The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-10-09

profession, That she came
. from a family OF fighters, hei
father, the second colored
man appointed TO I'LL the Of
flee Of Recorder Of Deeds, In
. Washington, D. C. succeeding
Hon. Frederick Douglass, frSt
to hold the position when the
colored man was barely out
of slavery. He said this father
and his wife trained then
children in the task to which
their lives we're dedicated,
sending Editor Steward tc
wellesley College, and today
she stands the Dean OF
Journalists to the Afro-Ameri-
can Press" He said that ''ht
{ had served as a writer on the
Guardian with both editors
gaining much needed expert
ence."
Mrs. Harriet Hall, former
National Republican Commit
tee Woman, and president of
the Women's Service Club,
chairman of Outdoor Adver-
Using Authority, also
spoke feelinglE OF Mrs.
Steward, saying she came to
to honor this friend of many
years, Maude Trotter Ste
ward Miss Mary K. Fitz-
gerald, former member of
the Boston School Committee,
and a candidate for the Mas
sachusetts State Senate, who
has often fought against all
forms of segregation in Boston,
also lauded Mrs. Steward.
Prof. Ernest O'Banyoun,
music critic on the Boston
Guardian, played magnif1ciently
request piano solo, Durant's
Waltz In E-Flat", which he
recalled was Mrs. Stewards
favorite.
Beautiful Mrs, Ellen Kay
Craft Diamond, of New York
City. Bates College grad, niece
Of Mrs. Steward, daughter of
the latter's beloved deceased
sister, Bessie Trotter. Craft
said she"was deeply moved
by all the fine things said
ABOUT aunt Maude here to-
day, and that she was glad
she could be here to represent
the family, which is now scat
tered from New York to Cali
fornia, 1 feel that uncle Mon
roe Trotter is here with us
today to see aunt Maude hon
ored by Boston, l am proud
OF aunt Maude's courage. she
has never walked from the
straight path in fighting
against segregation and dis
elimination. That she has
courage and the will power
to carry on despite her years,
was recently shown when she
acidently slipped and fell all
the way down rs subway
steps; she said that while fall
ing she saw death, but then
at the bottom OF the steps.
when life had not gone, She
made up her mind not to
give up, went on to the prin-
tiers to make up her paper and
after four hours there when
she finally saw the Guardian
going to Press, she tainted and
was taken to the hospital.
That took courage, said the
niece though badly injured
she would not give up until
she had accomplished what
she set out to do"
Mr.. Harold Faulkner. in be-
half Of the Bunker Hill Lodge
OF Elks of Boston, next COM
plimented Mrs. Steward. and
presented her with a gift of
money from his lodge. Mr.
James Henderson, poet, read
a poem which he had writ
ten in memory Of Monroe
Trotter, at the time OF latter's
death in 1884.
Mrs. Gretchen Flippin Jack
son, whose radio program
may be heard over station
W. B. M. S. daily from las
Pto 2:S0 PM. as spokeswoman
for the distafT side of the
Press, and a columnist on the
Pittsburgh Courier, lauded
Mrs Steward, saying that for
the Is years she had been in
Boston, coming there as a
bride, she had watched Editor
Steward give out first hand
scoops in her paper, and so
she Gretchen, felt honored To
speak here today, TO the wo-
man who had not only written
about Boston, but had also in
cluded other communities
working not only because of
the memory OF her brother.
but because Of her love for
her race; she has helped the
helpless, and lauded the great
OF our race. I hope she has
a happy birthday today, and
lives to be a hundred years
old" Mrs. Marguerite Toy
Bailey we'll known club wo-
man gave reading, the
"Shephard's Trial" Then the
Rev. Roger Williams, of the