The guardian., 1953-05-16
WEST MEDFORD

WGVa Wa&gH OuNg
The West M dford Girls
Chorus will be among the artists
presented in a program spon-
sored by the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist Church, Shawmut ave-,
Roxbury, May 18th, Sunday af-
ternoon. Eleanor Jones, member
of the group will also appear as
Reader.
= THE SHILOH CONCERT -
The 1858 Mothers Day and
Annual Concert & Tea, presented
last Sunday afternoon by the
Shiloh Pastors Guild, was a tre-
mendous success, attended by
capacity audience of both coll
ored and white and included Mrs.
Maude Trotter Steward, editor
of The Boston Guardian. The
all star program was perfect.
Miss Bernadette Hayes, contralto,
was sweetly superb in her sing
ing of two religious favorites,
Art. Thou Troubled?" and "The
Lord Is My Light" from the pen
of Handel and Liskin respective
ly. New England's popular tenor,
John Warner, pleased everyone
with his presentation of Leon
cavello's "Vest La Giubba" and
the quieting calm Of "Where My
Caravan Has Rested" by Lohr.
II was left to Alonzo "Lonnie"
Fields, the former White House
Troubador, to serenade the moth
ers, which he did with loving
tenderness as he sang, Mother
O Mine" and Mighty Like A
Rose" from the pen of Lisken
and Tours respectively. The
piano presentations of Mrs. Coral
Yancey Alexander were fully as
brilliant as anticipated and the
huge gathering was loud in well
coming back Mrs. Alexander to
the concert halls. Everything
seemed to go off with perfection.
The 76 year old Mother Ger
trude Goosby and the 1852 Massa-
chusetts Mother, Mrs. Madeline
Dugger Garnett, both scored as
readers, with reception seldom
matched in recent years. Mrs.
Goosby was particularly anus
ing in her encore about the
monkey and Mrs. Garnett pleased
everyone with selections from
Paul Lawrence Dunbar. All of
the artists drew ovations and en-
cores last week from a fine audi
ence which included white wom-
en- from Greater Boston home
for the blind who said they never
had such a good time before and
wish they could come again and
again. This was the general
opinion of most visitors, colored
and white who fingered long
over the tea cups, as we predicted
they would. This was a COM
munity program with silver pro-
vided from some of the very old
families and the cakes and sand
wiches all. special delights from
wonderful workers like Mrs
Lovelace, and many other people
you know. The cheerful friendly
Mistress of Ceremonies was Mrs
Vivien Fisher. The Pourers were
Mrs. Arthur Jewell, Mrs. Alice
Colson, Mrs. Ethel Wray and Mrs.
Dorothy Kountze, Guild presi-
dent. A surprise feature of the
program was the awarding of
a gift box of candy to the old
est mother present. Many of
the mothers modestly admitted
their 70s. But Mrs. Mary Smith,
wife of the recently baptized
William Smith, won the prize.
She is 80 years old and her hus-
band is 81. You would never
know it by their remarkable
spirit. 1t looks like the Mothers
Day Concert and Tea has become
fixture here.
Esther Furr, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Leon Furr and Carolyn
Jasper, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Jasper, former Medford-
ties, both rendered commend
able performances at the recent
Festival sponsored by the Mass.
State Federation Of Music clubs.
Both are students Of the Addelle