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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
4
Social updates from Swarthmore include Mr. and Mrs. John I Smith moving to Wyalusing Pa Mrs W R Davis returns from Worcester with her sister Mrs Staples and Ruth Reynolds has recovered from surgery Swarthmore High School Commencement set for June 18.
Swarthmore College unveils a week of activities for June with the Senior Class play Washington to be staged June 6 in the outdoor auditorium. Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer will deliver the Baccalaureate address June 8 in Parrish Hall, followed by Governor William C Sproul giving the commencement address on Monday, June 9. The Senior Dance caps the week.
The Park avenue news stand is attractively landscaped with flowering plants and shrubs. Postmaster Smith, owner of the property, sets an example by beautifying Swarthmore, adding a flower bed and well kept grass to enhance local business areas and serve as community advertising.
On a Saturday a group of forty to fifty guests from Germantown West Philadelphia Media and New Jersey attended at Dr and Mrs J P Strieby home to celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. The house was well decorated and many beautiful gifts were given as the old wedding bells rang a quarter of a century ago.
The text presents a solemn prayer for Mrs Carl Smith, requesting divine light peace and rest for her soul. It asks God to heal any hurtful words, grant guidance and nearness from heaven, and preserve the family from hindrance until they meet again. It pleads for pardon and submission to God's will through Jesus Christ.
The Swarthmore Branch announces the death of chairman Mrs. Carl Smith on May 15 1910. She led war relief efforts from the work room and later as branch captain since November 1918, doingcanteen work at Philadelphia headquarters when not on duty in Swarthmore. Her colleagues express deep sorrow and publish the tribute in the minutes and local paper.
Swarthmore residents laud the town yet see weeds on vacant lots, overgrown hedges blocking sidewalks, and a neglected Park avenue. A proposed program calls for planting, cleaning, and fresh paint to transform Swarthmore into a pristine, attractive community.
The Swarthmore News charms readers with local happenings and humor while recounting a misprint in a birth announcement. The piece notes a mix up of two brothers' names and the community’s good nature in handling the error, offering a free subscription to the newborn Edward Fills Hannum.
Twashtri the Vulcan of Hindu myth mixed roundness of the moon and many other natural and animal qualities to form woman after running out of solid matter. The tale cites a blend of curves, textures, and sensations, including softness, wind, heat, cold, and animal traits, to explain creation.
Chautauqua season launches with a May 29 36 conference at the Hotel Chalfont Atlantic City where superintendents met amid business talks and ocean breezes. Workers held a picnic on Saturday the 2nd. The first circuit began May 30 in Olyphant PA, a second starts next week in Parksley VA, and a third opens in Massachusetts around the same time.
Church announces weekly Christian Science services in Room 16 on the second floor of Borough Hall every Sunday at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend.
Dickshuerry quip about reading the dictionary prompts a playful exchange as a boy notes the dictionary and his spelling differ, a light moment highlighted in Boys' Life for June.
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