The guardian., 1953-02-07
SOCIAL CALENDAR
By ALMIRA PARK

THE BISHOPS IAF--blShop
William J. Walls of the Second
District Of the AME Zion Church,
beloved friend of The Guardian,
sends the editor a card. He ar
rived in San Francisco, California,
from India Saturday, Jan. 81,
wearing a natty Grey Cap. The
Bishop explained that he was
forced to wear the unusual garb
because his clerical black hat was
stolen from his hotel room in
Bombay. He then bought
Hindu hat and this also was miss
ing from his room in HongKong.
The Bishop then had to buy the
first headgear he could fnd--a
grey cap. (Next week we will
show the Bishop in his cap and
publish a full account of his trip
ir many countries
aIter having enjoyed great
success on the Eastern seaboard
as a concert artist, Mr. Hermann
Can't, bass-baritone, left Boston
Friday of this week for Atlanta
via Eastern Air Lines to make, his
formal hometown recital Sum
day. Feb. 8, in the main audi
torium of Wheat Street Baptist
Church, sponsored by Atlanta
University. Mr.. Can't who
emerges twice winner of the dis
tineuished Marian Anderson
Scholarship (1951-'52) and vari-
Gus other awards, will sail for
Europe on the S. S. Liberte, April
10. He will be accompanied by
Mr. Allan Sly who shared Mr..
Gantt's highly successful Boston
debut in Jordan Hall last October.
To Atlanta will come several sis
ters from the West to share IN
Mr.. Gantt's reunion with his
family. His Boston friends say
Bon Voyage to him and a sue
cessful European sojourn. ;.
Mrs. Beatrice HALEY, president,
was hostess to the Resthaven
League Tuesday evening, Jan.
q at her cozy home, l6l West
Springfield st. Plans were made
for the Spring activities. The
annual Appreciation Day exer-
cises will be held on April l9,
with A. Philip Randolph as the
guest speaker. 7 h meeting
ended with a social hour in the
dining room where members ex-
changed pleasantries while en-
loving a delicious collation. served |
by the hostess.
Mrs. Harriet c. Efall, that most |
civic-minded first lady of the |
community, head of the famous
Women's Service Club, worthy |
successor of its splendid founder,
the late Mrs. Butler r. Wilson,
enjoyed q pleasant two days visit
in New York, going over to the
'Big City" to join with other
relatives and friends in the Me-
tropolis and environs to bid "bon
to her sister, Mrs. Flea
nora (Nonie) DAILY of Chicago
who left on Friday of last week
to Join her husband and be with
him during his several weeks or
when he will lecture in
the Medical schools of the follow
ing Far East places: Bombay,
Columbo, Delhi, Lahore, Israel,
etc. DR.. u. S. Daley, eminent
Chicago physician, who made the
trip over seas by plane, is on
his second mission but this is /
Mrs. Days first journey Eastward |
with him. At the home of DR.. |
Fleming Norris of Paterson, N. j.,
the relatives had a reunion din-
ner. The ship Liberte on which
Mrs. DAILY made the overseas trip
is the last word in luxurious ap-
pointments. D.. Mrs. Mary Oxley
Williams, former Bostonian, now
a resident in Los Angeles, Calf,
is the house guest of her old
friend, Mrs. Mary E. Moore, 36
Warwick st. She is spending
some time also with Mrs. Ger
trude Brown and Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward T. Diggs of Roxbury.
The brother of Mrs. Williams is a
patient at City Hospital. Miss
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