Delco groups announce events and honors in Delaware County
The Alcoholism Council will honor Judge Francis J. Catania at its Annual Dinner on June 28 at St. Davids Inn, with public invitations and reservations at 566-8143. Educational Secretaries tour Newlin Grist Mill at 5:30 p.m. Monday for 1.50, followed by a pot luck dinner. Bert Kessler can provide details at 622-7000 ext. 230. Calvary Baptist Church holds a revival with services at 6:30 and 7:30, baptism Friday at 7 p.m. Concord Day Care Center hosts an Open House at 7:30 tonight. Kent Graves receives a $100 Book Scholarship from the Martin Luther King Civic Association at a dinner dance. Cadette Girl Scouts sail on the Brilliant in Long Island Sound with another group aboard the Joseph Conrad in Mystic Seaport program. Sleighton School’s Child Development Laboratory children donate stuffed animals to Riddle Hospital and begin September term registrations. info at GL 9-0501.
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Alcoholism Council
Delaware County
Francis J. Catania
Common Pleas Court
St. Davids Inn
The
Delaware County Association of Educational Secretaries
Newlin
S. Cheyney Road
Baltimore Pike
Concordville
Bert Kessler
Long Island Sound
Wallingford
Swarthmore
Middletown
Mystic Seaport
Mystic
Conn
Child Development Laboratory
Sleighton School
Riddle Hospital
Upper Providence Townwatch Meeting and Volunteer Drive
Upper Providence residents are invited to a June 28 meeting at 8 p.m. in the municipal building to view a crime film and join the Townwatch. New volunteers are being sought with training and CB sets provided. Refreshments available as staff shortages persist amid summer vacations.
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Upper Providence
Summer reading program thrives at Ridley South Junior High
Ridley Park students participate in a decade old summer reading program at Ridley South Junior High, earning English credit for summer reading. A record tracks books read across three years to avoid duplication while biographies fiction and science fiction top favorites. The library stays open after school and in July, and 10 books earned a special 100th anniversary certificate this year.
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Ridley Park
Ridley South
Oliver Alexander
Arson Suspect Quinn Committed for Psychiatric Evaluation
Ridley Township police and Darby Township investigators say James Quinn 56 of Spring Hill Park Apartments charged with arson in a Darby fire has a history of mental illness and is tied to several other fires on South Ave and in Brookwood Lane. He was arraigned on multiple charges and committed to Haverford State Hospital for evaluation with bail set at 50 000 cash/10 percent. Hearing tentatively set for June 22.
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Ridley Township
James Quinn
Spring Hill Park
Darby Township
Haverford State Hospital
Quinn
Robert Thompson
Basil Kershner
Brookwood Lane
South Ave
James J. Sizer
Our Lady of Fatima Parish
Leonard Medevitt
Springfield School Board cuts tax hike two mills
Springfield The board reduced the proposed tax increase to 164.5 mills worth 164.50 per thousand, raising taxes by 25.20 on the average home. Expenditures for next year total 9,782,285, up four percent, with staff cuts and a hold the line budget. The board also approved a short term bond anticipation note for 5.7 million in district renovations and ordered two 12 passenger vans. A final action funds a 50,000 Industrial Arts program replacing the metal shop.
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Springfield
Springfield Founders Day Picnic to mark township's 292nd anniversary
The Springfield Historical Society invites township residents to a Founders Day Picnic at Powell Road Park on Wednesday. Supper starts at 5 30 p.m. Families should pack picnic baskets and bring blankets and lawn chairs as extra park tables will be set up for the community celebration.
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Springfield
Springfield Historical Society
Powell Road Park
The
Society
Middletown debates school closings amid growth concerns
Middletown Township Council urged Rose Tree Media School Board not to sell township schools for future growth. Councilwoman Leslie B Potter questioned reliability of growth projections and warned against irrevocable disposal of excess buildings. The board meets Thursday to decide closings and approve the 1978-79 budget.
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Middletown
Rose Tree Media School Board
Leslie B Potter
Township
Springton Lake
Chester Considers Cable TV Franchise Proposal
Chester city council heard a proposal from Southeast Cable Vision Corp and Alda Communications for a 20 channel system with 11 local and 9 off the air stations plus options including sports and first run movies. No action was taken as mayor noted a non exclusive existing franchise already in place.
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Chester
William Mahoney
Southeast Cable Vision Corp
Barry Stigers
Alda Communications Corp
Stigers
Alda
Hartford
Conn
New Jersey
Michael MacNeilly
Nacrelli
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Martin Luther King Mall
Martin Luther King Civic Association
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Delaware County District Attorney's Office
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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Chester Studies
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