The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-11
LET'S GOSSIP
WITH
SCOOP" JONES

portant wheel of the Shaw House
family E. in fact if Mr.. Taylor ever
desires to leave the executive chair
of the house, Mrs. Hester could fill it
with ease you may wonder why
we say this and yet you may not; but
if you are familiar with the admins
tration of Mrs. Hester, you positively
would agree she is 'tops" the rest
of the Shaw House official family also
find spot in our book of honor, par
ticularly Katherine "Cappie" Watson.
the young pretty deb who catches all
of the official Shaw House business on
her desk and knows what to do about
1T congratulations, Shaw House
officials, volunteer workers and mem
bers; and we hope this years camp
season will be second to none in New
England and we do mean the BOYS
month, the girls month has always
been number one.
PRESS CLUB-This popular group
of photographers, columnists, writer's
and such gave swanky tea Sunday
afternoon in honor of Frankland w.
l.. Miles, presiding Justice of the Rox-
bury District Court Judge Miles.
prominent Hub figure and friend of
all races, is certainly we'll deserved .
Beatrice Durant, charming secretary
of the club had everything well in
hand Marion Addison who for
years was popular gentleman of the
William E. Carter Fairgrounds will
certainly be missed in these parts.
Marion's job as custodian of the
grounds reached out much farther
than that as he played father to MANY
boy and girl and was an advice-giver
to all.
SWING-A-ROO-The popular Es-
qulre Club did all right for themselves
in their presentation of "The Four Ink
Spots" and the Savoy Sultan masters
of swing, Tuesday evening the
New England dance fans focked to
the Roseland State Ballroom to listen
to the famous Ink Spots as well as
dance with Al Cooper and his band
Iasker CrOsson, top swing master
of New England, was the man of the
hour at two top affairs this week.
The international Brotherhood of Red
Caps and the Fourth Annual Dance
Recital of Miss Joan Daughtry, sweet
little Hub instructress. tickets are
now on sale at the Silver Box Studio
for Mildred Davenport's Bronze Rhap-
sody =. get 'em early.
LOYAL SERVICE - Congratula-
lions to Bertha M. Green, Maude M.
Chinn, Rita Pilgrim, Nellie V. Hicks
and Marie o. Cheeks, elevator opera
tors who have honorably and success
fully completed total of 81 years of
service for the Jordan Marsh Com
pany, one of Boston's leading depart
ment stores . the operators held
their ninth annual banquet, Monday
evening we are indeed very proud
OF these ladies, members of our race
who through such noble service make
it possible for more race members to
take their places some day when they
desire to retire.
DIR. SILAS F. "SHAG" TAYLOR
certainly made a big hit with his
dynamic radio appeal directed to the
colored voters of Boston "Shag'
as result of his outstanding exhi.
bition before the microphone may be
drafted in the State campaign as 9
radio speaker. E. "Shag" is really
a loyal Democrat and l guess would
just about lay down his life for James
M. Curley . and so would 90 pei
cent of Boston voters.
JAMES EDWARD GUILFORD
JR.-young Republican, chip off the
old block, was elected president of the
Young Colored Republicans of Boston
Jim, real fighter, has great
promise of leading his group to new
heights in politics; he's got the stuff
in him and little cooperation will
put him and his colleagues on top
see va around.