The Oakmont Library about 1915, Hopefully couples met here and got rides home.
Note: While doing some other research I came across this article from the Chester Times in the Fall of 1921. This is a real article, trying to stop couples from walking home after dark in Haverford Twp.
No kissing allowed!!!
LOVERS’ STROLLS TABOO IN OAKMONT
Lovers who stroll
down shady lands in Haverford township after midnight and are caught at it will
probably spend the rest of the night in the police station at Oakmont.
From now on, young
men taking girls home from late dances and theatre parties should avoid taking
the longest way round and should walk homeward at a brisk, businesslike pace
instead of the usual slow, dreamy, strolling gait.
Such was the
advice given yesterday by Chief of Police Scanlin in issuing an order that all
persons on the streets after the trolley cars stop running, shortly after
midnight, must give an account of themselves to the police.
Should a young gallant be surprised in the act of kissing
his little flapper by a coarse, burly policeman, he mustn’t get mad. Not only must he answer the cop politely, but
shades permit the policeman to accompany himself and the flapper to her home.
“The order is not meant only for lovers who let the hours
slip past”, declared Scanlin. “It is
meant for everybody. I figure that few
people are there after the cars stop running.
The order is primarily an effort to prevent crime. If a man halted by a policeman says he has
been visiting friends and has missed the last car, he must accompany the
officer back to his friends’ house and prove his words.
Young men and
girls on the streets at 1 o’clock in the morning must fie an account of
themselves. If they have homes to go to
they will be accompanied there by the policeman. If they give only vague replies, they will
spend the night in cells in the police station.
The cells are clean and airy.
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