Community News Roundup From Worcester and Nearby
Old friends reunite in Worcester as Joseph Wright recalls 53 years past with R L Hutchins and A B Bailey. Local church groups at John St Baptist Church report expansions and fund drives, plus a large benefaction from a Purple Club fried chicken dinner. Hospital news includes Rev Felix Joseph’s accident and parish events lead to sermons and tea in the vestry. Cheerio Club hosts a June 12 gathering at Florence McKenzie’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wright
Newport St
Wilmington
R. L. Hutchins
Brooklyn
M. Wright
Hutchins
New England Baptist Missionary Convention
Baltimore
Hannah Belle Jarrett
Shrewsbury
City Hospital
Carl Bates
Arch Street
Hahnemann Hospital
Clayton Radio and Records Company
Clayton St
Walter Scott
Milton Price
John St. Baptist Church
Gold Club
John Cooper
Purple Club
Luther Ward
Cooper
Mason St
Laura Leak
Raymond Heier
Chaplain Blake
United States Army
Roger Cleveland
First Congregational Church
Grafton
Mass
Garrett Bylsma
Worcester
Felix Joseph
Mt. Olive Church
Prospect St
Joseph
Boston
Framingham Hospital
John, Goldsberry
William M. Gibson
H. A. Rogers
Springfield
Young Wives Progressive Club forms in Westerly
Ten young married women in Westerly organize the Young Wives Progressive Club with Mrs Frederick Bell as president and a slate of officers. Meetings will be weekly with knitting sewing and bridge. First public event was a June 8 whist tournament at Caledonian Hall with prizes to Earl Whitford, Lawrence Wilson Jr., and Samuel Helme. a June 14 dinner followed at Orchard House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Wives’ Progressive Club
Frederick Bell
Benjamin Helme
Downing Simmons
Paul Smith
Wilson Horner
Harry Jones
Harry Brown
Edward Glascoe
Edward Simmons
Edward Barrell
Caledonian Hall
Earl Whitford
William Sills
Lawrence Wilson, Jr
Samuel Helme
Orchard House
Ralph Simmons
Boston Conservatory
St Bartholomew's Church School
Curch
Cambridge
Mass
Simmons
O Divine Redeemer
Gounod
Westerly Hospital
Enbert Eleazer
E. L. Gregn
Danville
Virginia
Steelton
Pleasant Street Baptist Church
R. H. Chrystie
Grace Methodist Church
Joseph Herald
G. E. Tobin
C. E. Bittner
Basil Hall
Broad Street Christian Church
Henry Allen
Jocilla Middleton
Brooklyn
Willa L. Hill
Chicago
Lee Hughes
Stephen Manson
New London
Maud Mayhew
Providence
Clarence Fells
Norwich
Horace Cisco
Robert Jordan
Groton
Lawrence Wilson
Mystic
Frank" Sebastian
Westerly
James Thomas
Minnie Carter
Louis Rock
Evelyn Rock
Frank Sebastian
Belle Nicholas
Julia Sebastian
Ralph Royster
Charles Green
Gertrude Owens
Samuel Alle
Eliza Champlin
Eleanor Evans
Thomas Dortch
Open House at Cambridge Community Center Exhibits
The Cambridge Community Center hosts an Open House Friday from 2 to 9 pm in its work rooms at 265 Western Avenue. Members will display sten cilled and black printed skirts table linens leather work weaving pottery and scrap wood articles. Building Fund solicitors plan a Spring Dance and Welcome Home Party for Cambridge veterans at New England Mutual Hall with 106 ex servicemen and guests invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Community Center
Western Avenue
Cambridge
New England Mutual Hall
Mortimer M. Jackson
Luwangh Holmes
Gordon Bailey
Orchard House Reopens At New Route U No. 1 Location
The Orchard House, run by Mrs. Gertrude Owens and Mrs. Minnie Carter, reopened May 27 at a new site between Westerly and Stonington on Route U. S. No. 1. The facility offers fourteen bedrooms, en suite options, sun porch, living rooms, a kitchen, and baths with hot and cold water. Grounds provide seating for lounging and games such as badminton, archery, croquet, bicycling, ping pong, and bathing, with pastel decor and radio-equipped rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard House
Gertrude Owens
Minnie Carter
Westerly
Stonington
Orchard House dining room offers homey comfort and meals
The dining room centers on a large stone fireplace facing the entrance with yellow scenic wallpaper and ivy décor. Yellow drapes adorn windows, a snack bar and large kitchen sit to the right. Mrs Carter says dining room service for transients begins June 23, large parties by reservation. Dinners Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 3 p.m. Write Mrs Gertrude Owens, Stonington Road, Westerly, for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Orchard House
Gertrude Owens
Stonington Road
Westerly
Winchester Wedding of Barbara Barksdale and Sylvester Thompson
The wedding of Miss Barbara Barksdale and Pvt. Sylvester Thompson of Chicago drew a large social turnout. Barbara wore white satin and carried a white Bible while Elwood West served as best man and Fort Devens troops were ushers. The ceremony, led by Rev. Clifford L. Miller, featured the double ring and a reception at Columbus Hall with a buffet, music by an orchestra, and gifts piling up for the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Barksdale
Sylvester Thompson
Chicago
Elwood West
Fort Devens
Sylvia
Mr. Yancey
Miss Banks
Clifford L. Miller
Columbus Hall
New Jersey
New York City
Barbara
Plymouth Bethel Ame Church News Highlights
Church notices list weekly services and a Friday prayer meeting. Personal items mention visits to Camp Manuel, relatives visiting from Roxbury and Richmond Virginia, and a Boston-based doctor visiting Plymouth. The month’s meetings cover summer programs, scouting awards, and a Worthy Youth Club project. A civil service exam notice provides August dates, pay, and filing deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethelame Church
James E. Crichlow
Camp Manuel
Islands
Herman Gray
Main Street
Jordan Hospital
LeBaron Gray
Roxbury
Boston
William A. Gray
Davis St
Mary Andrews
Plymouth High School
Alice R. Fernandes
Irene M.fernandes
Mary R. Lamos
Theodore Walley
Mary Lamos
Plymouth
Pompeo
Memorial Hall
Helen Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
High Street
Haydn
Brooks Johnson
J. Thompson
Arthur Walley
Amaryllis
Henry Ghys
C. H. Hayes
Kingston Inn
Worthy
Twin Oaks
Duxbury
Massachusetts Civil Service
Public Works
Department of Public Works
State Service
Division of
Cvil Service
State House
Mass
Mass State Union Meets In Brockton
Massachusetts State Union of Women's Clubs officers and members held their quarterly meeting in Brockton with the Women's Efficiency Club hosting in Ruth Hall. The meet featured Officer Nan Trapp as president and plans for New England Federation's fiftieth anniversary in Boston July 17 to 19 plus a banquet at Ebenezer Baptist Church. A buffet supper followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Massachusetts State Union of Women's Clubs
Women’s Efficiency Club of
Ruth Hall
School Street
Nan Trapp
Gertrude W. Chandler
Ethel Lane
Latura Bennett
Massachusetts State Union
New England Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston
Ebenezer Baptist
Boston Teachers College awards degrees at June commencement
Well known Boston public schools teacher Miss Mildred O Bunch of 120 Harri list receives Bachelor of Science in Education. Fr iday June 7, graduation exercises honor Master of Education goes to Mrs Warner of Allston, a noted educator in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mvoris A, Warner of
Allston
Boston Public Schools
Boston Teachers College
Mildred
Bunch
Young Boston Artist Jimmy Wilson Starts Early Career
James Wilson aged thirteen, son of artist John Wilson, wins a Fine Arts High School scholarship for 1946 47 at the Museum of Fine Arts. He previously earned a Patriot's Day drawing prize at Roxbury Boys Club, has shown at Timoth Smith's Department Store, and earned honor roll with Merit certificate at James P. Timilty Intermediate School. He plans to attend the High School of Commerce in Roxbury in the autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lad
John Wilson
Boston
James Wilson
Fine Arts
Museum of ‘Fine Arts
Jimmy
Old North Church
Roxbury Boys Club
Timoth Smith's
Negro wife arrives with husband in Naples theater
Mrs. Harry C. Tartt of Chicago lands in Naples aboard the USS Vulcania on May 21, becoming the first Negro dependent to reach the Mediterranean theater from the United States. She reunites with 1st Lt. Harry Tartt of the 110th QM Bn in Leghorn after over three years apart, spotting him from the ship and rushing into his arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leghorn
Italy
United States
Harry C. Tartt
Chicago
Ill
Vulcania
Naples
Mediterranean
United Stats
Harry ©. Tartt
110Th QM Bn
Also Mentioned on This Page
New England
Westerly, R. J.newport, R. 1
Shiloh Baptist Church
William B. Shealey
Thomas eJnkins
National Baptist Sunday School Union
Theodore Peoples
Mt. Olivet
Howard Brooks
Union Congregational
Crusader’s Club
C. B. Barrow
Mt. Zion Ame
Victoria Barton
Ruth No. 501
Sadie Brown
Marie P. Williams
Arabella Missionary Society
The
Missionary Society
Ethel Ames
Pauline Barrow
Oreitha K. Charles
Margaret Ia. Green
St. Luke Order of
Hartford
Sophie Burney
Bath Road
Mesdames Bessie Jackson
Amelia Mankin
Bessie Yates
Julia Robinson
Parthenia Green
Elizabeth Thomas
Spartan Club
Mount Zion Church
Thomas A. Shurley
Levin St
Rose Edwards
Mary Green
Ella Ross
Elizabeth Adler
Charles Bell
William St
Mount Olivet
West Broadway
USO
Messrs
William P. Harrison
John Lopes
James Banks
Arline Allston
Trent
Winchester
New Hope Baptist Church
Mass. State Union
Massachusetts
Shot St
Europe
Greater Boston
Blue Cross
Chauncy Street
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Arlington Street
Arlington
Arlington Gas Light
Broadway
Belmont—Town Hall
Moore Street
Brookline
Cabot School
Marion Street
Ee Electric Light Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Chelsea
H. B. Cummings Fuel Co
Rchester
Uphams Corner
Columbia Road
Everett
Municipal Bond House
Malden
Malden-Melrose Gas Light Company
Pleasant Street
Medford
Melrose
Malden- Melrose Gas Light Company
Newton-Boston Consolidated Gas
Washington Street
Revere
City Hall
Somerville
Corsbeiden Cox Light
Highland Avenue
Suan Gas and Electric Supply
Wellesley
T. L. Wegerdt
Washington St
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