Other Times
100 Years Ago — 1922:
John C. Anderson, of Darby Creek, last night at 11.27 o’clock was acquitted of the charge of murdering John Kohler, also a resident of the Darby Creek settlement, on the night of May 10. Kohler died the day following the shooting, in the Taylor hospital. Attorney Hiram Hathaway represented Anderson. Kohler was killed after a neighborhood quarrel. The jury last night went out at 11.15 and returned its verdict 12minutes later. It required the entire morning to select 12jurors, both sides challenging many that were called. After exhausting the regular panel a special venire of 20names was called.
75 Years Ago — 1947:
A $3,000,000, 425-unit cooperative housing development solely for World War II veterans is being planned in Ridley Township, under the leadership of several veterans who refused to believe the housing shortage couldn’t be licked. The project is the initial one of the American Veterans Housing Cooperative, Inc., a non-profit corporation established by the Philadelphia Area Council of the American Veterans Committee. The homes, located to cost $7,500each, will be built in the Spring Hill section of Ridley Township, a 100-acre tract bounded on the north by Franklin Avenue and on the east by South Avenue.
50 Years Ago — 1972:
Farewell remarks were in order Monday night as the Chester School Board held the final meeting of its 107year history. The district is scheduled to merge July 1 with Chester Township and Upland districts under the State School Reorganization Act. Board solicitor Clement J. McGovern noted that he is a graduate of Chester Schools and said although he was saddened that the school district would no longer exist, “The merger holds not only sadness, but a ray of hope.”
25 Years Ago — 1997:
Power was partially knocked-out at a Wawa Food Market and traffic was blocked for a halfhour on South Avenue in Secane yesterday evening when a PECO Energy Co. transformer exploded, causing a fire. Tom Shull, assistant manager of the Wawa at 1023 South Avenue, said last night that he was only able to sell cigarettes and groceries because power to refrigeration units was out.
10 Years Ago — 2012: The Chester Police Department is receiving $625,000 in federal funding to hire five new police officers. The funding is a Community Oriented Policing Services grant presented by the U.S. Department of Justice. As part of the COPS program, Chester’s five new police officers must be filled by recent military veterans who have served at least 180 days since Sept. 11, 2001.