Today in Delaware County history, Sept. 13

100 Years Ago, 1924: The Rev. and Mrs. C. Lee Gaul have returned from a five weeks’ Alaskan tour. Dr. Gaul will occupy his pulpit at the Trinity M.E. Church, Eighth and Butler streets, tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Gaul traveled through the Canadian Rockies reaching as their most northerly point, Lake Bennett, by way of the White Pass and the Yukon.

75 Years Ago, 1949: The Chester Times will provide complete coverage on today’s primary election results, including the outcome of local contests and the wet-dry fights. A corps of workers will canvass every election district in the county and city to obtain the results which will be published Wednesday. The public is asked to refrain from calling the Chester Times, 3-6161, until after 10 p.m. In the proceeding hour the staff will be occupied with receiving and tabulating the votes. No conclusive results will be available for at least an hour after the polls close at 9 p.m.

50 Years Ago, 1974: The new $22 million Chester High School appears to be getting generally good marks from students, teachers and administrators who are this week putting the Ninth and Barclay streets facility to its first test. This isn’t to say the new facility got straight A’s. It didn’t. Several teachers tempered their praise with criticism. Others wanted to take a harder look before grading the structure. But generally the academic community which uses the new school likes it.

25 Years Ago, 1999: The Haverford Authority is scheduled to meet at 8 tomorrow night to resume discussion of proposals for development of the Haverford State Hospital property. Last month, township commissioners announced the authority’s plans to seek grants to fund demolition and asbestos removal. The Haverford Township Civic Council created the Haverford State Hospital Committee in the hopes of helping the authority prepare grant applications, form regional partnerships and develop a plan to conserve the 239-acre site. Plans for the site include a skating complex for the Philadelphia Flyers, a YMCA and swimming pool, senior housing, offices and municipal facilities and a new Blue Route interchange. Most call for preserving open space.

10 Years Ago, 2014: A traffic stop in Chester Heights led to the arrest of two Wilmington men in a Sept. 3 carjacking in Delaware. Trooper Tyrone Bradley was on patrol at 9:51 p.m. when he pulled over a vehicle for traffic violations. An NCIC query revealed the vehicle had been stolen during a carjacking in Delaware on Sept. 3. The vehicle was towed back to state police station in Middletown.

— COLIN AINSWORTH