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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
8
Somerville City Club hosts a game Saturday with Hendricks the battery for Winthrop. Sunday the Boys' Club will travel to Dorchester to face Saint Mark's at Cronin Park. Jim Kelley and Mart Delorey aim to hold off St Mark's bats.
Friday evening June 15 at the Winthrop Theatre will feature a student exhibition. Each season the students perform a full program including class dancing tableaus solos and toe dancing. Tickets are on sale from studio members and all seats are expected to sell out.
The Holy Name Society presided by William McGillicuddy Shawmut Council and Rev. John T. O'Brien chaplain hosted a breakfast with Grand Knight John P. Clancy as master of ceremonies. Monologues by Charles C. Gilman and songs by members from Brighton and North Cambridge Councils.
A two part performance staged Monday and Tuesday by Sunday School children directed by Gertrude Dolan DePetro received high praise. The show featured a minstrel segment and a series of sketches with many named participants and dance acts.
A lively evening featured songs by McEwan and Eber, with Al Olsen and Ted Harney delighting the crowd. Bowling prizes were awarded by chairman Eber Wells, recognizing captains McNutt, Spencer, Nickerson, Natale and others, followed by dancing and pool hall fun.
Memorial services paused play on the links as members honored veterans. Fred Gillespie led, Ells and Kellernberger followed to the 19th, with a club luncheon and supper served by the ladies. A birthday cake presentation capped the evening along with dances and prize drawings.
A Budget Committee will study budgets from various organizations and determine a grand total to be raised by solicitation. A large general committee will coordinate the annual drive, likely lasting a week, to replace multiple current fundraising efforts and secure citizen support.
Society people attend the ing of Meet the Wife a Lynn Sterling comedy. Mrs Tibbetts delivers a charming rendition with keen sense high ability and clear vision creating unique char acters. She and her husband G Wallace Tibbetts reside in the Highlands and are well known locally.
Memorial Day ceremonies continued with graveside rites for veterans, band music, and prayers. A parade reformed at Metcalf Square near the Soldiers' Monument featuring selections such as Onward Christian Soldiers and Nearer My God To Thee. Committees include Memorial Day Chair Richard Flynn and Civil War Veterans John Colburn, along with units from Winthrop Post 146 American Legion and the Winthrop Machine Gun Co. Veterans Association with named members Gervaise Carlz Alfred Silberberg John Webster and others.
The Woodhead tunnel, begun in spring 1839, hosted the first train passage on December 2, 184. It formed part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway, later known as the Great Central division of the London and North Eastern railway.
The Point Farthest North Cape Prince of Wales is the most northerly point of North America, lying opposite East Cape on the Siberian coast.
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