The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-05-14
W. MEDFORD
WEST MEpFoRp NEWS

Pastor Daniel w. VIM deliv-
cred a most stirring sermon on
Mothers Day before a large con-
gregation. The Junior Choir was
beautifully appropriate in sing
ing my Mothers Prayer" Direc-
tor Fred Wright was superb sing
ing mother of Mine" To much
can not be said of the mothers of
Medford who have long stimulat-
ed community progress and have
kept Medford a city of cltan
and well kept homes. For years
the Medford Mothers Club was
an important element in our city.
To-day the successor of that club
is the Phyllis Wheatley Lend-A-
Hand Club, now forty years old,
each of those years devoted to
unselfish and truly Christian
service to the community. This
has been true through wars and
depressions. The club has sup
piled. the brunt of the workers
in most other local organizations
including the Church. 1t has ad-
ministered to the sick, poor and
needy without recompense, of
ten without the general public
knowing about it. If any club
has the sincere appreciation of
the people, it is the Lend-A-
Hand Club in this community.
1t is therefor good news to an
nounce that the 1949 and annual
Lend-A-Hand Sermon will be
presented at Shiloh, tomorrow,
Sunday morning. Undoubtedly
an appreciative gathering will
grace the occasion to hear our
progressive new Pastor, the Rev.
Daniel w. Vim, deliver the
Fortieth Sermon for one of the
finest wemens' clubs in the en-
tire state. The "Pot Luck" Supper
at the Community Center last
Saturday, night was a huge most
enjoyable success with good food
and good neighbors. The amazing
Society of Friends and the CRATE
full local townspeople were equal
ly at their best last week. They
worked together on the Center
during the day, ate together in
the evening, enjoyed motion pic
ture slides and Workshop dis
cussions, and concluded with a
neighborly Square Dance where
everyone meets everyone else.
That was the theme of the oce
cassion. The name of each person
white and colored, was pinned
on SO that everybody knew
everybody from the start. Friends
and neighbors each brought
along items for the meal which
was served buffet style. There
was plenty Of good food and a
variety Of it, including meat
loaf, potato salad, cold slaw, mac
aroni and cheese, iced tea,
coffe, coeoanut and chocolate
cake, hot rolls, and of course
Saturday night baked beans.
Miss Jean Fairfax, U. Michigan
graduate and only colored mem
Der of the visiting group last
week, had charge of the Work
shop lantern slide lecture which
proved an interesting revala-
ton of the wide field in which
the Friends and students are
working. And SO to-day, this
Saturday, is the final day the
Friends will be with us and our
community will be richer for
their coming. Certainly we have
seldom had so many Center
adults express such great salts
faction of any program thus far.
The Friends really symbolized
their name. Some appropriate
send-off gesture would seem in
order to-nite. Most adults here
have enjoyed the inter-racial
meetings over the past weeks at
the Center. This policy should
not end now The people want
it and it should be shown more
and more in the makeup of the
Board and membership and all
Center clubs. If we fail to attain
this progress, the Friends will
have taught their lesson d DEM
ocracy In vain. Our Center must
embrace all races, colors and
creeds, just as our schools and
other public places. The best part
about this is that practically all
the Center officials agree with
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