Santa to visit Winthrop on Christmas Eve with gifts
Santa announces plans to visit Winthrop on Christmas Eve arriving at 7 from Main and Pleasant streets route through the town. He will stop from 7 to 7:30 in Court section and later at Beach Thornton Highlands Metcalf square with headquarters at Mr. and Mrs. Bennison 170 Winthrop St. Children may visit 2 to 6 and 7 to 10 Christmas Day. He brings candy toys and clothes and Shirley Temple doll.
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Winthrop
Main and
Pleasant Sts
Court Rd
Maple Rd
Circuit Rd
Loring Rd
Emerson Rd
Lowell
Maple
Circuit
Pleasant St
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Somerset Ave
Bellevue Ave
Cottage Park Rd
Bartlett Rd
Bartlett Parkway
Orlando Ave
Washington Ave
Sturgis St
Shore Drive
Beacon St
Shirley St
Thornton Park
Bowdoin
Chester Ave
Winthrop St
Revere St
Highland Ave
Cliff Ave
Quincy Ave
Grovers Ave
Crest Ave
Magee’s Corner
Main St
Shirley Temple
James C Higgins Dies Wednesday In Winthrop
Funeral services for James C Higgins longtime Winthrop resident will be Friday at 9 00 am at the Church of St John the Evangelist. He was born July 31 1868 and was a successful businessman and entertainer. Survived by wife Margaret Lennon Higgins four daughters Virginia Margaret Dorothy Marie Therese a son James C Higgins Jr two sisters. Interment in St Josephs Cemetery Roxbury.
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James C. Higgins
Somerset, Ave
Winthrop
Church of
St. John the Evangelist
Mr. Higgins
Clover Club of
Boston
Winthrop Council No. 162
Knights of Columbus
Margaret Lennon Higgins
Virginia
Abington
Margaret
Everett
Dorothy
Simmons College
Marie Therese
Winthrop High
James C. Higgins, Jr
New York
John G. Barry
T. J. Brearton
Schenectady
N. Y
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Roxbury
Winthrop Joins WPA Toy Repair Project for Christmas Gifts
Underprivileged children in 37 Massachusetts cities and towns will receive Christmas gifts produced through WPA toy repair efforts. Denis W. Delaney, state WPA administrator, announced the project. Winthrop is among the sponsoring towns.
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Massachusetts
Denis W. Delaney
Winthrop
Winter Flower Show Inspires Christmas Spirit At Odd Fellows Hall
The Winter Flower Show by the Garden Club of the Winthrop Woman's Club at Odd Fellows Hall offered a fairy land of color with themes like an old New England Christmas morning and a cozy Work Shop. Exhibits featured bird sanctuaries, gourds, and florists' displays, plus carol performances led by Ethel Keough. Prize winners spanned many classes from Christmas Centerpieces to Children’s Nativity stories, as organizers thanked contributors for the ninth annual show.
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Garden Club
Winthrop Woman’s Club
Odd Fellows Hall
John Brown
New England
E. M. Howard
G. A. Pierce
M. D. Penney
G. H. Crafts
Red Cross Roll Call Drive Exceeds Peace-time High
Winthrop's Red Cross Roll Call campaign in 1940 topped 2000 members, setting a peace-time high. Chairman Mrs. Carl S. Floyd and Supt. Arthur E. Boudreau praised volunteers and residents for the strong response and thanked the army of workers who made the success possible.
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Red Cross
Winthrop
Bership
Mark
Carl S.floyd
Winthrop Red Cross
Arthur E. Boudreau
Funeral Services for Henry Lappen in Brookline
Funeral services for Henry Lappen former Winthrop resident and father of Ham's Store manager Harry Lappen will be held at 10 a m Thursday at the Church of St Mary's the Assumption in Brookline. He died Tuesday at 181 Winthrop Road and will be buried in Winthrop Cemetery. services directed by John F. O'Malley.
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Henry Lappen
Winthrop
Harry Lappen
Ham’s
Highlands
St.Mary's
The
Winthrop Electric Train Display Opens This Week
Winthrop youngsters and adults can view seven or eight electrically operated train sets with accessories in the Knights of Columbus Hall Wadsworth Block starting Thursday through New Year’s. Courtesy of John F. Om alley the display operates afternoons and evenings for the grandchildren’s collection.
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Winthrop
Knights of Columbus
Wadsworth
Winthrop St
John F
Bride to be honored at Watertown shower
On last Sunday afternoon Miss Doris M. Hamilton of Lynn was honored at a wedding shower hosted by Mr and Mrs A C Eames of 10 Stoneleigh Place Watertown. Miss Hamilton, who will wed Robert S Remner of Winthrop on December 31, received many useful and beautiful gifts.
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Doris _M
Hamilton Heads Winthrop Campaign for Greater Boston Fund
George J. Hamilton of Winthrop was named chairman of Greater Boston's 1941 Community Fund Campaign to run January 18 to February 5. The appointment was announced by Robert H. Montgomery. Hamilton outlined a plan to mobilize local volunteers, with a local 1941 quota near 2000 dollars and a 10 minute film available to clubs.
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George J. Hamilton
Pleasant Park Yacht Club
Winthrop
Greater Boston
Community Fund
Robert H. Montgomery
Winthrop Commodore
Greater
Boston
Hamilton
Massachusetts Bay Yacht Clubs Association
Associaton
Winthrop District Committee
Boy Scouts of America
National Maritime Day Committee
Edward B.newton School
Montgomery
Eugene L. Vale
Ernest S. Young
North Metropolitan
Curtis L. Hicks
Eliott R. Jackson
Charles Hagman
Chester L. Griffin
Albert Pigeon
George W. Downie
Arthur E. Boudreau
Arthur Murray
Harvey Kelly
Robert S. Remer
James Soper
David Groman
Edward Howard
John Nugent
Supt. of Schools
Greater Boston Community Fund
George Hamilton
Ocean
Bob Remer
Don’t Buy Stolen Wreaths or Trees
A public warning advises households not to purchase Christmas wreaths or trees sold door to door by youngsters. Citizens report repeated thefts from homes and gardens over the years, encouraging further theft if bought. Charles R. Bennison reports several trees stolen from his large garden display at 170 Winthrop Street.
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Charles R. Bennison
Winthrop St
Annual Ball Plans Move Forward at Winthrop Hospital
Hospital Aid directors meet at Winthrop Community Hospital with Miss Rosetta Key presiding. Mrs Kinney reports $15.25 subscriptions. Mrs John Roe names Mrs John McElroy to run tickets and Mrs W Lester Harrington to supervise refreshments. Annual Ball set for February 7, 1941, progressing well. Ninety six articles repaired and forty four new articles made.
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Winthrop Community Hospital
Rosetta Key
Kinney
Curtis Publishing Co
John Roe
John McElroy
W. Lester Harrington
Bennison Christmas Display Returns on Winthrops Estate
Mr and Mrs Charles Bennison invite the public to view their yearly Christmas light display and nativity scene on Winthrops estate from Christmas Eve through New Year s. Santa Claus and Shirley Temple are slated to attend with carols and music each evening drawing thousands to this community holiday observance.
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Charles Bennison
Winthropst
Santa Claus
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Mr. and Mrs. Bennison
L. A. Phelan
J. F. O’hern
R. A. Walsh
W. D. Ramsey
A. W. Hodges
F.—S.davis
Winthrop Catholic Woman’s Club
Garden Club of Winthrop
Popular Authors’ Literary Club
Daughters of Maine
Quest and Question Club
Florence Crittenton League
S.H. Seabury
F. K. Hatfield
G. H. Myrick
J. Brown
A. G. Sullivan
F.C. Gorman
A. Haigh
Caroline M--Kirby
Russell P. Kirby
Nancy
Betty Ann .Colson
Peggy Allen
Barbara Colbert
Jane Howard
Wayne Sterling
Louise H. Paul
W.D. Ramsey
Little Miss Community
Winnthrop
Fund Hospital
K. of C. Hall
Bride
Carle W. Malley
First Church of
Names
Ball
Chas. Bennison
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