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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
1
The Woman's Club and Section plan a carload trip to Todmorden Mills for a Christmas party with children and families. The event features gifts, holiday goodies, and a new players' club feature with a secret critic to offer constructive season feedback for 1920-21, aiming to inspire performers and add dramatic talent to the group.
Swarthmore A R C reports completion of its annual roll call with strong community support from the town College Mary Lyon School and Preparatory School Officials note the Leiperville settlement achieved near complete 100 percent subscription to the Red Cross's aims Continued on Page Four
The paper announces an upcoming New Year edition with an optimistic cover design and appeal for all readers. Spaces remain for advertisements. interested parties should contact the business manager promptly.
Mrs Tuttle entertained the Women's Club with the Pilgrim topic and excerpts from Bradford's Pilgrims as a rare history. The discussion traced early New England settlement and noted the unity of the founders, highlighting the Pilgrims' tale (continued on page six).
A Christmas gift theme highlights advertiser support for readers as the newspaper thanks subscribers for their loyalty. The note emphasizes appreciation from advertisers and the paper’s staff, expressing gratitude for the Christmas gesture and urging continued readership.
Santa Claus will depart from Baltimore Pike at 12 01 A M on Christmas morning. He will stop at Chester Road and Swarthmore Avenue then travel the listed streets in sequence including Walnut Lane Whittier Place Cedar Lane Elm Avenue Chester Road College Riverview and Swarthmore Avenues. The southern loop covers Chester Road Dartmouth Lafayette Princeton Yale Dickinson Vassar Harvard Park Haverford Rutgers Cornell Westdale Yale Avenues ending at Strath Haven Inn.
The talk recounts Donald MacMillan's Arctic journeys with Commander Peary. He notes long northward stays, hardships, and a 1917 fourth-year return when the relief ship finally arrived. The party stayed healthy and planned a new expedition to test for a land bridge between North America and Siberia.
Mr and Mrs Lewis A Yerkes announce the engagement of their daughter Jean Haines Yerkes to James Carlton Henry of Woodbury NJ The announcement was shared at a family social affair Miss Yerkes Swarthmore College graduate and Gloucester City High School principal Mr Henry Penn graduate and former private in the 19th Railway Engineers who served two years in the AEF returning as a captain
Several new portraits are added in the studio of Madam C. van Helden, the Swarthmore portrait painter. Notable works include Dr. Jesse Holmes, a mother and child, and a fine Swarthmore scene, with a portrait of William Price hanging in Borough Hall Council chamber.
Swarthmore salutes its grand old man Royal Thayer who turns 88 tomorrow. The community celebrates a life of service and local devotion by a longtime resident and former civic leader.
About 9 o clock Saturday evening the Belfield barn on Michigan avenue burned to the ground. Horses, cows, and farming implements were saved on the lower floor. hay and fodder were destroyed. insurance exists. intentions to rebuild soon. This is the second barn loss for Mr. Belfield in recent years.
The Swarthmore Woman's Club plans a Health Center at Todmorden Mills to aid a local community of Russians and Poles two miles from Swarthmore. A surveyor notes the district's clear need for medical guidance and preventive care.
Our readers will enjoy the Christmas poem in this issue written for the Christmas number by Swarthmore poet laureate John Russell Hayes. Hayes, a renowned nature poet, is celebrated for his work beyond Swarthmore.
Mrs. Emma M. Young died Thursday after several weeks illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at Bairs and interment followed Monday at Hepzibah Burial Ground near Coatesville Chester County. The community extends sympathy to Mr. Young in his bereavement.
The Players' Club of Swarthmore presented The Commuters a four act farce by James Forbes on Monday and Tuesday evenings. The plot follows Larry Brice a young husband returning home drunk with friend Sammy Fletcher. Hetty Brice disapproves of his behavior and of Sammy’s presence. The piece ends with a domestic scene at breakfast.
Swarthmore fireman Harry Garrett, returning from Belfield's fire, spotted a colored man carrying a bag and basket near Strath Haven Inn bridge. The man, James Green of 1422 Bainbridge Street Philadelphia, claimed to be a junk dealer and said he came to pick apples, but a bag of chickens weighing about fifty pounds was found. Garrett notified the Chief of Police.
The chief of police orders strict traffic enforcement. Motorists must park on the right side near the curb in the direction of travel. middle street parking is forbidden. Violation will incur fines.
Notice of the death on December 3 in Belle Mead New Jersey of the Rev John R Sanson father of Kittie M Sanson longtime high school teacher. He would have been 80 on December 28 and preached November 28 before illness from angina pectoris led to his death.
Six years prior a ship sailed from America to Europe carrying Christmas gifts for Belgian children. Letters from recipients showed appreciation for the gesture amid wartime distress and connected friendships across the ocean. (Continued on Page Four.)
Mrs. Henry Fulton Means of Swarthmore announces the engagement of her daughter Ethel Gibbons to John S Skelly of Philadelphia. Skelly is a member of the senior class at the University of Pennsylvania.
A December notes roundup lists events from December 17 to 23 including barrel packing at Whit tier House, children's shoe contributions, church notices, a Christmas party at the Woman's Club, and a Presbyterian Christmas festival. It also mentions local society activities, lectures, and holiday deliveries by Booth's Bakery starting December 18.
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