Aluminum Recycling Drive and Donkey Baseball Fundraiser
The Aluminum Recycling Program continues in Delaware County with Reynolds Metals paying 17 cents a pound for cans and other aluminum items, with drops at Springfield Mall on Saturdays. Folcroft hosts a donkey baseball charity game featuring Action News personnel and Firefighters, plus Rotary honors 13 teachers and Resurrection School opens a September kindergarten with registrations ongoing.
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Delaware County
Reynolds Metals Co
Springfield
Bambergers
Reynolds
Folcroft
Delmar Drive
Comany
Action News
Don Tollefosa
Tollefson
Don
No- Stars
Tristate
Falcroft Fire Company
Resurrection School
M. Ann Rosaire
Winners Named in Toby Farms Elementary Spelling Bee
Upper Chichester announces Toby Farms Elementary School Spelling Bee winners Dawn Guy second grade Brian Stanz third grade Adrianne Payne fourth grade and Roger Wilhelm fifth grade. The event was sponsored by the Toby Farms Home and School Association and winners received plaques.
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Toby Farms
Dawn Guy
Brian Stanz
Adrianne Payne
Roger Wilhelm
Toby Farms Home and School Association
Marple Democrats elect officers at reorganization meeting
The Marple Democratic Association elected officers for a two year term at the June 7 reorganization meeting. John L. Butler was named chairman with Nancy Libsett as first vice chairman and Faye Cohen as second vice chairman. Delmar Burridge became treasurer while Ruth Maracarelli was recording secretary and Norma Deleonardis serving as corresponding secretary. Contact Butler at 208 Laurel Lane, Broomall, for more information.
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Marple Democratic Association
John L. Butler
Nancy Libsett
Faye Cohen
Delmar Burridge
Ruth Maracarelli
Norma Deleonardis
Butler
Laurel Lane
Broomall
New Officers Named by Collingdale Senior Citizens
Collingdale Senior Citizens announce officers Mary Savage president Florence Frist first vice president Tom Lennox second vice president Anna Karpaitis treasurer Mary Daley secretary Dolly Hart financial secretary. Anniversary Dinner at Fire Hall No. 1 6 p.m. Tuesday features a German band and German food. The Norwood Public Library to host a free big band concert by Jimmy Pale and his Commanders at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the library lawn. rain date June 27. attendees may bring chairs.
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Collingdale
Mary Savage
Florence Frist
Tom Lennox
Anna Karpaitis
Mary Daley
Dolly Hart
Sharon Hill
Harkins
Pyle
Aiken
S. C
Pyles
New Jersey
Saneines
Dan Peiher
St. Eugene’s
Primos
Norwood Public Library
Jimmy Pale
Thornbury Elementary tree to be felled after centuries of life
A 300 year old 80 foot white ash on Thornbury Elementary School grounds Creek Road faces demolition due to internal decay. Once the continent’s largest of its kind, the tree now exists as a hollow shell with a thin bark wall. Attempts years ago by Thornbury students to fund repairs earned a plaque from the International Shade Tree Conference. Insurance costs ultimately prevented saving the specimen.
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Thornbury
Creek Road
International Shade Tree Conference
Snd Saesiers Dave
Uden
Oanaune
State aide accused in Kane ouster by press conference
Harrisburg Bureau reports former Attorney General Kane blamed Brown chief of staff Gov. Shapp for a smear campaign that derailed Kane. Kane said Brown aided a defaming effort with Milt Lopus and Joseph Rhodes Jr. Shapp denied Brown's central role and said he seldom influenced decisions.
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Times
Harrisburg
David R. Brown
Atty
Robert P. Kane
Delaware County
Brown
Milton J. Shapp
Franklin Mint
Middletown
Shapp
Summit House
West Chester Pike
Chester County
Delaware
Capitol
Kane
Secretary of Revenue
Milt Lopus
Joseph Rhodes Jr
Dallegheny
Justice Department
Pennsylvania
Residents oppose Morrow's Marina flood plain plans
Ridley Township commissioners held a three hour flood plain hearing on Morrow's Marina at Swarthmore Avenue. Edward Morrow seeks permits to grade land, fence, and open a private drive from Hoffman Road. Residents fear traffic, dirt and debris on unimproved roads, and cite prior improper earth moving. A temporary restraining order blocks further dirt moving pending board decision.
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Ridley Township
Morrow
Swarthmore Avenue
Edward Morrow
Hoffman Road
Delaware County
Robert Kelly
Richard James
Yeadon Plans Spirited Flag Day Celebration
Yeadon will host Flag Day events with the High School Band and Elementary Choir, featuring Joseph Kerr whose father founded Flag Day in 1950. Ceremonies start 9 a.m. at the William T. Kerr Memorial, with VFW and American Legion participation. a film strip for students at 10:15 a.m. and Kerr’s luncheon address at 12 noon. Kerr lived in Yeadon from 1903 until 1953 and helped campaign for a national holiday.
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Yeadon
Joseph Kerr
William
William T. Kerr
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion
William B. Evans
Bell Avenue
Kerr
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Flag Day Association
McKinley
Truman
Lori Saporosa Wins Poster Contest at Boothwyn School
Lori Saporosa of Boothwyn Elementary won first prize for the poster Seeing is Believing, judged alongside Frank Staus and Maureen Casey of Ridley Township. Chris Casey of Woodlyn won second, and Mary T. Kelly of Holy Spirit School took third. More than 250 entries were submitted.
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Lori Saporosa
Boothwyn Elementary
Upper Chichester
Nancy Saporosa
Lori
Frank Staus
Delaware County
Pennsylvania Association of the
Maureen Casey
Ridley Township
Chris Casey
Woodlyn
Mary T. Kelly
Holy Spirit School
Sharon Hill
Westinghouse plea slated in Concord
A special Concord Township supervisors meeting is set for 7:30 tonight at Concord Elementary School to consider Westinghouse Electric Corp. for an office complex in the Concord Industrial Park. The 77 acre site already has a gas turbine testing facility. the proposed 17 acre building would house about 420 people in the power systems division now leasing the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton building in Ridley Township.
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Concord
Concord Elementary
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Power Systems Division
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp
Ridley Township
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Flo Kain
Forcroft
Chester
Chester- Upland
Judith Thomas
Lincoln University
Harold Smith
Chester-Upland
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Robert Vaughn
Sara P. Holcroft
Lee Rebholtz
Samuel Swiggett
Addie Cheeks
Ernestine Aldrich
George Evans
Lucille Corabin
William P. Brown
Florence Haggard
Joseph Frank
Annabelle Williams
Don Tollefson
Marple
Norwood
Aldan
Shisler Avenue
Darby Township — Commissioners
Ashland
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Morton
Borough
Highland
Prospect Park
Interboro School Board
Washington Aves
Rose Valley — Borough
Old Mill Lane
Sharon Hill — Borough
Sharon Ave
Spring St
Ridley Two
Marina
Commission
Barry Mabry
Paul Mattus
Mattus
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Mabry
Yeadon Presbyterian Church Hall
Holly and Baily Roads
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Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Continental Congress
Brandywine
Chadds Ford
Delca
Shippensburg
Shippensburg State College
Wendy Star Protas
John Joseph Zentgraf
Kathleen E. Diamond
Robert G. Murr
Diane Lynn Spangler
Carolyn Marie Diclemente
Clifton Heights
Lucy Ann Carulli
Shaon Silver
Drexel Hill
Ann Louise Thrash
Andrew B. Furman
Reed Recapp
Thomson and
Stidman Aves
Township Planning Commission
Westinghouse
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