Delaware County Savings Bonds reach near twenty million in 1977
Delco’s W Thomas H MacNew reports county savings bonds sales totaled 18 904 738 in 1977 an increase over 1976. Total resident bond holdings estimated around 200 million. Local clubs churches and schools announce events and fundraisers across Ridley Township and surrounding areas. Activities include a Ping Pong marathon for Leukemia funds at Prospect Park Methodist Youth Fellowship, pancake breakfast at Spencer UAME Church, a Mary Leona Gaynor Ireland slide talk, and hoagie sale by Nether Providence PTO. The Holmes Fire Co auxiliary installed officers for 1978, and dog owners are warned to leash pets as borough authorities boost enforcement.
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W. Thomas H. MacNew
Delaware County
U.S. Savings Bonds
Ogden Fire Co. elects officers at annual banquet
At the Feb 11 Ogden Fire Co banquet new officers were named with Robert Shomo as fire company president and Mrs. Alice Azsuidlo as auxiliary president. Grace Lecey received the Carrie Holland Award for 1977 auxiliary work while George Holland and Harry Earnshaw earned the William Feist Award for 1977 firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden Fire Co
Alice Azsuidlo
Robert Shomo
Grace Lecey
Carrie Holland
George Holland
Harry Earnshaw
William Feist
Joe Racine
David Holland
Shomo
600 swing at Times jazz festival at Widener College
Delaware Valley High School Jazz Festival drew over 600 attendees at Widener College MacMorland Center. Archbishop Carroll Sun Valley Haverford and Chester ensembles performed under jurors Joe Henderson Neuman Baker and Larry McKenna with feedback on tape to aid future growth.
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Chester
Widener College
MacMorland Center
Daily Times
Archbishop Carroll
Radnor
Sun Valley
Aston
Haverford
Widener
Joe Henderson
Neuman Baker
Larry McKenna
Delaware Valley
William Pope
Chester High
Anthony Pantelopulos
Joseph DeAugustine
John Trainer
John Varone
Catholic high school tuition hike expected in Philadelphia Archdiocese
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans a 1978-79 tuition rise to 600 for a single student and 1150 for two or more children, effective September, to cover higher expenses and declining enrollments. Parents brace for the extra burden while noting tax credit hopes in Congress may ease costs.
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Philadelphia
Delaware County
Francis B. Schulte
Archdiocese
Msgr. Schulte
Archdiocese of
Katherine Swope
Drexel Hill
Swope
House
Senate
Congress
Paula Maria
St. Francis de Sales School
Aston
St. Francis de Sales
SEPTA reform moves advance after county focus
Delcoman and officials push for a regional mass transit system while Delaware County and Philadelphia weigh control. A SEPTA board meeting set goals to inform members, improve service attitude, and make mass transit a gubernatorial issue as calls for leadership changes surface. Jerome Hill pleads guilty to fall robberies and faces a long prison term after a gunpoint incident tied to Chester area crimes.
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Media
Sharon
MacMurray
SEPTA
Switch shocks Democrats in Philadelphia careers
Casper of 820 Whitby Ave in Yeadon earns 15000 dollars a year as a research analyst for the House Judiciary Committee and works mainly for Doyle who chairs the subcommittee on courts. Previously an engineer for 20 years at General Electric Co. in Philadelphia, he is now a salesman for Carr Realty Co.
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General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Carr Realty Co
Casper
Whitby Ave
Yeadon
House Judiciary Committee
Doyle
Crozer Library Faces Closure Over Stable Funding Issues
The Y offers space to a Chester library only after proof of residence is shown. Deshong branch closing stems from lack of funds, with Crozer Library's 1890s endowment and 1938 branch history cited. State standards, staffing, and volume needs hinder funding, while city support remains the principal aid.
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Chester
Brown
Library Board
Crozer
Old 4Th and Jeffrey Sts
Deshong
West Branch
Eagle St
Chester Upland
John Vaul
William Grayson
John H. Nacrelli
Holmes
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Delco
Prospect Park
Spencer Uame
Jeffrey Sts
Marianist Center
Mary Leona Gaynor
Ireland
The
Upland Fire Co
Frances Bonsall
Joan Siple
Kay Kleber
Rita Hladasz
Shawn Polifico
Judy McLaughlin
Florence McClintock
Esther McClintock
Rose Schwolow
Jodie Cianci
Martha Brogan
Nether Providence
Nether Providence High
Brookhaven
PTO
Ridley Township
Holmes Fire Co
Sharon Gordy
Mariann Christy
Debi Scott
Joyce MacIntyre
Holmes Road
MacDade Blvd
Nancy F. Leete
Child Evangelism Fellowship of
Delaware County, Inc
Community Church of Folsom
Swarthmore Ave
Melrose Terrace
Nancy
CEF
Edison Rose
Gideon
Gideons International
Clarence D. Bell
W. State St
First Federal Building
Norwood
Richard Cloud
Cloud
Upper Chichester
Glenalden
Deborah Walsh
Thomas Walsh
Glenolden
West Chester State College
Deborah
Alpha Phi Sorority
Alpha Mu Gamma Foreign Language Society
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Sharon Hill
American Legion Post 193
el Terry Moore
Chester High School
Jazz Fe
Delcoman
Transit
McConnon
William R. Eaton
Lewis VanDeusen
Dirk Pyatt
Terry’s Hoagie Shop
Hill
Pyatt
Twin Towers
Crum Lynn
Page
Crozer Library
Leo Holmes
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