The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-03-18

last Sunday with the entire troop
of the Community Center oir'e ~
attendance and led by Miss
Veronica Lanier who rocea.iy
passed civil service rating for
recreational instructor. S hiloh
has now honored both the Boy
and Girl Scout troops this winter,
all in keeping with the new 1850
Shiloh youth program, a most
praiseworthy project. The
Candle Light Service last Sun
day was excellent.
CHURCH MUSICAL
A brilliant musical presenta-
ton Sunday afternoon at 400
PM, next week, March 26, will
feature the renown DR.. William
Rhodes, pianist and composer;
the gifted soprano and former
Shiloh Choir director, Mrs.
Georgia Bailey; and the talented
Angelyn De Vaughn, contralto.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the sponsoring
Shiloh's Ladies Aid and we adj
wise you to buy your tickets now
to enjoy one of the finest trio Of
artists during what is to be a
banner 1850 musical concert sea-
son at Shiloh. For on April 80
will come the annual blue-ribbon
Lend a : Hand Spring Concert.
Keep this date in mind, also.
Medford City Manager, James F.
Shurtleff, has replied to our in
quiry regarding the reports Of a
proposed traffic road through the
Digger Park area. Mr.. Shurtleff
promises to look into the matter
and announce his findings. There
are some indications that this
project may not be pushed, but
we will have to wait for an
official statement. One fact is
certain, we are going to appre-
ciate our park and recreation fa-
cilities a good deal more than we
have. We hear that Miss Lens
Bryant is making good as stu
dent nurse, The Nursing profess
sion is one of the very best. Per-
haps the pioneer Medford nurse
from this community was Belle
Overton who became head of
Provident Hospital, Chicago. Miss
Helen Henderson who served at
Lincoln Hospital and Mrs. Har-
riet Darden, practical nurse, were
ether early pioneers. Mrs. Ade-
laide (Williams) Bryant became
a nurse at Harlem Hospital. Mrs.
Bessie (Robinson) Townsend be-
came a nurse at the Provident
Hospital. Miss Barbara Nielsen
served as a nurse at Massachu-
sets General, and, if we've over
looked any other Medford nurses,
kindly let us know. Meanwhile
we rather suggest that other
young women look into this field
which is far from filed and offers
much opportunity.
In sports, the big news is the
announced preliminary try-outs
fol aspiring Boston Brave ca,-..-
dates the latter part of April
under the we'll known ex-Boston
Tiger, Stody Ward, who tells me
he is hopeful that boys from
Medford, Maiden, Cambridge and
elsewhere will send in their
letters of application as soon as
possible. Merit week we will re-
view some of the Medford old
timers who could have easily
won a Boston Brave contract for
major or farm team. Remember
those Independents?
In track, the Tufts College
Varsity won its 18th straight dual
meet last week in defeating Con-
necticut. Armand Furey, Tufts
junior, coasted to victory in the
60O-yard run. And led by Bob
Jones, the Jumbo freshmen also
defeated their Ucon rivals. Jones,
the ex-Brockton H. S. track cap
tain, romped to a trio Of tri-
unphs, winning the 45-yard high
hurdles, the high jump and the
running broad jump. Coach
Dussalt calls him the most prom
Using freshman since Ed Digger.
The boys may excel at baseball
and track, but the local girls are
away ahead in bowling. The
Mystic Valley Bowling League
records given to US this week re-
ports that Mrs. Martha Booker.
wife of the Fireman, smashed all
records with a 1873 for one string.
Flossy Lassiter raclSed up a
nights total Of 800 points with an
average of ITO. You can De sure
Of one thing. When these Med
ford girls bowl, thev don't fool
around much, do they?
Thanks for phonl4 or sending
in your news, folks. Keep it CO.
ing and remember to have it in
before Mondays, if possible.