Fine of 50 Dollars Proposed to Curb Car Dumping
Rep Edgar Power of this town proposes a 50 dollar fine for dumping old cars in fields as part of the January session. He notes strong citizen support from localities and letters from Pennsylvania and New York, saying the practice stains land and harms Massachusetts image. Police chiefs have widely complained as a state survey by the department of public works follows earlier bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Power
Representative Power
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Department of Public Works
Fairways Golf Club Seeks Sunday Miniature Golf Permit
On petition of F B Smith of the Fairways Golf Club the Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Monday evening December 15 at 8 in the Town Hall hearing room. The club asks for a permit to open its course on Sundays for miniature golf.
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F. B. Smith
Fairways Golf Club
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Somerset Avenue
Winthrop Secures Point Shirley Land for Playground
Town Solicitor Leon C. Guptill reports the deed and subdivision plan for the Point Shirley land have been recorded and will go to the Land Registration Department. The town now owns the land and plans to create a playground, with possible mud pumping to reclaim flats in the future.
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Point Shirley
Board of Selectmen
Leon C. Guptill
Winthrop
Boston
Land Registration Department
Suffolk County
Guptill
Report of one diphtheria case in Winthrop 1930
The Winthrop Board of Health reports only one diphtheria case in 1930, a record praised as excellent. The low rate is attributed to Schick tests given to schoolchildren as a voluntary measure, though immunity length is not yet determined.
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Board OF Health
Winthrop Board of Health
Winthrop
Action Expected Soon On New P O
Reader letters indicate imminent action on a new federal building in Winthrop Massachusetts. A letter from Simeon D Fess outlines steps: Attorney General approval of site payment, transfer to Comptroller General, soil survey orders, and bid advertisements for contracts. Continued on Page 8.
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Tibbetts
Post Office Department
Supervising Architect
Treasury Department
Federal
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Comptroller General
United States District Attorney
Local Churches Asked to Assist Community Effort
Chairman Tibbetts urged churches to cooperate with a community program. Families with unaffected incomes should live normally and save. Housewives should hire help if possible. Homeowners should paint, repair, and improve homes now.
Red Cross forms Motor Corps in Winthrop
Mrs. Carl Floyd chairs the Winthrop Red Cross unit to run a motor corps aiding clothing drives for needy families. Members include Mrs. Charles Schueler as chair and Mrs. B J A’Hearn, Mrs. George Blair, Mrs. Cameron De Witt Jarvis, and Mrs. M C Stover. Call Ocean 1363 to arrange pickup. The group met Wednesday evening.
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Carl Floyd
Winthrop Branch
American Red Cross
Marion Johnson
Welfare Department
Motor Corps
Charles Schueler
B. J. A'Hearn
George Blair
Cameron de Witt Jarvis
M. C. Stover
Schueler
Ocean
Dates Announced for Mailing Packages Before Christmas
Postmaster David Belcher announces key mailing deadlines to ensure Christmas delivery. December 13 covers California, Washington and Oregon. December 15 covers Montana Wyoming Colorado and the Rocky Mountain states. December 17 covers the Dakotas Minnesota Mississippi Florida and the Middle West and Southern states. December 18 covers New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Virginia. December 20 covers the New England states. December 22 is for local delivery.
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California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Rocky Mountain States
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mississippi
Florida
Middle West
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
New England
Demonstration Week Planned for December 15 at Local Store
Curtis L. Hicks of Suburban Gas and Electric invites the women of Winthrop to a General Electric Refrigerator demonstration the week of December 15 at 25 Bartlett Road. Mrs. Mabel Neal from GE New England will attend daily with practical demonstrations and recipe booklets for attendees.
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Curtis L. Hicks
Suburban Gas & Electric Company
Winthrop
General Electric
Bartlett Road
Mabel Neal
The
Electric Refrigerator Company of
New England
Curley Proposes East Boston Strandway Project
Mayor Curley outlines an eight project municipal program including a $1,060,000 strandway from World War Memorial Park East Boston to Saratoga Street aimed at easing North Shore traffic through East Boston. The plan envisions a link to Winthrop with implications for Revere Street widening.
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Curley
Winthrop
World War Memorial Park
Boston
Saratoga Street
Daily Papers
Metropolitan District Commission
Winthrop Line
Wood Island
Harbor View
Bayswater
Orient Heights
Boston- East Boston
North Shore
East Boston
Main
Revere Streets
Revere Street
Magee’s Corner
Highlands Bridge
Merchants Plan 8 Xmas Baskets and Relief Gift
The Winthrop Retail Merchants Association voted to assemble eight Christmas baskets for the Welfare Department this holiday season. They also pledged $10 to the local Relief of Unemployment committee. Members include Harry & Sam's Market Swett's Market Winthrop Quality Meat Shop Simson's Market Williams Market Everybody's Cash Market Dracos Market Pulsifer's Market.
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Winthrop Retail Merchants Association
Tibbetts
Board of Selectmen
Welfare Department
Harry & Sam’s Market
Swetts’ Market
Winthrop Quality Meat Shop
Simson’s Market
William’s Market
Everybody's
Revere Street Widening Awaits War Department Decision
On Tuesday chairman Tibbetts asked War Department officials to favor Winthrop unemployed in snow shoveling on railroad property during storms this winter. The railroad normally hires a crew each year for snow removal. this year unemployment prompted seeking local workers. Suburban Gas & Electric Co has already employed four out of work residents this week.
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Tibbetts
Winthrop
Suburban Gas & Electric Company
Mayor Curley Seeks New England Co operation for Exposition
Boston Mayor James M Curley urges cooperation from city and town leaders across the six New England states for the New England State Century of Progress Exposition to be held in Boston for thirty days starting June 16, 1931. He notes plans to mail a brochure and asks chiefs to inform local industries to participate, promising benefits for regional business vitality.
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Tibbetts
Boston
New England
James M. Curley
Winthrop Revere Street Widening Delayed by War Dept Grant Issue
Town of Winthrop awaits a signed War Department grant for a ten foot land strip along Fort Banks reservation. Without the grant the December 19 town meeting may be postponed and work on Revere Street widening and unemployment programs in Winthrop will be delayed. Chairman Tibbetts oversees efforts to secure a decision on the plans or a ten foot strip option.
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Winthrop
War Department
Fort Banks
Revere
Judge Advocate General
Washington
Tibbetts
Revere Street
Congress
Congressional Committee
Sagamore Avenue
Hutchinson Street
First Corps
Winthrop Golf Club Dinner and Officer Election
The Winthrop Golf Club will host its annual dinner this Saturday December 13 at 6:30 PM at the clubhouse. Awards for past season tournaments will be presented and officers elected, with a large turnout expected.
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Winthrop Golf Club
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Bill
P.O
Republican National Committee
Simeon D. Fess
Robert H. Lucas Barr
Washington, D. C
G. Wallace Tibbetts
Washington Street
Mass
Ham’s
the Gables
RED Cross
David Belcher
Winthrop Trust Company
Winthrop, Mass
U. S. and Municipal
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
E. Whittemore
E. Boston
Railroad
Mayor Curley
Frigidaire
Henry E. Keough Co. Plumbing & Heating
Pauline St
Golf Club
Pilcrim Press
Beacon
Reliable Ice Company
Park Avenue
Aoe
Withrop Avenue
Ceachmont
Pleasant ST
Frankie Edwards
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