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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
3
A letter from the Ring Copy department outlines weekly deadlines for Vers content. Hazard Swarthmore Pa. asks contributors to submit all material by Wednesday evening for the Thursday December 2 1920 issue. copy must arrive by 10 pm to fit the car issue. John Spencer Inc. signs the note.
The article describes a church anniversary service with greetings from members in Chicago Los Angeles and New York. Highlights include a memorial hymn For the saints who from their labors rest a silent prayer and remarks by charter members trustees and church leaders. Dr Hubbert and Rev Marr deliver addresses closing with The Night hymn and blessing.
The Women's Club announces a health centre opening after a welfare survey shows poor health conditions in the settlement. It notes a lack of proper medical inspection for children and deplorable general hygiene, with a committee already at work in the area.
With support from owner Mr Sack a health center project moves forward despite wartime industry disruptions. Swarthmore will host a fundraising evening Monday December 27 at the Club House featuring the Madrigal Club of Philadelphia led by Henry Hotz and a one act Players’ Club play The Courtship of Miles Standish. Tickets are 50 cents to aid equipment and maintenance.
The Philadelphia Matinee Musical Club brought an orchestra of about twenty five members to Swarthmore for a Woman's Club program. Conducted by Mrs. Nina Prettyman Howell, Antonio Luzzi substituted for the absent cellist and performed three solos. Mrs. Ewer offered The Lost Chord with gentle orchestral backing, and Vera Monks sang a featured piece.
The program and house committees hosted visitors at a luncheon in the Club House with tea served after. On December 14 at 2 30 pm a stated meeting will feature papers on Women of the Mayflower and The Log of the Mayflower, plus a song by Dr George P Warren. An Arctic exploration lecture by Donald MacMillan is set for December 10 under the Junior Section. A Christmas play for children, The Theft of Thistle Down, will be performed December 29 afternoon.
A second automobile crash occurred when a large coal truck for Plush Mills collided with the touring car driven by Walter Keighton at Station Square on Monday afternoon. Keighton, identified as W. B. Keighton, was not inside the vehicle at the time.
A damaged machine caused a crash and injuries, sparking a public warning. The writer urges action to curb traffic violators, noting multiple recent accidents from using the left side of Swarths road and calling for a severe penalty.
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