Swarthmorean 1942 July 3

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THE SWARTH
VOL. XIV, No. 26
SWARTHMORE, PA., JULY 3, 1
Community Fourth Offers Lively
Day For Every Person in Village
War Stamps for Prizes, Incendiary Bomb Demonstration at Night Reflect Times in Business Group's
Program for Real Old-Time Fourth
Swarthmoreans will join in a day of community fun, neighborliness,
and friendly competition tomorrow as this community under the guidance of the local Business Association observes the i66th anniversary of
the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Started originally for
the borough's stay-at-home children the
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INSPECTS RIFLES
ARMY WILL BUY
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Company HF Lieutenant Examining Old Firearms Offered
Here for U. S. Use
Army Ordnance officials have approved a National Rifle Association
plan by which a Swarthmore man has
been designated to examine privately
owned rifles which may be suitable for
military use. The NRA plan was submitted in cooperation with a War Department request last month to civilians owning Springfield and Enfield
rifles in serviceable condition to sell
back to the Government those not too
drastically altered for Army use.
Under the accepted plan the secretaries of the 2,200 NRA clubs and other
officials of this nation-wide organization have been instructed to examine'
for suitability all rifles of those types
which the' owners may wish to return.
Serving in the Swarthmore area is F.
Norton Landon, 307 North Princeton
avenue, secretary of the Swarthmore
Rifle and Pistol Club.
In past years many .30 caliber Springfield 1903 and Enfield 1917 rifles have
been purchased from the Government
by sportsmen in this country and may
have been radically altered so that, it no
longer would be practical to refit them
to military standards.'
• Ordnance officials have indicated that
owners who resell their guns will be
reimbursed on a scale of prices based
on a maximum of $47.64 for Springy
fields and $12.50 for Enfields of service pattern in excellent condition. Prices
will be reduced according to condition,
expected life of the weapon and the
amount of labor and material required
to put the rifle back into "as issued"
condition. That payment will not be
made, however, until the gun has been
received at one of the specified Ordnance Depots. The decision of the preliminary examiner, whether an Aimy
or recognized NRA official, is not to be
regarded as official acceptance by the
Army, nor is any preliminary examiner
* authorized to make an estimate as to
probable payment. Official acceptance
and the decision on payment will be
made only at one of the following five
receiving depots: Raritan Arsenal,
Metuchen, N. J.; Augusta Arsenal,
Augusta, Ga.; San Antonio Arsenal,
San Antonio, Tex.; Benicia Arsenal,
Benicia, Cal.; or Ogden Ordnance Depot, Ogden, Utah.
Gun owners are warned not to send
their rifles in until preliminary examination has been made and certain special sporting attachments have been removed at the direction of the prelim*
inary examiner.
Happy Young Feet
Enjoy Swinghaven
Woman's Crab House Spurns Vacation, Welcomes New Youth
Recreation Feature
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Over a hundred enthusiastic young
people were present at the second Saturday evening dance of the new series at
"Swinghaven" (into which the Woman's
Club House has been turned for the season by Swarthmore's.one and only dance
club). Dancing varied from the 1930 foxtrot to the latest collegiate rhumba and
everyone present obviously had a grand
time.
Buddy Roland (Roland L. Eaton, Jr.
of Rutgers avenue) and his orchestra
provided the music with songs by other
local artists Art Jennings, Marion Bernard, Fred Scott and Eunice Shay. Door
prizes were won by Eugene Lappe and
David Eynon and consisted of free passes
which will be given at the next dance.
In the lounge the class of '43 did a
"land office" business with its special
Swarthmore High School hamburgers
and cold drinks.
The next dance is scheduled for July
11 since the orchestra had been previously engaged for the Fourth. Swinghaven's
doors will be closed for that holiday but
will be wide open again the following
week when there will be another dance
with a number of borough specialties.
LEGION NEEDLES FLY
FOR WAR INJURED
Members and friends of the American Legion Auxiliary are reminded of
the cutting' and sewing to be done
Tuesday of next week, July 7, from
10 A. M. Xo 3 P. M. at the home of
Mrs. Oscar Gilcreest, 318 Harvard avenue.
The group reports salvage arriving
continuously and promptly going out
to benefit in various ways. A few magazines will be dispatched this week as
well as other articles to the Bethesda
Hospital in Maryland. Two boxes of
silk patches are en route to the occupational therapy department of the
Coatesville Veterans Hospital. A large
carton of old silk stockings is being
sent to the Navy League for parachute
making.
Any woman wishing to do her bit in
war work may contribute five yards of
gay pajama material. The garment will
be made and sent to the convalescent
hospital at Bethesda where sailors are
taken from' submarined and otherwise
damaged boats.
Donations of money will be used toward the Emergency Relief Campaign
for which the Auxiliary is working in
direct contact with - the Swarthmore
Defense Council, and nearby relief.
GAS RATIONING
HERE NEXT WEEK
School Asks Motorists to Follow
Alphabetical Schedule
Closely
"An announcement from the Office of
Price Administration in Washington has
just designated Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, July 9, 10, and 11, as the days
on which the new gasoline rationing
books are to be issued. For Swarthmore
this rationing will take place in the high
school gymnasium during the following
hours: in the morning 9 to 12; in the afternoon 2 to 5; and on Thursday and
Friday evenings from 7 to 9.
-The following schedule has been established and it is requested that motorists
adhere to it very closely. Thursday morning, 9 to 12, those whose last names begin with A and B should appear. Thursday from 2 to 5 P.M., those whose last
names begin with C, D, and E. Thursday evening, 7 to 9, those whose last
names begin with E and G.
On Friday morning, 9 to 12, those
whose last initials are H, I, J or K. On
Friday afternoon, 2 to 5 P. M. those
whose last names begin with the letters
P, Q, R, and S.
On Saturday morning between the
hours of 9 and 12, letters T, U, and V.
Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5, letters W, X, Y, Z.
The owner of the car or his or her
designated representative must appear,
bringing with him the motor vehicle
registration card. Only A and D books
will be issued at this time, the A ration
books for owners of passenger vehicles,
and D owners of motor cycles or motor
bikes. Applications for supplemental rations may be secured at this time, to be
presented to the Rationing Board in the
Elementary School at Clifton Heights.
Also, owners of trucks, taxis, and other
commercial vehicles may" secure application blanks which must be presented also
at the Ration Board headquarters.
The rationing will be in charge of local school officials, and the work will
be carried on by the men and women of
the community cooperating with the local Defense Council.
G. L VAN ALEN
FUNERAL TODAY
Retired    Presbyterian   Minister
Brought Family Here
22 Years Ago
The Reverend George Leslie Van Alen
died Wednesday evening July 1 from a
heart attack at his home, at 211 Park
avenue. He had been a resident of
Swarthmore since December 13, 1922
when he brought his family here to live.
He was born on January 28, 1861 at
Newburg, N. Y. the son of Timothy Oakley Van Alen and Ann Garretson Van
Alen. He graduated from Princeton University in the class of '81 and from
Princeton Theological Seminary. On
June 26, 1889, he married May D. Henderson at Montgomery, Pa.
He served as pastor' of Presbyterian
churches at Watsontown, Pa., Mt. Airy,
Pa., Blackwood, N. J., and Rutledge, Pa.
Since his retirement from the active
ministry he had kept in close contact
with the Church. He was a member of
the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, of
the Chester Presbytery, and of the Presbyterian Ministers' Association "of Philadelphia and vicinity which elected him
its president in 1931. In addition to these
responsibilities he took a real interest in
the life "of: this community, maintained a
large correspondence, read omnivorously,
enjoyed the garden in which he had
worked on Tuesday, and found a new
fruition in the lives of his children and
his grandchildren.
Surviving beside his widow are two
sons Oakley H. and Ambrose H. and a
daughter Mrs. Fred N. Bell, and three
grandchildren Nancy and Carol Van
Alen and Frederick Neil Bell, Jr. all of
Swarthmore.
Services will be held at his late home
this afternoon, Friday, at Z P. M. They
will be conducted by Dr. James F. Carter
of Lincoln University assisted by the
Rev.  David  Braun. Interment   will   be
private at Arlington Cemetery.
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List Summer Hours
Mrs. Luehring in New Post
Mrsr Frederick W. Luehring of North
Chester road.and Elm avenue has received a civil service appointment to the
position of Assistant Supervisor and,
State Instructor of Volunteer Assistance. She began the work which is
under the Office of Emergency Man-
agment, on July 1.
The Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore
College will be open to visitors at the
usual hours on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month during the
summer.
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Independence Week-End at Inn
A Fourth of July program at the
Strath Haven Inn tomorrow will begin
with patriotic exercises at 10 A. M.
There will be singing to piano accompaniment by Helen Wilson. Emery Nelson secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in Chester will speak on "Youth in a World at
War."
At 11 A. M. Francis B. Hall of Glad-
wyn will give a program of magic for
old and young.
Croquet games will be held on the
lawn during the day.
Sunday, evening at 8:15 Harvey
Mearns and his magical, musical instruments and an accompanist on sheep
bells will entertain guests and their
friends. Mr. Mearns and the bells have
traveled all over the United States on
Major Bowes Circuit- Program.
Local residents and their friends are
cordially, invited to attend the week-end
events.
program has grown over the years until
the whole family finds itself busy
throughout the day with parade, pony
rides, games and water sports, and happily weary after the night's event The
community Fourth of July in which
every resident of this borough is urged
to participate is the neighborly highlight of the year.
There will be more of us this year—:
gotta save gas — and more of us will be
on foot — gotta save rubber — there will
be no water fight — gotta save water,
nor no fireworks — Uncle Sam needs the
gun powder — but we'll have a lot of
fun. There will be new faces for old-
timers to welcome. There will be new
and exciting events. There will be good
sports in the crowd whose hearts will be
with soldier boys in home or foreign
service. But — neighbors all—under the
genial guidance of Burgess Pitman we'll
spend a genuine American day, a day
filled with those privileges of freedom
which that document whose signing we
celebrate guaranteed for us 166 years
ago. So take your Swarthmorean in
hand and start out earlier this year for
the Children's Parade — remember it
takes longer to get there when you walk
— and don't miss anything all day long.
An added patriotic note will be the
prizes of Defense Stamps with Which
the Business Association will reward
winners of the day's events. If you start
early and stay late you can get several
stamps for your current War Bond!
Here's your complete program:
9 A. M. —CHILDREN'S PARADE
will form on Park avenue in front of
Borough Hall and parade on Park avenue to Harvard and back past the judges
stand where judges Mrs. Franklin $.
Gillespie, Mrs. William Irwin, and Mrs.
Joseph B. Pope do their patriotic task
of deciding which wistful costumed child
carries off the War Stamps.
Parents are urged to dust off their
younger fry, estimate their potentialities
as Miss Liberties, Betsy Rosses, Daniel
Boones, or firecrackers and line up costume details so that they will appear
promptly on time. Older children will
spend today decorating bicycles, making
original floats, and creating timely take-
offs of this puzzling world. The parade
is annually a high spot in the day for
youngsters-and oldsters alike and well
worth the getting up early for so please
be prompt. A delay here holds up the
remainder of the morning events.
Classes include decorated kiddie cars,
velocipedes, bicycles, and floats; fancy
dress and original costumes; a display
of pets (this class has produced many
an exciting moment in former years);
and the neatest Boy Scout, Cub, Girl
Scout, or Brownie. There is a place
for every child in town so why not see
what a family conference can contrive?
Each child in the parade will receive an
American Flag from the American Legion Post. Parade marshals will be Burgess Pitman, Editor Peter E. Told, and
President Harold Ogram of the Business Association/Even if the weather
chooses to be unpatriotic the parade will
not be rained out but will proceed in the
High School gymnasium as it did last
year.
10 A. M. —GAMES FOR POP,
MOM, AND THE YOUNG FRY will
get under way at the College Avenue
School grounds.
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^r Defense Council Bulletins ^
Office: Borough Hall — Telephone 0351
Open Weekdays 9:30-11:30 A. M.
Attention is called to the program for the evening of July 4 by the Field
House. Opportunity will be afforded for teams of Air Wardens, Auxiliary Firemen and Fire Watchers to extinguish incendiary bombs. Note the other items of
interest.
42 members of the Auxiliary Defense Units have just been certified by the
Swarthmore Council of Defense to the County Council. This is in addition to the
Auxiliary Police and Messengers recently certified.
; Some of the equipment ordered for the Council of Defense is at hand. The
stirrup pumps which were ordered a month ago have been held up by the Government We expect delivery on these shortly.
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