Based in Sydney, Australia, Foundry is a blog by Rebecca Thao. Her posts explore modern architecture through photos and quotes by influential architects, engineers, and artists.
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Troop 112 Celebrates Three New Eagle Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 112 of Swarthmore is pleased to announce that over the summer three Scouts achieved the Eagle Scout award: Gabe Federico (senior, Strath Haven High School), Stone Hassinger (sophomore, Monsignor Bonner High School), and Nate Linderman (senior, Strath Haven High School). To become an Eagle Scout, each boy was required to work through six ranks, earn at least 21 merit badges (for skills like first aid, cooking, and environmental science), hike over 50 miles, and camp at least 60 nights. Stone went further, becoming one of fewer than 500 Scouts since Scouting’s inception in 1910 to earn every merit badge, 137 in total.
Each Scout also planned and completed a community service project. For his Eagle project, Nate installed plaques at historic locations around town, such as the fire company, the former Crum Creek trolley, and the Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore. Stone planted shade trees at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia. Gabe built new barricades for Swarthmore Presbyterian Church to use during its annual Fall Fair.
Young Piano Competitors Celebrate
Donna Kay Jones hosted a distanced party on August 30 outside the Jones Piano Studio to celebrate the ratings her students received from the judge of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. For the competition, each student played (remotely) between three and 19 pieces, from memory, representing at least four different styles of music at levels from elementary to advanced. Pictured here (l to r): Joyzee Yi, Alex Yang, Ted Clark, Donna Kay Jones, Daksha Nair, Harry Park, and Shannon Yue. “No one can say these students are letting the pandemic hold them down!” Jones says. Photo: Vibhat Nair
SRS Students "Chalk the Block"
Swarthmore-Rutledge School students took time to “chalk the block” — writing messages for their teachers ahead of virtual back-to-school night on September 15. Photo: Shannon Dietzmann Elliott
First Day of School: The Shanks
Katie (second grade), Danny (fourth grade), and Tommy (seventh grade) Shank of Wallingford started school from Ocean City, New Jersey. Photo: Lauren Shank
A car turned over with its driver inside on Beatty Road in Nether Providence Township on August 31. A nearby Aqua pipeline crew extricated the driver, who was unhurt. Arriving firefighters stabilized the car. Photo: Rich Cresson
Alma Trevethick Clelebrates 101st Birthday
Mary “Alma” Trevethick, who lived in Swarthmore from the age of 4 into her late 70s, celebrated her 101st birthday on Thursday, August 27. Alma recently recovered from a bout of COVID-19 at the Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she lives. Photo: Kathy Colbert
Alma’s friend Kathy Colbert writes: “When I visit Alma, we meet at a set of glass doors, and I talk to her on my cell phone. It does us a world of good to be able to see each other in person, hear each other, give air hugs, and blow kisses. It was so nice to celebrate her 101th birthday, even if through a window.”
Strath Haven Grad Appointed District Federal Judge
Eli Richardson (left), Strath Haven High School ’85, and Jonathan Snyder, Swarthmore High School ’70. Richardson was appointed District Federal Judge for the Middle Tennessee District in 2019. Photo: Julie Jackson
Jon Snyder writes: “My company has been contracted to provide the food service in the Nashville Federal Courthouse and Office building for 20 years. I have a Swarthmore pennant hanging in the cafeteria. Judge Richardson saw it, and we connected. He moved to Swarthmore in 1968, and I had lived there for years, on Rutgers Avenue, and had been a volunteer fireman. We thought it would be nice to show a Nashville connection to Swarthmore.”
