The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-09-23
Roaming Citizen
By KNS

St. Mark Starts SeasOn-Homecom
ing Sunday was celebrated at st. Mark
Church on Townsend ST., RoXbury,
last Sunday, Sept. II. The church was
| thronged with members of this church,
this fact becoming known at the close
of the services when each member was
asked to stand and give his or her
name when his or her turn came to
do so. More ladies were in evidence
than men and at the call for new MEM
bers two ladies joined the church. One
of these new members is Mrs. Edythe
Mae Gordon. Reverend Samuel LAWS
count, pastor of the church, urged the
members to place st. Mark above pet
| ty jealousies and to work together for
the common good of the church. He
mentioned, as an example, the sterl-
ing work being done by Mr.. Dolan
Yates, the choir director and organist.
Also the work of Messrs. Johnston
Edwards and Davis of the Trustee
Board. 1t was stated by the pastor
that st. Mark has more members, than
the editice can accommodate at the
present time. We have suggested that
st. Mark look forward to owning the
present Eliot Congregational Church
at Dale st. and Walnut Ave. Why
not?
Three Police Shots Futile Against
Fleet Runner-At approximately three
am, on Wednesday, Sept 20, it ap-
peared that Buffalo Bills Wild West
Show was on fremont st. near West
field St. We rushed out of "Shag's"
at the sound of shots and saw one man
pursuing another and shooting point
blank at the runner in front of him.
Fortunately, this third shot, 1--WE heard
two, but actually saw one was fired by
man who later turned out to be a
three year old, in point of service, DO
lice officer. This officer was chasing a
colored man who had knocked him
down when the former ATTEMPTED to
arrest the latter for an alleged felony.
The poor aim of this new policeman
was fortunate, since it allowed the
cOlored man later to saunter by and
get arrested by the same policeman
who did not fail to use his twisters on
the drunken man who had struck him.
es, the wagon came, but the colored
! man was not brought into the Roxburv
Court on Wednesday, Sept. 20. We
understand that the police are holding
the colored man as a suspicious per-
son and plan to obtain complaints on
charge of drunkenness and also as
sault and battery on a police officer.
IN the exercise of his duty. We are
glad that third shot missed even if we
saw 1t fired at target only six feet
away.
Good as well as Poor English Often
Read Here-Heaven help ms. some
male law school students occasionally
read some of our articles intended for
just such young men and women. We
ought to buy a new vest, but we are
waiting until we hear in person a few
more complimentary criticisms which
are constructive and not simply de-
stfuctlve. Our embryo lawyer shot at
US the opinion that our English. as
written in these items is poor. We
asked for an example,; and the future
judge could give none. Accordingly
we opened up and we really can "onen
up when we are in the mood. IF tbis
young man is able to write better Eng
llsh we are willing to defer to him at
any time, and read instead of write
however, we were once about TWENTY
ourselves. And were we smart. YES
we knew everything.
We Throw in the Sponge COL
ored Citizens club at 570a Columbus
Ave, Boston, Mass, is functioning one
hundred per cent this year and got
away to flying start in the serving
OF Tree meals to citizen members three
Tunes week under the supervision If
Mr.. owen F. Bethune, Club steward
we nave eaten some of "Father'sU
meals and paid for them. However
the Clubs Stews," always free. fake
our tlrst prize. 1t may be that the
pOiltlcal season is bringing out the
ola members and it may be that tbe
cold weather in bringing in the new
ones. Be that as it may, it is too had
that this club is not in Ward Q instead
u Ward 4, because it might be the
IocuS OF much political discussion
winch might lead to united coIored
leadership, and an occasional single
colo0red political candidate. We have
such visitors at times as Mr.. Benian-
IN CarsWell of New York, a Pullman
porter pc and a former Railway Mail
clerk, who is the winner of all medals
we may award for loquacity. Yes Sir
ne takes our crown, but we Pullman
porters, past and present always have
good word for our travelled brothers
VINO thereby acquire an education snr-
passed by none. ''''0'' SUI
Fishermen Fishing Trip Starts at
a.m.-Fishermen who are fisbarn,o,,
are are Messrs. Samuel Cooper, Alfred
Dupree, Marshall Willis. Arthm Coles
Arthur Darlington and Paul Brown
t oI BOSTON, Mass. These gentlemen ac-
Iuai ~ left Columbus and Mass. Ave.
on sunday, Sept. 16, at four am. bv
auto Tor New Bedford where they en-