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Other Times --- July 3
100 YEARS AGO – 1908
The proprietor of the Palm Garden Café on Market Street, Chester, was arrested on the charge of assault and battery on police Sgt. Noden. The trouble occurred in the restaurant when the officer went to investigate some trouble. The owner said he acted in self-defense.Those traveling on Chester Pike were treated to a novel sight in the form of the roadway being swept. This is probably the first time in the history of the pike that it has been swept. Three foreigners were seen sweeping the roadway and attracted much attention. They were sweeping it because it has been proposed that the roadway be surfaced in the near future.
75 YEARS AGO – 1933
Thousands of children throughout Chester were afforded heat relief by means of the city sprinkler standards that were put in every thickly populated part of the city. A heavy spray device is hooked to fire hydrants that are turned on for the children through the morning and afternoon. Glenolden has acquired a tract of ground comprising more than 13 acres that will be used as a park. The tract, known as Williams’ Meadow, is part of the Scott Estate and is between Knowles Avenue and Grays Avenue.
50 YEARS AGO – 1958
Mr. and Mrs. John Schivane and sons of Grant Road, Folcroft, have returned from a vacation trip to Elmira, N.Y.State Public Welfare Secretary Harry Shapiro termed conditions at Fair Acres, the Delaware County home for the aged, “shocking, indecent and inhuman” claiming state regulations are being violated and threatened action unless corrections are made. County Commissioner J. Warren Bullen Jr. said Shapiro’s charges are “pure politics.”Army Pvt. Edmund C. Rumford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Rumford of 220 Thurlow St. Chester, participated in field training exercises near Baumnolder, Germany. Rumord, 19, is a graduate of Chester High.
25 YEARS AGO – 1983
A 21-year old Upper Darby man was ordered to pay $133 restitution to a man he allegedly assaulted by jamming his fist through the man’s closed car window. The man was riding his bicycle past the car when he punched his fist through the window.Chester Police will enforce the city’s curfew restrictions, said City Police Sgt. Harry Olzewski of the juvenile division. Curfew begins at 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and at 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
10 YEARS AGO – 1998
LEN CASTERLINE
The proprietor of the Palm Garden Café on Market Street, Chester, was arrested on the charge of assault and battery on police Sgt. Noden. The trouble occurred in the restaurant when the officer went to investigate some trouble. The owner said he acted in self-defense.Those traveling on Chester Pike were treated to a novel sight in the form of the roadway being swept. This is probably the first time in the history of the pike that it has been swept. Three foreigners were seen sweeping the roadway and attracted much attention. They were sweeping it because it has been proposed that the roadway be surfaced in the near future.
75 YEARS AGO – 1933
Thousands of children throughout Chester were afforded heat relief by means of the city sprinkler standards that were put in every thickly populated part of the city. A heavy spray device is hooked to fire hydrants that are turned on for the children through the morning and afternoon. Glenolden has acquired a tract of ground comprising more than 13 acres that will be used as a park. The tract, known as Williams’ Meadow, is part of the Scott Estate and is between Knowles Avenue and Grays Avenue.
50 YEARS AGO – 1958
Mr. and Mrs. John Schivane and sons of Grant Road, Folcroft, have returned from a vacation trip to Elmira, N.Y.State Public Welfare Secretary Harry Shapiro termed conditions at Fair Acres, the Delaware County home for the aged, “shocking, indecent and inhuman” claiming state regulations are being violated and threatened action unless corrections are made. County Commissioner J. Warren Bullen Jr. said Shapiro’s charges are “pure politics.”Army Pvt. Edmund C. Rumford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Rumford of 220 Thurlow St. Chester, participated in field training exercises near Baumnolder, Germany. Rumord, 19, is a graduate of Chester High.
25 YEARS AGO – 1983
A 21-year old Upper Darby man was ordered to pay $133 restitution to a man he allegedly assaulted by jamming his fist through the man’s closed car window. The man was riding his bicycle past the car when he punched his fist through the window.Chester Police will enforce the city’s curfew restrictions, said City Police Sgt. Harry Olzewski of the juvenile division. Curfew begins at 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and at 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
10 YEARS AGO – 1998
Remodeling work is complete on the Friendly Ice Cream Restaurant on Edgmont Avenue in Brookhaven. Manager Matt Resneck said the menu remains the same with the addition of barbecued ribs.
LEN CASTERLINE
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