Bowman Elected to Lead 1939 Winthrop High Football Eleven
The 1938 Winthrop High lettermen at a Hotel Manger banquet elected Robert John Bowman captain for the 1939 squad. Bowman, 16, weighs 178 and will lead the team with backs Jim Reid and Dick McGinn forming the nucleus. He is slated to play guard on basketball and possibly start on baseball next season. The event honored the 1938 squad, with 31 in attendance, and featured speeches, sports films, and entertainment including a song by Kev in Mulcahy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop High
Manger
Robert John Bowman
Husky
Bowman
Jim Reid
Dick McGinn
Perrymen
Arthur EB. Boudreau
Perry
Everett H. Lane
Kevin Mulcahy
John Forristall
Albert Keleher
Winthrop
Art Ross
Boston Bruins
Bill Stewart
Chicago Blackhawks
Joseph Madona
Richard Beckler
Robert Patrick
George Hoar
Edward Harrigan
Charles Dunham
Kenneth Halsall
Herbert Merrill
Garfield Hewson
Daniel Keleher
Richard McGee
Richard McGinn
James Reid
James Schmidt
Robert Kirby
William Talcott
Come and See Tours Promote Community Fund Agencies
Local Winthrop leaders join the Metropolitan Division in a three day Come and See inspection tour of hospital health and social agencies serving 60 000 residents around Boston The visits include the Workshop for the Blind Peter Bent Brigham Hospital New England Home for Little Wanderers Ellis Memorial Roxbury Boys Club and the House of the Good Samaritan Guides coordinate from 70 Federal St Boston with W S Kendrick Jr and S Franklin Bell joining the tours Charlotte Esdaile assists as guide and the initiative continues through the campaign
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Committee
Greater Boston
Community Fund
Metropolitan Division
Samuel Hoar
Concord
Winthrop
Boston
Workshop For
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
New England
Little Wanderers
Ellis Memorial Roxbury Boys’ Club
House of the Good Samaritan
Federal St
W. S. Kendrick, Jr
Ocean Area
S. Franklin Bell
Charlotte Esdaile
Coral Ave
Catholic Charitable Bureau of Boston
Winthrop Knights Plan 25th Annual Retreat
Winthrop Council Knights of Columbus schedules its 25th annual weekend retreat at the Passionist Monastery in Brighton Massachusetts from Friday evening December 9 to Sunday December 11. An expected 50 men will attend, reuniting long‑time retreatants with new participants, and organizers urge interested men to contact local leaders for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Council, K. of C
Passionist
Brighton
Mass
Passionist Fathers
George W. Verdi
G.K
Richard Cox
P.G.K
William L. Nolan
James €. Higgins
Joseph Higginbotham
Cornelius A. Leary
Daniel J. Honan
Emblem Club Bridge and Whist Charity Party
The Emblem Club hosts a bridge and whist event at Mrs. Joseph LaFayette’s home 11 Hale Ave on Saturday evening December 10. Proceeds benefit the annual Christmas charity work. Mrs. LaFayette chairs the committee. guests from affiliated clubs invited and many prizes donated.
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Joseph LaFayette
P.P
Hale Ave
LaFayette
Winthrop Womans Club Plans December 16 Meeting
The Winthrop Womans Club outlines a December 16 program led by Mrs. Samuel Maylor titled The Coming of the Christ. Maybelle Adams' Emerson College Senior Class production will be featured with the club choral group making its season debut.
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Christ
Emerson College
Howard M. le Sourd
Winthrop Woman’s Club
Ellis’ Hall
Fred W. Fisher
le Sourd
Egypt
Italy
Germany
Japan
China
A. Walter Larkin
Gordie W. Dickinson
George D. Burns
Clarence W. MacDonald
Harland O. Pratt
Bradford
Boston
Arthur W. Hodges
John Brown
R. Woodbury Irwin
Marcellus N. Gilbert
Orrin C. Davis
Marion F. Hey
Wayne B. Littlefield
O. O. Wingren
Samuel Maylor
the Christ
Maybelle Adams
Ethel Bailey
du Buron
Baraca Bowling League Opens 1938-39 season
The Baraca Class of First Baptist Church starts bowling Monday evening December 12 at Constitution Alleys Shirley Street with six teams modeled on National Hockey League names. Bowling Committee chairman Erle Hernandez leads Seymour Colby Leyland Glover Donald Thompson and Arthur Newton. one more team may be added soon.
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Baraca
First Baptist Church
Constitution
Shirley St
National Hockey League
Erle Hernandez
Seymour Colby
Leyland Glover
Donald Thompson
Arthur Newton
Night At Baptist Church Father-Son Evening
On Wednesday evening December 14 the Baptist Church hosts a Father and Son gathering with music Boy Scout activities magicians and amateur radio demonstrations. Men bring a boy and boys bring their dads for an expected large turnout.
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First Baptist Church
Urge Citizens to Bring Gifts to Winthrop Community Hospital
Community urges all residents to donate gifts for the Winthrop Hospital Christmas drive. Canned goods, pillowcases, bed sheets and other useful items should be delivered to the hospital lobby under the Christmas tree by or on Christmas Eve to aid the hospital’s deficit and help many in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Community Hospital
Winthrop
Business Class Visits Ginn and Co
On Tuesday November 29 the 33 girls from the Senior High School Office Practice class, led by Miss Johnson and Mrs Hurley, toured the Athenaeum Press in Cambridge. They observed printing stages from original copy to finished product, learned about linotype and monotype, and watched binding, stitching, and plate making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maia
Johnson
Hurley
Athenaeum Press
Cambridge
Linotype
Monotype
Winthrop Catholic Woman's Club December Meeting
The Winthrop Catholic Woman's Club will hold a members only December meeting at St. John's Hall on Monday at 8:30 p.m. President Mrs. James H. Holland Jr. will preside. After business, Mrs. Hugh Miller will introduce Miss Peggy Woollett for an illustrated talk on interior decorating. Regular December card parties are planned for Monday afternoons in St. John's Hall with Mrs. James C. Walsh as chair.
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Winthrop Catholic Woman’s Club
St. John’s Hall
James H. Holland, Jr
Hugh Miller
Peggy Woollett
James C. Walsh
Set Aside Streets To Allow Coasting
Selectmen vote to set aside a list of streets for coasting under Street and Police Department supervision. Streets include Undine avenue from Triton to Grand View, Highland from Nahant to Sewall and Floyd to Sewall, Ocean View from Bowdoin to Cross, Marshall from Lincoln to Tileston, Birch from Circuit to Loring, Loring from Birch to Court, Almont from Cross to east, Bartlett from Orlando to Seymour. Motorists urged to slow and drive cautiously to protect children and others using streets for coasting.
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Undine Ave
Triton Ave
Grand View Ave
Highland Ave
Nahant Ave
Sewall Ave
Floyd St
Ocean View St
Bowdoin St
Cross St. Marshall St
Lincoln St
Tileston Rd
Birch Rd
Circuit Rd
Loring Rd
Court Rd
Almont St
Cross St
Bartlett Rd
Orlando Ave
Seymour ‘St
Christmas Party Planned December Thirteenth at Mrs Staples Home
The Quest and Question Club hosts its Christmas party at 1 PM on Tuesday December 13 at the home of president Mrs Walter J Staples 214 Somerset Ave The afternoon topic is Artistic Wrapping and Tyings presented by Miss H Wilson of Dennison Mfg Co
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Quest and
Walter J. Staples
Somerset Ave
H. Wilson
The
Dennison Mfg. Co
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Bob Bowman
W.H.S
Husky Center
Bob Remer
Lane
Zandie
Beach
Hanm’s Winthrop
Highlands
Lehigh American Coal
New River
Reliable Ice CO
Broadway
Revere
Winthrop Knights
Emblem Club
Womans Club
Baraca Bowling League
Baptist Church
Ginn &Co
Winthrop Catholic Woman's Club
Lewis’ Cafe
North Shore
Lewis
Lewis’ Hotel and
TEL
Boulevard
Boulevard Theatre
Mrs. Lewis
Yeare
Boardman Street
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