Christmas charity drive and club updates in local notes
The piece highlights charity efforts for Christmas for needy children, inviting gifts to the Council hall and noting firemen will repair donated toys. It also covers Catholic Action Club activities with a study round table, mentions past Grand Knight Jack Clancy’s South Africa trip, and introduces the Saturday Nite Study Club led by Bill McGill icuddy with members listed.
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John Citizen
Catholic Action Club
Father Sullivan
Joe Higginbotham
Jack Clancy
South Africa
Jack
Bill McGillicuddy
Andy Biggio
Pat
John Gaffay
Joe Forristall
Francis McQueeney
Fred Hogan
Dan Honan
Art Boylan
Bill Corcoran
J. F
Bill
Seeing Eye Survey Shows Blind Trained by Dogs Work
A survey of 400 blind men and women guided by Seeing Eye dogs finds 75 percent in college, running a household, or full-time work. Twenty percent are salesmen, 18 percent stand operators, 13 percent students, 8 percent hand industry workers, 7 percent home teachers, and 5 percent proprietors. Mrs. Harrison Eustis, founder and president, notes the group’s normal pursuits suggest a strong record relative to the general population.
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Harrison Eustis
Seeing Eye School
Eustis
Peidis Messengers of Turkish Nobles Shoe Themselves for Speed
Ancient Turkish nobles used peidis or footmen as messengers. They ran barefoot on all roads until their feet became so calloused they could be shod with horse shoes. To resemble horses they carried a silver bit in their mouths during errands for their masters.
To Let Two Furnished Rooms For Rent
Two furnished rooms to let. Apply at 89 Fremont Street or call Ocean 1337 M. Rent is $1.14 per week.
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Shirley St. Ocean
Ocean
New Winthrop Hotel
Sturgis St
Winthrop Beach
Mass
Tel
Sargent St
Thornton Station
Fremont St
Phone Ocean
Liberty
Broad Street
Boston
Winthrop Elks Lodge News And Christmas Plans
Winthrop Elks No 1078 report Arthur Overturf back in form at pinochle and a winning bowling run. Lodge plans a Monster Stag Party December 22 to support the Christmas Charity Basket Fund. Tributes to Lewis Tucker after a sprained arm, Charlie Eskrigge’s Florida retreat, and John O Maley’s model electric train project welcomed at December 23 gathering.
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Arthur
Odd Fellows
Byron Wasson
Jake
Herbert
Lewis G. H. Tucker
Lewis
House Committee
Charlie Eskrigge
Florida
Charlie
Tom Benson
John O’maley
John
A Sign Unto You Christmas Play At Union Church
The Union Congregational Church presents the Christmas play A Sign Unto You by Jean Lee Latham this Sunday at 7 30 p m in the Y C C directed by Miss Muriel Leath The cast includes Edward Halloway broker Austin Graf Margaret his wife Doris McClintock Patricia Evelyn Holland Janice Marjorie Shepherd Bee David Brewer Robert Murphy Howard Newsboy Time The present Christmas Eve Place The Hal loway living room New York suburb Special music features Mrs Elizabeth Munn Walsh violin solo Irma Moran candle lighters and antipho nal singers from the Christian Endeavor.
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Jean Lee Latham
Muriel Leath
Edward Halloway
Austin Graf Margaret
Doris McClintock
Patricia
Evelyn Holland
Janice
Marjorie Shepherd Bee
David Brewer
Robert Murphy Howard
Halloway
New York City
Elizabeth Munn Walsh
Irma Moran
The
Christian Endeavor
Annual Meeting of Business and Professional Women's Club
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual meeting at the Towne Lyne House in Lynnfield on Monday December 11. Despite bad weather three cars arrived by 7 30 pm for dinner and a candle lighting service symbolizing faith hope truth and love followed by a business session and election.
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Towne Lyne House
Lynnfield
Wrong judge, wrong turn lands motorist in jail
Detroit motorist Isaac Barker, 30, jailed five days for reckless driving after failing to appear in court for an improper right turn. Traffic Judge Thomas Naber recalls Barker’s baby’s weight to justify the sentence, then releases him.
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Isaac Barker
Detroit
Mich
Wayne County
Thomas F. Naber
Barker
Maher
Young pair borrow car then abandon it with note
Gussy and Joe showed signs of Emily Post influence by borrowing H. W. Jensen’s motor car from San Jose California and driving about 50 miles. They left a windshield note reading Thanks for the car.
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Gussy
Joe
Emily Post
H. W. Jensen
San Jose
Calif
California Hillbilly Population Shrinks Amid Shifting Demographics
University of California geographer Ian O M Broek notes a rapid decline of the state's hillbilly population as lumbering and ranching fade, birth rates fall, and valley areas grow. Many hill country schools close due to too few children, and some counties rely on migration to hold population steady.
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California
Ian O. M. Broek
University of California
Old Hill
Hill Country
Oklahoma Invaders: Two Boys Escape Field Gunfire
Two 12 year old boys on a horse rode from a ravine into the line of fire during National Guard maneuvers by the 160th Field Artillery. Soldiers stopped after spotting the mounted intruders but shots whistled near the youths. The boys, in overalls, refused to name themselves fearing their father’s punishment.
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Oklahoma
160Th Field Artillery
National Guard
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