They’ve Called Simpson Meadows Home Since 2017 Finding connection—and family If you wanted to find long-lost relatives, you could spend countless hours on genealogy websites or send a DNA sample off for testing. Or you could strike up a casual conversation while signing up for a class at Simpson Meadows. That’s how Alice Casner and Alice Smurthwaite learned they were distant cousins.

He’s Called Simpson Meadows Home Since 2012 From the land of dikes to Downingtown Johannes “Gus” Melder was three years old in May 1940, when the Nazi Army began its occupation of Holland, or The Netherlands. The Simpson Meadows resident recalls spending nights in the cellar or in a neighbor’s bunker, listening to Allied bombers fly overhead on their way to Germany. Hunger was widespread. When shooting broke out between Allied and German forces on opposite sides of the Waal River, his family moved twice, taking very few belongings. It went on for five years—and then it ended.

Eagle Scout He’s Called Simpson Meadow Home Since 2014  The rank of Eagle Scout has been awarded to many who went on to become astronauts, noted athletes, legislators and business leaders—all of whom demonstrated Scout Spirit, leadership and service in the Boy Scouts of America. John Rettew has guided more than 200 Scouts to earn this prestigious achievement. A Philadelphia native, John got involved in scouting at age 8 and remained active while at Episcopal Academy and at Haverford College, where he captained the football team while earning a degree in psychology. He went on to be manager of advertising