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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1982
Page
12
A brief weather note reports high temperatures around 77 degrees and a low near 73 with times for sunrise at 6 04 a m and sunset at 8 10 p m. River readings show low and high times for the day with fog and hazy sunny conditions.
Elsa Weygand 75 of the Lester section Tinicum died Wednesday at Taylor Hospital Ridley Park born in Stuttgart West Germany wife of Gustav Weygand member of Somerton Methodist Church Survived by husband a son Walter Eric Lee two daughters Mrs Sylvia Parks and Mrs Elsa Cash eight grandchildren two great grandchildren Funeral 10 am Saturday Somerton United Methodist Church Trevose and Bustleton Avenues Burial Forest Hills Cemetery Somerton Philadelphia Calling 7 to 9 tonight Griffith Funeral Chapel Norwood Memorials to Salvation Army Corps Chester Pa 19013
Lucy Buchanan 81 of Boothwyn Upper Chichester died Wednesday at Sacred Heart Hospital Chester. She served 42 years as a housekeeper for Msgr. John Zazzara at St. Anthony of Padua Church then retired in 1968. Survived by two daughters two sisters a brother three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Nolan Fidale Funeral Home Chester then Mass at St Anthony’s Church burial at SS Peter and Paul Cemetery. Calling hours after 7 tonight at the funeral home.
Mildred B. Jackson of Upper Darby died Wednesday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. A retired Bell Telephone Co. employee since 1980, she served 40 years in the industry and was a member of St. Giles Church and local emergency volunteerAuxiliaries. Survived by husband Arthur L. Jackson, mother Mary Brearley, sisters Violet Horstman and Dorothy Burke, five children and 13 grandchildren. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Spencer Videon Funeral Home Drexel Hill. Burial Friends Southwestern Burial Ground Upper Darby. Calling hours 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Maxine Bott aged 76 a former longtime Ridley Township resident died after living at Bishop Nursing Home Media the past four years Born in Orbesonia Pa she was a 1925 Mount Union High School graduate and a Methodist Church member Also part of Camden Chapter Order of the Eastern Star widow of Charlies J Bott who died in 1966 Services 2 pm at Cavanagh Patterson Funeral Home Baltimore Pike Media burial Glenwood Memorial Gardens Marple calling time after 1 pm Memorials to Memorial Fund of the church Victim city notes indicate five grandchildren Betty Harkins of Collingdale survived by five grandchildren and other family members
Almanac notes Friday August 6 1982 the 218th day of the year Venus among morning stars and planets visible The entry lists notable birthdays including actor Robert Mitchum and historical events such as Ederle’s English Channel swim in 1926 the start of World War II in 1940 and Pope Paul VI death in 1978.
Jason Bell and Beverly Thompson of Chester join Robert Raikowski of Linwood in a mixed list of names including Nicholas of Aston Ruth/Von Kummer of Ww John C. Fenimore Maxine Bott Elsa Weygand Robert Dorsey Thomas J Albert H. Martin Lucy Buchanan Leon A. Woodruff Mildred B. Jackson Norman D. Landis Walter J. Fry, reflecting a compiled roster from a coastal region newspaper item.
Prices furnished by Elkins & Co show the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing Thursday at 795.86. Trading volume was $5,080,000 with several issues including IBM Exxon General Electric General Motors DuPont Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse among movers. Minor changes appear across the board with several issues unchanged while others slip or rise modestly.
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