Mardi Gras at VFW Post Draws Large Opening Crowd
One of the largest crowds ever attended the opening night of the Second Annual Mardi Gras at the Richard F. Metcalf Post Veterans of Foreign Wars on Shore Drive. The grounds glowed with colored lights and lanterns as hundreds of citizens and friends filled the venue. The event runs each evening through July 25, with booths lining the grounds selling merchandise.
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Richard F. Metcalf Post
Shore Drive
the Post
New Massachusetts Speed Limit Law in Effect
The new speed limits raise outdoor limits from 21 to 23 miles outside dense districts and from 15 to 20 miles inside dense districts while allowing up to 15 miles where visibility is obstructed at intersections. Registrar Morgan T. Ryan cautions the change does not authorize unsafe driving and aligns with broader progressive legislation.
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Massachusetts
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Morgan T. Ryan
Ryan
Annual Outing Of W C W C Held At Gloucester
Despite poor weather about seventy five members and guests of the Winthrop Catholic Women's Club traveled by motor to Thorwald Gloucester on July 8 for the clubs annual outing. A decorated dining room, a fine dinner, and an afternoon of bridge and whist with prizes followed. Two elderly members, Mrs Annie Egan and guest Mrs Foley, attended, while Mrs Katherine Pevear chaired the day and her committee rode home satisfied.
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Winthrop Catholic Women's Club
Gloucester
Clu
Annie —K. Egan
Foley
Etta— Carter
Katherine Pevear Chiairtiai
Winthrop Aviator Joins Forbes Grenfell Mapping Expedition
Harold G. Crowley an aviator from Edgehill road travels to Labrador with the Forbes Grenfell expedition to map the territory by air. He participates as part of the surveying effort, flying over unmapped areas and contributing to aerial reconnaissance and data collection.
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Harold G. Crowley
Edgehill Road
Labrador
Forbes-Grenfell Expedition
George McEwan Injured In Auto Accident
Word reached Moncton that George McEwan of 89 Johnson Avenue was admitted to Moncton City Hospital with severe facial and head cuts after his car overturned about 12 miles west of Moncton. His wife and two children suffered minor injuries. The car was badly damaged. Misses Annie and Mollie McGilliuddy spent the past week at the Winthrop, E Hampstead, N H.
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Truro
N. S
George McEwan
Johnson Avenue
Moncton City Hospital
Moncton
Dorchester Councillor Demands Probe of Tunnel Labor
Councillor Wilson, Jr. pushes an inquiry into the East Boston traffic tunnel project alleging workers cannot speak English. He cites a Georgia foreman and asserts the city employment bureau supplied labor despite promises to hire local residents and US citizens.
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East
Boston
Wilson, Jr
Dorchester
Silas Mason Company
New_York
United States
Wilson
Georgia
Eleventh Annual Outing Planned by Yacht Clubs
Commodore George J. Hamilton announces the eleventh annual outing of the Massachusetts Bay Yacht Clubs Association at Fort Andrews Peddocks Island Boston Harbor on Sunday July 26. Thirty one member clubs join a day of events including a baseball game tug of war band concert yacht races and family activities with Coast Guard patrol and food service on site.
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George J. Hamilton
Massachusetts Bay Yacht Clubs Association
Fort Andrews
Peddocks Island
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Bay
United States Coast Guard
Mr and Mrs John McGrail Return to Cliff Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs John McGrail have returned from a trip through New England and Canada and are now settled in their new home on Cliff Avenue.
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John. McGrail
New England
Canada
Cliff Avenue
East Boston Strandway Planned From War Memorial Park
The Boston project would connect World War Memorial Park to the Winthrop Bridge with a $1 million East Boston Strandway. City Council discussions revealed funding would come from city notes issued by the treasurer at the mayor’s request, while the council debated authority and cost control.
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East Boston
Curley
World War Memorial Park
Shore Line
Winthrop Bridge
Boston
East Boston Standway
Evening Races at Winthrop Yacht Club Carnival
The Winthrop Yacht Club held a Mid-Summer Carnival across Thursday to Saturday drawing local citizens and members. Evening races in three classes thrilled spectators with exciting starts and finishes as results listed for each class.
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Winthrop Yacht Club
Legion Carnival Aims To Aid Hospital In September
A local Legion plans a September carnival to raise funds for a hospital. A separate incident saw a Navy wireless operator’s car capsize in the Deer Island gut as a ferry raft tipped. Major Mulcahy summoned inmates who secured a block and tackled the submerged auto, recovered it, dried it out, and drove it away.
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Shirley. Gut
Navy
Deer Island
George F. A. Mulcahy
House of Correction
A& Block
Opinion Finds Redistricting Not Subject to Referendum
Attorney General Joseph Warner ruled that the recent Congressional redistricting act is not subject to a referendum under the State constitution. The ruling followed a request from the secretary of state regarding initiative petition signature blanks for a 1982 referendum on the plan.
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Joseph
Warner
Winthrop
William P.connery
Lynn
Cook
Secretary of State
Young Men's Democratic Club of
Massachusetts
Boston
Cambridge
Medford
Wakefield
Belmont
Supreme Court
Dnd
Supremes Court
Legion Plans Largest Carnival for Labor Day Week
The local Legion Post unanimously approved a Labor Day week carnival to raise funds for the Winthrop Community Hospital Building Fund. The post will manage the event with a $500 initial expense and seek help from clubs, merchants, and volunteers to ensure a large civic effort and substantial contribution to the hospital project.
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Legion Post
Steh
Winthrop Community Hospital Building Fund
The
Legion
Legion. Post
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