Local Social Roster Notes Christmas Cheer in Winthrop
Winthrop residents host Christmas parties and charitable events across town. Mrs Irene Pierce leads a bridge club at her Cliff avenue home with prizes won by Mrs Pierce Miss MacKenzie and Mrs Baker. The community announces Christmas parties for Dec 21 22 27 and 29 with gatherings at Grovers avenue Floyd street and St Johns Episcopal Church. Santa canvasses schools and clubs aiding unemployed families and the church school processions highlight the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Pierce
Cliff Avenue
Bridge Club
Pierce
Sadie MacKenzie
Polly Baker
Mabel Williams
Ann Kleemann
Quincy Avenue
Mollie Gillis
Ruth Hamilton
Somerset Avenue
Young Womens Guild of
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Dawn T. Hagman
Birch Road
Hilly Klagge
Eleanor. Edwards
Winthrop Senior Class Play The Youngest wows audiences
The Senior Class of Winthrop High staged The Youngest by Philip Barry with strong cast work led by Wendell Grimes as Richard Winslow and Eldean Campbell as Nancy Blake. Doris Edwards as Mrs Winslow and John Conley as Oliver Winslow drew praise. The program praised Miss Clara M Spence as director and the Winthrop High School Orchestra under N Elliot Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth A. Robinson
Katie
Winthrop High School
N. Elliot Willis
Philip Barry
Clara M. Spence
Wendell Grimes
Richard Winslow
Richard
John Conley
Oliver
Julius Glaser
Mark
el- Hot N
Willis
Richard Whorf
Winslow
New York
Jabez Winslow
Oliver Winslow
Mark Winslow
Martha Winslow
Augusta Winstow Martin
Nancy Blake
Alan Martin
Augusta Winslow Martin
Mr. Winslow
Nancy
Doris Edwards
Mrs. Winslow
Virginia Jacobs E
Lorraine
McEwan
John Roe
Eldean Campbell
Canvassing Town for Food and Junk by Unemployment Committee
The unemployment committee canvasses town for junk and food to aid unemployed families. Junk includes papers magazines old books rags metal tires auto parts. food seeks canned goods potatoes and packaged items. Last week four canvassers collected nearly $200 in food, saving coal funds. Contact Ocean 3060.
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Ocean 3060
Fort Banks Residents Plan Holiday Trip to New York
Mr and Mrs Samuel B Hall of Fort Standish spend a week with friends in Trenton New Jersey and plan a New York visit to the Empire State Building and a toll paying stop on ex Gov Alfred E Smith. They will fly to East Boston from New York Friday to reach Christmas with Mrs Hall’s parents Mr and Mrs James F Mary Pauline streets.
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Samuel B. Hall
Fort Standish
Trenton
New Jersey
New York
Empire State Building
Alfred E. Smith
Boston
Banana anecdote from Lord Beaconsfield in Cairo 1832
A century and a half ago Lord Beaconsfield reported from Cairo that the banana was the most delicious fruit, claiming it was richer than a pineapple. The remark illustrates early fascination with tropical produce and imperial curiosity about distant kitchens.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Cairo
Colonial era room for a body laid in state
In colonial times the not dead room served as the chamber where a body lay in state. The phrase describes a funerary space used for viewing and tribute prior to burial.
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Ocean
Ickerson the Haberdasher
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Herbert C
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J. J. Kennedy
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Frank J. McQueeney
Atlantic ST. Ocean
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Hans C. Kleeman
Hebrew Educational Foundation
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Sydney Evans
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James Carringtons
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Roger Prebles
Marion Evans
WA. Bruce
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Berkeley W. Mossman
Beatrice Harrington
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Highlands ‘Sewing Club
Edith Holmes
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F. Keeler Rice
Ruth
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Frances McCaffrey
Irene Murphy
Brighton
Marjory Hagman
Rebuck
Bartlett Parkway
Santa
Frank Rebuck
Boston Post
Joseph Pavison
Wednesshir
Velock
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William Finlayson
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Wea
James West
Margaret. West
Shore Drive
Children's Hospital
Albert. Thorney
Myrtle Curtin
Newton
Winhrop Post
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John Coghlan
Thornton Park
Wm.’ Floyd
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Metcalf
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Joseph Kane
Elmer Avenue
Suc-A-Club
Frank Foote
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Tom Brath
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Stanley Roberts
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the Highlands
Nadia Mihailovska
School of Religious Education
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St. John’s Hall
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Mae McDonald
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Great Britain
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William C. Goss
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Max E. Stewart
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Gilis Brothers
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Andrews Oil Burner CO
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Orient Palace Theatre
Orient Heights
Belcher
Florists’ Telegraph Delivery
Woodside
Ave. Ocean
Wegener’s Delicatessen
Woodside Avenue
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