Residents Blast at River Blasts Near Chester
Chester residents near the Delaware River blasting by American Dredging Co complain of tremors and damaged homes. The work, for a pipeline trench between Highland avenue and the New Jersey shore, has drawn calls to city officials and the Daily Times as residents report 4:15 am blasts waking and rattling neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Murdaugh
Daily Times
Chester
Delaware
Benjamin Liszkiewicz
2Nd St
American Dredging Co
Philadelphia
Highland Avenue
New Jersey Shore
Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corp
Ollie Carroll
the Park Hotel
Ward St
The
Liszkiewicz
Benny the
Benny
John Kowalchuk
Trainers St
Frank Sefchick
William H. Hinton
Trainer School Leaders Elect Mrs Ann Replogle
Trainer School Board elected Mrs Ann Replogle treasurer with a $25000 bond, and Will iam B McClenachan Jr re appointed solicitor. George Thomas attendance officer and Joseph Wells traffic officer were reappointed. Alice MacAllister named nurse secretary at 4000 yearly. Budget merit increases approved for teachers, and a labor department inspector rated the building well.
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Trainer
Ann Replogle
Willliam B. McClenachan Jr
Replogle
Raymond A. Tailey
Harry Beck
Talley
J. Russell Cole
George Thomas
Joseph Wells
Rosati Co Gets 4578 Sewer Job In Clifton Heights
Clifton Heights Borough Council chose to proceed without state aid for urgent street and sewer work and awarded Rosati Co of Philadelphia a 4578 dollar contract to replace 210 feet of sewer line. An ordinance banning air rifles and similar devices was approved. Norman Foster was tasked to draft specs for 8109 dollars of street repairs and to hire a contractor. A special meeting was set to discuss zoning law amendments. Joseph Gilligan resigned as zoning board member to become building inspector, succeeded by Thomas Phillips.
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Clifton Heights
W Rosati Co
Philadelphia
Norman Foster
Business Council
Joseph J. Gilligan
Zoning Board
Thomas Phillips
Windsor Cane
Collingdale Declares Clean-Up Week
Collingdale Burgess Charles M. Johnston proclaimed June 20 to 24 as clean up week urging residents to inspect properties for health and sanitation. Discarded rubbish should be curbside for regular collection days and picked up by the usual calendar. Cooperation from residents is essential.
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Collingdale
Charles M. Johnston
Burgess Johnston
Johnston
Media High Awards Ceremony Highlights Recipients
Media High School honored students with numerous awards and scholarships. Recipients include Amanda Curtis, Merlene Templeton, Shirley Guy, Ruth Merion, West Sheridan Lockwood, and others from various organizations such as Media PTA, VFW, Rotary, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Scholarships awarded to Amanda Curtis, Richard Klug, Katieanne Marsh, and more, with mentions of Dickinson College, The Citadel, and Juniata.
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MEDIA
Media High School
Media School District Board of Directors
Amanda Jean Curtis
Media Business Men’s Assn
Merlene Templeton
Media Pta
Shirley
Patricia Guy
VFW Post 346Q
Amanda Curtis
Marjorie Woodworth
Gwen Woodworth
Media Women's Club
Ruth Merion
Media Highl’ School Athletic Assn
West
Media Rotary Club
Richard Klug
Margaret Pine
Delaware County
Margaret Crothers
Alice Thomas
Board of Trustees
Dickinson
Katieanne Marsh
Calvary Luthran Church Brotherhood
Ralph McKinley
Dicksinson
Buck Bell
Michael West
the Citadel
Gwen
Juniata
Norwood School Board Votes Tax Exemption Hikes
The Norwood School Board raised the income exemption for the per capita tax from 1,500 to 1,750 for single residents and from 2,500 to 2,750 for married couples, citing increased social security payments. It named Acting Chief Joseph Boys acting truancy officer in place of ill Thomas MacFarline. A 1960-61 budget of 417,784 was adopted, with construction material funds for two storage rooms at Seneca Avenue School and continued millage at 43.
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Norwood
W Norwood School Board
Interbara
Joseph Boys
Thomas MacFarline
Amnisums
Applinicum Township School Board
Seneca Avenue
Springfield Girls Plan 4 Day Troop Camping Trip
Springfield Troop 834 schedules a four day camping trip starting Monday. Members Jane Quail Cheryl Fleischer and Carolyn Roberts Ellen Pulwer Sandra Oppenheim Karin Himricksen win first class and personal fitness awards. Star badges and various conservation and homemaker awards are listed for multiple members. The event marks Troop 694’s final gathering before advancing to Senior Scouting as Mariner Troop 44 under leaders Mrs. Dorothy Quail and Mrs. Dorothy Oppenheim.
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Springfield
Jane Quail
Cheryl Fieischer
Carolyn Roberts
Ellen Pulwer
Sandra Oppenheim
Karin Himricksen
Sue Arrington
Judy Barber
Cheryl Fleischer
Judy Liebhauser
Ellen Mitchell
Patty Patton
Judy
Judy Leibhauser
Ellen Pulver
Mariner Troop
Dorothy Quail
Dorothy Oppenheim
Coleader
Obituaries list several Chester area residents
Obituary notices for Otto M. Lorse Charles Crossen Peter Baldwin Herman McGrath Louise Carr Elizabeth Logan Clara Hiller Florence Haney record death notices from Chester area communities. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with services scheduled at Grifith Chapel S EB Burkett funeral home and local churches. Burials set at Edgewood Calvary Arlington and Immaculate Heart Cemeteries with viewings announced.
Aston Planners Reject House Plans in Green Ridge
Aston Planning Commission Tuesday night rejected Peter Viscuso’s plan to build a house behind his Dutton Mill Road sandwich shop, saying it would violate zoning. The panel also asked Raymond Chandler to return with concrete house plans for three homes on Bridge Water Road, after deeming four homes too crowded.
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Aston
Peter Viscuso
Dutton Mill Road
Green Ridge
Viscusa
Heross
Raymond Chandler
Bridge Water Road
Chandler
Missing Chester boy last seen Tuesday afternoon
Chester police seek five foot ten inch 16 year old Charles Massaj Sr reported him missing. The St James student wore plaid sweatpants black pants and shoes when last seen. A separate note says tires stolen from a car at 2601 Kane Street but recovered later. A Pennell post office window project in Charlotte opens to speed mail receipts.
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Chester—Charles
21St St
Chester
Charles Massa J Sr
St. James
Albert Talley
Kane St
Charlotte
N.C
Thelon
Pennelli
Lin
Moya Juniors Open Fund Drive
Moya Mensing Junior Fire Co volunteers launch their second annual tag day fund drive in Chester. They will canvass homes today through Saturday to support the coffee wagon unit that assists firefighters with donations aiding wagon maintenance and supplies. Hartley Heywood Jr is chief and James Strain unit foreman in charge of solicitations.
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Chester
Moya- Mensing Junior Fire Co
Hartley Heywood Jr
James Strain
Odd Fellows Pick Smoyer Grandmaster in State Lodge
Howard Smoyer of Bristol named grandmaster as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows sworn in new officers at the convention in Harrisburg. Philadelphia to host next year’s meeting. John Matthews of Farrell deputy grand master and other officers included. Rebekah Assembly officers also listed with leaders and clerks named.
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Harrisburg
Howard Smoyer
Bristol
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
IOFF
Philadelphia
John Matthews
Farrell
Carl Reed
Littitz
Harald Dreibelbis
Hamburg
Lewis Atkinson
Malvern
Rebekah Assembly
IOOF
Jean Riling
Pittsburgh
Rachel Hubbard
Rose
Rene Brenneman
Greenville
Warden
Ann Updegraff
Pittsburg
Lillian North
Pleasant
Music Replaces Fun Games in Sharon Hill
Sharon Hill residents will see instrumental music classes and Wednesday night canteen dances replace the summer fun program of games and handicrafts. William Heller, recreation committee chair, announced a five week instrumental course led by Robert Childs and an outdoor summer concert on the high school grounds.
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Sharon Hill
William Heller
Robert Childs
Bicycle Collision Injures Boy in Chester
George Bradley id of 109 Joffrey SC was injured when his bicycle hit a car driven by 35 year old Anson Moss at 1024 Townsend St on Engle 1st at Mth St. Moss took the boy to Chester Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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Chester
George Bradley
Joffrey SC
Anson Moss
Townsend St
Engle
Mth St
Moss
Chester Hospital
Cold Front To Bring Rain After Sticky Week
A cold front was to move in easing the sticky humidity in Dela Ware County this week. Clouds were to clear for a generally fair spell into Friday with sun and warmth. Showers return Saturday and Monday as the five day outlook shows temperatures near or slightly below the normal 73.
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Dela Ware County
Folsom Boy Hurt by Car in Darby Road Crash
A 9 year old boy, Albert Guarenie Jr., sustained minor injuries when his bicycle was struck by a car near his home in Folsom. He was treated at Taylor Hospital for bruises to the left foot. The driver was identified as Thomas Hand sthuk of 331 South 7th Street, Darby.
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Folsom
Albert Guarenie Jr
Hazel Ave
Taylor Hospital
Thomas Handsthuk
S. 7Th St
Darby
Women Voters Preview Work for Coming Year
The Thornbury Township League of Women Voters met at Mrs. Joseph Dannenberg’s Cheyney home to preview next year’s study plans. Officers and committee chairs briefed members on the upcoming schedule and a picnic followed the business meeting.
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Cheyney
Thornbury Township
Veterans urge strong U S action against Castro regime
In Bowling Green Kentucky the United Spanish War Veterans adopted a resolution urging robust U S action against Fidel Castro's government. The measure states that action should include sending troops to Cuba as necessary.
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Bowling Green
Kentucky Division of United Spanish War Veterans
Strongier U
Will it Heat? Unfurnished three room Columbus ad
A Columbus a News paper ad offers an unfurnished three room apartment with bath. It notes a redecorated gas furnace as a heating feature for prospective tenants.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bed Washout Derails Train Near Ischua
A washed out roadway bed blamed the derailment of the Washington Special passenger train near Ischua Tuesday night. Six passengers suffered minor injuries. about 30 aboard. Four passenger cars and two diesel engines left the tracks. a mail car toppled. Three cars towed to Machias. passengers continued on. All-day rain caused the washout along the tracks.
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Clean
N.Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ischua
Buffalo
Harrisburg
Ischua Creek
Machias
Charles W Anderson Jr Killed in Collision at 53
Shelbyville reports Charles W Anderson Jr 53 an alternate United Nations delegate was killed Tuesday when his car collided with a train He was the first Negro elected to the Kentucky Legislature serving six two year terms starting in 1935 Another AP brief notes Frank Silver 58 orchestra leader who co wrote Yes We have two Bananas died of cerebral hemorrhage Also Walter K Queen 80 chief engineer of Byrd Antarctic expedition died after a long illness and Herschel Holt MacDonald 83 former AP reporter who first flashed news of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake died after sleepless coverage.
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Shelbyville
Charles W. Anderson Jr
United Nations
Kentucky
New York
Frank Silver
Irving Cohn
Stamford, Conn
Walter K. Queen
Adm
Richard Byrd
Chicago
Herschel Holt MacDonald
Associated Press
San Francisco
SSS
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Asks Nelp
Hinton
Donald Leet
Harvard Univer
Ity
Leet
M. H. Greaser
Greaser
Alice MacAllister
Department of Labor and Industry
Sinclair Refining Co
American Seating Co
Pam
Sefchick
Rosati Co
Jacksonville
Fla
York City
Baltimore
Media High Presents Awards
U.S.A
Tdelaware County Daily Times
Otto M. Lorse
Manhattan St
Lester
Mr. Lohse
Germany
Westinghouse Steam Division
St. John's Lutheran Church
Margaret Martin
Charles
Essington
Grifith Chapel
Chester Pike
Edgewood Memorial Gardens
Funeral Home
John T. Crossen
Pittman
N.d
Pitman
William
Elizabeth Crassen
Franklin Tire Co
Annie Grubb
Sarah Guinan
Ella Johnson
Boothwyn
William Crossen
Tennessee
Frank Crossen
Brooklyn
S. EB
Peter H. Baldwin
Front St
Church of the Nativity
B.V.M
Crozeresata
Swarthmore College
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Helene
Elizabeth
Patricia
Jean Pierre
John 2. Fox
John Osterlund
Wilmington
Del
Francis
James
George
Newlawn Square
William C. Rigby
4Th
Jackson Sts
Calvary Cemetery
Lillian DeRolle
Griffith Chapel
Herman Rolle
John J. McGrath
Crestview Cir
Wallingford
Osteopathic Hospital
Rolle
Bur McGrath
Cutland
Norton Heights
Wood
Thej
Clifton Acme Gear Co
Philadelphia Heights
St. Stephen's
Cliff Masonton Heights
Angeline Cabrera McGrath
Robert Norman
Upper Darby
Summit
Arlington Cemetery
Louise M. Carr
Edgmont Ave
Pair Acres
Lima
Charlie) D. Carr
3Rd and
Market Sts
Charles Jr
Garden City
George White
9Th
Madison Sts
St. Michael’s Church
Immaculate Heart Cemetery
Elizabeth H. Logan
Worrell St
Crozer Hospital
11Th and
Kerlin Sts
Rockdale
William A. MacLachlan
Trinity Methodist Church
Clara B. Hiller
Springhill Rd
Secane
Mrs. Hiller
Margaretta EB. Schmitt
Edward Hiller
Paces
Florence Berhord
Knoetgen Funeral Home
Kedron Ave
Morton
Glenwood Memorial Gardens
Florence Waney
McCaffery Pl
Keener-Minshall
Harry P. Haney
Harry P. Haney Jr
Ridlay Park
Edward Way
Aston Planners
Ed Thomas
Moya Juniors
Odd Fellows
Smoyer
Folsom Boy
Women Voters
Messmer
Thomas E. Rairdon
Third & Norris Streets
Charter, Pa
Mary E. Carr
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