Sept. 1, 1966

19,000 crowd Whitemarsh fairways

On this magnificent Aug. 26 day, Nature provided a few distractions as trees and bees supplemented the hoots and honks of ubiquitous man at the $110,000 Philadelphia Golf Classic, playing at Whitemarsh Country Club. For this round, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were paired together, an oil and water combination tailored for tension. When they weren’t pressing to match each other’s shots, they were exposed to the cacophony of the oversized mob lining the fairways and ringing the greens. On the 14th hole, Nicklaus drove into the crowd and hit a man in a red shirt. On learning that the man had disappeared, Jack lofted his second shot to within five feet of the pin and his subsequent putt gave him his first birdie of the round. Retribution caught up with him later as, standing on the edge of the green and checking his scorecard, he was hit in the abdomen, thus scoring an assist for a member of the next threesome.

Sept. 2, 1976

Hill churches offer alternatives if teachers strike

If the public school teachers elect to strike when they vote on Sept. 7, five Chestnut Hill churches will conduct alternative learning programs for children attending John Story Jenks School and for Chestnut Hill youngsters who attend Masterman School. Classes will be conducted for kindergarten through 8th grade. Nine teachers will be hired at $65 per week. Anyone interested in one of the jobs should report to the Chestnut Hill Community Association at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and bring their resumes with them. Volunteers to assist with the programs, from high school age up, are requested to call the CHCA and leave their names and telephone numbers.

Sept. 4, 1986

Petitioners object to 24-hour gas station

Petitions with several thousand signatures of people who are opposed to keeping a local gas station open 24 hours a day will be presented to the executive committee of the Chestnut Hill Community Association next Thursday. The signatures have been collected by the proprietor of the Amoco station at Germantown Avenue and Moreland Avenue, following action by community groups that recently sent letters to Amoco opposing the plan. The station operator has been given an ultimatum by Amoco: Either agree to stay open 24 hours a day when his new lease is sent to him on Sept. 6 or Amoco will replace him with someone who will.

Sept. 5, 1996

G-town Special Services District in operation

The Germantown Special Services District, long a dream of community activists, is now a reality. Sept. 3 marked the beginning of the effort to make the Germantown business district a more attractive, viable shopping area, with uniformed workers on the streets and an emphasis on keeping the area clean. The work is funded by a 10 percent levy on real estate taxes. Among the plans being worked on is converting the old Rowell’s building on the southeast corner of Germantown and Chelten avenues into a professional office building with commercial space on the lower level. The creation of the Center City Services District served as the impetus for the local effort.

Sept. 7, 2006

Sept. 11 victims remembered on 5-year anniversary

It’s hard to believe it’s been five years. We can all remember where we were, what we were doing and how we first heard about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Elsie Caldwell’s middle child, Kenneth, was working on the 102nd floor in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He was 30. She set up a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, William Penn Charter School. A separate memorial scholarship was set up for Peter K. Ortale, another Penn Charter alumnus who was killed in the attacks. Ortale, a star midfielder and captain of the lacrosse team at Penn Charter, had worked on the 84th floor of the South Tower. Also lost on 9/11 was Wyndmoor’s Johanna Sigmund, a Springside graduate who was sick that day. Her roommate told her to stay home but she insisted on going to work. Her family also established a scholarship in her name.

Sept. 1, 2016

Lovett construction to begin Sept. 6

Construction at Lovett Memorial Library, 6945 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, will begin on Sept. 6, according to project managers. The project will provide Lovett with a new children’s library, a teen space, a quiet room, a roof terrace, a staff workroom, an elevator, an improved circulation desk and several more computers. It is being funded by a $25 million grant from the William Penn Foundation and will add 3,765 square feet to the lower level of the building and an additional 421 square feet to the upper level. When the renovations are complete, the total square footage of the library will be 12,261.