100 YEARS AGO – 1908

Michael Callahan of 18 Flower St., Chester, is secretary of the Young Men’s Catholic Literary Institute and is celebrating a birthday anniversary.Harry Hyland of Marcus Hook is the former driver of the Quarantine bus in the borough.Major John H. Kerlin is the steward at the Delaware County Home and William Jones is a member of the board of the county’s Poor Directors.By order of Postmaster General Meyer, the post office at Upper Providence has been discontinued because of insufficient patronage. All of the residents in that vicinity are now receiving their mail from the rural carrier.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

Two inmates of Broadmeadows Farm escaped from the prison. Assistant Warden Michael S. Kearney said the men, dressed in denim uniforms, “simply walked off.’’ He said one of prisoners was from Middletown and the other was from New Jersey.Milton Lewis Dotts, who resides with his son, Horace Dotts, at “Sunny Ridge Farm’’ on Sandy Bank Road, Upper Providence, observed his 69th birthday anniversary with a party at his home.

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

Miss Mary Massa of 300 E. 21st St., Chester, was crowned “Miss Incoming Freshman’’ at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. She is a graduate of Chester High.Pvt. Joseph A. Deeney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deeney, 134 Lamont Ave., Glenolden, and Pvt. Pete J. Bedsaul, son of Mrs. Rose M. Bedsaul, 727 Engle St., Chester, have completed Army basic combat training at Fort Benning, Ga.A 1948 Cadillac convertible with new tires and a new top is yours for $295. It’s being sold by Edgar Adams at Village Green Trailer Park in Aston.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

Herbert V. Tarone of Boothwyn has been promoted to a vice president in First Pennsylvania Bank’s Regional Marketing Department. Aldan police are looking for a lone bandit who threatened a female clerk and a female customer with a switchblade at the 7-Eleven Store on Springfield Road. He removed an undetermined amount of money from the cash register.

10 YEARS AGO – 1998

Glenolden Fire Co. was honored by Mayor Ted Bathurst for its service. Robert Murray was honored as chairman of the fire department’s fire prevention committee for 10 years.
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