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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1925
Page
3
Last Sunday evening the Chafing Dish Club started its season with former Selectman Leslie E Griffin and Mrs Griffin hosting. Guests enjoyed music broadcast from California and Cuba via the Griffins new radio. The next gathering will be at Mrs Margaret MacWillie’s Cliff Avenue home on February 15 when officers for the year will be elected.
Word reached here this week of the marriage at St. John New Brunswick on January 28 between Miss Laura M Douglas of Medford formerly of Winthrop and Mr Neville Folkins. They will reside in Stewarton New Brunswick.
Mr. O Chester Wood of Sea View and Miss Hilve V Barger of Waltham were married at the bride’s home Saturday evening by Rev Frederick H Page. Wood, a former member of the Winthrop Machine Gun Co, served with the unit in France during the war. They will reside in Winthrop.
Town Topics proprietor Charles L. Hatch and wife enjoy a Miami stay as a card reports wonderful time and great climate. John E. Cousins and party depart Court Road for a Florida tour. Water Commissioner Jennings files papers signaling a contest with Mr. Fisher.
Miss Mary E. Thompson of 15 George street Winthrop died January 29 at over 100 years old. She was born in South Danvers now Peabody and lived with her brother Gamaliel B a real estate builder. Funeral services were held last Saturday at her brother’s home. She was a descendant of the Pierce family with Revolutionary War memories. Mr C R Bennison was in charge.
Matthew L McDonald Jr, 12, died from an infection of the mastoid on Jan 29. Son of Mr and Mrs Matthew L McDonald of 16 Johnson Ave Dorchester, he lived in Mattapan most of his life and attended Roger Wolcott School. Funeral Saturday at St John the Evangelist with Rev John H Griffin. burial in Winthrop Cemetery. He is survived by his parents two brothers and a sister.
Winthrop High School staged Sponsalia Romana a Contio Latina program under Miss C Grace Ayres in Osborne Hall. Cast included Anna Cook Gaius Piso and Marcus Tullius Cicero with Julia Peters as Junior Consul. The same afternoon the Winthrop basketball team beat Wakefield 26 to 17, with the second team also victorious.
Evening at Winthrop High School featured a cross word themed decorations and a dance directed by Guy Gothrop as committee chair with Miss Lenna Peabody advising. Winthrop High School Track Team defeated Browne Nichols School 33 to 30 in Cambridge last Monday, with Jack Knell Henry Rock Lewis Briggs Thomas Sanders Stewart Jackson Carl Baskin and Robert Freeman earning places.
Joseph L. Guidi, the Worcester Polytechnic anchor man, helped lead his relay team to a strong victory against Boston University at the B A A games last Friday. Monty Wells placed second in his 45 yard low hurdles heat. Guidi is a recent high school graduate who won the Swift Athletic Cup.
Scientists describe an adrenalin type of people who seem to draw stored energy from glands to endure and perform beyond ordinary capacity. The article notes these individuals are sufficiently common to constitute a distinct group.
Japan reports king crabs from 3 to 5 feet across the claws with a legendary monster said to reach 19 feet tip to tip. Fishermen along the coast mention these oversized crustaceans in local prints and lore.
The Amazon valley covers about 2,330,000 square miles, more than the Mississippi valley’s 1,244,600 square miles, making the Amazon drainage basin the larger by roughly one million square miles. The Mississippi valley is often cited as the largest by common speech, but it is only about half the size of the Amazon basin.
President Matt B. Jones warns of inadequate rates and urges $100 million in new capital over five years to fund plant for about 320000 more telephones. 1924 saw record construction spending and a net gain of 65960 telephones, totaling 1069359 by year end.
New chapel bells near Boulogne weigh one third of bronze bells and are cast from an aluminum copper alloy. The lighter metal resists rust and splitting and allows a lighter steeple frame than usual.
Community Hospital Aid Association hosts a fundraising sale on Wednesday evening February 18 in Ellis Hall. Committee leadership includes Mrs Edward G Richardson chairwoman and four others. Bert Lowe's Orchestra provides music. Tickets are $1 and available from committee members or any association director.
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