Embassy Club Holiday Party Features Quartet and Book News
The Embassy Club held its Xmas party at the Hotel Bradford with the Embassy Club Male Quartette and pianist Reginald Boardman performing. Members planned a spring club play and a book discussion on Christmas Days by Joseph Lincoln, plus a turkey raffle and notices about future meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Pero
Williams St
Joseph C. Lincoln
Edward Cole
Reginald Boardman
Boardman
Cole
Wheeler
Helene S. Carstensen
Frances G. Reith
Reith
Winifred Ll. Orrall
Five Films At Winthrop Theatres This Friday
The Winthrop Theatres present Dionne Quintuplets in Five of a Kind and Glenda Farrell with Burton Mac Lane in Torchy Gets Her Man. Tyrone Power stars in Suez alongside Loretta Young and Annabella, with Jackie Cooper in Gangster's Boy. Brother Rat debuts next Tue Wed Thu led by Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane, plus A Man To Remember with Anne Shirley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Dionne
Warner Bros
Wayne Morris
Priscilla Lane
Virginia, Military Institute
Lexington
Anne Shirley
Distinct Michoacan Dress Draws Tourists and Curiosity
A description of the Much Clovis in Skirts Tarasco Indias belles of Michoacan states that they wear elaborate skirts and multiple petticoats. The daily skirt uses nine yards of cloth and two to five lace trimmed petticoats, a fashion mystery to observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarasco Indias Belles
Michoacan
Mexico
Open Letter Critiques Banquet Seating and Endorsements
A reader recounts a Winthrop banquet for Rep Elect Roy W. Pigeon at Pleasant Park Yacht Club. The writer notes snubbing of Selectmen Baker and Belcher, remarks by Edward Howard of the Young Men’s Republican Club, and Ralph Baker’s Cottage Park Yacht Club backing four hundred ballots for Pigeon. The piece questions political support and motives among local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Pigeon
Pleasant Park Yacht Club
Baker
Belcher
Winthop
Edward Howard
Young Men’s Republican Club
Walter G. Baker
Selectmen
Howards
Naming Plants From Linnaeus A History Of Botanical Nomenclature
The piece recounts how early botanists used Latin names to describe plants, notes Linnaeus early system with genus species and varieties, and explains groups algae to angiosperms. It explains named examples like Nepeta cataria and Quercus alba, plus differences between monocots and dicots and key plant features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Arnold
Dave
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Linnaeus
Nepeta Cataria
Botanical terms and plant classifications explained
The speaker describes plant classification from classes to orders and families, noting backyard gardeners encounter these groupings. He mentions cotyledons and aims to cover botanical terms in a future meeting to simplify the topic.
Parasol Ants Carry Leaves and Food to Nest
Parasol ants carry small leaves and flowers in their jaws like umbrellas. They use these items to shade themselves and to transport food to their nest, serving as sustenance for the colony.
Boxing Smokers Begin at Elks Club With 8 Bouts
Winthrop Ledge of the Elks hosted the first in a planned series of smokers Monday night at the club house. Eight three round boxing bouts and a wrestling match plus vocal entertainment drew a large crowd. A second boxing exhibition is planned next month under Tommy Rawson MIT boxing instructor aiming for monthly events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Ledge
Elks
Tommy Rawson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Piscopo
Holiday
California
California Muscatel
Hiram Walker
Lang
Boston
Barnes Avenue
Orient Heights
Club
Bradford
Claire Gould
Damon
Esther Nelson
Embassy Club
Robert Moore
George Wheeler
John Bennett
Greeting Cards Lending Library
the Thistle
Woodside Avenue
Winthrop Trust Company
Winthrop, Mass
Christmas Club
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bsifho
Bread & Pie Shop
Somerset Avenue
Winthrop Centre
Samuels
Yardley
Schick, Gillette
Remington Rand
Paris
Coty
Cara Nome
Adrienne
Cutex
Whitman’s
Schrafft’s
Durand’s
Gales
Mary Adams
Barnett N. Samuels
Ph.g
Deroo Radio & Electric Shop
Bartlett Road
Ocean
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Bank For
B. Whittemore
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