Memorial Day Notes and Local Community News
Memorial Day reflections mark the holiday with parades cemetery ceremonies and a golf-like sorrow as a tragic accident claims five year old Dian Ford. The piece notes park work delays and local civic banter about Thornton Park while celebrating the Sons of the American Legion and Mystic Valley Meet entries. It closes with brief praise for Winthrop teams and a local theatre ticket giveaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Ingleside Park
Dian Ford
Hutchinson Sr
Norbury and
Kirland
Deedee” Ford
Hutchinson St
Lee
Dian Fords
East Boston-Winthrop Medical Society
Harvey A. Kelly
Fixer-Upper
Abrams
Parker and Mahoney
Winthrop
Thornton Park
Park Board
Tom White
Thorner
Miller Field
White
A. B
Tootsuite
Sons of the American Legion
Sons
Ed Snow
Mystic
Melrose
Woburn
Wakefield
Watertown
Mystic Valley
Eddie Macfarland
Clayton Granger
George Hoar
Mottow
MR. Manning
Paramount Films At Winthrop And State Theatres
The week features The Lady's From Kentucky with George Raft and Ellen Drew racing drama at Winthrop and State Theatres. Also on bill are The Eagle and the Hawk with Fredric Marsh Carole Lombard Cary Grant and Jack Oakie, Made for Each Other with Carole Lombard James Stewart, Sudden Money with Charlie Ruggles Marjorie Rambeau, Dark Victory starring Bette Davis George Brent, and Don’t Fail to See Pardon Our Nerve with Michael Whalen Lynn Bari.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
George Raft
Ellen Drew
Paramount
Kentucky
Winthrop
State
Fredric Marsh
Carole Lombard
Cary Grant
Jack Oakie
Jane
John Mason
James Stewart
Charlie Ruggles
Marjorie Rambeau
Bette Davis
George Brent
Michael Whalen
Lynn Bari
Freezing Point Changes with Altitude and Pressure
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit only at sea level. Higher elevations with lower air pressure cause freezing at higher temperatures, explaining persistent snow on mountains. Below sea level, higher pressure lowers the freezing point below 32 degrees.
The Busy Woodpeckers and Their Tree Life
Renee Nash Hamilton describes woodpeckers in a vivid little feature. The piece outlines the woodpeckers roles in eating insects, nesting, and forming homes for other birds, with profiles of the Downy Hairy Flicker and Yellow Bellied Sapsucker and notes on their sizes colors and habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee Nash Hamilton
Health Forum Reveals History of Narcotic Laws and Enforcement
The article traces early 20th century narcotic misuse through cough syrups catarrh powders and opium tinctures. It notes legislative shifts 1900s enforcement data 1938 analyses and federal labeling requirements ending with notes on accessible narcotics and public health broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Underworld
Department of Public Health
United States
Winthrop Boston College Club Auxiliary Thanks Review
The Winthrop Boston College Club Auxiliary extends thanks for courtesies shown by the REVIEW over the past year. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Signed Marie Be Barry, Chairman Publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duer
Winthrop Review
Winthrop Boston College Club
Marie
BE. Barry
St Johns Church School Commencement and Schooner Return
St Johns Episcopal Church at Bowdoin and Buchanan announces 8:00 a m Holy Communion and 10:45 a m Kindergarten meets in Parish House before processional entry. The day features the annual church school commencement with the schooner St John returning to home port and diplomas awarded, plus 7:30 p m expressional exercises in the Parish House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M. Harper
St. John’s Church School
St. John
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Bob Remer
Hutchinson Street
Pumphret
Sharnesaes
High Winthrop
Bob Perry
Mentor Perry
Charlie DeMinico
Jim Reid
Kevin Mulcahy
Herb Merrill
Bill Talcott
Bob Bowman
Dick McGinn
Buster Gardner
Dick Chardon
Bob Kirby
Winthrop’s
the Health Forum
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
WAAB
WEEI
John J. Murray
Milk ST
Boston
Hancock
Ocean
THE
Open Forum
ST. John’s Episcopal Church
Bowdoin and Buchanan Sts
Passaic
Belleville
Newark
Elizabeth
Hackensack
Wallington
Lyndhurst
Rutherford
ATEN
Englewood
Jersey City
Worlds Fair
Aianhasset
Glen Cove
U.S Highway
New York
F. H. la Guardia
New York City
Grover A. Whalen
Informa
Bridge and Tunnel
Whalen
Fairgrounds
Main Street
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