Swarthmorean 1955 September 30

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THE SWARTHMORE
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October 3
VOLUME 27—NUMBER 39
SWARTHMORE, FRIDAY,   September 30, 1955
Needlework Guild Will
OpenMembershipWeek
Annual Directors' Meeting
Set  for  Monday
at 2 P.M.
The Swarthmore Branch of the
Needlework Guild of America
will open Membership Week of
the National Organization, with
its regular Annual Meeting, of
Directors, on Monday, October 3
at 2 p.m. at the Woman's Club on
Park avenue.
This is the week that all Directors will be asking women of the
town to become members of the
"Charity that helps other Charities" by giving two articles of new
clothing or household linen. The
clothing gathered in each year
goes to 19 charitable organizations
which distribute them to the
needy.
Following is a record of the 19
charities to which the 3405 garments given by members in 1954
were distributed:
Community Nursing Service of
Delaware County, 982; Family
Service of Delaware County, 466;
Taylor Hospital, 123; J. Lewis
Crozer Hospital, 96; Chester Day
Nursery, 152; Camp Sunshine, 100;
Volunteers of America, 126;
Friendly Acres, Secane, 97; Fife-
Hamill Memorial Health Center,
126; Home Missionary' Society,
131; Children's Aid Society of Del.
aware County, 90;
Also, Lovers of Children, 126;
Philadelphia Protestant Episcopal
Mission, 184; Union Gospel Mission, 142;/_Child Care Center,
Glenolden, 116; Philadelphia Gen-*
eral Hospital Pediatrica, 94;
Sunny Crest Farm for Negro Boys,
95; American Friends Service, 104;
and the Delaware County Branch
of the Pennsylvania Association
for the Blind, 55.
The goal in 1955 is 100 percent
membership participation, at least
100 new members, and 4000 garments for worthy charities.
United Community Campaign a "Family Affair'"
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John E. Michael (standing right) of Harvard avenne, chairman of
the Central Delaware County Division for the United Community
Campaign, holds symbol of a "bigger subscription for the Big
Package" of 250 health and welfare services combining their
appeals in the new consolidated drive. Michael has enlisted the
help of his two daughters and their husbands who are directing
the Swarthmore district. Joseph Reynolds, one son-in-law (standing left) looks on while daughters, Mrs. Roberts R. Hopkins, (seated
left) and Mrs. Reynolds (seated center) discuss campaign plans
with Mrs. J. Albright Jones of Elm avenne, who is assisting as
woman vice-chairman of the division. The campaign begins on
Monday, October 3. See page 7 for list of captains and solicitors.
HEALTH BULLETIN
Dr. J. Albright Jones, borough health officer, has announced that a limited amount
of Salk Vaccine baa been received by local physicians for
immunisation against infantile
paralysis for private patients
from five to nine years of age
inclusive.
Parents with children hi that
age .bracket should contact
their family physician.
ON Committee Report
On Weekend Planning
Local Group Urges Need
For Cooperation of
All Residents
Considerable progress on plans
for entertaining United Nations'
delegates in Swarthmore the
weekend of October 28 was made
Tuesday evening at a meeting of
the Swarthmore United Nations
committee held at the home of
Mrs. Maurice Webster on Elm
avenue.
Mrs. Philip Jacob and Mrs. Wallace McCrory, United Nations
liaison and invitation committee,
reported successful contacts with
U. N. protocol officers during a
recent visit to New York, and'expect to have a very satisfactory
response from delegates eager to
learn more about American life
and people.
Emphasizing the need for cooperation on the part of all
Swarthmore residents, J. Roland
Pennock, chairman of the program committee, and Mrs. Seymour Kletaien, chairman of the
hospitality committee, reported
their plans.
Mrs. Kletzien, with a committee
of 10 members, is contacting organizations to secure hosts and
hostesses. It is most important,
Mrs. Kletsien said, for people to
contact her as soon as possible if
they wish to entertain delegates
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June Hobbs Leaves
For Missionary Work
June Stevenson Hobbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S.
Hobbs of Park .avenue enplaned
with the British Overseas Airways
at Idlewild Airport Tuesday,
where she joined missionaries
enroute to Usen, Nigeria, West
Africa, for two years' work among
the people of that country. Her
party will spend a short time en
route in London, Rome, and
Tripoli with evangelists of the
Church of Christ, sponsoring this
work. Port Harcourt will be their
destination by plane, 80 miles from
Usen.
Miss Hobbs will live in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell
Broom, former minister and wife
of the 56th and Warrington street,
Philadelphia, congregation. Her
work will be varied—teaching in
mission school and secretarial
duties relative to keeping congregations of this country informed
of the needs of the area where
they are stationed, as well as
what is being accomplished.
Mr. and Mrs. John Scott Of
Vassar avenue accompanied the
Hobbs to New York City.
Senior Class Seeks
Out-of-Print Books
The Senior Class at Swarthmore
High School is beginning the
study of the novel and the drama
from the Victorian period to contemporary times. A number of
titles of books on their reading
list are out of print. If any of the
titles listed are available in
Swarthmore home collections of
books and if the owner is willing
to sell such titles, the High School
librarian would be happy to purchase them at a reasonable cost
Titles and authors are listed
below:
"Looking Backward", Edward
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Kniskern Appointed
Special Consultant
Riverview Rd. Man Named
To Assist Washington
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Philip W. Kniskern of Riverview road, a nationally known
real estate consultant and real estate appraiser, has been appointed
as a special consultant to James
Fallon, Commissioner, Urban .Renewal Administration, Housing
and Home Finance Agency, Washington, D.C.
Mr.- Kniskem's duties will be
to coroperate with and assist the
six district offices . of the Urban
Renewal Administration in carrying out the programs whereunder
the Federal Government issues
loans ahd/or grants to local
bodies to encourage more modern
use of land through the prevention
or elimination of slums or blighted
areas. Mr. Kniskern brings to the
work a wide experience in real
estate and real estate finance
through his activities which have
covered the entire United States.
In addition to his consultation
and appraisal work operating out
of Philadelphia headquarters, Mr.
Kniskern is chairman of the
Board of First Federal Savings
and Loan Association of New
York, and is a past president of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, a past president of
the American Institute of Real
Estate Appraisers and a past
president of the Urban Land
Institute.
Club Tea to Honor
Old and New Members
Walter E. Baum Paintings
Will  Highlight  First
Fall Meeting
Old and new members of the
Woman's Club of Swarthmore will
be honored next Tuesday when
the 1955-56 club season will be
officially opened at a tea at the
clubhouse from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Mrs. Avery F. Blake and members of her art department have
arranged an exhibit of Walter
Emerson Baum's paintings as a
highlight of the afternoon. Mr.
Baum, an outstanding Bucks
County artist, is a renown painter
6f landscapes and informal portrait subjects. His miniatures are
represented in the collection of the
late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Nehru of
India and- President Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
On Sunday, October 9, the
Woman's Club invites the public
to an Open House and tea honoring Mr.- Baum. Some of Mr.
Baum's paintings in this collection
have been done especially for the
Swarthmore showing, and have
not been exhibited before.
Well known and highly respected in local art circles, Mr. Baum
received the Thornton Oakley
Memorial Prize, Philadelphia
Water Color Club last year. Other
of his more recent honors include:
Medal of Honor, National Art
Clubs, 1953; Grumbacher Prize
Audubon Artists, N. Y., 1953;
Bronze Medal, National Arts Club,
1952; Grumbacher Prize, Allied
Artists, 1952; Popular Prize Berk-
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On Grand Jnry
Mrs. George F. Corse of.Yale
avenue is serving on the September Grand Jury new in session af
Dr. Felix Heinemann
Dr. Felix Heinemann, Kedron
avenue, Morton, died suddenly
Saturday morning at his home. He
would have been 78 on October 3.
Dr. Heinemann, a patent attorney, had lived at the Morton address for the past six years. A
graduate of the University of
Munich, Germany, he received his
Doctor of Philosophy degree from
the University of Berlin. He came
to this country in 1642.
Surviving are his wife, the former Edith Boehm; a son Hems, of
Dickinson avenue, and two grandchildren, Susan and Peter of
Swarthmore. Funeral services and
$3.50 PER YEAR
Mrs. Ferris Mitchell
Dies at Home Here
Resident Since T928
Suffered Long
Illness
Marie Johnson Mitchell, wife of
Ferris W. Mitchell, passed away
yesterday morning at her home,
608 Strath Haven avenue, after
several years' illness.
Born on Fairview road, Ridley
Township on February 22, 1891,
Mrs. Mitchell was the daughter of
William Johnson whose farm was
on the present site of Grace Park
and who established the milk
concern until recently operated by
his son as J. W. Johnson Milk
Products.
She moved to Swarthmore from
Chester in 1928 with her husband
who is with the sales department
of the National Aniline Division,
Allied Dye and Chemical Company.
Two world wars saw her knitting needles constantly active in
behalf of the United States military forces. During and after
World War II she spent every
Thursday night wrapping copies
of The Swarthmorean to be mailed to those from this area serving
in far flung posts of duty.
In addition to her husband, a
son Samuel W. W. Mitchell and
two grandchildren, Gary and
Nancy of Springfield; a brother
and a sister, J. Ward' and Helen
Johnson of Woodlyn, survive.
Private services at a Chester
funeral parlor at 11 o'clock Monday morning will be followed by
interment in- Chester Rural cemetery. The family requests that
friends omit floral tributes.
Scout Court of Honor
Held Wed. for Troop 2
Swarthmore Troop 2 of the Boy
Scouts held its Fall Court of
Honor in McCahan Hall of the
Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m.
Wednesday evening. All boys who
had advanced in scouting rank
since February first of this year
were honored as follows:
For Tenderfoot Scout—Eric
Brown, Gary Gallagher, Don
Jones, Stephen Brobeck, David
Hannum, David Beckmann, Jim
Foley, John Patterson and Howell
Shay.
For Second Class Scout—Ned
Morris, Arthur Loeben, Doug
Wrege, George -Abbe, Ricky
Gwinn, and Mahlon Boyer.
For First Class Scout—Sven
Borei, Tommy Furniss and David
DePue.
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Methodist Church
Open House Saturday
Public  Invited  to Visit
$76,000 Remodeling
Of Church Plant
The Official Board, congregation and ministers of the Swarthmore Methodist Church cordially
invite the public to inspect the
recently remodeled and enlarged
church interior at an Open House
on Saturday, October 1, from 2
to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be
served and guides will give conducted tours.
Under the direction of Norman
Hulme, Rutgers avenue, registered
architect, construction contracts
amounting to more than $76,000
have made possible an entirely
renovated and expanded church
plant. The principal result has
been the doubling of Church
School facilities now providing individual accommodations for each
department and permitting closely
graded teaching procedures.
The expansion was made possible by relocating every department and by creating useful class
space from the gymnasium, en-
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FIRST GRADE MOTHERS
TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY
There will be a meeting of the
mothers of Mrs. Stuarts Rutgers
avenue first grade on Wednesday,
October 5 at 1:30 pjn. Mrs. Wallace McCrory of 563 Westminster
avenne will be hostess at her
home. Dessert and cofrea will be
ON NEW ASSIGNMENT
Cmdr. Addison R. Brown, Jr.,
USNR, of Wallingford, is one of
the new commanding officers who
took over three Delaware
County Naval Reserve units in a
triple ceremony at the VS. Naval
Reserve Training Center, Eddystone, last night
Cmdr. Brown, who has been
commanding officer of Division 4-
02 at me Eddystone Center for the
past three yean, has been
signed to Battalion 4-tl. Re
the Ramiau for IS