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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1963
Page
12
Dwight D. Eisenhower attended a Friday afternoon ceremony at Ivania Military College where cadets in gray tunics and brass buttons marched in formation. The writer notes the pageantry evokes history while contrasting military discipline with modern weapons and strategic power.
A fire bug has set fire to trash at 7th and Wood Streets, striking repeatedly during night and early morning hours. Cardboard box piles along the narrow alley were lit, sending flames up to 15 feet and threatening nearby wood trim on buildings.
MEDIA COURTHOUSE The Philadelphia Suburban Water Co temporarily halted discharging water from Crum Creek reservoir to Cedar Grove Road above the Hausers land. Judge William R. Toal issued a preliminary injunction and set a Friday hearing to decide if the injunction should continue. The Hausers seek irreparable damage relief, alleging erosion flooding and spring contamination from planned 1,990 foot long grounds.
Ridley Park School Board votes to demand payment of 1.48838 in delinquent per capita taxes from bonding company for 1959 to 1961. Former tax collector Arthur Meell, defeated for re election, has been urged to settle and report progress by July 1 as bids for furniture and exterior work are reviewed.
Darby Borough Council considers The Penn Fruit Co. parking lot on Main and Ridge Avenue The Standering House between 9th and 10th Streets and The Red Arrow Lines lot on Ridge Avenue at Main Street as possible sites. Costs cited include 60 000 for the supermarket lot and 40 000 for the Standering House property. The Red Arrow option lacks a price.
Marcus Hook Borough Council weighs wire basket containers mounted on utility poles to curb littering. Donor sponsored units would be placed at 22 locations with costs to be discussed at the July 1 meeting.
Two Broadmeadows Prison trusties who fled in a stolen car on April 20 and were recaptured in West Virginia pleaded guilty. Richard G. Sidler of Altoona received an additional year. William Spencer of Coatesville got six months. Judge Curran ordered both complete their original sentences after serving new terms.
Media Courthouse report says Frank Collins of 0 block Pine St pleaded guilty to passing four worthless checks on two Media banks. He was placed on probation for one year and ordered to make $10 weekly restitution after admitted cashing closed account personal checks totaling $245 on Jan 31 and Feb 1.
Joseph Williams Jr. of Eagle Street pleaded guilty to drunken driving and failing to stop. Judge Curran fined 200 dollars plus costs and 100 dollars monthly toward damages or face 3 to 6 months in jail. Williams’ car struck Carrie McClendon’s vehicle at 6th and Priwards Streets, Chester, March 2. McClendon’s damages and medical costs totaled 1,045 dollars. Several others pleaded guilty to similar charges and were fined 100 to 200 dollars, including Frank Glenney and Anthony Sweeney among others.
Newtown Square motorist Robert J. Welsh of 405 New Town Street Road appeals a three month license suspension ordered by the state. Through his attorney Charles J. Hepburn Jr. he contends the suspension was not merited for an alleged speeding offense. A hearing before Judge Thomas Curran is set for July 24.
Twenty eight Delaware County high school students were honored at the 15th annual Philadelphia Science Council dinner. Awards totaled $500 each for many top scholars including John Ross of Drexel Hill and Christopher C. Jones of Rosemont among numerous others from Havertown Lansdowne Upper Darby Drexel Hill and nearby towns.
Upper Chichester School Board weighs selling Thaddeus Stevens Locust Knoll and Ogden Sebo elementary buildings to form a centralized program. NAACP criticism over Thaddeus Stevens as an all Negro school spurs protests as the district approves a 1963 64 budget of 1 151 395 35 with an 8 mill tax increase.
Judge Curran will present 52 citizenship certificates at the courthouse during the naturalization program. Delaw are County Bar Association president Joseph Calhoun will give the principal address after an invocation by Very Rev Ome lan Myerk. Program chairs include A J O Donnell and Serhiy Schev chenko, with Gloria Edynak and Marguerite L Flounders leading the pledge and ceremonial elements. A color guard from Delaware County veterans groups will participate.
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