The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-07-14

Pastor J Frederick Bailey gave
a most stirring sermon last Sum
day on the subject. what Goa
Should Mean to Us" and ne
said Christian life is character
lied by strength, salvation and
song. BY strength, he said, he
meant the strength of God, not
mans own puny will-power; by
salvation he said, he meant
freedom from evil and when we
have both strength and salvation
our soul, he SAID, is filled with
song. Miss lone Digger, CUES.
Soloist, thrilled the congrege-
ton by two beautiful songs as
a fitting example, my Task"
and THE Lost Chord" Visitors
were present from New York and
Chicago and also among those
enjoying the services were two
outstanding church workers in
their own right, Mrs Mary Luck
and Mrs Charlotte Swan and her
son Sccappy whose dad, Naval
Petty officer, Sinclair Swan, mo.
tored here from Baltimore to
spend the holiday. Medford is
quite vacation resort these
days. Mrs Roberta Robinson of
Atlanta, personal secretary to
noted education leader, Char
lotte Hawkins Brown, found
er Of Palmer Memorial Institute,
N c, told me that she enjoyed
her quiet stay here. Mrs Maude
Flanagan, New York school
teacher, is a guest of Mrs Bar
lara Digger. Mrs Estelle Max
well Is entertaining friends from
Chicago where she was q hoSpit-
al nurse. Miss Berkeley of New
York is visiting her aunt, Miss
Estelle Coleman, while attend
ing school at B. U. The Com
luunity Center July Fourth Field
Day was quite a success with
many volunteers aiding the pro-
gram. What pleased us most was
to see so many Medford veterans
home this year able to enjoy
recreation at a park named af-
ter their former 372nd COM
mandder who would have liked
nothing better than this. An
other veteran expected home
soon according to his aunt, Mrs
Jones Of Jerome st, is Pvt
frankie Robinson who has been
in the Pacific war over three
years. TWenty-four of the Med
ford Historic and Educational
student group, led by Mrs Sarah
v Schenck, chairman, and ac-
companied by Mrs Wesley Rob-
inson, Mrs Estelle FUR, Mrs
Hunt and Mrs Ruth Stewart en-
joyed the Medford City Hall
tour and greatly impressed City
Hall officials The group asked
some very pointed questions.
1.-THE Postwar Outlook" was
the timely lecture subject of our
friendiand fellow newspaperman
William Harrison who spoke
here last Sunday as a guest c.
the Medford Council. Mr. Har-
rison, brilliant Harvard man as
ISOLATED with many outstanding
organizations IN this state, mar
rowly escaped fatal injury in a
recent train wreck near Camp
Myles Standish while on his
current series Of lectures which
included Shiloh last week. A
brilliant editorial writer and
news analyst, MrsHarrison spoke
with authority on the postwar
outlook, a subject of interest to
everyone. It is hoped that the
Historic and Educational group
'of the Community Center may
be able to engage Mr. Harrison
in future months. Well, Eddie
and Wertha Digger have named
the baby girl In honor of their
late beloved grandmother. The
baby's name, Kountez Norma
Digger, will of course be chang
ed to Countess" by the time
she grows up. The Misses PerSus
and Veronica Lanier have re-
turned from a pleasant trip to
Washington where they visited
their uncle, Mr. Willis Lanier, If
all goes well we hope TO intro
duce a "cw writer soon The New
England md State A a U SWIM
ming Championships will be
staged today at 2:45 p m at tns
Tufts Pool in Mtdfosd, We had
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