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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1962
Page
5
Two Broomall graduates were among 158 honored at Institute Day ceremonies. James Fink of 2 Cheshire Circle received the Upper Class Award for the highest scholastic averages in his major field.
James Morrison Jr. and Thomas Haneyford lead a Troop 516 Court of Honor ceremony. John Stanford, 8th grader at Beverly Hill Junior High, becomes the first Eagle Scout in Troop 516 and among county’s youngest. parents, Scoutmaster Clifford Shipley, and a team of adult scouters attend.
Mr and Mrs Earl Moffett of 1616 Burmont Road have left for a vacation to California visiting museums and public parks where about 450 steam locomotives have been put on display for the public.
Columbus discovered a 427 square mile island in the West Indies near Martinique in 1502 on his fourth voyage. He drew fresh water, landed, and rested for three days.
The Clifton Heights Optimist Club will install Fred Hunter as president at a dinner meeting at Springfield Country Club this Saturday. Joseph Nespali and Frank Nash will serve as vice presidents, Fred Eckardt as secretary, and Henry Squillace as treasurer. The Board of Directors includes John Woulfe, Joseph Barrett, Gene Meckley, past president Frank Brandt, who recently won appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Zone 2. He will assume that office July 1.
Lenape District Scouts hosted a twenty eight explorer leaders canoe trip of twenty five miles down the Delaware River with varied district participants. Girl Scout Troop 314 planned a Pocono mountains camping weekend with twenty one girls led by Mrs. Lawrence McCandless and Mrs. Foster Row.
The Upper Darby Boosters Association elected officers for 1962 63. President Clyde Mentzer First vice president Robert Jackson Vice president Frank Videon recording secretary Robert Hitchie financial secretary Frank Rhady treasurer Joseph Kraus and Dr Joseph Calder. Directors include Wharton Schweizer Edward James Burns Walter Cambrian Speers Everett Trimble Rob Talmage Epps Al Fenstermacher Young.
Eph Chubb of Drexel Hilly will travel to Monterey California and then continue on to Seattle to visit the World's Fairs. The note outlines a coastal itinerary with stops at major expositions and related events.
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