Thursday, September 18, 2008

Other Times --- Sept. 18

100 YEARS AGO – 1908
Charles Bonsall has been named to lead a committee to procure a bell for the tower of the Mt. Hope Methodist Church in Aston.Henry B. Taylor, the retired Chester hardware merchant, received about 50 souvenir postcards as he celebrated his 79th birthday anniversary.Notwithstanding that is unlawful to wear a straw hat at this season, men have been seeing wearing them in Chester. The open season expired on the 15th, however, a number of hats are seen on the street. The peculiar combination of a straw hat and a topcoat with low summer shoes is seen now and it indicates the individual has no regard for the proprieties of the time or place.
75 YEARS AGO – 1933
A 15-year-old Marcus Hook girl was taken to Chester Hospital after she had swallowed a quantity of liquid insecticide. She was returned home after treatment. The family said the drinking of the poison was unintentional.The Blue Ribbon Café, top of the Stanley Theater in Chester, has a free dance tonight until midnight when the stage show begins.
50 YEARS AGO – 1958
A 20-year-old man burglarized the home of Chester Police Chief Howard Winfree but was nabbed about 25 minutes later with stolen clothing and a table lamp.James A. White of Wallingford has been named commander of the corps of cadets at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne.Charles R. Kershner, a fire control technician with the U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kershner of Brookhaven, has been honorably discharged from the Navy.
25 YEARS AGO – 1983
Albert Willis Jr. of Chester has been named sports information director at Cheyney State University in Thornbury.Delaware County Prison Warden Thomas C. Rapone has been confirmed as U.S. Marshal for the Federal District Court’s Eastern Pennsylvania District. Rapone, 33, leaves the prison post in a few weeks. He will be paid $44,000 a year in his new post.
10 YEARS AGO – 1998
Second Lt. Constance N. Spiegel, daughter of Richard and Loretta Spiegel of Springfield, was commissioned after graduating from the Pennsylvania National Guard Officer Candidate School. She was the only female among 38 who graduated.
LEN CASTERLINE
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