Get-To-Gether Club Elects Officers for New Year
The Get-To-Gether Club held its annual meeting on December 11 at the Vestry with electors named: Eunice Ketchum president Elizabeth Daly first vice president Mollie Gillis second vice president Beatrice Loomis secretary Marie Thurston treasurer and directors Adele Hogan Evelyn Loomer Alice Oxton in charge of bridge parties. A Christmas party on December 18 at Beatrice Harringtons featured a decorated home gifts a radio program led by Marjorie Linde and a program of songs news weather and refreshments. The next meeting is set for January 8, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Ketchum
Elizabeth Daly
Mollie Gillis
Beatrice Loomis
Marie Thurston
Adele Hogan
Evelyn Loomer
Alice Oxton
Adele Bowman
Martha Ridley
Beatrice Harrington
Winthrop Woman's Club Enjoys Dramatic Christmas Program
At Elk's Hall Winthrop Woman's Club held its sixth meeting on Friday December 19 with a dramatic scriptural Christmas story interpretive performance. Notable acts included violin soloist Robert Amendola and Ms Reginald Marcotte, with Miss Rosamonde Joyzelle portraying The Madonna and Boy Christ. The club endorsed Grace Morrison Poole for General Federation presidency and urged welfare donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Woman's Club
Elk’s Hal
Margaret R. Ramsey
Grace Keough
General Federation
Schrader
Commonwealth Welfare Chest
Althea C. Kuebler
Kuebler
Robert Amendola
Reginald Marcotte
Gounod
Helen Sibley
The
Dudley Buck
Rosamonde Joyzelle
California
Maude McGarry Tibbetts
Helen F. Gardner
Christmas Party And Hospital Gifts By Local Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Christmas party December 11 in the Dug-out with a pan tomime The Duch ess Bounces In. Santa Claus gifts were handed out by Mrs Donovan Refreshments were provided by Mrs Irene Downie and Mrs Greene. On December 21 Mrs Downie and Mrs Ethel Preble visited Chelsea Naval Hospital wards with gifts donated by Auxiliary and Legion members. A regular meeting of the S3 was held at Miss Louise Saylor’s home decorating the Christmas tree and exchanging gifts. Tusday Dec 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Westlin
Duchess
Donovan
Santa Claus
Irene Downie
Greene
Ethel Preble
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Auxiliary
Legion
Anna K. Nelson
Louise Saylor
Pleasant Street
Tusday
Grand Canyon Quotation Echoes Across Ages
Four voices from varied walks of life speak about the Grand canyon. Theodore Roosevelt asserts God made it, while others lament the limits of language and the awe inspired by the site. A New Jersey girl, a Vancouver Province cowboy, and an unnamed author weigh in on its grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Theodore Roosevelt
New Jersey
Vancouver
Winthrop Catholic Women's Club Christmas Party
Nearly two hundred members and guests attended the Winthrop Catholic Women's Club Christmas party in St John Hall. Mrs. Peter E. Connelly presided with carols, songs, and a comic orchestra led by Mrs. Martin J. Cochran. Santa Claus (Mrs. Edith M. Christopher) handed out gifts and nut cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Catholic Women’s Club
St. John’s Hall
Peter E. Connelly
Fr. Carroll
Lillian H. Floyd
Hollywood
Florida
Albert F. Welch
John E. Halligan
Martin J. Cochrane
Frances Goodwin
John A. Murphy
Santa Claus
Edith M. Christopher
Jane BE. Martineau
Joseph S. Paz
Young Woman's Club Seeks Cheer for Needy at Holiday Meeting
The Young Woman's Club of St. John's Parish House held its December meeting with 138 members and guests. A Christmas play Why the Chimes Rang was presented, followed by carols and a gift-laden visit from Mr. and Mrs. Santa. Volunteers coordinated donations of clothing and food for needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Parish
Louise R. Jennings
Marion Ordway
Helen Pheasant
Brunswick
Boston
Elizabeth Marsden
Phyllis Edward
Community Service Committee
Lily C. Penney
Scott
Holger
Christ Child
Emily Klagge
Steen
Dorothy Roberts
Bertel
Irene Williams
Pauline Smith
Richard Pheasant
Robert Duffy
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Constance Tewksbury
Lila Baker
Ruth Richards
King
Daisy Whitman
Sage
Dorothy Green
Jessie Davy
Elizabeth Armstrong
Marjorie Tewksbury
Ruth Johnson
Harold Lindergreen
Santa
Anne Mossman
Blanche S. Curtis
Manchuria A Globe of Empires and Railways
The region, a vast mixed population land, links China Russia Japan Korea and Mongolia with railways, ports, and tense imperial zones. Mukden Harbin Dairen Port Arthur show a mosaic of Chinese Japanese Russian quarters amid bustling trade and soy bean commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchuria
China
Russia
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Manchuria
New Jersey
Japan
Amur
Mongolia
Japanese
Korea
Sea of Japan
Portsmouth
Port Arthur
Dairen
Harbin
Sungari
Peiping
Tokyo
Mukden
Chosen
Imperial
Genghis Khan
Muk Jen
Chicago
Boston
North China
Manchuaria
New England
Liaotung Peninsula
United States
Tsitsikhar
Kirin
Liaotung
Shing-King
Fengtien
Shantung
Negro Immune Myth Refuted by Dr Hazen on Ivy Poison
Dr Henry H Hazen in Diseases of the Skin states that full-blooded Negroes are not immune to ivy poisoning. In his experience with thousands of skin disease cases in that race, Negro patients suffer just as often and severely as White patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Hazen
Enormous Pressure at Washington Bureau of Standards
The largest testing machine in the world sits at the Bureau of Standards in Washington. It operates by oil pressure and can apply a load on the specimen of 10,000,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Gone West phrase traced to ancient times in death lore
The Detroit News notes the antique origin of the expression Gone West used when death occurs. It cites Sophocles in Oedipus Tyrannus, describing calamity as people move toward the shore of the Western God, illustrating the long cultural lineage of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophocles
Detroit News
Teeming India Population Exceeds Many Regions
India has a population around 340 million, nearing the combined populations of North America South America and Africa as a whole. The figure underscores rapid growth and demographic reach across the subcontinent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
North America
South America
Africa
Before Advent of Chairs
A compact note observes that chairs were not yet common in daily life, remaining uncommon and reserved before the broad adoption of chairs.
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Get-To-Gether Club
Victor Cohen
Optometrist
Shirley St. Ocean
South Boston
W. H. Brett Co
Bromfield St
East
Thrifty Service
Orient Heights Laundry CO
Addison St
Boston, Mass
Tremont St
Han
Canaries
Rone Friend
Chas
Ludlam
W. H. Ruttle
Bowdoin St
W. Davidson
Tremont Street
Winthrop
Woman’s Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Winthrop Symphony Conservatory of Music
Carle W. Malley
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Clarence Knudson
Emil Arcieri
Carl Ludwig
Prams
Edmunde Brown
Wadsworth Bldg
Studio Ocean
Vicinity
Catholic Club
Peter BE. Connelly
Young Woman’s Club
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Droskie
Great Britain
Floyd
Floyd’s
Floyd Milk CO
Buchanan St
Phillips Brooks
C. Oscar Ford
Ralph M. Harper
Suffolk Coal CO
Border Street
Mass
TEL
Winthrop Board of Health
G. Twining
Central ST
Elliot and
Whittier
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