Swarthmore News Notes Highlights Local Happenings
S Tuttle visits with sister Mrs Paul Willard Norton of Wellesley Hills Mass and will stay at the Overlake cottage in Sutton. Mrs Freedley's husband in Engineers Reserve Corps training at Fort Myer Va. Russell Smith and Prof J Arm at Round Hill Va for the summer. Patrick Mahoney of Lansdowne returns home after illness. L Kent returns to Swarthmore after winter in California and sells home on Park and Princeton Avenues to E A Stockton. Read pamphlets on flies and mosquitoes. extra copies via Dr A E Bassett. Rigby Bond proposed to aid camp mother resolution for War Department approval. Swarthmore News available at Frank Brannan news stand in Pownall building. Paramount Pictures season opens at Ideal Theatre Morton with Mary Pickford in Rags.
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S. Tuttle
Margaret
Torday
Paul Willard Norton
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Overlake
Sutton
L. Kent
Maryk
Swarthmore
California
Mrs. Kent
Park and
Princeton Avenues
E. A. Stockton
Swarthmore Commencement Reflects on War’s Moral Toll
The Swarthmore Preparatory School address warns that World War I has shattered wealth and future prospects. It argues poverty and disrupted education will follow if the conflict endures, urging Americans to confront shared responsibility beyond isolation while Europe’s change reshapes ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Tion
Presbyterian Church Session votes on Roll of Honor and outreach
The session met at home last Monday and adopted plans for a Tablet in the vestibule listing fifteen Roll of Honor names. Nine are from this church with one from France. A church outing is planned, a committee formed to organize dinners, and a men’s group study and class sessions are announced. New members are urged to unite and a speaker from the Anti-Saloon League is anticipated for the season.
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France
Dents
Arthur J. Jones
G. Hulburt
Dayton
Tle
Anti-Saloon League
Webning
Swarthmore
Howard
Tut
Homer W. Tope
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Notices Due Tuesday for News Office Submissions
All articles for publication in the current issue of the News should be sent to the office no later than Tuesday. Typewritten copy is recommended to avoid mistakes, especially for notices of meetings, and careful attention should be paid to the dates given.
Sunday Musicales at Strath Haven Inn Entertain Guests
Strath Haven Inn plans a season of Sunday Evening Musicals with manager F M Scheibley announcing last Sunday's program featuring Dorothy Wolff contralto Chester Miller baritone Wynne Meginnis and Dorothy Wolff. Miller will stay until July 15th before rejoining the colors as a sergeant in the 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery. Pianist and director John Curtis has arranged future solos and a trio performance by Naugle Lewis and Curtis next Sunday.
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F. M. Scheibley
Strath Haven Inn
Dorothy Wolff
Chester Miller
Wynne Meginnis
Hahn Conservatory
2Nd Penna. Artillery
John Curtis, Jr
Curtis
Naugle
Huw Lewis
Mr. Curtis
Church
An American Woman War Aimed At Feeding Europe
The piece urges American women to act patriotically to curb waste and adjust diets to aid famine relief in Europe. It promises forthcoming News series with recipes and thrift tips to reduce the cost of living and conserve scarce foods.
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Europe
News
Simple Duty Call Urges Women to Aid World Hunger
J Russell Smith chairing the Food Commission appeals to all by October 15 to echo a pledge praising American women for feeding the hungry. The message frames the aid as a minor sacrifice beside military service and urges participation nationwide.
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J. Russell Smith
Food Commission
Is He Safe This Day Uncle Sam Keeps A Soldier
A sentimental poem questions if a son entering military training remains pure and safe under Uncle Sam. It contrasts chaste idealism with wartime danger, asking whether the boy will be kept clean from sin, disease, and harm as he faces scarlet temptations and battlefield risks. The speaker pledges to give a good, honest boy to the nation.
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Sam
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Russell Smith
J. Arm
Round
Hill
Patrick Mahoney
Lansdowne
A. E. Bassett
Board Af
War Department
Washington
Swarthmore News
Frank Brannan
Pownall
Paramount Pictures
Ideal Theatre
Morton
Mary Pickford
Swarthmore Preparatory School
Presbyterian Church
Princeton Ave
Strath Haven
Hyperion School of Music
Swarthmore, Pa
Will
Chester Road
Albert N. Garrett Swarthmore, Pa
Booth’s Bakery
Anna Camden Hall
Eastbourne
Pacific Ave
Park Place
Atlantic City
N. J
Ocean View
Garwood & Johnson
Light
Delaware County
Lansdowne, PA
Paramount
Frank Williamson
Powell’s Dairies
Keller’s
Clover Crest Dairy
Springfield
Fidelity Building
Proat
Darby
First National Bank
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