Delco home of week Biddles add globe trotting to campus
Maj Gen and Mrs William Biddle moved into the 14th and Chestnut Street house as Penn Military College's new commandant. The home, a former Broomall Hyatt estate, hosts a rich collection of furnishings from around the world, including Chinese camphor wood chests, a Korean brass urn, and a Swedish maple desk. The house features stained glass, oriental art, and portraits of Biddle ancestors. The Biddles’ daughters include Christina, Edith, and Susan.
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Gerry Oliver
Daily Times
Chester
William
Biddle
14Th and
Chestnut Streets
Biddles
Pennsylvania Military College
John M. Broomall
Frank K. Hyatt
America
General Biddie
Christina
Stelser Sehiool
Edith Wanmon
University of Oklahoma
Susan
Boston
Swarthmore Choir Vesper Rites And Community Notices
Swarthmore Presby terian Church Chan cel Choir will present a vesper service for Advent. Swarthmore Junior Assemblies meet Monday at 5 pm and eighth graders at 7:15 pm with chaperones. Soloists include Mary Ellen Clark and James Carr. An orchestra from Philadelphia and Curtis Institute musicians join. Other notices detail senior high/youth activities, adult forums, and a community bargain basement book sale at the Public Library opening today at 10 am and running through next week.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
Robert’ Groolers
Woman's Club
Johann Se
David Gerner
Bastian Bach
William Campbell
Roland
Ruth Potter Ashton
Coit
Robert Hayden
Grouters
Bach
Erwin Schmidt
D. Patrick Welsh
Mary Ellen Clark
Susan Lin
Elise Ramont
James Carr
Edward Heller
Philadelphia
Curtis Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra
David Spencer
Louise DeVries
William Trumpler
George Reeves
Dean Doll to Speak at Reformation Lutheran Church Open House
UPPER PROVIDENCE Dean Donald Doll of the Delaware District will conduct prayers at the open house for the new parsonage of Reformation Lutheran Church Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. All members invited. Choir to sing Bless This House. Communion at 9:30 and 11 am. Women’s League to host family night Wednesday at 7 40. Leo D Arcangelo to speak on What Can I Bring Him. Acoustical ceiling tile installation approved for the junior and intermediate church school department, starting next week.
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Upper Providence
Donald Doll
Delaware
Eastern
Leo D’arcangelo
Advent Wreath Lighting Planned at Nativ ity Lutheran
Chester church to light the first candle on Sunday in the Advent wreath at Nativity Lutheran Church. A new candle will be added each Sunday through the four weeks of the season. Mrs Howard Campbell, garden chair, oversees wreath preparation.
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Chester
Nativity Lutheran Church
Howard Campbell
Siloam Church Marks Advent Observance
Siloam Methodist Church plans Holy Communion at 10 45 a m on the first Sunday of Advent. A meeting will discuss Christmas season preparations. Brownie Troop 147 plans a Christmas party and related activities at 8 30 p m Monday at the home of Mrs. Carl Darrah, 3019 Kent Road.
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Bethel
Siloam Methodist Church
Carl Darrah
Mascantala
Kent Road
Advent Sunday Rites at St. James Episcopal Church
Prospect Park St. James Episcopal Church marks Advent Sunday as the new Christian Year begins with the lighting of the Advent Wreath and the eighth anniversary of Rev. Wilfred F. Penny’s rectorship. Thirty canvassers will seek pledges for the church building fund and report results this evening. The new Father R. Reinhardt Educational Building has been under construction since March. Bishop Oliver J. Hart will officiate the cornerstone laying December 4 at 4:30 p.m.
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Prospect Park
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James
Wilfred F. Penny
Father Pennay
Father Pp
R. OR
Reinhardt
Oliver J. Hart
Pennsylvania
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DELCO
Biddle Family Forbbears
Nicholas Biddle
Dauntless
Continental Navy
Independence Hall
General Biddle
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Sybil
William 8, Biddle
Swarthmore Choir
John Roxby
Lynn Kippax
A. E. Daurio
Lor“en Forman
Swarthmore — Presbyterian
Trinity Church
Woman's Association
Couples Club
Senior High
Methodist Youth Fellowship
David Burger
MYF
Cochranville
WSCS
BYC
Donald Henderson
Swarthmore Recreation Association
Adult Forum
Francis Bosworth
Friends Neighborhood Guild
Friends Adult Forum
Whittier House
Bosworth
Guild
Edward W. Bok
Dean Doll
Siloam Church
Pean
Benin
Temcee TV Bar Sales
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