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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1978
Page
6
The Marple Newtown School District revises its promotion and retention rules for junior high to assess individual student ability. Students must pass at least three regular subjects to move from grade 7 to 8 and seven regular grade 7-8 subjects to advance from 9 to 10, with summer school tutoring or course repetition as options for makeups.
In Other Times items recall a Betsy Ross dress once worn 100 years ago at a party hosted by Eleanor Gamble for Taylor tal Hospital nurses. Parish events at St Luke’s Chester mark the rector’s third anniversary. Breban Family of Swiss Bell Ringers to perform Christmas night in Madison M E Church Chester with 25 cent admission. Local banks plan to resume specie payments Jan 1.
Erthalene Jackson Media defends Rev. Johnnie Monroe against a signed letter by A.C. Roehrig, noting the signer used a false name. The writer contests personal attacks and praises Monroe as a worthy minister capable of promoting goodwill and unity.
A reader writes to the Times from the Media Court House December 6 Naturalization Program praising the ceremony and Chester High School music while correcting Delaware County Councilman Harold F. Haabestad Jr. on the claim that voting is an obligation. The letter urges new citizens to exercise their voting privilege wisely.
Bert Kauffeld surveys Christmas as a celebration of Jesus’s birth death and resurrection, laments commercialism and X mas signs, urges families to honor God, attend church, and share holy joy despite troubled times. He signs off from Upland in a blessing to readers.
F Friedman Esq. objects to an editorial stance on voting while in jail awaiting trial. He argues disenfranchising detainees before trial presumes guilt and would misapply common sense by punishing arrestees, asserting the law currently protects voting rights until conviction.
A reader commends the highway department of Chester for promptly removing a dog’s body after a suspected hit and run near 25th and Chestnut Streets on Friday December 8. The writer requests a small notice of appreciation in the Daily.
A reader recalls calling Ridley Two Com missioners after learning from the Daily Times that Peter O Keefe was given a township job. Barry rebuked her, saying she did not know what she was talking about and hung up. The caller argues officials should not act this way.
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