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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1925
Page
5
This Saturday afternoon the Winthrop A A and the Condit Electric B B team will play at Ingleside Park. The game starts at 3. At East Lynn Tuesday evening East Lynn A A defeated W A A 4 to 3 at Meadow Park Lynn. The game was called on account of darkness.
The Arlington Heights Tennis Club defeated Winthrop Tennis Club five matches to two to close the Old Colony Tennis League series on Arlington courts. Singles winners included Swan over Sharp 7 5 6 2 Cutler over Young 6 2 6 4 Buzzell over Lawin 6 3 6 2 and Gately over Wakefield 7 5 4 6 6 1. Doubles saw Young and Swan beat Buzzell and Sharp 6 3 3 6 6 3. Cutler and Gately defeated Wakefield and Lawin 6 4 4 6 6 1 while Sampson and Worden beat Richardson and Beless 6 4 6 2.
Mr. Fred H. Wegener oversees life saving and swimming instruction and announces three classes next week. Monday at 6 30 p m at Highlands Association Pier, Wednesday at 6 30 p m on Main Street Bridge, and Friday at 6 30 p m at the end of Woodside ay r near Cottage Park Yacht Club.
Helen Crooks 14 of Winthrop and Clark King 12 of Malone completed a three quarter mile swim across Lake Titus in 25 minutes. Their escort boat was provided by Amos Crooks.
The Winthrop Board of Fire Engineers led by Chief Warren H Belcher along with Fred Gardner Smith and William G Twining filled Pauline and Shirley street fire houses with soft coal after studying methods to improve heating. The department reports saving hundreds of dollars in coal costs by using soft coal and notes that heat efficiency improved over anthracite.
Local swimming club results list top finishers across age groups in the Winthrop Championships. Morton Jennings and Nelson Barbour led the men 17 and over, with times around 29 45. Louis Farnsworth and A Carver topped the 13 to 16 boys, while Alice Wolfe and Margaret Silva won the 13 to 16 girls. Ruth Records led the 18 and under girls, and Joan MacWillie led the 14 and under girls in a 25 yard race. awards also note several runners up and diving winner John Brod. Community updates mention local social events and residents’ vacations plus a note on Ham’s Ice Cream specials.
The article notes fire houses have improved heating with softer coal than anthracite, supporting Gov. Fuller’s push to end anthracite use. It cites price pressures and ongoing strike threats from miners and operators as context for the policy stand.
The Winthrop Yacht Club hosted a Jamboree drawing visitors to its clubhouse where yachts moored off the float burned red lights. Guests enjoyed viewing models of boats, photographs, and trophies in the historic club that has served the community for over four decades. Notable figures at the event included Harry Farquhar, David Wiseley, Franklin H. Richardson, John F. Standish, Howard E. Clark, and Fred E. Bickford.
Mrs. Wm. H. Fielding and her daughter, of 18 Chester avenue, have returned from a two week stay in Derry New Hampshire.
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