The guardian., 1951-01-05

1t was a happy holiday sea-
son for Mrs. Fannie Hughes of
% Kenilworth street, who spent
Christmas and New Years and
the days between in New Bed
ford with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hayden Josephine Hughes) and
their two boys, 10 year old
Bobby, and 11-year-old Billie.
Mrs. Hughes was one of the
prettiest Of brides, when in the
early part of the century, she
lived on Wigglesworth street.
Tall and stately her figure and
carriage were the envy of all the
matrons in the neighborhood.
There were Mrs. Annie Dabney,
Mes. Minnie Walker, Mrs. Carrie
Dixon, Mrs. Theresa Moore,
Mrs. Sophie Gould, Mrs. William
Reed, Mrs. Joseph Pierce, and
Mrs. John Ransom - to name
some of the young matrons who
were residents of the neighbor-
hood. Mrs. Hughes retains the
beauty of her youth now, with
silvered hair and step not quite
so spritely. She is happy too,
that her son Robert and wife
(the former Ruth Jaquelyn are
now her neighbors on Wiggles-
worth street Mrs. Charlotte
Timbers of 571 Columbus ave-
nue., prominent member of the
Samuel Soleridge Taylor Mu-
sical Association, leaves the
latter part of the month for her
future home in New York, where
she will live with the youngest
of her three sons, Johnny Alves
on 10Th street, in mid-Man-
haitian. Her friends and asso-
ciates in social, church and civic
circles greatly regret that she is
to leave Boston and the good
wishes of them all will go with
her Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Young (Harriet Jackson) of
Philadelphia, spent Xmas with
Harriet's mother, Mrs. Irene
Jackson of SO Camden street
Fortunate were the friends in
vited to spend New Years after
noon with Mrs. Lillian Williams
of 81 Copeland street and par
take of the excellent dinner she
had prepared for her guests.
They were Mrs. Rosa Brown, DR..
and Mrs. Charles G. Steward,
Mrs. Ebba Stephens Perry and
Mrs. Charlotte Timbers. There
was egg-nog to precede the sub
santial feast of turkey and all
the fixins which included the
most delicious corn pudding,
topped off with black walnut
cake from North Carolina and
fruit cake from Bermuda and
served on the unique extension
table which seats eight and looks
when closed, like a chest of
drawers. Adjoining the table as
center piece was a lovely bunch
| of sweet peas the gift of Mrs.
/ Ebba Perry. Just as the guests
were to eat, Mrs. Williams son,
Herbert, sang, unaccompanied,
the Lords Prayer by Byron
! Withers. The young man po-
1 ssesses an unusually beautiful
baritone voice. And, by the way,
he viii be the soloist Sunday,
January 81 (4:3O P.M.), at the
Coffee Hour of the Liberia Col
lege Club at 100 Beacon street,
when Joseph Nelson will be
the guest speaker Coincidence
to well known Charles J. Shep-
ard of st. Germain street, whose
sister has recently passed away
Christmas dinner guests of
congenial Mrs. Irene Jackson of
Camden street, were Mesdames
Bessie Simmons, Esther Lassiter
of Durham, N. c., Ebba Perry,
Miss Alice Rogers and brother
Eugene Rogers of Kansas City,
who recently came on to make
his home in Boston with Alice
and Miss Tommie Lightfoot, to-
gether with Edward and Harriet,
Mrs. Jackson's son in law and
daughter For Christmas
dinner Mrs. Sturgis Robinson
and daughter, Romaine of Is
Kendall street, went to the home
Weddings Clubs Banuuets