Rose Valley 50th anniversary tour highlights local heritage
A Rose Valley celebration featured eight private homes, Hedgerow Theatre, the Old Mill, and the School, with a memorabilia show in Guild Hall of 100 paintings, 40 oak pieces, and 1902 era pottery. Notables like Mary Saul McLaughlin and Peter Hani were honored as residents recalled rural roots and past speed issues on Rose Valley Road.
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Margit
Rose Valley
Mia
Dolores’ Tanner
Hedgerow Theatre
Jasper
Morabilia
Bilia
Guild Hall
Hergeron Theatre
Herbert
Walton
Find
New Hampshire
Qld Union Church
Hedgerow
Fred Waring
Mary Saul McLaughlin
Chester Times
Jucson , Laird
Rose Valley Road
Jud
Rosé Valley
Dorothy
Kite Haworth
Nathan Kite
Burgess
Sarah Pew Oakey
John Gi Pewy
Stewart
Porter
Mary Snowden Saito
Valley
Barbara Stephens Starr
Lucia Stephens
John Walton
Frank
Edward Wright
Patricia
Mildred
Dude Allen Oimsted
Adele
Maurice’Saul
Rach
Rose’ Valley Chorus
Peter’ Hani
Vehairman
George Greer
Middletown Library Receives 1000 Check for Addition
A $1000 donation from Sears manager Fred Brucker was given to Middletown Library Trustees VP David Irving to help cover the new addition project. The cost has risen to about 85,000 with 32,000 raised locally since 1972. the rest funded by a bank loan. The building will open with a formal ceremony in late January, doubling capacity and adding space for reading, studying, and a larger children’s room.
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Middletown
David Irving
Fred Brucker
Sears
Majorie Spencer
Thebrary
Delaware County
Christmas Seal drive reaches high total in Delaware Chester
The Delchester Lung Association reports nearly 600 percent of its $210 000 goal in the annual Christmas Seal Campaign for Delaware and Chester Counties. The total reached 120 000 with $90 000 still needed to meet the target.
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Chester
Delchester Lung Association
Delaware
T. Norman Mansell
Mansell
Springfield
Pharmacy damaged by electrical fire in Ridley Township
An electrical fire around 3 p.m. Saturday caused minor damage to McCrossan's Pharmacy at MacDade Boulevard and Milmont Avenue. Milmont and Woodlyn Fire Companies extinguished the blaze with no injuries and the store resumed operations.
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Ridley Township
McCrossan
MacDade
Milmont Ave
Milmont Fire Co
William Harrington
Milmont and
Woodlyn Fire Companies
Harrington
Weather wrapup shows cooler morning with improving highs
Temperatures ranged from a low of 23 this morning to a high of 43 yesterday with an expected high of 55 today and 60 Tuesday. Precipitation remains scarce with 0 in the past 24 hours and 0 this month. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy Wednesday with possible rain Thursday and clearing Friday. Overnight lows should trend upper 30s to mid 40s.
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Two shot in Chester hospitalized in separate incidents
Sedrick Bailey aged 41 and a second victim were shot and hospitalized Saturday. Bailey, shot twice in the stomach at a friend's house, is in the Sacred Heart ICU as his wife Ollie Ruth Bailey 37 surrendered to police and faces aggravated assault charges. A second man, 16 year old Thomas Dorgey, was listed in critical condition after a shotgun blast in his backyard.
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Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Upland
Sali Dorsey
Two Ridley Township Men Hurt In Crash
Alfred Kravitz 23 of Woodlyn was treated for a fractured jaw after his car hit a utility pole on Chester Pike at Hetzel Road and was in satisfactory condition at Taylor Hospital. Thomas A. McCaul 20 of Woodlyn suffered a fractured skull and facial injuries and was in serious condition in Taylor Hospital's ICU.
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Ridley Township
Chester Pike
Hetzel Rd
Alfred Kravitz
Constitution Ave
Woodlyn
Taylor Hospital
Thomas A. McCaul
Jefferson Ave
Taylor
Man Arrested After Car Plows Through Bank Window
John J. Howley, 300 block W Park Lane Clifton Heights, faces drunk driving charges after his car exited a restaurant parking lot and smashed through a plate glass window at Colindale Federal Savings and Loan Association on MacDade Boulevard. No hospital treatment required.
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Cliftan
Borough
Elmer Andress
John J. Howley
Park Lane
Clifton Heights
Andress
Trowley
MacDade Blvd
Savings and Joan
Thorowehfare
Youth Explodes Gas Can Burning In Face In Vienna
A 16 year old, Arthur G. Hilley of Temple Hills Maryland, was severely burned when a siphoned gasoline can exploded after he held a match above it to check the contents. He suffered third degree burns over most of his body and was hospitalized in critical condition. A second 16 year old had minor burns, and Officer Comfort was burned trying to smother the flames.
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Vienna
Arthur G. Hilley
Temple Hills
Hilley
Fairfax Hospital
Douglas H. Comfort
Countians keep foot off pedal
The station operator provides gasoline for city police cars and fire trucks but faced shortages as the distributor delayed December allocations. An attendant described a rough Saturday rush with many unfamiliar customers seeking fuel.
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Myer
Bruno
Mobil
MacDade Biya
Ashland Ave
Glenakten
Gasoline Station Closures Across U S Amid Shortage
Nationwide walkout by about 220,000 dealers reduced fuel supplies after President Nixon urged voluntary action. Williams kept his Sylvester Williams station open for repairs while refusing to pump gas. Traffic dropped sharply on major routes as motorists sought limited open stations, with reports of long drives and panicked calls to police. A separate crash near Edgmont injured three people, involving four cars at Middletown and Sycamore Mills Roads.
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Sylvester Williams
Chevron
Los Angeles
Williams
Nixon
al Sanders
Wisconsin
Interstate 90
Madison
Sanders
American Automobile Association
Church Women’s Club Election Planned at Nativity Church
The Woman’s Club of Nativity will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at 801 Franklin Street. Mass will be celebrated and new officers for the club will be installed. Afterward attendees will gather in the adjacent building for a wine and cheese party.
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Gas stations keep hours as locals seek open pumps
Frantic shoppers and motorists seek open gas stations as policy debates loom. Owners at Sunoco Market Street say they will comply if a new law passes, while Shorty’s Two Car Wash on Edgmont cites security and a 24 hour pledge for staying open.
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Frank Vorach
Sunoco
Market Street
Mario
D'Ignazio
Shorty
Edgmont Avenue
Parkside
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