Christmas Spirit and Fraternal News From Winthrop Council
In Bethlehem Nativity reflections frame this note from Winthrop Council. Death of Brother Joe Cook is marked with respect, Jack Clancy reports vitality, and weekly Thursday whist and bridge gatherings continue in the Council hall. Messages praise Yuletide generosity amid wartime concerns and memory of friends, with playful literary aside about Art’s prompt to write with teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cook
Columbianism
Winthrop Council
Xniss
Frank McCarthy
P. S
Police News Highlights From Winthrop Police Blotter
Police chief attended two Mass Police Chief Association meetings with emphasis on national defense. Winthrop cops to cooperate with local defense officials. Barking dogs on Chester and North avenues prompt calls to curb late night roaming. A suspicious pencil seller was found by police. Items stolen include a flashlight gloves and tools from a car on Hermon street and ten packs of cigarettes from an auto on Villa avenue. A taxi was stolen from Winthrop Beach and found on Highland bridge. A Somerset avenue car was damaged in a hit and run near the Public Library. license plate numbers 42 8 were recorded. Increase in reported vehicle incidents and calls to identify the fleeing driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Pumphret
Mass. Police Chief Association
Winthrop Police
Hermon St
Villa Ave
Winthrop Beach
Highland Bridge
Somerset Ave
For Sale United Premier kitchen range and more
FOR SALE United Premier kitchen range gray and white enamel combination coal and gas range two burners. Tel Ocean 2807 M or call 471 Pauline St. 11 D18 FOR SALE first top desk and chair two piece living room suite rugs electric cabinet sewing machine other articles private Write Box B Winthrop Review 31-018-25-11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Premier Kitchen
Ocean
Pauline St
Winthrop Review
Winthrop Highlands
Lost Pass Book Notices at Winthrop Banks
Public notices announce lost pass books from Winthrop Co operative Bank and Winthrop Trust Company. Applicants seek duplicate books under General Laws Section 20, Chapter 167. Payments on originals are stopped, with treasurers named as Almon E Whittemore and Harry W Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Trust Company Savings Department Bank
Winthrop Trust Company
Harry W. Aiken
Bath Welding School Promotes Short Courses for Navy Test
The notice advertises Bath Welding School at 42 North Main St Auburn offering low cost courses to prepare for the Naval Welding test. It urges readers to write, call or telephone for free information as the week closes. Police activity noted a quiet week with several incidents including a local house break suspect held for grand jury in 10600 bail and vehicle related losses and thefts in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bath Welding School
North Main St
Auburn
Fire Department Activity Week of December 7 Summary
The log reports multiple still alarms for boiler trouble and minor blazes including grass fires, a washing machine fire, and a roof fire at the old Taft Inn in Pt. Shirley. Noted incidents include auto fires on December 11 and heating boiler coil bursts, with calls at Cliff Avenue and Highland and Temple avenues. Investigations into rubbish burning were also recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto
Frank Corinha
Merritt
Cliff Ave
Highland
Temple Avenues
Emanuel Isenberg
Main St
Highland Ave
Pt. Shirley
Ex-Winthrop High Athlete Now U S Navy Gunner
Former Winthrop High School football star John F. Kelly Jr now serves as a third class gunner aboard a heavy cruiser off Hawaii. In a letter to his father he reports 10 hits out of 10 shots in anti air craft target practice and recalls a reunion with fellow Winthrop players including Louis Abrams and Joseph Kneeland. He notes no expected trouble with Japan and mentions his schooling at Immaculate Conception School in Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kelly, Jr
Winthrop
U.S. Navy
Boston Globe
Hawaii
Mr. Kelly
Winthrop High School
Louis Abrams
United States Army
Joseph Kneeland
U. S. Navy
Will probate for Julia A Callaghan estate in Winthrop
Petition filed in Suffolk Probate Court seeks to appoint Annie F. McGillicuddy administratrix with will annexed of Julia A. Callaghan late of Winthrop Massachusetts. No bond surety required due to will terms. Objections must appear by December 26 1941 in Boston. Judge Frederick J. Dillon presiding. Register Arthur W. Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
William F. Chardon
Winthrop
Frances F. Chardon
Said
Boston
Frederick J. Dillon
Esquire
Arthur W. Sullivan
Register
Julia A. Callaghan
Annie F. McGillicuddy
Deaths in Winthrop Mary Frances Kirkpatrick Annie Beresford Calvin White
Death notices from Winthrop record Mary Frances Kirkpatrick widow of James T. Kirkpatrick died December 13 at 46 Washington Ave. Funeral with high mass at St. John the Evangelist December 16. Annie N. Beresford widow of Charles W. Beresford died December 9. services at Mt. Auburn Cemetery December 11. Calvin White of 36 Sagamore Ave died December 11. service December 13 at Bennington Funeral Home with interment at Winthrop Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M. Harper
Mt. Auburn
White
Winthrop
Calvin White
Sagamore Ave
Bennison Funeral Home
Winthrop St
A. Ray Meserve
Winthrop Cemetery
Christmas Party of the Davison Club Celebrates 1941
The Davison Club held its Christmas gathering on December 11 1941 at 198 Cottage Park Road home of president Mrs Herbert C Dow. Twenty four members attended a candlelit turkey dinner. After a brief meeting Vice President Miss Mabel Arnold outlined next year’s program. Santa Claus distributed gifts and founder Mrs Joseph E Davison received a gift from members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison Club
Herbert C. Dow
Cottage Park Rd
Carl Jorgensen
Walter Rowe
Mabel Arnold
Santa Claus
Joseph E. Davisson
Deane Winthrop Circle 1556 meets December 23
The quarterly business meeting of Deane Winthrop Circle 1556 Companions of the Forest will be held at Odd Fellows Hall Tuesday evening December 23 at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane Winthrop
Companions OF the Forest
Odd Fellows Hall
Rubber Tire Production in 1940 National Totals
U S rubber tires produced in 1940 reached 53,856,986 units, up 1,171,378 from 1939, reflecting continued industrial output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Christmas Services Planned at Hill Chapel With Choir
Harry Belmont Hill presides as minister at Carle W. Malley directing organ and choir for a full Christmas schedule. Services include 9:45 classes for all ages, 11:00 nursery and Christmas Message The Hope of the World, 5:00 Christmas Vesper with combined choirs, and Friday 8:00 Church Night and Bible Hour with theme Christmas Carols in Message and Song. A note on splinter extraction via steam offers a home remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Belmont Hill
Carle W. Malley
Christ the Bethlehem Babe
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Bethlehem
Mary
Jesus Christ
Jack Clancy
Jack
Rick Bachini
Ricco
Bing Crosby
McCormack
Police News
Chester Ave
North Ave
Law and Order
Borhood
Sergi. Roberts
Nickerson
Washington St
ARTA
Siuletide A
Raymond Sweeney
Woodside Ave
Whitman Lumber
Argyle St
Nat’s Delicatessen
Shirley Street
Merlino’s Centre
Arrow
Marcus Men’s
Winthrop Centre
Mela Intoey Paine Leal Aud Venr Loung
James E. Boyington
Revere
Cambridge
Everett
Shirley St
No. Hampton
N. H
Fire Dept. News
Winthrop High
Gunner
Kelly, Abrams
Colonial Inn
Shirley St. Ocean
Crystal Cove Ave
Jacobs
Winthrop Center
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Probate
Bennison Funeral Home, Inc
the Davison Club
Eesti
Frank J. McQueeney
Atlantic ST. Ocean
Dupont Zerox
Firestone
Frigstone
Zerone
Super Pyro
Norway
Royal Thermo
du Pont
Freezone
Willard
South Wind
Chelsea Tire and Cycle CO
Chelsea Square
CHE
Arthur F. Verney Ford
Mercury
Hoover Motors
Aviary
William & Mary
Wm. D. Porter
Bellevue Ave
Boat Builders
Chiropodists
DR. A
Civil Engineers
Coal & Ice Dealers
Frank L. Cronin
UO. Coal, Coke, Fuel and Range Oil
R. R. Ave
Revere Tel
E. B
Arthur H. Curtis CO
Arthur H. Curtis
Prop
Winthrop Coal CO
OCE
J. R. Vaughan
Ray Bucks
Bartlett Road Ocean
Shirley Hardware CO
D. Groman
Winthrop Hardware CO
Winthrop St. Ocean
Woodside Hardware
Otis
Zeppie
Ethel
I. Zeppernick
Bartlett
Jewelers
Gilbert R. Rand
Winthrop Trust Co
Bartlett Road
Winthrop Laundering CO
Central St. Ocean
United Bedding CO
Meridian St
H. N. Bangs & Sons
Madison Ave
John Henry
Fremont St
Henry E. Keough CO
Derco Electric & Radio
LANG
the Shoeman
Enna Jettick
Somerset_Ave
Derco Electric & Radio Shop
A. J.pilling
Buchanan St. Ocean
F. E. Ramsey
First Church OF
Albert B. Miller
Charles Tennessey
Winthrop Upholstering CO
Pauline Street
Piscopo Liquor Store
Es Ave
Orient Heights
Whitman & Howard
Civil Engineers and Surveyors
Liberty
Broad St
M. J. Kelly
Tel
East
Telephone East
Charles A. Rollins
Meridian Street
Mass
Frederick A. Magrath
E.B
Funeral Home
John F
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