Larry Sunday Series Promotes National Student Tour
Charles R. Scott, former Y M C A secretary for New Jersey, speaks at four Winthrop churches on the last Sunday of January and leads a afternoon young people conference at St. John s Episcopal Parish House. Pastors preside. tickets required for the after noon session.
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Winthrop
Charles R. Scott
Scott
Young Men’s Christian Association
New Jersey
Larry
Annapolis
St. John’s Episcopal Parish
A. Ray Meserve
First Baptist Church
Harry Belmont Hill
First Methodist Church
Ralph M. Harper
St. John’s Episcopal Church
R. E. Gilmore
Union Congregational Church
Ancient Onions and Relatives Appear in World History
Readings show onions and kin in ancient Egypt India China and Japan. Leeks and onions shaped coats of arms and Roman cookbooks reveal culinary use. Garlic native to Siberia was grown in England before 1548 and used to disguise spoiled fish and meat before refrigeration.
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India
China
Japan
Wales
Martha Harmon
Philadelphia
Bermuda
Siberia
England
New Year's Services At First Church Of Winthrop
Harry Belmont Hill leads the First Church of Winthrop Methodist Episcopal with a 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and an 11:00 a.m. New Year’s Service on the minister’s sermon What Is It All About. Holy Communion at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship follows with Until as the sermon. Friday Bible Hour at 8:00 p.m. Why Make New Year Resolutions theme. Forward verse cited. Public invited.
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Harry Belmont Hill
Carl W. Malley
Young People’s Forum
Epworth League
Weather Vane Traced Through Ages From Athens to New England
A compact history notes weather vanes from 100 B C on the Tower of the Winds in Athens to Deacon Shem Crown’s 1721 cock vane for Boston's New Brick Church. It traces uses by building type, church symbolism, and early American colonial practice with several notable examples.
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Athens
Alice Rollins
Los Angeles Times
Peter
America
Colonies
Deacon Shem Crown
Boston
Cambridge
Deacon Crown
Fanneilhall
New York
Fort
Gem meanings and effects for health and love
Listing various gemstones with attributed benefits. Moss agate brings health prosperity and long life, amethyst calms violent passions, bloodstone grants courage and firmness, chrysolite banishes sadness, emerald reveals true love, diamond signifies innocence and purity, garnet ensures fidelity, opal sharpens sight and faith, pearl grants purity and clarity, ruby corrects harms from bad friendships, sapphire grants repentance, sardonyx ensures conjugal happiness, topaz fosters fidelity and keeps dreams peaceful, turquoise promises prosperity in love.
Marbles Used Ages Ago In a British Museum
Scientists find marbles used by Egyptian and Roman youths over two millennia ago. The small stone spheres were among ancient remains and possibly knuckled by Stone Age youths. In Britain the game spanned classes and ages.
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Britain
Winthrop High Opens 1939 Basketball Season With Strong Squad
Winthrop High begins its 1939 basketball campaign under Coach Bob Perry with a large squad. The team, led by Kevin Mulcahy Dick McGinn Jim Reid Ed Harrigan and Bob Bowman, prepares for a tough season opener against Swampscott High in the local gym next Tuesday. Perry praises the two squads for pace and teamwork while noting last season’s seven wins and seven losses.
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Winthrop High
Bob Perry
Swampscott High
Perry
Winthrop High Athletics
Kevin Mulcahy
Dick McGinn
Jim Reid
Ed Harrigan
Bob Bowman
Mulcahy
McGinn
Reid
Harrigan
Winthrop High Basketball Schedule and Team Outlook
Winthrop High lists its 1939 schedule with games against Swampscott Everett Alumni and others from January to February. Coach Perry details a deep 31-man squad, starting five Reid McGinn Bowman Mulcahy Harrigan plus subs Cort Spano West Kirby Fotenakes Goldberg and a large junior squad. He expects improved season results after a strong preseason and wishes readers a Happy New Year.
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Reid
McGinn
Bowman
Mulcahy
Harrigan
Perry
Martin Cort
Joe “Chicky” Spano
Russell West
Bob Kirby
George Fotenakes
Rugged Abie Goldberg
Aardvark Sacred Animal
Aardvark known to Boers as the sacred ground hog, a harmless pig sized animal with a long snout large ears and thick skin. Its claws aid digging for insects and burrows where it hides. Once thought related to pangolins, it is an early ungulate offshoot. Egyptians revered it as the god Set’s personification of evil.
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South Africa
Nature Magazine
Set
Men Talk More Than Women Says Noted Psychologist
A noted psychologist reports that men do more talking than women and value their own words as more important. Pearson's London Weekly attributes this to an impression of female inferiority in conversation. The psychologist notes this is a general consensus among experts.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Statue of Dr Samuel D Gross Erected at Smithsonian
The Smithsonian grounds host a statue honoring Dr Samuel D Gross famed surgeon teacher and author. Born July 8 1805 in Pennsylvania he studied medicine at 17 and practiced until his death at 79. He founded the American Surgical Society and authored influential medical works.
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Samuel D. Gross
Smithsonian Institution
Pennsylvania
Leslie Hartley
Washington Star
American Medical Annoceeee
Gross
American Surgical Society
Cow Breathes Bushels of Air in Tiny Ssaiaagd Teer Rene
A 270 pound animal named Ssaiaagd Teer Rene is described as weighing about 270 pounds and producing large breaths. The report notes unusual breathing sounds attributed to the animal.
Plan Watch Night Service Sunday at Union Congregational
The Union Congregational Church plans a New Year’s party and Watch Night Service this Saturday evening with magic, film, comedy, singing and refreshments from 8 to 11. A worship service ends at midnight followed by sermons. Sunday January 1 features a sermon “Facing Forward with Faith” and special choir music. On January 8 a novel Sunday evening program begins and Cottage Teas replace Sunday vespers in five Winthrop districts.
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Union Congregational Church
Winthrop—Highlands
Center
Beach
Cottage Hill
Point Shirley
Seth Parker
Roosevelt Christmas Greeting to Boy Scouts
President Roosevelt delivers a Christmas message to 1,221,338 Boy Scouts and leaders across the nation. He urges members to perform a good deed for someone less fortunate and expresses hope for future leadership in community and national life. The note is received by Scout Executive Carl L. Hilton of the Bay Shore Council from Dr. James E. West.
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Winthrop District
United States
Roosevelt
Boy Scouts of America
Carl L. Hilton
Bay Shore Council
James E. West
Boys’ Life
White House
Washington
Boy Scouts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jonas Hanway and the Umbrella’s London Rise
The article credits Jonas Hanway with popularizing the umbrella in London, noting he faced hostility and danger while promoting rain protection. It traces earlier umbrella use in the East and France, Henway’s impact on English streets, and the posthumous spread to civilians and soldiers.
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Jonas Hanway
London
Washington Post
East
France
Hanway
Columbus Visited Puerto Rico on His Only U S Land Visit
Columbus crossed into the Caribbean to visit Puerto Rico, the sole territory under the United States flag he is recorded as visiting.
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Columbus
Puerto Rico
United States
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