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EXERCISES FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
Annual Local Program and Parade Planned by American
Legion Post
The Harold Ainsworth Post #427,
American Legion,' has completed plans
for the local observance of Memorial
Day.
The program will open at Borough
Hall at 9 A. M. next Thursday with
the invocation and a brief address. Following this, there will be the placing of
flags and wreath before the memorial
tablet, salute by the firing squad, benediction, "Taps," and "America" by the
High School Band.
At 9:20, the parade to Eastlawn cemetery will form on Park avenue, facing
toward Yale avenue. The order of
formation will be: Post officials and
guests, colors and guard, firing squad,
Band, Post members, Post Auxiliary,
Red Cross, Company H, Woman's Club,
Business Association, Rotary Club, Girl
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Cubs, Fire Association.
The order of march will be directly
south on Park avenue to the cemetery;
and the return will be by way of Park
avenue, north to Harvard, then left on
Harvard avenue to Chester road, right
on Chester road to Park avenue, and
thus back to Borough Hall and disperse.
The program at the cemetery will
consist of an invocation, brief address,
benediction, firing squad volley, "Taps."
Deceased ex-service men for whom
flags will be placed at the monument at
Borough Hall are: Harold Ainsworth,
Collins Chambers, Frederick Hawthorn, M. C. Johnson, Maurice F. Wit-
mer (whose names are on the tablet)
and F. A. Brill, Hugh Lumsden, Charles
P. Seymour, Norman D. Smith, Max A.
Stockton, B. A. Thomas, Armar D.
Young, A. Penrose Robinson. D. Allen
Simpson, Frank N. Smith, Joseph E.
Malin, Dr. John A. Murphy and George
Gllfespfe.
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LEGION AUXILIARY ELECTS
SWARTHMORE, PA., MAY 24, 1940
Peace Services Sunday
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Special Services of Intercession
for Peace will be held at Trinity
Episcopal Church on Sunday morning at 8:00 and 11:00 A. M.
At the call of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, there will be a nationwide observance in England of a
Day of Prayer, on May 26th.
As Sunday is the Sunday before
Memorial Day, it is an especially
appropriate time for America to
think not only in terms of the past,
but also of present needs and future
uncertainties.
Mrs. L. L. Hedgepeth, president, entertained the American Legion Auxiliary in
her home at Bowling Green with a dessert
hridge party on May IS.
Following dessert, a brief business
meeting was held during which officers
for 1940-41 were unanimously elected:
Mrs. Alexander Ewing, president; Mrs.
Oscar Gilcreest, vice president; Mrs.
George Sickel, treasurer; Mrs. E. P.
Yerkes, corresponding secretary; and Mrs.
Norman Hulme, recording secretary.
Members are requested to meet at
Borough Hall for the Memorial Day
Parade at 8:45 A. M. Cars are to be
parked on Dartmouth avenue.
The annual meeting of the Delaware
County Council will be held at Henri's, 80
South 69th street, on June 12. Executive
board meeting will be held at 11 A. M.
and the luncheon will be at 12:15 P. M.
Reservations should be made with Mrs.
Walter Thorpe.
During the summer months, members
will meet in the Cornell avenue home of
Mrs.  Robert  Bair each Tuesday morning for Red Cross sewing.
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Camp Sunshine Nurse
Anna Burkhardt, of The Swarthmore,
who is the local school nurse, has been
appointed camp nurse for Camp Sunshine.
Miss Burkhardt will take up her position on Monday, June 24, when the camp
opens for its seventh season.
Pioneer Program
Closes Club Year
Tuesday's Luncheon and Following Daguerreotype Glimpses
of Famous Women End
Local Season
An impressive series of twelve pioneer daguerreotypes were presented by
Club members as the final program of
the Woman's Chib season at its luncheon meeting on Tuesday.
Elizabeth Fry, pioneer in philanthropy
and social reform, was posed by Mrs.
Elliott Richardson. Mary Lyon, pioneer
in woman's education, was represented
by Mrs. William Earl Kistler. Louisa
May Alcott, pioneer author of books
for girls, was depicted by Mrs. R. A.
Gezelius as "Jo" of "Little Women."
Susan B. Anthony, pioneer in woman's political freedom, was portrayed by
Mrs. John Ogden. Clara Barton, pioneer
in the American Red Cross, was presented by Mrs. E. D. Brauns. Jennie
June Croly, pioneer in woman's organizations, was depicted by Mrs. Harold
Goodwin. Jane Addams, pioneer in social
service, was posed at the age of four by
Penny Morrow in a dress, which had
belonged to Mrs. J. Horace Walter's
grandmother, aim m maiuiuj  %>j  ».r.w.
Walter. Juliette Low, founder of Girl
Scouting in America, was presented by
Mrs. Charles Israel, who is the Delaware County chairman of the Juliette
Low Fund. Louise Homer, American
operatic star, was represented by Mrs.
Louis W. Wheelock. Carrie Burnham
Kilgore, who took her M.D. degree in
'64, the first woman in the United States
to begin the study of law and the first
woman to teach physiology to girls, was
depicted by her daughter, Mrs. George
A. Hoadley.
Eleanor Roosevelt, pioneer First
Lady, was posed by Mrs. William Stain-
ton. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, pioneer
in tomorrow, was portrayed by Mrs.
George L. Tone. Mary Blessing Told
opened the attractive daguerreotype
cover and disclosed the oval frame setting for the daguerreotypes. The program was arranged by Mrs. R. G. E.
Ullman. Mrs. Peter E. Told acted as
commentator.
Before opening the formal program,
Mrs. Roland L. Eaton summarized the
work accomplished during the Club
year, emphasizing the fact that the Club
House and its equipment had been
given 23 times to community organizations free of charge and loaned weekly
for meetings of the Brownie Pack. She
expressed her satisfaction that the Club
Chorus had been self-supporting and
her sincere appreciation for the cooperation of each Club member. "I believe
that the Swarthmore Club has made a
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. MAY •
Diphtheria Prevention Month
MODES OP INFECTION
The diphtheria germ usually enters the body by way of the mouth or nose,
either with contaminated food or drink or by direct or indirect contact with
human sources. Lesions most commonly occur in the nose or throat and
typically consist of a false membrane.- The false membrane may be sufficient
to cause death by suffocation, but the most serious aspect of diphtheria lies in
the systemic effect of the true toxin produced at the site by the diphtheria
bacillus. This toxin is absorbed and carried by the blood to all parts of the
body. Severe lesions are produced in the heart, nerves, and the kidneys, sufficient to account for sudden death in apparently mild cases of diphtheria.
There have been only two cases of diphtheria in Sxaarthmore Borough
during the past ten years.
See yonr physician for immunisation and testing*
BOARD OF HEALTH
*Thi$ is the fourth of a series of five articles by the local Board of Health.
1939 MEMORIAL DAY PROCESSION
$2.50 FEB TOMB
DR. W. A. RAIMAN
PASSES AWAY
Was    Practicing   Physician    in
Swarthmore for Past Thirty.
Three Years
Next Thursday in place of Post Commander Guenther Froebel, shown
above, left, heading last year's parade, will be the present commander,
Dr. George B. Sickel. Otherwise, the scene will be very much the 3ame as
the annual Memorial Day procession begins its march out Park avenue
to the cemetery.
FRJENDLY CIRCLE
MAY SESSION
Spring Reports Given, Requests
Fulfilled as Mrs. John Esslinger
Acts as Hostess
Mrs.   John   Esslinger,   of    Columbia
avenue, was hostess to the May meeting
of the Friendly Circle on Thursdav afternoon oi lasi week.
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ley,  executive  secretary of the   Family
Society.
The treasurer, Mrs. Stuart Brown, reported a balance of $336.87 in the treasury.
$22.83 was reported in the shoe fund.
Mrs. C. C. West reported for the knitting
committee which has finished nine pairs of
mittens.
A contribution was received from Margaret Yerkes in memory of her mother,
the late Mrs. Lewis A. Yerkes, of Cornell
avenue, who was an active member of the
Circle.
In answer to appeals from the Nursing
Service, it was decided to donate $5 for
glasses for an eight-year-old girl; $4.65
for medicine.
Family Society needs which were met
include: $2.80 transportation to camp; $8
food and medicine for a diabetic man;
$4.50 seeds for vegetable gardens; $10.50
transportation for two boys, 14 and 16, to
a speech defect clinic; $4 diet for a girl
who recently underwent a major operation.
A number of members volunteered to
canvass their neighborhoods for ten cent
contributions to Camp Sunshine.
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Health Society Tea Today
The officers of the Community Health
Society of Central Delaware County are
giving a tea at the home of Mrs. Joseph
S. Seal, at 230 Cornell avenue, this afternoon, Friday, May 24, from 2 until 4:30
o'clock, for the Board, staff and volunteer
workers of the organization.
The Health Society staff attended meetings of the Biennial Convention held the
past week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. A. S. Wickham and Mrs. A. F.
Jackson served as hostesses, representing
the board of directors, at the dinner of the
National Organization for Public Health
Nursing held in Philadelphia. Mrs. Paul
Fetzer, another board member, also
attended the dinner with the nursing staff
of the agency.
Mrs. Joseph S. Seal, president, was in
the receiving line at a tea held at the
home of Mrs. Dickerson, in Overbrook
for the guest nurses at the Convention,
following a sight-seeing trip to Valley
Forge.
Tax Deadline Nears
The per capita taxes levied by the
School District must be paid by the end
of May. The tax collector, Mary Parke
Dodd, asks the cooperation of those who
have not paid their personal taxes and
sewer rent, in sending them to her before
May 31. If anyone would like Mrs, Dodd
to call for payment, she may be "reached
by telephone at Swarthmore 1826.   :
Recreation Committee
Announces Tennis
Schedule
The Swarthmore Recreation Committee
announces an attractive innovation and a
rare. privilege to Swarthmoreans of all
ages who are interested in tennis. The
committee has secured Edwin Faulkner to
Jna^June *2utfi.ctri,rHnn hetween Tune 5th
Mr. Fanil-n«w »»»o -../,„ j, uarinna] .reputation in the field of tenms teaching,
considered by many to be the best teacher
of tennis in the United States. He has
coached many Davis cup teams, including
American, French, Canadian, Spanish,
and others. He taught children tennis at
Penn Charter. When teacher of tennis
at Cornell University, he spent his summer teaching at the Germantown Cricket
Club. He is now on the staff of Swarthmore College in the Physical Education
Department, and will teach tennis at Buck
Hill Falls this summer.
Instruction in groups of six will place
cost of lessons at a very nominal rate.
Arrangements may be made \o have
weekly lessons for the two consecutive
weeks between June 5th and June 20th.
After school hours and Saturday mornings, children may take advantage of this
opportunity. Those who start the summer season with the correct techniques,
will profit throughout the summer from
this early instruction.
Through the generous cooperation of
Swarthmore College with the Swarthmore
Recreation Committee, six tennis courts
of the College will be available to Swarthmore men, women and children this
summer. Owing to the advantages offered at a much more reasonable rate than in
surrounding communities, because of the
summer non-profit recreation program
here, registration will be necessarily
limited to first applicants.
The tennis program will start on June
5th. The regular recreation groups will
start on June 24th. For the 14 week
tennis program, an individual may register
for $3 and a family of three or more
for $5, for the season. A fee of 25c for
guests will be charged. All interested in
either tennis instruction or summer tennis
are asked to call or send registrations to
Mrs. Birney Morse, 410 Yale avenue
(Sw. 602).
The Summer Recreation Committee
will announce the opening of many other
summer play facilities for Swarthmore
citizens and children through these
columns.
Dr. William Allen Raiman, of 501
Harvard avenue, died Saturday, May
18, in the Temple University Hospital,
Philadelphia, following an abdominal
operation. Dr. Raiman had not been in
perfect health for the past eight years
and during that time had undergone a
number of operations.
Born in Philadelphia, the son of August Carl and Minnie Raiman, he was
educated in Philadelphia public schools,
attended Temple University where he
was assistant professor, and graduated,
in 1905, from Medico-Chirugical College,
Philadelphia. He interned at Samaritan
Hospital where he was chief resident
physician, and met Dr. W. Wayne
Babcock, who performed the operation,
and with whom Dr. Raiman was associated for a time.
In 1907 Dr. Raiman opened an office in Swarthmore, maintaining it and
continuing his practice here until he
was taken ill a few weeks ago.
A member of the Delaware County
Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the American Medical Association, Dr. Raiman's interest
followed closely the work of his profession. He also was a member of the
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, and
the Players Club of Swarthmore.
Surviving besides his widow, Reba C
Lungren Raiman, are a son, William
AUen Raiman, Jr., of Swarthmore; and
two brothers, Frank, of Camden, N. J.,
and Paul, of Merchantville, N. J.
Funeral services were conducted at
1:30 Tuesday afternoon in. the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, by the Re*.
David Braun, pastor of the Church.
Private interment in Fernwood ceine-
were members of the Delaware County
MVUU.M w>u«.4bi.jr ituu me meoicat staff
of Temple University. Active pallbearers were two of Dr. Raiman's closest
friends, J. Kirk McCurdy and E. O.
Lange, of Swarthmore; and four local
active practicing physicians, Dr. William Earl Kistler, Dr. George B. Heckman, Dr. Harold Roxby and Dr. Franklin S. Gillespie.
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RED CROSS STRIVES
TO ALLAY BITTER NEED
The Red Cross drive for European
relief is well under way with solicitors
receiving generous responses from their
house to house campaign, and a number
of checks having been sent to Mrs.
Sewell W. Hodge, of Ogden avenue,
made out to the American Red Cross.
The $10 contribution, which the JJ.'s
gave voluntarily was received with deep
apreciation.
Robert Haig is chairman of a committee which will do special work to
put the drive across.
With what is probably the most terrific need ever to be met by the Red
Cross, continued sewing, knitting, making of surgical dressings will be carried on all summer. Sweaters are urgently wanted, the Southeastern Pennsylvania District is expected to have
1000 men's, 1000 women's and 2000 children's sweaters at headquarters in
Washington   by   September   1.
Anyone interested in going to Philadelphia to make surgical dressings
should contact Mrs. Edward M. Bassett.
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Local Gardens Open to Visitors
Two of the local gardens to be opentd
to visitors in connection with the Swarthmore Woman's Clubs cooperation with
the county garden chairman are those of
Dr. John Dolman, Jr., of Vassar avenue,
and the James Hornadays' at 310 Didrin-
son avenue.
THE WEEK'S CALENDAR
SUNDAY. MAY 26
11:00 A.M. — Morning- Worship Local Churches
4:30 P.M. — Twilight Recital Mary Lyon School
MONDAY. MAY 27
7:00 P.M. — Father-Son Softball Game High School "field
8:00 P.M. — Methodist Young- Woman's Assoc. Hedgepeth Home
8:30 P.M. — Dance Recital Mary Lyon School
TUESDAY. MAY 28
7:30  to 9:30 P.M. — Sproul Observatory Open to Visitors CoUege
WEDNESDAY. MAY 29
0:00 P. M. — Band Dinner , High School Cafeteria
9:00 P. M. — Junior Club Formal Woman's Club House
MEMORIAL DAY — THURSDAY, MAY 80
9:00 A.M. — Exercises  begin Borough
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