Selectmen Visit Public Works Dept and Chelsea Hospital
The Winthrop board of selectmen led by Da vid Belcher and Walter G. Baker met with Massachusetts Department of Public Works officials at 100 Nashua Street Boston to discuss Pleasant Street and Grand View Avenue projects under Chapter 90 and a potential sea wall or rip rap. They then toured Chelsea Soldiers Hospital with Commandant Lawrence J. Quigley and Adjutant Joseph Martin, praising care and conditions before attending a Massachusetts Taxpayers Federation lunch at the Statler Hotel with Sen. David I. Walsh and Sen. Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belcher
Walter G. Baker
Daniel J. Honan
Charles A. Hagman
Massachusetts Department, of Public Works
Nashua St
Boston
Pleasant St
Grand View Ave
Commonwealth
Winthrop
Soldiers Hospital
Chelsea
Lawrence J. Quigley
Joseph Martin
Rép. Honan
Belcher
Pigeon
Baker
Charles Hagman
Leslie E. Griffin
Massachusetts Taxpayers Federation
Statler Hotel
David I. Walsh
Byrd
Virginia
Massachusetts
Strange Birds in Siam Three migration types observed
Smithsonian authority reports Siam hosts three bird migrations instead of one. In addition to north south movements there are water migrations with the rainy season and food migrations by pigeons and parrots following ripening fruit, prompting mass flock movements.
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Siam
Smithsonian Institution
The Shakers Early American Religious Sect
The Shakers appeared in 1776 at Niskeyuna Watervliet New York with later colonies in Massachusetts Vermont New York state Kentucky and elsewhere. They practice celibacy confession and community of goods and hold non-resistance and non participation in worldly government.
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Niskeyuna
Watervliet
Massachusetts
Vermont
New York State
Kentucky
Home Decorating Talk At Winthrop Woman's Club Meeting
More than 150 members attended the Winthrop Catholic Women's Club business meeting in St Johns Hall with Mrs James H Holland Jr in the chair. The welfare chair urged Christmas donations for boys and girls and stamps for a club shipment. The club won first prize for an entry in the Winter Flower Show. Mary B Lane and Fr Madden received club donations, and Miss Peggy Woollett spoke on interior decorating and wallpapers.
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Winthrop Catholic Woman’s Club
St. John’s Hall
James H. Holland, Jr
Albert E. Keleher
Winthrop
Elizabeth R. Wells
General Edwards Inn
Mary B. Lane
Fr. Madden
Deane Winthrop Circle Installs Officers in Odd Fellows Hall
Deane Winthrop Circle 1556 of A installs officers on Tuesday night in Odd Fellows Hall. Guests include Rep. Daniel Honan and local officials. Installations featured a tribute by Dorothy Lindsay, songs by Lyndon Doherty, and gifts, refreshments, and dancing with Bob Ellion's orchestra.
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Deane Winthrop Circle
Odd Fellows Hall
Daniel Honan
David Belcher
Walter Baker
Abbot
Pres
Forristall
Warren Ellis Relief Corps
Batehelder
Fr. W
Brooks
The
Legion Auxiliary
Agnes Blaisdell
Grace Howell
Mae Kaufman
Hortense Texiera
Mary Morrison
C. C
Dorothy Kirby
Hazel Magnuson
R. G
Anna Maddix
L. G
Margaret West
Mabel Nowell
F. S
Charlotte Collins
R.S
Helen Quill
I. G
Gertrude Rogers
O. G
Eva Wheeler
Mary Flynn
Moira Hennessey
Lillian Dunbar
Therésa Lombardi
Margaret Shannon
Dorothy Lindsay
Altair
Lyndon Doherty
Revere
Bob Ellion
Buddy Shannon
Growth of Nails Slow in Winter and Fast in Summer
Collier's Weekly notes fingernails grow more in summer than in winter and at rates tied to finger length. Middle fingernails are fastest while the little finger nails grow slowest.
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Collier’s Weekly
Dick Hayman the Harmonica Star Moves Toward Hollywood
Horatio Alger style note profiles Dick Hayman who rose from local shows to theaters in Boston Lynn and Rhode Island and now plays with Borrah Minevitch and his Band in New York and is slated for Hollywood and London. A mystery rattles Bellevue avenue with nightly 12 o'clock house shakes prompting readers to write Herbie Drew at 106 Bellvue Ave immediately.
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Horatio Alger
Dick Hayman
New York
Webster
Hall
Hollywood
London
Bellevue Ave
Early Franking Privilege in U S Government History
An 1782 ordinance by the Continental Congress allowed letters and dispatches from members and secretaries on official business to be mailed without postage. The privilege has continued and later extended to other government officials and departments over time.
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United States
Continental Congress
Congress
Sugar Beets Experimented In California In 1869
California conducted early trials of sugar beet cultivation with first crop raised experimentally in 1869. The effort aimed to assess viability of beet sugar as an alternative to imported sugar.
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California
Candidates swirl as town election race takes shape
Activity among potential candidates for town offices in the next March election grows. Ross Batchelder plans to run for Board of Selectmen with strong local support, while Walter G. Baker and David Belcher likely seek re election. Roy W. Pigeon may not run again due to time demands. Frank E. Whitman has filed for town treasurer, and Harry W. Aiken is expected to seek re election. John W. Fielding may run for Assessor of taxes as incumbents for clerk and tax collector face potential challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Batchelder
Winthrop Post
The
American Legion
Board of Selectmen
Batchelder
Walter G. Baker
David Belcher
Roy W. Pigeon
Frank E. Whitman
Harry W. Aiken
John W. Fielding
Donald McLeod
Carl Nelson
Garfield A A Out For Revenge Thriller in Revere
Garfield A A and the West End House meet in a suspenseful basketball clash at the Abraham Lincoln Gym in Malden Street Revere. Garfield A A seeks revenge after a narrow late loss to West End last Saturday. The Garfield Jay Vees remain undefeated as they face West End House Jay Vees in what promises to be a thriller.
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Revere
Garfield A. A
West End House
Abraham Lincoln
Malden St
Garfields
West End
Garfield Jay Vees
Jay Vees
Methodist Episcopal Church Services Schedule
Harry Belmont Hill conducts services with Carl W. Malley at the organ. Church School at 9 45 a m, morning worship at 11, sermon Be of Good Cheer. Evening events include Christmas Musical Vesper Service at 5, Young People's Forum and Epworth League at 6 30, Church Night and Bible Hour Friday at 8 with theme Two Years at Caesarea. Public cordially invited to attend.
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Harry Belmont Hill
Carl W. Malley
Young People’s Forum
Epworth League
Caesarea
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