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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1935
Page
2
The Bennison home on Charles R Bennison property hosts the season’s most colorful Christmas display. Locals and visitors alike travel from out of town to view the brilliant spectacle highlighting Winthrop’s holiday cheer and communal happiness this year.
A reflective column blends holiday greetings with civic duties and garden advice. It urges voter focus on public expenditures and government, then shifts to indoor herb growing tips and warm Christmas wishes. The piece weaves community warmth with practical tips on starting plants early using hotbeds and cold frames.
The article discusses growing herbs indoors during winter, noting sun, soil, and water needs for herbs like parsley, marjoram, and dill. It mentions using firm bulbs for forcing indoors and highlights herbs' nutritional value for seasonings and soups. It also touches on culinary use and general kitchen garden wisdom from teachers and nutritionists.
The seventh grade sewed gift items for needy children while Mr Banham's woodworking class built wooden toys for charity. Dec 20 featured a Christmas Carol Program by the Winthrop Junior High Girls Glee Club and the Winthrop Senior High Brass Quartet, with rooms displaying festive decorations and student artwork.
Estella Beigel of Winthrop leads the committee in charge of open house at Portia Law School. The Senior class and Student Council organize the event with Christmas decorations, ushers, carol singers, and refreshments for guests.
Under Elmer Woods supervision Winthrop’s Town Hall glows with electric candles and green and red watercolors. Officials illuminate every window with holiday greetings to all citizens from town departments and officials.
Troop 72 held a Court of Honor with seventy two scouts receiving badges in a staged tenderfoot to first class sequence. Davy Coughlin and George McElroy spoke briefly as Lee Laura and Alby Moriarty earned top merit awards. The troop also showcased Archery and Photography at an event in Lynn on December 14 with a second prize for a signalling set and planned Camp Ni Han trip. John O'Brien welcomed new member and a large Christmas party is planned.
The First Church of Winthrop Methodist Episcopal with Harry Belmont Hill as minister and Carle W. Malley as organist directs 94h a.m. services, a church school for all ages, a Men’s Bible Class led by Benjamin A. Little, morning worship with the sermon If I Could Live 1935 over Again, Boys’ Choir, Epworth League, and an evening worship featuring Mother-in-Law themed sermon. Public invited to attend.
St John’s Episcopal Church at Bowdoin and Buchanan announces December 26 Sunday After Christmas. Holy Communion at 10:00 am. Morning service at 7:30 am and church school sessions for grammar junior and senior high led. Kindergarten and primary classes at 9:15 am.
Rev L W Williamson leads morning worship at 9 20 with a sermon How Shall We Measure Our Lives Morning church school for all departments at noon Baraca Philathea and adult classes Senior Endeavor meets in the afternoon Evening worship features a baptismal service and sermon Adventuring: Jesus Christ Friday Bible study and prayer night at 7 45 with a study on the Parable of the Sower An invitation extended to all church members and friends.
The Senior Christian Endeavor Society invites all young people to attend a Sunday program beginning at 6 21 5 with Bradford Reed a Davidson College student as speaker. The society promises an engaging meeting and fellowship.
Martha E. D. White of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters discusses Separation of Powers and how the Constitution coordinates executive and legislative action. The talk outlines state of the union messages, veto power, party leadership, patronage, and presidential influence on legislation. The piece notes church notices for First Church of Christ Scientist in Winthrop and details the Sunday service and reading room hours.
The American Legion Auxiliary Winthrop Post No. 146 will hold a regular meeting on Thursday evening February 26 at the Legion Dugout with Mrs. Mary Cassidy presiding. A Christmas party will follow. The Drill Team was invited to participate at the Installation of Jewish War Veterans on Sunday afternoon January 5 and at the Warren Ellis Relief Corps Installation on January 7. Miss Margaret Tibbetts, home from Colby Junior College in New London, N H, will visit for the holidays and return to college Monday January 6, 1936.
The Health Forum notes that salads have moved from a feminine luxury to a year round main dish option. Winter vegetables and fruits provide inexpensive, colorful, and varied salads. ideas include carrot and parsnip crisps, stuffed celery, cranberry apple combos, and jellied salads. Massachusetts health broadcasts promote salad use while Massachusetts crop data cites cranberry production at 56 million pounds.
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