125 YEARS AGO — 1883

Officer Macully has opened a cigar store at 412-14 W. Second St., Chester. The efficient police officer will also keep on hand oysters in every style: Raw, fried, stewed, panned, etc.Some mischievous persons carried the brilliant display from the front of William Davis’ cigar store on Edgmont Avenue in Chester and placed it on top of the pump in front of Taylor’s Hotel, a square away.

75 YEARS AGO — 1933

Miss Helen A. Taylor, daughter of Mrs. A.D. Cassidy of Saville Avenue, Eddystone, whose engagement to Donald H. Dryden of Chester has been announced, was guest of honor at a Halloween party given by Mrs. Herbert Hatton on Saville Avenue, Eddystone.Blooms from the garden of Mrs. M.B. Saul, of Rose Valley, took first prize, a second prize and a certificate of merit at the Hard Chrysanthemum Show in Philadelphia.

50 YEARS AGO — 1958

Fireman Robert D. Gronski, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gronski of 18 Robin Hood Lane, Village Green, is serving aboard the attack transport USS Cambria in the Mediterranean Sea.Mrs. Betty Cochrane of 627 Prospect Ave., Prospect Park, was selected Mrs. Typical Food Fair Shopper. She received honors from James O’Donnell manager of the Food Fair store at Seventh and Sproul streets, Chester.Three Boy Scouts received the Eagle Scout Award to become the first trio in Glenolden’s history to receive this highest rank in a single ceremony. The Eagle Scout award went to Kenneth Brown, 16; Irwin Higgins, 14, and Richard Markley, 15. They are members of Boy Scout Troop 45, led by Scoutmaster Joseph Hoag.

25 YEARS AGO — 1983

Rev. Anthony Mattes of Aston asked the Penn-Delco School Board to either give or sell the Green Ridge School to United Cerebral Palsy of the county.

10 YEARS AGO — 1998

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse at Baltimore Pike and Oak Avenue, Clifton Heights, lives up to its name with 10,000 pieces of outerwear in stock. Store Manager Nolan Walters credits the employees for the store’s popularity.

— LEN CASTERLINE

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