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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1925
Page
5
A letter from former Winthrop residents announces a popular couple now at Idlewild Intervale NH in the White Mountains. The Review urges nearby friends to call on them and notes Idlewild's beautiful setting, good food, spacious rooms, and moderate rates, praising the couple’s service at Cliff House.
The final piano recital of the season was given by Blanche M. Hayes’s pupils at her home 169 Cottage Park Rd Friday. Young students played pieces by Behr Krogman Rolfe Reuhl Foote Maxim Faelton and others from memory to appreciative parents.
Winthrop Golf Club held a popular event with 63 players. 32 entered the best nine hole tour. A. W. Crooks, C. W. Pennington, W. E. Titus and H. C. Slocomb placed first to third. George D. Bussey won the Club Championship in Class A by 3 up with one to play over A. R. Stedfast. The club plans a July 4 celebration and final spring tournament.
Lieut A W Glass the athletic officer at Fort Banks has received orders transferring him to West Point and likely will not leave until late summer. Sunday baseball games are cancelled by order of the commander because the team is not composed wholly of soldiers. Civilian players have been on the team, and as an army team it must consist of men in the service. Until an all army team is in the field Winthrop fans must forego Sunday games.
The Cottage Park Yacht Club will host a major Winter Carnival on Saturday July 25 featuring water sports swimming and yacht races in the afternoon. In the evening the clubhouse will host dancing with a Ford sedan prize for a winning ticket and tickets cost 25 cents or five for $1. A band concert runs in the afternoon and dancing costs $1 per couple.
Mrs Ashley Vessey of 203 Winthrop Street was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital in Boston last Friday evening and operated on for appendicitis. Her condition is favorable as we go to press.
Frank K. Hatfield urges early preparations for Winthrop’s 75th anniversary of incorporation, with a 1927 event planned. He calls for securing a town meeting appropriation, possibly up to $10,000, to fund a parade, athletic events, and a possible pageant.
The Hall Cloutier wedding at St. John's Episcopal Church drew local attention for its picturesque ceremony and the exit of bride and groom beneath a lane of crossed Watteaux sticks. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles L Hatch who traveled to Atlantic City and Miami for pleasure and business, and Capt John J Keefe in ROTC training at Camp Devens.
Fort Banks hosts boxing night July 9 at 8 P M with Jim Madden of Roxbury facing U S Navy light heavyweight champion Joe Dominguez of Argentina. The Fort Athletic Association runs the event with weather contingency to July 11. Parking available at the fort.
W J Marsh plans a coast to coast trip with stops at Yellowstone Park Grand Canyon and major West Coast cities. He will meet mov ie stars and observe production at Winthrop and Dream Theatres through letters of introduction from Charles L Hatch. He visits Montreal Quebec Toronto and Vancouver before returning by August and reports to Winthrop Lodge.
Mr and Mrs Clarence O Duston of Main Street announce the birth of their son at the Community Hospital late last week. Mrs Scanlon daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Cawthorne of Sunyside Avenue is visiting. her home is now in Detroit.
Two horsemen discuss their mounts in a joking exchange. One asks about a new mare and the other notes the mare’s vanity, preferring a horse that avoids stopping to gaze at her reflection in puddles.
Morris Marden a Winthrop High graduate Class 1922 won the Wister prize at Harvard last Friday for the top combined average in mathematics and music His home is 26 Beacon Street Beach section
The U. S. S. Nantucket, flagship of the Massachusetts Nautical School, departed Boston May 7 for a South American voyage the first since the school's 33 year history. Capt Armistead Rust reports fair weather for drills as the ship calls at Bahia Port of Spain Trinidad Barbadoes Martinique St Croix Culebra Hamilton and Nantucket before Sept 21 return. Admissions are limited to Massachusetts youths ages 17 to 20 who pass physical and mental exams. catalog available at 14 Beacon St.
Mrs Mary N Shorley widow of William H died at her home 81 Bellevueau last Monday Survived by two sons and a daughter Funeral held Wednesday at 2 30 with interment in Winthrop Cemetery
Mr and Mrs Louis S Root of the Highlands purchased the A J Paine home on Bartlett Parkway and will move in September. Edgar F Power acted as broker. Pianos tuned or repaired by Joseph Bernhardt for $3.00 with references to Geo Wales supervisor of music. Contact Ocean 1941 or 1922.
Arrangements are complete for the Ellis Monster Midnite Show to be staged the night before the Fourth at Winthrop Theatre. The program features Minstrel Morris Dorothy Knowles Homer Roberts Si Perkins Josephine Ehrlich Brems Fitzgerald Murphy Bros Johnny Harrigan Brownie Mordeglia Duo Pietro and others. Winthrop Lodge of Elks promote a strong 1925 entertainment season with plans and a large expected Friday turnout amid prior dances and a public appetite for affordable evenings out.
Very desirable six room apartment for an American adult family. Contact E Abbott at 151 Cottage Park Road. Tel Ocean 0887.
To let a large room with 3 windows and a bath. Floor in need of repair. Continuous hot water and all conveniences. Located near Highland Station and bathing beach. Ocean 0469 R. 11 J4.
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