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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
7
Alice Ames Buckley wife of William H. Buckley of Winthth Highlands died in her 34th year. Funeral conducted from 147 Winthrop Street by Charles R. Bennison with Robert Walsh officiating. Interment in Winthrop Cemetery.
St John s Episcopal Church at Bowdoin and Buchanan lists rector Ralph M Harper and organist Eugene P Whittier with service and calendar details implied in the church notice.
The St John the Evangelist Church Winthrop at Lincoln street lists Mass times Sunday 7 8 30 10 15 and 11 30 with 8 30 for children. Sunday School follows and 3 30 afternoon service. Daily mass 6 45 and 7 30 with 1st Friday mass at a m and Holy Hour 7 45 to 8 45. Holy Name Society attends Holy Communion first Sunday monthly meeting at 3 20 in afternoon.
The First Church of Winthrop announces 10 30 a m sermon by Rev John L Ivey 12 00 m church school 3 30 p m junior Epworth League 6 15 p m Epworth League and 4 30 p m evangelist Lewis E Smith will preach on What Think Ye of Christ.
The First Church of Christ Scientist at 165 Winthrop Street schedules Sunday services at 10 45 a m and a Sunday School for ages under 20 at the same hour. Wednesday evening service at 8 00. Reading room open daily 2 to 5 p m except Sundays and holidays. Saturday evenings 7 to 9 and before and after Wednesday meeting. All are invited.
At Winthrop Beach Rev. Henry J. Wharton pastors morning service at 10 45 with the subject Christian Comeliness and 7 30 evening service. Rev. War ren Prince Landers Congregationalist contributor will preach on The Place and Values of Silence.
The Unitarian Church on Hermon Street invites all to Sunday service at 10 45 a m with Rev. Gerald R Fitzpatrick. The sermon centers on Thy Kingdom Come and Thy Will Be Done. Music by organist Mrs Lane and soloist Miss Duffren. The church library for children grows weekly and donations are welcomed.
Rev William J Day guides morning worship at 10 Bible school at noon and evening service at 7 30 with a Friday prayer meeting at 7 45 at the First Baptist Church Hermon Street He will deliver the fourth discourse in the series on The Origin and Beliefs of Baptists and Other Denominations The subject is The Protestant Episcopal Church.
Temple Tiffereth Israel on Shirley Street Winthrop holds daily services at 7 a m with special services Friday at sunset each week and Saturday morning.
Public library information lists the Frost Library Building in Winthrop with telephone 127-M and irregular hours. Nearby notices reference Dupee's store at 23 Taft Avenue and point Shirley, with evening hours on weekdays and Saturdays from 7:30.
Miss Fitzgerald to wed William P Murphy of Revere in a Nuptial Mass at the Church of St John the Evangelist Winthrop. Paternal niece of former Boston Mayor John F Fitzgerald, she will have Miss Louise Grogan as matron of honor and John Hancock Life Insurance staff as hosts of a pre nuptial reception and gift shower.
The week starts June 4 with Gloria Swanson in Sa die Thompson at Winthrop and Dream theatres plus Lat est comedy and Pathe Review. Richard Dix with Gertrude Olmsted in Sporting Goods and Laura La Plante in Silk Stockings headline later half the week. Friday features Love Hungry and Women Men Like. Saturday showcases Chicago with Big Noise. Next week opens with Syd Chaplin in Fortune Hunter and Richard Barthelmess in Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.
Mrs Elizabeth Staples of 29 Thornt on park died last Thursday night at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from pneumonia. Funeral held at 2 30 Saturday officiated by Rev Wharton with Edmund and Margaret present. Girl Scout Sarah Staples received the Golden Eaglet and attended the ceremony after her mother’s removal to hospital.
Aurelia F. Schober of Shirley street Winthrop is named valedictorian of the current Winthrop High School senior class by Boston University officials. She maintained top grades, held key offices, was editor of the junior yearbook and led clubs including German English Writer and Student Government.
Pupils at Winthrop Junior High deposited $177.95 on Monday, bringing the total since opening to $5963.65. The largest seventh grade deposit was $11.85 in Room 101. Room 111 led with $23.50. Ninth grade Room 210 added $12.60. The last banking day is Monday, June 4, after which crews close out accounts. Transfers and bank books were updated last week.
Hollywood star Richard Dix, famed for his athletic motion pictures, stars in Paramounts Sporting Goods as a golf suit salesman. The film features Ford Sterling and Gertrude Olmsted, with golf scenes shot at El Caballero Country Club, noted for hosting Pacific Coast Open. Malcolm St Clair produced the pic for a two day run at the West Theatre.
Tokyo unveils its first underground line, drawing about 100000 riders on opening day. Ten all steel cars run the line, with electrical equipment supplied by an American firm. The Tokyo Railway Company owns the system and plans to extend service across the city.
The term Great Divide refers to a broad elevated ridge in Montana and Wyoming where numerous rivers originate, a geography feature wider than the Continental Divide.
Public sale notice for premises 52 and 54 Trident Ave Winthrop Mass. held by Winthrop Investment, with plan reference Spray 1875, Lot 83, first mortgage of 3500 to East Boston Savings Bank, taxes due 1827 1928, sale at 200 cash plus terms to be announced. Harry Rudginsky president. May 23 1928.
Public auction set for June 19 1928 at 3 PM foreclosing a mortgage on a Lot D Block C plan of Winthrop Shore Land Company. Property in Winthrop Suffolk 7688 square feet with deviations from the Graffam and Revere Street lines and plan of widening. Terms require 500 dollars cash. settlement and other terms to be announced.
At Winthrop Post 48 146 American Legion meeting in Hermon street HQs the group discussed a scholarship prize for Junior High students. A committee of three was formed to decide prize form and eligibility, whether schoolwide or limited to specific grades.
The Winthrop Trust Company will sell at public auction on Tuesday June 12 1928 at four o clock in the afternoon all goods and chattels described in a mortgage from John J Cahill to the trust company dated May 21 1927 recorded in book 24 page 61 at the Clerk's Office Town of Winthrop. The property includes engine and other equipment with sale terms cash at time and place. The sale is a mortgagee sale for breach of conditions. May 24 1928.
James Sheerin and Lucy L Sheerin of Winthrop Mass mortgage to Robert J Gove dated December 12 1324 recorded in Suffolk Deeds book 4638 page 513. Auction June 19 1928 at 3 pm on premises described including 2478 square feet with two East Boston Savings Bank deeds liens totaling 2400. Sale cash.
Town of Winthrop announces sealed bids for painting Center School due June 8 at 8 PM at the Edward B Newton School. Specifications available from the Superintendent of Schools. Proposals must include a $100 certified check and a $500 bond. the School Committee may reject any proposal and award to best interest of the town. Horace A Magee, Secretary.
City school board reviews proposals to install electric clocks and fire alarm gangs at Center School. Plans outline wiring, control panels, and modernization of bell and safety systems for campus. Committee seeks bids from electrical contractors and schedules a public hearing next week.
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