The guardian., 1951-02-17
SOCIAL CALENDAR
BY AIDIIRA PARK
BY ALMIRA PARK

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tended to Ethel Lane, State
House employee and former
Guardian secretary, in the death
Tuesday of her mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Lane, as a result of
pneumonia. Misfortune after r
misfortune has been heaped upon
the Lane household. There was
| the serious illness a year ago of
Mrs. Lane who was found un-
conscious in her home, 8 How
land Street. She recovered from
that. Then in January of this
year fire swept the home doing
considerable damage and just re-
cently-in this month-there was
another fire which caused more
damage. It was difficult to dis
| lodge Mrs. Lane from the home
with which she was long familiar.
She was blind but could do her
housework remarkably well.
Ethel, however, recently sue
ceeded in establishing her mother
in a nursing home. All Ethel's
friends know how devoted she
has been to her mother and they
can realize the depth of her loss.
Born in South Carolina Mrs. Lane
lived in Boston so years. When
in health she took an active part
in civic and racial affairs, and
could do many practical jobs
about a house from papering
room to fixing furnace
Funeral services will be held this
Saturday, 100 P. M, Feb. II, at
the Modern Funeral Home, 81
Dartmouth Street, Cora Reid
Mack errow, director, II. To
benefit the camp fund for under
privileged children a musical
will be presented at the Women's
Service Club Sunday, Feb. 18.
Coffee will be served 6 to Up. M.
The musical, styled Studio Musi-
Gale" is an annual Offering which
has regularly attracted a large
gathering of members and friends
of the Women's Service Club,
464 Massachusetts, Avenue. . 4.
To the round Of courtesies con-
tinuing for Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
j. Stevens and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward ]. Gould of Dedham, Mr..
I and Mrs. Cornelius Vincent of
Atherton place and Mr.. Harry
Fisher and his delightful mother,
Mrs. Jennie Fisher, their most
recent entertainers. The grand
old home Of the latter on Mount
fort Street, Back Bay, glowed in
all its grandeur when the
Stevenses were dinner guests
there recently. Harry delights in
recalling incidents of old Bos-
ton and enumerating the names
and times of the great, socially.
of those olden days. By the way,
the congenial Stevens couple re-
Gently joined st. Mark Congre.
gational Church where the Rev.
MIR. Daviscount holds the stage
each Sunday. Uniquely the
PSI Omega Chapter, AKA, sends
out the following invitation:
Will you come? It's a Matt
nee dance On a Holiday
afternoon Feb. % from 8
to 6 P. M. United Nations Matt
nee Dance at the Hotel Shelton.
Bay State Road, Boston. AKA
-. Proudly presents this
Matinee dance for All Ma
tons as part of the answer 10
the most urgent need of our
world the need for All
peoples to live together in fell
lowship and understanding. In a
tradition -. of service to all
mankind we invite you to
come to the United Nations
Matinee Dance, Feb. %, Hotel
Shelton. Friends F. Won't YOU
come and help =. in the
promotion Of more goodwill
among more people in this COM
munity the one we live in.
Cordially yours, PSI Omega
Chapter. For tickets: Gloria
Bowens, chairman, Ell 4-286A
Muriel Turk, co-chairman, TR
6-8S39. Frances Byrd, HI 5-2836:
Lorena Cuzzens, HI 5-5431 /.
Bertha Gibbs, CA 1926; Jose
phine Howard, HI 5-6s67; Merlyn
Owens, KI 7-4454;, Olivia Solo
mons, UN 4-O7ss; Emma Taylor,