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VOLUME 27—NUMBER 11
SWARTHMORE, FRIDAY,   March 18, 1955
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Memorial Held for
Mrs. Carlos Noyes
Made Home in Borough
For Quarter of
Century
A memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Joseph P.
Bishop Tuesday evening in the
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
for Mrs. Carlos F. Noyes-who died
suddenly at her home, 660 Parrish road, at 8 p.m. Saturday. Ill
for six weeks prior to her death,
Mrs. Noyes had been in poor
health for several, years.
A resident of Swarthmore since
1930, her principal activity in
recent years had been with the
Thimble Group. During the second world war she was active in
Red Cross Canteen work. She
was a member of ^he Swarthmore
Presbyterian. Church and its
Woman's Association, and a former member of the Woman's
Club.
Mrs. Noyes was the former Edna
Brice, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard A. Brice of Camden,
N.J., where she was born on
November 21, 1883. She attended
Friends Central School and was
graduated from the Swarthmore
Preparatory School. She was married on December 11, 1915, in
Camden.
The Noyes' first home was in
Brooklyn and then, for 10 years,
in Cuba. In SwartHmore they resided on Swarthmore, Ogden, and
Harvard avenues before moving
to her late home on Parrish road
in the fall of 1940.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Noyes is survived by three daughters: Margaretta (Mrs. J.' Richard
Sad^)^SpriBgfle!df Namy^U^
abeth (Mrs. T. L. Eliot) .Bethesda,
Md.;'and Frances (Mrs. Robert E.
Rowand), New York City. Cremation was at West Laurel Hills,
Philadelphia.
Mother's Style Show
Set For Thtirsday
•Easter 1955' Will Preview
Fashions For Men
and Women
Models, who will display spring
fashions at the annual show,
"Easter 1955", presented by the
Swarthmore Mother's Club, have
been announced today. The fashion show will be given next
Thursday, a,t 8:3.0 p.m. in the High
School Auditorium.
Young children twill be featured
in the opening scene, "Egg Coloring", while scene two, "Bridge
Party in the Afternoon" will
emphasize summer attire for the
ladies. In scene three, "An Egg
Nog Party", men, as well as
women, will model both informal
-and formal attire, and the gay
climax, "Easter Parade", will preview new outfits for the entire
family.
Models from the Mother's Club
include: Mrs. Roland Coit, Mrs. H.
Mather Lippincott, Mrs. William
Loftus, Mrs. Charles' Smith, Mrs.
Jack C. Fitch, Mrs. Frank Chapman, Mrs. Jerome Smith, Mrs.
Vernon Urbani, Mrs. Robert Pfei-
fer, Mrs. George Wilcox, Mrs. H.
Leland Clifford, Mfsv Charles
Durkin and Mrs. Edward Thomas.
Mrs. Roland G. E. Ullman and
Mrs. John Michael are the. guest
models.'
Up-to-the-minute fashions in the
masculine world will be shown by
Leiand Clifford, Frank Chapman,
John Gersbach, Edward GoM-
meyer, . Ralph Hancock,. Thomas
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FIRE CODER ARRIVES
The electrically controlled automatic coder, purchased by the
Swarthmore Fire Company to
facilitate operation of the new air
horn for fire alarms, has arrived
at Borough Hall and is being installed by the Bell Telephone Co.
as The Swarthmorean goes to press.
Fire Chief John Rumsey said,
Tuesday, that the Fire Company
has worked out a temporary code
of numerical combinations to be
used so that blasts will signal to
firemen and interested residents
whether the call is north or south
of the railroad, on College property, or out of town. As spon as
sufficient tests and any necessary
changes are made, to insure the
auditory effectiveness of the proposed code, it will be given public
announcement. ,
RED CROSS DRIVE
NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
The community of Swarthmore is reminded that Its contribution to the Fund Drive of
the American Red Cross stands
at 35 per cent of the quota, with
half of the month of March
allotted to the campaign already
over.
The work of the Red Cross
daring the next year is dependent upon this campaign. A
contribution to the Fund Drive
is, in very truth, "you, helping
other people". In times of flood
and disaster, a report. coming
over the radio that the "Red
Cross in three states has been
alerted to be prepared with its
disaster relief program" brings
comfort to safe communities
such as Swarthmore has been in
the past years. To Red Cross
' volunteers who know * how
the oiisnlntlotf
a<»tIbV th> state*
men* speaks eloquently.
Through Red Cross relief
Swarthmore has received direct
benefit in its two disastrous fires
which made families homeless
and through its blood service
which gave aid to 26 families
in the past 18 months and was
prepared to aid others if needed.
Communities which have been
spared disaster can be devoutly
thankful that no Red Cross
'disaster relief has been needed..
In many that gratitude Is reflected in the support of the Red
Cross. It; is inconceivable that
Swarthmore will let this 1955
drive down.
Mrs. A. W. Bass, Jr., treasurer
of the Swarthmore Branch, is in
the E. L. Noyes office from 10
to 12 Monday through-Friday to
receive the reports of solicitors.
Any person who has not been
contacted may leave his. contribution with Mrs. Bass.
Judge Blair F. Gunther
Penna. Judge Will Be
Club Speaker Tuesday
Superior Court Judge Will
Talk on "Jurisdiction
of State Courts"
"Jurisdiction of our State
Courts" is the subject of a talk to
be given by Judge Blair F. Gunther of Pittsburgh at the Woman's
Club of Swarthmore Tuesday,
March 22, at 2 p.m.
Born in Hastings, Judge Gunther was educated in public and
private schools. He was graduated
from Kanty Preparatory School
and received his Bachelor of Law
degree from Duquesne University
in 1927. He was admitted -to the
County and State Courts in 1928
and engaged in private practice.
Deputy Attorney General from
1935-1938, Judge Gunther was appointed to the Allegheny County
Bench in 1942 and was elected in
1943 despite a Democratic landslide. At present he is Judge of
the Superior Court of ,the ,.Com^
imbttv^a^-^
ing been appointed to this high
Appellate Court in April, 1950, by
former Governor James H. Duff,
now United States senator. Later
he was elected to a full term.
Judge Gunther is supreme head
of the largest Fraternal and Beneficial Organization in Pennsylvania, an organization of over
350,000 members. He is chairman
of the board of trustees, Alliance
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ONE WAY STREET
Police Chief Thomas Bateman
has announced that during school
days Rutgers avenue will be a one
way street between Westdale and
Strath Haven avenues at the following hours: 8:30 a.m. to 9
a.m.; 11:40 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and 2:45
p.m. to 3:45 p.m.  •
Was He YQUR Child?
Last Sunday after church, a
small boy scooted • down . North
Chester road on his tricycle,
bound.for the other side of the
railroad. At the PRR parking lot,
he took a turn to the right and
with a fortitude greater than most
adults, braved the home-coming
church traffic to the other side,
and coasted nonchalantly under
the pass, puffed up to the top, and
prepared to ford Route 320's Sunday traffic once again.
Fortunately, an observant adult
caught up with him in time to help
him make the second crossing. En
route they discussed friendly matters and the boy said that he
thought he went to* the Sunday
school "on Harvard avenue."
Mostly, one hears of thoughtful
.boys aiding helpless adults across
busy streets, but the tables were
turned that* day--4t was age helping youth—he wasn't old enough
to be a. cub,scout
Was he your chUdT
American Legion Post
Officers Appointed
At a special K emergency meeting
called by Adjutant D. B. Hopson
of the Ainsworth-Wernher Post
427 American Legion held in the
Legion Room at Boro Hall on
Tuesday evening, temporary officers were appointed by District
Commander Swesney to serve until regular elections are held in
June. The officers appointed were:
Commander, John E. Gensemer,
Jr.; Adjutant, Davis B. Hopson;
Junior Vice Commander, John E.
Jeffords; Senior Vice, Commander,
George Glasser; Financial Officer,
Howard G. Hopson; Historian,
Walter F. Thorpe; Service Officer,
Oscar J. Gilcreest; Chaplain, Rev.
Joseph Bishop; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Ferris W. Mitchell, Waiter Snyder.
Plans were made for the tra^
ditional Memorial Day observance
and for a house to house membership canvas. Veterans eligible
to American Legion membership
are invited meanwhile to contact
any of the officers or to attend
the next.meeting which is sched^
uled for Wednesday,'April 20, in
the Legion Room at Boro Hall.
Citizens Protest
Jacobs' Project
Council    Hears    Reaction
To Inter-Racial
Experiment
"A vigorous protest against the
housing project sponsored by Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Jacob, planned for
the Morrow property at the foot
of Harvard avenue" was registered with Borough Council on Monday evening through a petition
signed by 40 citizens and taxpayers of the section of the Borough
adjoining the Morrow site.
The petition stated "The sponsors of this project admit that it
is an experiment which they hope
will be vsuccessf ul and will result
in similar experiments in other
suburban areas. In other words,
they wish Swarthmore to be the
guinea-pig on which to try out
the experiment We who have for
many years made this town our
home would be unhappy in such a
situation for which the time is
not ripe." >
Allen C. Wood, president of the
Swarthmore Property Owners Association, also carried resident-
disapproval of the 'Jacobs, undertaking, stating that 90 percent of
his. Association does not. consider
that the project kr in the best interest of Borough property own*
ers. He reported to Council in person, Monday night, the results of
a membership poll in which 315 of
the 350 replies received were opposed to "the idea*and 35 favored
it-
Describing his organization's
purpose as promoting the best interests of the owners of real estate
in the Borough and assisting in
maintaining Swarthmore as a
desirable residential community,
Mr. Wood related how the Property Owners' board of directors
had invited Mrs. Jacob, on December 16, to discuss the proposed
Inter-racial project with them and
clarify conflicting rumors about it
which had come to their ears. Mrs.
Jacob, who lives on Swarthmore
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Mutual Exchange
Lures Housewives
Annual Spring  'Bonanza'
Set for Mar. 29, 30,
April 1st
The Woman's Club Spring
Mutual Exchange will open on
Tuesday, March 29, when the
widely varied assortment of goods
for exchange is taken to the Club
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Even
now there are sacrosanct piles of
cleaned, pressed outgrown clothing and boxes of shining wearied-
of glass and china wares (a gold
hunt for antique lovers) gathering
in the homes of canny housewives.
Everything other than hats,
shoes, handbags, and winter clothing will be accepted for exchange.
Winter clothing is to be kept for
the Fall sale when it is in demand.
Household items of every kind,
clothes for growing children are
now in high popularity. As for
baby clothes including freshly
laundered little girls' dresses, one
has only to watch the concentration of community grandmothers
upon this section to realize its top
priority.
Wednesday, March 30, is the
sale day and it is a wise early
worm who is on hand by the 9
o'clock opening. The sale continues until 8:30 p.m. and if you
haven't seen the entire community there during those hours, it
will be most unusual. The sale,
thanks to the quality of articles
brought in, has gained a reputation of "good goods" and although
there's no specific record of a tug
of war over any itern^ there has
of ten been a ladyriike^ reluctant
retr^satifrpm that situation/ Tftiere
will be no nursery this. time.
Settlement is on Friday, April
1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Only one
day will be devoted to it and any
remaining articles or garments
left after the date and time will be
given to charity. Mrs. Robert
Boyle, general chairman of the
Exchange promises that the date
of settlement will have no effect
upon the result.
The Club " committee working
under Mrs. Boyle is a follows:
Mrs. D. M. Gowing, treasurer;.
Mrs. Robert Grogan, assistant
treasurer; Mrs. R. T. Bates, household; Alice Marriott, desk; Mrs. A.
S. Johnson, Jr., Mrs. Samue.1 Carpenter, Mrs. Robert Bradford,
checking; Mrs. E. L. Crosby, Mrs.
H. Williams, sorting and hanging;
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Oxford Lecturer, Representative of School's
English:. Affiliate, to Visit Here March 30th
CP Speakers to Meet
The Speakers Bureau of UCP
of Delaware County will have its
first organizational meeting of
1955 on:Tuesday, March 22, at
8 pint., at the-home of.its chairman; Ruth C Webb, 316 South
Chester road.
Philip Heafford, a lecturer at
Oxford University, England, will
visit Swarthmore High School
Wednesday, March 30. He will
bring color: pictures and tape recordings from Swarthmore's Affiliated school, Woodhouse Grammar School near Sheffield, England. Mr. Heafford will visit
classes, speak to the entire student body and will take color pictures and make recordings to carry
back  to  England.
At Oxford Mr. Heafford, who is
himself a scientist and mathematician, instructs those who wish
to enter the teaching profession
in methods of teaching in his particular fields. He is also head of
a. service which is charged with
fostering affiliations between English and foreign' schools.
Besides^ visiting schools in the
United States, Mr. Heafford will
lecture at Columbia University.
While in this vicinity, he Is the
guest of Dr. .and Mrs. Wolfgang
Koehler of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore High School and
the Woodhouse Grammar School
have been affiliated for two years.
They were brought into communication through the School
Affiliation Service of the Friends
Service Committee. About 200'
children in the two schools as
well as several teachers, are regular correspondents.
In addition, classes exchange
projects, pictures, and compositions. Recently the Woodhouse
School sent gay posters, firecracker wrappers, Parkin cakes,
bonfire candy* and written explanations of the meaning of Guy
Fawkes Day. Swarthmore celebrated by eating the cake and candy and drinking real tea.
Swarthmore students are now
planning to'send back to Wood-
house some'gift which will demonstrate how we celebrate an
American holiday. Eventually, the
two schools hope to exchange
some students and teachers.
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