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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
3
The Elies Mining Company operates near Neihart Montana producing 100 tons of ore per day. The ore contains gold silver lead and zinc. A note mentions a fire bucket as a historic home item from before 1800 used by New England households near the door.
The DeMolay Mothers Circle met Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Mrs. Fairfax Proctor’s Crestview home. A dessert luncheon followed. President Florence Everbeck led the session which set plans for a December 21 Christmas party at Social Hall for DeMolay boys and Rainbow Girls.
Representative-elect Walter G. Baker demands details from Arthur T. Lyman on how two parolees from Concord Reformatory and State Prison, Genera Emmerso alias John Perry and Vic tor Boguslawski, were allowed to leave confinement before their arrest in Winthrop for breaking and entering. Baker warns of dangerous suspects and urges policy action.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Point Shirley Yacht Club held a brief meeting at the Club House on Dec 4. Two new members joined. A members only Christmas party is set for Dec 18 at 6 30 p m with a chicken pie supper and gifts. The group will aid the Yacht Club in hosting a party for Point Shirley children on Dec 22. Helen DeCost was named to write the club history. Weather caused an early adjournment.
An article notes a man swims 100 yards at under four miles per hour while fish reach 80 mph. On land the same man runs 100 yards at 21 mph, compared with some animals exceeding 60 mph.
Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish mathematician and geographer, is credited with modern chart systems used in map making. A booklet of paper matches contains 20 sticks, one for each cigarette in a package.
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