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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
4
The piece notes the Christmas vacation season slows contact among Brothers as many are traveling for rest. Nova Scotia becomes a favored destination for member tourists with Jim Doucette and John Ryan among them. The column jokes about cold weather and looming income tax as distractions.
Deputy Grand Knight Ray Flannery left for Evangeline after a week ago outing. He will consult Canadian postal workers on mail carry methods, pondering whether carriers shoulder mail on the right or left. The remark notes the white man’s burden causing discomfort.
Phil McKenna, a letter carrier, visits Fenway Park for double-headers rain or shine. He recalls a time when the Sox never lost on his days there, but now they only split games, expressing light frustration with the pitchers.
The World's Fair gains a new figure, Jim Corbett, a letter carrier and entertainer, who joined last week to take charge. The note jokes about how postal workers travel widely and adds a playful nod to Corbett’s performance.
The item notes Ralph Woollett coming back from annual leave and resuming pool practice after a rust from other fields. It singles out his form when right, mentions John Niland, and references Br. Joe Harvey with unknown landing location. The piece ends with friendly wishes for Joe’s continued popularity and enjoyment.
The next Council gathering is set for Wednesday evening with indoor activities to rise as summer wanes. Members are urged to attend to show support for the forty fifth anniversary. The note mentions Jack Clancy’s return from months away and recalls the recent outing, including a bathing beauty contest won by John Gaffay over Frankie Welch.
A census taker faces two strikes amid a Serenaders gathering where most stay silent. Leo Kelliher offers rare sympathy, praised like iced coffee later served by Lee, soothing tensions and leaving a calm impression.
The Winthrop Elks anticipate a best two out of three championship series against the Winthrop Varsity Club. Captain Phil Chardon leads the club in homers, while Dick Chardon and pitching trio Jack Leary Jimmie Reid Ed Brown cap a strong lineup. Umpires Johnny Mullins and Jerry McCarthy will oversee all three games at Ingleside Park with outside officials.
Squirrels sought warmth and built nests around a chimney in Little’s farm house. Spontaneous combustion of nesting materials started the blaze. Firefighters extinguished it, but flames reignited causing $500 damage to the kitchen living room and two bedrooms before partitions were removed to find the cause.
The first wife of President John Myler died in the White House in 1842.
The notice states an easement in a twenty five foot passageway conveyed northeasterly of a lot line with sale subject to unpaid taxes municipal liens and assessments. A cash deposit of three hundred dollars is required at sale time with other terms to be announced. WEYMOUTH SAVINGS BANK is the present mortgage holder with attorney Clayton W Nash listed. August 8, 1940.
Public auction to foreclose a Home Owners' Loan Corporation mortgage on Loretta B Haley’s property in Winthrop Suffolk County. Lot 108 on Aspinwall & Lincoln plan, 5700 square feet, with buildings, fixtures, and improvements, subject to taxes and municipal liens. Sale at 1:15 PM September 20, 1940. Three hundred dollars cash due at sale, balance arranged then. James J Brennan, State Counsel, for HO L C Mortgagee. August 9, 1940.
Mrs. Gladys D. Barnes, recently elected president, remains a rural school teacher. She is the first rural educator to hold the post, greeted by her 12 pupils at the historic school built sixty years ago when Washington state joined the Union. The school lacks electricity, lights, and a modern stove for heat, yet she would not trade her position.
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