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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1981
Page
4
A woman in Ridley Park reported a bat terrorizing her apartment at 525 Chester Pike on a Saturday night. Officer Jack Merkins removed the animal from the window and police remain unsure how the bat entered the unit.
More than 25 000 volunteers sought through mid September to help raise 200 000 dollars for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in the Greater Delaware Valley. Sixty percent of success rests on volunteers who have canvassed for CF in neighborhoods over five years.
Bethel township schedules a public hearing on cable television for September 14 in the municipal building. Afterward a paving ordinance will be drafted to enable cable reception in the township. Aston Penn-Delco School Board will meet at 7:30 tonight in the administration building at 95 Concord Road.
UPPER DARBY The National Federation of the Blind local chapter was ordered by the state to stop soliciting contributions. Chapter President Hayden Wyer says the action stems from the state's incompetence and notes the required form is only for groups raising more than $7,500 yearly, while his group’s receipts are below that threshold.
A blind organization chapter faced an attempt to revoke its ability to solicit funds after the state Commission of Charitable Organizations said it had not registered with 21 other groups statewide. The chapter argued lobbying costs and occasional equipment purchases justified its fundraising, while officials noted noncompliance with registration rules.
Delaware County Judge Howard Reed Jr. allowed Chester Township to borrow up to 150000 from a federally insured bank at no more than 14 percent annual interest, payable within five years. The township must file a detailed 45 day accounting of cost-cutting and balanced budgeting efforts and cannot borrow without court approval. Funding cites revenue underachievement from a 1 percent earned income tax. about 200000 in earned income from 1981 expected in 1982.
Jim Lawler, a Sun Oil engineer, says at least six nearby homes were burglarized recently and claims officials downplay the issue. He reports his Burning Tree Drive house was broken into after leaving for a movie, with $10,000 in valuables taken and lights on upon return.
A 50 year old Delaware woman Clare Sheppard of Ashburn Hill Road Clayton died in what officials call death by own action. Police traced her footsteps to a location under the Blueball Road railroad bridge where a train conductor could not stop.
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