Chester School District Plans Office Consolidation
Chester School District directors seek to buy a centrally located building to house administrative offices maintenance shops and delinquent tax and medical offices. The renovation cost will be small and most work will be done by maintenance staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Edward A. Parry
Larkin
Parry
Thomas J. Lyons Jr
Larkin School, Ltd
Crosby Sts
Charles D. Long
Tien
Huber
Starr and Hoskins
Std
Welsh Sts
Patterson School
Patterson Street
Barclay Street
Kay Adams Resigns Post In Folcroft Borough
Kay Adams, a prominent county Democrat, resigned as Folcroft borough secretary on Monday night citing personal reasons. No immediate replacement was named during the council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folcroft
Kay Adams
Adams
School Board Promotes Principal at Larkin
Chester School Board Monday night appointed Sarah E. Callahan longtime Larkin School principal to director of elementary education. Donald T. Urban named Larkin principal. Robert D. Smith to head Chester High science. several resignations and appointments followed including sabbatical for Lillian Molloy and conference plans for staff. The Lincoln kindergarten program was discontinued due to crowded conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Sarah EF. Callaghan
Larkin School
Chester School Board
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Miss Callahan
24Th St
E. Veronica O'Rourke
Donald T. Urban
Eighth Ave
Folsom
Larkin
Urban
Stetser School
Pennsylvania Military College
Robert D. Smith
Ninth St
Upland
Chester High School
James de Rose
Smith
DeRose
Elizabeth H. Packer
Showalter
Gertrude A. Howe
Morton School
Packer
Phillippi
W. Va
Alderson-Broaddus College
Miss Howe
Frances P. Donahoe
Leah Jordan
Engsh
Grace Elrich
E. Mowry St
Ranald Marsh
E. Avon Rd
Sarah Lou Peck
Lamosin St
Raymond J. Hagg Jr
West Chester
John J. Stouffer
Annville
Ralph J. Patrick
Roselle
Audrey McKenney
Anne ¥. Stein
Lillian S. Molloy
Charles F. Zinn
State College
Dillsburg
Lincoln School
Council Hikes Its Pay More Than Double
Brookhaven council approves a $50 monthly salary for members from $20, adds attendance requirement, and doubles a per meeting grant. An excavation ordinance is amended to require barricades and night lighting for holes over a foot deep with fines of 100 to 300 dollars per day. A health officer is appointed, a dog catcher hired seasonally, building permits total 71, with 71 occupancy permits issued, sewer rental collection set at three percent, and a traffic light contract awarded for Upland road at Edgmont avenue.
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Brookhaven
May Pidgeon
Victor Ave
Iris Messick
Messick
Peter DeAugustine
Frank Edwards
Lingwood
William Chipman
Spector
Marie Smith
Vernon Ave
Stanley C. Bentley
Chester
Upland
Edgmont Avenue
Game Gains Popularity In Brookhaven Sewer Birdling Problem
A mayoral note describes a sewer birdling problem spreading from Brookhaven to Parkside as children risk walking storm sewers along Fagm ont avenue from Upland road to Garrison road. Brookhaven defers to the State Highway Department saying the openings are state property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Springfield
Parkside
Fagmont Avenue
Upland Road
Garrison Road
Folcroft Divides On Budget And Tax Proposals
Folcroft Borough Council, split along party lines, tentatively approves a 205,634 budget with a 20 mill tax rate and raises for Police Chief and Health Officer while a veto threat from Burgess McVicker prompts clashes over economy moves and patrolmen furloughs. The final adoption date is July 11.
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Folcroft
Hugh McVicker
4 &L Yate
William Cooke Jr
Samuel Myers
Alice Doyle
Cook
Frank Verna
Board of Health
McVicker
Burgess
Myers
Two Injured In Accident In Glenolden
A brother and sister from Glenolden were injured when an auto driven by Mary Ellen Flocco 17 crashed on Chester Pike near Ashland Avenue. The vehicle struck a utility pole snapping the crossarm and top street light. Mary Ellen Flocco suffered facial cuts and bruises while Herera Charles 15 was admitted with a possible skull fracture at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenolden
Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital
Chester Pike
Ashland Avenue
Mary Ellen
Flocco
Garfield Ave
Miss Floeen
Herera Charles
Ridley Township School Board names department heads
Ridley Township School Board appointed department heads at a Monday night meeting. The board approved hiring for junior high and high school posts, including social studies English and science, plus a two-classroom addition to Grace Park School. Treasurer James Jennings resigned to join business, and Barbara Ann No was hired as junior high secretary. A special meeting June 27 at 7 pm will discuss fire insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridley Township
Ridley Township School Board
Jack Starranting
Mar
Leedham
Aaret Smith
Nicholas
DiFranks
Doris Penkethman
PTA
Fred
Sach
Science
Broad Street Trust Co
Resig
James Jennings
Robert
John
O'Brien
Barbara Ann
Penn
State
West Mifflin
Christine Santora
Ridley Grace Park
Township High
Hall Mitchell Pennington
Rayfields
Mond Agnew
Ridley High’ Stud
June Denis
At & Pm
Hospital Launches Fund Drive in Chester
A $1,250,000 building fund campaign to save Chester Hospital opened with Judge John V. Diggins warning the community disaster awaits if the drive fails. Led by J Newton Pew and William Irving, the effort targets July 15 and reports March/June milestones, pledges totaling $325,000 already pledged. The drive aims to rebuild facilities and keep the hospital serving the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Hospital
John V. Diggins
J. Newton Pew
William Irving
Diggins
Tyg
Chester Ymca
Pew
Irving
Herbert Rowe
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Marcus Hook
Chichester Board Resets High School Plan With 96,000 Land Purchase
Chichester School Board approved a 96,000 purchase for a 45 acre Hineman tract to host a new high school. A pipeline damage appraisal was ordered to assess a 20,000 repair offer. Plans for a 0 year joint school services authority were announced, with upcoming actions next month. Faculty changes listed include resignations and new hires, plus budgeted insurance, bids for gym ceiling and cafetorium tables, and 283.80 elementary and 349.09 high school tuition rates for next year. Adjourned meeting set for June 27 to finalize bills.
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Boothwyn
Chichester
Hineman
Philip McMunigal
McMunigal
Nancy Vaughn
Andrew Ross
Elizabeth Mindes
Marguerite McQueston
Doris Reedner
Alva Smith
Donald Test
Doris Heckman
Evelyn Hurlbrink
Rich
Ard Merrill
Charles Minter
Arlene Patts
Roberta Robbins
Lena Thong
Sandra Thompson
Robert Shields
Delaware County’ National Bank
A. E. Richardson
G. T. Voorhis
Interboro Presents Awards to Seniors at Glenolden High
Interboro High School held a Monday night ceremony in Glenolden presenting five top awards to graduating seniors. Principal Maniamass announced the honors as students received recognition for academic and extracurricular achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenolden
Interboro High School
13 Students Get Awards at Smedley Junior High
Chester notes list of twelve graduates receiving awards at Smedley Junior High School commencement. Recipients include Charles Reeder Ell is Sud Jacob Sapovits Edward Verdensky Brice Schwartz Daniel Robinson Pamela Wimberly Bart Spedden Ellis Cottar Walter Kaminskis Edward Verden and the Chester Policemen’s Association among others.
Local Scholarships and Awards Recipients Listed
The page lists awards for boards and clubs including Chester Pike Lions Club and Rotary Club with recipients Eileen Wynn John Hamilton Loretta Lee Nancy Stone and Betsy Williams. It also details multiple scholarships from Ashton Wilson College Open Goucher and others with winners such as Thomas Witmer Susan Smith Karen Allen Hesna Johnston George Reynolds Martha Griffith Nancy Stowe Paula Knorr and James Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of School Directors
Thomas Witmer
Betsy Williams
Chester Pike Lions Club
Eileen Wynn
Chester Pike Rotary Club
John Hamilton
Ladies Auxiliary Vfw
Brogan Mitchell Post
Loretta Lee
Parent Teacher Association
Susan Gabrey
Harvey Roth
Karen Koppock
Margaret House
Nancy Stone
Ashton
Douglas ‘Quigg
John L. Haney
Karen Allen
Wilson College
Susan Smith
Waynesburg College
Hesna Johnston
Goucher College
Pennsylvania Military College
George Reynolds
Villanova University
Martha Griffith
J. Kil Porter Company Inc
Elizabeth O'Neal
Interboro
James Stevens
Glendale Civic Association
Interboro High School Education Association
Delaware County
PTA
Nancy
School Library To Stay Open In Ridley Township
The senior high school library will stay open this summer from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in July, with noon to 4 p.m. daily in August. Virginia McMichael, the high school librarian, will lead the program for local high school and college students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridley
Virginia McMichael
Thornbury Ponders Land Use
The Thornbury Township Board of Supervisors dedicated its meeting to land use. Walter J. Harward of General Crushed Stone Co. and attorney William A. Welsh sought a zoning change to industrial or special use for 4 to 5 acres near the Glen Mills quarry to impound water. The board weighed the request and noted Delaware County Planning Commission concerns about Locksley road extension, deferring action. The panel also discussed rezoning along Route 202 for commercial or light industrial use without reaching a decision.
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Glen Mills
Thornbuy
John Nichols
Delaware County Planning Commission
Francesca di Bonaventura
Thornton Road
Locksley Road
Locksley
County to Participate In Study on Buses Feasibility
Media reports preliminary plans for a study to replace trolley lines with bus service. The county will fund 2000 toward the project with other sources raising the rest, evaluating substituting buses for Red Arrow trolley routes along several corridors near Upper Darby and Darby. The study aims to start once funds are raised and opposed legislation blocking trolley eliminations was noted.
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Dela
Ware
Lemon Street
Newtown Street
Newtrolleys Town
Newtown
Peter A. Larson
Neown Street
Commis
Dudie Drive
Sion
Main Street
Upland
Oak Park
Shopping Center No. 2
Baltimore Simpson
Curtin
Pike
Bishop Road
Red Arrow
Darby
Philadelphia
An GU
Lawrence G. Williams
Springfield Township
Larson
Bridgewater Road
West Chester Drive
Aston
C. Raymond
2Nd Street
Evans Boulevard
Upper Darby
W. Robert Gregg
Green Lane
Ashland Avenue
Louis Branca
Secane
Palmer Mill Road
White Manor Golf Course
Marple Township
Halcyon Farms, Inc
W. A. Clarke Mortgage Co
Chester Creek
Chester Township
Two Teen-Agers Report Injuries in Chester Crash Incident
Two youths 17 and 15 reported injuries after saying they fell from a moving car near Chester. The pair told police they hitchhiked with an unidentified driver around 12:30 am, the car jumped a curb, and they fell out near St. St. and Marton Ave. They were treated at Chester Hospital for an elbow injury and facial cuts. They denied knowledge of a separate garage-striking accident on Madison Street around 4:10 am and were questioned about it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Hospital
Thomas Mitchell
Ave
Upland
David Zanzinger
St. St
Marton Ave
Madison Street
Sacred Heart Lists Speakers At June Hospital Meetings
Sacred Heart Hospital will host seminars in June by two departments. General Practice will hear Dr. Joseph Lachman on The Practical Use of the Corticosteroids in Pediatrics at 3 30 p m. Pediatrics will feature Dr. Nino DeProphetis on Acute Intestinal Obstruction in the Newborn Period at 9 30 p m next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Sacred Heart Hospital
Department of General Practice
Joseph’ Lachman
Lachman
Department of Pediatrics
Nino DeProphetis
DeProphetis
Girl Hit by Car Injures Foot in Chester
An 11-year-old girl suffered a cut on her right foot after being struck by a car at 9th and Sproul Sis in Chester around 4 40 p m Monday. Florence Lakers of 342 Taylor Ter was treated at Chester Hospital. Driver James T Killen Jr 20 of 229 Park Lane Bridgewater Farms said the girl ran into the vehicle.
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Chester
Sproul Sis
Florence Lakers
Taylor Ter
Chester Hospital
James T. Killen Jr
Bridgewater
Farms
Obituary notices involve Kennedy and others in Philadelphia area
Obituaries record Capt Anthony Kennedy Jr 58 of Rabbit Run Rosa Valley died Monday after a heart attack. Naval Academy 1923 classmate of Adm Arleigh Burke helped design USS Wisconsin and earned a Bronze Star. Survived by wife Lillian three sons mother and siblings. Services at The Chapel Philadelphia Naval Base time to be announced. Also Jennis Peter Costello and Besste Warrington noted with local church and funeral details. multiple survivors listed.
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Anthony Kennedy JR
Rabbit Run
Rosa Valley
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Kennedy
U.S. Naval Academy
Closs
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Columbia University
Philadelphia Naval Base
Wisconsin
John B. Stetson Co
Naval Academy Alumni Association of Philadelphia
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers Club of
Lillian T. Kennedy
Anthony 3Rd
Chicago
Richard T. P
New York City
Jackson W. T
Anthony Kennedy
Evanston
Joseph C
Edward T. P
Wilmington
Del
Philip P. Springfield
Naval Base
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Council
Aga Khan IV
Air Force
Dayton
Ohio
New High School
Interboro Presents Awards
Thornbury
Sacred Heart
Minshall Funeral Home
Melvin
Minshall
Kerlin
Jadwiga
Jennis
Chester Ave
Milmont Park
Stefan Jennis
Taylor Hospital
Poland
Our Lady of Peace Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Edward
Sharon Hill
Walter
Jean Henry
Helen
Josephine
Kathryn Dronka
Kedron Ave
Holy Cross Cemetery
Peter Costella
Sylvania Ave
Mr. Castello
Italy
Rachel Bunocore Costello
Sons of Italy
Costiio
Eugene
Miami
Fla
Stanley
Philomenia Costello
Rose Schmitt
Fortuna di Maio
E. F. White
3Rd
Norris Sts
Immaculate Heart Cemetery
Besste Warrington
E. St. St
Levi C. Warrington
Warrington
Milford
Charles Morton
Henry Fooks
Thomas Allen
Townsend, del
Florerice von Guerress
George Johnson
Lansdowne
Herbert T. Quinn
E. 9Th St
Old Drawyers
Odessa
Thomas E. Rairdon
Merrie Streets
Mary E. Carr
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