Aluminum Recycling Day and Charity Donkey Baseball Event
Reynolds Metals pays 17 cents a pound for aluminum cans at the Springfield Mall on alternate Saturdays. Also announced are a donkey baseball charity game at Folcroft Fire Company with Action News Don Tollefosa, and a retirement honors for 13 Chester Upland teachers. Resurrection School will open a kindergarten in September 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
Tristate
Falcroft Fire Company
Resurrection School
M. Ann Rosaire
Winners Named in Toby Farms Elementary Spelling Bee
Dawn Guy of second grade Brian Stanz of third grade Adrianne Payne of fourth grade and Roger Wilhelm of fifth grade won Toby Farms Elementary School Spelling Bee. The event was sponsored by 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
At the Marple Democratic Association reorganization on June 7 officers were elected for a two year term. John L. Butler was named chairman with Nancy Libsett first vice chairman and Faye Cohen second vice chairman. Delmar Burridge was treasurer, Ruth Maracarelli recording secretary, and Norma Deleonardis corresponding secretary. Contact Butler at 208 Laurel Lane Broomall for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marple Democratic Association
John L. Butler
Nancy Libsett
Faye Cohen
Delmar Burridge
Ruth Maracarelli
Norma Deleonardis
Butler
Laurel Lane
Broomall
Collingdale Senior Citizens Name New Officers
Collingdale Senior Citizens appoints Maryela Florence Frist as first vice president Tom as vice president Anna Karpaitis as treasurer Mary as secretary and Dolly Hart as financial secretary. The club bids farewell to the Harkins and Pyle families and notes relocations to Aiken South Carolina and New Jersey. An anniversary event at Fire Hall No 1 features a German band and German food. A benefit for the Den Pelher Family is announced with tickets at Firehouse No 1. A free big band concert by Jimmy Pale and his Commanders is set for the Norwood Public Library lawn with a rain date and chair-friendly seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryela Florence Frist
Tom
Anna Karpaitis
Mary
Dolly Hart
Park
Sharon Hill
Harkins
Pyle
Aiken
S. C
Pyles
New Jersey
Diane
Fire Hall No. 1
den Pelher
St. Eugene’s
Primos
Firehouse No. 1
Norwood Public Library
Jimmy Pale
Thornbury tree set to be felled after centuries on school grounds
A 300 year old 80 foot white ash on Thornbury Elementary grounds Creek Road is doomed after a cavity weakened the tree into a shell. Insurance costs prevented saving it. Students once raised funds for repairs and a plaque was awarded by the International Shade Tree Conference. Parents and teachers hope wood will be used for school tables and plaques.
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Thornbury
Creek Road
International Shade Tree Conference
State aide accused in Kane ouster smear claim
Harrisburg article reports former attorney general Kane naming State aide Richard Brown as a key figure in a smear campaign that cost him the interim attorney general post. Brown, 35, is chief of staff to Gov. Shapp and previously ran public relations at the Franklin Mint in Middletown.
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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
Pennsylvania
Lansdowne lauds Upper Darby and PennDOT cooperation
East Lansdowne Mayor William Smyrl praised Upper Darby and PennDOT for quick progress on Baltimore Ave issues since a May 18 meeting with Mayor Sonny Kane. Improvements include parking meter handover, sewer cleanups, and enhanced street safety. Council also approved a two mill fire tax referendum for November and hired Bizzari Hauling as trash collector.
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Emalou Rodini
Daily Times
East Lansdowne
William Smurl
Upper Darby
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Baltimore Ave
Sonny Kane
Smyril
Smyrl
Kane
A&p
East Lansdowne Fire Company
William Demko
Harry Carpenter
Demko
John Boyce
Joseph Dilhomick
Bizzari Hauling
Philadelphia
Lansdowne joggers near 100-Mile Club goal
About 50 Ardmore Avenue School fifth graders and several teachers form the 100 Mile Club. They run a quarter mile loops after classes three times weekly, punch tags, record mileage, post results, and track progress toward Florida.
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Ema
Wives Daily Times
Lansdowne
Ardmore Avenue
California
Jean Nater
Florida
Springfield Rejection of Reed Recapp Plans for Thomson Stidman Lots
The township Planning Commission rejected subdivision plans for two homes at Thomson and Stidman Avenues submitted by Reed Recapp. It cited failure to meet Land Use Plan slope standards, safety concerns for future residents, and doubts about the existing bridge’s ability to bear heavy emergency vehicles.
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Springfield
Reed Recapp
Thomson and
Stidman Aves
Township Planning Commission
Yeadon Prep for Flag Day Observance With Kerr Family Ties
Yeadon marks Flag Day with ceremonies led by the Kerr family lineage founder of Flag Day Joseph Kerr will speak at a noon luncheon at Yeadon Presbyterian Church Holly and Baily Roads. The event includes participation by the Yeadon High School Band Yeadon Elementary School Choir and veterans groups.
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Yeadon
Joseph Kerr
William
William T. Kerr
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion
William B. Evans
Bell Avenue
Kerr
the Yeadon Pre
Prendergast High elects new student officers
Archbishop Prendergast High School in Upper Darby names its newly elected student council officers for the coming year. The photograph shows the student leaders, with several standing in the lineup from the left.
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Archbishop Prendergast High School
Upper Darby
Deans List At Shippenburg State College Honors 28 Students
The Deans List recognition at Shippenburg State College honors 28 students for high academic achievement. Notable names include Wendy Star Protas, John Joseph Zentgraf, Kathleen E. Diamond, Robert G. Marr, Diane Lynn Spangler, and many others across Broomall, Drexel Hill, Havertown, Media, and surrounding communities.
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Shippensburg State College
Wendy Star Protas
Broomall
John Joseph Zentgraf
Kathleen E. Diamond
Robert G. Marr
Diane Lynn Spangler
Chester
Carolyn Marie Diclemente
Clifton Heights
Lucy Ann Carulli
Collingdale
Shaon Silver
Drexel Hill
Ann Louise Thrash
Andrew B. Furman
Folsom
Steven M. Juhline
Glenolden
Cynthia Lynn Reed
Havertown
Wallingford
Sdésan
Jean Clark
Yeadon
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Delco
Chester- Upland
Judith Thomas
Lincoln University
Harold Smith
Chester-Upland
Gwendolyn Brown
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
Upper Chichester
Marple
Norwood
Aldan — Borough
Aldan
Shisler Avene
Darbinship — Commissioners
Ashland
Bartram Aves
Morton — Borough
Borough Hall
Highland
Prospect Park
Interboro School Board
Washington Aves
Rose Valley — Borough
Old Mill
Sharon Hill — Borough
Sharon Ave
Syying St
E. Lansdowne
Sbyterian Church
Holly
Baily Roads
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Association
McKinley
Truman
Continental Congress
Brandywine
Chadds Ford
Ok Ie
Jean Gallo
Maureen McCarry
Theresa Touey
Eileen Harkins
Shippensburg
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