Folcroft Boys Club backs year round borough athletics
Folcroft civic group endorses a year round athletic program for the borough with a new Boys Club. Officers include Bernard J. Dougherty president and Ernest Szilagyi vice president, aiming to expand from a DVCA led baseball program to comprehensive youth sports for boys and girls. A bond issue for Montgomery Memorial Park improvements is sought and plans include use of schools and parental involvement.
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Folcroft
Folcroft Boys Club
Delmar Village
Heather Road
William Burr
Grant Road
DVCA
Dougherty
James Gilchrist
Donald Moyer
Montgomery Memorial Park Field
Borough Council
Montgomery Memorial Park
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Dolan
Amittee
Dangla
John Dolan
Man Wins Certificate and Service Emblem for Garrity
Francis J. Garrity of 926 Chester Pike receives a Army certificate of service and a 20 year length of service emblem from Joseph G. Melvin at the U S Army Signal Supply Agency Philadelphia. Garrity, a supply specialist, previously worked nine years at Frankford Arsenal and served in the navy Seabees earning the Pacific Theatre Ribbon. He is a member of American Legion Post 669 and lives with wife Loretta and four children Suzan Charles Frank Jr and Michael.
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Sharon Hill
Francis J. Garrity
Chester Pike
U. S. Army Signal Supply Agency
Philadelphia
Joseph G. Melvin
Garrity
Thei
Frankford Arsenal
Ridley Park Play Center Enrolls 180 for First Week
Ridley Park announces about 180 children enrolled after one week at the borough playground. The program includes picnics at Ridley Park Lake, daily programs of softball relays arts and crafts, and a pet show with prizes awarded weekly.
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Ridley Park
Roberta Dallas
Ridley Park Lake
Donne Ruhr
Sally Nilon
Carroll Harper
Jan Cassidy
Alexy
Tinicum School Reports Summer Enrollment and Classes
Miss Emilie Miller, principal, told the board that 54 township children attend the summer program. The arithmetic class has 21 pupils, English 17, and remedial reading 16. She will teach mornings at West Chester State College and be at Essington School Mondays to Thursdays 1 to 4 p.m. for parent contact.
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Lester
Emilie Miller
Tinicum Schools
Miss Miller
West Chester State College
Essington
Prospect Park Firemen Seek New Location
Zoning board hears a plan to change lots owned by Mrs Octavia Ashby from residential to business to allow the Prospect Park Fire Company to build a new fire house at 14th and Lincoln Avenues. A regular borough council meeting follows.
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Prospect Park
Library of
Interboro Junior High School
Octavia Ashby
Lincoln Ave
14Th
Lincoln Aves
Local Birth Notices From Area Families
Names and addresses show multiple birth announcements dated June 25 and 26. Domestic parents include Phine Smith Ches Pugliese and Robinson with new sons and a daughter born in Ridley Park and Chester.
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Mosley
Thomas
Jean Mosley
Tilghman St
Chester
Victor and Domenica
K. St. St
McGorman
George
Margaret McGorman
W. 6Th St
Smith
Radney
Jose
Phine Smith
Kossuth Ave
Karezsi
Louis
Patri- Milmont
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Charles W
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Drum Creek Drive
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Sacred Heart
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Ann Get
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Jean Marie DiMeo
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High Meadow
Clifton
Robert
Jeanette Clifton
Meadow Lane
Inzerillo
Vincent and
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Knight Place
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Park Square
Dorothy Jackson
Stare & Jackson Sts
2Nd
Tilghman Sts
22Nd
Edgmont
Ridley Ave
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Baltimore Pike
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Milmont Park
MacDade Boulevard
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Avondola Rd
Trainer Post Rd
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Twin Oaks
Conchester Highway
Diamond Ice & Fuel CO
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Delaware Valley
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