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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1936
Page
2
An unclear weekly publication notice lists contact details and hours but the exact offering is unreadable. It mentions advertising receipt times and mail delivery terms but the fragmented OCR obscures the key actions and names.
The piece argues against the $25 overall tax limit in Massachusetts real estate taxation, urging questions on revenue loss and collateral effects. It compares fire losses of $220 million in nine months to potential productive uses, urging readers to consider fire prevention and better use of funds.
Signatures of 50000 Massachusetts voters from nearly every city and town were filed with Secretary of State Frederic W. Cook Tuesday to back an anti-diversion amendment. The petition, with twice the required signatures, marks a major step by motorists in trying to restore highway funds to roads. The next step is a General Court action in joint session, with a 25 percent vote needed to advance to a new vote in the next legislature, followed by a popular referendum. The effort was presented to Cook by James N. Keefe of the Massachusetts Federation of AAA clubs and Capt Eli C. Benway of the Motor Truck Club of Massachusetts.
The piece argues tax relief requires cutting waste not only at the federal level but across state county and municipal governments. It warns bureaucratic bloat and duplication plague all units and urges a unified clean-up from town halls to the national capitol to avoid overwhelming bureaucracies.
Winthrop High School held a Thanksgiving rally as students honored top athletes Eleanor Witham Louis Abrams and others. The Revere vs Winthrop turkey day contest ended 12 7 with Malloy returning an 85 yard interception for Revere and Camacho scoring for Winthrop.
The tale tells how a deformed sunflower seeks status and is granted the title Earl Elianto by the Sun. The Sun later crowns him Senor of the field, and the hunchback imitates the Sun, prompting a playful myth about vanity and transformation.
The church schedules choir rehearsal on Thursday at 8:00 p m and National Preaching Mission on Friday at 8:00 p m A Great Union Service will be held at First Methodist Church with Dr Henry L Henrold of Geneva Switzerland as preacher Next Sunday Rev Merrill C Tenny of Gordon College will preach The Annual Business Meeting and Roll Call in the vestry Monday Dec 7 7 p m supper to follow Reserve this date
The regular Friday Night Service will be omitted this week to participate in the Union Service at the Methodist Church.
The First Church of Winthrop Methodist Episcopal announces a Loyalty Sunday service at 11:00 a.m. with minister Harry Belmont Hill and organist Carl W. Malley. A 3:30 p.m. Mass-Meeting at the Boston Arena features Dr E Stanley Jones and a 2000-voice choir. An Friday Great Union Service at 8:00 p.m. unites Protestant churches with Dr Henry Louis Herroid speaking.
Ralph M. Harper rector directs a church day with Holy Communion at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Primary and Kindergarten at 10:45 a.m. Sermon and Holy Communion follow. Youth and People’s Fellowship meet at 7:00 p.m.
Dave Arnold outlines plant trends for 1937 with new marigolds and novelties like White King larkspur Petunia Burgundy and Stardust zinnia plus hybrid chrysanthemums Grena dier Apollo and Louise Schling. He recommends Scotch brooms cytisus and Campanulatus enkianthus and notes Stewartia tree potential and improved garden tools including a chromium plated hoe.
The North Reading State Sanatorium opened in fall 1909 to treat tuberculosis patients. By 1926 it served children exclusively with 298 beds, charging $7 weekly. admission starts with a three week isolation, then classification and individualized activity plans across four groups supervised by physical instructors.
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