My "History Mystery " picture this week is of Oak La. in Wayne aka Radnor Twp. Looking for the block, house numbers etc. Thanks Keith106@rcn.com
The above postcard is of the original Chester High School on W. 9th St. Students here liked "Daylight Saving Time".
NOTE: It is hard to imagine today but over 100 years ago when Day Light Savings was first introduced many people and cities were against it. Many cities etc. passed legislation supporting it while others passed legislation against it. Read the story below.
DAILY TIMES
March 7, 1924
CITIZENS ASKED TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON DAYLIGHT SAVING
Will daylight saving be observed in
Chester this year?
Under the provision of an ordinance that
was not repealed despite the action taken by the State Legislature last year,
the enactment of a law prohibiting the changing of official clocks from
Standard Time, daylight saving will be observed here unless the desires of
those favoring this observance of extra daylight period is overshadowed by the
express opposition of citizens that would lead council to repeal the existing
measure providing for daylight saving form the last Sunday of April to the last
Sunday of September.
The suggestion has been made by Mayor S.
E. Turner, with the view of getting the consensus of opinion of the citizens,
that there be a survey. In other words that
the citizens express their views through the columns of the Times and in that
way, by their vote, give the city officials a foundation on which to act.
Recently this subject was reviewed in
Philadelphia and present indications are the same rules will govern the
daylight question this year. That being
the case, Philadelphia, New York, and
others of the large eastern cities maintaining the observance, Chester will, of
necessity, be compelled to adopt the same program.
Commenting on the subject yesterday, Mayor
Turner said: “I want to do what the
people desire in the matter. I believe
Philadelphia, Wilmington and other cities intend to maintain the daylight-saving
program this year, and it would be a hardship for Chester not to do something
similar. It is entirely a question as
regards the wishes of the people of the community. The state having passed a law prohibiting the
changing of municipal and official clocks from Standard time, daylight saving
has become purely a question of local requirement and so that the officials may
act, in accord with the wants of the people, I would suggest that the Times
open its columns to the citizens, that they can express whether or not they are
in favor of daylight saving again this year.
“Chester has a large cosmopolitan
population. Many of its people favor
daylight saving because it affords them additional time in the evenings to care
for their gardens, lawns and properties while thousands of others are given
opportunity to enjoy athletic sports following their day’s toil in office, and
workshop. It places the city officials
in the position of wishing to satisfy all and, one way they can become
cognizant of the general opinion is to have the citizens express their views
through the columns of their daily local newspaper, the Chester Times.”
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