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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
5
A Bridge and Whist event for the British War Relief Society Inc will be held on Wednesday August 7 at 1 45 p m in the Social Hall Masonic Temple. Many prizes have been donated and co chairs Mrs Howard S Reynolds and Mrs Dwight Bearse invite the public to attend.
Funeral services for Mrs Annie S Reed 74 wife of Herbert E A Reed were held last Friday at 2 30 p m at Reynolds Funeral Home 180 Winthrop St with the Rev Harry Belmont Hill officiating She died July 28 after a short illness Survived by her husband four sons Kenneth Reed New York Clinton Reed Winthrop Highlands Raymond Reed New Jersey Bradford Reed Vancouver Washington two sisters and one brother Interment was in Winthrop Cemetery
Obituaries from Winthrop mark the deaths of Marion Kirkland Hughes Helen Florence Twomey Olive C Halsall and Josephine S Lyons Elwell. Services were held at Bennison Funeral Home officiated by Rev Ralph M Harper Rev Harry Belmont Hill and at various local residences and cemeteries. Interments followed at Winthrop Cemetery Ayer Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery.
Capt E W Eikel berg and Ensign H G Conerly announce two new 9000 foot peaks located 350 miles west of Cape Flatery, submerged 2000 feet below the Pacific surface. Discovered after seven months aboard the geodetical ship Guide, the peaks rise from a still largely unexplored ocean region.
Cottage Park Yacht Club members and friends will attend the annual stag lobster bake this Sunday at Grape Island in Boston Harbor. A large power launch will depart the clubhouse at 10:00 a m and about 50 members are expected to participate.
Angela Honan Hibbs died Saturday July 27 in Newark New Jersey where she lived with her husband and two children Walter Jr and Betty She was a Fall River native who lived with the Honan family at 150 Court Road She taught school in Fall River and Chelsea before marriage Funeral services July 30 at Metropolitan Funeral Home Boston followed by a High Mass at Passionist Monastery Church Brighton The Rev Father Henry CP presided with Fathers James Grimes Arlington and John J Connolly Boston Also survived by three brothers Major John J Honan Wright Field Dayton OH former Rep Daniel J Honan and William L Honan of Winthrop and four sisters Miss Mary C Honan Boston Mrs William Wickham Winthrop Mrs John Salemme Wrentham and Mrs James MacAleenan Chelsea Interment Holyhood Cemetery Brookline officiated by Father Henry and Father Grimes
A compact sketch links the name Hannah to meanings such as grace mercy and prayer from Hebrew origins and Anne. It highlights historical Hannahs like Hannah More the author, Hannah Adams a pioneering American writer, Hannah Dustin a frontier heroine, and Hannah Borden an early American weaver who fought for fair pay.
Local residents share travel and visiting plans across Winthrop and surrounding towns. Birth announced for Joseph T Kelly Jr at Circuit road, with families congratulating. Also notes on early mahogany furniture, its origins and supply trends through 1800s to today.
Louis Untermeyer, poet and editor, argues America’s present age mirrors England’s golden Elizabethan era with rich backgrounds, vast energies, fertility, inventive ness and exploration.
American hat manufacturers will narrow hat bands by one eighth inch in 1940 to offset higher silk costs. This move aims to keep retail prices steady despite rising material prices.
Piscopo's Liquor Store in Greater Boston promotes its Anniversary Sale with nearly 1100 brands of domestic and imported liquors wines beers and cordials. The store emphasizes its unusually large stock exceptionally low prices and a two car delivery service to serve customers.
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