The guardian., 1953-02-14
SOCIAL CALENDAR
oRATIoN ON oUR AFRIcAN
BY ALMIRA PARK

GRAFTON ON OUR AFRICAN
HERITAGE TI1RII Z 6 AUDI
ENCE-The most excellent his
tory week program offered by
the Artistic Club at st. Mark
Church last Sunday afternoon,
though the day was unusually
inllement, drew a good sized
audience that was deeply thrilled
by the renditions of three guest
performers - the speaker, the
vocal soloist and the pianist, Mr..
Darlington, who offered a dis
sertation on sour Artisan Herit-
age and its Relation to Race His
tory" Mrs. Ruby Stevenson
Jones, who revealed a most high
" trained and beautiful soprano
voice. and Miss Alice Thomas
whose piano selections bespoke
for her a most brilliant musical
future. Seated in the audience
were seen well wishers, mem
bers and friends of the 27-year-
old club, some Of whom were:
the Rev. S. L. Laviscount, who
ocered the invocation; Mesdames
Darlington, mother of the Guest
Speaker; Maude Trotter Steward
Of the Guardian; Ethel Freeman
of the Afro-American; Lottie
Roper, Louise Mitchell, Mary
Frazier, Ella France Jones, Flor
ence Heggie Taylor, Grace jack
son Adelaide Buzzelle, George
Martin. Minnie Gumes, Alfred
Clarke, Marion Shepard, Muriel
Turk, Toni Bullock, F. H. Yanley,
Rowena Taylor, Josephine Allen
Howard and Theodore Roberts.
The Misses Edith Foster, Helen
Dane, Jennie Booker, Geraldine
Barker, Gertrude Smith, Florence
Lewis, Doris jackson, Josephine
Williams, Gladys Gray and
Claudia Williams, and the Messrs
John H. Allen, John Roberts,
James Foster, and Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Teixiera, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fitz Springer.
Mrs. Matte Vincent of Ather-
ton Place, Roxbury, was hostess
Sunday afternoon to a dozen of
her intimate friends, the dinner
served at the well appointed
Rowland Manor on Rowland
ST., Roxbury. Anyone who has
had the good fortune of being a
dinner guest of Matte will know
lust how excellent the menu and
all the arrangements were. Shar-
ing her hospitality were the fol-
lowing guests; Mesdames Sophie
Ross Williams, Mabel Worthy,
Evie King, Ella O'Banyoun,
Corinne Davis, Elizabeth Mccoy,
Lulu Tarby, Wade McCree, Tom
Pierce, Elizabeth Mccoy, Mrs.
Hines and Miss Julia Smith. :.
The Drew Kings, Jr., are reioic-
ing over the addition of their
third child, daughter, Coral
Louise. In the family now there
are a boy and another daughter,
Then son Abram has boy, his |
first, Abram, Jr., and recently |
christened at the First Church Of |
Roxbury to which Mrs. King and /
family have belonged for many |
years. Mrs. King says she just |
happened to visit the church one
Sunday when she lived in the
vicinity and was received so cor
daily and invited so sincerely to
Join that. she decided to make the
church her church home. That's
the way it is-our friends from
the South who come 'Up North"
to live are more inclined to mix
than some of us natives. 1t
was so splendid that friends of
the late Mary cambridge were
able to attend her funeral at the
Norris Davis Chapel the other
week. To name a few, that were
present on that occasion: Misses
Marie and Grace Turner, Julia
Smith, Mesdames Isabel Brooks,
Martha Kenswil, Clara Gross,
Addie Campbell, Florence Terry
Lewis, William Dabney, Messrs,
Everett Yates, Fred Hemmings,
DR.. Alfred Russell and the
Guardian editors (in spirit
From New York to support the
loyal daughter, Ethelind, came
retired Boston school teacher
Nellie Smith, Lucille Langstor
and one or two more. Mrs. Dan
bridge, an old Westender was 6
strong force in the Boston COM
munity when she was a part of il
and never quite lost touch with
her former home. DR.. Ernest
Martin, a former resident here
was the guest recently of the
Otis Galloways of Crawford St.
when he renewed old friendships
Ernie" as all his friends cal
him, looks the same and left his
BEST" for all those he did moi
have time to see. The Aristc
Club held its second meeting Of
the year at the home of Mrs
Muriel Turk in Cambridge with
a full complement of members
present, Mesdames Muriel Turk
Hostess, Marion Shepard, Ton