Registration Day Set for February 16 1942 in Winthrop
Governor Saltonstall issues a proclamation requiring all male residents ages 20 21 36 44 in Winthrop to register with the local Selective Service Board on February 16 1942 between 7 am and 9 pm. A Sunday pre-registration is allowed February 15 9 am to 5 pm at Edwardton Shirley Street or Highlands Schools with board staff and teachers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverett Saltonstall
Winthrop
Selective Service Board
Selective Service
Edward
Continental
United States
Territory of
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Child Care Course Starts February 25 in Newton School
A six lecture series begins Wednesday evening February 25 at 8 o'clock in the Edward B. Newton School. Dr Lendon Snedeker Boston pediatrician and State Evacuation Division medical officer will discuss evacuation of small children and nursery care. A question period follows. Mothers and others may register with local committee members listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Newton
Lendon Snedeker
Boston
Snederer
Everett K. Low
Arthur E. Boudreau
Nathan Caplan
LeRoy G. Davy
John W. Fielding
Chester F. Griffin
Oce
Frank E. Johnson
Royce G. Kunze
H. Leon Masovetsky
John J. McGrail
Joseph F. O'Hern
Henry G. Roberts
Percy L. Sterling
Howard L. Thorburn
Police Association Installs Seward As New President
At a meeting last Friday night the Winthrop Police Association voted to purchase 350 in government defense bonds. John Seward was installed as President for the forthcoming year with Officer Frank Perrone as secretary and treasurer. The retiring president Dave Kurland received a gift in appreciation of his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Police Association
John Seward
Frank Perrone
Dave Kurland
20 Hour Nutrition Course To Be Held In Winthrop
The Women s Division on Public Safety in Winthrop will offer a 20 hour nutrition course in the Hearing Room at Town Hall. Mrs Kelly Brown, a certified Red Cross instructor, will teach. The exact first class date will be announced next week and registrations are open with committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Town Hall
Kelly Brown
Red Cross
Wendell Hodgkins
Oce
Robert, Fowler
Stanley “Pratt
Mary ,Warnock
Berkeley
Mossman
Howard E. Spencer
Arthur W. Hodges
Hyman Levine
Charles A. Moore
Rationing Board Issues Two Tires to Winthrop Storage
Winthrop Rationing Board No. 348 reports two certificates issued for the purchase of two tires to John Henry, doing business as Winthrop Storage, classified as Common Carrier, 22 Fremont St, during the week ending January 31, 1942. Francis P. Madden, Lewis F. Davis, John A. Orrall, Rationing Board No. 348.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Rationing Board
John Henry
Winthrop Storage
Fremont St
Francis P. Madden
Lewis F
Davis
John A. Orrall
Winthrop Theatre Co-ops for March of Dimes
District Manager Irving Alexander oversees two Winthrop theatres and local stores that raised 142.96 in the March of Dimes drive honoring President Roosevelt. The campaign used Wishing Wells in lobbies for public donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Alexander
Winthrop
Roosevelt
Alexander
Linen Ball Set by Winthrop Hospital Aid Association
The Winthrop Community Hospital Aid Association will host the Twentieth Annual Linen Ball on Friday evening February 13 at the Elks Ballroom in Winthrop. The event supports linen provision for the hospital and Nurses' Home, plus equipment and ongoing expenses. Mrs. John Roe chairs the ball with a committee handling tickets and patrons. The patron and patroness roster lists numerous local residents and notable names supporting the fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Community Hospital Aid Association, Inc
Elks
Winthrop
Aid Association
John Roe
John of McElroy
Matthew G. Walsh
Dorothy Sears
Frederick Sinatra
James’ Herbert
Horace Smith
Matthew C. Walsh
Henry Baron
Ernest Bentley
Austin Curtis
Preston B. Churchill
van Belcher
Mary A. Kinney
Leslie Griffin
Francis P. Madden
Gertrude S. Pease
Horace M. Smith
Annie Sphunt
Arthur E. Boudreau
Frank Freundlich
John J. McElroy
Wm. Greathead
Barrett Davison
Rosetta Key
Beatrice H. Barrington
Winthrop War Fund Short Of Quota
The Winthrop United War Fund remains $2400 below its $4400 target with only $2000 collected. George J. Hamilton, local chairman of the Greater Boston United War Fund, calls workers to finish calls and report contributions to 58 Woodside Ave. If the drive misses the quota, it trails last year’s Community Fund tally, and volunteers must push last-minute appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop United War Fund
George J. Hamilton
Greater Boston
Winthrop
Notice to All Holding Defense Meetings Here
St William Wells of the local police department named identification officer of the Winthrop Public Safety Committee says state authorities warn all groups holding defense courses must notify him or the committee first. Groups must file meeting dates and locations with the Winthrop Public Safety Committee through Liz Wells or other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. William Wells
Winthrop Public Safety Committee
Winthrop Committee On Public Safety
Liz.Wells
War Fund General and District Officials List
War Fund structure overview with named officials and assistants across districts. Key figures include George J. Hamilton as General Chairman and James F. Kelly as District Organization Chairman, with multiple secretaries, coordinators, and captains listed for Districts 1 through 5. (Continued on Page 7.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Fund
George J. Hamilton
George W. Downie
John Orrall
Robert Fowler
Curtis L. Hicks
Arthur J. Sober
Wm. J.clark
James F. Kelly
Frank Kirby
Eleanor Cohen
Arthur W. Hodges
Thomas E. Key
Albert E. Pigon
Arthur E. Boudreau
James Spellman
Henry Leuth
Marion Fussell
Barney Samuels
Charles Weiner
Fred W. Passonettzi
Robert S. Remner
Irving Alexander
C. Joseph Harvey, Jr
Charles Hagman
Chester Griffin
Arthur C. Murray
Mrs. Wagman
Lewis Radell
Myrton O. Hill
George W. Gibbons
Elliott Jackson
Harold J. Morse
Henry G. Roberts
Salvatore Vitale
John Mattson
David Groman
John Flinn
Maybelle Sandler
Elsie D. Batchelder
John Orr
ARP School To Open Next Week In Junior High
A two day ARP instruction course will be offered this Saturday and Sunday at the Junior High School to certify citizens for air raid precaution work. A general registration for interested citizens will be held Tuesday evening at Osborne Hall, senior high, with groups formed for focused instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boudreau
Osborne Hall
Percy L. Sterling
Frank C. Gorman
John W. Fielding
Committee On Public Safety
Beatrice Lord
Helen N. Tarbox
R. N
Change in ARP Sunday Course Schedule Announced
Percy L. Sterling said the ARP two day course under Arthur E. Boudreau and Lt Beatrice Lord will drop Sunday morning session at 10 a m. The session moves to Saturday evening from 7 30 to 9 30 in the Junior High School gymnasium with other sessions unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy L. Sterling
Arthur E. Boudreau
Beatrice Lord
Public Safety Instruction Course Opened in Winthrop
An enthusiastic crowd of over six hundred attended the opening session of a safety instruction course led by Superintendent Arthur E. Boudreau and Winthrop public school teachers at the Junior High School. The course is sponsored by the Winthrop Committee on Public Safety. Superintendent Boudreau outlined the planned curriculum for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Boudreau
Winthrop Committee On Public Safety
Boudreau
Pres L E Griffin Re elected President At Winthrop Hospital Meet
The Winthrop Community Hospital annual meeting in the Town Hall Hearing Room on January 28 1942 reelected President Leslie E Griffin and reappointed trustees and officers. Officers elected include Clerk Winfield S Kendrick Jr Treasurer Preston B Shurchill. New and continuing trustees named for one and three year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Community Hospital, Incorporated
Winfield S. Kendrick, Jr
Preston B. Shurchill
Isabel Titus
Kenneth S. Magoon
Harry S Brooks
James A. Herbert
Anthony Bonzagni
Herbert C. Dow
Leon P. Dutch
Alice Farquhar
James N. Greig
Lloyd A. Lowe
Frederic J. Muldoon
Roy L. Westcott
William J. Clark
Owen D. Murphy
Ralph Harney
Thomas A. White
Leslie E. Griffin
Walter P. Simonds
Baker Proposes Bills on Military Youth Voting Rights
Massachusetts Representative Walter G Baker files bills aimed at extending voting rights to youths in the U S armed forces and to parents or spouses voting on behalf of absent relatives. The measures also allow absentee Massachusetts citizens to register via a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public abroad when they are in school or at work, with affidavits forwarded to town clerks before registration deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Baker
Massachusetts
United States
Schedule for 2 Day ARP Instruction Course
Two day ARP instruction schedule lists Saturday and Sunday sessions with times from 2 P.M. to 9 30 P.M. on Saturday and 2 P.M. on Sunday. Lecturers include Lt Beatrice Lord Miss Ruth V Wyman Mr N Eliot Willis Mr Boudreau Mr O C Davis Miss Edna M Fielding Chief Wm Floyd Chief Wm Pumphret and Miss Helen N Tarbox R N with exams for certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Lord
Percy L. Sterling
Ruth V. Wyman
Miss Lord
N. Eliot Willis
Boudreau
O. C. Davis
Edna M
Fielding
Public Utilities
Fire Service
Wm. Floyd
Police Service
Wm. Pumphret
Helen N. Tarbox
R. N
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Hudson's Bay
Hudson’s Bay
Piscopo’s Liquor Store
Orient Heights
Police Association
Seward
Alexander Nets
Community Hospital Aid Association
Grace Yerxa
Harry W. Farquhar
A. Louis Cloutier III
Edwin B. Pease
Eugene Whittier
John W. Herbert
Fredrick Duncan
John A. Oe
Matthew C. Walsh, Jr
Ronald A. Gould
J. Irene Jenness
John Henry Flynn
John Sears
Richard J. Quinlan
Clarence Cova
H. Dwight All
Fredric J. Muldoon
Clarence A. Martin
Walter Whitmore
J. Lester Hourigan
Ernest Baxter
Carl .S. Floyd
George T. Beattie
Charles R. Bennison
N. Elliot Willis
Maud P. McClintock
Marshall Gaffney
John Vaughn
Howard C. Reith
Edward L. Lane
G. Wallace Tibbetts
Russell Gardner
Elliot “Zwicker
Roy W. Price
A. Walter Larkin
S. B. Thorburn
Ross’ F. Batchelder
Ben Fine
M. C. Walsh, Jr
Winthrop War Fund Committee
ARP
Pres. L. E. Griffin
Baker
United War Fund
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