100 YEARS AGO — 1908

The appeal for shoes and clothing for needy school children in Chester was responded to liberally, but there is still a need for more contributions. Those shoes that were contributed found deserving users but more items are needed.Eddystone Police Officer Thomas Grills had quite an experience with two men in the borough. The men were intoxicated and decided to camp out near the Pennsylvania and Reading railroad tracks. Officer Grills ordered the men to relocate but they became abusive. When he told them he would lock them up, they headed toward Chester. Drunks and hoboes do not have much chance to succeed in the borough when Officer Grills gets wise to their presence.Stray horses left to roam at will in the First Ward of Chester have trampled the new lawn of Thomas Oliver at 24th Street and Edgmont Avenue. He sad he plans to have the animals arrested.

75 YEARS AGO — 1933

William McCormick, 20, of Lansdowne, will pilot Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd when the explorer flies over the South Pole.Tony D’Amato, Jacob Barkhaus, Ernie Anderson and Pompi Quattro, all of Chester, took in the races at Havre de Grace, Md.

50 YEARS AGO — 1958

Kenneth Johns, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Johns of 420 Lafayette Ave., Collingdale, has been chosen Boy of the Month at Collingdale High School by the Lansdowne Rotary Club. He is on the school’s football and basketball teams and is active in other school activities. Bethel School Board has hired Mrs. Marie Bullock as a first-grade teacher at Green School. She is a resident of Newtown Square.William Young and Edward Young, sons of William H. Young, 534 13th Ave., Prospect Park, are on leave at home from duties with a Marine Corps unit at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

25 YEARS AGO — 1983

The Guardian Angels opened their Chester headquarters on the second floor of a building at 536 Avenue of the States in space that was donated and have 40 recruits that began their training to patrol the streets in the city. They should be ready for duty in three months said Tony Lighty, president of the new chapter.Claudette Albertson a home-economics teacher at Strath Haven High School, Nether Providence, has been named one of 10 finalists in the state’s Teacher of the Year competition.

10 YEARS AGO — 1998

Collingdale Business & Professional Association President Ed Corbett presented a $500 check to Adele Malloy, president of the Collingdale Library Board, to kick off the library’s annual fund raising campaign.

— LEN CASTERLINE

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