Delco diary and meetings share county events and schedules
Readers receive a packed notice of May 17 bus tour by Boeing Vertol Retirees from Tri State Mall to Good n Plenty with luncheon details and reservation calls. Alumni events at Cheyney State College feature Elton Jolly address at 2 p.m. A Emanon play at Rose Tree Elementary School, a Lenni Heights Fire Co seafood dinner, and Project Link crime prevention program follow. Local notices cover open houses, kindergarten registrations with time slots, police and civic updates, posters and essay contest results, and Tuesday meetings across several townships.
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Boeing Vertol Retirees Group
Lancaster County
Tri-State Mall
Naamans Road
Good ’N Plenty
Retired Aldan Dispatcher Sets Unmatched SEPTA Record
John O'Connor known as the Chief of SEPTA dispatchers retires after 36 years directing trains on the Market Frankford El and Broad Street Subway. He began in 1926 with PRT, served as motorman and towerman before becoming a dispatcher in 1942 and remains famed for calm under crisis. He lives with wife Catherine in Philadelphia area and has two children and eight grandchildren.
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O’connor
Market-Frankford el
Broad Street
Broad Street Subway
SEPTA
Catherine
E. Maryland Avenue
Catherine McLaughlin
Clifton Heights
John O’connor
Philadelphia
John
Trial Set for Chester Man in April 1 Beating
A Chester man John Perrigen, 26, faces assault charges in an April 1 claw hammer beating of an 18 year old Jack in the Box employee in Ridley Township. He is scheduled for trial June 26 on criminal attempt simple assault aggravated assault indecent assault and false reporting. The case cites a disputed initial report of six attackers and notes the victim has been released from hospital.
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Chester
Ridley Township
John Perrigen
Central Ave
Indiana
Fitness standout students from Upper Darby win qualifier
Physically fit Upper Darby Westbrook Park School salutes students Jackie Cahill Maureen Kearny Ruben McDermott Ken Kull Ron Host Lenny Supulski Jim Kull and Tom Martino who qualified for the Presidents Physical Fitness program through a school event.
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Upper Darby
Westbrook Park School
Jackie Cahill
Maureen Kearny
Ruben McDermott
Ken Kull
Ron Host
Lenny Supulski
Jim Kull
Tom Martino
Butera relies on grass roots campaign in gubernatorial bid
Gubernatorial candidate Robert Butera, backed by a strong grass roots network, campaigns across southeastern Pennsylvania aiming to break Specter and Thornburgh holds. He vows a statewide organization, stresses labor reform, and highlights his eight-time election record while targeting Montgomery County and other counties.
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Butera
Nancy
Holt Daily Times
Upper Darby
Robert Butera
Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter
Philadelphia
Richard Thornburgh
Allegheny County
Specter
Thornburgh
Henry Hager
David Marston
Alvin J. Jacobson
Andrew Watson
GOP
Marston
U.S
Montgomery County
Bob
Butera Aid
Matt Ryan
Newtown
U. S
Richard Schulze
Paoli
Delaware County
Pittsburgh
Doug Bailey
Bailey and Deardoff
Washington, D.C
Gerald Ford
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Delco
Thornbury
Elton Jolly
OIC of America
Cheyney State College
Ada S. Georges
OIC
Jolly
Cheyney
Temple
Upper Providence
Emanon
Niccolo
Nicolette
Rose Tree Elementary School
Penncrest
Judy Roman
Area Elementary
Middletown
Lenni Heights Fire Co
Project Link of
The
Salvation Army
St. Robert’s Church
20Th St
Providence Road
Chester Citizens Organized Against Crime
Delaware County Community Crime Prevention Unit
Aston
Upper Chichester
Chichester
Locust Hill
Hilltop
Boothwyn Area
Marcus Hook
Linwood
Locus
Brookhaven
William L. Carr
Hilltop Drive
Delaware County Jaycees
Legion of Honor
Chapel of Four Chaplains
Carr
Jaycees
Jaycees International
Johannesburg
South Africa
Holmes Fire Co
Holmes Road
MacDade Blvd
Folcroft
David Trout
Jean Haas
Nancy Orme
Folcroft Vo-Tech School
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society
Trout
Deborah Doyle
Blessed Virgin Mary School
Archdiocesan Board of Education
Archdiocesan
Debbie
Archbishop Prendergast High School
Drexel Hill
Kathleen Perillo
St. Charles Borromeo School
Bethel — Supervisors
Bethel Road
Concord — Sewer Authority
Garnet Valley
Aldan
O'Connor
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
John O'Connor
Perrigen
Ron Carter
Rich Pagano
County Public Employes Association of Delaware County Association
Donald Hines
Hines
House
Commonwealth Productivity Council
Ton
City
Norristown
His
Robert J. Butera
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