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SWARTHMORE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1945
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SCHOOL BAND IN
CONCERT APRIL 13
Musicians   Prepare
Good Benefit
Show
The Swarthmore High School
Band Is preparing for its Seventh
Annual Benefit Concert, to be
given in the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock on Friday, evening, April 13, under thei baton of
its war-time director, Richard A.
Fish, assisted by Frank Lawrence.
The concert program this year
is unusually attractive with many
special features In prospect. These
include an opening march with
twirling by the assistant majorettes Elaine Wherryt Cynthia Homire, Lois Linton, Betsy Barnes,
Marjorie Lewis, 'and Carol Ann
Mosteller. The feature number after the intermission wiU be a
march with twirling by the drum
major, Ruth Wagner.
Interspersed will be a number of
special solo numbers. A solo
"Grand Russian Fantasia," wUl be
played by Barbara Brown, accompanied by Cecelia Bradbeer.
There willjbe a clarinet solo "Concertino" by H. Weston Clarke, Jr.,
accompanied by Mrs. Paul Skoglund.. A novelty number featuring
the Piccolo played by Allen Enders
and accompanied by the band, wUl
close.the first half of the program.
A special duet for clarinet and
flute will be played by Andy March
and Douglas Spencer, accompanied
by Mrs. Skoglund. There will be
a number of tuneful numbers
played by the band, including several by Romberg, such as "Stout
Hearted Men" and selections from
"The Desert Song." Herbert's
overture to "The Red Mill" and
the March "Aida" from Verdi's
opera are among the more tuneful
numbers.
Local Girls Will Sing
In City Music
Festival
Fifty-four members of the Senior High School Girls* Chorus will
participate in the Philadelphia
Music Festival for the benefit of
the American Red Cross on June
1. This announcement by Alice
Blodgett music supervisor in the
Swarthmore schools raised local
interest In the event to a new
high.
Mrs. Walter H. Dickinson,
Swarthmore 017 8-J, has received
many inquiries concerning the
event: Mrs. Dickinson as vice-
chairman of the local Red Cross
is in charge of the local ticket
sale. She asks all residents to observe that tickets purchased locally before May 1 will be credited
to Swarthmore's War Fund.
The chorus members are now
working on .Schuelky's "Send
Forth Thy Spirit" on which they
will begin night rehearsals this
week under Dr. Clyde Dengler at
Upper Darby. They anticipate
singing with 1500 members of the
Suburban High School Chorus and
others from Philadelphia schools
to the accompaninient of the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
INVTTES GUESTS
There are many people in
Swarthmore who will bo eligible
for membership in the Legion Auxiliary in a short time. The executive committee feels that these
people might be interested in helping with the hospital sewing, or. in
getting acquainted with work for
veterans.
The Auxiliary welcomed the
wives, mothers, or sisters, of men
now in the service until such time
as authorised membership can be
established. Interested prospective
workers may telephone Mrs. Norman Hulme, 909 Westdale. avenue,
Swarthmore 0157W, who will he
glad to invite them to the- meetings.
Local Guild Asks Its
Members to Aid in
Clothes Drive
The local branch of the Needlework Guild is complying with all
other branches which have been
asked by National Headquarters to
help local drives for used clothing
for the United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation.
All members are asked to search
their attics and add just a bit more
to swell the quota. A committee
has been appointed to help pack
and sort the clothing as it is
brought in by the collector- to the
Methodist Church on the evonlng
of April 10.    .
Members who have agreed to
serve in this capacity include Mrs.
H. Weston Clarke, Mrs. Charles B.
Black, Mrs. Benjamin W. Collins,
Mrs. Edwin W. Crosby, Mrs. J. D.
Durnell, Mrs. H. W. Frlcke, Mrs.
Charles B Fischer, Mra L. C. Hastings, Mrs. John H. MacWilliams,
Mrs. I. R. McElwee, Mrs. Blrney
K. Morse, Mrs. Harold Ogram and
Mrs. S. S. Rutherford
Thanks Community
In behalf of the Swarthmore Branch of the American Red
Cross it is with a great deal of pleasure that I thank and congratulate the army of contributors, solicitors, captains, and all other
War Fund workers of Swarthmore and Ridley Township in
reaching their goal of $23,000. .     r'
To reach this very substantial quota has required generous
gifts of money by approximately a thousand individuals, organizations and business men. It has required intensive and organized effort on the part of the entire War Fund Committee combined with the important fact that the entire community is Red
Cross minded because of the unusually fine work done by the
local chapter through the years of peace and war.
Actually Ridley Township in reaching $4,463.54 against
its quota of $4,000.00 has pulled Swarthmore over the top;
the local figures being $18,750.50 against the quota of $19,000.
It is hoped that the usual last minute contributions will also pull
Swarthmore over the goal.
It has been a privilege to be in the position of observing the
seasoned War Fund Committee tackle* its tough assignment with
the important aid of numerous organizations particularly The
Swarthmorean. • ,.
The men and women in the armed forces can be assured
that their home town is backing them up 100 per cent.
Signed, WALTER A. SCHMIDT,
War Fund Chairman.
CLOTHES DRIVE
SET FOR TUESDAY
BRETTON WOODS
EXPONENT ABLE
Dr. Nichols Clarifies
Basic Problems
Involved
Dr. Jeanette Nichols recognized
authority on domestic and international monetary matters presented
a brilliantly clear exposition of the
Bretton Woods proposals before a
combined meeting .of the Woman's
Club and League of Women'Voters,
Tuesday afternoon.'" ~'"■'-"
Her chosen topic was "Bretton
Woods and Tour Pocketbook" and
sho tackled the agreement- solely
from the angle of self-interest, asking "do we need it or not?" In a
simple demonstration in which all
present joined she showed'that the
exchange value of money Is based
on a government's international
standing.
In answer to her own question
"Why bother what other people's
money is worth," Dr. Nichols reminded her audience that the United States is in the uncomfortable
position of having more money to
invest than any other nation and
that it has built up producUve machinery through the Ingenuity of
its people far beyond their consumption. Since the debtor holds
the advantage and being rich is a
disadvantage, we must figure a way
to get a return on our investments.
Since our productive power Is now
three times that of 1938 and we
are employing and paying on that
basis, we must make other materials than war goods and find other
markets than our own.
By the simple expedient of
persuading one of her hearers to
become for the nonce an English
manufacturer of all-wool socks at
$1 per pair and another to be an
American manufacturer of Nylon
hosiery at $1 per pair Dr. Nichols
was able to demonstrate clearly
the risky effect of exchange fluctuations due currency depreciations
and devises to restrict trade, without a central international control
to bring order.
The 44 powers who entered into
the building of the Bretton Woods
plan based their consideration on
three years of search for an exchange basis, she said, producing
the plan's two-fold machinery of
the International monetary . fund
and the international bank for reconstruction and development.
After a concise explanation of
these the speaker invited the audi-
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Paper-Tin Drive
On Saturday, April 7 the Cubs
and Boy Scouts will help with
spring house cleaning by collecting your paper and tin cans
All paper should be tied or put
it ln cartons or bags and placed
at the curb before 9:30 a.m.
In the June drive 23,865  lbs.
of paper were    collected.     The
September,   1944,   drive   netted
17,995,  or a total of nearly  22
tons.
Scouts and cub units sold it
for nearly $300. Each unit
bought one acre of Camp Delmont as a permanent Investment In camping for themselves and for future boyhood.
They Wish to -thank all Swarth-
mprearis for their-help. '-" Incidentally, they put in a lot ot
work helping the war effort.
Hats off to them.
RECEIVES BRONZE STAR
A Bronze Star Medal has "been
recently awarded to First "Lieutenant Charles H. Garrison, Jr. The
citation accompanying the decoration read in part: "for distinguishing himself by meritorious achievement in connection with military
operations against the enemy in
Prance and Germany from June
14, 1944 to January 5, 1945.
Throughout this period he has performed his duty as Survey Officer
with excellent supervisions and
highest type of leadership. His
ability to push forward his survey
against enemy fire and under adverse conditions of weather and
terrain were largely responsible
for enabling his organization to ac-
complish its missions and reflects
great credit on the military service of the United States."
Lt. Garrison is assigned to the
12th Field Artillery Observation
Battalion which landed on the Normandy beaches on "D-Day plus 6"
and has been in action ever since.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Garrison of Park avenue. His wife Mrs. Constance Heg
Garrison also resides on Park avenue.
Mo-vie at Clothier v
"Port of Shadows" Is the movie
to he presented tomorrow evening,
April 7 in Clothier Memorial. The
feature will be shown at-7 p.m* *nd
aj-Hdn at 1-mb.	
To Hold Dance
The Rev. and Mrs. Cameron P.
Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Mul-
loy will serve as chaperons of the
Eighth Grade of the Swarthmore
Junior Assemblies Jn the Woman's
Club  House tomorrow evening.   '
The dance committee wishes to
inform Eighth Graders .that there
Is an error in the printing of dates
on the Eighth Grade tickets. After this Saturday there will be two
more dances, one on April 21, and
the  spring party on May  5.
Dr. and Mrs. William T. Ellis returned to their home on Walnut
lane on Monday. Arriving from
Winter Park, Fla., a few days before * they had spent the Easter
week-end with their son and
daughter-in-law, . Lt. Comdr. and
Mrs. Mackinnon Ellis and -their
children In Bryn Mawr.
LATIN SOPRANO
HERE TONIGHT
Olga  Coelho  To Be
Guest Artist At
Meeting* House
Olga Coelho, a South American
soprano and guitarist will present
a' varied*-program of traditional
love songs, native dances, Indian
melodies, religious chants and vendors' street songs when she appears at the Friends Meeting House
tonight, April 6, at 8:15 p.m.
Mme. Coelho is a duly authorized exj*u>nent._of Brazil's best in
folk music known as "Brazil's Ambassador of Music." Her repertoire is a colorful -blend of voodoo
and new world culture, of fiery
rhythm and soothing lyric;, a- humorous tale of tho Argentinian
mule, an Afro-Cuban lullaby, a
Brazilian bird song, an Inca melody written on a scale of only five
notes, a Coelho composition depicting the cry of a Bahlan street vendor, "Xango," a Brazilian Macum-
ba dance of the 19th Century, actually a frenzied chant-like prayer
in negroid rhythm, and - classic
songs in Spanish, French and
Italian.
Among her outstanding appearances in the States have been concerts at New York's Town Hall, the
University of. Iowa, Meridian Hill
Park in Washington and the Fine
Arts Club in Chicago. She was
chosen soloist at the Thirteenth
Annual Festival of Music at Fiske
University and was one of five artists selected to honor Walter Dam-
rosch at the tribute dinner. She
was featured soloist with Vincent
Youman's Ballet Revue "Fiesta,"
and also with the Rochester Civic
Orchestra. In 1939 she embarked
on a world trip that won admiration from New Zealand to South
Africa.
Everyone is cordially invited to
enjoy a musical evening on the college campus.
Community Groups
to Collaborate For
Refugees
Next Tuesday evening, April 10,
at 7:00 is the D-hour and D-day.
for the Swarthmore Clothing Collection under the direction of the
committee for the United National
Clothing Collection Campaign.
A fleet of cars manned by Air
Raid Wardens and Rotarians will
make a house-to-house canvass for
clothing, -collect lt, and transport
the material to the Social Hall of
tho Methodist Church on Park
Avenue. Another group of volunteer workers, representing the
churches, the Needlework Guild,
the Rotarians and the Business
Men's Association will sort and
pack the clothing.
School children of the community have helped by distributing
circulars of announcements from
house to house. Each citizen is
called upon to do his share in this
important work by having clothing and shoes ready and clean and
carefully wrapped in bundles. If
you plan to be away from home,
please leave the clothing at the
front door where it can be picked
up readily.
Swarthmoreans here have an opportunity toshare with others, especially refugees of war-torn
Europe, comfortable and serviceable clothing to replace their own
shreds. If you want the materials
you donate to - be sent to tho
Friends' Service Committee, you
may so mark them.
Swarthmore's quota ia 20,000
pounds, an average of between
five and six pounds per person,
man, woman, and child.
ANTICIPATE TALK
'In Joint Gathering
The Kindergarten Mothers of the
College Avenue School have invited the" Kindergarten -Mothers of
the Rutgers Avenue School to meet
with them on Tuesday, April 10
at 3:30 in the College Avenue Kindergarten Room.
Mrs. Francis W. Pennell of Moylan will address the group on "Bequest of Wings" and children's
books.    Tea will be served.
Elect Vestry Officers
At the Annual Meeting of the
Trinity Parish S. B. Brewster, W.
B. Bullock, George W. Casey, and
R. N. Kilgore were elected to the
Vestry to serve for three years-
Mr. Brewster was ' re-elected
treasurer, Mr. Casey rector's warden, and Scott M. Lilly secretary
of the Vestry at the meeting which
followed the Annual Meeting.
Margaret Bailey Speer, Presbyterian missionary from Peking,
China and now head-mistress of
the Shipley School, Bryn Mawr,
will speak before the Women's
Association of the Presbyterian
Church at their luncheon meeting
on Wednesday, April 11. Her
chosen subject will he "Lessons in
Adversity."
Miss Speer was Dean of the College for Women at Yenching University which was closed immediately following Pearl Harbor. For
the next few months the Western
m-hibers of the faculty were al-^
lowed to remain in their homes on
the university campus. Later they
were moved into the city of Peking
where Miss Speer had comparative
freedom within the city .walls with
the other Americans. In March,
1943, she was included in the group
transferred to Weihsien where she
was interned on the Presbyterian
Compound until repatriated on the
second trip of the "Gripsholm," arriving in New York on December
1,   1943.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Rutherford
of Strath Haven avenue entertained their daughter-in-lawr, Mrs.
William W. Rutherford of Washington, D. C, as their guest over
the Easter week-end. Their son
Lt. (J.g.) William Rutherford U. S.
N.R., is serving in the South Pacific.
Train Gray Ladies
A Gray Lady course is scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays, April 23 to May 2 inclusive, from 10:15 a,m. to 12:30
p.m. in the WCAU Auditorium.
1622 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Applicants between the ages
of 21 and 65 who are interested
in hospital work please applv
before April 16 to Mrs. E. LeRoy Mercer, branch chairman,
Swarthmore 0954.
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