Finnish heritage observed at historic Crozer Park monument
Dal diary notes Chester area Finns first settlement history as Fred Echelmeyer recalls 1952 history of the Sweden era settlers and the 1938 Finland Drive monument carved from red Finnish granite by Vaino Aaltonen. An annual pilgrimage Sunday marks greetings from the Finnish Ambassador with performers from Washington DC and New York.
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Ghour
America
Chester
Fred Echelmeyer
Finland Drive
Fred
Vaino Aaltonen
Crozer Park
Finland
Delaware Valley
Leo Lakeman
Holmes
Ridley Township
Leo
Washington D. C
Monument
Nancy Webster
Wallingford
Chester County Historical Society
Washington, D.C
New York
Concord Road
Upper Darby UOA elects William A. Mahan as president
William A. Mohan of Folcroft is elected president of the Delaware County Chapter of the United Ostomy Association for next year. Installation will be at the June dinner at Cavanaugh's in Drexel Hill. Peggy Shaw of Upper Darby is new vice president Wilmer Stanley of Chester secretary and Becky Huntsman of Elwyn treasurer.
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Delaware County
The
United Ostomy Association
UOA
William A. Mahan
Folcroft
Cavanaugh’s
Pilgrim Gardens
Drexel Hill
Peggy Shaw
Upper Darby
Wilmer Stanley
Chester
Becky Huntsman
Elwyn
Graduation Mass for Lansdowne at Philomena School Honors 45 Eighth Graders
Lansdowne at Philomena School will honor 45 students completing the eighth grade with a graduation mass at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Philomena
Clifton Heights Children Graduate From Four Parochial Schools
Clifton Heights students from four parochial schools graduate with some taking part in Sunday mass at Holy Cross Church. Thirty one will be honored at a 7 p.m. mass at Sacred Heart, another 31 at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Eugene's. A further group will join 56 graduates from St Charles Church in Drexel Hill at 7:30 tonight.
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Clifton
Holy Cross Church
Sacred Heart
St. Eugene’s Church
St. Charles Church
Drexel Hill
Eddystone Students Receive American Legion Award
Eddystone School sixth graders Eddystone Kim Borreggine and Paul Mickle earned the American Legion honor for honor, scholarship, service, leadership and courage, presented by Gladys Blair of Post 844. Fifth graders Lee Howat and Michael Manning won the essay prize How America Is Beautiful to Me. THURSDAY'S MEETINGS Brookhaven Planning Commission 8 p.m. Marple-Newtown school board 8 p.m. Media Borough Council 8 p.m. Ridley Township Zoning Hearing 7:30 p.m. Yeadon Borough Council 8 p.m.
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Kim Borreggine
Paul Mickle
Eddystone
American Legion
Gladys Blair
Eddystone American Legion
Lee Howat
Michael Manning
Legion
Brookhaven
Delaware County votes certify governor and state races
The Delaware County Bureau of Elections certifies primary results across governor lt governor and state legislative races. Democratic and Republican candidates accrue tallies for governor lt governor state senate and house districts with figures for each contender.
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Delaware County Bureau of Elections
Jennifer Lee Wesner
Robert P. Casey
Pete Flaherty
Ernest P. Kline
Andrew J. Watson
Arlen Specter
Robert Butera
Alvin Joseph Jacobson
David W. Marston
Richard Thornburgh
Henry Hager
John A Dellafiora
Helen D. Gillette
Thomas A. Leonard
Peter Wambach
C. DeLores Tucker
Dennis D. Stevens
William A. Spingler
Peter Atigan
William J. Richarson Jr
Wayne P. Kelly
Leonard Desmet
Ronald G. Leach
David R. Wright
Francis Worley
Faith Ryan Whittlesey
W. Crawford Murdock Jr
William Scranton
John Loth
Murray P. Zealer
Pharoah Hairston
Richard T. Schulze
New lights put in at Route 420 intersection
PROSPECT PARK reports new traffic directional signs and lane changes at Lincoln Ave and Route 420 to ease congestion. The move follows borough rules restricting residential street use 3 to 6 pm to ease Chester Pike traffic toward Norwood. State discussion began in March 1977 with overhead sign contract awarded July 1977. Police have directed drivers to keep to right lane for straight and right turns and left lane for left turns.
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Prospect Park
Lincoln Ave
St. Rte. 420
Chester Pike
Norwood
Eddystone arrests Chester suspect in burglary case
A Chester man and a juvenile were arrested on burglary charges after being found entering the Penn Glass Co. at Chester Pike and Saville Ave at 3 40 am. They pried open an overhead door and were returning to their van when Lt. Joseph Shields spotted them.
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Eddystone
Chester
Penn Glass Co
Chester Pike
Saville Ave
John Jeffrey Chipolla
Joseph Shields
Miller bar license revoked linked to Delaware County figure
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board revoked the Nu-Trend Bar license in Harrisburg effective June 27 and fined $150 for supplying false information on food sales and corporate ownership. Authorities allege Frank Miller funded the bar and paid Gary Lee Anderson to run it, with Miller and associate Herman Fontaine indicted on racketeering charges.
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Harrisburg
Chester
Delaware County
Frank Miller
Nu-Trend
2Nd St
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
LCB
eThe Corporation
Gary Lee Anderson
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
Miller
Herman Fontaine
The
Crime Commission
Nu-Trend Bar
Anderson
PCC
Local ethics bill moves toward final Senate action
A Delaware County sponsored conflict of interest bill to cover local government officials advances after Senate Local Government Committee reported a tougher, amended version. The measure, backed by Rep. Ralph A. Garzia and Sen. Michael P. Schaefer, would require annual disclosure reports, bar conflicts in contracts, and restrict gifts and other duties.
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Harrisburg
Delaware County
Senate
House
Ralph A. Garzia
160Th
Brookhaven
Garzia
Michael P. Schaefer
Allegheny
Schaefer
Matthew J. Ryan
State Government Committee
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Dorothy Calderone
Concord
Father Ciandelli
Sons of Italy
Dante Alighieri Lodge
Lou Ann
St. Thomas the Apostle School
Valley Brook Road
Chester Heights
Archmere Academy
Claymont
William A. Mohan
Amerian Cancer Sealy Es
U.S
Los Angeles
Calif
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Lansdowne
Delaware County Association
Delarc
S. Lansdowne Ave
Springfield
Miss Petrelli
Sabold School
Room 5
Sylvia Godrick
Ken Garland
Frank Lloyd
Peter J. O’keefe
MacDade Blvd
Folsom
Clifton Heights
Sts
Morton Ave
Yeadon — Borough
Church Lane
Bailly Road
Doris A. McHugh
Robert W. Edgar
Eugene D. Kane
Peter Diachenko
Raymond Burrows
Paul McKinney
Harold V. Spence
Joseph Ted Doyle
F. Joseph Lepper Jr
Francis X. Tenaglio
Arthur F Earley
Durham
Peter J. O'Keefe
Bob McMahon
Thomas P. Gannon
Donald B. Lewis
Gerald J. Spitz
Scott Casper
James L. Higgins
Nicholas A. Micozzie
Joseph J. Kuliszewski
John D. Froelich
Francis J. Lynch
Thomas J. Stapleton Jr
Mary Ann Arty
Christopher Furlong
Stephen Freind
Jeffrey W. Hahn
Thomas P. Cleary
John Alden
Bernard J. O’donnell
Ronald R. Donatucci
Frank Mastronardo
Jimmy Dintino
Liquor Board
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Eagle
William Plumpton
Mark Gucker
Michael Faux
David Plumpton
Vertol
Ridley
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