Delco Calendar Highlights Summer Reading Club and Local Events
Vacation Reading Club theme Trek thru Time runs eight weeks starting June 19 for third graders to junior high. Bedtime stories for toddlers 3-5 offered Tuesdays June 13 to July 25. Church World Packing Day at Swarthmore Church collects washable clothing blankets sewing kits and money for disaster victims. Aston Sun Valley Band concert June 9 at Northley Junior High with The Circuit Group. tickets 1.50. Folcroft Bike-a-Thon June 4 at Folcroft Vo-Tech School raises funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. prizes for top collectors.
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Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
Aston
Sun Valley Band and Choral Association
Circuit Group
Northley
Folcroft
Borough Town Watch
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Folcroft Vo-Tech
Delmar Drive
Henderson Blvd
Brookhaven Women's Club Donates Grants for Edgmont Park Sign
The Brookhaven Women’s Club presented two checks to Mayor John Skulski. A $100 donation will help match a $31,000 state grant for Edgmont Park development, and a $650 gift funds an information sign at borough hall listing offices and events, raised through a new paper recycling project.
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Brookhaven Women's Club
John Skulski
Edgmont Park
Borough Hall
Reunion and community events fill Delaware County calendar
Upper Darby resident Ruth E. Miller attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 50th class reunion and received a semi centennialist certificate and Golden Graduate Award. Temple Israel hosts a garage sale at Vanleer Bond Shopping Center in Drexel Hill. Nether Providence eighth graders enjoy a field trip to Park on June 8. Reading Club at Kate Furness runs June 36 to August 18 with time traveler certification. Retirement honors set for Nether Providence staff at Mendenhall Inn. St Thomas the Apostle Church hosts a long running country fair June 10 to 12 with sky divers Sunday. Colwyn Swim Club names officers for the season. Chester Council of Republican Women installs new officers. Olivet Presbyterian Youth Fellowship car wash at Prospect Park Firehouse. MacDade Mall hosts kids programs June 10 with Segal Puppets Cueball the Magic Clown. Lower Delaware County Soroptimist flea market at Rose Tree Park funds county charities.
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Ruth E. Miller
Drexel Hill
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Ms. Miller
Alumni Association
Soroptimist Club
Lower
Delaware County
Rose Tree Park
Upper Providence
Tractor trailer wreck damages Aston Mills Road
A tractor trailer left the road on Aston Mills Hill and overturned, severing two utility poles and spilling 20 tons of stone across the street. Driver John Pulcs, 23, was treated for minor injuries. he faces reckless driving and speeding charges. Responders cleared the oil slick, utilities were repaired, and EPA involvement followed the spill.
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Aston
Aston Mills Road
John Pulcs
New Castle
Del
Aston Mills
Mount Road
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Bell Telephone
Philadelphia Electric Co
Riddle Hospital
Henry
Pulci
Fumes persist in county planning department nobody sickened
County officials report persistent fumes in the Ftonefield Building after air handler fumes seep into the planning office. Yeomans design blamed. sealing the basement air handler will cost about 4000 dollars with relocation options ranging 10000 to 20000 dollars. About 30 workers affected with four previously treated for smoke inhalation.
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County Planning Department
Ftonefield
Victor Petaccio
Paul H. Yeomans Inc
Fronefield
Weston
Yeomans
Petaccio
On Department
Dog track bill barely survives committee vote in Harrisburg
Harrisburg a bill to clear the way for a dog racing track with pari mutuel betting in Chester survived a House Finance Committee vote 10 to 5 to hold a public hearing. Rep Tenaglio noted votes were lost to absent members and urged Brunner to schedule hearings in Chester in June.
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Harrisburg
Chester
House Finance Committee
Francis X. Tenaglio
159Th
Ralph A. Garzia
Brookhaven
John L. Brunner
D-Washington
Garzia
Herbert K. Zearfoss
Radnor
Tenaglio
Brunner
Senate
Zearfoss
State Supreme Court
Delay Expected on Aston Cable TV Construction
Lawrence S. Monroe of American Television and Communications Corp. told 30 residents at a public meeting to expect a one year delay in the construction of cable TV lines. The cable TV project plan remains unsettled with no firm start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston
Lawrence S. Monroe
American Television and Communications Corp
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Delco
Marple
Swarthmore
Temple Israel
Vanleer Bond
State Road
Lansdowne Ave
Nether Providence
Nether Providence Middle School
Kate Furness
Es Education Association
Secretary & Service Personnel Association
Mendenhall Inn
Hertha Fox
Doris Keller
Winifred Murphy
Gilbert Kline
Lionel Jackson
Nether Providence High School
Miriam Brandt
Robert Wetherill
Janet Bilisnansky
Karen Archer
Chester Heights
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Chester Heights Camp Meeting
Colwyn
Colwyn Swim Club
Gerald M. Burdette
Joseph H. Thomas
Helen M. Gannon
J. Wesley Sulger
Chester Council of Republican Women
Dorothy Peterson
Betty Owens
Dolores MacNeilly
Fannie Brown
Toni Iacono
Margaret diCave
Mary
Prospect Park
Olivet Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
10Th St
Ave
Ridley Township
MacDade Mall
Segal
Cueball the
Magic Clown
Charles Henry
Savoy Construction Co
George Snyder
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Snyder
Springfield
Sun Oil Co
Baltimore Pike
Springfield Ravioli Co
Laxer Avenue
Finance Committee
Lottery Fund
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