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The Salvation Army & www.OldChesterPa.com Welcome you! You are cordially invited... m o CHESTER c CHESTER . Family Reunion a Family Reunion P r e Saturday October 6, 2007 The Salvation Army Chester Corps t Noon - 4:00 p.m. Saturday October 7, 2006 s Noon - 12:45 p.m.: Welcome & Introduction of Guests 12:45 - 4:00 p.m.: Socialize & browse through exhibits CelebratingCelebrating ourour ChesterChester Heritage!Heritage! e h Check www.OldChesterPa.com for the location. C d l • Renew “former” acquaintances & Make some new ones! • Bring your old Chester photos to share O • Chester Gifts & Souvenirs . • 2008 Historic Chester Calendars • Meet the webmaster & give him a piece of your mind in person! • Displays by genealogists, historical organizations, artists w • Light Refreshments w Thousands of pages dedicated to the rich history of Chester, PA! For More Information, Contact: w John A. Bullock III. 351 Pin Tail Drive Reidsville, NC 27320-9186 Voice: 336-349-9232 Fax: 336-349-5297 Email: [email protected] Please mark your calendar! Fall 2006 OldChesterPa.com “Get-Together” Doing The Most Good... The Salvation Army Chester Corps 151 West 15th St. Chester, PA 19013 610-874-4266 This ad courtesy of Darhun Construction, Inc. 610-461-4487 Congratulations & Best Wishes Prayer for Our City Our Father and our God, please watch over our city and grant us your from your friends at peace. First we want to say thank you. Thank you for all of the blessings that Chester has received from your bounteous storehouse. And for the men and women you have placed in leadership positions. May they lead us with honesty, dignity, integrity and respect for fellow human beings. Thank you Chester Park website for our communities. We're praying for your protection. Protect our View in Chester Park children so that they won't continue to become victims of the violence that seeks to take over our streets. Our continuing prayer is that you re-establish the family unit and bond Upcoming Events of Historic Interest together parents and children in love and unity. Please God, instill in parents and children the desire to respect one another. Keep us reminded December 10, 2006: Chester Historical Preservation Committee that without unity and respect the family unit will either slowly or rapidly Holiday Open House Tour & Tea fall apart once again. God, we are continuously praying for our city and asking you to stop the October 6, 2007: All-Chester Family Reunion violence, instill unity and love for each other and make Chester the city you would have it to be. Thank you for hearing and answering this prayer in your time. Amen. Lena Bryant-Powell To support OldChesterPA.com, a central place to collect and preserve the 2006 ld hester a rich history of the city of Chester, PA, through the sharing of pictures, O C P histories, reminiscences and first-hand knowledge. To emphasize the long- HERITAGE FOUNDATION overlooked positives of Chester and thereby encourage a rekindling of A non-profit project of the pride in the city and begin to restore that pride and love among the city’s National Heritage Foundation current population, especially the youth. Many thanks to the following for their help with this year’s reunion! The Salvation Army Chester Corps Your tax-deductible contributions made payable to Captain José Santiago “OldChesterPa Heritage Foundation” can be mailed to: North Chester Baptist Church Youth Group 351 Pin Tail Dr. Pastor Randy Friedman Reidsville, NC 27320-9186 Thank you very much for your support! ~ Publicity ~ Delaware County Daily Times Craig “Fled” Rainey Larry Wood ~OldChester Emporium~ ~ Greeters ~ ~Photography ~ Lynn Bednarz Dave & Eleanor Andrews Shaheer Madeehah Caroline Dot Ferrari Dorothea “Tami” Charlton Barbara Usavage Montello Jack Chambers DELCO Hall of Fame Membership Margaret Turner Lawrence Hamm Janet Andrews Moulder Send Name and Address to: Martha Wood Bill & Lydia Johnson Eleanor Nealy ~ Scanning ~ DELCO Hall of Fame David & Leslie Komarnicki Craig “Fled” Rainey Jack Chambers Larry Wood Greg Moulder PO Box 67 Designed & Printed by Graphic Details Woodlyn, PA 19094 351 Pin Tail Drive • Reidsville, NC 27320 • 336-349-9232 www.MyGraphicDetails.com • © 2006 John A. Bullock III, Graphic Details Publications 24 1 Lots more Chester & Delaware County History. About Chester, PA For dinner afterward, may we suggest Visit... Chester, Pennsylvania's oldest city, first settled Delaware County by the Swedes, was founded in 1642. William Penn Historical Society arrived on October 29, 1682. Sungate Diner Research Library For most of the next two hundred years, Chester Room 208, Malin Road Center was a sleepy little agricultural and fishing village on Delaware County Community College the banks of the Delaware River. However, around & Restaurant 85 North Malin Road 1850 its location on the River made it a favorable site Broomall, PA 19008-1928 Next to Borough Hall (610) 359-1148 for industries born from the Industrial Revolution to Library Hours: flourish. Between 1850 and 1860 the population 1000 Green Street • Marcus Hook, PA Tuesdays 1 p.m. - 8 p.m. nearly tripled from 1,667 to 4,631. Wednesdays 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Much of the city's housing as well as other (Formerly the Marcus Hook Diner) Saturdays 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Closed whenever the Delaware County structures still standing were built during this period Community College is closed.) of explosive growth which continued through the Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 7 Days a Week early years of the 20th century. 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. Chester Cultural By 1950 the population peaked at just over Serving 66,000. However, with the demise of its traditional Open All Holidays Daily Tour Committee All-Day heavy industries, the population began to shrink Special Tours of (36,854 in 2000) and the economic base eroded. This Breakfast 610-494-8084 s Historic Chester has caused much of "old Chester" to fall into decay and today parts of the city show the ravages of the We are recruiting volunteers decline. ~ Courteous, Friendly Staff ~ or persons interested in coordinating or assisting As we begin the twenty-first century, Chester, with the tours. like many other urban centers, struggles to recruit new businesses and industries which will aid in the OldChesterPa.com Contact Delores Freeman, city’s recovery. Many positive strides have been Cullis Freeman Cultural Arts Complex taken and today there is a definite air of hope for Classified Ads 419 Edgmont Ave. Chester's future. MEMORIALS Chester, PA 19013 OF BROOKHAVEN Phone 610-872-9570 Looking to buy? www.FreemanCulturalArts.com Have something to sell? DEAL DIRECT WITH Looking for people? OWNERS & SAVE Chester Historical • No Sales Reps Preservation Committee $10 per Month Annual • No Phone Calls $25 per Quarter • No Pressure Holiday $99 Full Year! • No Sales Tax Open House • Indoor/Outdoor Display Call or Email: • Over 100 Memorials Tour & Tea [email protected] to choose from 336-349-9232 STARTING AT $350 Sunday afternoon December 10, 2006 Great Exposure 3525 EDGMONT AVE. Tour begins at the on our main Guest Book BROOKHAVEN Chester Friends Meetinghouse at “The Newsstand” 610-876-9201 24th & Chestnut Streets Chester’s 1724 Courthouse 2 23 Delaware County Historical Society Research Library Patrons & Individual Sponsors Many thanks to the following Patrons & Individual Sponsors of OldChesterPa.com Research Resources: complete the task. The basic fee David Andrews Ben Jones Jr. Gerry Reed • Books • Manuscripts includes five photocopies. Additional in memory of • Maps and Atlases photocopies are 25¢ each. Initial Betty-Jane Bennett Smith Benjamin Jones Sr. Hal & Ny Rivers • Photographs queries should include all available in memory of her father in memory of • Delaware County Newspapers on essential details, such as names, dates, Col. John Howard Bennett C. D. “Chuck” Lutton Ted Cartain Microfilm/CD-ROM addresses, and so on. Upon receipt of Bill Campbell Harvey S. Martin Rebecca Rooks (CHS 1928) • Delaware County US Census on requester's check for at least $25 in memory of in memory of Microfilm (payable to "Delaware County Sharyn Campbell (nee Lynn McMonagle Archie M. 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With Tuesdays 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Frank & Dorothy Usavage Mike Silva an initial query, staff estimates the Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ben Davidowitz and in honor of in memory of my dad, likely number of hours necessary to Saturdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 3rd & Dock Sts. Paul & Dan Usavage Jimmy DiCave Robert & Virginia Filson Janet A. Moulder Ed Spellacy Carolyn McCloskey in honor of the Klotz in memory of in memory of Realtor®, ABR, SRES the Klotz & MacIntyre families Clarence & Mary Andrews George and Ethel Custer Century 21 Alliance, Loretta H. Gallagher Mary J. Mulledy (Smedley) John W. Taylor West Chester in memory of in memory of my wife, Jerry Galoonis Earle Smedley Roberta Taylor Office phone: 610-696-1100 in memory of Direct line: 610-350-2627 Frank & Helen Galoonis Eleanor Nealy Trainer Elementary School Cell: 484-995-0765 in memory of Reunions Email:[email protected] Robert Garrett William G.