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VOLUME 27—NUMBER 19
SWARTHMORE, FRIDAY,   May 13, 1955
$3.50 PER YEAR
SPECIAL HOME AND SCHOOL "TRIAL"
GIVE TRIBUTE TO FRANK R. MOREY
The presentation of a desk pen set by
John W. Carroll, Home and School president, to Frank R. Morey who this year
marks his 25th anniversary as Supervising
Principal of the Swarthmore Schools, was
rudely interrupted last evening by a group
of townsmen who insisted on bringing Mr.
Morey to trial before Judge John Spencer
for "too much feasance" in office.
Sergeant Elmer Zebley made the arrest
which upset the regular Home and School
meeting in the College Avenue Auditorium.
A. Sidney Johnson, Jr., prosecuted the.case, with G. Baker Thompson,
Joseph Bishop, Claudia Hancock, and Coach Millard Robinson as the
principle witnesses.
After the victim was found guilty, W. Newton Ryerson presented
the following citation:
"During the past 25 years there
has dwelt among us a gentle person, a Christian, who always sees
the best in everyone, a -leader
whose weight has been recognized
without his having thrown it
around, a man who, though firm,
can tread on egg shells without
breaking them.
"Frank R. Morey has been Supervising Principal "of the Swarthmore School District since 1930.
Born in York, Pennsylvania, he
did his undergraduate work at
Penn State and obtained his Master's degree at Columbia. His administrative ability must have
displayed itself early, for after
three years of teaching in Lancaster County, he became Superintendent of Vocational Education in Chester County. Later he
served as Supervising Principal at
Camp Hill, and subsequently as
Assistant Director of the Teacher
Bureau, Pennsylvania Department
of Public Instruction. .
"Frank  Morey  has ■ served
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as
Citizen's Safety Com:
Reports to Council
The Citizens Safety Committee
which has been studying hazardous spots, in the Borough for
the past year under the chairmanship of Charles B. Howland,
presented a detailed report of
findings and recommendations for
improvement at Monday night's
monthly session of Borough Council. The report includes a ten-
page survey of conditions and
recommendations involving ten
specific highway intersections,
four school crossings, and six
areas of parking regulation, made
by the Keystone Automobile Club.
The ten intersections cited are:
Cedar lane and Baltimore pike;
Cedar lane, Swarthmore avenue,
Parrish road and Crest lane (two-
and-a-quarter pages are devoted
to this); Chester road and
Swarthmore avenue; Riverview
avenue and the Swimming Pool;
Swarthmore and Yale avenues;
Harvard, Park and Princeton avenues; Cornell and Rutgers; Mt
Holyoke place and Strath Haven
avenue; .Chester road, Fairview
road and Harvard avenue; Ches-
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Presbyterian Group
Present Mrs. Williams
The evening circles of the
Swarthmore Presbyterian * Church
will present the widely known
playwright and monodramatist,
Mrs. Carom Bell Williams of Os-
sining^ N.Y., in a special program
Wednesday evening at 8.
Mrs. Williams, who has written
plays about early American
women, and a series of fairy playlets for children, will give two of,
her best-known monologs, "Susan
B. Anthony" and her "Supreme
c°urt,w a deeply moving drama
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Polling Booths
By  Precinct
Northern
College Avenue School
Eastern
Borough Hall   -
Western
Rutgers Avenue School
Bookworm's Heyday
Scheduled for May 25
Book Tea Offers Chance
To Share Favorites,
Find New Books
The third annual Book Tea
given by the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church Woman's Association will be held on Wednesday
afternoon, May 25, from 2 to 5
on the lawn in front of the David
Braun Memorial Building.
The entire community is in-
^tedi in the certainty thjit; there
wul""MS books to suit' every tasie
at one of the most nominal of
prices. Admission is one or more
books, and a small fee to cover the
refreshments.
There will be tables of recent
and attractive books for children
and for adults a choice and' widely assorted collection of current
fiction and classics including
Shakespearian plays.
Mrs. D. Mace Gowing and Mrs.
A. Sidney Johnson, Jr., are in
charge of the over-aU arrangements with representatives from
each circle on the enthusiastic
committee. Anyone wishing to
contribute books may call either
of the committee chairmen who
will be glad to pick them up.
Only recent books, classics, or
children's books with timeless appeal are desired.
Those following the crowd to
the tea will surely find many
books for vacation reading.
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Mrs. John E. Michael, Harvard
avenue, was elected. president of
the Delaware County Federation
of Women's Clubs for a term of
one year at the election held
Thursday, April 28.
Mrs. Michael, a past president
of the Woman's Club of Swarthmore, has served the Federation
as co-chairman of drama, chairman of organization, and as second vice president.
NINTH  GRADE  PICNIC
Students, parents and teachers
of the ninth grade will have a
picnic Friday, May 20, at 6:30
p.m. at Smedley Park, Paper Mill
road entrance, section 14.
A student committee headed by
Bob Bradshaw are planning activities and fun for all.
Kappa Sewing Group
The Kappa Rappa Gamma
Sewing group will meet Tuesday,
May 17, at'the home of Mrs. Carroll McCulloh, 439 Sharpless
street, West Chester.
Services in Chester
for Mrs. George Casey
Fifty-Year Resident
Had Been Active
Episcopalian
Mrs. Edith Tyson Casey, „. formerly of 405 Harvard avenue,
was buried in West Laurel Hill
Cemetery Tuesday afternoon following 2 o'clock funeral services
conducted by the Rev. H. Lawrence Whittemore, Jr., rector of
Trinity Church, Swarthmore, at a
Chester funeral home.
Mrs. Casey, who had been ill
since March 9, passed away Saturday night at the Davidson
Nursing Home on Baltimore pike
just south of Swarthmore.
Born in Germantown 83 years
ago Mrs. Casey was the daughter
of George Quick Tyson and Mary
Louisa Noblit Tyson. She was of
German-Quaker descent Her
great grandfather Reyner Tyson
came to America aboard the Concord in 1682 and was a member
of Abington Friends Meeting in
1700. Dell Noblit, early settler
of Wilmington, Del., was another
ancestor.
Mrs. Casey attended private
schools in Germantown and West
Philadelphia and was a voice
pupil of Abbie Whinnery. She was
a member of the musical alumni
of the University of Pennsylvania, having studied music
theory there under Dr. Hugh
Clark.
In 1894 she ' married George
Whitman Casey who became a
noted Philadelphia architect. He
died on February 11 of this year.
She; bad - been, a resident ~ of
Swarthmore - since ,1905,. was an
active member of the'Trinity
Church Women's Guild for many
years and of the Swarthmore
Woman's Club. She also was an
early member of the Players Club
and served many years as Democratic clerk of elections in the
Western precinct
Surviving are two sons, George
W. Casey, Jr., of Aston Mills and
Thomas Gridley Casey of Hyatts-
viile, Md.; a daughter, Mrs.
George Andrews Hay of South
Chester road; 14 grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Grace Lumpkin To Be
Speaker Here Sunday
Grace Lumpkin, a one-time
winner of the Maxim.Gorki prize
for literature and a close associate
of Whittaker Chambers when both
were Communists, .will be the
speaker on Sunday evening, May
15, at 7:30 pun. in McCahan Hall
of the Presbyterian Church. The
public is invited to attend the
meeting.
Now a devout Christian, Miss
Lumpkin will describe her disillusionment and break with Communism and her conversion to
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UCP RALLY SET FOR
MONDAY NIGHT
The UCP Rally for all captains and workers in Swarthmore
and the Morton-Rutledge area,
has been called for Monday, May
16, at 7:30 pjn. .in the Swarthmore Methodist Church primary
room.
Richard Hook, Strath Haven
avenue, will give a talk on "Our
Unit in Chester." A movie on CP
activities in the state and nation
will also be shown.
Ruth - ( Webb, chairman of
Swarthmore's one-night campaign
scheduled for Monday, May 23,
and Mrs. Kathryn Gates, chairman of Morton-Rutledge, urge all
captains and workers to attend. -
RABIES WARNING
Two people are currently
beinff treated for Rabies in
nearby Springfield alter having
been bitten by rabied animals.
Police there have been ordered
to shoot on sight all stray dogs.
Citizens of tiie Borough of
Swarthmore are hereby warned
of this danger and are requested
to keep all dogs and cats confined to their premises. It very
well may be necessary at any
time to impose a strict pet quarantine in Swarthmore. Voluntary cooperation by owners of
canine and feline pets may
lessen the need for such a quarantine.
J. ALBRIGHT JONES, M.D.
Health Officer
Borough of Swarthmore
THOMAS V. BATEMAN
Chief of Police
Borough of Swarthmore
4th Annual Blind fair
To Be Here May 19-21
The fourth annual Blind Fair
sponsored by the Swarthmore
Lions Club in cooperation with
the Delaware County (Chester)
Branch of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind will be held
next week-end, Thursday, Frlaay
and Saturday, in the local Fire
House at Borough Hall.
The Fair will provide an excellent opportunity for residents
of Swarthmore and the surrounding area to see, first hand, what
a visually handicapped person;
can do. As in the past, all work
done during the three-day stay—
from the sewing of ironing board
covers and,; chair-caning, to the
making of rubber door mats or
floor mops—will be performed as
it is done in daily routine.
The Lions Club especially welcomes this opportunity of calling
to the attention of fellow Swarthmoreans the fact that these are
100 per cent blind-made goods,
made in the Chester Branch. The
profit they make from the sale
of their goods goes to them, who
are reliant for such sales for
their livelihood. All the proceeds
from this Fair are for their benefit.
Lion President Peter Coste
states that members of the Club,
and their wives, will be on hand
all three days to assist in the sales
of the merchandise, and to explain the work of the Blind in
detail.
RED CROSS ANNUAL
MEETING NEXT FRIDAY
The annual meeting of the
Swarthmore Branch of the
American Red Cross will be
held Friday morning, May 20,
at 10 ajn. in the American
Legion Room, Borough Hall. All
members of the local chapter
are cordlaly invited to attend.
Election of officers will take
place and annual reports of the
work of the branch wfll be presented by all service chairmen.
Mrs. J. Albright Jones, chairman of the branch, will preside.
WORLD FRIENDSHIP
BAKE SALE TUESDAY
Philip Swayne's College Avenue
sixth grade will have a double,
World Friendship Bake Sale on
Tuesday, May 17, at 3:15 pjn. The
sales will be held simultaneously
in the High School Cafeteria and
in front of the Bank on South
Chester road.       > '
Description of wares includes
delicious cakes, melt - in - your-
mouth brownies, scrumptious
cookies, and real, cool, lemonade
and orangeade.
Four Stand for Three
Vacancies on Council
Borough Citizens Will
Vote in Primary
Tuesday
The only contest in the primary
locally, next Tuesday, is in the
Republican party. Four candidates
stand for nomination for three
vacancies on Borough Council.
The contestants are:
Edith C. (Mrs. William) Huey,
William F. Lee, Charles Wildey
Lukens and incumbent J. Roy
Carroll.
The following information has
been supplied by the candidates'
sponsors.
Mrs. Edith C. Huey, housewife,
313 Dickinson avenue, AJ3.
Swarthmore College, former
teacher Swarthmore School District, Chairman Central Community Nursing Service of Delaware County, former board
member and acting president of
Swarthmore League Women
Voters, former board member
Swarthmore Women's Club, former Chairman Junior Assemblies
and Senior Advisor to Junior
Woman's Club, Member Board
Swarthmore Needlework Guild,
former Chairman Overseers Committee of Swarthmore Monthly
Meeting of Friends/
William F. Lee, Guernsey road,
president-elect of the Rotary Club
of Swarthmore. A resident of
Swarthmore for 34 years, graduate of Swarthmore High School
and Friends Central, received his
BA. from Swarthmore College
in 1933.
Mr. Lee is a past president of
the  Swarthmore Recreation  and
the Home and School Associations
and is at present a  member of
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McLane to Speak at
LWV Open Meeting
Charles McLane of the political
science department of Swarthmore College will speak at the
meeting of the Swarthmore
League of Women Voters at Whittier House on Monday, May 16,
at 8:15 p.m. His topic will be
"Civil Rights in the Soviet
Union?"
Mr. McLane was graduated
from Dartmouth in 1941 and spent
five years in the armed forces. He
attended the Russian Institute at
Columbia University and received
his Masters in 1947. As a member
of the Foreign Services Staff of
the State Department, he spent
the years from 1950 through 1952
in Russia and is consequently
well qualified to speak with
authority.
Light refreshments will be
served after the meeting. All interested members of the community are invited to attend.
Fellowship Chorus in
Concert Here Sunday
The Fellowship Chorus of Fellowship House of Media and vicinity will present its annual
spring concert at the Swarthmore
Woman's Club on Sunday, May
15, at 3 p.m. Robert Grooters, director and member of the faculty
of Temple University, will conduct the group.
Forty men and women, volunteer singers from such communities as Media, Chester, Swarthmore, Morton and Aldan will present, the varied program.
Proceeds will benefit the Media
Fellowship House, inter-racial
and inter-religious -organization
located at 302 South Jackson
street, Media.
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