100 YEARS AGO – 1908

Frank Innis, the assistant postmaster in Chester, has been licensed to preach by the Chester Presbytery. He has been in charge of the Holmes Presbyterian Church. Edward Goff has sold the Union Hotel he has operated on West Third Street, near the bridge in Chester. Some person stole several of the electric light globes from in front of the new moving picture house at Third and Wilson streets, Chester. Further depredations will not be tolerated.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

Local baseball fans who have not secured tickets for the World Series opening game in New York need not be discouraged. They can gather in front of the Chester Times Building on East Eighth Street and hear the broadcast of the game in comfort. The Radio Electric Service Co. at 546 Edgmont Ave., Chester, has installed a powerful amplifier that guarantees perfect reception. The same service will be used for the games played in Washington.The Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Delaware County has bee organized. M. Joseph Connelly, proprietor of a taproom at 69th and Market streets, Upper Darby, was elected president.

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

Mrs. Earl L. Bigger of 1203 Clover Lane, Buckman Village, Chester, is the newly elected president of the Chester Council of Republican Women.Abraham W. Wolson, Naval aviation cadet, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wolson, 624 Sproul St., Chester, completed his first helicopter solo flight at Ellyson Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Pensacola, Fla. Bargain City is the county’s newest major store. It’s at MacDade Boulevard and Fairview Avenue, Woodlyn, and is managed by Isadore Klitzner.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

Upper Darby police were called to release a dog whose head was caught in a wrought iron fence in the 200 block of Heather Road. The dog was a stray and took off after its release.Members of Edgmont Fire Co. kick off Fire Prevention Week next week with fire engine rides for youngsters. Fire Chief Joe Luglio said that tot-finder decals and telephone stickers also will be given out at the firehouse.Airman 1.C. Charles J. Anderson of Aston has received the Air Force Achievement Medal at the Upper Heyford Royal Air Force Station in England, where he is a weapons specialist.

10 YEARS AGO – 1998

John Bradley of Colwyn attended the borough council meeting along with 100 other borough residents and asked that the borough establish its own police department. Police service had been provided by Darby.

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