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VOLUME 25—NUMBER 40
SWARTHMORE, FRIDAY,  ^€TOBER 2, 1953
Air Raid Test Set
For 7:02 Tuesday
Civil Defense Asks Public
Co-operation in
Short Drill
Swarthmore's Civil Defense personnel will be on duty Tuesday,
October 6, when the state-wide
air raid test sounds off at 7:02
p.m. The "condition red" attack
warning—a three minute warbling
of sirens or short whistle blasts—
will be the signal bringing forth
active volunteers at the same time
it halts civilian traffic and ushers
citizens within doors.
Since all traffic will be expected
to stop, with parking lights on
and motors turned off, motorists
are reminded now, to keep the
test in mind when planning travelling time for engagements ... that
night. In the event of an emergency,' doctors and others are
asked to call police headquarters
for escort.
Persons on the street or out of
doors are to seek shelter; parents
should see that children are inside before 7 p.m. •
In private homes, apartments
and other dwellings, all persons
are urged tos carry out plans.that
would be used in the event of an
actual raid—with utilities turned
off, radios on for; .CJ?,- broadcasts.
The public will i>ot."be asked to
black out their lights, but they
will be asked to refrain from using
telephones during the "condition
red" period and tor a half hour
afterwards*, unless  in  an   emer-
In   addition '-'■ to. testing   public
warning   signal?, ^Tuesday's   air
raid will give the pupbiic practice
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Presbyterians Appoint
New Minister of Music
The session of the Swarthmore
'Presbyterian Church has announced the appointment of Donald Mathis as new Minister of
Music.
Mr. Mathis, a member of the
faculty of Westminster Choir College, will serve the Church on a
part-time basis. He was formerly
Minister of Music at -the Faith
United Church of Christ, in
Chicago.
At the same time, the Session
announced the . appointment of
Eugene Roan as the new organist.
Associated with the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, Mr. Roan has
been the organist and choirmaster
of St. Mary's Episcopal CJjurch of
Philadelphia for the past year. He
begins his duties with the' Swarthmore Church on Sunday.
'What's My Desire?'
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Opening program to Off er
Hilarious Opportunity
In take-Off
The opening meeting of the
Junior Woman's Club, Tuesday,
October 6, at- 8 o'clock, is to be
an evening of fun, relaxation, and
acquaintance in the blithest of
atmospheres, according, to plans
given final shaping Tuesday evening. The entertainment committee met September 29 with the
chairman Emily Pritchard to complete preparations for a contagiously bright program.
The committee will produce its
own version "What's My Desire?"
of the popular TV panel show,
"What's My tiito?1*?. TW «^toel of
famous jcelebritiea" will be easily
recognized as Clair Ruviiffe, Jane
Pox, Betty Jeanne Hannum,-and
Emily Pritchartfc Fat Weiland will
appear as a "Mystery Guest" and
Ruth Wagner will act as moderator, borrowing John Daly's familiar "Come in Mystery Challenger and sign in, please!"
The program will feature "wishful thinking" occupations of volunteer ^-'studio participant?", offering to all young women of this
vicinity an evening of complete
freedom from routine. Mrs. Robert
Greene, president, will do Jhe announcing. Mrs. Robert Weiler will
assist with the commercial.
Mrs. Robert DeLong, in charge
°* refreshments, Mrs. David Binns,
hostess for the evening, tod the
°f8cers of the club urge' young
Borneo, in the community to accept the (Jlub-s general invitation
to join clubmembers in an infop-
»»1 evening Tuesday, October e
\ in tbe Woman's Clubhouse, Park
•venot.
Rev. Bishop to Address
Mothers Club Thurs.
Local Minister Will Speak
On 'Emotional
Security'
The Rev. Joseph P. Bishop,
minister of the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, will be the guest
speaker at the first program meeting fbr the 1953-54 season of the
Swarthmore Mother's Club at their
October meeting -Thursday, October 8 at 8 pym. at McCahan Hall,
Harvard avenue.    ~< ' L*r .\
"Eflpi^j^pnal Security for Our
Chtfar-M" will be the subject of
his talk to the group. He will fee
introduced by Mrs. Norman
Weeks, vice-president and program chairman.
Active in welfare organizations,
the Rev. Bishop is president* of
the-advisory board of bthe Delaware County branch of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. He
is a former vice-president of the
board of the Delaware, County
Health and Welfare Association,
and was'a board member of the
Family Service of Delaware
County.
200 Attend Opening
More than 200 young mothers
attended the club's opening hello
party, "Melody Capers," last
Thursday evening at McCahan
H&ll. Guest star of the evening
wins' Gene Graves, singing disc
jockey.
Mrs. Robert Pfeifer, membership chairman, and Mrs. Edward
Cornelius, hospitality chairman,
were in charge of arrangements
for the evening. Presiding at the
tea table were Mrs. Peter E,
Coste^ fonder president of tea
club, and Mrs. George Wilbur, last
year's hospitality chairman.
Open House at Elementary
Schools Next Week
A practice observed some years
ago but not in effect during the
last decade will be revived next
Monday and Tuesday evenings
when the Swarthmore Elementary
Schools hold open house for parents. The Gollege Avenue School
will have its event on Monday at
8 p.m. and the Rutgers Avenue
School the next night.'
. Parents will meet teachers in
their cWldren's classrooms and become familiar with the grade program. They win also meet the
new dwentery Principal Thomas
A. Boyle.
At 9 o'clock refreshments will
be served and opportunity to meet
parents of ether students given.
2 P.M. Services Today
For Mrs. R. C. Brooks
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Widow  of College / Prof.
Succumbs After
Brief Illness
Elizabeth Hewson Brooks, 410
Swarthmore avenue, passed away
in her sleep on Tuesday, September 29 after a brief illness. The
wife of ' Dr. Robert Clarkson
Brooks, chairman of the department of social sciences at* Swarlhmore College until his death in
1941, Mrs. Brooks has been a resident of Swarthmore since 1904
when she and her husband first
came to the College.
A native of Indiana and a graduate, of Indiana University, where
she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma social sorority, Mrs.
Brooks was proficient in languages
and for many years tutored college
students in French and German.
She was an active member in
the movement for the enfranchisement - of women and one of the
founders of the League of Women Voters in this area.
She is survived by her son,
Robert C. Jr., of Swarthmore avenue, and a sister Mrs. Edna Wentz
of Indianapolis.
Services will be held at Trinity
Church, Swarthmore, at 2 p.m.
Friday, October 2.
New director of the Swarthmore
Methodist Church
BLOOD DONOR DAY
OCTOBER 29
.The Borough Red Cross
•Blood Donor Day will be held
Cjfibper 2&r in the Wpniaft's
" CJtub,; ■ Pairk; avenue, according
to /anno'unc^n^V-l^S^^.C/'Ji-.":
Jeglum, chairman of Blood
Service for the Swarthmore
Branch, American Red Cross.
The first apppintment' will be
at 1 o'clock and the last at
6:30 p.m.
■: Residents of the Borough are
asked to call Mrs. F. R. Lang,
SWarthmore 6-1155 to arrange -
convenient^ appointment periods
Mrs. Lang is Blood Recruit-'
ment head and the; signing up
of donors 'Is now underway.
Donors will make the task
much more heartening if they
v&ll volunteer their donation/
of the badly, heedfed. blood.
Blood collected feere by the
Red Cross Bloodmobile will be
used in three ways:
First, for the. Korean . War*
veterans who still need* blood
transfusions in repair operations, as do veterans from the
second world war; second, for
residents of Swarthmore who
may secure life saving blood
from the local Branch,—in August three such requests wire
received, one of these needing
six pints (the customary r^eed
is two pints but a resident has;
needed as much as 21 pints);
and third, for the production
of Gamma Gobulin, effective
prevention against polio, .which
is distributed by the National
Health Organization, never by
the Red Cross or' private
physicians, and for which the
Red Cross is the sole collector
of blood..
The Bloodmobile will visit
the College on October 20, with
Mrs. Jeglum anu" committees of
the Swarthmore Branch in
charge and staffing the operation.
Women to Preside at
Opening Tea Tuesday
Program    Will    Feature
Contralto Edith
Bailey
Members and guests of the Woman's Club of -Swarthmore are
looking forward to the opening
tea to. be held Tuesday, October
6j from 3. to 5 p.m. In the receiving line will be the new officers
of the club: Mrs. Frank G. Keenen, president; Mrs. Morris H. Fussell, first vice-president; Mrs.
Joseph B.- Shane, second, vice-president; Mrs. D. Mace Gowing,
treasurer; Mrs. C. Russell Phil-
tip^?.rocorditig secretary; arid- Mrs.
Piferre, Decrouez; corresponding
secretary.
Refreshments will be served by
the hospitality committee, of
which Mj-s. Julius A. Finsken and
Mrs, J. Roy Snape are chairmen.
Past presidents of the club will
preside at 'the tea tables. Decorations aire in charge of the garden
department, Mrs; Charles A. Boyle,
chairman.
At 3:30 Edith Bailey, contralto,
will give a progfram, accompanied
by Urma Nabe^hatier who plays
for the Philadelphia Music Club.
Miss Bailey, a resident of Devon
gives recitals in Philadelphia ahd
is soloist for the Mendelssohn
Club, the Matinee Musical Club,
and the Philadelphia Music Cfub.
She has also appeared on radio
and TV programs. She is soloist
with Clarence Fuhrman's orchestra at the music piers at Ocean
City, and Cape May.
The contralto soloist at the Arch
Street Methodist Church in Philadelphia, Miss Bailey has been a
member of the faculty of the Bay
View Summer College of Music
at Bay View, Mich, for the past
three years.
Paging All Spooks
The traditional Hallowe'en parade wfll be held again this year
under the sponsorship of tho
Swarthmore Business Association,
according to Al Carney, preafdent
The parade is scheduled for Friday evening, October 80.x
' $3.50 PER YEAR
$400,000 School Ponds
Go at 21/s Per Cent
Last   Step   Toward   New
Elementary Wing
Taken
Stroud and Company emerged
successful from among 11 bidders
en the School District's $400,000
bond issue Wednesday evening
when bids were opened during a
regular meeting of the Swarthmore School Board. Interest at 2
1 8 per cent per annum with a
premium of $1364 and accrued interest to date of delivery were
features of the Stroud quotation.
Five other bidders quoted the
same interest rate and the remaining five bid 2-1/4 with premiums ranging from $103,60 to
$3,512. The bonds will mature at
rate of $20^000 annually for 20
years.
Moving further toward the expansion of the Rutgers avenue
Elementary School building for
which the electorate-authorized
$312,000 of the bonds will be used,
the Board adopted a resolution
directing the issuance of the four
hundred $1000 general obligation
bonds and establishing a sinking
fund to care for interest and principle payments. The first*88 bonds,
covering acquisition of the new
school site and reimbursement of
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-  Orchestra Rehearsals
.. Rehearsal of the .Swarthmore
Symphony Orchestra will be resumed at 8 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, in the library of the Bartol
Research Foundation ^-on the
Swarthmore College campus.
Prospective members are invited to attend.
RED CROSS TO MEET
The Fall meeting of the Swarthmore Branch, American Red
"Cross, will be held at 10 a.m. on
Friday morning, October 9, in the
American Legion Room, Borough
Hall.
Mrs. Paul D. Williams, president, will preside. Reports will be
presented by all chairman, including a special' report of the
Red Cross • participation in the
Civil Defense drill on the Tuesday preceding..
H.S. Garnet Defeats
Darb^ Rams, 20-0
Victors   To   V$f   Nether
Providence Today>
At 3:30
The 1953 edition of Swarthmore
High School Football got off to
a roaring start with a decisive
victory over the Darby Rams.
This game was a pleasant surprise
considering the loss of such a
great number of players through
graduation. The' completely new
line-up played determined and
aggressive ball from the very first
whistle, and at no time did -Darby
ever threaten.
Swarthmore received the first
kick-off and with fine blocking
Rob Wright returned the ball to
mid-field, from which point sharp
smashes by left halfback Terry
Delmuth and fullback Mandell
Much carried the ball deep into
Darby territory. For the moment
fumbles and penalties, so typical
of an opening game, seemed constantly to thwart the Garnet attempt to.score. It was not until 2
minutes before the end of the first
period that Terry Delmuth ran
off left guard, escorted by linemen Hollander and Maschal, to
the first touchdown.
This was pretty much the pattern throughout the game as the
great defensive play of the
Swarthmore line made up of ends
— Hayes and Kroon, tackles Hurd
and Maschal, ahd guards Hollander and Thomas — stymied every
Darby thrust. Whenever a hole
opened up, and there were few,
backers-up Zensen and Much
plugged it immediately. Any Ram
attempt to swing the ends was
Stopped quickly by the accurate
tackling of halfbacks Clothier and
Wright.
The first half ended *with
Swarthmore leading 7-0. In
typical Garnet style the local boys
came roaring back in the second
half and in short order had the
ball deep in r)arby territory. Tfce'
second, touchdown'.was a result
of an eod run pass from halfback
Delmuth to right end Haynes,
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