Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-06
MORE SOLDIERS LEAVE FALLS
Thirty-fve Men Escorted to Falls Of SchuylkiI
Station After Parade on Ridge Avenue Cath
olic Club Women Busy Knitting

A MOTHER contingent Of future soldiers
a left the Falls OF schuyiisin on Sunday
morning for the various camps. The thirty
hve men in autotrucks escorted by brass
band, the citizens patriotic committee
headed by Mr.. Charles l.. Dykes, and the
business mems association, paraded on
Ridge avenue, where all the buildings were
decorated with flags After the parade they
were accompanied to the Thlrty-ninth Dis
trict station house and from there to North
Philadelphia station OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad, their relatives and friends tol-
lowing In automobiles. The autotrucks were
provided by Mrs. H. Dobson Altemus chair
man Of the women's auxiliary Of the COM
mlttee who saw that each man was pro-
vided with a Kit" containing all the small
essentials for a soldiers comfort. Mrs
Richard Norris, sister of Mrs Altemus. pre-
sented a Testament TO each Protestant ana
a prayer book to each Catholic among the
number Tonight there will be meeting
at the White House, the headquarters OF
the citizens committee, when number OF
men will be appointed for house-to-house
canvass OF the Falls TO procure a list Of
the men in service both In our army and
in those Of our Allies This list, with all
the Information as to rank, service. location,
etc. OF each Falls soldier or sailor viii be
kept at the white House and the welfare
OF each will be the work of the committee.
Thanksgiving boxes are being prepared
the men in foreign countries will be In
cluded Forty sweaters have been sent to
the boys and ninety more are being COM
pleted. wrist'ets, helmets socks and scarfs
are being sent away as soon as the gar
ments are finished.
moving picture beneft has been ar
ranged for Friday evening by the Citizens
Committee, to be held In odd Fellows
Hall. Among the recent donations Is S5O
Liberty Bond. Mr. john Wyatt OF HaNcr-
~ ct Nlan
zine committee, will b, glad to hear from
all who desire to Contribute magazines or
books for the entertainment of the Away
from nome lads" Mis-. Altcmus is having
prepared large service flag for the White
House, and II surely Will be a large one,
for each Falls man will be honored with a
star.
The women Of St Brdget's Catholic
Church are doing their bit of knitting for
the Citizens Committee and very large
bit in the way of surgical dressings for
the Red c. rss Society, through the Womenh
Catholic Alliance. This Red Cross auxiliary
has about forty-five members, who meet In
St Bridget rectory on Tuesday evenings
Mrs So A. Nolan is chairman, Ms j.
Lowry secretary, and Miss Mary Claire, OF
the alliance. is the instructor. All the work
directeG by this splendid worker is up to
the standard of the Red Cross Society, and
just now surgical dressings are the great
need of the society.
At a recent meeting in Germantown the
speaker referred to the many places of In
terest In Germantown and the Falls OF
Schuylkiu and remarked that. while many
persons We're acquainted with the early his
tory of the Falls and the prominent men
who had at one time lived In the village.
yet few can tell anything about the man in
whose honor the only public school In the
village is named, Samuel BreCk." The Falls
has especial reason for attracting the at
| tention Of the friends Of education. II was
| here that the first provost of the University
| Of Pennsylvania and the first Governor OF
| Pennsylvania under the Constitution, who
was by virtue of office the first president
| of the board of trustees of the same great
| institution, lived on large estates. II was
| here that Joseph Neef introduced the
methods of Pestalozzi into this country. So
why call the school Samuel Breck instead
| of William Smith, Thomas Miffiin or Joseph
| Neef?
| Samuel Breck. Senator of our State
| labored for free schools in Pennsylvania and
| was made chairman of the Joint committee
| on education Of the two houses, and was
| specially appointed for the purpose of d.
| gesting q general system of education" He
! went to the Legislature for the purpose OF
| using his best efforts to secure the establish
mcnt OF a system OF common schools In
| the State. The general school bill, intro
| duced by him, passed the House OF Repre-
| sentatives and the Senate in 1884.
Samuel Breck's father bought home In
| Philadelphia opposite Washington's and
brough: his family here from Boston. Mass.
| so Samuel lived in great pomp and cere-
mony after manner of the rich men of his
| day" Later he occupied an estate in Fair
mount Park called Sweet Brier. 1t was
| here thai he entertained Washington, La
| fayette, Robert Morris and other distn-
| guished men OF his time. He was born in
| l77l ana lived almost a century through
| the most eventfu period OF American his
| tory. He received his education in the mo-
nastic schools in southern France. So little
| was known Of Samuel Breck that when the
| Board of Education. In naming schools after