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SWARTHMORE, PA., NOVEMBER 13, 1942
$2.50 PER YEAR
MOTHERS9 CLUB
MEETING TODAY
Mrs. Ethel Livingston to Discuss
Character Building
Through Play
The regular monthly meeting of the
Swarthmore Mothers' Club will be held
on Friday, November 13, at 2:45 P. M.,
in the Woman's Club House. The
speaker will be Mrs. Ethel Livingston,
whose topic is "Building Character and
Personality Through Play and Toys".
Mrs. Livingston is interested in the
great possibilities for character and
body building that play offers. She
intends to show how parents can guide
their children's play without doing too
much for them, through the use of
proper toys and the foresight to give
way when necessary to the child's plans.
There will be a tea and social period
following Mrs. Livingston's talk. Members are requested to bring money with
them for the annual Fathers' Night
Dinner which will be held in December
this year.
Officers for the 1942-1943 season are:
president, Mrs. Russell C. Jenkins;
vice-president, Mrs. William F. Uthe;
recording secretary, Mrs. Winthrop
Wright; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Alfred D. Cox, Jr.; treasurer, Mrs. Rein
Kroon. Chairmen appointed are: chairman of the business committee, Mrs.
William E- Trickle; of the membership
committee, Mrs. William E. Danforth;
of the program committee, Mrs. William F. Uthe, and of the library com-
mittee, Mrs. Robert Cadigan.
FALSE SOLICITATION
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It has been reported that some
children are going from house to
house in  Swarthmore asking for
contributions to the Red Cross.. No
funds from such source have been
received by the  Red  Cross.  The
school has endeavored to make it
clear to Swarthmore children that
solicitation of funds is not a function of the Junior Red Cross. Parents are ask to 'cooperate by helping  their  children  to understand
that Junior   Red   Cross   members
are not to solicit from other funds
for the Red Cross either during the
membership drive or at other times.
The combined enrollment and War
Fund drives  of   the Senior   Red
Cross will take place in March.
Reba C. Hodge, Chairman
Swarthmore Branch, Red Cross
Hiu>a L. Denworth, Chairman
Swarthmore Junior Red Cross
Football Banquet
Date Announced
Prominent  Toastmaster,  Year's
Leading Coach Planned for
1942 Team's Event
The borough's eighth annual "honor
banquet" to the Swarthmore High
School football squad and "Bill" Ziegen-
fuss, head coach, will be held Friday,
December 4, in the high school cafeteria at 6:30 P. M., it was announced
this week by the Citizens' Sponsoring
Committee. t
Plans are now in progress, according
to James R. Taylor, committee chairman, to invite as toastmaster one of
the outstanding citizens in the general
life, spirit and progress of the community and one highly regarded and
admired by the students themselves.
Final approval is awaited of transportation and schedule adjustments for
the presentation as principal speaker
of a man who unquestionably will be
recognized as the outstanding 1942 College Football Coach in America and
who at the request of an intimate
friend in the Borough has enthusiastically agreed to be present.
The dinner this year will be prepared
and'served by a supplemented staff of
the High School under the supervision
of Dietitian  Margaretta  Schenbecker.
The committee desires it to be emphasized that although this is known
as a Football Banquet it is likewise a
non-profit citizens' party and it is
hoped that this year there will be the
largest gathering of men and women
of the past eight years.
The sponsoring committee of the
1942 dinner is James R. Taylor, chairman ; Robert T. Bair, J. P. Daugherty,
L. E. Drew, Henry I. Hoot, J. W. Lukens, S. R. Thorbahn, W. L. Thorpe,
Frank H. McCowan.
H. S. STUDENTS' SERIES
TO OPEN SUNDAY
The first of a series of meetings of
young people of high school age from
the various church groups of Swarth-
( more will take place on Sunday, November 15, at 6 P. M. at Whittier House on
the college campus.
A light supper will be served followed
by a discussion on the Old Testament
history and background by Elizabeth McKie of the local high school faculty. The
Rev. David Braun pastor of the Presbyterian Church will preside.
All high school young people whether
affiliated with a church group or not,
will be most welcome.
The present plan is for the series to be
held the next two Sundays, the first two
in December and the first two in January.
Since the series is in the nature of an
experiment no definite time limit has
been set for its termination but the young
People themselves will decide in January
whether they wish to continue.
CLUB INTEREST
IN GUATEMALA
Women Find Tuesday's Speaker
on Mayan Indians Delightful
and Instructive
Mrs. Caroline Gibbons Granger,
Philadelphia artist, entertained the
Woman's Club Tuesday afternoon with
a talk on Guatemala. Her paintings of
the Mayan Indians and an exhibition
of costumes and weaving made a delightful program.
Mrs. Granger's experiences in posing
the natives for her sketches, her bus
trips over many miles of dangerous
mountain roads, her solo on a native
flute and by way of contrast her Canadian Indian war-song will not be forgotten.
Mrs. J. Paul Brown, president of the
club, presided at the stated meeting at
which Mrs. William Earl Kistler reported nine new members.
Mrs. Walter,A^ Schmidt announced
that the club booth in the Swarthmore
National Bank had sold $16,775 worth
of War Bonds and $908.75 in war
stamps.
Mrs. Ralph Ashton Nixdorf reported
on the Mothers' Exchange Sale of children's items held last Friday and Saturday at the club house. $90 was realized for the Red Cross, being 15% of
all sales. Approximately $400 changed
hands.
1942 Philanthropic Card Party on 17th
The annual dessert-bridge under the
direction of the health, welfare and
education sections, the proceeds of
which will be used for scholarships and
welfare work, will be held next Tuesday in the Woman's Club House at
1:30 P. M.
With Mrs. S. H. Hemenway as chairman, the committee workers are Mrs.
Lea Warner, Mrs. Harold Ogram, Mrs.
Frank Taylor, Mrs. John Esslinger,
Mrs. Russell Phillips, Mrs. P. Edward
Rollhaus, Mrs. Robert Bender, Mrs.
William Morrow, Mrs. D. Reed Geer,
Mrs. Alvah W. Stuart, Mrs. Harry L.
Miller, Mrs. A. B. Gorman, Mrs. C. C.
Franck, Mrs. Harold G. Griffin and
Miss Florence Wolverton.
The committee will be assisted by
the health committee which recently
held a meeting at the home of its
chairman, Mrs. William A. DeCaindry.
The members of this committee include
Mrs. J*. M. Pearson, Mrs. Howard Hop-
son, Mrs. Harry C. Barnes, Mrs..Wesley Wetlaufer, Mrs. L. C. Hastings,
Mrs. Harry Toole, Mrs. H. Lindley
Peel and Mrs. E. C. Brauns.
Refreshments for the bridge will be
in charge of Mrs. Raymond Denworth,
chairman of Education and her committee. The committee hopes for a good
response'at this philanthropic event to
swell the funds for this worthy cause.
A luncheon meeting of the education
committee was held at the home of
Mrs. Raymond Denworth on Wednesday. The following were present: Mrs.
Ross W. Marriott, Mrs. Frank R.
Morey, Mrs. Joseph B. Pope, Mrs. S.
S. Rutherford, Mrs. Walter A. Schmidt,
Mrs. George M. Allen, Mrs. J. Paul
Brown, Mrs. C MacDonald Swan and
Mrs. S. H. Hemenway.
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To Radio Refugee Problem
Mrs. A. M. Bosshardt chairman of
the Swarthmore branch of the "American Committee for Swiss Relief was invited by Rhona Lloyd of Rad?'o Station
KYW to speak as one of her guests November 16, at 1.30 P. M. on the "Refugee Relief Project in Switzerland" as
well as the coming refugee benefit program in Philadelphia November 19.
BIG BOND DRTVE
BEGINSWITHBANG
Borough Scurries to Place $50,-
000 Namesake Pursuit
Plane in the Fight
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On Wednesday of this week this community began a $50,000 bond drive to pay
for the Pursuit Plane "Swarthmore" within the next 30 days. A splendid start
was made Wednesday, Armistice Day
and yesterday by workers out urging
Borough citizens to buy a share in
Swarthmore's own special fighting unit
in the American Air Force. If the same
pace can -be maintained the plane should
be paid for by the end of November.
The committee headed by Mrs. William H. Thatcher is organizing volunteers
to call in every home in Swarthmore and
has for its goal selling at least one bond
per family. In addition workers will be
stationed at the bank, will visit stores and
the railroad station so that no one may
miss an opportunity to buy a share in
the pursuit plane which will carry its
name plate to one of our fighting fronts.
Army officials have announced that the
record of the plane will be kept carefully and that the people of Swarthmore
will be informed from time to time of
the exploits in which' their plane takes
part Places of operation may not always be included in this news for obvious
military reasons.
"Don't wait to be solicited by one of
our bond sellers, look them up with your
money, your stamps or your check for
your bond or bonds," was Mrs. Thatcher's message to Swarthmoreans. She continued, "Urge others of your family or
friends to do likewise. We think Swarthmore could raise enough in one month to
buy two pursuit planes. They could be
called Swarthmore No. 1 and Swarthmore
No. 2 or perhaps the Army officials,
would so arrange it that we could have
them assigned to different areas—one to
the East and one to the West."
The Swarthmore Pursuit Plane Bond
Committee also includes Elric Sproat,
Mrs. Walter A. Schmidt, W- R. Argyle,
Geo. L. Corse, Mrs. Alben T. Eavenson,
Mrs. George Allen, W. H. Thatcher,
John E. Michael, N. O. Pittenger and A.
P. Smalley.	
NAMED WAR d^STLEADERS
Honor Roll and Service Flag
Now Symbols on Boro "Front
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Community Cheers for U. S. Forces Everywhere as
it Pauses on Armistice Day to Dedicate
Tribute to Local Men
FAMOUS STRING
QUARTET HERE
Budapest
night;
Four  at  College To-
Leaders in Chamber Music
John B. Thayer, chairman of the
Districts "A" Department of the United
War Chest, announced on Monday the
appointments of Leonard C. Ashton of
Elm avenue and Mrs. A. Francis Jackson of Park avenue as co-chairman of
the Central Delaware County Division.
Mr. Ashton and Mrs. Jackson will organize and direct the War Chest appeal
to residences and small businesses
throughout Swarthmore, Morton, Rutledge, and in addition Springfield Township and Ridley Park.
Mrs. Jackson is the president of the
Community Health Society of Delaware
County and a member of the board of
directors of the Family Service of
Western Delaware County, both United
Charities agencies.
In making the announcement, Mr.
Thayer stressed the fact that the United War Chest is vital war work. "Most
of the workers who have enrolled are
already busy men and women," said Mr.
Thayer. "They are working harder and
longer as a result of the war and in
addition many of them are doing other
types of war work as volunteers."
"Yet they have accepted the additional responsibilities of a United War
Chest worker," Mr. Thayer continued,
"and they are gladly giving their time
and effort in the drive."
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Car Owners Must Register
The owners of motor vehicles are required to register their cars and tires
on November 19, 20, 21. The registration
should be done at the High School on
College avenue. Registration blanks can
be obtained at all gasoline stations.
Gasoline dealers may obtain a supply of
registration blanks at the local ration
board, 33 East Baltimore pike, Clifton
Heights (telephone Decatur 1888).
On Armistice Day in commemoration of those who fought for a final
peace which did not last but is being rewon today by a new generation,
Swarthmore unveiled an honor roll of its residents now actively engaged
in World War No. 2.
The handsome board erected on the
bank plot at Rutgers avenue and South
Chester road is topped with a cut-out'
V banked by color depictions of a sailor,
Marine, air-man, and soldier with the
accompanying artillery. On the white
board, painted in raised maroon letters, are 193 names corresponding
with the number which appears on a
service flag that* was also raised at community exercises attended by service
men's families, school children and all
borough organizations at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Names are arranged on the board according to' the first letter of the surname and ample space has been left to
accommodate considerably more of each
letter without disrupting the unity of
the system. The flag is the red bordered
one with white numeral on a blue star in
centerfield of white that is being used
generally until an official design is set
by presidential bill.- When the latter
occurs the flag will be altered to conform. It now flies above the heatf wall
of the underpass near the spot at the
railroad platform where Company H in
1917 erected the first honor roll in the
United States (changed after the war to
a bronze tablet bearing 184 names and
set up on a marble memorial at Borough
Hall plaza). To this final 184 serving in
World War No. 1 the present number in
this war, which if up-to-the-minute
would well exceed 200, is a connotation
of the borough's growth and the in-,
creased magnitude of the current conflict
New Names to be Listed >
As explained by Legion Commander
F. Stuart Brown in presenting Burgess
John H. Pitman who made the dedicatory address, the committee is aware
that not every one is on the honor roll
as it stands; some names must have
been unavoidably overlooked and it is
possible other names appear which
should not be on the board. The most
comprehensive list available of people
{.Continued on Pag* Si*}
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The famous Budapest String Quartet
will give a concert at Swarthmore College, Thursday, November 19. There
will be no charge of admission since
the program is under the auspices of
the endowed Cooper Foundation and
the college department of music. The
concert will start at 8:15 P. M. in
Clothier Memorial on the college campus.
All over the world the Budapest
String Quartet is known as the superlative interpreter of chamber music. It
made its American debut in 1930, although the name of the organization
goes back many years in European
musical history. Last season it gave
84 concerts across the country from
New York to San Francisco, appearing
in Philadelphia on January 30 of this
year. *'
Before joining the quartet, each of
the musicians was an artist in his own
right. The quartet is comprised of
Josef Roismann, first violin; Alexander
Schneider, second, violin; Boris Kroyt,
viola, ■ and Mischa Schneider, violin
cello. .The program for the concert at
Swarthmore College is as follows:
Quartet in D major, Opus 76, No. 5,
Haydn; Quartet, Opus 49, Shostakovich,
and Quartet in F major. Opus 59, No.
1, Beethoven.
HOME AND SCHOOL BOARD
MEETS AT GEMMILLS'
Dr. Paul F. Gemmill president of the
Swarthmore Home and School Association held a meeting of the board of directors at his home on Thayer road, Friday,
November 6. The various committee
chairmen reported the activities of their
groups and discussed the responsibilities
and duties for the coming year.
Edward Hay chairman of the program
committee promised a very interesting
meeting for December. »
Some parents have neglected to join the
association. Mrs. Walter M. Reynolds
chairman of the membership committee
has planned a campaign for the rest of
the dues. Members of her committee are
as follows: Mrs. Duncan Foster, Mrs.
Walter B. Keighton, Jr., Mrs. F. LeRoy
Wright, Margaret Price, and Frederick
Lang. Dues may be paid at the door of
the next meeting or mailed to Mrs. Reynolds, 219 South Chester road. Every
parent is  urged lo cooperate with this
committee and join now.
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A Refresher Course
A local group who completed a First
Aid Course under Dr. Florence Magilton last year by mutual request is taking "a "refresher course" in order that
the members may keep up to date on
new techniques arising from time to
time. Meetings are on the second Wednesday of each  month at the Strath
Haven Inn at 7:30 P. M.
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The Swarthmore Unit of the Newtown Square Branch of the Navy
League Service held its monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
November 10 at the home of Mrs.
Maurice Griest of 603 South Chester
road.
123 PINTS BLOOD
GIVEN NOV. llth
College Sets Local Record, Turns
Armistice Day Into Blood
Donor Day
Swarthmore College marked Armistice Day by contributing 123 pints of
blood to the Red Cross Blood Donor
Mobile "Unit of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Red Cross. This set
the record of the largest number of
blood donors in Swarthmore at one
time. Thirty-eight of the donors served
for the second time, six for the third
(thus earning their silver buttons), and
two for the fifth.
Arrangements for the Blood Donor
Day were made under a college committee headed by Frank Kille. Dr.
Kille's committee was widely representative of college activities including as it
did Helen Smith of the staff, Janet
Goodrich and Jo Eliot of the Swarthmore Student Union. Blood donors included electricians, building mechanics,
ground workers, V watchmen, students,
staff and faculty members.
(Continued  on  Pag* Six)
GOLDSMITH PLAY AT
COLLEGE TOMORROW
^ Defense Council Bulletins ^
Office: Borough Hall — Telephone 0351
Open Weekdays 9:30-11:30 A. M.
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Attention of all members of the defense units is called to a lecture by Dr.
Hubley Owen of the Philadelphia Defense Council on the subject "Civilian Defense in England compared to that in this country". The lecture will be held
in the lecture room of the Martin Biological Building on Tuesday evening,
November 24 at 7:30 P. M.
All are invited and Dr. Owen will answer questions at the end of the lecture.
If thc room is too small, the meeting will be held in a larger room and you
will be notified when you come.
The Little Theatre Club of Swarthmore College will present Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century classic comedy
"She Stoops to Conquer" tomorrow
evening, Saturday, November 14, at
8:15 in Clothier Memorial. An interesting historical production staged and
enacted in the style of the original performance, the play will be accompanied by music of the period.
Keith Chalmers, dramatic director,
having been called into the armed
forces, Mrs. Helen Stevens, wife and
former production manager of the
founder of Carnegie Institute's drama
department, is replacing him iri this
production.
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