All-Requests at Boulevard and Revere Theatres
The Tuesday to Thursday December 22 to 24 screenings feature two favorites Mr Deeds Goes to Town and Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur headline the first film while Fred MacMurray Sylvia Sidney star in the second with Henry Fonda Fred Stone and Spanky McFarland in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Deeds
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
Fred MacMurray
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Fred Stone
Spanky McFarland
The
Boulevard and Revere
Mrs Anastasia Wile dies after illness in town
Mrs Anastasia Leneten Wile a longtime town resident died Tuesday December 1 at her son Harry E B Wile s home at 83 Lincoln Street following a monthlong illness Funeral services were held Friday December 4 at her son s home with Rev Lewis Williamson officiating Interment was in Cambridge Cemetery beside her family funeral cortege included floral tributes and Payne family notables Horace E Wile and Lester M Wile are among surviving relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anastasia
Leneten) Wile
Harry EB. Wile
Horace E. Wile
Lowell
Lester M. Wile
Barberton
Ohio
William Alan Wile
Cambridge Cemetery
Mr. Williamson
Sunday radio re enacts Bible stories on WBZ and WBZA
Massachusetts clergymen back a new series by the Sunday Players broadcasting every Sunday afternoon this winter at 4 30 on WBZ and WBZA. The first presentation is the Crossing of the Red Sea followed by Bethlehem "A Child is Born" next Sunday, backed by the Massachusetts Co operative Bank League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
WBZ
WBZA
Sunday Players
Red Sea
Bethlehem
Massachusetts Co-operative Bank League
Santa Claus Seal supports tuberculosis fight plans
The 1936 Christmas Seal promotes funds for the National Tuberculosis Association and local affiliates. Local group funds milk for undernourished schoolchildren as part of the campaign. Alice S. Farquhar, chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Association
Funeral Notices for Sturgis and Brookline Resident
Funerals conducted by Mr and Mrs Charles R Bennison Undertakers Winthrop St Sturgis December 11 Sarah Russell Sturgis services at 194 Main St December 13 Reverend Lewis W Williamson officiated interment Forest Hills Cemetery Catherine E Johnson widow of John Johnson December 14 Brookline services December 16 at Bennison Funeral Home Winthrop Street Reverend Ralph M Harper officiated interment Winthrop Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Bennison
Winthrop St
Sturgis
Winthrop
Sarah Russell
Main St
Lewis W. Williamson
Forest Hills Cemetery
Johnson
Brookline
Catherine E
John. Johnson
Virginia Simpson
Bennison Funeral Home
Ralph M. Harper
Winthrop Cemetery
Hospital Ball Set for February Fifth
The hospital ball is scheduled for February fifth. President Mrs. Mary E Kinney notes the association provided 136 articles for the hospital including linen, sheets, pillowcases, blankets, towels, doctor gowns, mattresses, baby dresses, diapers, and other textiles for the hospital and nurses home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shestiher
Mary E. Kinney
Plan Xmas Cantata at Sunday UCC event and gatherings
Sunday plan for a Christmas cantata at U C C features Simpson Whitney and Mr Floyd with the cantata by Dudley Buck. The article notes guests at Bradford Junior College Mothers Day and multiple Christmas parties hosted by local families with clubs, hospitality, and community notices from Winthrop and Syracuse connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Whitney
Mr. Floyd
Dudley Buck
Buick reports record November retail deliveries in 1936
Buick announces that domestic retail deliveries of cars in November reached a new all time high of 19,284 units, surpassing the prior November peak of 14,880 in 1926. W F Hufstader notes the milestone as Buick expands operations beyond a decade ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
W. F. Hufstader
United States
Edith Wood School of Dancing Offers Swing Christmas Gift
The Edith Wood School of Dancing in Winthrop Street offers a term of 10 stage and ballroom dancing lessons as a Swing Christmas gift. Miss Wood teaches at the Leland Powers School of the Theatre in Boston and runs a fully equipped Winthrop studio with a gymnasium for dancing and adult body beautiful and reducing classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wood
Masonic
Block
Winthrop Street
Miss Wood
Leland Powers
Boston
Winthrop Studio
Teachers In 1936 Christmas Party Recalls School Event Vividly
A 1936 Christmas party in the gymnasium featured a grand costume march with unusual prize winners judges Esdale and Stedfast. Santa Claus, played by Wells, distributed gifts, followed by a peanut hunt, a junior playlet directed by Nicholson, and refreshments by Miss McPherson. The association is fully active. Beginning January an eight week course on Art and Life by Ella Numstenberg, Mas sachusetts School of Art, is planned through the State Department of University Extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esdale
Stedfast
Just
Santa Claus
Wells
Nicholson
McPherson
State Department of University Extension
Ella Numsterberg
Massachusetts School of Art
Free Xmas Turkeys At Revere Theatres
The Boulevard and Revere theatres offer ten live turkeys and ten dressed turkeys free to lucky patrons during the December 22 show of Mr Eds Goes To Town. Winners also receive a holiday basket with dinner necessities. Managers Don Smart and Harold Maloney promote a merry Christmas for their North Shore audience.
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North Shore
Eds
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Boulevard
the Revere
Don Smart
The
Harold
Mike) Maloney
Revere Theatres
Seventeen stage play at Winthrop High School
The Senior Class of Winthrop High School presented Booth Tarkington's Seventeen in Osborne Hall on December 16 and 17 with a matinee for school children. The cast included William Sylvanus Baxter Robert Walker Mr Baxter James Boyd Joe Bullitt Jason Wein Genesis Paul Magee Johnnie Watson William Waldron George Cropper Frank Schober Mr Parcher William Wood Wallie Banks John Baker Jane Baxter Irene Shapiro Lola Pratt Thelma Larkin May Parcher Mildred Swartz Ethel Bake Avis Thompson Mary Brooks Beatrice Marden Mrs Baxter Betty White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop High School
Osborne Hall
Booth ‘Tarkington
William Sylvanus Baxter
Robert Walker
Mr. Baxter
James Boyd
Joe Bullitt
Jason Wein
Genesis
Paul Magee
Johnnie Watson
William Waldron
George Cropper
Frank Schober
Mr. Parcher
William Wood
Wallie Banks
John Baker
Jane Baxter
Irene Shapiro
Lola Pratt
Thelma Larkin
May Parcher
Mildred Swartz
Ethel Bake
Avis’ Thompson
Mary Brooks
Beatrice Marden
Return to College Northeastern University students resume studies
Among the group who have returned to their studies at Northeastern University were Sidney R. Bloomfield 19 Coral avenue Peter A. Colarusso 3 Pearl avenue Ralph L. Cunningham 141 Quincy avenue and Kenneth L. Winkley 15 Jefferson street Bloomfield was elected president of the Student Council of the Sigma Society an honorary scholastic society He is a member of the International Relations Club the Sigma Kappa Psi fraternity the Student Union the Dramatic Club and the staff of the News the college weekly publication Colarusso is a member of the North Shore Club and the bowling team Cunningham holds membership in the Alpha Kappa Sigma fraternity and Winkley is a member of the basketball squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeastern University
Sidney R. Bloomfield
Coral Avenue
Peter A. Colarusso
Pearl Avenue
Ralph L. Cunningham
Quincy Avenue
Kenneth L. Winkley
Jefferson Street
Bloomfield
Sigma Society
Sigma Kappa Psi
Dramatic Club
News
Colarusso
North Shore
Cunningham
Alpha Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Winkley
Christmas Seal Drive Report for Winthrop TB Funds
Fred W. Fisher of 73 Bartlett Road Winthrop reports $303.00 raised so far this season versus $603.69 last year with 1000 people still to be heard from. Funds from Christmas seals support undernourished TB contact children sent to the Southern Middlesex Health Association summer health camp. Please do your share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Fisher
Bartlett Road
Winthrop
Winthrop Tuberculosis Committee
Southern Middlesex Health Association
The Ringnecked Dove Origins in England Since 1600
The Ringnecked or Barbary dove has long been in England, traced to traders from North Africa about 1600. Named for the region of discovery, it may be the same species Noah released from the ark to survey whether waters had receded.
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England
Africa
Flower Trap Insects With Trigger Hairs
Nature Magazine reports the genus flytrap traps insects by touching trigger hairs. Leaves close only on live struggling insects that strike hairs twice. Leaves also respond to chloroform with sleep or death on overdose.
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Nature Magazine
Garden Club December Meeting Reports Spring Flower Show Plans
The Deane Winthrop House garden club held a December session with a focus on Spring Flower Show plans at Mechanics Hall. Awards were given for winter bouquets, and members learned from Ruth Colson about Christmas greens and evergreen crafts. Richard Evans Schultes discussed the role of wild plants in Native daily life and peyote usage in ceremonies. The next meeting is January 18 at Mrs. Elsie W. Harper’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane Winthrop House
Emlie B. Walsh
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Mechanics Hall
Mabel D. Bragdon
Eva Gilmore
Laura A. Mirick
Ethel E. Bauer
Viola V. Naedele
Ruth Colson
Winthrop Woman’s Club
Ella Mason
Richard Evans Schultes
Elsie W. Harper
Bowdoin Street
Spear SRA Reunion Speaker Honan Addresses Elks
Representative Daniel J. Honan PD DG of the Elks spoke at the reunion held last Tuesday evening at Parker House in New England. Elks and their ladies, who traveled last summer to the Elks Grand Lodge Convention in Los Angeles, California, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Honan
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Everybody's Cash Market
Bernard G. Fritz
Optometrist
Wadsworth
Ocean
Nickerson
Washington St
Herbert C. Dow
Marion C. Mulloy
School OF Dancing
ODD Fellows Hall
Pauline Street
Tel
Wilshire Street
Frank J. McQueeney
Atlantic ST. Ocean
Whitman & Howard Civil Engineers and Surveyors
Liberty
Broad Street
Room
Bartlett
Arthur W. Gibby
President
Preston B. Churchill
Boulevard Theatres
Mrs
Leneten
Wile
Paign
Alice S. Farquhar
U.C.C
William E. Hewitt
Pleasant Street
Bradford Junior College
Bradford
Barbara
Walter H. Webster
College of Business Administration
Syracuse University
Syracue
N. Y
John A’ Webster
Circuit Road
Dorothy Swan
Ruth Hanmer
Roger Walker
Aces Bridge Club
Elizabeth Armstrong
Bridge Club
Ree
Seymour Street
F. K. Williams
Lowell ‘Road
Barry
Harry E. Goodwin
Wheelock Street
Gertrude Kenney
Linden Street
Charles Mahoney
Mass. Memorial Hospital
William Doherty
Winthrop Community Hosspital
Republican Town Committee
Winthrop Arms Hotel
Revere Boulevard Theatres
Booth Tarkington
Spear Sra
Shirley
Hardware Company
Mazda
Crosley
Philco Radios
NORGE
Shirley ST
Spanos Bros
Ford
Arthur F. Verney
Woodside Ave
OCHAN
Tiny Gun
Eureka Cleaners
Suburban Gaselec
Ash St
Revere
Mind Ocean
Mae
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