Milmont Park Man Heads Naval Air Intelligence Unit
Milmont Park resident L Cmdr. Donald H Besinger of 309 Roosevelt Ave has been assigned to PIKE AREA the Naval Air Intelligence Reserve Unit at Willow Grove. An engineer with the U S Army Corps of Engineers and University of Kansas graduate, he will serve as executive officer of the NAIRU unit as two Willow Grove forces consolidate under a nationwide Navy Reserve Air Intelligence training streamline. The unit will train members in their specialty and provide air intelligence support to squadrons at the station.
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Milmont Park
Donald H. Besinger
Roosevelt Ave
Pike Area
Naval Air Int
Telligence Reserve
Willow Grove
Cmdr
Besinger
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
University of Kansas
NAIRU
Navy
Group Plans For Outing At Ga Vetti Farm Picnic
Woodlyn Boy Scout Troop 1 Mothers Auxiliary organizes an annual picnic for Sunday at Ga Vetti Farm in Chadds Ford. Attendees meeting at the scout cabin on Millmont Avenue at 1 p.m. with families bringing lunch. Scouts have camporee experience and will return home with parents after the outing.
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Woodlyn
Boy Scout
Mother's Auxiliary
Gavetti
Chadds Ford
Milmont Avenue
Library Adopts Summer Hours in Ridley Park
Ridley Park Library shifts to summer schedule with evening hours 7 to 9 p.m. Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday and morning hours 9 30 to 11 40 a m on Wednesday and Friday. No Saturday hours. Continuous service resumes in fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridley Park
Holmes Civic Unit General Meeting Notice
Holmes Civic Unit will hold a general membership meeting Wednesday at 8 pm in the bowling alley meeting room at 2107 MacDade Blvd. All members are urged to attend with William King, vice president, in charge of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Civic Association
Bowling Alley
MacDade Blvd
William King
Busiiness
Red Cross Warns Boaters For July Fourth Safety
Red Cross official John Troutman urges extra caution as about 40 million boaters hit lakes rivers and coasts this summer. He promotes Safe Boating Week with safety checks gear and weather awareness and urges staying with a capsized craft and teaching children to swim using a new Red Cross booklet.
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Kennedy
Troutman
Southeastern Pennsylvania
American Red Cross
Johnny
Bethel School Aide Reports On Year's Activities
Bethel township school board enhancements highlighted by principal Daniel Fitzpatrick include revamping the teaching program with cross grouping for Grades 4 through 8 and new spelling instruction. Expanded testing covers achievement and mental maturity for selected grades, plus a broadened physical education curriculum and use of audio visual aids.
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Bethel
Township School Board
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Bethel Pta
Island Ind
PTA
Brownie Troop Hosts Cookout and Honor Society Inductions
Ridley Park Brownie Troop 325 led by Mrs Raymond Kiesling and Mrs John Osborne held a cookout on Kiesling’s lawn with songs games and toasted treats for the girls. In Lima the 11th and 12th graders were inducted into National Honor Society and Brownie World.
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Ridley Park
Brownie
Raymond Kiesling
John Osborne
Dianellen Stabinski
Thomas Leonard
Patricia Price
Thomas Will
Fay O'Neal
Philip Crudden
Clayton Wrigley
Rosalee Hook
John Gamhill
Lynne McLeester
Gerald Wilkins
Tracy Johnson
Cordelia Stone
Mary Elizabeth Snyder
Kirk Mellor
Cheryl McMinn
Priscilla Ottey
Patsy J. Macky
Patricia Harrison
Della’ Omler
David Caves
Jane Hurtley
Louise Luther
Girl Lifeguard Saves Man and Boy at Morgan Hill Beach
Morgan Hill California AP report says 18 year old Betty Perucca a girl lifeguard rescued a man from drowning on Thursday then saved his 4 year old son. She administered artificial respiration to Harold Cardoza 40 of San Jose. Cardoza and his son suffered no ill effects.
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Morgan Hill
Calif
Betty Perucca
Harold Cardoza
San Jose
Cardoza
Donald
Marcus Hook 4th of July Field Day Firemen Schedule
Marcus Hook Fire Co No 1 and Auxiliary stage a borough field day for children up to 16 at the junior high athletic field 8th and Market on July 4 starting at 9 a.m. with flag-raising by Cub Scouts, followed by games, a kiddie ride, Miss Marcus Hook contest for girls 13 to 16, a baby parade, a block party, and a grand fireworks finale at dusk.
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Marcus Hook
Market Lis
Marcus Hook Fire Co. No. 1
Wien Ee
Ate Fire Company
Platt i Group
Marcus Roup
Hook
Marcus
Ihasen
N Rth Street
Kathy McClure
Alex McClure
W. 6Th Street
Fire Co. No. 1
Anthony Loretta
William Wright
William R. Wright
PL Austissa
George McClure
William McMullin
Elmer Cathcart
Syre
Elizabeth Loretta
Edith Warren
Harriet Smith
Margaret Buck
Elva Page
Frances McClure
Upper Chichester Class of 1953 8th reunion planned
The Upper Chichester High School Class of 1953 will hold its eighth reunion with a dinner dance at Club 31 in Chester on Saturday night. Chris A. Panarelle chairs the planning committee with assistance from Mrs. Whittaker and others. Dinner starts at 6 30 p m and dancing runs from 9 to 12.
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Boothwyn
Upper Chichester
Chester
Chris A. Panarelle
Martyn Gibbons
Joan Laughead
Shirley Reich
Alice Steele
Hope Whitta
Ten Scouts Rescued From Narrow Kings Canyon Ledge
Ten Explorer Scouts aged 17 to 34 and their 35 year old leader, stranded 24 hours on a narrow Kings Canyon ledge in California, were rescued individually in a daring helicopter operation. Pilot Bob Greenhaut hovered the helicopter at a perilous angle to haul each Scout aboard, all from Fullerton, California. No one suffered ill effects despite lack of food or water.
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Fresno
Calif
Kings Canyon National Park
Fullerton
California
Bob Greenhaut
Tractors Protest Against Prisoners Exchange in San Diego
In San Diego three tractors formed a downtown motorcade to protest a prisoners exchange. Banners urged not to side with Fidel and warned against being buried with their own tractors. John Depuy, chairman of Fair Play for U.S.A., said the group aimed to counter propaganda from Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Fidel
John Depuy
U.S.A
Cuba
County youth wins high state honor in essay contest
Darby resident Joseph Hetherington, a Blessed Virgin Mary School eighth grade graduate and honor student, was named state winner in a Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary essay contest and earned a full LaSalle College scholarship. His victory marks a county and state awards milestone. The Norwood Swim Club plans a July 4 pool opening after pool walls and filter house completion. Construction progress includes tying in plumbing, removing forms, building the children's pool, and advancing bath house work.
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DARBY
Joseph Hetherington
Pine St
Collingdale
Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary
Hetherington
Blessed Virgin Mary School
LaSalle College
Focal Auxiliary
Norwood
John Gillen
Norwood Swim Club
Chandler's Will Carbon Copy Sets Aside Trust For Daughters
Los Angeles AP Jeff Chandler's attorney filed in Superior Court a signed carbon copy of the actor's will dated June 9 1959 leaving over 600000 in trust for his two daughters. The original document had not been found and the petition notes no provision for his former wife Marjorie who received a property settlement after their divorce finalized August 16 1960. Daughters Jeannie 14 and Dana 1 have lived with Marjorie since. Chandler died June 17 from complications after back operation.
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Los Angeles
Jeff Chandler
Superior Court
Chandler
Wchandler
Marjorie
Wshe
Gment
Jyannie
Dana
Photographers Crown Miss National Press Photo Queen
Joann Dyer Miss Ohio was chosen Miss National Press Photographer at the National Press Photographers Convention in Wichita Kansas. Sha r on Alkire Miss Colorado took second and Gloria Shaw Miss Illinois finished third.
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Wichita, Kan
Joann Dyer
Ohio
National Press Photographers Convention
Sha‘ron Alkire
Colorado
Gloria Shaw
Ilinois
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London Landmark
Victor A. Tacconelli JR
Stockton Circle
Leedom Estates
St. Madeline’s School
St. James High School
Dickies
Daks
Murray’s
Man
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J. Hetherington
Chandler Girls
Dacron
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Northcool
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Ustdy
Edgmont Aven
Wilmington Merchandise Mart
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