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Sherwood Anderson anniversary notes and Chester history
A compact retrospective outlines 100 75 50 25 and 10 year references from Chester area papers. It notes the YMCA chorus lead by Prof John Sweeney for first anniversary in Media and speeches by local notables, a sheriff candidacy rumor, Garvine’s alderman tenure, a 44th firehouse supper, a missing dog named Sherwood Anderson, and local figures Carl A. Doubet Rev Kish and Mrs. Margaret R. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden Skidmore
John Sweeney
Pennsylvania Military Academy
Young Men’s Christian Association
Chester
Royal Urie
John W. Ashmead
Wesley R. Morgan
Will Schofield
Will D. Pullen
Jesse Jefferis
Ridgley G. Hinkson
Charley Martel
Chester Times
N.W. Garvine
Garvine
Franklin
J.C. Slack
Chester — Fire Company
William Noblet
Sherwood Anderson
Hedgewood Theatre
Rose Valley
Winesburg
Ohio
Hedgerow
Carl A. Doubet
Chester Jeweler