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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
2
Editor and business manager Julia R Hazard. Associate editor Anna Camden Hall. Directors include John W Adams E A Stockton Julia R Hazard and C Percy Webster Thomas W Simpers.
The Home and School Association will host a December 13 program in the Woman's Club to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock. The outline includes songs, readings, a cantata, a Mayflower compact signing, scenes from The Courtship of Miles Standish, and an address on The Pilgrim and the Puritan in American Life.
Swarthmore women accompanied Miss Matilda Silverman to Philadelphia's Sixth District slums on November 29 to inspect neighborhoods where the organization's children are helped. They toured Race Street Chinatown and learned of harsh conditions in narrow alleys and a guarded vice district as they observed at a raided coke joint.
Miss Alice A Patterson married Dr Elam M Hitchner in an evening ceremony at the Patterson home. Rev John Ellery Tuttle officiated with Rev Eric Osterle assisting. Attendants included Edith M Patterson maid of honor and Elmer Reeve Hitchner best man. The couple will reside in Swedesboro New Jersey.
The Merion Civic Association highlights a speeding ordinance and strict controls on ads and apartments, noting 400 speeders in three weeks and regular water milk analyses. It cites police protection, a $50 reward for criminals, and plans for a community center with Mr. Johnson’s estate.
Edward Bok told the Swarthmore Civic League at the Women's Club last Tuesday evening that the first step in civics is tidiness. He warned that civic work attracts enemies and criticism, urging perseverance in public effort.
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