Housing crisis highlighted by Gans family case in Chester
The Gans family nine children and parents Curtis and Dolores lived in a church basement for about ten months amid public housing shortages. CHA director Ernest Trosino defends agency limits while CAP official Mae McNeil criticizes HUD and city agencies. The article notes a fire victim count, emergency housing attempts, and a pending Section 8 plan awaiting HUD approval.
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Chester
Curtis Gans
Gans
Delaware County Housing Authority
Chester Housing Authority
CHA
Delaware County Board of Assistance
Mae Laverne McNeil
Community Assistance Project
CAP
W. 5Th St
City Administration
U. S.department of Housing and Urban Development
Std
Barclay Sts
Ernest Trosino
Dolores
Third Presbyterian Church
9Th
Potter Sts
Robert M. Tignor
HUD
Trosino
McNeil
Queen Adams Dies At 83 In Chester Residence
Queen Adams 83 of 1518 Reading Drive Chester died Saturday at home. Born in Georgia he came to Delaware County over 40 years ago. Retired from J. Ray Patterson Co. Adams served in World War I. Survived by wife Dorothy Smith Adams. Funeral noon Thursday Israel Ray Funeral Home Chester Burial Green Lawn Cemetery Chester Township Calling hours 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at funeral home Family receiving at 220 Stiles St Chester.
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Queen Adams
Reading Drive
Chester
Georgia
Delaware County
J. Ray Patterson Co
Adams
Dorothy Smith Adams
Ray
W. 3Rd St
Green Lawn Cemetery
Chester Township
Stiles St
Death notices from 1977 regional papers feature numerous local obituaries
Queen Adams of 1518 Reading Street dies on June 25 1977 at age. Funeral services set for 12 Noon at Israel S. Ray Funeral Home with visitation from 10 to 12. Survivors include wife. John R Brown Jr of 735 Crystal Road Aston dies June 27 1977 with funeral at AJ White Laurel Funeral Home. Leroy Crossan dies June 28 1977 of Wallingford PA with notice of funeral to follow. Helen R Emmi dies June 26 1977 Chester PA with funeral June 30 at Our Lord Church Stone Street. Joseph Freeland Sr of Media dies June 26 1977 with services at convenience. Joseph Gilligan of Clifton Heights Pa dies June 27 1977 with funeral Thursday. Helen J Guldin dies June 27 1977 with private interment at service firm funeral home in Trainer.
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Emmi
Helen R
Honey
Helen R. Emmi
McKniff
Frank Emmi
Nolan St
Chester
Robert Moreland
Ath
Main Sts
Trainer
Our
Our Lord Church, St. St. & Highland Ave
Immaculate Heart Cemetery
Friends
Freeland
Joseph, Sr
Chipmunk Lane
Media
Joseph Freeland Jr
A.J. White Lattrell
Gilligan
Joseph J
Clifton Haights
Edna M. Gilligan
Patricia A
Eileen J. Gilligan
Joseph W
Lawrence P. Gilligan
Prandchldren
MF. Williams
Baltimore & Summit Aves
Clifton Heights
St. Charles Rexel Hill
Concord Lodge No. 625 F.& Am
LeRoy Ossie
Osborne
Mighland Ave
Ler
Chester A. Funeral Home
St. Sts
Funeral set Friday for 14 year old Theresa Swank
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday for Theresa I Swank 14 of Crum Lynne Ridley Township who was killed Monday evening while riding her bicycle on Fairview Road near her home. She was a ninth grader at Ridley South Junior High School and belonged to Mount Hope Methodist Church Aston. She was the daughter of Carol Polk Swank and the late William C Swank and is survived by her mother her brother William at home and her paternal grandparents Mr and Sened.
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Theresa I. Swank
Crum Lynne
Ridley Township
Fairview Road
Theresa
Ridley South Junior High School
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Aston
Carol Polk Swank
William C. Swank
William
Donald Swank
Chester
Lester Polk
Frank Greenman
MacDade Blvd
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
Greenman
James F. Knoetgen
Kedron Ave
Philadelphia Memorial Park
Obituaries and funeral notices from Chester area
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements for June 1977 in Chester Pennsylvania area. Names include Sarah Johnson and Etta Lyons of Wilmington, James MacPherson of Ogden, Thomas Murphy of Sharon Hill, LeRoy Osborne of Chester, and Teresa Swank of Lynne. Services set at Asbury AM Church Concord Ave Chester, Chester Funeral Home, and Parkland Cemetery timing details.
Obituary: Mrs Idella B Noden 75 Former Chester Resident
Services were held for Mrs Idella B Bucks Noden 75 who died June 10 in Washington D C after living there over 25 years. Born in Chester she was a Chester High graduate former First Baptist Church member and part of Chester's Bucks family. Survived by son Edward C Noden and a granddaughter. burial in Chester Rural Cemetery.
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Idella B. Noden
Chester
Washington D.C
Noden
Parker St
Chester High
First Baptist Church of
Idella Bucks
Mary Bucks
Thomas and
Sarah Jane Lister Bucks
Edward C. Noden
Philippines
Chester Rural Cemetery
Aluminum Buyback by Reynolds Aluminum Co
Reynolds Aluminum Co will collect recyclable aluminum items from 9:20 to 11 am on July 6 and July 20 at TriState Mall Route 202 Wilmington Delaware. They pay 17 cents per pound for all aluminum beverage cans and household containers, plus aluminum siding gutters storm doors window frames and lawn furniture tubing. Materials must be free of foreign matter cut into lengths no longer than three feet and not mixed with cans.
Storm damages hit Aston area as lightning strikes trees and homes
Aston police logged many calls during a heavy storm. A 40 foot tree on Montgomery Ave was debarked and split in two, narrowly missing two homes. Lightning struck an upstairs air conditioner at Harold J. Hovis's home on Springhill Lane causing heavy smoke but no fire. Police urged disconnecting ACs and TVs in storms and warned about improper grounding of wires.
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Aston — Township
Montgomery Ave
Morgan Ave
Aston-Beechwood
Greenridge
Harold J. Hovis
Springhill Lane
Southeast Bank to move main office to Malvern
Southeast National Bank plans to move its administrative and executive offices to a leased Malvern facility near Chester County in early November. About 120 employees from Delaware and Chester counties will relocate, with the Delaware County regional headquarters remaining in Chester. The bank, formed in 1970 from a merger, aims for improved efficiency and a temporary three year use of the Malvern site.
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Chester
Southeast National Bank
Malvern
Chester County
Avenue of the States
Delaware
Chester Counties
Southeast Nationals
Delaware County
William D. Rawdin
Southeast National’ Bank
Wilson M. Brown, Jr
Delaware County National Bank
National Bank of Chester County and Trust Co
Brown
Ravdin
Rawdin
Southeast “National
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Gerry Oliver
Daily Times
Rev. Tignor
Rev
Tignor
Laverne McNeil
Tuwiy Memorial Presbyterian Church
Sharon Hill
Noblett Ave
Darby Township
General Electric Co
O.K
Trosing
James Pace
Pace
18Th St
Edgmont Ave
Madison Ave
Ernie
Reading Sr
Israel S. Ray Funer
Stiles St. Chester
Erm
Swank
Teresa
Carol I
r@e Polk
William G. Shank
Crumm Lynne
Raikes
James PF. Ki
Fon Riphason Aye
Interiladelphi Memon Fark
Thunurpela
Parkin
LeRoy Osbormne
LeRoy Robert Osborne
Highland Ave
Post Road
Allied Painter’s Union
Tinicum
Pagan’s Motocycle Club
Patricia L. Osborne
Grace Anne
Eleanor Osborne
Dennis
Howard
Carolyn Parsons
Norwood
Philadelphia
Beverly
Susanne
Chester A. Renda
Idella Noden
Aston Police
Southeast Bank
Brapsskee Clearing
Providence Ave
James Church
Pennell School
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