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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
4
The Oak Troop I held a regular meeting in the Highlands School gym on Monday May 28 1928. After the business session the girls sang two new songs taught by Betty Ricker and ended with taps in the good night circle led by scribe Margery Ricker.
A new device demonstrated at a Pennsylvania aviation field uses the drone of an airplane at 1000 feet to trigger floodlights. A microphone and loudspeaker form the ear and brain, with amplifiers and a time relay powering a lighting switch that stays on until reset by a field attendant.
The Chafing Dish Club concluded its eighth season with a progressive dinner last Saturday. Attendees started at the Patterson home on Willow Avenue for the initial course, then to the Richardson home on Orlando Avenue for fish, to the 174 Court Road residence for roast, to the Bartlet Road home for salad, and ended at Fabyan’s on Central Street in Peabody for dessert and coffee. The next club outing is set for June 17 with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Griffin at their summer home in Livermore, Maine.
The Baraca Class of the First Baptist Church will host a Union Picnic at Den Grove on June 18 with races and baseball games. The Baracas have assembled a strong team to represent Winthrop Church League and hope to win the pennant. Francis Modricker.
Members of Winthrop Post American Legion organize a uniform committee to adopt the navy blue attire issued by the National Convention. The coat bears the Legion insignia with a Massachusetts state seal shoulder patch, and metal buttons read American Legion. A white shirt black tie and gold piping complete the ensemble. The group aims for all members to have uniforms by the next Memorial Day.
A traffic survey for the Mayor of Boston shows sixty two percent of downtown shoppers use street cars. Fourteen percent use automobiles with half parked on streets and half in garages while shopping. About 24 percent walk or ride steam roads to town. Similar city surveys show 75 to 80 percent use electric transportation.
The Girl Scout Council invites young women and matrons to train as captains in Winthrop. May 28 annual meeting, led by Mrs. Georgia Jarvis, planned a June rally with Mrs. Wm. Ricker as Activities chair. Scouts aided Memorial Day events while finishing merit work for badges. Mary E. Loring, Press Chairman.
Paul Kruger died July 14 1904 at Clarens near Veney by Lake Geneva for health reasons. He was buried in Pretoria that December. His wife died in 1901 in Pretoria while he was away, and his body was laid in her grave.
The passage links harmony of mind and body with purpose, stating heart and soul align to lift an enterprise. It emphasizes gradual alignment and splendid work as key to success.
Public library announces new books including Christ at the Round Table by E S Jones and Transition by Will Durant. Other titles cover science, history, travel, fiction and biography with authors such as Robert Graves Ivor Hart and Douglas Goldring and works on China, Napoleon, and American thought.
The article explains cannel coal or candle coal burns with a candlelike flame and may derive from corrupted name origins. It notes deposits in Kentucky Ohio and Indiana with theories of plant and animal remnants forming the coal. Similar coal is found in Scotland where it is called parrot end.
The remark suggests people woke to fangs yet implies they have long been awake. The line hints at hidden truths and unease about perception versus reality in a cryptic tone.
A linen and silk shower was hosted at Mrs. David Klagge’s Sea View avenue home on Tuesday for Miss Ruth Harding daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harding of 194 Somerset avenue. She is to marry Mr. Benjamin Booth of 88 Birch road on August 18. Miss Harding taught a local kindergarten class for years.
The Ladies Association of the Winthrop Spanish War Veterans gathered at President Mrs. Gertrude Russell’s home on May 22. After a brief meeting members played bridge with a 25 cent entry each, adding to the treasury. Ten new members joined and more are welcome. next meeting will be at Mrs. Florence Kuchmeister’s home on Bates Avenue.
Winthrop residents receive Italian language books from the Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries for free use at the Public Library. The collection covers American culture, citizenship, and entertaining stories. The librarian can assist with joining and borrowing.
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