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VOL. VI—NO. 16
SWARTHMORE, PA, APRIL 20, 1934
$2.50 PER YEAR
FIREMEN'S DINNER
TO BE GALA EVENT
Testimonial   Dinner   Sponsored
by the Business Men
/ and Legion
"Every man who owns a piece of
property in Swarthmore owes our firemen a lot more than a dinner". This
statement of a prominent citizen when
buying his ticket for the testimonial
dinner to be given the Swarthmore Fire
Company on Thursday evening expresses the general enthusiasm with
which the project is being received.
The whole town's talking about it, and
the whole town's going—that is the
whole male population—and the ladies
^are already asking that they be let in.
W/^-An fact, so great is the demand for
tickets that the 300 limit is nearly
reached and it is almost certain that
the few eleventh hour ticket seekers
arc going to be disappointed.
The dinner is being sponsored by
the Swarthmore Business Men's Association and the Harold Ainsworth Post,
American Legion. The general committee consists of E. M. Buchner,
chairman; Burgess John H. Pitman,
C. E. Hannum, George Gillespie,
Robert T. Bair, Ferris W. Mitchell, and
Titus Ewig. The dinner, at 6:30 p. m.f
is to be served by Mrs. Charles Kurtz-
halz, of the Ingleneuk Tea Room, and
the place is the Methodist Social Hall.
The entertainment, which promises
to excel all past performances of this
character, will be a real Swarthmore
Review. Guests will see themselves and
their neighbors portrayed as never before. The actors will include many of
our best foot light artists, an orchestra,
a male quartette, and a minimum of
WOMEN'S CHORUS IN
ANNUAL CONCERT
Henry     Hotz,     Director—-Mrs.
Hotz and Mrs. Ullman to
Appear on Program
The Woman's Chorus of the Swarthmore Woman's Club will give their
tnnual chorus under the direction of
Henry Hotz, Monday evening, April
13, at 8:15 P. M.
This concert is eagerly looked forward to by the members of the Woman's Club and their friends each
/ear. The chorus has been rehearsing
for several months under the direction
of Mr. Hotz.
The chorus, consisting of forty
voices, will sing the following num-
>ers:
I Love Life—Nana Yucca, Ole Uncle
Moon—Charles P. Scott, The Wind's
n the South—John Prindle Scott,
Moon-Marketing — Powell Weaver,
^ain—Pearl G. Curran, Indian Cradle
Song—H. A. Matthews, A Love Dream
V'F. Liszt)—FrangC. Bornechein, Dance
i  Caclucka—Sullivan  Pitcher.
Mae Elbree Hotz will sing two
groups of  vocal  solos.
Mrs. Roland G. Ullman will give
Tumorous readings.
The concert will be followed by an
informal reception for Mr. and Mrs.
Hotz.
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speech-making.
SAMUEL SCOVILLE
ADDRESSES CLUB
Delights Audience With Talk on
Nature—Mrs. Muth to Speak
on Tuesday
Mr. Samuel Scoville, Philadelphia lawyer, author and traveler delighted his
audience Tuesday afternoon when he
spoke at the Woman's Club. His subject
had to do with outdoor hobbies and in
telling of his visit to the swamps in Florida he spoke of his guide showing him the
largest alligator he's seen and to prove
they have a "love call", the guide mimiced
it and the alligator came to them.
He told of hearing the call of the panther
and its approach when his "head kept
cool, but his feet ran"; of gathering the
>■ eggs of the hermit thrush (for a museum) and seeing it sing when the human
ear could not hear it. He also told of his
experience in gathering some eggs from
the nest of the fastest flying bird, the duck
hawk, for a museum. Mr. Scoville ended his interesting talk by saying that
anyone in trouble or with a troubled
mind should get out into the open; let the
• wind blow on his face and get
the "consciousness of great love
and of- a great force which controls
us all". Mrs. Phelps Soule, chairman of
the Literature Section, which produced
this program, also presented Mrs. Wm.
Swann in two violin solos and Mrs. Herbert Fraser at the piano, who also played
two solos which were appreciated. A social hour followed when the whole audience descended to the lounge to meet and
thank Mr. Scoville.
Never in our history has the Health and
Welfare Department of our various organizations had  a bigger task to meet.
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Last Week  of  Salvation
Army Drive
The Salvation Army drive under the
leadership of Peter E. Told is gaining
momentum and a week of intensive
work will finish the campaign in
Swarthmore.
Mrs. J. Paul Brown, who has on her
committee the following, Mrs. Clair
Wilcox, Mrs. Copeland Palmer, Mrs.
Burris West, Mrs. Theodore Widing,
Miss Jane Dickey and J. Paul Brown
will finish the section above the tracks
by the end of next. week.
Those who have not been solicited
Personally may leave their contributions at the Swarthmore National
Bank, The Swarthmorean office, or
Russell's service station.
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HENRY  HOTZ
Will direct Woman's Club Chorus in program at Clubhouse on Monday evening, April 23rd.
INDEPENDENT RALLY
FOR SWARTHMORE
Citizens'    Committee    to    Hold
Independent Republican
Rally
A Citizens' Committee of Swarthmore
has arranged an Independent Republican
Rally, which will be held at Strath Haven
Inn on Wednesday, April 25, at 8 o'clock.
The following candidates for offices,
whose names will appear upon the ballot
in the coming Primary of May 15, will be
present and will speak:
For Congress, Benjamin F. James, of
Radnor Township.
For the State Legislature, Francis J.
Bowden of Upper Darby, Thos. J. Sproul
of Wallingford, William W. Martin of
Prospect Park.
The above named candidates have received the united support of the organized independent Republican groups of
Delaware County.
Mrs. Jane H. Felix of Lansdowne, formerly a resident of Swarthmore, now an
independent candidate for the State com
mitteeship, will also speak.
The Citizens' Committee has also extended an invitation to Colonel Charles A
Dravo, of Swarthmore, candidate for
Governor, to take advantage of this op
portunity to meet and address a group of
his fellow-townsmen.
Mr. George W. Plowman of Swarthmore, an active member of the Committee of One Hundred, a young men's inde
pendent Republican group of Delaware
County, will preside as the chairman of
the meeting. Dr. Arthur E. Bassett will
introduce Col. Dravo.
Mr. J. Archer Turner will introduce the
candidates for congressional and legislative offices and Mrs. Edwin A. Yarnall,
Mrs. Jane H. Felix, candidate for the
State committeeship.
All residents of Swarthmore and vicinity are cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
The Citizens' Committee in charge is as
follows: Dr. Arthur El Bassett, J. Archer
Turner, George Plowman, J. Everton
Ramsey, Rev. George L. Van Alen, D.
W. R. Morgan, Dr. Samuel C. Palmer,
A. V. Lees, Frank Smith, and William S.
Canning.   *
Mesdames A. R. O. Redgrave, William R. Johnson, J. Donald Gibson, Eva
Smith Paul, Alfred Gary White, Elliott
Richardson, Edwin A. Yarnall, Elmer S.
Melick and W. Scott McHenry.
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Window Broken
High School Honor Roll
The honor roll of the Swarthmore
Junior-Senior High School for the
fourth report period ending March 9th
has been announced by the faculty of
the school. It is as follows:
f Senior Class—Honor roll, Helen
I Craemer, and William Craemer; Merit
Roll, John Marshall, Anglea Mason,
Faith Storm, Gunther Reuning, and
Richard Wray.
Junior Class—Distinguished honor
roll, Edmond Jones, Dan Piper, and
Stewart Thorn; Merit roll, Betty Lou
Mitchell, Delia Marshall, Helen Jones,
Seymour Rutherford, Richard Sanford,
Francis Vosters, Muriel Wagner and
John Wickham.
Sophomore Class—Merit roll, Ellsworth Dougherty, Georgene Griffith,
James Lipman, Betty McGarrah, William Rutherford, Mary Williams, and
Ralph Rhoads.
Ninth Grade—Merit roll, Elaine
Bradford, Bill Bullock, Dwight Colley,
John Delaplaine, Ted Hannum, Constance Heg, Janet MacDonald, Malcolm Main, Nancy Maxwell, Maralee
Noyes, Jane Richardson, Shirley Shaw,
Gene Smith, and Helen Tomlinson.
Eighth Grade—Honor Roll, Constance Schoff, Margaret Shoemaker, and
Elizabeth Thorn; Merit roll, Ella
May Beagle, Mary Bonsall, William
Brown, Kitty Brill, John Craemer,
Louis Dethloff, sther Duke, Eunice
Eaton, John Richards, Marjorie
Thorpe, Robert White, Harriet Wickham, Louise Keatley, Harry MacMillan, Betty Anne Mitchell, and Doris
Polk.
Seventh Grade—Merit roll, Morris
Bassett, Beatrice Brewster, James
Brown, Robert Clay, Arthur Collins,
Robert Delaplaine, Sarah Marie Disque,
Charlotte Griffin, Robert Hanzlik,
James Dravo, Walter Jones, Ann Howard, Ruth Lipman, Dorothy Lueders,
Thomas Marshall, Frances Noyes,
Louis Paulson, Betty Pitman, Nancy
Price, . Genevieve Reavis, Gertrude
Schobinger, Elizabeth Whitaker.
DEMOCRATS WAGING
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Burgess Pitman a Candidate for
State Committee
man
A stone thrown by a passing automobile broke the large plate-glass window
of .Buchner's Toggery Shop on Park avenue, on. Monday afternoon.
Thoroughgoing, dyed-in-the-wool Democrats head the slate which will be presented at the May primary by the Delaware County organization.
John E. McDonough, candidate for the
congressional nomination, has been a lifelong Democrat. Widely known in Chester and Delaware County, he was a delegate to the national convention at Houston, Tex., in 1928, and the convention at
St Louis, in 1916.
Mr. McDonough has for years been a
frank and outstanding wet. He is regarded as one of the county leaders, and
State leaders have repeatedly expressed
their confidence in his ability.
Voters of Delaware County, coming
into contact with Professor John H.
Pitman, member of the Swarthmore
College faculty, Burgess of Swarthmore and the Democratic choice for
State committee, have come to regard
him as the higher type of individual,
cultured, capable and honest.
"If charged with the responsibility
of State committeeman," Dr. Pitman
said, "I will put every effort into the
job and spare nothing to further the
cause of the party."
Fighting beside Dr. Pitman is Mrs.
Florence Dornblaser, of Haverford
Township, who is chairman of the
township committee and aspires to the
office of State committeewoman, with
the fine characteristics outlined in the
Jeffersonian principles.
She is a member of the Tuberculosis
Society comtnitteee, an extremely vital
organization, and has struggled to reeve those suffering from the white
plague.
Mrs. Dornblaser promises that, if
she is elected, the Democrats of Delaware County can rest assured that the
interests . within their portals will be
"interests within her heart."
COUNCIL SETS 7 MILLS
AS BORO TAX RATE
Tax Rate Same as Last year-
Next Week "Clean-Up"
Week
THE WEEK'S CALENDAR
Friday, April 20
Original One-act Plays, 8:15 P. M., at Clothier Memorial.
Sunday, April 22
Services at 11 o'clock at the Methodist, Presbyterian, Friends,
Church of Christ Scientist, Episcopal and Blue Churches.
Vespers at the Presbyterian Church at 4:45 P. M.
Vespers at 6:30 in Clothier Memorial, Ernest White, organist.
Monday, April 23
Woman's Chorus at Club House, 8:15 P. M.
Tuesday, April 24
Mrs. Helen Muth, at Woman's Club, 2:30 P. M.
Business Association Meeting at Strath Haven Inn, at 8 P. M.
Wednesday, April 25
Independent Republican Rally, Strath Haven Inn at 8 P. M.
Thursday, April 26
Firemen's Dinner, Methodist Social Hall, at 6:30 P. M.
Friday, April 27
Junior Chib Dance, at Woman's Club at 8:30 P. M.
Council, at their regular meeting
Wednesday evening, voted to levy a
7 mill tax. This maintains the same
low level as was inaugurated last year.
Burgess Pitman brought the matter
of speeding before Council. The police
have given many warnings, and fines
and arrests have been made in some
instances. "It is the desirable thing to
reduce speeding instead of arresting
and fining wholesale, but the dangerous speeding must be stopped", said
Mr. Pitman. He asked that they consider a siren for the police car.
T. E. Hessenbruch, of the Highway
department, stated that most of the
property owners along Yale avenue
were willing to dedicate the frontage
necessary for a sidewalk if they were
not put to an expense in any way. No
action was taken on this matter.
Air. Hessenbruch was authorized to
negotiate with the Pennsylvania Railroad to change the lighting of the Princeton avenue tunnel to one that
will be more satisfactory. The tunnel
is in dangerous condition and it has
been brought to the attention of the
railroad company, to whom it belongs.
Borough Council authorized N. O.
Pittenger to have certain trees along
College avenue removed by the Electric company. The tree committee have
recommended the removal of these
trees because of their danger and poor
condition. It is necessary for the Electric Company to get the permission of
the property owners before the work
is begun. These trees are to be replaced by youi.g ones by the Electric Company.
Harry T.. Miller, chairman of the
Finance Committee, reported the assessment as being almost equal to that
of last year. The revenue expected for
the year from all sources is $35,107.
While the council have spent $1200
more since January 1 than they had
budgeted for that time, there will be
several hundred dollars more available
than was anticipated. Mr. Miller felt
with close economy in all departments
they would be able to stay within the
budget and maintain the tax rate of
7 mills that was in effect last year. It
will mean reduced amounts for street
repairs, but most of the members felt
at this time they should not increase
the rate unless it were absolutely
necessary. There are $17,000 unpaid
taxes due the Boro at the present time,
.»ut between $4,000 and $5,000 are expected to be paid before May 1. These
unpaid taxes go as far back as 1929.
The J^-mill library tax was levied.
The third of the ten ^annual 7-mill
assessments on the FranfcfSmith tract
was levied, as was also the fifth of the
ten annual 2-mill assessments on the Kim-
mel Tract.
Council passed a motion to declare
the week from April 23 to 28 inclusive
as clean-up week, in cooperation with
Pennsylvania Clean-up Week. Elliott
Richardson, Boro Secretary, is in
charge of the campaign.
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Original One-Act Plays
The Little Theatre Club of Swarthmore College is presenting four one act
plays, written and directed by students of
the college. The productions which will
be offered are as follows: "Alliteration
Angers Alice" by Kay Lever; "Christian
Endeavor" by Robert Cadigan; "Not the
Russians" by Osmond Molarsky; and
"The Outsider" by William Whyte. At
the end of the presentation, the best play
will be selected by the vote of the audience. The performance will take place,
in Clothier Memorial, Friday, April 20,
at 8:15 p. m.
Speaks on Disarmament
Dr. William I. Hull spoke before a
Senate committee in favor of Total
Disarmament last Saturday, his subject
being, "Fear of Invasion." He will give
the same address before a joint meeting of the churches and the Society of
Friends in Washington this coming
Sunday.
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Bird Walk
On Sunday' morning, May 6, at 6
o'clock, Dr. Samuel C Palmer will lead
a bird walk. All interested in the. early
morning songsters are invited.
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