Behind the Playmakers Star Cast Backstage Honors
The Playmakers praise backstage staff for You Cant Take It With You production 1940 41 season noting Bernie McGuigan Ruth Shorley Anita Carrington Barbara Knight Harriet Larkin Charles Cammall Laurence Jennings Ferne Martin Carolyn Foley Dawn Hagman ushers Art Verney Joe Nolan Ken Kelly Art Menard Brenton Stotz Audrey Rohrman Eleanor Herbert praised for teamwork and planning a Christmas party for members and friends planned for December 21 details to follow.
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Playmakers
Bernie McGuigan
Ruth Shorley
Anita Carrington
Barbara Knight
Harriet Larkin
Charles Cammall
Laurence Jennings
Ferne Martin
Carolyn Foley
Dawn’ Hagman
Art Verney
Joe Nolan
Ken Kelly
Art Menard
Brenton ‘Stotz
Audrey
Rohrman
Eleanor Herbert
Louis Sheehan
Hollywood
Massachusetts Shifts to Tag Christmas Greens for Legitimacy
The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture urges tagging of Christmas trees and greens to curb bootlegging and theft, protect landowners, and promote conservation. The Garden Club of Winthrop assists, advising buyers to seek tagged greens and landowners to contact Agriculture officials for tags and guidance.
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Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Garden Club of
Winthrop
Massachusetts Conservation
Départmient Ef
Massachusetts
State House
Boston
Local Notes Preview Community Events And Visits
Mrs Gerry Carlz returned from Montréal to visit her brother and Mrs Donald Nicholson and Miss Dorothy Sneath. Mrs Ruth Pye hosted Thanksgiving basket donations for St John s Episcopal Church on Nov 26. The 8 of Us Club met at Mrs Walter Lehr s on Nov 25 with prizes to Mrs Charles Hagman and Mrs Aubrey Walters. Mrs Herbert Moody to entertain Dec 9. DeMolay Mothers Club Christmas party Dec 12 at Mrs Fairfax Proctor s. bring ten cent gift. Mrs Erick Hagman and family visited New Bedford for Thanksgiving with Arthur Springer. Mrs Ralph Colby injured by a fall near her Ocean Ave home. wishing her a speedy recovery. Little Lillian Ruth Gilbert turns one on Dec 4. Bernard Wasserman and family plan to remain in Miami for winter after traveling from Winthrop to California then Florida. Nearly two thousand parishioners attended the final Novena for Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal at St John the Evangelist under Rev James I Carroll. The Companions of the Forest of America stage a Heinz Loup demo at Odd Fellows Hall Dec 10 with quiz, moving pictures, free soup. Arthur Vitagliano of Winthrop, Boston University Law School class of 1941, elected to Wool sack honorary scholastic society. full membership in June. Mr and Mrs Percy Sterling hosted friends on Enfield Rd. Bill Johnson of Winthrop Theatre remains ill at home. Miss Aline Haigh of Winthrop is in the B A Choral Art Society starting its Portsmouth concert season.
Alaska Area Total Is 590 884 Square Miles
Alaska covers 590 884 square miles about one fifth of continental U S area. The fact notes the vast extent of Alaska in land mass comparisons.
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Alaska
United States
Prediction of a long American dry spell through 1960s
Dr Halbert P Gillette of the American Geophysical Union bases a three cycle theory on ancient lakes and rock strata and Nile flood data and U S weather records The forecast predicts maximum drought intensity around 1960 with subnormal precipitation for about five more decades and suggests migration from dust bowls as a practical response.
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United States
Gillette
Rope Walks of Edenton Hit By Early Industry Name
An eighteenth century industry in Edenton North Carolina revolved around a Rope Walk a 100 foot path where workers walked twisting twine to manufacture heavy rope.
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Edenton
N. C
Birthday Twins: Kunce Family Shares Same Date
The Kunce family of Columbus Ohio observes shared birthdays. Francis Kunce and his wife celebrate on the same date and a daughter was born to them on that same day, honoring the family record.
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Francis Kunce
Columbus
Ohio
Kunce
Neely Bill Support Urged By Council
Roger Babson highlights block booking as a major evil urging Winthrop Motion Picture Council members to pressure the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to pass the Neely Bill. The measure, already approved by the Senate, seeks film content reform to protect children and adults, with letters directed to key House figures in Washington.
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Roger Babson
Judy Garland
Motion Picture Council
Winthrop
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Neely
Senate
House
Senate Committee
House Committee
Clarence F. Lea
Pehr G. Holmes
Mass
General Prosperity Through Culture Not Just Masterpieces
The piece argues culture fuels national vitality beyond insuring famous paintings. It contrasts a collector treating art as wealth with a Canadian artist linking ancient curves to modern design, showing culture feeding quality manufacturing and worker prosperity.
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Oswald Garrison Villard
Kearney McManus Nuptials Held at St John the Evangelist
Miss Mary L McManus daughter of the late Edward McManus married Hugh L Kearney son of Mrs Bernard Kearney of 143 Sagamore Avenue Chelsea in St John the Evangelist church. Rev John Ty Sullivan performed the ceremony. The couple will reside at 25 Plummer Avenue after December 1.
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Mary L. McManus
Edward McManus
Hugh L. Kearney
Bernard Kearney
Sagamore Ave
Chelsea
Church of St. John the Evangelist
John Ty. Sullivan
Winthrop
Mr. Kearney
Chelsea Public Schools
Bryant and Stratton
Pronunciation of contrary and emphasis rules described
The passage discusses how average speakers place accents in contrary and notes debate over second syllable stress. It cites dictionaries and Mother Goose examples, arguing the first syllable should be stressed in all meanings and mentions the nursery line Mary Mary quite contrary as common lore.
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Mother Goose
Super in Chicago Robbery Says Bandits Were Picky
Milton Klein, a Chicago apartment building superintendent, faced two armed robbers who demanded rent money. He handed over 17 dollars, insisting it was all he had, and the assailants discarded the bill and departed.
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Eangat Agae Bay
Iuils
Milton Klein
Chicago
Klein
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Florence Hagman
Paul Bucknam
Loring Rd
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Ralph Colby
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Our Lady of the Miraculous
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Companions of the Forest of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Arthur Vitagliano
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Winthrop Theatre
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