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April 17, 2012 | By Sally Downey, For The Inquirer
Marge Scardino Dauber, 99, formerly of Elkins Park, a community activist and teacher, died of cerebral atherosclerosis Thursday, March 29, at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville, Md. In 1954, Mrs. Dauber, her husband, and their young daughter moved to Lynnewood Gardens, then a new apartment complex in Elkins Park in Cheltenham Township. She organized a nursery school co-op and a babysitting club, circulated a petition to have a swimming pool built, and helped form a tenants' committee at the 1,800-unit complex.
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March 30, 2012 | By Monica Peters, FOR THE INQUIRER
Walnut Street Theatre presents the stage production of Miss Nelson Is Missing, a musical based on the children's book by author Harry Allard. The disobedient students of Room 207, the worst-behaved class in the school, take advantage of their teacher, Miss Nelson. However, when witchy teacher Viola Swamp comes in as a substitute the students regret their behavior and wish for Miss Nelson to return. Will these unruly kids be stuck with their horrible substitute forever? Miss Nelson Is Missing, 10:30 a.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m., 1 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday through April 20 at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. Tickets: $10-$20.
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January 25, 2012 | By Darran Simon, Inquirer Staff Writer
Allen Briscoe died trying to do the right thing. About 7:30 p.m. Monday, Briscoe, 66, struck a pregnant pedestrian, 16, with his black Ford pickup at 30th and Berkley streets in East Camden. The girl, who authorities say had stepped in front of the slow-moving vehicle, received minor injuries, and Briscoe got out of his truck to help her to her feet, according to officials. Within minutes, the teenager's boyfriend, Aleem Mayes, 16, a Woodrow Wilson High senior, arrived at the scene.
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January 5, 2012 | BY JOHN F. MORRISON, morrisj@phillynews.com 215-854-5573
WHEN Marialyse Henry's fiance was serving with the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater in World War II, she attended Mass daily throughout the war and prayed for his safe return. News of the horrors of the Pacific war unnerved her, but Frank Mitchell came back with a chest full of medals and nary a scratch. "He always believed she prayed him safely home," said her daughter, Mary Jule Mitchell. Marialyse and Frank were married on Dec. 27, 1945, just after his return from the war. Marialyse Henry Mitchell, whose love of Latin and English influenced countless students during a quarter-century of teaching in the Philadelphia School District, died Dec. 29 after a long illness.
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September 1, 2011 | By Bill Reed, Inquirer Staff Writer
Natalie Munroe, the Central Bucks High School East teacher who was suspended in February for her scathing blog posts about students, was back teaching 11th-grade English on Wednesday, though her classes were far smaller than normal. "Things went well," Munroe said about the first full day at the Doylestown school, where she had classes of 12, 15, and 8 students instead of the normal 30. A substitute teacher taught the students who had been allowed to transfer out of Munroe's classes, she said, handling classes of 5, 14, and 20. Munroe's homeroom of 11 students was smaller than the one of 17 students she had last year, she said.
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August 31, 2011 | By Bill Reed, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Natalie Munroe, the Central Bucks High School East teacher who was suspended in February for her scathing blog posts about students, was back teaching 11th-grade English on Wednesday, though her classes were far smaller than normal. "Things went well," Munroe said about the first full day at the Doylestown school, where she had classes of 12, 15, and 8 students instead of the normal 30. A substitute teacher taught the students who had been allowed to transfer out of Munroe's classes, she said, handling classes of 5, 14, and 20. Munroe's homeroom of 11 students was smaller than the one of 17 students she had last year, she said.
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August 25, 2011 | By Bill Reed, Inquirer Staff Writer
Instead of transferring students out of controversial teacher Natalie Munroe's three classes, Central Bucks High School East will probably use a substitute to take over the classes, a district spokeswoman said Wednesday. But the district does not know what Munroe will do when she returns to school Monday for the first time since she was suspended in February for her critical blog posts, spokeswoman Carol Counihan said. Sixty-two of the estimated 90 students assigned to Munroe's two English classes and one debate class requested transfers, leaving her with about 28 students, Counihan said.
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August 24, 2011 | By Bill Reed, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Central Bucks High School East will probably use a substitute to take over the three classes of controversial teacher Natalie Munroe, a district spokeswoman said Wednesday. But the district does not know what Munroe will do when she returns to school Monday for the first time since she was suspended in February for her critical blog posts, spokeswoman Carol Counihan said. Sixty-two of the estimated 90 students assigned to Munroe's two English classes and one debate class requested transfers, leaving her with about 28 students, Counihan said.
NEWS
May 26, 2011
Yvonne Briscoe Ireland, 74, of Erdenheim, a retired office manager, died of organ failure Thursday, May 19, at Abington Memorial Hospital. In 1982, Mrs. Ireland became office manager for Erdenheim Pediatrics, which later became Lockman & Lubell Pediatric Associates in Fort Washington. After retiring at 65, she worked part-time for the practice as a referral specialist until January. Mrs. Ireland graduated from Yeadon High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Millersville University.