Funeral Rites for Mrs Veral Black Wallace Held in Middletown
Funeral services for Mrs Veral Black Wallace of Hartford were held on Saturday May 25 at the Doolittle Funeral Chapel. Rev D S Craig of Hopewell Baptist Church conducted the service. interment followed at Indian Hill Cemetery Middletown. Survived by husband Sidney Wallace four sisters three brothers and many friends. The community sends condolences to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Garvin
Veral Black Wallace
Doolittle
Wallace
Hartford
D. S. Craig
Hopewell Baptist Church
Sidney Wallace
Ruth Beck
Luella
Ruby
Mildred Black
James, Harris
Charles Black
Religious and social notes from Worcester churches and groups
Sunday events at St Matthews Tabernacle and John St Baptist Church feature Rev William M Gibson sermon and music led by Mrs Laura Leak plus readings by Mrs Mattie Matthews. Cheerio Club plans an annual trip to Revere Beach. Anna E Latham Missionary Circle met at Eva Poteat home. Community members ill or recovering include Mrs Hattie Mero and Mrs Lulu Baskerville. AME Zion Men’s Club Indies night hosted Rev and Mrs Wort and guests from New Jersey with readings and piano. Housewarming for Franklin White and Shirley Higginbotham on Liberty Street with many attendees. Mt Olive Church held Rally Day with Bishop Chanan and visiting seniors. John St Baptist choir performed. Revival services announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John St. Baptist Church
Laura Leak
Mattie Matthews
William M., Gibson
William Kyter
Boston
Cheerio Club
Harriet Clark
Clayton Street
Revere Beach
Anna E. Latham
Eva Poteat
Mason Street
Mary Hampton
Prospect Street
Hattie Mero
Worcester City Hospital
Kendrick Avenue
Lulu Baskerville
Liberty St
AME Zion ‘Church
Franklin White
Shirley Higginbotham
Virginia
Melissa Harvey
Catherine Wright
Herman Crossland
Wesley Harper
Ells Wilson
Annie Grant
Everett Hampton
John ‘St. Baptist Church
Susan Murray
New Jersey
New Hope Baptist Church Weekly Prayer Service Notes
Boston clergy joined New Hope Baptist Church during the week of prayer. Pastor preached on Testing Our God and Amos, and children sermon on New Things. Four joined. nine baptized after morning service. 21 received Right Hand of Fellowship at 3 pm. Sunday School enrolls 108. BYPU at 6:15 pm. Offerings totaled 150.77 with a 40 building fund donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope Baptist Church
Clifford L. Miller
Boston
Amos
Richard
St. John
S. B. Brown
Frances Nicholson
Thelma Coats
Memorial Day Sermon and Community News in Medford
Medford notices note Rev John F Bailey preached Memorial Day. Fund from Ladies Aid concert turned over to Renovating Committee. Barnett anniversary guests listed. many names. Updates on residents including Martha Booker in Sanitorium and Marguerite Pinkston home bound. Mystic Baptist School Union to plan banquet and picnic to Salem Willows in July. Miss Alys Banks passed College Board exams. unique honor as only colored applicant. Marjorie Erlene Williams to marry Roland E Latham of Winchester. Jimmie Sherwood to be released from Navy and study at Isk University. Sgt Armon Furey to be released later. he is in Hawaii. Bible Class Community Center party held. large attendance. Submissions to NEWS welcome at 96 Harvard Avenue or Ti Jerome Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Bailey
Ladies Aid
Lillian Greene
Ethel Chisholm
Natalie Jackson
Alice Banks
Alys
John White
Virginia
M. Barnett
John Stuckey
B. Carter
V. Lynch
J. Young
Martha Booker
New England
Stoneham
Charles Booker
Marguerite Pinkston
Mystic Baptist Church School Union
Salem ‘Willows
Alys Banks
Medford High
College Board
J. Lawrence Williams
Jerome Street
Marjorie Erlene
Roland E. Latham
Winchester
Jimmie” Sherwood
Navy
Isk University
Armon Furey
Hawaii
Dolfin
Harvard Avenue
Meaning of Life topic at Newton Myrtle Baptist Church
Rev. L. E. Ford delivered the Sunday morning message on The Meaning of Life after Sunday School. Plans were completed for Children's Day exercises and a guest, Miss Lucille Deans of Boston, visited Miss Mary Ellen Turner. Mr Pinkey MecClary died May 21 after a heart attack. George W. Merritt of Newton Highlands received an Air Commendation Ribbon for service in the U S Army Air Corps with praise from Lt Gen N F Twining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Baptist Church
L. E. Ford
W. L. Cooper
Ford
Lucille Deans
Boston
Mary Ellen Turner
Pinkey MecClary
George W. Merritt
Winchester St
Newton Highlands
South Postal Station
U. S. Army
Air Corps
N. F. Twining
Adjutant General’s Office
Woburn Couple Wed in Quiet Garden Ceremony
Caroline Pettie of Woburn married Douglas Johnson of Everett in a ceremony attended by family from Woburn Malden Everett Boston Lowell New York and California. The bride wore pink with matching hat and was given in marriage by her father. Rev Branch of St John’s Church officiated. The couple honeymooned two weeks in Canada and will reside in Everett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Maldes
Everett
Boston
Lowell
New York
California
Garland Dodson
Malden Church Hosts Rally and Brotherhood Talks
In Malden Massachusetts a Sunday morning sermon and a Sunday afternoon Spring Rally featured Rev Robert Johnson Smith as speaker and Ralph Hensey of the 92nd Division as Brotherhood meeting speaker. Sheep Jackson one time athlete and sports writer will address the Brotherhood gathering. Deacon Guthrie Hodges chaired the Clean up Committee meeting at the Parish House with refreshments from church ladies. Deacon George Johnson is ill at his Roxbury home. Sallie Stokes named 1946 Church School Mother for attendance. Walter Carrington praised for Gettysburg Address at Memorial Day exercises. Parish House hosts birthday party and a baked bean supper for young married couples on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Sheep” Jackson
Guthrie Hodges
George Johnson
Harold Street
Roxbury
Sallie Stokes
Walter Carrington
Everett Senior High School
Pleasant Street Baptist Church honors and graduations noted
Westerly Rhode Island services led by Rev FE L Green at Pleasant Street Baptist Church included a May 19 church membership acceptance for Mrs Frank Sebastian. A June 2 praise service by deacons and choir was announced. Andover Newton Theological School commencements run Sunday to Tuesday with a Baccalaureate by President Herrick Alumni Day and Commencement Day. Rev Emmett Leroy Green, pastor, graduates, gifted by Junior Choir. Mr and Mrs Paul Smith returned from a Florida vacation via Washington Philadelphia and Hampton, guests of Clarence Smith. Fortnightly Society met at Orchard House. two new members welcomed Reginald Eleazer and William Sills. Officers elected for six months: vice president Belle Nicholas, assistant secretary Evelyn Rock, assistant treasurer Leila Sebastian, Treasurer Good Time Fund Bertha Cisco, assistant treasurer Sarah Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Street Baptist Church
FE. L. Green
Frank ‘Sebastian
Andover Newton Theological School
Everett C. Herrick
D. D
Clarence Smith
Fortnidtly
Minnie Carter
Gertrude ‘Owens
Good Time Fund
Bertha Cisco
G. T. Fund
Sarah Allen
AristO Calls In Critics On The Little Foxes
The Aristo Club invited critics to view a Boston YWCA rehearsal directed by Miss Winifred Seymour. Cast members from Bloomer Girl and Harvard and YWCA drama director Lowie Mudgett provided comments ahead of the New England Mutual Hall performance on Tuesday evening June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Little Foxes
Aristo Club
Boston Ywca
Winifred Seymour
Richard Huey
Hubert Dilworth
David Ware
Shubert Theatre
Nathaniel Balfour
Harvard
Lowie Mudgett
YWCA
New England Mutual Hall
Huey
Louie Mudgett
Cambridge Vet Basketball and Local Business Boom
Cambridge leader Leroy H. Johnson praises young veterans expanding into business in the university city. He urges older residents to support these vets, citing local shops and services like Wilson and Miller coal and wood, Spooner brothers transportation, Woods Studio, Edwards Variety Store, Lane burial services, and a Cambridge basketball program led by Clyde Dottin with players including Patty Thorne and Oliver Greenidge, coached by Duncan Dottin, while advocating Rawlings’s captaincy potential at Rindge Tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy H. Johnson
University City
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Miller
Spooner Boys
Bertie
Dighton
Louie
Woods Studio
Edwards Variety
Lane
New England
Cambridge
Carver AC
Clyde Dottin
Patty Thorne
Oliver Greenidge
Marcus Haynes
Calvin Dottin
Jimmy Spencer
Duncan Dottin
Rawlings
Say It With Verse WHAT PRICE WAR
Edna L. Harrison laments the toll of war on youth and honors Cambridge High and Latin School star John Paredes as a versatile, popular student athlete and gentleman amid reports of his one-man show status and broad talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paredes
Cambridge High and
Latin School
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Rackliffs
Jimmie Wright
United Aircraft Girls
Bethel Ame Church
Wilfred L. Griffith
NAACP
Middle Street
George Gordon
Springfield
Franklin R. McDew
New Britain, Conn
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Ely Carter Brooks
Ruth Belle Dade
John S. Barreau
C. Dudley Onley
J. Tunstal Parham
Trinity Church
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Edwards
Jones
X. Thomas
Louise Barton
Cedar Street
Bahlam and
H. Salkowski
New Britain
E. Jones
F. Patterson
Worcester
Medford, Mass
Newton
Malden, Mass
Emmanuel Church
James L. Jackson
Robert Johnson ‘Smith
Alberta C. Valentine
Ralph Hensey
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Edna L. Harrison
Charles Allen
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Jim Steel
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