Woman wins $50,000 lottery prize in Glen Riddle
Mrs. Helen R. Cummings and her husband plan house improvements and to fund their son Gary’s college at Bucknell after she matched the six digits 296338 in a 50 cent Pennsylvania lottery. The winner was involved in a May auto crash in Upper Providence that claimed another driver’s life.
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Middletown
Helen R. Cummings
Cummings
Eric Lane
Glen Riddle
George S
Nings
Gary
Penncrest
Bucknell University
Judge Brian PWP to speak on divorce laws at PWP meeting
Judge Brian PWP will address the Delaware County Chapter Parents Without Partners at 8:30 p.m. August 23 at the Timbers restaurant Newtown Square. He discusses general divorce law and a no fault option as a potential Pennsylvania change. He was appointed by Gov. Shapp in 1971 and seeks a 10 year county bench term. Hey, Gang. They moved the tax office.
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Newtown
Jack Brian
Newtown Square
Delaware County
Parents Without Partners
PWP
Brian
Mitton J. Shapp
Tax Office Moves Leave Chester Taxpayers Baffled
Chester tax collector Harold A. MacNeilly says the office has moved from the Municipal Building at 5th and Welsh to the annex in the former Elks Building across Sth Street. He notes many residents still wander the old building despite signs and local notices leading to the new location.
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Chester
Harold A. MacNeilly
Municipal Building
From guttersnipe to Swarthmore antique dealer
Gersham E. Clark recalls a childhood of poverty in London west end, a St. Regis bellhop start, and mentorship by an Irish lord and Sir John Dewar. He eventually built an American life, combining insurance work with a passion for antiques, now running a small shop in Media with his wife Florence, reflecting on freedom and opportunity in the United States.
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Swarthmore
London
West End
Gersham E. Clark
George
St. Regis
John Dewar
Perth
Scotland
Clark
America
Hoboken
N.J
Dewar
Sir John
Liverpool
Boston
West Chester
Media
Colonial Court
Rutgers Avenue
Clarke
England
Florence
Falcroft
Christ Church, Media
Guiding Star
Middletown hearing on rezoning for professional building
Middletown supervisors heard a request to rezone a northwest corner lot at Middletown and Knowlton Roads from residential to commercial for a 6 000 square foot brick professional building with 38 parking spaces and half the lot for open space. About 20 residents opposed citing traffic drainage and creeping commercialism. supporters argued the site suits business use and would replace a gas station with a professional building. The board has 45 days to decide.
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Middletown
Knowlton Roads
Robert van Zandt
John Larkin
Knowlton Road
Middletown Road
van Zandt
422
22Nd St
Chester
Joan Smith
Wyncroft Civic Association
Garrett Forsythe
Knowltonwood
High Meadow Civic Association
Edward Hyde
Gaspari Compared to Rizzo as Law and Order Leader
Lower Chi Township chief Gaspari, a Democrat and president of the Chichester commissioners, draws frequent comparison to Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. Both first generation Italians advocate strict law and order, with Gaspari aiming for part time police work after serving as township head. He argues discipline and respect reduce police problems and cites plans to involve his sons in law enforcement. He lives with wife Kay and three children at 1689 Hewes Ave and works for the Philadelphia Electric Co.
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Lower Chichester
Rocky Gaspari
Chichester
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Gaspari
Rizzo
Lower Chi
Kay
Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board approves Nether Providence grandstands
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board reversed a prior vote and approved a 21,149 contract to Degler and Whiting for 1,500-seat athletic grandstands at Nether Providence Middle School. Construction to begin behind the school with a target by Oct 4.
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Nether Providence
Wallingford-Swarthmore
Bernard Moran
Degler and Whiting
Paoli
Moran
Swarthmore
Charges Dropped Against Upland Man in Drug and Assault Case
Robert Burke, 21, of Mulberry Street, was arrested July 17 at the Upland Shopping Center on charges of possession of illegal narcotics and assault on a policeman. The charges were dismissed at a preliminary hearing before District Justice Kenneth M. Miller.
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Upland
Robert Burke
Mulberry Street
Polecat Road Story in Concord Worth Its Name
Samuel Cornogg, a former board president and longtime Concord resident, offers two theories for Polecat Road’s name. He recalls trapper lore about skunk hides drying on poles and disputes the cabbage origin. Polecat Road runs off Baltimore Pike east of Cheyney Road, winding through Fox Valley development to Ivy Mills Road with homes mainly valued at $90,000 and up.
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Concord
Samuel Cornogg
Polecat Road
Cornogg
Thornton Road
Board of Supervisors
Cornogy
Baltimore Pike
Cheyney Road
Ivy Mills Road
Fox Valley
CCMC to Stage Burn Care Seminar in Upland
A three day symposium on the care of burned patients will be held at Crozer ChEste Medical Center in Crozer Hall from August 13 to 15. Dr Irving Feller and burn nurse clinician Florence Jacoby will join as speakers with Dr Arthur H Silvers serving as medical director of CCMCs Burn Treatment Center set to open in mid October.
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Upland
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
CCMC
Crozer Hall
James H. Loucks
Irving Feller
Florence Jacoby
Arthur H. Silvers
Upper Providence Supervisors Change Meeting Time
The Township Supervisors meeting in Upper Providence will now be held at 8 am on Wednesday instead of the originally scheduled evening session.
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Upper Providence
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