Today in Delaware County history, Oct. 1

Deadlines:

Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:00pm, Call 610-915-2226

(Proofs will be provided for accuracy only, they will not be styled/formatted like the finished product)

Obituaries submitted on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays are accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. by email only

(No proofs will be furnished. Pricing will not be available until the next business day after 10:00am by calling Dianne at 610-915-2226)

Obituaries received after Deadline will not be published in the following edition of the paper.

Sending Procedure:

Email is the preferable method for receiving Obituaries (and the only method on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays), they can be sent to (Feel free to call and confirm that we've received the email)

Formatting:

Obituaries will continue to visually look the same as they currently do, but you will no longer be restricted in what you can say (ex. As much Family can be listed as you'd like; Wording like "Went to rest with the Lord" is now permissible)

Other:

There is a cost for each obituary. Pricing and payments are only available Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. All weekend and holiday submissions will be provided a cost the next business day.

Exceptions:

All New accounts, Out of State Funeral Homes and Private Parties will require prepayment upon approval of the obituary. Weekend and Holiday staff are not authorized to set up a new account or process payments

Deadline for the above is before 4:00 PM Mon – Fri. only (Holiday schedules may vary).

Prepayment required submissions will be handled on the very first business day following the weekend and/or holiday schedule. A complete name, address and best contact phone number are required upon submittal of your obituary request to set up your account. A proof will then be emailed for review but placed on hold until payment is received.

A banana peeling thrown carelessly on the sidewalk, a brand new umbrella and his desire to catch an approaching trolley car, spelled ruination for William Alexandra, of Tenth Street and Central Avenue, yesterday afternoon. It was during the heavy downpour about 2 o'clock when William started from home carrying two dozen perfectly fresh eggs to a customer in the center of the city. He broke the eggs when he slipped on the banana peel, broke his umbrella and now his suit is in a tailor's shop where he took it to have the mud removed and put back in its original shape.

Chester Hospital's new maternity building was formally dedicated at 8 p.m. Friday in ceremonies attended by members of the board, the medical and nursing staffs and contributors to the building fund. With S. Lloyd Irving, past president of the board, as chairman for the dedication, 7-year-old Challey L. Flounders, granddaughter of Charles L. Flounders, board president, snipped a ribbon stretched across the entrance steps in the symbolic opening ceremony.

U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) at a fundraising dinner for 7th Congressional District Democrat candidate the Rev. Robert W. Edgar Monday night predicted nationwide "the lowest voter turnout in history." Biden said the national press has been "deluded" into concluding we have replaced a "dishonest man with an honest man" in the White House and citizens have gotten over Watergate. The senator doubted that everybody has "renewed confidence" and everything is now "squared away," he told more than 200 Democrat leaders and party faithful who attended the $25-a-plate dinner at the Log Cabin Inn in Middletown on Monday night.

PennDOT will be holding public meetings Thursday and Oct. 12 to inform motorists about the ramp meter signals on the Blue Route expected to be operating by the end of this month. These covered signals have raised the curiosity of motorists ever since they were installed about three years ago. They finally were tested beginning in early August after being detoured by a delay in its software development by a Texas firm a year ago.

The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court last week upheld two opinions from the Commonwealth Court validating Newtown's Planned Residential Development Ordinance, as well as a plan to develop the 218-acre Ellis Preserve at routes 3 and 252. The 4-3 majority opinion penned by Justice Seamus P. McCaffery puts to rest five years of challenges to a development plan from BPG Real Estate Investors.

— COLIN AINSWORTH