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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1963
Page
8
A Sunday night scene at Philadelphia International shows 20000 Irish Americans cheering as an Irish Airlines Boeing 707 departs for Dublin. The crowd gathers at Concourse B to bid farewell with waves and kisses as the jet lifts into the night sky.
Chester Mayor Joseph L Eyre asks the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission to erect a six foot fence along a steep embankment near the Chester Expressway excavation to protect children on 18th Street. City council voiced support after a Sun Hill mother warned of dangerous conditions and near fatal falls.
About 50 members of the Chichester Joint High School Band Association interrupted a Board meeting in Boothwyn to protest after school band rehearsals. Superintendent James F. Shankweiler had approved after-hours rehearsals to accommodate more courses. The group also urged maintaining current elementary music periods. Board to contact other districts on rehearsal policies while approving a 1963-64 budget of 1,485,000 and adding eight teachers. They also allow Trainer students to attend Chichester on a tuition basis, about 40,000 annually.
NEWTOWN SQUARE The library will staff summer hours weekdays 9 to 10 am from June 24 to August 23 excluding July 4. Summer library chairman is Mrs. J R Wright. Volunteers include Mrs. Brewster Smith, Mrs. J R Wright, Mrs. Lewis D Wetzel, Mrs. Joseph Greer, Mrs. William C Kirk, Mrs. Walter Dill, Mrs. Seth Gorman, Mrs. John Malapert, Mrs. Richard Toy, Mrs. Peter D Ono Frio, Mrs. Arthur Mickley, Mrs. Vram Nedturian Jr, Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. Robert Cohen, Mrs. Herbert Wilds, and Mrs. Dean Moyer. Substitutes: Mrs. Vram Nedturian Jr, Mrs. James Cro sson, Mrs. Raymond Campbell, Mrs. Andrew Kohan, Mrs. John Powell, and Mrs. Royal H Plenty.
Paul Dobran of Larchmont and Stephen Sander a junior in his math class will attend the University of Notre Dame this summer. Dobran has a National Science Foundation grant to study in his major field. Stephen is among high school students from various states selected to study in areas of interest. Sessions run June 18 through August 3.
Jack Chamberlain of Bellmawr New Jersey agreed Monday to waive extradition and return to Bellmawr to face a charge of driving a car without the owner's consent.
The Chester Planning Commission will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall council chambers to discuss agenda items and city planning into the afternoon session.
Media Courthouse reports the county election board will hear charges against Louis Goldberg Marple Township candidate for justice of the peace after a prior dismissal by the JP mayor. The board voted 2-1 to proceed with the hearing citing an affidavit by Clarence Bennett and allegations of helping a voter Florence Wood. If found guilty the case goes to the district attorney. Goldberg had won the Republican JP nomination amid the primary cut
Four variances approved by the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment cover two signs a carport and a garage. Peter Piraino of 801 Sproul Road Marple restaurant owner wins approval for a 48 square foot ground sign with parking and setback conditions. Humble Oil signs at West Chester Pike and Sproul Road receive one height limit condition. Vernon Stone at 221 Rolling Road gains a carport with rainwater drainage and setback limits. Wilburn Fuel Co at 24-32 S Sproul Road secures a rear yard garage for four trucks and a workers rest room in B-Business zoning.
Springfield church stages annual strawberry festival Wednesday from 6 30 to 8 30 pm Magician William McMullen will entertain attendees at St Matthews Lutheran Church event featuring treats and family fun.
Teen age leagues for boys basketball girls softball and both volleyball will run in evening sessions as part of the Marple Newtown summer recreation program. Details include team sizes, adult managers, and eligibility for Marple and Newtown residents with kids in Grades 1 to 12.
The Springfield Public Library hosts a Wednesday morning story hour in the lounge sponsored by Friends of the Library. Directed by Mrs. Allen Becton, it is for children entering 2nd grade in the fall and older, running June 19 to August 23 from 10 to 11 a.m.
New members of the National Junior Honor Society at Marple-Newtown Junior High School were inducted. Recipients included Gail Towle, Carol Willis, Judith Lewis, John Morgan, Marie Grande, and Robert Warmer. The ceremony was led by Ana Fricker with Rev. Robert Wright as speaker.
Clifton Heights resident James Kemble 68 was found unconscious in a factory lot and rushed to Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. An ambulance crew treated him en route. Doctors and nurses revived his heart with manual massage for two hours and resuscitation machines and drugs. He remained serious and died early today at 4 40 a.m.
NEWTOWN SQUARE Three petitions are set for Thursday’s 8 p.m. meeting of the Newtown Zoning Board of Adjustment at the township hall. George DiFrancesca of Celchester Homes seeks variances for frontages and minimum lot areas in a Valeria Road Elinore Drive subdivision to satisfy a cul de sac plan and a longer detour from Leopard Road Newtown Street Road. Leon Sullivan of Paper Mill Road asks to build on Lot 46 with 150 foot frontage and 45100 square feet, below minimums of 175 feet and 60000 square feet. the lot was subdivided per the 1938 ordinance as amended August 28 1950 and is landlocked. Harry F Courtney of 3545 Winding Ave seeks a variance to reduce the minimum side yard from 20 to 15 feet.
Marple Township commissioners announced the purchase of a five acre tract at East Ann and dame roads for 15 500 from Jered Griffith and Vincent Shedler owners of Marpoole Corp of Glenalden. The land previously eyed for 21 homes but zoning change was denied February 1.
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