Winthrop Defense Committee Pivots to Volunteer Training
The Winthrop Defense Committee plans rapid organization for emergency services with training for wardens auxiliary fire and police first aid and other branches. Dr Harvey A Kelly arranged 30 mobile ambulance units and a warning center linked to Malden for air raid alerts as committee members push volunteer registration at WPA Headquarters 34 Heron Street.
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Central Fire Station
Wm. Floyd
Jerry Wyman
Auxiliary Police Department
Richard Griffin
Winthrop Legionnaire
Harvey A. Kelly
Winthrop
Street
Mr. Street
Winthrop Defense Committee
WPA
Hernon St
Wm. Lindsey
Percy L. Sterling
Winfield Kendrick
Fritz Westlin
Thos. H. Fielding
Jerry Carlz
Fred Clark
Reis Leonard
Walter Smith
Wendall A. Hodgkins
Charles Weiner
Wm. Wolf
Frank Kieley
John Orrall
John Kennedy
Arthur Boudreau
Willard Noyes
Albert Tishler
George Brockman
Wm. H. Rockhill
Rapid Transit
Malden
Insects With Chewing And Sucking Mouth Parts
Amateur gardeners learn insects have chewing or sucking mouth parts. Chewing pests bite and ingest plant tissue while sucking insects pierce and drain juices. Use stomach poisons for chewing pests. fumigants for interior use. modern non poisonous options include hellebore pyrethrum and rotenone with safer garden applications.
Sir Herbert Ames Speaks On Canada’s Mechanized Army
Winthrop Rotary Club heard Sir Herbert B. Ames describe Canada’s mechanized army progress and view training phase pictures. The club voted to support the Red Cross with 28 tickets for the December 20 play What a Life at Shirley Street School Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Rotary Club
Sir Herbert B. Ames
Canada
Sir Herbert
Empire Army
Red Cross
Shirley Street
Harvey Grant
Arthur Locke
Andrew Metz
Revere
Joseph O’hern
G. I. M. Hays
Bill Eburne
Chelsea
Carl Hilton
Lynn
W. A. Ingram
Brockton
Typical Coed Likes Em Tall Survey Discloses
A MacMurray College Greetings survey of 610 students in Jacksonville Illinois describes the typical college girl in 1940. She stands 5 feet 4 1/2 inches tall, weighs 116 pounds, with brunette hair and blue eyes. She wears brook and cardigan sweaters, prefers tan and navy reefers, and shoes like brogues and saddles. She favors a crow or pork pie hat, likes tall dark men with brown eyes who dance well and send corsages. Favorite film is Gone With the Wind with Bette Davis and Clark Gable highlighted. dance fans split between Kay Kyser and Glenn Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMurray College
Student Weekly of
Jacksonville
Kay Kyser
Glenn Miller
Plan Illustrated Message on Sunday at First Church
The Rev Harry Belmont Hill guides an illustrated Sunday service at 7 30 PM in Assembly Hall First Church of Winthrop Methodist with a presentation titled Christmas in Pictures. Harland Pratt will project Nativity art including The Sistine Madonna and Arrival at Bethlehem and other works with Christmas carols from the screen. Public invited.
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Winthrop
Methodist
Harry Belmont Hill
Harland Pratt
Raphael
Bethlehem
Merson
Correggio
Lerelle
Fran Angelico
Rossetti
Light of knowledge guides tuberculosis artist Dohanos
Stevan Dohanos, celebrated Christmas Seal artist, credits education and knowledge as his cure for tuberculosis. He designed a lighthouse motif to symbolize tuberculosis work, spreading light and safety while he recovered his health and continued his art career. He had begun gaining national recognition when diagnosed, after preparing to move from Cleveland to New York for an art studio opportunity.
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Stevan Dohanos
Dohanos
Join-An-Art
New York
Cleveland
Annihilating Snakes A Method Discovered By Accident
A motorist stopped after a black snake attacked a tire and pierced it. As the snake’s fangs remained buried, escaping air inflated its body and caused it to blow apart. The incident highlights a drastic method of snake destruction observed by the driver.
Smartest Accessory for Southern Colonial Rooms
White crisp ruffled embroidered curtains described as the smartest accessory for a room in Southern Colonial mahogany. The idea may extend to lamp shades and a dressing table stool, suggesting a coordinated decorative motif.
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Saat
Fudge and
Penache
Ham’s
OCE
Nickerson
Washington St
Herbert C. Dow
K.C. Brown
Winthrop ST
Ocean
Cascade
Symphony Lawn
Lord Baltimore
Apollo
Gale
Coty’s
Langlois
Paris
Swett
Ham
Tobin
Sweit
Swett’s
Supreme Brand
Ideal Brand
Herbert Ames
Mexico City
Amereca
Mexico
Woodside Avenue
Pauline
Carl John J. Monahan
Ocea
Arthur F. Verney
Cottage Park Road
Tel
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