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VOLUME 27—NUMBER 38
SWARTHMORE, FRIDAY,   September 23, 1955
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Carroll Urges Citizens
Planning Commission
Offers Suggestions For
LWV  at Group's
Meet Monday     «
"A citizens group to parallel
every government group is a
necessity," said Swarthmore Borough Councilman J. Roy Carroll,
Jr., addressing the opening fall
meeting of, the Swarthmore
League of .Women. Voters at the
Ingleneuk on Monday.
Carroll, introduced as president
of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council of Delaware County,
spoke on "Town Planning For
Swarthmore and Our Share in It."
A study of the need for a Town
Planning Commission in Swarthmore was adopted as a local
agenda item by the League last
spring. Carroll's expressions v of
the value of creating such a commission have brought no tangible
results to date from his colleagues
on Borough Council.
' Citing unforward-looking residents' belated appreciation of advance planning as demonstrated
by recent East Stroudsburg area
tragedies and the IncorDel flood
control proposition, Carroll further used the 69th street, Upper
Darby, area as a standing shame
to American culture, enterprise,
and ingenuity.
Local planning boards are
needed because those at County
levels or higher' are not able to
see and understand problems of
individual communities making
the whole, said Mr. Carroll . In
Delaware County alone there are
49 political subdivisions. Everybody has problems and it is impossible to apply the same kind
of solution in each area at the
same time.
A native of ' Philadelphia, Mr.
Carroll saw the great fault in city
planning as the inability of a resident to identify himself with a
community, whereas in ■ Swarthmore, for instance, if one cuts his
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Troop 2 Camp Trip;
Court of Honor Wed.
Boy Scouts of Swarthmore
Troop 2 will take off for their,
third annual visit to the Bohemia
River in Maryland this week-end.
Their camping spree will include
.canoeing, fishing* and swimming.
. Other trips and events for the
fall and winter are now under the
consideration of the Patrol
Leader's Council. All boys in
Swarthmore who are at least 11
years old are invited to join in
these activities. Troop 2 meets on
Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at the
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church.
Highlight of next Wednesday
night's meeting will be a Court of
Honor at 8 o'clock in McCahan
Hall. Awards will be made to
scouts who have advanced in
Scout Rank since February. All
parents and friends of the troop
are invited to attend this event
Food for Thought
And Refreshment
Through the years, the Senior
class of Swarthmore High School
has\ had the privilege.' of selling
food at the home football games.
The profit from this sale goes into
the class treasury. Due to the
higher cost of publishing this
year's Yearbook, the Class of 1956
needs more than in previous
years.
^Y^/PPmmittee of girls from the
^csWfe working toward pleasing
the public with a large variety of
food. They hope Swarthmoreans
come out to support the team and
buy
GIRL SCOUT CAMPING
FILM TODAY AT 1:30
A film, "Let's Go Troop
Camping," will be shown this
afternoon, Friday, September
28, at 1:30 in room 102 in the
high school building. Banning
time is 20 minutes.
All Old Scout troop leaders
aad troop committee women
are urged to see this movie, the
"how-to-do-it" film for the
Camp-Out scheduled for October 23, 24, and 25, at Sunset
Hill. Members of the planning
committee will be present to
answer questions.
Community Arts in
Faculty Exhibit Sun.
Annual Open House
Will Launch 8th
Season
The Community Arts Center on
Rogers Lane, Wallingford, will
launch its eighth season of classes
in the arts and crafts with its
annual Open House and Faculty
Exhibition on Sunday afternoon,
September 25, from 2 to 5 o'clock.
At tliis time, old members will
be welcomed back and prospective members will be given the
opportunity to get acquainted
with the Center and its Faculty.
Registrations for membership and
classes will be taken and information about the full season of programs and classes taught will be
obtainable first hand.
Classes in the arts and crafts for
adults, teenagers and chlhiretr are
being offered, beginning October
3, mornings, afternoons and evenings throughout the Week. Included on the faculty are:
Robert"* Anthony (painting),
Beth Boiling (physiodynamics),
Phil Cooper (South' American
dancing), Mary Boyd (metal and
jewelry),Frederic Calvert (photography), Miriam Elsbree (metal,
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Mother's Club Sponsors
Child Study Course
The Swarthmore Mother's Club
is sponsoring another Child Study
course led by Dr. Ruth-Jean Eisenbud. . The subject of the course
is "How We Know Who We Are"
or the Growth, of the Feeling of
Self in the Child. The course will
consist of four meetings, all on
Monday evenings at 8:30 p.m.
Dates and titles for the individual
meetings are as follows:
October 10, in the American
Legion Room of Borough Hall,
"Primary Love" or "The Reflection of the Self in Mother's Eyes."
October 24-^"The Child's Body
Image" or "The Discovery of the
Body."
November 7—'Identification" or
"The Oedipal Stage."
November 21 -*• "The Social
Self" or "Pre-adolescent Groups."
The coursei is open to all interested members of the community. Those interested in taking
the course should contacT "Mrs.
Edmund Jones, SWarthmore 6-
6416, or Mrs. Robert Van Ravens-
waay, SWarthmore 6-8684.
Thomas B. McCabe
McCabe Awarded
Honorary Degree
Thomas Bayard McCabe ,.of
North Chester road, formerly a
resident of Selbyville and a native
of Wholeysville, Md., was the recipient of an honorary doctorate
of laws during the 122nd Convocation Exercises of the University
of Delaware last Monday, September 19. Mr. McCabe, now
president of the Scott Paper Company of Chester, also gave tbe
convocation address.
Over 2,000 students, faculty and
guests heard Mr. McCabe declare,
"Industry is looking to higher
education- to develop the type of
person who canjgrasp the spirit of
adventure in education -ahd who
can meet its challenge/—a challenge which can only be met by
those seekers of truth with an
understanding of man's cultural
knowledge. The crying need today
in all fields of endeavor is for
original and creative thinking. All
top level jobs, and those leading
to them, demand this quality —
tempered with sound judgment."
As a final word of advice to the
student members of the audience,
Mr. McCabe offered an old Quaker
proverb which reads, "Beware of
what thee sets thy heart upon, for
it surely will be thine."
BEREAVED
Florence N. Wolverton, sister of
Mrs. Howard B. Green of South
Chester road, passed away on
Wednesday, September 14.
Services were held on Saturday
in Remington, NJ., under the direction of friends from tiie Buckingham Meeting of which she had
been a member. Burial was in the
Quaker graveyard of Hie Old
Kingwood Meeting at
NJ.
Mrs. T. Gwinn Dies;
Resident 55 Years
Private services will be held
this morning for Mrs. Mary Pike
Gwinn of 312 Union avenue, who
died Tuesday, September 20, in
the Franklin Convalescent Home,
Morton.   She was 83.
The widow of Thomas Gwinn
who died in 1911, Mrs, Gwinn had
been a resident of the Union avenue address since 1900. She was a
member of the Presbyterian
Church for many years.
Surviving her' are three sons,
John of Union "avenue; Albert of
Rutgers avenue; and Thomas of
Allentown; and two grandchildren, Barry and Richard of Rutgers avenue.
A viewing was held in a funeral
home in Clifton Heights last evening. The Rev. Joseph P. Bishop
of the Swarthmore Presbyterian
Church, is conducting the services today. Interment will take
place in Eastlawn cemetery.
Friends have been asked to omit
flowers.
SURPLUS FOOD
PROGRAM OFFERED
Volunteers from the Woman's
Club of Swarthmore will ait in
the American Legion room at
Borough Hall on Monday, Toes-
day and Wednesday, September
26, 27 and 28 from 9:30 to 1
p.m., to receive applications for
government surplus food.
. Mrs. Louis J. Servais, chairman of the club's health and
welfare department, which is
conducting the project in the
borough, has announced thai
handicapped persons, low-income families and welfare cases
are eligible to fill out applications. Further details can be obtained from Mrs. Servais.
The Delaware County Commissioners are in charge of the
project in this area.
Mrs. Jane E. Thomas
Dies in Nursing Home
Mrs. Jane E. Thomas, mother of
Mrs. A. B. Reavis of University
place, passed away on Monday at
the Davidson Nursing Home on
Baltimore Pike. She was 86 years
old.
Mrs. Thomas, who was born in
Washington, D.C, had been living
with her daughter for nine years.
She is also survived by a. granddaughter, Miss Genevieve Reavis
of University place and a niece
and nephew in Washington, D.C.
Com. Nursing Service
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The Sickroom Supply Closet of
the Community Nursing Service
has moved its location from the
Swarthmore Co-Operative building on Railroad avenue to the
basement of the Dartmouth House
opposite the nurses office in the
Borough Hall.
When the former space became
inadequate, members of the committee approached the owner of
the Dartmouth House, Arthur
Binns, with their problem. Mr.
Binns offered to build a storeroom in the basement of "G"
section, which is accessible both
from the front entrance .and the
driveway behind the building;
and on September 1st with the
help of Mrs. Birney K. Morse
and Mrs. James P. Daugherty
and Stilwell's of Morton, the
equipment was moved into the
new quarters.
This storeroom contains many
sickroom supplies that are available to residents of Swarthmore,
Springfield, Media and surrounding communities. There are hospital beds, backrests, wheel chairs,
commodes, bedside tables, bed
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High School Meets
Darby Rams Today
Garnet Opens Season
On Rutgers Field
At 3 P.M.
The Swarthmore-Rutledge High
School football team's first test of
the 1955 season could very likely
be its biggest, according to Coach
Millard Robinson. The Darby
High School Rams bring a veteran
eleven to Rutgers field in this first
set-to. Looking forward to a different result than last year's defeat by the Garnet, 26 to 14, they
are sure to be at their best for
this fray.
The Garnet also has very definite ideas about the results. They
have been showing constant improvement throughout the past
two weeks and will present a
scrappy eleven at the kick-off.
Competition has been very keen
at several positions and many
boys are sure to see action in
this opener.
At ends Captain Pete Kroon
along with Allen Baughn, Lee
Gemmil, Scott Pickard and Bob
Yellowlees are sure to see action.
Captain Kroon will also take care
of kick-offs and extra point conversion. Andy Jones and John
Lang will see service at center
while both may perform defensively at end and tackle.
Guards and tackles will be filled
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LAST DAY OF HIGH
SCHOOL AA DRIVE
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Swarthmore High School's Athletic Association drive opened
Wednesday, September 14, to run
until today, September 23. The
drive is for funds to pay for
equipment and medical expenses
for all intermural and interschol-
astic girls' and boys' sports teams.
Money is raised by selling
season tickets good fbr all home
SHS football and basketball
games. These tickets, which also
insure a discount at away athletic
contests, are available to students
and to adults at bargain prices.
They may be purchased at tiie
high school office and at Michaels
or Cathermans drug stores.
According to direct report, the
drive has received good support
within fbe school and the AA is
hoping for tiw samo success in
the sale of adatt tickets.
Trumpler Wins Tennis
Club Championship
Wilham Trumpler lived up to
his number one seeding with an
impressive 6-4, 6-4 victory over
Curtiss Wallin in the finals of
the Swarthmore Tennis Club's
ninth annual singles championship last Sunday afternoon.
Trumpler's consistently accurate
drives off both forehand and
backhand kept his opponent from
keeping the offensive and were
the major factor in his victory.
Trumpler thus swept through the
tournament without the loss of a
set, although he was hard-pressed
in all of his matches with the exception of the first round.
Trumpler and Wallin were both
making their first appearance in
the finals, although both have
competed in all of the eight
previous tournaments.
Close, hard-fought battles were
the-order of the day in the quarter
and semi-final rounds. The biggest
surprise was Hilary Conroy's win
over sixth seeded Tom Kelly by
4-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the quarter-finals.
Just to prove it was no accident,
Conroy then came within one
point of defeating Wallin before
finally losing out 6-8, 7-5, 6-0 in
the semi-finals.
Other nip and tuck quarterfinal matches were George Wil-
letts' come-back victory over Bob
Taylor, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Wallin's win
over Buck Shane, 8-6, 8-6, 11-9,
in which both men were at match
point several times before the outcome was decided; and Trumpler's
7-5, 6-4 squeaker over Pat Welch.
In the other semi-final match,
Willetts, last year's runner-up,
lost to Trumpler 6-3, 7-5.
The tournament, under the direction of Ted. Shook, marks the
end of the season's play for fbe
100 tennis enthusiasts who make
up tiie club.
As an outstanding specimen of
his breed Champion Heidere's
Hugrekken of Lafayette avenue
was invited to represent Great
Danes in tiie Rittenhouse Square
Dog ChuVs fourth annual National
Dog Week exhibition in Philadelphia on Wednesday of this week.
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