2008

Other Times -- June 2

100 YEARS AGO – 1908
Three young men from the Fifth Ward of Chester were arrested at Ninth and Hyatt streets, Chester, by deputy sheriffs Ford and Sharp and charged with disorderly conduct for throwing stones at a trolley car. The young men were held for court by Magistrate Longbotham for a further hearing after posting bail.A number of the residents of the Polish colony of the Eleventh Ward of Chester left the city and headed for Montreal where they expect to get work. During the past couple of months there have been a few hundred residents of that section that left the city for work. Persons that have returned from Canada reported there is plenty of work for everyone, even those from the other side of the border.
75 YEARS AGO – 1933
Health examinations of pupils who enter the Marcus Hook Schools next term are being held at the Marcus Hook Junior High School at Seventh and Market streets. School physician Dr. H. Thomas Stockton and the school nurse, Margaret Devlin, are examining children. Children with physical defects will be treated by the school medical authorities so they may be assured of proper health at the beginning of the next school term.Nan’s Beauty Shop at 16 W. Fifth St., Chester, offers permanent waves for $2 by expert operators with 15 years of experience.
50 YEARS AGO – 1958
Mrs. Sidney Rose of 318 Russell St., Ridley Park, was elected president of the auxiliary to Jewish War Veterans, Chester Post 134. Sharon Lele Mast, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mast of 3543 W. 12th St., Lennox Park, Trainer, is a patient at Crozer Hospital. She is a sixth-grade pupil at Trainer School.
Five 17-year-old Chester boys were arrested for turning in false fire alarms and were turned over to juvenile authorities.
25 YEARS AGO – 1983
State Sen. Joseph Loeper of Upper Darby had his bill approved by the state Senate authorizing police officers to use blackjacks as a weapon in defensive situations. Dennis J. Nicholson of Haverford Township has been named executive director and registered lobbyist of the Pennsylvania Tavern Association. He is the former proprietor of Denny’s Den in Havertown.
10 YEARS AGO – 1998
A man walked into Paper Pickens in the Old Ridge Village Shopping Center on Route 202, Chadds Ford, and asked if he could get naked. Without waiting for an answer he took off his pants and ran around the store and then left. Police are investigating.
— LEN CASTERLINE
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