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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
7
The Junior and Senior Honor Societies met in the High School library and scheduled two tests. A personality exam will help pupils assess their strengths and weaknesses for jobs, scholarships, or college applications. A general knowledge test will simulate typical competitive scholarship exams.
The piece declares 1939 All-Mystic Football Eleven chosen by five league coaches. It highlights Winthrop captain Robert John Bowman as the lone local selected, praising his tackle play and leadership. Other local players and voting details from Wakefield Melrose Watertown and Woburn are listed in context.
On January 1 1939 enrollment in hospital care insurance plans stood at 2 874 055 persons. The figure highlights the large scale of early health coverage movements and the reach of hospital insurance programs at that time.
Aztec National Monument in New Mexico marks the peak of pueblo culture with 500 rooms now reduced to 24 well preserved. Dates range 1110 to 1121 AD and it houses the Southwest's only reconstructed kiva. Clan kwas at Aztec Ruins provide artifacts for archaeology studies.
The Turkey Day game finished scoreless between Winthrop and Beachmont and the season closed with a combined record of three wins and three ties for both teams. Key players include Billy Talcott Dick Chardon Jim Schmidt and coach Perry plans for 1940 focus on backfield depth and two starting guards. The basketball outlook remains strong with McGinn Bowman Talcott and Chardon expected to lead the squad after Reid’s ineligibility.
Winthrop Lodge 1078 held its annual memorial exercises at the Elks Auditorium on the first Sunday in December. Dan Honan served as ora tor and master of ceremonies with Mary F. Boudreau directing the musical program. The event drew many relatives and friends and raised the Christmas basket fund.
Brother William Gately, chairman of the investigating committee, reports a productive hunting trip. He bagged a twenty pound coon which he presented to the lodge. Brother Cudahy Jack Kelly roasted the game, and the brothers enjoyed it. We await details of his next excursion.
Brothers Johnnie Moynihan and Dave Harrigan spent Monday night and Tuesday overhauling the bowling alleys to lift the team back in stride. The appeal to fellow bowlers asks for appreciation by taking a point now and then.
The entertainment committee urges all brothers planning to attend the New Year’s Eve event to contact Chairman Freddie Deveau or any officers. They aim to make the night the best ever.
Our Exalted Ruler William H Thornton has attended nearly all North East district visitations. The latest was the homecoming visitation to District Deputy Warren H Cox at the Woburn Lodge.
Brother John Patrick Riley continues his friendly rummy challenge against Brothers Jack Gallagher Bill Gately and Pat Sloan. Supporters wait for a victory celebration if he wins.
Andrew Carnegie who rose from a bobbin boy earning one dollar a week to a multi millionaire wrote his own epitaph Here lies a man who knew how to enlist in his service better men than himself.
Report notes that women drivers on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge receive free tire changes while male drivers are charged. The policy creates public discussion on gender bias and roadside assistance practices.
The U S Department of Agriculture recommends a fireproofing method for Christmas trees used by the American Red Cross. Cut the trunk at an angle or in a vy shape weight the tree divide the weight by four to find ammonium sulfate needed dissolve in water using one and a half pints of water per pound place solution in a narrow mouth container and set the tree in it in a cool place for absorption to minimize combustibility. Inflammable decorations may also be treated with the solution.
Frederic Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty for Franco American union in 1874. Built by popular subscription in France, it commemorates America’s independence centennial and took five years to finish. It was mounted in Paris in 1881 and the American pedestal was built 1883 to 1886. The statue, copper sheets 2.5 mm thick, weighs 225 tons with 100 tons copper. The structure reaches 149 ft 10 in from water level to pedestal top and 151 ft 5 in to the torch. heel to head is 111 ft 6 in. Forty people can stand in the head and the torch holds 12.
The free city of Danzig covers over 700 square miles and includes more than 16 000 farms. The manuscript notes the region’s expanse and agricultural prominence, with emphasis on its governance and economic reach.
In Papua’s Pesby the gaol built 25 years ago for wartime use has housed only two inmates, with no further occupants for over a decade.
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