“International and Local Economics Subject at B. & C. Letter to Association about Swarthmore Avenue Paving Forwarded to Council. Professor Frazer Speaks” (1 – CO, SE and SX) – Herbert Frazer was identified as “head of the economics department at Swarthmore college.”
“Mrs. J. V. S. Bishop Gives Book Review at Club” (1 – AE, PO, and WO) – In her review for the Swarthmore Woman’s Club of G.B. Shaw’s The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, [“Mrs. Bishop”] said that the women of the country would be responsible to a great extend [sic] for the progress of socialism in the future because socialism could be brought about successfully only through the education of children.”
“Benefit Card Party” (1 – WO)
“Boys Nearly Drowned When Ice Breaks Near Dam on Crum Creek” (1 – AD) – “Beyers Roxby, son of Dr. John B. Roxy, of Cornell avenue, fell through the ice just above the dam near Yale avenue. He was rescued by Francis Witner and Dave Rumsey.” A boy named Joe Frescoln also fell through the ice.
“Health Center Makes Report. January Busy Month with Hundreds of Calls by Visiting Nurses. Less Sickness in Boro Now” (1 & 5 – PH)
“All in Readiness for Library Drive Next Week” (1 – BB)
“Philip Sellers Accident Victim. Architect and Engineer, Formerly New Haven Resident, Son of Local Pioneers. In Philadelphia Crash” (1 – AD)
“Home and School” (1 – AE)
“Author! Author!” (1 – AC and CO) – This short piece was about Roland G. E. Ullman, author of the February play for the Players’ Club, who made a curtain speech about an attorney who ate a possibly poisoned cookie before court as part of a defense strategy. More on the play is in the other front-page article, “Swarthmore Man Author of Players’ Club Production.”
“Fiddle and Old Song Program This Evening” (1 – AC)
“Senior Play at High School Soon” (1 – AC) – Swarthmore High School seniors were performing the British comedy “The Maneuvers of Jane” by Henry Arthur Jones.
“Swarthmore Girl Is Officer of College Class” (1 – SC) – on the election of “Miss Jean Harvey, of College avenue,” former captain of Swarthmore high school’s basketball team and a hockey player, as vice-president of Swarthmore College sophomore class
“Swarthmore Man Author of Players’ Club Production. February Program Written, Directed and Produced by Swarthmore People. Is Western Thriller” (1 & 5 – AC and CO) – It was revealed that the play’s author, Julian Ellis, was in fact the director Roland (Julian Ellis) Ullman.
“Next Week’s Program of Woman’s Club” (1 – WO)
“Social and Personal” (2 & 3 – AD and SL) – included among this week’s items: Philip Snyder, of Rutgers avenue, is recovering from a shot in the eye from a bee-bee gun”
“Weddings and Engagements” (2- SL)
Photo: “Head of State Women” with caption “Mrs. John A. Frick, President of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women” (3 – WO)
“Letter From Louis Cole Emmons to Business and Civil Association” (4 – BB, SX, and TX) – Mr. Emmons argued that Swarthmore taxpayers were overcharged by James Hanna & Sons of Chester for paving Swarthmore Avenue.
“Church News” (4 – RS)
“Plumbing Exhibit Now Open Daily. Woodward, Jackson and Black Have Novel Display in Park Ave. Store. Inspection Is Invited” (5 – SE)
Photo courtesy of Green Studio: “Exhibit Now Open Daily” with caption “View of the Exhibit of Plumbing and Heating Appliances being held during February by Woodward, Jackson and Black at 6 Park avenue.” (5 – SE)
“John L. Patterson New Firm Head. Takes Over Complete Ownership of Wells and Patterson, Chervolet-Buick [sic] Will Improve Garage” (6 – SE)
“‘Lady Valentine’ in Swarthmore Today” (6 – CE) – “Miss Fan Fuerst, better known as ‘Lady Vivian Valentine'” was brought to Swarthmore by locals “Mrs. Robert E. Sharples and Miss Arleen Snyder and also through the courtesy of Gimble Bros. of Philadelphia where she is telling stories in the toy department each day”.
Photo courtesy of Green Studio: “Takes Over Chervolet-Buick [sic]” (6 – CV and SE) with caption “John L. Patterson, one of Swarthmore’s best known automobile men, who has taken over Wells and Patterson under his own name.”
“Mrs. Arthur Bassett to Entertain Fortnightly” (6 – RR and WO) – Also entertaining this group was Mrs. Leonard Ashton, who was planning to “review a novel by Stark Young entitled ‘Heaven Trees.’ This is the story of one of the fine old families who lived in happiness and luxury on an estate near Memphis.”4
NOTES:
4 A glowing review of this novel, “The Aristocratic South,” in The New York Times makes it clear that Young was nostalgic for the antebellum era. Wrote the reviewer, “there are always the negroes moving in and out of the narrative, a chorus, as it were, now plaintive, now joyous.” The New York Times (October 3, 1926): 41-42 (accessed August 2020).