100 YEARS AGO – 1908

Seven men, all residents of Chester, have made application to Supt. Jack of the Chester Traction Co. for positions on the line as motormen and conductors and the official has given them work. They are being “broken in’’ and when competent will be given steady runs. This batch of employees is entirely new to the service.If the party or parties who were stealing pears from the grounds of a private residence at Eighth and Kerlin streets, Chester, and who were frightened off and left a tin bucket under the tree can apply for the bucket it will be given to them. The pears are not fit to eat but they may be canned or stewed and it won’t pay to steal any more. They may be had free for the asking.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

Samuel Bernard Bossard, 21, a Middletown Township student studying in Germany, was beaten in the face while watching a parade of Hitler storm troopers in Berlin. The Nazi assault brought a protest from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. Bossard was accused of not returning a Nazi salute. Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics says his star pitcher, George Earnshaw of Swarthmore, is not for sale to the New York Yankees “even for $500,000.’’

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

R. Detlov M. Bronk of Sycamore Mills, Upper Providence, former dean at Swarthmore College, has been named to the new Civilian Space Agency Council by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.Mrs. John Gavetti of Folsom became a mother for her sixth time with the birth of twins at Taylor Hospital. At the same time she became a grandmother as her daughter, Mrs. Frank Jackalous, gave birth to a son at the same hospital.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

The Darlington Arts Center on Baltimore Pike, Concord, is having an open house on Saturday to acquaint art lovers with the music, art, dance and drama programs that are offered at the facility.Police are without suspect or motives in the slaying of a 25-year-old Darby man who was found shot to death at Cobbs Creek Park.Brookhaven Police Patrolman Rick Fuller offers a program to assist people to obtain their state driver’s license. The program is designed to help individuals get over pre-test jitters before they apply for the regular examination administered by the state police.

10 YEARS AGO – 1998

A Middletown attorney who serves on the Pennsylvania Commission for Women has been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Commissions for Women. Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas Ridge announced Susan K. Garrison’s election to the NACW board of directors.

— LEN CASTERLINE
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