“B. and C. Urges Spring Clean-Up. Will Replace Present Refuse Receptacles with New Ones at Once. Paint up and Clean up” (1 – BB, CO, and SE) – At the Business and Civic association’s meeting, most of the receptables “in the business district” were deemed to be “in very bad condition and an eyesore to the business streets.” The association also “decried” the “lack of paint on certain buildings adjoining the railroad where they are seen by everyone entering the borough by train”. Given that other “civic and business clubs are operated by successfully by employing [a paid] executive secretary, the association agreed to hire one.
“Last of Swarthmore Dances Saturday Night” (1 – SL and WO) – held at the Woman’s Club House
Photo: “Swarthmore Bank and Trust Co. Celebrates 25th Anniversary” with caption “Interior View of the new home of the Swarthmore National Bank and Trust Company” (1 & 6 – BB, LH, and SE) – history of Swarthmore’s bank
“Two Libraries Are Merged. Children’s Library Open to All Members of Public Library. Has Over 1000 Books” (1 & 10 – BB, CO, and CE) – Any child who lived in Swarthmore was able to borrow a book after signing an application card; any child outside the borough needed to have parents who were members of the Swarthmore Public Library Association.
“Announcement of New Hill Tract. Clarke & Harvey Ready to Show Lots Now – Improvements Started. To Consist of 35 Lots” (1 & 8 – RE) – Development of what had been part of the Gibbons Estate was “bounded by the Baltimore pike, Swarthmore avenue and Cedar Lane”, and headed by William A. Clarke and William Minton Harvey of Clarke and Harvey Inc. Both Swarthmore College alumni, the developers “desired to have the names of the new streets have some connection with the college.” J. Russell Hayes suggested Parrish and Magill.
“Children’s Story Hour” (1 – CE and WO) – Mrs. Helen Hall was going to read Albert Payson Terhune’s “Lad”; if there were enough seventh and eighth graders, Mrs. Hoot planned to “tell one scene from Dicken’s [sic] ‘Nicholas Nickleby.'”
“Woman’s Assn. to Present Play Today” (1 – AC and WO) – “The Two Masters”13
“Home and School Meeting Monday” (1 – CE and CO) – The scheduled speaker was Joseph F. Nooman14, president of the State Education Association, “an authority on school problems.”
“Women Will Give Concert Next Week. Chorus of Woman’s Club in Annual Program Next Thursday. Two Soloists Announced” (1 – AC and WO) – The soloists were Nelson Eddy, “baritone of the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company,”15 and W. H. Kincaid, flute soloist of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
“Men’s Association Entertain Women” (1 – BS, MO, and RS) – The annual “Ladies’ Night … is the one occasion during the year when the women of the church are welcomed at a meeting of the [Men’s Association of the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church.” Dr. Cheseman A. Herrick, Girard College president, “spoke upon the lives and work of Stephan [sic] Girard” and a “quartette” played various musical numbers.
“Barnstormers at Players’ Club Here. Peg ‘o My Heart Is Exchange Program of Ridley Park Club. Nominate New Officers” (1 – AC and CO) – positive review of the play and a report of the annual business meeting of the Players’ Club Board of Governors
“Tennis Club to Meet Next Wed.” (1 – CO and SS) – The first meeting of the Swarthmore Tennis Club was to be held at the American Legion Headquarters in Borough Hall.
“Social and Personal” (2 – SL)
Ad: “Tornado Insurance” (2 – QA)
“Dean Blanshard at Woman’s Club” (3 – QS, SC, and WO) – Blanshard of Swarthmore College spoke on “Socrates, the First Quaker” at the Women’s Club16 meeting.
“Woman’s Club Notes” (3 – WO) “News Notes” (3 – SL)
“April” by Susanne F. Konkle (LP – 4) “Mrs. T. Guernsey Moore” (4 – AD)
“Roosevelt Is New Marmon-Built Car. Straight Eight to Sell for Less than Thousand Dollars. On Display at Media” (4 – CV) – “On the radiator is a small insignia with a head of the late President at the top and a large ‘R’ medallion in the lower centre.”
“Church News” (4 – RS)
“School News Of The Week – College, High, Prep, Mary Lyon, P. M. C.”(5) – page heading
“Arranging 58th Somerville Day. Committee’s Plans for Program of Day’s Events Still Incomplete. April 13th Is Date” (5 – SC) – annual program for Swarthmore alumnae
“College Campus Comment” (5 – HA and SC) – humorous report on how college students had taken up stealing street signs for decorations in their rooms
“Chorus and Orchestra to Close Third Season in Unique Concert Here” (5 – AC and QS)
Ad: “For Sale: Silence” (5 – QA) – This ad for the quiet sounds of Goodyear Wingfoot Heels from Sam Drayman’s Shoe Store and Repair Shop on Dartmouth Avenue asserted, “Everybody except Joe Goofus seems to be soft-pedaling the old footsteps.”
Ad: “A Quarter of a Century of Banking Service” (6 – SE) – Half-page Swarthmore National Bank and Trust Company ad under the continuance of the front-page story contains a chart of the bank’s “Resources” at five-year intervals since 1904 ($61,000) to 1929 ($1,800,000), numbers that were also in the article above the ad.
Inset: “Ten Year’s [sic] Growth of The Swarthmore Building Association” (6 – CO and SE) – showed assets and liabilities in April 1919 and April 1929
“Allison McCollom” (7 – SL) – Swarthmore’s Dorothy Margaret Allison’s marriage to Herbert Forrest McCollom
“Swarthmore Garage under New Ownership” (7 – CV and SE) – West Philadelphia’s George H. Hamblin bought the garage on Dartmouth Avenue and renamed it Swarthmore Sales and Auto Service.
“Hi School Nine to Open Season. First Regular Game Next Tuesday at Home; Prospects Good. 1st Year in C League” (8 – SS)
“Musical Comedy by High School Clubs” (8 – AC and CE) – The Swarthmore High School combined Glee Clubs were scheduled to perform “Pickles.”
Inset: “The Two First Presidents” (8 – SC and SN) – In line with naming the two new streets being developed, this item revealed how Dr. Edward Parrish was the college’s first president (1864-1871) and Dr. Edward Magill was the second (1871- 1889).
“Classified” (9) “Sheriff Sales” (9 – RE) “Estate Notices” (9)
“New Developments in Library Plans. Shelf for Books of Local Authors Proposed by Dr. Wm. T. Ellis. Druggist Donates Books” (10 – BB)
“Fortnightly to Meet on Monday Afternoon” (10 – AE, IR, and WO) – Mrs. Charles D. Joyce of Park Avenue recently returned from Mexico and was going to talk about “Our Interesting Neighbor, Mexico.”
Ad from Harris & Co. on 3. So. Chester Rd.: “Suits and Coats Tailored for Ladies and Gentlemen. Riding Habits. Tailor-Made Garments for Every Occasion” (10 – QA)
NOTES:
13 I was unable to find a play with this name. Perhaps they meant “The Servant of Two Masters” (1746) by Carlo Goldoni.
14 His name was Noonan, not Nooman.
15 This was the Nelson Eddy who became a Hollywood musical star.
16 Though usually rendered – as in the headline – as “Woman’s Club,” in the text of this article the name was given as “Women’s Club.”