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100 Years Ago – 1918: Public meetings will be held tonight in the interest of the Liberty Loan drive. The Chester Ship Band will play at Seventh Street and Edgmont Avenue, City Hall and Market Square. The speakers will be former District Attorney Josiah Smith and Captain Samuel D. Clyde. J. DeHaven Ledward, chairman of the Four-Minute Men, has assigned to speakers to whoop things up tonight at eight theaters in this city and at the Globe in Marcus Hook.
75 Years Ago – 1943: When the Chester Times and other newspapers have served to bring the day’s news and advertisements into homes, they go to school the next day. At present, newspaper clippings are replacing textbooks in the eighth geography class at the Dewey-Mann School taught by Mrs. Violet Ferry. The students follow the progress of the war through the newspaper stories, supplementing the information there by library reading and the use of maps.
50 Years Ago – 1968: An expanded television section will appear Monday in the Delaware County Daily Times. The Daily Times will present each day a preview of that night’s top programs, guest stars and other information for viewers. The TV Scout previews are written by staff television specialists in Hollywood and New York only after the staff has screened the programs, discussed them with producers, writers and actors, or assessed the scripts.
25 Years Ago – 1993: Myron Wilson Jr., 4, was a thirsty little guy when he awoke from his Monday nap, and that may have saved his life, after a hurricane sent a tree into his home. “He had just woke up and said he wanted milk,” said his mother, Emily, of Providence Road, Yeadon. “He would have gotten crushed. Everything fell on top his bed.” A tornado that skipped through Delaware County – paying a particularly destructive visit to Springfield – uprooted a large tree and sailed it into the back of the Wilson home.
10 Years Ago – 2008: Change has begun to alter the city, but the downtown and the school district must also be revitalized for the transformation to be complete, according to the message at the Chester Business Association. Recently association members gathered at Chester City Hall to convene a meeting that saw former Delaware County Chamber of Commerce President Jack Holefelder assume the CBA presidency. Among the 63 business and city leaders at the meeting were representatives from Citizens Bank, Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, Crozer Keystone Health System, Andre Acoustic, the YWCA, Phatso’s Bakery and Cheryl’s Southern Style.