Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1919:

With National Prohibition sure to go into effect on the night of Jan. 16, at midnight, all of the present holders of liquor licenses in this city and county have filed their petitions for renewals just as through the termination of their right to sell intoxicants will not cease by national law in 14 days after their present licenses expire. According to the United Press Bureau in Washington, D.C., it is beginning to look as if there would be a wet Christmas. Millions of gallons of liquor, now held in bonded warehouses, will probably be thrown on the market practically at cost during that jolly season.

75Years Ago – 1944:

Thanksgiving – with its turkeys and pumpkins and pilgrims – is being bypassed by local merchants who already are getting Santa Clauses, holly wreaths and red-green color schemes in their store and window displays. The displays have been installed in many Chester stores preparatory to the early buying rush which is anticipated by the merchants. Store hours for this busy season will be fixed by the Chester business Men’s Association at a meeting next week.

50Years Ago – 1969:

The SS Manhattan returned home Sunday evening from her successful assault on the Arctic through the Northwest Passage. The

150,000-ton, 1,005-footlong experimental icebreaker – American’s largest merchant ship – is back at the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., for a hull survey after her historic voyage to the oil-rich North Slope of Alaska.

25Years Ago – 1994:

Aston Township Commissioners

last night unanimously approved the retirement of Police Chief James McCarthy, effective Jan. 16. McCarthy has served on the Aston police force for 25 years and has been chief since 1974. Commissioners said Sgt. John McConnell was appointed interim police chief until a selection process for a new chief has been completed. President Jacqueline DiGiacomo said that the commissioners are looking within the Aston force, rather than outside, for McCarthy’s replacement.