Auto Accidents Injure Five In Chester Philadelphia Area
Five persons were injured and two drivers arrested after multiple auto accidents over the weekend in Chester and Philadelphia. Victims include Alexander Wright, 68, of 176 W Front St, and Frank Larkens, 29, with a left leg fracture, plus a wall damage estimate of 1155 at 1740 W 2nd St. Police charged two women with leaving the scene and failing to identify.
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Chester
Phila
F Watson
Garden End
Gordon
Driy Alexander Wright
Front St
Frank Larkens
Flower Sts
Ing
Barclay
Patterson Sts
Chester Hospital
Ernest Troy
J. C.gordon
Ofjine
Kerlin St
Hartley St
Dorothy DeNofio
Charles Watson
Laycock Ave
Phil
Adelphia
Robert Ward
Ward St
Salvidore DeNofio
Thomas Conley
John L. Garrison
Claymont
Btryck Wright
Jessie Price
Ward Street
Sid
Lloyd
W. 2Nd
Union pickets block entry then allow two men in at plant
Pickets from maritime and oil workers unions blocked the gate at the Sinclair plant on Post Road but later allowed two men, including Huttlinger, to pass after talks with union heads. Company officials claimed illegal mass picketing and police inaction.
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Rae
Post Road
Bostic
Feeley
Bastie
Maritime and Oil Workers Unions
Fealey
Huttlinger
Feeiey
Mortis
Price
Reynolds Comstock
Albert Henry
Comstock
Basilie
John Flannery
Sinclair
Trainer
Flannery
John McCool
Morris
Philadelphia
Chester
Jeffrey Manor
Civic Association
Tusco
Kins
Yarnall St
Chester Hospital reorganizes with six committees announced
Chester Hospital board unveils six committees to maximize member use in operations. Executive chaired by William A. Irving with Doyle as 2nd vice president, Cramp leads Professional, Miller chairs Buildings and Grounds, Col. Glavin leads Public Relations and Development, and Jess serves as president. Members include Freed, Vermeychuk, Reed, and others across Finance, Professional, and Public Relations groups.
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Chester
Board of Managers of
Chester Hospital
Gordon F. Jess
Board of Managers
William A. Irving
Charles H. Doyle
M. J. Freed
Louise Macfarlane
Kenneth §. Dale
Albert E. Smith
LeRoy Wright
Finance and
John Cramp
John A. Miller
Col. B.J. F. Glavin
Jess
Wright
John Vermeychuk
Col. Glavin
Truman W. Reed
Charles L. Flounders
Bible School At Aston Enlists 150 Children
Second Presbyterian Church Aston opens its second-week Bible School themed Around the World With Christ drawing 150 children. Sessions run 9 30 a m to noon with ecumenical focus and end at 7 30 p m July 9. Speakers include Rev Eaton Williams and Alvin Barakat. the film Heart to India promotes missionary vocations.
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Aston
Second Presbyterian Church Bible School
Bridgewater Farms
Eaton Williams
Chester's
Fifth Presbyterian Church
Alvin Barakat
Wynnewood
Barakat
Transportation
John Bomoff
William Whitby
William Schuler
Alice Edwards
John Loveland
William Lawton
Nancy Boehmer
Diane Kurbar
Linda Logan
Ruth Rumble
Minies
Harry Phillips
James Singley
George Needles
Richard Hays
Irene Deaver
Betty Maloy
Florence Singley
James Close
Dee Harrison
Hayton White
John Pidcock
James Robison
Marion Thomas
Ethel Thomson
Frances Logan
Joanne Girard
Mmes
Walter Longhurst
Vernon Walker
John Smith
Ruth Chandler
Robert Singley
Countian Hurt on Bus Crackup
Mrs. Esther Hurley of 623 Adams St Collingdale was treated and released at West Hudson Hospital in Kearny after a two-bus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. A Trailways bus bound for New York from Philadelphia rear collided with a chartered bus from Trenton following a minor auto crash and a sudden swerve.
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Newark
N.Y
Esther Hurley
Adams St
Collingdale
Hurley
West Hudson
Kearny
Trailways
New York
Philadelphia
Trenton
Colleagues Honor Veteran Physician at Delaware County Unit Meet
Drexel Hill physician Dr. Agnés Hockaday received a scroll of gratitude at Walkers on the Delaware during the Delaware County Unit of the American Cancer Society annual gathering. The event marked her 50 years in medicine. she also received a gold bracelet from the Unit Board for her cancer work.
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Edward L. Noyes
Swarthmore
Delaware County Unit
American Cancer Society
Agnes Hockaday
Drexel Hill
Essington
Agnés Hock Taday
Delaware County
Walkers On
Delaware
Hockaday
Battle For Cancer Centre
de, Hockaday
Speak- Darby
Manler's
Fred
Jack
U-1
Charles Sheppard
Olive St
Bal
Caralee
Upper Providence
Woman's Medical College of Peace
Dewey LaRosa
Philadelphia
Drex
Walter Burgess
James J.jel Mill
Dougherty
Place Havel Upper Darby
Threemorial Hospital
Medical College of Philadelphia
Aga
W. Benson Harer
The
Cancer Society
Edward G. Torrance
Weather outlook shows warm week ahead with rising temps
Temperatures across 24 hours place high Sunday around 80 and low tonight near 60. Five day forecast expects average four degrees above normal with gradual warming then cooler by Saturday. Tides report: Chester tidewater terminal pier high at 11:57 am, lows 6:48 am and 7 pm. Sun rises 5:34 am and sets 8:33 pm. Moon rises 6:33 pm.
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Chester Tidewater Terminal
Chester Vocational School offers free retraining classes
Unemployed workers are urged to enroll in seven retraining courses at Chester Vocational School. Prospective trainees must first book aptitude tests with the Pennsylvania State Employment Service, then be interviewed to place in a 16 week 300 hour program. Openings include electricians carpentry automobile mechanics air craft sheet metal and welding.
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Chester
Chester Vocational School
Donald Langley
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
O’donnell
Employment Service
Ex-Scott Paper Aide Promoted to Jacksonville Paper Role
MEDIA Alex D. Cobb Jr formerly manager of industrial planning for Scott Paper Company s packaged products division has been named marketing administrator for Jacksonville Paper Company s wrapping paper division in Jacksonville Florida Cobb of 331 Timber Jump Lane had been with Scott for 12 years He previously served as industrial district manager in several cities and was sales training supervisor in the Industrial division two years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex D. Cobb Jr
Scott Paper Company
Jacksonville Paper Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Cobb
Timber Jump Lane
Scott
Folcroft Residents Receive Polio Vaccines
Free polio vaccine was given to Folcroft residents on the first of three doses under the city health board. Olga Ganderton, president, says the program is sponsored by the Delaware County Chapter of the National Foundation. A second vaccination date is Thursday from 2 to 5 pm at Folcroft and Delcroft schools with a team of four nurses and four doctors volunteering.
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Folcroft
Board of Health
Olga Ganderton
Delaware County
National Foundation
The
Health Board
Delcroft
Post Office Awards 2 Contracts for New Branches
The Post Office awarded contracts to Jotaba Corp of Harrisburg for a 5112 square foot Newtown Square post office at Newtown Road Route 253 and Munger Drive leasing for 15 years with renewal to 25. Harold V. May will build the Glen Mills post office on Glen Mills Road near Stoney Bank Road leased for 19 years with renewal to 20. Interior space totals 1805 square feet.]
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Newtown Square
Glen Mills
Sen
Joseph
Clark
B-Pa
Jotaba Corp
Harrisburg
Newtown Road
Route 253
Munger Drive
Post Office Department
Harold V. May
Glen Mills Road
Stoney Bank Road
Kennedy
Obituaries fill Chester area with multiple deaths
A long obituary list from Chester area papers notes the deaths of James H Meek 63 of 515 Sycamore Ave and George B Trosley 48 of private road Woodlyn along with numerous others. Details cover birthplaces, wartime service, employers, survivors, funeral arrangements and burial sites across Saint Johns Lutheran St Hedwig and Immaculate Heart Cemetery, with services at Ray F Imsch Baughman and Kanierski funeral homes.
Correction: Misprint Alters County Payment Story
A county commissioners investigation clarified a typographical error in Saturday’s report. The payment of 2364 dollars was made to Upper Darby Tax Collector Harry H Bardsley, not Main and Co county auditors, and the missing records were believed to be in Main and Co’s possession, not with Bardsley.
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Upper Darby
Harry H. Bardsley
Main and Co
Bardsley
Sneak Thief Robs Carman's Jewelry Store in Chester
Chester police were notified over the weekend after a man entered Carman's Jewelry Store at 29 Fourth Street, bought a radio, and minutes later the box containing Avarches and batteries was found missing from the counter. The store spokesman suspects a theft occurred and reported the incident only after realizing items were gone.
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Chester
Carman's Jewelry
4Th St
Woman Is Named Borough Auditor
Ellen Powell of 203 Concord St Eddystone was appointed borough auditor by Judge Thom as A Curran to fill the vacancy caused by the death of former auditor J Desmond. Powell, a Republican and mother of six, said she is active in several local groups and has served as auditor for many of them.
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Ellen Powell
Concord St
Eddystone
Thomas A. Curran
Powell
Dames J. Desmond
Judee Cur Qean
Jeweler in Chester Dies at 69
William Warwick 69 of 261 N Rolling Road Chester jeweler died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital Philadelphia after major surgery. He had been in business 36 years in Chester and suffered a stroke in October 1959. Survived by Aden R Warwick son W Stanley Warwick sister Mrs Edward Rambo. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Patterson funeral home Media burial in Chester Rural Cemetery. No viewing.
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James H. Meek
George B. Trosley
Camore Ave
Folsom
Woodlyn
Philadelphia
Hahnemann Hospital
Meek
Osceola
He Mills
Dell
Sun Shipaware County
Helbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Trosley
France
Penny Forrest
Tall Cedars Is
Mvanibetf
Lebanon
Trowel Club
Torelan Wars
Sunipbuildi. Legion
X i Comi Ing
Navy Yard
Ling
St. John’s
Alexandra Polinski
Frank Polinski
Chester
Joseph
Collegeville
Kanierski
W. Drd
St. Chester
Pauline B. Loates
Casper Loates
Mrs. Loates
Greensboro
N.C
Delaware County
St. Daniels Methodist Church
Leah Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
P.H.A
Charity Court of Cyrenes
Demetrio Pennestre
Rose Valley Road
Walingford
Marie
Maria
Nataline
Mary Cileone
Frances Marino
California
Anna Arcada
Carmela Quattrons
Italy
Fortunato
Paulo
Pietro
Nacrelli
Providence Ave
St. Anthony's Church
Immaculate Heart Cemetery
Annie S. Brick
Elgar A. Brick
W. 7Th SL
Oakcrest
Upland
Brick
Lansford
Leon P
Ridgewood
N.J
Jennie Douglas
Dondalk
Alpha M. Finch
First Baptist Church
Melvin I. Minshall
13Th and
Kerlin Sts
Chester Rural Cemetery
Adelaide F. Fleming
Elizabeth Ann Brooks Scholes
Front St
Fair Acres Farm
Lima
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Raymond Scholes
Frank Scholes
Englewood
Mary E. Carr
W. 3Rd St
Funeral
E. Roy Coslett
Pleasant Ave
Linwood
Crozer Hospital
Sinclair
John
Llorence Grace
Carl Harper
Milton Harper
Ruth Beges
Lawn Craft Cemetery
Springfield
William
Warwick
Rolling Road
Veterans Administration Hospital
Welsh Street
6Th Street
Edgmont Ave
Aden R. Warwick
W. Stanley Warwick
Media
Edward Rambo
Patterson Funeral Home
Baltimore Ave
Mon- Toe St
Rudloff Named To New Post at Westinghouse Steam Division
Lester William Rudloff was named acting manager of the heat transfer department in the steam division of Westinghouse Electric Corp. by William C. Rowland. He succeeds David Fulton, who moves to a general manager assignment with Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd. Rudloff joined Westinghouse in 1946 and previously headed manufacturing in the heat transfer department.
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Lester—Wiliam Rudloff
Westinghouse Electric Corp
William C. Rowland
David Fulton
Canadian Westinghouse Co., Ltd
Rudloff
Ife
Westinghouse
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Uilding
Elehth Street
Walker's
Deaware
Edward Garrance
Noyes
James A. Johnston
Lansdowne
Richard C. Meyer
Havertown
John Morton
John M. Dickey
Rose Valley
Moylan
James G. Lamb
Rose Vailey
Joseph E. Pap Pano
James P. Knoetgen
Morton
Robert C. G. Stanley
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Robert W. Bernhardt
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Clifton Heights
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Scott Paper
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William Warwick
Messmer
Weisk
RAY F. Imschweiler Funeral Home
Roy F.imschweiler and
George H. Brower
Edgmont Avenue
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