The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-11-29
Arlington s455-R

Bile n every home, program last
Thanksgiving and the program
of daily reading VII last through
Christmas. The Society asks ev-
cry church and individual to
recognize Sunday Dec. IA, as I'm
iversal Bible Sunday. The daily
Bible reading has been called
"old fashioned" in modern times
but it is a great necessity in ev-
cry American home. l find much
good Bible reading that fits ev-
cry situation. The Shiloh For
ums will continue next Sunday,
8 p m. The Forums should have
the support Of the church adj
ultS as we'll as youth. All should
attend and help this program
which is for the entire church.
it's success or failure will reflect
upon the church. We used to
have church forums with plenty
of live-wire interest wherein ev-
erybody who had something to
say got up and said it on a var
iety of subjects. In this way we
kept up with current events and
all of us need to do that. We eX-
pect soon to have the story on
the new Center headWorker.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Eddie Valentine,
Jr. are to be congratulated on
the birth of a baby boy. We sup
pose Eddie will enlist him in the
Navy at once, since he himself
served in that branch. and our
friends Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Carnes of Everett are proud par
ents Of baby girl. And little
Skippy williams o. Jerome st re-
Gently enjoyed his seventh
birthday party. Mr.. Chauncey
Johnson, ex-Star baseball catch
err, tells me he was i'll nearly a
month and is glad tc be up and
around again. Mr. Frank Hazel
| Sr. is home from the hospital
after a serious sickness. Miss
Portia Digger, hospital dietician
is home from New York and
hopes to serve In local hos
pital. Pvt. Roy Rauld was home
recently from Fort Dix and has
prospects of joining the occupa-
ton forces in Japan. The Law
renee Light Guard Engineers
have already issued Invitations
for qualified colored recruits in
Medford and nearby. Don't know
vet if any have joined. However,
1t is to be remembered that Gov.
Bradford and NAACP president
John T. Lane both advocate you
joining any Bay State outfit you
please. Report to the authorities.
Barney AlveS and Bob Booker,
two ex vets, are studying me-
chanical drafting ard other 10
cal vets are also getting on the
ball. Center Boy Scout Troop II
now has ScoutleaderS Leo Bar
ros and Bill Wright back as
workers. Both left scout service
to Join the army but not even
war could stop their aim to help
the boys. Our Aldermen might
be interested to know that the
lads had no goal posts on the
! local park during the 1947 sea-
son. Our boys thus miss the OPP
portunity of kicking field goals
and learning to boot points-at-
ter-touchdown. It seems the To-
cal park can also stand more
improvements, including a Field
House. and, during winter, a
first class skating surface to en-
courage local skating clubs.
hockey games, and Girl Exhi-
bition skating contests.
MEDFORD HOBBY SHOP: -
I Music is my hobby" informs
, Mr.. Ralph J. Banks, Medford's
ardent chapion for equal rights,
who gained international fame
in his one-man campaign
AGAINST Churchill's Crisis
scnool textbook, and whose wife,
| Mrs. Alice Banks, ran for the
| Medford school committee, to
| further school reforms during
the same year, 1945. People