Ice Cream Bar Row Sparks City Food Aid Debate
City agencies distribute 150000 ice cream pieces with 85000 to schools and 25000 to lunch programs. Youth In Action and Mrs. Jones criticize distribution, while Parry says items go on a rotating basis to users including Headstart and nursing groups. Mayor unavailable for comment.
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Daily Times
Chester
Tommie Lee-Jones
USA
Seventh
Morton Avenue
Chester-Upland Food Services
Edward Parry
Ee Jones
Parry
Joseph Battle
Ches ter's Poor Go Hungry Drive Spurs Aid Fights
Tommie Lee Jones of Youth In Action on Seventh Street reports desperate hunger in Chester as large food and dairy giveaways draw angry crowds. Salvation Army official Dorothy Harris describes depleted June funds and rising need as churches and food cupboards struggle to cope with increasing numbers of families, including many with children, amid broader government inaction.
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Daily Times
Russia
Chester
Tommie Lee Jones
Mrs. Jones
Youth In Action
Seventh Street
Morton Avenue
Ysa
Salvation Army Social Services
Dorothy Harris
Spanish Mass Thursday Honors St John the Baptist
The Spanish community will honor St John the Baptist and pray for Puerto Rico with a noon Mass at the Church of St Michael celebrated by Father Raymond Himsworth in Spanish. A luncheon follows at Centro San Juan Bautista, Fourth and Madison, with aerobic dancing a dance contest and a basketball game between Centro and Salvation Army after.
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Chester
St. John the Baptist
Puerto Rico
Church of St. Michael
Raymond Himsworth
Centro San Juan Bautista
Fourth
Madison Streets
Centro
Salvation Army
Community health fair at Sacred Heart Hospital site
Sacred Heart Hospital Family Health Services will host a free community health fair on June 22 from 9 30 a m to noon and 1 to 4 30 p m at Third and Broomall Streets Health Center. Services include blood pressure testing diabetes testing weight and vision examinations and free dental screenings.
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Chester
Sacred Heart Hospital
Family Health Services
Third
Broomall Streets
Auditor General lauds Penn-Delco for clean two-year audit
The Penn-Delco School District received a favorable two year audit from the state auditor general. Al Benedict praised financial management and compliance with the Public School Code with no violations or recommendations. Also, Tinicom votes to speed bill payments by allowing three of five commissioners to approve signatures.
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Harrisburg
Penn-Delco
al Benedict
Benedict
Tinicom
Planner resigns as Middletown planning panel vice chair
The Middletown planning commission accepted the resignation of Vice-Chairman William K. Davis. Davis was commended for his many years of service to the township.
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Middletown
William K. Davis
Davis
Zoning Appeal At Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
Swarthmore Swarthmore Presbyt erian Church seeks a variance from the zoning hearing board to add an extension. The three board members and the board's solicitor recused due to church ties, replaced by Jay Gillespie Pat Rahn Ann Terregrossa and Edmund Jones as temporary solicitor.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
Zoning Hearing Board
The
Presbyterian Church
Ee A
Jay Gillespie
Pat Rahn
Ann Terregrossa
Edmund Jones
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Citizens For Acting Now
Ninth
Potter Streets
Community Nursing
Delaware County
Anthony Salvatore
Gethsemane Church
Yarnall Streets
Walt Chernokal
Theodore Johnson
By Andi Getek
Clifton Heights
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