The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-18
Chelsea Notes
Peoples Church
166 Pearl Street
Rev. Luther Marion Fuller

CHELSEA, Mass, Feb. 16-On Sun
day, February 10Th. the subject of the
sermon will be: "Jesus Christ the
Beautiful"
Chelsea Notes
After little more than a week.
during which time he left our CITY for
Marshall, Texas, to bury his mother,
Rev. Luther Marion Fuller resumed
his passionate on Sunday, February 12.
The subject of his sermon was: "Lov-
ing. the woodland Losing it." The
main question of this sermon was as
the struggle for worldly goods really
worthwhile ?"
The Missionary Sisters, who con-
Quoted week-long revival service at
Peoples Church, expressed, at the
concluding meeting, their thanks for
the cooperation extended them during
the revival meetings. There were
many people in the audience from Bos-
ton, Cambridge, and Roxbury, and
other out-of-towners.
The Adult Education Classes still
extend hearty welcome to the local
folks to attend such classes at the
Being a curious type of a person.
your correspondent has wondered
about a great many things during the
past SIX or seven months. For in
stance, ne wonders why Chelsea peo-
pie are so everlastingly "Clannish";
why they are so content to remain in
"ruts"; why they make issues and take
sides in trivial, unimportant differ
ences of opinion; why they insist upon
letting things take their courses es-
pecially for the worst, instead of fight
ing. for economic, or social principles
and CAPABILITIES. Or why obvious evils
such as the disgraceful "joints" and
cesspools of immortality are either
accepted or, at least, tolerated, in
spite of the fact that such tolerance
only gives Chelsea a "black eye" in
every other place throughout Greater
Boston. These and other things
greatly puzzle and distress vour
scribe. Chelsea, today, in regard to
the race in Ward two, is in the worst
mess of its entire lifetime. Prostitu-
ton, drunkenness, lack of Spirituality.
and love of ignorance are character
lstic of our city. Someday an entire
column will be devoted to an expose
of conditions in Chelsea as your
Scribe sees them. Your Scribe, Ricar-
do FL Ward.
Hello Folks, this is Leadpencil Red
dick starting the ball a-rolling by ask
ing, "Why don't you take your pick
5. P, as you seem to be the man of
the hour with all of them?"
Everything has been rolling along
as usual since the return of Rev. Full
Ter, and the classes continue to be in
teresting and we still invite you to
attend any or all of them. The Chel-
sea Civic League still invites you to
join. Great things have been planned
for the benefit of our community, but
we can do nothing unless you cooper
ate with us. Will you join us?
The name of 'Nelson" will live on
in the city of Chelsea for a great many
years. 1t seems that some couple re-
siding in Falmouth has been Dragging
about the birth of their twenty-frst
child and claiming the honor of having
the largest family in that section. So
what? This city has couple who, on
the first of this month, extended its
most hearty greetings to the twenty
II fifth child into the family circle. The
i mother, who was a grandmother at 81
and the winner of a "Ripley Believe
it-or-not contest for being one of the
Youngest grandmothers in this section
Of the country, proudly displayed hel
twenty-fifth offspring. Mrs. Marion
Nelson is the mother and James Mel.
son is the father both of whom arc
very proud to say that fifteen are still
living.
We have no news on the dance to be
sponsored by the Chelsea Cubs as vet
but we shall soon be able to tell yor
all about it. Smokey must be ready
to become Mayor of Everett as he Is
in that city so very often of late
Really, he must have it bad, and we
are trying to find out if Chatter is
also casting his interests in the same
city.
We wonder if Tent is getting enough
of the Jeep and Joy-water. Will YOU
please answer that one for us B.M.?
Oh, Garfield, who is she?
Well Folks, Leadpencil has taken IN