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THE SWARTHMOREAN
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VOLUME 25—NUMBER 43
^WARTHMORE, FRIDAY,  OCTOBER 23, 1953
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To Break Ground
For New School Sat.
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School   Directors  Include
Community in Program
At 10:30 Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning the Swarthmore School Board will conduct
the symbolic exercises of breaking
ground for the new addition of the
Rutgers Avenue School. These exercises will begin at 10:30 a.m.
and will be held at the corner of
Westdale and Rutgers avenues. "A
brief and interesting program has
been arranged of interest to those
friends of the school who have
been eagerly awaiting the day for
the beginning of this work on the
expansion of the class facilities to
take care of the rapidly increasing
attendance in the Swarthmore
schools.
The program will open at 10:15
with selections by the high school
band under the direction of Robert Holm, band director. At 10:30,
the exercises will begin under the
leadership of Carroll Streeter,
president of the School .Board.. Mr.
Streeter will welcome the guests
and introduce the other members
of the Board who have taken important parts in the development
of this pf Ogram. They will be Don-raid P. Jones, vice-president; Samuel C. Carpenter, secretary and
chairman of the Property Committee, John F. Spencer, treasurer,
and Mrs. Robert Spiller, chainrian
of the Instruction Committee.
H. lindley Peel, president of
Borough Council,' will give a few
remarks on behalf of the Borough
father*-, Frank R. Many, supervising principal of the School, will
speak briefly on behalf of the
school staff. John Pinkston, a pupil
of the Rutgers Avenue School, will
thenJae introduced and will speak
on behalf bf the children of the
school.
Following these brief speeches,
Mr. Streeter'will -present Architect
Howell Lewis Shay, ..Jr., General
Contractor Joseph Cornell and his
assistant, Arthur E. Clotts, John
W. Seybold, president of the Home
and School Association, Mr. Thom-
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Woman's Club to Hear
Mrs. Hiram Houghton
The meetings of the Woman's
Club of Swarthmore to be held at
2 p.m., October 27, is under the
sponsorship of the legislation department, Mrs. Claire H. Jeglum,
chairman. Mrs. Hiram C. Houghton, assistant director in charge of
Refugees and Migration of the Mutual Security Agency, will speak
oh "Pathway to Peace."
Mrs.. Houghton served as president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs in 1950-1952. During her term as president many
projects were accomplished, such
as raising $325,188 for Korean relief, sending 26,200 pounds of
cloth to German Youth centers,
purchasing radios for Iran and
the Philippines, mobilizing the
membership for national defense
activities, and promoting finance
forums for women.
To further the GFWC international good will program Mrs.
Houghton led four World Cooperation tours toi Europe, the Near
East, Mexico, Guatamala and other
countries of South America. As a
result of these visits Her Majesty
Queen Juliana conferred upon her
the decoration^ Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau, in recognition of Mrs. Houghton's service in
the furtherance, of understanding
and good, will between the Nether-
landq and the United States./
Schools Closed
Swarthmore Schools will be
closed Monday and Tuesday of
next week on account of the
Delaware County Teachers Institute.
Morning sessions will be held'
at the High School — afternoon sessions at Clothie*
Memorial. All teachers are required to attend.
Services Held for
Adolph Ruben
Former Business Ass'n Sec
Past Lithuanian Farband
President
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, October 19, in
Philadelphia for Adolph Rubin, in
business in Swarthmore for the
past 24 years, whose death occurred Saturday at the Valley
Forge Heart Institution where he
had been a patient for the'past
month.
Born in the Baltic States \n
1906, (Mr. Rubin came to the
United States, settling in Philadelphia 28 years ago. A barber by
trade, he worked in a local shop
for two years before setting up his
business on Dartmouth avenue two
years later. In 1933 he moved his
shop to 5 South Chester road and
in 1937 he purchased the property
at 7 South Chester road where he
opened his present establishment
and 'two years later became agent
for jewelry and electrical appliances, still carrying on his original
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In his native country he was
Well known as a gymnast and soccer player. He displayed athletic
prowess here as an amateur
wrestler in the. Middle Atlantic
Association, wrestling for the
YMHA, Philadelphia. He was, also,
an ardent horseman. He was a past
president and secretary of the!
Lithuanian Farband ( Society of
which he was an honbrary member at the time of his death and
the former secretary of the
Swarthmore Business Association.
He was a member of the Ohev
Sholom Synagogue, Chester.       '
He is survived by bis wife, the
former Eleanor Hyman whom he
married on June 13, 1937, and by
a son Nelson, a student in the
local High School. ~
2 Hallowe'en Paraded
Not one, but TWO Hallowe'en
parades will march .next,, Friday
night under the sponsorship of
the Swarthmore Business Association. The first is being held at 7
p.m. in the College Field house in
co-operation with the Mothers
Club, and invites children toddler-age through tHird grade.
The second parade open to the
entire community, will form at
the Rutgers avenue triangle, ready
to start at 8 p.m. promptly, and
will march, hopefully, by the light
of a waning moon, down Ruftgers
avenue to the bank, around on
Chester road and- Park to the
Borough Parking lot. In the event
of rain it will be held at the same
hour Saturday night.    v'
Cash prizes will be awarded to
winners in each subsection-, of
comic, fancy, and most original
under the three general classification — individual, group and float.
Parents who wish to escort
young ones are asked to be in costume, as no "plain clothesmen"
will be allowed5^ march.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Hilles
of Crest lane entertained at a
dinner-bridge for 12 at their, home
Saturday evening.
Courtney Craig Smith
New College President delivering: his inaugural address in the
Scott Outdoor Auditorium.
Swarthmore College
Installs Dr. Smith
John W. Nason Awarded
Honorary Degree
Saturday
, Dr. Courtney Craig Smith was
formally installed as the ninth
President of Swarthmore College
on Saturday, October 17* the annual Homecoming and Founders':
Day; Mare tira i;<^
invited guests of the college shared
the day's festivities which began
at 11:45 with the Academic Procession* proceeding from Parrish
Hall to the Scott Auditorium
where President Smith delivered
a forthright address, and concluded with an Alumni .Dinner in
honor of the hew President and
Mrs. Smith in the Field House at
6 p.m. -
Dr. Smith was presented to the
audience by the man he succeeds,
Dr. John W. Nason who resigned
the position to become head of
the Foreign Policy Association. In
response to the gracious introduction, Df. Smith replied, "I assure you it's an exciting adventure
to be invited to jump on the running board .and climb behind the
wheel of a going machifce-r-to
know that there's power under the
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Borough Troops To Mark
Girl Scout Sunday, Oct. 25
In observance of Girl Scout
Sunday October 25, Swarthmore
Scouts will, attend services in all
the churches of the community.
Arrangements for this program
were made by members of the
Girls Planning Board, who visited
the local ministers to discuss plans
for this observance.
Following is a list of the churches with the troops which will at-
attend them this Sunday:
-African Methodist Episcopal -
Troop 16, Junior High; Methodist
- Troop 83, fifth grade, Rutgers,
and Troop 331, sixth grade Rutgers; Presbyterian" - Troop 269,
fifth grade CoUege; Trinity -
Troops 423 and 428, fourth grade
College, and Troop 95, fourth
grade Rutgers; Friends Meeting -
Troop 429, sixth grade College,
Troops 19 and io; third grade College. '    • «
Girl Scout Sunday marks the
opening of Girl Scout Week which
will cohtipue through October SI
All girls attending ;the
j Sunday, should be ia uniform.
Sunday Worshippers Asked to Give
To'Klothes for Korea'Campaign
The Rotary campaign for "Klothes for Korean Kiddies"
got into full/swing this week with the distribution of announcements 'to every home in the community by the pupils
of Mr. Bell's class in the junior high school. .
This notice calls attention to the fact that good usable,
substantial, warm clothing is badly needed for children up to
15.years of age. Serviceable shoes tied together in pairs also
are welcome. Collected clothing will be delivered to the
American Friends Service Committee warehouse in Philadelphia and will be promptly and safely forwarded to Korea in
time to be available for the children, there this winter.
The plan of collection is that peoeple having clothing and
shoes to donate will take them to one of the following places
on Saturday, October 24; the Fire Company's meeting room
at Borough Hall (on parking lot level), the Swarthmorean
Office, the High School Gymnasium, or Rutgers Avenue
School. -Members of the Rotary Club committee will be available at each of these spots to take charge of the donations.
Through the cooperation of the
churches on Sunday, October 25,
worshippers, are asked to bring to
the morning service of their
church, a gift for a needy Korean
child. The committee would advise
those who prefer to give a gift of
money make out a check to CARE
and mail it or hand it to Harold
Ogram at the Bank or Itank
Morey at the high school. CARE
will.use these funds for the relief
of Korean children.
■This local effort is sponsored by
the Swarthmore Rotary Club with
the details especially in charge of
a committee . consisting of Reverend Joseph Bishop, Cbarles
Fischer, Peter E. Told, Joseph
Reynolds, Avery Blake, William
F. Lee,* Al Carney, and Frank
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Bank to Present
Financial Forum
Woman's Program Nov. 5
To  Feature Speaker
And Panel
The First National Bank of Delaware County will hold a Financial Forum for Women on November 5 in cooperation with the
Women's Clubs of lima, Media,
Swarthmore and Springfield, Richard G. Burn, president,/announced
yesterday. -._. ■;
-. The: Presidents ..of tha Women's
Clubs in this area welcomed the
idea and selected the date of November 5 at 8 pan. in the
Swarthmore Woman's Club, Park
avenue. George C. Denniston, Esq.,
trust officer of the Provident Trust
Company will speak on "What a
Woman Should Know About
Wills." A panel composed of officers and directors of the First National Bank of Delaware County
will answer individually questions
received during the question period that follows.
"We are deeply indebted to these
four Women's Clubs", * President
Burn said. "They have made many
suggestions about the types of
questions women would like to
have answered in this Forum.
Their enthusiasm and help is-mak-
ing a. program that we believe will
be of great interest to all the
women of that area."
Boro Bleed Donor Day
More than 200 Swarthmore
contributors are needed to help
tile borough meet its quota of
150 pints in the fall Blood
Donor Day, October 29, at the
Woman's Club. A veritable army
ot workers have been telephoning: this week and last to supplement the volunteers who
have already made their appointments.
The telephone committee will
continue its dialing- until the
opening gun at 1 pjn. that day,
if necessary.
The Red Cross Motor Corps
under Mrs. John R. Bates will
be available for transportation;
and Leonora Perkins will be on
duty from 1 pjn. to 6:39 pjn.,
when the day officially ends, to
cate for children. Mrs. Claire Hi
Jegison is Swarthmore's chairman ef Blood Donors, wtth Mrs.
L» A. Wetisufer as co-chairman.
Beeaeac of unavoidable rejeets,
tewn titan 15* donon wfll
le -iseet the quota.
'Off-Year' Election
Challenges Voters
Despite the fact it will be an
"off-year" election when a distressing number, of voters seem to
feel they can stay home and re^t
from the labors of running their
government, election boards
throughout the Commonwealth
have gone light ahead with prep*
arations, and the ballot- sheets are
now ready for voters on November
3 with questions pertaining to local, county and state affairs.
In Swarthmore, t&r instance,-
voters who manage a trip down to
the polling stations in their various precincts, will be asked to
vote for four school directors—
John' F. Spencer for a six year*
term; Donald P. Jones and Mary
S. Spiller for four year terms; and
Charles C. Martin for a two year
term. They run unopposed.
Also running unopposed are Joseph _ Reynolds for Burgess and
Mary*^Parke Dodd, Tax Collector,
each four year terms, and Richard
M. Snyder, AudiTor, a term of six
years. In addition each precinct
will have its own election of Judge
and Inspector of Election.
The borough's real battle of the
day will be waged by Thomas W.
Hopper, Birney K. Morse, Frank
H. McCowan and Henry Wood,
Republicans, and Harry E. Oppenlander, Democrat—Ave men vyinig
for four seats on Borough Council.
County-wise, citizens will be
asked to choose two judges of the
Superior Court from the four candidates running—J. Colvin Wright
and Harold L. Ervin, Republicans,
and John Inghram Hook ahd W.
C. Sheely, Democrats. Henry/G.
Sweney is unopposed for Judge
of the Court of Common Fleas, but
again, Frank A. Snear, Jr„ Republican, and Edward L.' Henry,
Democrat, running for Sheriff, will
be very much interested in the
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