A Musical Benefit for the African M. E. Church
The Merry Eight Club hosted a successful spring musical at Turner Hall to support the local Jones Street African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The story, cleaned up
A cleaned-up reading of the newspaper page: spelling and layout repaired, one story lifted off a crowded page. It follows the original closely but it is not a transcription. The original page is below; read it if a detail matters.
On Tuesday evening a spring musical was given at Turner Hall by the Merry Eight Club for the benefit of the Jones Street African M. E. church. There was a large attendance and the affair was very successful. After the programme was over refreshments were served and a social time enjoyed. The programme included a chorus by the company, duets by Miss K. Braxton and A. A. Warner, and solo performances by Miss Florence Davis, Mr. R. Stabl, Mr. William Carter, Mrs. Bertha Wilson, and Miss Pinny L. Braxton.
“There was a large attendance and the affair was very successful.”
This event highlights the vibrant community life and organizing capacity of Seattle’s early Black congregations, who used cultural events like musicals to sustain their institutions. The Jones Street A.M.E. Church, a predecessor to the First A.M.E. Church of Seattle, has been a pillar of the city's Black community for well over a century.
From readers
No comments yet. If you know something about this story — a correction, a family memory, a source — it belongs here.