FROST PUBLIC LIBRARY New Books August 12 1940
New titles arriving at Frost Public Library include Flying and How To Do It by Assen Jordanoff There Are No Islands Any More by Edna St Vincent Millay The Pacific Ocean by Felix Riesenberg Country Editor by Henry Beetle Hough Wilkie and American Unity by Joe Mitchell Chapple Why Europe Fights by Walter Millis Why England Slept by John F Kennedy Old Marblehead by Samuel Chamberlain Enough to Live On by Margaret Banning When There is Love by Alice Colver Girl at the Crossroads by Jackson Gregory Gallant Fraud by EA Heath Ember Lane by Sheila Kaye Smith Out of the Fog by Joseph Lincoln When Doctors Disagree by F Meloney Thus Doctor Mallory by B Seifert Books for Boys and Girls Year of Promise by Adele De Leeuw
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Assen Jordanoff
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Pacific Ocean
Felix Riesenberg
Henry Beetle Hough
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Europe
Walter Millis
England
John F. Ken__ _Medy
Old Marblehead
Samuel Chamberlain
Margaret Ban_ning
Alice R. Colver
Jackson Gregory
E. A. Heath
Ember ‘Lane
Sheila Kaye-Smith
Joseph C. Lincoln
F. Meloney
Doctor Mallory
B. Seifert
Nova Scotia painter commissioned for Halliburton portrait
Sir Wyly Grier commissioned by the Nova Scotia government to create a full-length life-size portrait of Thomas Chandler Halliburton known for the Nineteenth century Sam Slick stories. The Halliburton estate at Windsor is undergoing rehabilitation.
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Sir Wyly Grier
Nova Scotia
Thomas Chandler Halliburton
Sam Slick
Windsor
Haliburon
Winthrop Elks Baseball Notes and Upcoming Series
The Winthrop Elks recap a strong batting display against the Keystone Club led by captain Phil Chardon and standout Ed Brown on the mound. Key helpers include John Cronin, Tom Rawson, and Sonny Solomon, with Hy Bostrum set to return for next Saturday. The town championship series versus the Winthrop Varsity Club is planned as a best two of three around Labor Day, with three games scheduled and more details promised in next week’s Winthrop Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cronin
Tom Rawson
Sonny Solomon
Everett
Winthrop
Winthrop Varsity
Winthrop Review
Combines Business In One Location East Boston Ad
East Boston’s oldest auto supply merchant Dave Frank announces the Station at 114 Porter Street is closed to consolidate at 129 London Street. He invites customers to visit in the next 10 days for a free sample of a new polishing wad usable at home or in the car.
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Dave Frank
East Boston
Porter St
Dave
London St
Eastots
Union Congregational Church Sermon Series
Rev Carl Smith delivers a morning sermon at 5 a m discussing Ego centric Thinking as the third message in the Fallacies of the Modern Habit of Mind series. Vivian M Bartlett is the pastor's assistant and F C Butterfield the organist and choirmaster. Office phone Ocean 2738 M.
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Carl Smith
Vivian M. Bartlett
Ocean
M. F.C. Butterfield
Adams Taught Rhetoric at Harvard
John Quincy Adams once taught rhetoric at Harvard University where he advised students on public speaking and effective persuasion. The note highlights his early educational roles before his political career.
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Adams
John Quincy Adams
Harvard
Local Defense Group Elects Leaders and Probes Subversives
The Winthrop Home Defense Committee met at the American Legion Dug Out on August 16 1940. Officers elected include vice chairman David Harrigan and secretary Maurice Holsberg. Committees will monitor hotel meetings of the Communist Party and investigate German American activity while planning talks with Federal investigators.
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Home Defense Committee
American Legion
Herman St
The
Masons
Ralph Hamilton
Ellis
David Harrigan
Daniel Honan
Knights of Columbus
Daniel Lynch
John J. Kennedy
Knights of Pythias
Israel _ Leventhal
William Wolfe
Brotherhood of Winthrop
Maurice Holsberg
Herbert Cohen
Winthrop Beach
Caff Root
Cottage Park Yacht Club
Frank Bell
Pleasant Park V. C
Robert Harrington
Winthrop Yacht Club
Gordon Nelson
Thomas Key
Frank Freundlich
Walter Baker
Walter Smith
Frank Leonard
Walter, Stewart
V. F-W
G. Ferraro
Thomas Martinetti
Max Scheinfein
George Brockman
George Cashman
William J. Marsh
John McNeil
Ross Batchelder
John
Chet) Ashworth
Winthrop Stamp Club
Erick H. Gould
Communist’s Party
Tafts Inn
Winthrop
Jehovah Witnesses
Preservation of surplus foods in home and commerce
The article explains seasonal food use, storing surplus crops like potatoes, apples, and vegetables in homes and commercial warehouses. It covers canning, pickling, smoking, salting, fermentation, drying, and the growth of the commercial food preservation industry with products such as dried fruits, chipped beef, and milk powder.
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France
Spain
Italy
United States
Police Add Nickels for Scout Car Telephones
St Louis police add a supply of nickels to scout cars for use at public phones to report descriptions of criminals or other emergency information to the radio dispatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
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Keystone Club
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Phil
Hy Bostrum
Buster Gardner
Buster
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Tom. Haugh
Highlands Bridge
Tom
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Pine Banks Park
Melrose
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Healey Club
Waltham
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Winthrop All Stars
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Tewksbury
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Leominster
Mass
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New Hampshire
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Sun
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Mickey Rooney
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