The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-05-01
BIRMINGHAM

Friends and well-WiShers of
the Pro-To Community Club
visited the Tea Room of the
Civic League on Sunday during
the hours of 800 and TOO
p. m. O'Clock to sip tea and cof-
fee, and to exchange pleasan-
tries.
The room selected for the
Clubs first Tea was hung with
colorful printed Grapes which
blended well with the green
grass rug, and the yellow jon
quils and forsythia decorating
the broad window stills. The lace
cloth-coVered table was laden
with dainty sandwiches pretty
cookies and cakes, tri-color
minis and assorted nuts. A sill
yer tea and coffee service graced
each end of the table and in
the center the club colors were
beautifully displayed in an
elongated floral piece consist
ing of pink tulips, hyacinths,
rosebuds and Snapdragons, in
terspersed with blue hyacinths.
The pink 81 blue colors were re-
peated in the candles placed in
the two silver candelabrums.
PourerS were Miss Esther Gle
ments, MesdameS Ella Scott,
Florence Jackson, Glendora
Butner and Dorothy Tucker.
The Pro-To's were most fort
innate in having as their guest
soloist Mr.. Lewis T. Williams,
baritone, of Boston. Guests sat
enraptured as Mr.. william rem
dered 4 selections accompanied
at the piano by Mr.. Irving
Hunter. Loud was the applause
and many were the favorable
comments that followed. Also
at the piano during the after
noon were Mrs. Helen Clements
and Mr.. John Hart, Jr., o.
birmingham.
Names appearing in the Guest
Book were: Mrs. Anna Walker
of Marlboro; Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Jones, Mrs. Ada Fontes and
Miss Lorraine Nelson of Natick;
Mesdames, Bette caldwell, Miss
Eunice Cheatham, MeSsrS.
Franklin Munroe, Jr., Charles
Cooke, Robert Battle and Mr..
Sewell of Boston; Mrs. Yolande
Chambers of South Sudbury;
and from birmingham Mes
danes Harriet Dingle, Gertrude
MgginS, Frances Bernard, Jen-
ME Tynes, Emma Eady, Pris-
ella Saunders, Helene Tynes,
Harriet AsSencoa, Misses Mary
Alice Clements, Patricia and
Caroline West, Barbara Jack
son, William Saunders, Murray
Ger Tucker, Jr., Clarence Jack
son, MessrS Grover Tucker, Will
bur Eady, Thomas Cobb, Man
Scott, Vivien williams, Masters
Allen Tynes, Charles Munroe,
Roger and Theodore Edwards.
Seen also were many of or
little FOLK.
Mrs. Gladys Guion as Chair
man, and on behalf of the Club,
wishes to thank the Lewis
Furniture Company and Mr..
Henry Boyle Jr., for the furn-
ishings donated by them thus
making it possible to set a
Spring atmosphere.
A musical treat is in store
for all those who attend the
Spring Concert to be rendered
by the birmingham Choral
Society at Nevins Hall on Sun
day evening, May 2. The pro-
gram will consist of the fol-
lowing: Magniflcat MiSSa
Brevis Sacred Service. Mr..
Henry Wornley of Natick who
for several years was elected
Leader for the Tenor Section,
is now the Society's Treasurer.
Mrs. Ruth Bernard recently be-
came a member of the Soprano
Section. Mrs. Emily Nichols
spent the weekend in Franz
ingham as the guest of Mrs
Jennie TyneS. Mrs, Nichols hav-
ing been a former resident had
an opportunity 70 renew many
acquaintances at the Pro-To
Club Tea. She now resides in
Boston. Master Gilbert Ber-
nard returned to school Mon
cay morning after spending
his Easter vacation in Mt.
Claire, N. j., with his Aunt,
Mrs. Julia Tucker Hall. Miss
Mary Jane Munroe also return
ed to school after spending the
week i'm Boston.