Rotary Club Begins Its Second Year
Winthrop Rotary Club starts its second year on July 1 with officers led by President Arthur E. Boudreau and Curtis L. Hicks as first vice president. The club organized traffic markers in cooperation with state and city agencies and held two public meetings at the Junior High School featuring speakers on youths and social problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Rotary Club
Arthur E. Boudreau
Curtis L. Hicks
Suburban Gas & Electric Company
Winthrop
Fred W. Fisher
Chester F. Griffin
Winthrop Trust Company
Alan B. King
Henry J. Lappen
Charles R. Bennison
William C. Ham
Raymond B. Parker
Edward F. Walsh
Rotary
Mr Capell
State of Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Boston Traffic Commission
MacClellan Highway
Revere
Boston
Orient Heights
Haymarket Square
Barker
Myron Clark
Mayor Tobin Must Approve Elevate Bill for Winthrop Loop
The Boston Elevated plans to take over the Winthrop loop of the Narrow Gauge railroad but needs Mayor Tobin’s approval on return from Ireland. Two thirds of the Metropolitan Transit Council must back the deal along with Winthrop voters at a town meeting and approvals from Elevated trustees stockholders and the Federal Court.
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Tobin
Boston Elevated
Winthrop
Ireland
Boston Metropolitan Transit District
Elevated
Metropolitan Transit Council
Boston
Federal Court
Flowers and Herbs In Cookery Meeting Notes
The Garden Club of Winthrop met August 14 at Mrs. Grace Gove’s garden in Bartlett road. Miss Dorothy Kinney presided. Mrs. Ethel Skinner invited members to an August 21 outing in Newton Highlands. Members discussed new plants and bulbs, and tuber lilies from the south were shown. Mrs. Grace N. Pearce urged bald eagle protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of
Winthrop
Grace Gove
Bartlett Rd
Dorothy Kinney
Georgia A. Jarvis
Ethel W. Skinner
Newton Highlands
Gove
Lulu Covington
Russell
Grace N. Pearce
First Sermon By New Pastor Here
The Reverend Rowland C Adams has accepted the call as the new pastor of Union Congregational Church and will deliver his first sermon next Sunday August 20. He is a graduate of Indiana University and Andover Newton Theological Seminary and comes from the First Congregational Church of Newcastle NH. Adams is known for organizing youth activities and upholds liberal theology. His sermon titled Walking Together with God aims to fill the church as worshippers greet the new minister. He and Mrs Adams reside at 70 Cottage Ave Beach section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland. C.adams
Union Congregational Church
Indiana University
Andover-Newton Theological Seminary
Adams
Winthrop
First Congregational Church
Newcastle
N. H
God
Cottage Ave
Beach
Town
Young Driver Crashes Fence Avoiding Children
A driver swerved to miss children who ran onto Shore Drive and smashed through a surrounding fence at the corner with Wave Way Ave. The car and fence suffered heavy damage but the driver and the children escaped injury.
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Shore Drive
Wave Way Ave
Legion Post 146 Heads Taunton Convention
Headquarters for Winthrop Post No. 146 A L at the State Convention in Taunton will be at the Ward Eight Club on B y street. A luncheon after the parade is planned Saturday Aug 19 1939 and the Sons of Legion Band will be hosted at St Jean the Baptist Society rooms after the parade. Delegates from Winthrop include Francis J. Rogers P C and Lewis B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Post No. 146
A. L
Taunton
Ward Fight Club
B&y St
Sons of Legion Band
St. Jean the Baptist Societie
Malo
Ward Eight Club
Legislature Enacts Bill For Purchase Of Narrow Gauge By El Railway
The Legislature approved enabling legislation to permit the Boston Elevated Railway to acquire the Winthrop branch of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad on terms set in the bill. Final enactment requires multiple authorities and postings, with a projected fare of fifteen cents and a $15,000 annual subsidy by Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
House of Representatives
Senate
Winthrop
Boston, Revere Beach & Lyn
Boston Elevated Railway
Metropolitan Transit District
Department of Public Utilities
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Boston
Boston Elevated
Milton
Hyde Park
Transportation Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Club
Hans
Highlands
Metropolitan
Winthrop Garden Club
Bessie L. Bagley
R. C. Adams
Estelle’s Lobster Inn
Main St
Winthrop Bridge
Barre
Barre Guild
Moody Monument CO
H. P. Moody
Somerset Ave
Ocean
Yeures
Boardman Street
E. B
Legion Post
Ward Eight
Francis J. Rogers
P. C
Lewis B
R. & S. Antique Gift Shop
Shirley Street
Mrs. R. Bucks
Somerset Avenue
Lewis
Boulevard
TEL
Boulevard Theatre
Mrs. Lewis
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