Friday, June 6, 2008

Other Times --- June 6

100 YEARS AGO – 1908
The Swarthmore Military Band is giving a concert on the roof garden of the Chester YMCA Building. The concert is open to the public and ladies have been invited. Admission is free. Considerable enjoyment is derived from the excellent Angelus self-playing piano of Thomas Roberts of Eastland Terrace on Wildwood Avenue, Clifton Heights. Chester City Clerk Harrison has received new tags for the registration of dogs. The new tags have the figure 8 to correspond with the year so when the dogcatcher begins his duties he can see that the canines are licensed.
75 YEARS AGO – 1933
Because of health reasons, the Rev. Robert J. Thompson has resigned a s rector of St. Robert’s Catholic Church on Providence Avenue, Chester.Armed with lawnmowers, rakes and shears a group of young boys from the northern section of Glenolden cleared a baseball diamond in a section of a large field on North Chester Pike. The diamond will be cared for by the teams they play ball there.
50 YEARS AGO – 1958
Donna Fizzano was crowned queen of the Ridley Park Cotillion by Rosemary Martin, last year’s queen. Robert Janes is king of the event.A youth made good his escape after breaking an automobile window to take a bag filled with cakes from the front seat. Peter Opps of 705 Engle St., owner of the car, and Joseph Zdun of 2333 W. Fourth St., Chester, gave chase but the youth made good his escape. The car was parked at Fourth and Bunting streets when the theft occurred.After 20 years of service in the Marcus hook School District, Howard Deitman, the school custodian, is retiring. He is a bachelor and lives at 25 Marshall Ave., Marcus Hook, with his sister.
25 YEARS AGO – 1983
Delaware County Memorial Hospital’s Hearing, Speech and Learning Center is collecting used hearing aids in good condition for its HEAR program to benefit senior citizens. Hearing aids may be dropped off at the hospital.Police Badge No. 3 was retired by Millbourne Borough Council to honor former policeman Val DeBenedetto, 56, who retired after 27 years as an officer. He received a gold watch from Council President Dorothy MacNeil.
10 YEARS AGO – 1998
The Rotary Club of Darby-Lansdowne named Dan Kelly and Matt Linderman students of the month. They both are students in the William Penn School District. -
- LEN CASTERLINE
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