Listen Darling and Vacation from Love At Winthrop Theatres
This Friday and Saturday at Winthrop Theatres features Listen Darling with Freddie Bartholoméw and Judy Garland from Katharine Brush, plus Vacation from Love starring Dennis O Keeffe and Florence Rice in a light comedy.
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Winthrop Theatres
Freddie Bartholoméw
Judy Garland
Katharine Brush
Dennis O’keefe
Florence Rice
Wallace Beery
Mickey Rooney
Dick Powell
Olivia deHavilland
Errol Flynn
Bette Davis
Myron Brinig
Hollywood
Annabel
Jack Oakie
Lucille Ball
Symbolism of Passion Flower in Christian Tract
The passage explains that the three leaves of the passion flower symbolize the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost. The tendrils stand for the cords used to bind Christ. Flower parts like stamens pistil sepals and petals depict the crown of thorns the nail prints the five wounds the three spears the two clubs and the cross. The ten pods represent the Apostles excluding Judas and Peter.
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Christ
Judas
Peter
Durazzo Origins and Peloponnesian War Link
Durazzo, port in Albania, traces to Epidamnus founded by Corcyreans and Corinthians in the seventh century B C A quarrel between the groups sparked the Peloponnesian War and allied tensions across the region.
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Durazzo
Kingdom of
Albania
Epidamnus
Corcyreans
Corinthians
American Legion Auxiliary Holds Christmas Meeting and Fort Banks Event
The American Legion Auxiliary met on Thursday December 22 1938 with Mrs Edna Brooks presiding. A Christmas party followed with Santa giving gifts and carols led by Mrs Emery. The Fort Banks Hospital veterans Christmas party occurred Friday December 23 under Suffolk County Council supervision with gifts for all and a large turnout including Mrs Agnes Dudley Col Charles Sayles Ruth Taylor and Mrs Edna Brooks. About 100 high school pupils directed by Mr Deckham performed Christmas carols.
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Edna Brooks
Santa Claus
Emery
Catherine Barry
Fort Banks Hospital
Suffolk County Council
American Legionaliary
Mary Cassidy
Suffolk County
Margaret Foote
Winthrop Unit
Margaret Collins
Mattapan
Agnes Dudley
Charles Sayles
Ruth I
Dark and Middle Ages contrasted in European history
The text outlines the Dark Ages from 475 A D to 1150 A D with the Amalfi discovery of the pandects in 533 A D signaling a classic age revival. It notes learning failure in Europe during barbarian dominance and the later fall of Constantinople in 1533 as part of medieval history.
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Roman Empire
Amalfi
Italy
Constantinople
Europe
Ohio State awards master of science degree to 225
Personal notes from Maple Jd and surrounding areas describe Robert Waddell receiving a Master of Science degree at autumn exercises on December 21. Other items cover Christmas visits between families, Elks lodge events with Rep. Honan and Mayor Childs as speakers, a young married couples club meeting with Santa gifts, poetry readings for a literary club, and the engagement of Cora Grace Titus to Albert M. Harding Jr.
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Robert Waddell
Maple Jd
Ohio State University
Daniel J. Honan
P.D
A. E. Titus
Thornton St
Cora Grace
Albert M. Harding, Jr
Marshall St
Amicitia Club Christmas Party Hosts Gift for Needy Family
Amicitia Club members gathered at Mr and Mrs Jesse Dolloff home on Bartlett Road for Christmas celebration. Ruby E Douglas presided as president over a brief meeting announcing the club gift for a needy family. The program included Christmas Carol Silhouettes readings solos and a Santa appearance by John Kundson with gifts and humorous verses.
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Jesse F. Dolloff
Bartlett Rd
Amicitia Club
Ruby E. Douglas
Agnes FE. Larkin
Grace C. Burns
Dorothea Knudson
Annette Smith
Jeannette Hill
Mildred C. Dolloff
George Hodsdon
John Kundson
George D. Burns
Lewis M. Hollingsworth
Dorothea Kundson
Evelyn
Dolloff
Santa
Elinor
Leonard Conant
Carl W. Malley
Alice R.crawford
Harry B. Hill
George Hodgdon
How Bananas Grow From Stem to Bananas
A concise description explains that the banana plant produces a spike bearing fruit from the main stalk. Young bananas point outward and downward, but as they enlarge the spike bends, causing the bunch to hang upside down relative to the plant. In markets the string attaches to the plant’s free spike end, not the cut end.
Long-Tailed Fowl Once Popular In Japanese History
The Yokohama long tailed fowl has a history in Tosa Japan where locals used its feathers as pennons on spears and bred birds for exceptionally long tails. In Japan the birds are kept with top lighting to protect their tails and are walked outdoors with an attendant known as a train bearer.
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Yokohama
Tosa
Japan
Pearson
London Weekly
Worcester Polytech honored students noted in letter
Arthur E. Boudreau reports two Worcester Polytech Institute juniors from his school. Howard J. Freeman holds an honor scholarship. Kenneth W. Fowler is an honor student and active in the Camera Club Mechanical Engineering Society Masque and Theta Chi. Christmas gatherings and family notices follow including a birth in Pauline Street.
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Arthur E. Boudreau
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Howard J. Freeman
Kenneth W. Fowler
Mechanical Engineering
Freeman
Fowler
Camera Club
Mechanical Engineering Society
Theta Chi
Paper Decorations Used In Chinese Ceremonials
David Hunter describes ornamental paper cuts burned at Chinese funerals. Paper effigies include chests robes and shoes with gold and silver finishes. Wealthy relatives craft full sized carts and horses so the deceased may have them in heaven. Mock money is burned to fund posthumous purchases.
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David Hunter
Bulletin of American Museum of History
China
Heaven
Asia
Moselikatse Led Zulu Nation with Ox Hide Shield
A Zulu chief Moselikatse rose to prominence about a century ago ruling vast zones. Zulu warfare centered on ox hide shields and spears, with each warrior armed with two or three spears for battle.
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Moselikatse
Saturnalia Program by Junior High Latin Club
The Junior High Latin Club of Junior Ill directed by Miss Phinney staged a Saturnalia program on December 19. Patricia Fisher announced acts including Latin songs, dialogue, readings, a humorous poem, and a Question Bee led by Frank McCarthy with chocolate rewards.
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Latin Club of
Junior Ill
James
Lillian Elkin
Frank McCarthy
Boston Mutual declares 1939 dividends to policyholders
President Jay R. Benton announces that the Board of Directors declares 1939 policyholder dividends on the same basis as 1938 with an increased scale for Preferred Risk policies. The company will set aside more than $190,000 in the annual statement to cover 1939 dividends, the highest surplus provision in its history.
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Jay R. Benton
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston Mutual
Hindus First Settlers of Java
The article notes Hindus as Java’s first settlers who visited around 75 A D. It outlines Dutch rule beginning in 1610 with brief French and British interludes, Dutch return in 1817, the island’s 49 000 square miles, a central mountain spine with western parallel ranges and north isolated peaks, 43 volcanoes, and a population mix of Europeans Malays and foreign Orientals including Chinese and Arabs.
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Java
Blocks of Pyramids Limestone Calculation
The article states the largest pyramid contains 2,300,000 limestone blocks each weighing 1.5 tons, detailing the massive construction scale and material weight.
Winthrop Yacht Club Ladies to Host Christmas Party
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Winthrop Yacht Club held their annual Christmas party on Monday afternoon December 19 in the club house. After a brief meeting, President Mrs. Frank S. Waterman as Santa Claus distributed gifts from under the decorated tree. Refreshments followed an afternoon of entertainment and all deemed it a pleasant occasion.
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Honan
Daniel J. Honan
Rep. Honan
Santa Claus
Rep
Mary
Patricia
Frances
Daniel
William
Stella Honan
Wickham
Paul
Winthrop
John
Qlauretta Honan
Salemme
Wrentham
James
Jean Honan
MacAleenan
Chelsea
Mary C. Honan
Boston
Joseph Grimes
John Honan
Trappist Monastery
Valley Falls
R. I
Anne Genevieve
Teresa Honan
Charity
Holy Trinity Convent
Westfield
N. J
Winthrop Yacht Club
Co operative Banks Win Ad Prize in National Campaign
Massachusetts Co operative Bank League rewards for public interest advocacy in thrift management and home financing. Warner M. Allen reports the 1937 38 co operative campaign won the third prize in all state advertising at the United States Building and Loan League convention in Chicago.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth
United States Building and Loan League
Chicago
Warner M. Allen
Massachusetts Co-operative Bank League
Bay State
League
Lost Cargo of Slaves and Theodor Canot Biography
The article outlines Theodore Canot's career trading enslaved people from Africa to America between 1827 and 1847. It notes a 300 slave cargo lost to smallpox on an early voyage and a later trip in which 21 percent survived, as mentioned in Collier's Weekly.
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Theodore Canot
Africa
America
Collier's Weekly
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Piscopo
Ballantine
East
Piscopo Liquor Store
Orient Heights
Barnes Avenue
Ray
Somerset Ave
R. Bucks
Joseph Kelfer
The
Winthrop Quality Meat Shop
Winthrop St. Oce
Ree Ereegeesas Magees Corner
Wats
B & P Shoe
High Street
Fort Hill Square
Devonshire
Passion Flower
American Legion Auxiliary
Robert A. Walsh
Court Road
F. F. Bauer
Quincy Ave
Springfield
F. F. Bauer, Jr
Forest Park Ave
Mrs. Bauer
West Springfield
Junior Bauer
Young Married Couples Club
Union Congregational Church
Carl Beddeos, Jr
John Forbes
North Ave
Jeremiah Black
Maude McGarry Tibbetts
Popular Authors’ Literary Club
Eldridge F. Smith
Winthrop St
Albert’ B. Miller
Jennie, Benson, Edith L. Miller Visconti
Joseph Davis Miller
Franklin Bell
Thornton Park
Arthur Sullivan
Carroll Butler
Pauline St
Melee & Co. Inc
Chamberlain
Centre
Ted
Ig Aan
Mae Ocean
Latin Club
Janice Casey
Boston Mutual Life Insurance CO
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Puss
London
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