The guardian., 1951-04-14
West Medford-

day. 1t marks the battles (1775)
of Lexington and Concord, pre-
ceded by a ride through Med
ford of Paul Revere, alerting the
militia. Colored men fought
then. And colored youth will
parade next week, notably the
Scouts. Programs are in the
morning.
Shiloh Progress
Seven Baptisms, perhaps a
new record in recent Shiloh his
tory, were administered last
Sunday morning by the Rev.
Oscar G.. Phillips, in the Shiloh
Pool before large and en-
thused congregation. All of the
new converts were young people
in or around the teen-age group.
Four of the seven were from
one family. Those baptized
were Arronetta Brown, Beverly
Clark, Ann Fisher, and Lorraine,
Marjorie, Thelma and Alexander
Henderson. On Easter, a few
weeks previous, Rev. Phillips
baptized Mrs. Ina Hudlin and
Miss Margaret Wright. Thus, in
less than one month, the Shiloh
Baptismal Pool has received
nine new members into the
church. No better indication
can be given that Shiloh is
making progress, that the church
Is going to continue to grow.
And the increased faith of our
community youth is a certain
indication that whatever we
oldSterS may do with our trusts
there will be young people to
carry on. If we view our re-
ligion honestly, that is a good
sign and Shiloh has a good
future. This year for the first
time the Shiloh Youth program
inaugurated by Rev. Wynn and
carried on by Rev. Phillips be-
gan to show a fine harvest
First, the youth Christian En-
deavor won over many of the
community young people with
good programs under wide
awake instructors. The recrea-
tion included roller skating
parties. Then Shiloh entered
two youth basketball teams into
the Medford Church Protestant
League, Senior and Junior di-
visions. Today the Shiloh SEN
1orS are the church basketball
champions of all Medford. The
Shiloh team went through the
season undefeated against teams
from First Baptist, Trinity Meth
odist, w. Medford Congregation
al, Hillside Methodist, and the
w. Medford Baptist. This was
the Leagues first year, and the
records will place Shiloh as the
first champion. The Juniors
just missed winning their class
title. The fact that Shiloh failed
to also win the Greater Boston
championship does not mar the
record. The important point is
that the local church produced
a team good enough to qualify
for the championship titles. Our
young people have shown their
faith. 1t is up to the adults to
retain that faith. This is in
deed, a golden opportunity. The
Jubilee Gospel Chorus of the
18th Baptist Church of Boston
will be presented here in concert
soon by the Finance Committee
which is now working to secure
sufficient funds for church sup
plies and Improvements. Sew
eral items are needed. But the
question of new pewS may be de-
terred in favor of more pressing
needs, within the budget. To-
days high costs will necessarily
alter many projected projects in
every household as well as in the
church. These are the days
which call for careful planning.
with no apologies needed. The
Lenc-A-Hand Club, Mrs. Mildred
Macdonald, president, met this
week at the home of Mrs. Dug
ger and came up with two very
interesting announcements. The
Club is going to sponsor a
monthly good-gift box to Med
ford servicemen from this COM
munity. Which means that each
local boy in turn will receive a
box Of happy home memories
from the club regardless of
where they are. It is planned to
send two gift boxes a month.
The Club is also organizing a
Scholarship Fund for deserving
local students. A card party
next month will be given for
this purpose. The Lend-A-Hand
has given these programs be-
fore. Founded in 1902, the club
will observe its Fiftieth Ami
versary next year. Fifty years
of constant, faithful and unsel-
fish contributions TO this COM
munity and the city. 1t proves
to an of us. even the most
skeptical, that Medford people
are okay. Sure we make some
blunders. But who doesn't?