The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-04-03
CITY NEWS


The Choir Guild of st. Marks
Church presents the Junior
Choir in the operetta THE
Waltz Dream" by oscar Straus,
on May Is at 8:15 in st. Mark
Gymnasium Auditorium. Mu-
sic under the direction of Dolan
Yates. Staged by Theodore
Browne.
On Easter Sunday afternoon,
April 5, at o'clock the Crescen-
do Club of the Robert Gould
Shaw House will present their
annuAl Easter Cantata, THE
Resurrection" by Charles Man
ney with Darnley Corbin guest
conductor and Rev. S. NJ. Riley,
Jr., pastor of Fourth Methodist
Church, guest speaker. For the
past three years the Christmas
and Easter cantataS have drawn
such crowds that the Standing
Room Only sign has been hung
at the beginning of the last few
renditions. All are urged to be
in the Maria Baldwin Hall, IL
Windsor Street before 5 pm. as
doors will be closed during the
whole presentation. Come, hear
the reassuring message of the
resurrection.
Mrs. Clarissa Freeney of As
Hammond ST., who is on the way
to recovery thanks her friends
for cards, fruit and flowers sent
during her illness.
Captains Hugh Bosfeld and
Wallace Davis of the 372d In
fantry and Lieutenant James
Thompson and Samuel Jackson
of the 366th Infantry have re-
turned from the Officers' Train
ing Course at Fort Benning, Ga.
The only colored officers in a
graduating class of over 200,
they helped establish a record at
the Fort. At the graduating ex-
erciSes the instructor compli-
mented the class on it's Scholas-
tic ability and informed them
that they ha dSet a precedent.
1t was >the only training class
ever graduated from Fort Ben
ming which there had been no
failures; every officer received a
certificate. MeSdames Portia
Bosfield, Marie Davis and Alice
Thompson accompanied their
husbands on the trip an dwere
the recipients Of many social
courtesies including a send off"
party at the beautiful home of
DR.. and Mrs. Allen Of Columbus,
Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coles of Harold
ST., want it known that the re-
port of the death of their son,
Marcellus, isn't true. He is very
much alive" and well, according
to word Mr.. and Mrs. Coles re-
celved by Telephone from head
quarters of the GRIND Infantry,
Marcella's regiment
Ina Rapier, soprano, was
guest soloist Saturday evening,
Mar. 81, at the Bahaian Nav
Ruz feast, brilliant and large
ly attended festival held at Ba-
hal headquarters, in the Not
tingham Building, Huntington
ave-, and was again special solo,
iSt last Sunday night for an
other Bahai meeting at the
same place.
Roland H. Holiday, Portland,
Me, spent the weekend in Bos-
ton visiting his mother, Mrs.
Helen Holiday an dother rela-
lives.
Mrs. Johnnie Willis of New
Orleans, La, is the guest of her,
niece Mrs. Mary ord of North
ampton st.
lima Rapier, soprano soloiSt is
available for weddings, funerals
an dconcertS. Address 2O2
Dartmouth ST., Ken. 1863
Helen Holiday, soprano, was
guest soloist at Good Friday
services at Christ Episcopal
Church, Waltham.
Eureka Chapter No. 2, OES by
a unanimous vote sent tele-
grams to Mayor Edward j. JEFF
fries, Detroit, President Roose-
and the USHA, Washington,
D. c. demanding occupancy by
colored defense workers of the
Soiourner Truth Project. Each
telegram read: 1--WE respectfully
demand immediate occupation