Wallingford Priest Feted After First Mass at St John Chrysostom
Father Patrick Brady receives praise at a Wallingford church ceremony with background tales from Irish-born relatives and a humorous, fond tribute by Rev Francis O Riley. Attendees include Rev John Karnes of Wilmington and Frank Brady of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trish
Patrick Brady
St. John Chrysostom
Wallingford
Walkers’-on - the - Delaware
John Karnes
Wilmington
FBI
Britain
Patrick A. Brady
Francis O'Riley
St. John’s
Brady
Pat
Father O'Riley
Father Brady
Bradys
Joseph FitzPatrick
Holy Mother Church
Alan Shepard
Father FitzPatrick
Frank
Philadelphia
Daily Times
Patrick Doyle
Canterbury Drive
Sproul Estates
Balbriggan
Reland
County draws rules for employees pay after controversy
County Controller Catharine M. Adams proposes new vacation severance and sick pay regulations, approved by the county commissioners, addressing prior disparities in vacation pay for employees who left county service. The rules set vacation scales by years of service, severance pay by tenure, and sick leave with limits and approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine M. Adams
Landfill ruling blocks city contract for trash disposal
In Norwood Judge Gold ruled the city violated bidding rules by not using competitive processes for the Landfill Corp contract. Burgess Gardiner fined Landfill $100 for improper covering of trash and ordered dumping halted until compliance. city has 20 days to object and en banc hearing will set next steps toward possible appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
Landfill Corp
Philadelphia
Joseph &. Gold
Philadelphia Commons ‘Pleas Court
David M. Smallwood
William Gardiner
Thomas MacFarline
Burgess
Robert Buckley
Buckley
Clearview Land Development Co
Darby Township
Judge Gold
Joseph V. Furlong Jr
David Berger
Philadelphia Court
State Supreme Court
Senate OKs Pusey Bill for Calebe Pusey House restoration
The Senate approved a bill to provide up to 35000 dollars in state matching funds to restore the Caleb Pusey House at 17 Race Street in Upland. The measure, passed 50 to 0, heads to the House as supporters note the house’s colonial links to William Penn and its status as one of Pennsylvania's oldest English-built structures.
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Cale Pusey
Upland
State Senate
Senate
Clarence D. Bell
Delaware County
Appropriations
House
Pusey
William Penn
House Appropriations Committee
Henry C. Patterson
Swarthmore
Lynmar Brock
Newtown Square
Friends of Caleb Pusey House
Louise Moses John
West Chester
Democratic State Committee
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum, Commission
Race Street
Patterson
Tinicum Faces 7 Mill Tax Hike
Tinicum school board approves a tentative budget of 440,834 with a seven mill tax increase. The plan raises 23,080 over last year and allocates 190,000 for tuition plus 114,000 for principal and teachers salaries. Tuition rises to accommodate 380 junior and senior high students attending Eddystone or Ridley Park next year. The next meeting is rescheduled to 00 pm Monday at Western school.
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Tinicum
Eddystone
Tidley Park
Lestern School
Vote Challenges Delay May Primary Ballot Count
Officials defer tally in Ridley Park as five absentee ballots are challenged over status of absence. Hearing paused with one challenger present. next session set for Thursday at 2 p.m. Meell leads Maxwell in unofficial returns 498 to 492.
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Arthur Meell
Ridley Park
Election Board
William A. Welsh
Meel
Harold P. Murphy
Welcome Lane
England
Switzerland
Italy
France
Carolyn R. Downs
Swarthmore Ave
Pearl G. Fisher
Kenny St
Ruth
Thayer St
Lippincott
State Department
Washington, D. C
Murphy
Maxwell
Wellman
Welsh
Edward HK. P. Fronefield
Morton
Vertol
Albert H. Swing
Racing Co
Radnor
G. Robert Earl Watkins
Pat Winds Up Busy Week in Washington
The National Spelling Bee ends with 12 year old John Capehart of Tulsa as national champion in the 25th round. Patricia Fitzsimons receives awards at the Banquet of Champions at the Mayflower Hotel. Capehart and family plan a New York weekend with a $1000 prize. The group tours Mount Vernon and historic Washington sites including Old Christ Church.
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Patricia Fitzsimmons
St. Rose of
Washington
Mayflower
Earry
Delaware County Daily Times
Spen
Ing
Pat
John Capehart
Tulsa
Okla
New York
St. Rose of Lima
Alexandria
Old Christ Church
George Washington
Fire Company
Mount Vernon
George
Martha
Capehart
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
White House
Chespeake and
Ohio Barge Canal
Chester Churches elect Houpt president of council
Richard Houpt elected president of the Chester Council of Churches, which unites 27 local congregations, the Chester YMCA and Crozer Theological Seminary. Officers include Dr. Sherwood Anderson as first vice president and Natalie Hunt as secretary.
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Chester
Richard
Houpt
Trinity Methodist Church
Seminary
Upland Avenues
Virginia Coppock
Lancaster
Janet Louise
Sharon Lee
Nancy Lou
Vertol 76 VTOL makes maiden transition flight feasibility proof
The Vertol 76, the world’s first successful tilt wing VTOL craft, completed a transition flight in July 1958 and shows the tilt wing principle is viable. Under a new Army contract via the Office of Naval Research, wings will be modified for stability, transmissions uprated to 700 horsepower, and a 50 hour qualification program before NAS Langley flight evaluation.
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Army
Office of Naval Research
Vertol
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langley Field
Swarthmore banker re elected head of fiduciaries group
McDowell of 23 Woodbrook Lane Swarthmore vice president of Central Penn National Bank Philadelphia was reelected president of the Corporate Fiduciaries Association of Philadelphia at the annual meeting held at the Union League of Philadelphia on Thursday.
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Swarthmore
TH. Woodward McDowell
Woodbrook Lane
Central Penn National Bank of Philadelphia
Corporate Fiduciaries Association of Philadelphia
Union League of Philadelphia
Two Elderly Brothers to Receive PMC Honor in Chester
Loomis and David Burrell, aged 88 and 87 from Little Falls New York, will receive honorary degrees at Pennsylvania Military College's 140th commencement in PMC Stadium. Loomis earns an absentia Doctor of Science while David, a Yale graduate, will attend for a Doctor of Humane Letters.
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Chester
Pennsylvania Military College
PMC
Loomis
David Burrell
Little Falls
N.Y
PAIC
Yale University
Montague Burrell
Clarence R. Moll
D. H. Burrell & Co
Little Fails
Cherry- Burrell Corp
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Detroit
Baltimore
Burrells
Burrell Corp
Herkimer County Trust Co
Reed Tissues Corp
Mohawk Valley Paper Co
Burrows Paper Co
Loomis Burrell
Baccalaureate at PMC for 163 Graduates
The commencement at PMC starts at 8 PM with services at Charles E B Hyatt Armory. Rt Rev Oliver J Hart will deliver the address. Gen George H Decker will speak Sunday to PMC graduates as Army chief of staff arrives for an honor guard and press briefing. Mrs Edward J P Glayin hosts luncheon for spouses at Wallingford Hills.
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Moll
Burrell Brothers
PMC
Charles EB. Hyatt Armory
Springhaven Club
Oliver J. Hart
Diocese of Pennsylvania
George H. Decker
Army
Decker
Edward J.P. Glayin
College
Wallingford Hills
Dedication set for Throne Span bridge at border area
The Arthur C Throne bridge a $110000 four lane structure at the Glenolden Folcroft Norwood border will be dedicated Wednesday At 11 am the ceremony at the bridge will feature speaker Fudge Henry G Sweney who will unveil the bronze plaque Throne's successor G Robert Watkins will attend at a luncheon at the Corinthian Yacht Club Essington in charge of arrangements is Frank Remy county engineer The bridge connects Delmar Drive Falcroft Amosland Road Norwood and South Avenue Glenolden crossing a feeder branch of Darby Creek
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Arthur C.throne
Glenolden
Folcroft
Norwood
Delmar Drive
Falcroft
Amosland Rd
South Avenue
Darby Creek
Fudge Henry G. Sweney J
Throne
Corinthian Yacht Club
Essington
G. Robert Watkins
Thorne
County Post
Frank Remy
Haverford
Forte
C. Weik
Penn
Weikert
Sylvania Department of
U.S. Congress
PDH
Washington
Providence
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Robin
Robbie Fisher
Robert ©. Fishers
E. Hinkley Ave
Mrs. Fisher
John P. Crawford
Crawford
Chester Public Schools
Madison Avenue
Pat Brady
Burgess, Judge Hit Landfill Co
Richard Houpt
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