The guardian., 1941-05-03

master list will be posted for military
observation :. . or you may telephone
there at Kenmore 1894 the need is
quite urgent and the income regular
do your bit now! &. Harlem won their
bus strike and you may expect colored
drivers on the Avenue this summer E.
here in Boston, nature is turning out
her Spring palette of colors and the
blossoms are truly wonderful g.
Charles Chaplin is scheduling an all
colored musical comedy in technicolor
for early production in Hollywood after
registering a shower of praise for Or
son Wells "Native Son" E. . little col
ored boy who first stopped a show in
Boston and has been headlining ever
since will return to the scene of his
early triumph when DuBarry Was a
Lady" B. G. deSylva's gay musical ex-
travaganza comes to the Boston Opera
House on Monday, May 10 Bert
Lahr is the star of this attraction,
which ran 81 weeks on Broadway fol
lowing its opening here and has just
concluded sellout run of IA weeks in
Chicago Frances Williams plays the
role of Du Barry, originated by Ethel
Norman and Benny Baker is again the
whacky prince :. . most of you remem-
Der little Harold Cromer, the page-boy,
whose cleaning smile and tricky step
ing with Ethel Norman and Bert Lahr
really brought down the house we
welcome him back along with such other
first line principals on Ruth Bond,
Oscar Ragland, Ronald Graham, Wal
ter Armin, Sunny Rice, David Shelley,
Eddie Hanley, Jane Sproule, Roy Ross,
Don Liberto and the Four Information
ais . the ladies-in-waiting are many
and lovely in this beautiful comedy
spectacle of King Louis and the rollick-
ing royalty of old France :. the Mas
sachusetts members of the famous
372nd Regiment are winning we'll
merited army promotions at Fort Dix
in New Jersey while the 366th at Fort
Devens will soon complete a military
band and orchestra unit to match their
famous male choir conducted by Capt.
Aston Burleigh the May social
calendar is unusually heavy what with
the approaching school commencement
functions D.. beginning Monday even
ing, May 5, at the Rainbow Plantation
/ in Walpole where Herbie Jackson and
Jay Powell will welcome you to their
Gala Informal May Festival and Dance
sponsored by the Top Hatters in a
grand testimonial to Mrs. W. F. Garner
=. see the big ad on the last page and
thank a million for your most generous
response -. we assure you wonderful
evening from seven until two ayem D..
see you all there! on Tuesday even
ing May 6, 1941 Mr.. and Mrs Saunders
L. Wilkins cordially invite you to be
their guest at the Ordination Cere-
monies of their son Herbert Lauress
Brockett Wilkins, AM, St. B. at st.
Mark Congregational Church 2l0
Townsend Street, Roxbury, Mass. with
reception at home following the induc-
ton ritual which will be under the
director of Rev. Samuel L. Laviscomt
Thursday evening, May 8 at the
Cantabrigia Club in Cambridge where
the Associated Tennis Clubs will hold
their Spring formal .. Friday evening,
May 9 the Mizpah Club formal
Monday evening, May IL at Rainbow
Plantation comes the Greater Boston
Trade Association Banquet and Dance
-. May 20 the AKA Spring Formal
at the Cantabrigia Club . e.. the United
Golfers Association announces their
$1,000 National Open Mems Amateur,
Women's Amateur and Professional