The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-10-05

Joy in Religion was the
sermon subject of guest min
lister Rev william Smith, pastor
of western Avenue Baptist
Church, who spoke here last
Sunday morning before near
capacity attendance, a fitting
testimonial to his popularity
here where Rev Smith has
served so often. Miss Gloria
Furr was choir soloist and she
gave an excellent presentation
of The Holy Hour by Nevin,
with Mrs Bailey at the organ.
Tomorrow morning, Rev Will
liam Smith will return to serve
Communion and the Church
Choir will also make its return
to provide the music for which
it is winning well deserved
praise. Pastor Bailey will re-
turn from his vacation a week
from Sunday and the Ladies
Aid will present guest speaker
Major Robert Smith, army 93d
Division chaplain and ex-Hav-
erhill Baptist pastor who will
come here the fourth Sunday
for the annual Ladies Aid Com
munity and Good Neighbor Ser
vice to which everyone is in
vited The Mystic Baptist IN
ion Banquet Tuesday, Oct 8 at
Shiloh also invites your pat
ronage and as usual the church
cooking promises to be good,
Mr. Arthur Fur, author of the
new forthcoming book, Dem
ocracy's Negroes" is the eldest
son of Mrs Annie Furr, 81
Jerome st and who is one of
the faithful pillars Of the church.
Speaking with Mr. FUR, a vet
eran Of World War I, you real
ize he has put great research
into his valuable history of
colored civilization and mill
taryl contributions of World
War II. Mr. FUR is no novice.
He and Munroe Mason auth
ored the famous world War 7
book, "The Red Hand" (372nd)
in France. Mr. Furr's new book
can now be ordered in advance.
Every Medforite should have a
copy. And speaking of talented
local citizens, Mr. william A
Smith, well known here as a
musician, tells me his daugh-
ter Helen is now teaching art
at Howard University. His son,
Tterrill, radio engineer, was a
war supervisor with Raytheon
and is still working in electron-
les. Miss Ann Cralle, a Med
fordi5e for many years, is now
serving at Tuskegee and has
been visiting her uncle Mr.
William Smith, MDC veteran.
The W Medford Veterans
Progressive Club met this week
and we hope to have added de-
tails later. Mr. and Mrs Josephs
Of Roxbury, Mr. Lanier of Fisk
University and his daughter,
Henrietta, were guests of Mrs
Madeline Digger, former Army
Hostess last Sunday. Mr. JOS
ephs is a Veteran Administra-
ton employee. Prof Lanier, now
doing advanced research in
Boston, is a professor of Eng
fish at Fisk where, incidental
ly, two Medford students Paul
Robinson and Jimmy Sherwood,
are freshmen. Well, all the
good things we've been predict
ing about Charlie Paris seem
to be coming true at Medford
H S. Charlie scored two thrill
ing touchdowns against Wake
field last week. Just as we told
you, Coach Oakie O'Conner had
to stand up and cheer. But no
one is any happier than Coach
Walter ISaacs and those of us
who have worked to encourage
all of our youth here. Best of
all, Charlie has pitched in to
help the others as well as him
self. Keep up the work, Charlie.
You are winning many friends.
Several local lads have gone
out for the Mis- freshman
team including Richie
Furr and Wally Kountze. The
material entering school now is
definitely headed places. Fresh
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