The guardian., 1951-01-13
WEST MEDF0RD

Shiloh Baptist Church hon
ored two of its eldest members
and workers last Sunday in pre-
senting a gift to Deacon and
Mrs. Whitfield Coleman in honor
of their fiftieth wedding ami
verSary. A large share of these
years have been devoted to
Shiloh. Pastor Phillips preached
on Christian Opportunity. Mrs.
Helen Johnson received the
Shiloh Right Hand of Fellow
ship. The day also marked the
return of William Connors from
his brief vacation over the holi-
DAYS. Mr.. Connors, the ener-
getic Christian Endeavor di-
rector. filled in at the organ dur
ing the illness and absence OF
shilo horganiSt Mrs. Dorothy
Johnson. The renewed spirit of
cooperation is something fine.
The Senior Choir, with Miss Mary
Booker, presenting a feature
solo, was excellent. From all in
dications, Shiloh will enjoy a
very good New Year.
- COMMUNITY CENTER -
New volunteers at the Com
munity Center are also making
prospects brighter. Senior vol
unteers include Mrs. Ruth
Thompson, Busy work depart
ment; Mrs. John Glover, Story
Teller; Mrs. Ruth Thorpe, Arts
and Crafts. New Junior VOL
unteers include the Misses Gloria
Thompson and Eleanor Thomp-
son. Mrs. Glover was formerly
story-teller at the Pratts Insti-
tute Library, New York. But
the Center needs even more vol
unteers and everyone is welcome
to serve. And there are a lot
of people who like to help 9TH
ers. For example during the re-
cent holiday season, over 100
children of the Center were en-
tertained by various CLUBS OF
Medford. These included the
Grace Stone Guild of the Uni
tartan church; the Whiss club
of the First Baptist church; the
Girls Of the Metcalf Dormitory,
and gifts from many local or
ganizations and from the girls
Of the Bouve-Boston School OF
Education. where the children
enjoyed movies, thanks to Wal
ter IsaacS and Miss Markell OF
the Bouve school who took the
youngsters in their cars. Pic
lures shown were 1.-THE Wizard
of or" and little Ballerina."
News from the Center Cir
Scout Troop 20 has been well
written by Miss Dorothy Nc
Donald whose brother Jim Nc
I Donald is now attending the Ar.
tillery School at Sill, Oklahoma
Troop 20 is always packed witt
action under Scout Leader Miss
Veronica Lanier and it has Il
local girls who are members
Miss Mcdonald informs us that
the Troop 20 Girl Scouts hope
to beat the winter hike made
by the boys. The girls plan a
ten mile hike to Franklin Park
Jan. 20, next week, starting al
g AM. And on Feb. 9, the Girl
Scouts will present an amusing
three-act play "The Meddle-
some Maid" by Charles George
which Dorothy hopes will fill the
Center with loyal patrons. So
make it a date to purchase your
ticket well in advance.
Mrs. Carrie Booker a long time
community worker, was given a
recent surprise birthday party
at the home of Mrs. McCrae OF
Jerome street, filled with rela-
tives and friends. She received
many gifts and a good time was
enjoyed by all The Medfor6
High School track team has won
two meets with the help of Chet
Works and Vincent Valentine
AS we said last week, Chet Works
is carrying on the 900 yd. tradi-
ton of Armand Furey and STAN
ton Bowen. While he has not
yet reached his peak, Chet has
twice scored second place in
dual meets with Watertown and
Arlington. Vim Valentine sur
prised everyone when he went
out for track last season and
scored consistently in the Mile
run. This year Valentine is try
ing the 100 yd. run and he ran
the fastest 1000 yds. in the old
MHS gym turned in by any run
ner there over the last IL years,
in a practice spin last week. So
Coach Henry HORNED put Val
entine in the Arlington meet and
Vim placed third, the first time
he has really tried the 1000 yds.
On the sick list, Mrs. Carrie
Sherwood, long time church and
community worker and Leo
Barros, chairman Of the Center
Parents group were both con-
fined to hospitals. Mrs. Ches-
ter A. Lanier Sr., and Mrs. Ella
Smith and Miss Estelle Coleman
continued to be confined with
illness. We wish all our sick
friends a speedy recovery.
Adult Night at West Medford
Community Center Friday, Jan.