The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-16
YOUR REPORTER
Lou" Ransom

downtown Boston is really one
grand mess as the Christmas shonners
STORM the bargain Easements and main
noors OF the department stores The
shoppers start out having loads of fI1n
put end up with huge headache Tbo
arIlcIeS that they jotted down to buv
weren't exactly what they wanted So
they Try another store; on and on
Ihey go with a streamlined PACKAGE
carrier trailing behind them with his
race as long as fremont st.. COM
pletely fed up with the store to store
crusade boy, oh, boy, how do Won
ladles do it? After all, YOU can 6HU
eEerytnng you want in one store. how
ABOUT 1t, fellow carriers? What
say we get up a Package Carriers
Dhlon ana demand shorter hours and
less Tess tootwork ON WITH THE
NEWS NE City Councillor Clement A
norton OF Hyde Park and School Com
mn n!CCee1eman-elect is to be congratuIated
ioT Gne excellent speech he made in
OehalT OF the colored voters of WarJ
.; at the redistricting hearing Of
faneull Hall last week. It was vor,y
gallant gesture on the part Of CIo,3y,
| w SIiooIlcIIeu what he did
49,. one would have thought that he
was the councillor of Ward 9, the wav
ne 5e S spoke up for those therein ove5.
ffO,OOV colored Boston people will not
forget Glenn Norton who more than
came cam through for them. The Press
Gluo OF Boston, Miss Beatrice Duran+
t tia rn, had very nice program fo,,
me on newsies they entertained at tba
h9AO9ry Theatre, Wednesday afte1,
school. Mr.. Leo Leiberman 10
manager, generously turned over be
5 1neaCfe Tor this occasion, ASSISTING tbe
cess IeSS Ciuo IN their fine effort to NAV
% ~, GiauS to the newsboys and giris
t oL Cne district -. Happy BIRTHDAYS 70
me byars twins, Walter and .Juanits
VINO are really two nice looLimo
Youngsters Beverly Ann Paiga i
also celebrating her fourth birt6doT 10
which reminds us that her n,otb I o.io Jay
u u%JdE Will be celebrating their fifth
ig anniversary, December 25.
mutations l,L are already in the mail
Very glad to hear that the celebrated
l.. henry Johnson did not have to 70.
Culh TO the hospital for another
i golden voiced T. Henry
mas Deeh out of circulation for tbe
p@sC rev ", months and we hope the new
year will find him active once aaoi, "
H. n nave you got your tickets for
me f8t9ep's Club Annual New Years
I've bail the popular AItnra
League, Mrs. Anna Finley ProsiJo,1 sid, a
gave swanBy Fashion Show Of H. =,
Rush A.M.E. Zion Church in CIV me
bridge last Thursday eve 't tbo
charming Alice Rose, stylist nresentn ,J
Ihe models who were arraved in 40
latest of fashion . . nret+u n ruC Cne
Belle of West Medford was IN ~ @ &C.
LII ana made every one welcome
TLCh her happy personality. Rev
oA"LleS foggle spoke a few words of
congra9tulatory nature to tbe
league whose members are noted foI
IleiT charitable work this ovo,ot
t 1L1: q, the seasons beginning Of
GIelr marty Program and was an.
Joyed by all in attendance 49, 49,
ever active Mamie Foggie was cboir
man ma OF the committee Sir H.,
"nte of 396 NORTHAMPTON 81 bas
arrived home from his huntino 1od% o,
IN the Maine woods after a waaIg - 81
DIS game hunting -. we didn't SEQ hi,
car loaded down with deers or wba+
ever Sir Henry was SHOOTING Of b,'t
, we heard he's pretty good shot
e thanks to Dave Egan of tba Pos+o,
: Daily Record, better known &c 0S ~,
e CoIonel' Tor his citation of Lou Mont
e gomery OF Be. and the colored roc,
throughout the Nation in last Friday,
Flash to Att. Ray W. Guild
- thank you for the very nice and in
spring letter it really does one
good to receive mail from such 8
= gentleman as Ray w. Guild II
= reply to you, yes, l am the son N
your former boyhood chum. Ralnb P
Ransom, but l deeply regret 70 in.
form you that he passed away this
year IN New York and his brotbn,
EDWARD followed six months later
the Edna Black Associates onened
ther business season with a "hano,
Che other eve. e. . names of the new
members were submitted bv the mem
bers who have started their first drive
OF the popular organization Miss
Dlack' the advisor of the club, offered
some. very sound suggestions for the
ensuing year the Malcolm Benders
QqIarttette, famed Boston singers. not
only have thrilled the Hub with their
perfectly matched voices but thew sup-
port any charitable group that has
asked them to appear on it's program
we wish publicly to thank the
Benders Quartette and wish them
God speed" in their enterprises
there's guy | know who lost some
dough by betting that the popular
Senator, Chester Dolan, would not
appear as guest speaker at the
Fathers Club, Monday evening
YOU moderated the popularity of the