The guardian., 1951-05-05
West Medford

Medford servicemen have been
among those who have suffered
racial intolerance in spite OF
their uniforms during two World
Wars. Now, once again, letters
are reaching home protesting
Jim crow. The NAACP is a
weapon against race discrimina-
ton. NAACP solicitors will
visit your homes soon. Most
families can afford to invest a
few dollars for the NAACP.
Please do.
HYMNAL CONCERT COMING
The Jubilee Gospel Chorus OF
18th Baptist church, Boston,
launched the Shiloh Spring and
Summer Concert season of to a
brilliant start last week Thurs
day evening. Deserving OF a far
larger audience, the Gospel
Chorus sang the oldtime hymns
with a deep faith and religious
feryor pleasing to all who were
happily present. With added
advance notice, the church
would have been packed. The
next feature program is the
coming Shiloh Hymnal Concert,
Thursday evening, May 17th, two
weeks away, under the able di-
reetion of Medford'S own Fred
Wright. In fact this program
is going to feature some tried
and proven Medford talent, in
cluding special selections by the
Shiloh Choirs. Among the art
lists will be Miss lone Dugger
who sang recently at Mutual
Hall with the Tufts-Jackson col
legiate Chorus, and Mr.. Frel
Wright, baritone star in his own
right who has sung before radio
microphones and in concert
halls. There will be selections by
the Rev. MIR. William Connor,
Mrs. Faucina Booker, Mrs. Dor
othy Johnson, pianist, Mrs. Mar
tha Booker, reader, and a sur
prise instrumental trio, all
hometown talent, all volunteer
ing their services for the Shiloh
hymn book fund. Now some
committees would just ask for
donations and let it go at that
But the Shiloh committee is
preparing a really fine enter
tainment with very low cost
admission. The patrons will get
the most for their contributions.
At the same time you will be
helping to purchase badly needed
new hymn books. Make this a
date, folks, and let's have a
capacity crowd. Buy your ticket
now.
Speaking of music. The 1851
Boy Scout Fellsland Council EX-
position held last week, Saturday
at CouSenS Gym, Tufts college,
featured a hot jazz Boy Scout in
strumental quintet Of local boys
from the Community Center
Troop which drew quite an ap-
plause. Marking their first
public appearance, the youthful
combine with Johnny Johnson
at the drums, AL Kountze on
clarinet, Cecil Graham on Trum-
pet, Billy Thompson on SaXo-
phone and Cecil Isaacs at the
piano certainly has a future il
the boys continue to study and
remain together as a unit. Music
is a Boy Scout merit and so far
as L can recall, this is the first
Fellsland Boy Scout jazz unit on
record. Most of the boys are
now continuing their music
studies.
The West Medford Girls
Chorus, following the Maiden
concert this week, viii sing
Sunday, May 9Th at the Western
Avenue Baptist church, Cam
bridge, with everyone invited to
see and to hear this unquestion-
ably most pretty and most pop
ular Girls Chorus for miles
around.
The Daffodil Club, organized in
1910, and second oldest club in
the community, is presenting
one Of its always popular Penny
Sales, May 10th, next Thursday
at the home Of Mrs. LeBlanche
Puryear, Bower street. And on
Saturday, May 18th, the 1902
established Lend-A-Hand club
invites you to>a bridge and whist
party, with refreshments, at. the