Children in Hospital Week Play is a healing tool
In the Crozer-Chester Medical Center pediatric playroom a child life coordinator named Betsy Wollensack helps hospitalized children cope with fear, pain, and separation through play. The article highlights programs at CHOP and St. Christopher’s, the need for preparatory materials, bedside comfort, and benefits for patients, including burns and other long hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patti Mengers
Daily Times
Upland
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
CCMC
Betsy Wollensack
Ms. Wollensack
Association For Care of Children’s Health
Children In Hospital
Laura Dawson
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
CHP
St. Christopher’s Hospital For Children
Delaware Valley
Dawson
Children’s
Richard Barr
Ates
Ensack
s/ Wollensack
Ms .Wollensack
Sun Ship shutdown sparks regional fallout on defense bids
Analysis notes Sun Shipyard’s closure and Boeing Vertol layoffs amid a looming military buildup. Calls rise to keep choppers like Hughes YAH 64 in production, with Army orders exceeding 500. Speculation about bid systems, political favors, and Naval fleet shifts underscores a tense defense contracts landscape. Nearby facilities and historic shipyard strength contrasted with present decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
De-Fense
Soviet Union
Delaware County
Sun Ship
Boeing Vertol
Vietnam
Boeing
Hughes Aircraft
Army
Navy
Philadelphia
Iowa
Wisconsin
Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Sun Yard
Sun
St Pat s flower arranging classes set at Granite Run
Flower arranging classes for St Patrick s Day taught by Mrs Violet Weir of Springfield will be held at Granite Run Mall Media auditorium on March 16 from 10 am to noon and 7 to 9 pm. Participants may bring their own flowers or have them purchased. For details call 314-4974 and register.
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Childbirth Education Association of X
Greater Philadelphia
Reformation Lutheran Church
Swarthmore
LWV
Swarthmore League
Swarthmore College
David Grove
Charles Hummer
James England
Worthmore
Rutledge
En Voters
Whittier House
St. Pat's
Granite Run
St. Patrick’s Day
Violet Weir
Springfield
Granite Run Mall
Media
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Garnet V . Smithbridge
Beabachner Darby — Zoning Board
Summit St
SYS Sete Mistsion Media Pee
Prospect PA — Borough ‘Council
Maryland Ave
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S. Wayne Ave
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Ridley Park
Borough Hall
Ward
Cresswell Sts
Springfield — Commissioners
Powell Road
LENNI
Fire Auxiliary
Lenni Heights Fire Company
Barbara Baldwin
Catherine McKeown
Kathleen Chudnofsky
Dawnarn
Clara Farah
Marie Manuel
Judy McMaster
Bernadette Wright
Baldwin
Marple Newtown
Ross Ann Craig
DCCC
Marple-Newtown
American Association of University Women
Carol Kleponis
AAUW
K of C
Our Lady of Lourdes Council
Knights of Columbus
Spont
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Kevin
Nativity School of Media
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Old Marple Road
Sproul and
Springfield Roads
Sproul Lanes
NASA
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Chester
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