Court Refuses to Halt Use of Dump in Chester Area
A Philadelphia court refused to halt the operation of a Bullens Lane dump near Chester, saying there is no evidence of irreparable damage. Testimony cited odors and smoke affecting the nearby theater and residents, with fires in the dump on July 30 and ongoing concerns from builders and local officials. The judge ordered a full hearing after responses are filed.
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Bullens Lane
Riley
Ahp
Warner
Chester
Henry G
Sweney
Cameron
Q Donato
Donato
Army
Swarthmore
Robert W
Fused
Beatty
Donald Warner
Chester Pike
Larry
Ruch
A. M
Ellis Theater Co
Resi
Development
Mousley
Mous
Crawford
PR. Mc.Nichol
Philadelphia
Upper Darby
McNichol
Bety
Tax Collector Announces Extended Evening Hours
Ridley Township tax collector Gordon Garling said the office will be open daily 7 pm to 9 pm from tomorrow through August 31 except Saturdays when hours are 9 am to noon. The Tuesday August 31 deadline offers a 2 percent discount. taxes may be mailed or paid at the Woodlyn Fire House office at 4th and Sutton streets. From Sept 1 to Nov 1 no discount applies and a 5 percent penalty is added after November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridley Township
Gordon Garling
Woodlyn Fire House
4Th and
Sutton Streets
New Department Head Named for Ridley Township High School
Joseph S. Isaruum of 3 Morris Ave Crum Lynne named head of mathematics at Ridley Township High School Bartlum announced at the school board meeting Donato superintendent cited the recommendation Bartlum formerly taught at Chichester High School and spent time outside education before returning to teaching He replaces Leonard Smith who became junior high principal Also Catherine L Sperinski of Prospect Park was named substitute teacher to replace Marge Flaharty on sabbatical and Kathleen Roos resigned her high school commercial teaching post for a job with Chester School District
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Isaruum
Morris Av
Crum Lynne
Ridley Township
Bartlum
Robert V. Donato
Chichester High School
Eddystone High School
Leonard Smith
Donato
Catherine L. Sperinski
Prospect Park
Marge Flaharty
Kathleen Roos
Springfield Chapel Guild Bazaar and Supper Planned
Springfield Victoria Union Chapel will sponsor its sixth annual bazaar and supper on September 11 starting at 2 pm. The event features baked foods, candy, needlework, an opportunity table, parcel post, flower mart, and an auction. A ham supper runs from 5:30 pm with Mrs Woodhead as chairman and Mrs Edmund Jackson in charge of dining.
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Springfield
Victoria Union Chapel
Josep Woodhead
Edmund Jackson
John Wilson
Amelia Scott
Joseph Clark
George Barrell
Ruth Phillips
Freeman Leighton
Phoebe Turner
Mildree Leach
Joseph Dolan
George Boger
Raymond Morrison
John Boyle
Harold Slackway
Withy
Woodhead
John Smith
Raymond Hurley
Emma Duncan
Raymord Sipple
John Downie
Delaware County
Springfeld ‘Memorial
Two Presidents Attended Leiper Church Services in Morton
Two U S presidents William Henry Harrison and James Buchanan attended services at Leiper Church in Morton at the invitation of the Leiper family founders. The stone chapel on Leiperville Road was erected in 1818 and rebuilt after a 1819 fire, with the current structure laid in 1890, and later reopened in 1949 under Presbyterian oversight.
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Aleander
Heberton
Ray 16
John Smith
Alam H. Packer
John L. Janeaway
William L. McCalla
Uuren
Joshual Campen
Swarthmore
Paul D. “River
Morton
Charles Merath
Fairview Road
Maschke
Edward F. Leiper
Upper Proviidence
J. Tomlinson
Evelyn Jengenbach
Evelyn Ayers
Muriel Maschke
The
Missionary Society
Muriel A. Maschke
Kenneth Spitz
Mount Airy Seminary
J. A. Swartley
Fox Chase
Jem
Buffet Dinner and Sewing Club Notes in Ridley Park
Saturday guests at the Shaw home in Ridley Park attended a buffet honoring Miss Edna Bradley who is moving to California. The Women’s Club sewing group meets Wednesday at Mrs. John Herrmann’s, with Camp Sunshine as a project. registrars will be at Carter road 2 to 9 PM. Other items mention local visits, a seventh birthday party for Richard Rothe, and the Irving Mitchell family moving to Westbrook Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seybert Powell
Charles P. Shaw
Ridley Park
Edna Bradley
Philadelphia
California
Miss Bradley
Edwin L. Bradley
Folcroft
Jack Shaw
Harry Rothe
Richard
Marilyn Hurst
Denise
Dickie Powers
Carol
Marie Greco
Lorrain Grey
Billie Smith
Carol Rothe
Martin Steinetz
Martin
Jat Croyden
Irving Mitchell
Postal Aides Push for Standard Greeting Card Size
Miami Beach postal supervisors urge the Post Office to require all greeting card manufacturers to produce only a standard size. The National Association of Postal Supervisors adopted a resolution at the opening of their convention calling for uniform card dimensions to reduce undersize and oversized mail.
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Miami Beach
Fla
National Assn. of
Fsta
Post Offic Department
New Uniforms For Lester s School Police
Lester Township School Police will wear new uniforms this term. Crossing officers will don tan with brown trim and the district insignia on the sleeve. Local residents Mrs Mary Rively Mrs Adalaide James and others attended events in Harrisburg and Es ington while families visited beaches and relatives in Philadelphia Wildwood and Atlantic City. A birth announced for John Henry to Mr and Mrs Beard of Philadelphia.
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Inieum Township
Mary Rively
Adalaide James
Wyandotte Street
Frank Pearson
Glenolden
Harrisburg
Hershel Watkins
Osceola Street
A. A. Montgomery
Philadelphia
Ray Swavely
Ray Swavely Jr
Massasoit
Seminole Street
Delaware
Ana Srs
Essington Cub Scouts Enjoy Village Green Swimming Party
Essington Cub Scouts from Essington and Lester visited Village Green on Thursday for a swimming party. Transportation was provided by local families including the Stewarts, Parkers, Capitani, and Dunderdale. Numerous Scouts and accompanying adults attended, with several residents listed among the party. a hospital patient remains at Taylor Hospital and a local couple marked their third wedding anniversary.
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Lup
Village Green
William Stewart
Jack Parker
Lester
Charis Capitani
Roy Dumberdale
Eleanor Billbrough
Joseph Jarek
Essington Cubs
Joseph Schum
Kenneth Burnham
Freddy Dietrich
Raymond Doyle
Warren Doyle
Carl Willett
Thomas Popdan
Robert Popdan
Billy Richardson
Stephen Demski
Joseph DeLiberty
Martin Hayburn
Joseph Flory
Charles Capitani
Robert Billbrough
Frank Billbrough
Bobby Clarke
Billy Clarke
Roy Dunderdale
Stephen Tantaros
Roy Weest
Tommy Robert
Walter Jarek
Harold Stoopes
Espsington
William Reinerth
Barry Platt
Irwin Engle
Bobby Stewart
Ronnie Stewart
Charles ‘Stoopes
Betty
Nancy
Clarke
Paul DeRoun
William Flory
Gail Dunderdale
Anna Jarek
Essington
Eileen Parker
Anna Niesteruk
Wana i Maker Avenue
Taylor Hospital
Raymond Weglarski
Two New Teachers Assigned To Junior High School
Two teachers join the junior high staff. Elvin W. Keith of Pottsville will teach geography and bring a background in social studies education and Army Air Force administration. Ruth W. Moore Jr of Prospect Park will teach home economics, holding a BS from Beaver College and prior teaching at Abington High School.
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Ruth W. Moore Jr
Elvin W. Keith
Keith
S. 12Th St
Pottsville
Minersville High
S ‘Chool
Kutztown
Veterans' Administration
Wilkes-Barre
Abington High School
Happa Delta Pi
Ridley Farms Corn Boil Planned by Civic Association
The sixth annual corn boil will be held on Labor Day by the Ridley Farms Civic Association on their picnic rounds at Hutchinson Terrace and Land Avenue. Tickets are for grounds access only, with corn hot dogs ice cream and beverages available. chairman Bill Kane and assistant Phil Atwood lead the event.
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Ridley Farms Civic Association
Hutchinson Terrace
Land Avenue
Bill Kane
Phil Atwood
Bids Expected On Folsom School Soon
Folsom Elementary School construction bids will be issued in about three weeks after revised specifications by architect Joseph Wigmore. The board discussed cost-cutting items to save about $40,000, and a short term loan of up to $50,000 was authorized in case tax receipts fall behind the schedule of expected returns.
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Folsom
Bbe
Joseph Wigmore
Ridley Township
State Department of Instruction
Harseburg
Wimore
Harrisburg
Wigmore
Ridley Township Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Karen L. Hankins of Holmes Road Ridley Farms hosted as guests Roberta Zimmer of Cedar Avenue Holmes, at the Hankins summer home in Somers Point New Jersey. Glen Frye and son Gary of Holmes Road visit relatives in Williamstown Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs Louis Mower and Mrs Al Mower of Holmes Road have returned from Ocean City New Jersey with guests Diane and Barbara Downes of Medford Delaware, granddaughter of Mrs Al Mower.
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Karen L. Hankins
Holmes Oad
Ridley Farms
Hankins Sumer
Somers Point
N.J
Iiss
Roberta Zimmer
Cedar Avenue
Holmes
Glen Frye
Gary
Holmes Road
Williamstown
Medford, del
AL Mower
Weiner Roast Welcomes 25 Friends From Woodlyn
Return from Shore Fetes 25 friends at a weiner roast hosted by Mr and Mrs James M Lam of 312 Belmont Ave Milmont. Guests include employees of General Chemical Co Delaware Park and Emil Hebbel Works. Mrs Edward Herbert secretary in personnel department of 132 Virginia Ave Milmont. Includes Mrs Herbert, her Jr., and children Joanne and Bud. They recently spent five weeks vacationing at Wildwood New Jersey.
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James M. Lam
Belmont Av
Milmont General Chemical Co
Delaware Park
Emil Hebbel
Herbert
Joanne
Bud
Fry
Virginia Av
Milmont
Ment
Wildwood
N. J
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Floyd B. Mousley
Collingdale
Springfield Chapel Guild
Milton Shelow
Eing
Cantor
Shelow
Amvet Post
Moron Avenue
Post Building
YTERY
Ace Livingston Hill
Presbytery of
Grace Park
Paull D. Shriver
Robert Phenix
Phenix
Gillette
Wyo
Carl Geores
Geores
North Leeds
Morgan Roberts
New York
Charles B. House
Princeton Seminary
Ridley Farms Civic Association Board of Directors
Ak Jensen
N. Ridley
Zeerame
Veer
McKinney Motors Folcroft Motors, Inc
Seventh ST
Chester A
Lester’s
Partieline
Jeep
Federal Deposit
DCNB
Parkside
Beechwood Rd
Edgmont Ave
N Darby
Maret
Inicum
Ofice Industri
4Surance Corp
Scpamitcoiiaae
Evans Feel
Joseph
Jean
Maureen
Lansing, Mich
James Hig
Saude Avenue
Joseph Traband
Berry Apartments
Aston Mills
Traband
Miles Traband
Jansen Ave
Donald Snell
Jibson, Pa
Tinicum Manor
Tohn Felker
Florence Traband
Westinghouse Plaza
Jansen Avenue
Chester Hospital
William Schwandt
Jansen Avesnue
Crozer Hospital
Denise Schroeder
Aston Manor
R. Schroeder
Ruth Moore
Folsom School
Weiner
Edward Herbert
Schaeffer Av
Woodlyn
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