The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-25
Going To Town
Continued from Page 81

and Challengers Club formals are next
IN line for the May social calendar
and the Cosmopolitan Club Charity
Bridge and Whist :. the Herb Jaxons
are soon to be domiciled in the suburbs
with Maiden being chosen as the likely
spot e. the deepest sympathy of this
column is extended to the Hilton Par
hams of Medford in their recent be-
reavement e.. Sunday, May 10 Uncle
Paul climbed aboard Astra at twelve
thirty in the afternoon and pedalled to
Lynnhurst to give my mother a pleas
ant surprise e. coursing through
Charlestown and Chelsea along Broad
way was held up at the Chelsea
Bridge by huge tramp steamer the
). 5. Mayari under Panama registry
:. she was being warped through the
channel by two putting tugs and appar-
emily loaded down to the Plimsoll mark
-. (gee, sailor tooD E. after the
boat passed through the draw, the
huge bridge swung around and locked
as long line of traffic moved forward
with Astra in the lead well, it was
fine cycling up hill and down dale until
reached the rotary traffic circle at
the beginning of the Revere marshes
and the smooth double highway run
ming its full width the marsh wind
was so gusty along this ocean front
that bearing down on the pedals gave
me the feeling that some unseen force
was actually pushing against both man
and machine all the distance to the Fox
Hill Bridge which spans the Saugus
I N1Toc
with the high speed gear and I was
greatly relieved to turn off at Market
Square into West Lynn and the su-
burban district =. flood of nostalgia
memories rode with me via the Barry
Park playground and along the willow
lined Walnut Street highway near
Breeds pond my first official
greeter was Uncle Augustus "Toot"
Bower, celebrated cornetist who was
earnestly expounding the PHILOSOPHERS
Of Freud to a goodly crowd of scholars
gathered at Dempsey's Corner i
soon Uncle Ben STROBE up after daily
hike surrounded by a score of athletic
sycophants who marvelled at his Tar
Fan t1gure greetings were ex-
changed and / continued up to the
house where Ma was both happy to
see me and worried about my great
adventure =. but the effort was well
worthwhile to have been able to enjoy
Mothers Day up in the country with
Ma when all nature was calm and
peacefully verdant with the turn of the
leaves it became a real old fash
toned family reunion when my sister
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel King, arrived with baby Sally
after hearty dinner followed by
a few brief visits in the colony with
Aunt Hazel Bower and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Burrill where the glamorous
Edna Burrill of the Back Bay and Bar
Harbor makes her winter home it was
time to make the long trek homeward
-. choosing an inland route to avoid
the otfshore breezes, l speedily rolled
through Cliftondale, into Saugus at
the NewburypOrt Turnpike where I
paused for brief moment to compli-
ment Cliff Crawford, promoter of the
beautiful Chickland Barbecue enter
prise which was completely surrounded
by about five hundred automobiles
indicating a full house of chicken din
ners . . their business has grown
tremendously because of the excellent
quality of the food served and Chick
land has become famous from coast to
coast onward through Maiden,
Somerville and into Boston town where
| pumped the last mile with renewed
vigor eager to reach home only to dis
cover that our good friends, the Jax-
ons, had motored by the house for
Lilybelle to drive US to the country and
the little woman was now visiting at
the place from whence l had recently
departed =. well, an hour and half
going stretched into an hour and
three quarters returning which is do
ing pretty good for an old man =.
coming events include the Towne Club
outing at the Hare estate in Amherst,
New Hampshire on the holiday May 80
g.. Doris Jones 1910 Dance recital at
Jordan Hall May 27 :. George Mou-
zon presents the Harlem Express
Jimmie Lunceford and his wrecking
crew at the Paul Revere Hall in
Mechanics Building May 81 with a
super sound system installed for dane
ing pleasure . the st. Bartholomew
PLAYERS in "The Passing of the Third