The guardian., 1956-08-18
MEDEORD

/ lips represented Shiloh Bap-
tist Church among nearly 400
American Baptist pastors. lay-
men and women attending
the 1856 Ministers and Evan
gelism Conference of the Am
erican Baptist Assembly at
Great Lakes, Wisconsin, which
ended last Saturday. Seven
seminars demonstrated how
clergy can improve their pas
toral work, preaching and ev-.
angelistic endeavors. The Con-
ference was deemed an en-
thusiastic success.
Meanwhile, the communi-
tvs first commissioned Ame-
rican Baptist Missionary wor-
ker, Miss Veronica Lanier, ar
rived home for a months
summer vacation before re-
turning to her current mis-
sion assignment at the Den
yer Christian Center, Denver.
Colorado. Miss Lanier recent
ly attended the Missionary
conference at Seattle, Wash
ington. While home she has
many interesting mission pic
lures to show friends.
The Cambridge Community
Center in acquiring Mr.. Keith
Rawlins next week is gaining
one of the best directors ever
to serve at the w. Medford
Center. Mr.. Rawlins was well
liked here and his administra-
ton featured advancements
in Center activity and inte-
grafton among the SIT mem
ber organization. The chill
dren membership is said to
be about $3.50 racially as is
the present Board. During the
administration of Mr.. RaWl-
inS there was also Center ex-
panSion with a basement ar
ca, and even talk of a new
Center location, providing
much more needed room. Mr..
Rawlins, appointed in 1851,
was the third Center director
and the first man director.
The first paid Center director
under the Red Feather was
Mrs. Dura Jenious, appointed
in 1947 and she proved hard
worker. She was succeeded in
1949 by equally popular Mrs
Esther Browning, Prior to the
paid worker appointments ma
ny other workers served free,
including Walter ISaacs, Clee-
dy Rhone, Charles Booker
One of the names mentioned
as Mr.. RaWlinS successor is a
Medfordite, Charles Hender-
son, now serving in social cen
ter work in indianapolis after
serving formerly in Jersey.
Miss Priscilla Ann Lambert
was Joined in marriage to
Sgt, Booker t. Simmons at
Shiloh Baptist Church, Aug.
18th, with the Rev. Henry
Brooks of st. Johns Baptist,
Woburn, and former assistant
to our Pastor, officiating at
the beautiful wedding in
which the bride was given
away be her brother, Sgt.
Charles Lambert of the Air
force and one of Medford's
first Korean combat veterans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur States
are proud parents of baby
daughter, Lauren Carol. And
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot Jackson
and baby son, Elliot Jr., we're
recent visitors here. The mo-
ther is the former Henryce
Houston Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
ant of New York have been
visitors. Mrs. Bryant is the
former Adelaide Williams. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Townsend
and family departed for sun
ny California last Sunday.
They expect to make their
home on the West Coast and
many an Fastener will envy
them. Mrs. Townsend is a
member of one of the COM
munity's early families. Her
father was the late Wesley
Robinson, a former Church
superintendent and Senior
Deacon Of Shiloh Baptist
Church. Mrs. Townsend has
also been active in both the
Church and Center. However,
as a Shiloh worker she was
preceded to the West Coast
by some of the early found
ers of Shiloh, the Snowdens
and the Stewards. Not many
years ago I received a letter
from Mrs. Alice Steward, she
was the first Shiloh clerk. The
stewards and Snowdens have
now lived in California for
almost forty years. Among 9TH
er former Medfordites in Cal
ifornia are Mr.. and Mrs. An
derson. Mrs. Anderson is the
former Barbara Dugger.
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