Hoagie Contest memories and Delco community notes
Rehoboth Beach chatter recalls a long ago Daily Times Hoagie Contest and a current bet to sample 48 hoagies from Parkside Phil and Jims. Local updates cover NROTC cadet Steven Videon at Villanova, Dr. OGrady joining Newtown Township Tricentennial, Crossmen drum corps touring the U S and Canada with upcoming Denver TV showcase, plus fundraisers and public notices in Delco communities.
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Daily Times
Augie Moon
Rehoboth
4 Place
Parkside
Phil
Jim
Crowell
Morton
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Montreal
Ontario
Wisconsin
Delco
U.S
Canada
Virginia Beach
Delaware County Court Employees Seek $800 Arbitration Clarification
Philadelphia judge ordered county negotiator Thomas Lane and union attorney Walter R David to write to arbitrator Jay Kramer asking for a clarification of the $800 raise in 1978. COPEA says the award guarantees $800. the county argues only $666 applies this year retroactive to March 1. A reopened negotiation is planned after the declaration that the panel lacked power to set a contract duration.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
James R. Cavanaugh
Thomas Lane
Walter R.david
County of Delaware Public Employes Association
DDPEA
Jay Kramer
ReDavid
COPEA
Night lights approved for Nether Providence High field
Delaware County Senior Judge John V. Diggins ruled night games may proceed at Nether Providence High School athletic field. Boosters leader Andrew Sifflard praised the decision, aiming to finish by October with eight wooden poles delivered in June. Residents’ nuisance concerns were weighed against evidence of successful lit fields in other districts.
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Marlene Digiacomo
Daily Times
Delaware County
John V. Diggins
Nether Providence High School
Andrew Sifflard
Nether Providence Boosters Association
Ralph B. D’iorio
Wallingford Swarthmore
Boosters
Diggins
Joseph Kassab
E. Elizabeth
Brookhaven Road
Wallingford
I.b.sinclair
R. Scott Aldridge
Sinclair
Media Water Works seeks emergency rate increase
Media Water Works travels to Harrisburg with borough officials to seek an emergency PUC rate hike aimed at offsetting a predicted $60,000 red ink. They note a 3 percent raise already granted in July and argue the funds are needed for capital improvements and maintenance amid tight finances and no profits.
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Media Water
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Barry Gibbons
Gibbons
Frank Hamilton
James Loughran
Betz Engineers
Hamilton
Middletown
Upper Providence
Nether Providence
Rose Valley
Chester Heights
Aston
Edgmont
Aston to get bus service by Sept 1 in major plan
Aston officials expect SEPTA bus service to begin by September 1 after a trial run. A public hearing is set for August 24 at the municipal building as residents push for a senior citizens center in the old schoolhouse on Old Pennell Road with 75 percent federal funding likely. township costs may reach 2500 if electricity and heat upgrades proceed next year. Cable TV ordinance may follow, with adoption hoped by September and possible implementation within one to two years.
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Chester
DuPont Street
DuPont St
Community Youths Associates
Chester High
CYA
Philadelphia Magic Force
Aston
Robert Divins
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Septa
Sadie Kinnamon
Old Pennell Road
James
George Ormsby
James Welsh
Springfield
Welsh
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Steven J. Videon
Battles Lane
Newtown Square
NROTC
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
Villanova University
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
San Diego
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Videon
Marple-Newtown High School
Joseph O’grady
French Road
Newtown Board of Supervisors
O’grady
Lasalle College
O'Grady
Robert Mooney
Garrett-Williamson
Newtown Township
Chester High School
Future Business Leaders of America
Valerie Starks
Simone Snow
Gloria Zoranski
Elizabethtown College
Pulaski Pto
Parkside School
Steve Simminger
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Pulaski Middle School
Dorothy Alston
Marcus Hook
Mets
Phillies
New York
Curt Weldon
Vikings
Chichester
Kiddin
Curt
Police Department
Highway Department
Jay’s Steak Shop
Swarthmore
Edmund Jones
Haverford Ave
United Way
J. Walter Cozzens
Upland Road
Havertown
Robert Hayden
Woodbrook Road
Central and Western
Jacob J. Kohlas
Cambridge Road
Haverford
Benjamin H. B. Koons Jr
Buck Lane
Northern
Elliott Herman
Newtown Road
Berwyn
Chester Comey
Bens Elizabeth Murphy
Prospect Park
Lane
Cavanaugh
Penn Center
County Board of Judges
Tom Mooney
Media Water Works
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