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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Grover C Buck of 40 Chester Avenue Winthrop announce the engagement of their daughter Beverly D Buck to Eugene Kil Pride of 58 Cottage Avenue Winthrop.
The Rangers met at Middlesex Fells for a May 18 walk in the Virginia Woods followed by a visit to Middlesex Zoo and garden beds led by Mrs. Louise I Griffin. On May 25 Miss Nellie L Bacon led a trip to the Arnold Arboretum to view azaleas flowering trees and lilacs. A June 15 plan calls for Botanic Gardens and Gray Herbarium at Harvard University.
Elites of ancient Rome dressed in sandals richly embroidered and studded with precious gems, reflecting status and wealth.
Personal notes note Miss Alice C. Tripp of 82 Fremont Street Winthrop will receive a Bryant and Stratton Commercial School diploma in Boston in June. Mrs Webster Howard of 60 Court Road hosted Rustic Bridge Club guests last Wednesday. William Malone of Atlantic Street enjoyed a weekend trip to the New York World's Fair. Miss Dorothy Sneath visits Mrs R Whorf in New York and will tour the World's Fair. Martin J. Clougherty Jr and William T Maze of Winthrop graduate Berkeley Preparatory School Boston on June 8 at 8 p.m. Winthrop Window Cleaning Co offers service at reasonable rates calling Ocean 0987.
Mrs. Alice Cummingside died Sunday May 28 1939 at age 91 after forty six years in Winthrop She was a member of St John's Episcopal Church and one of the oldest in The Winthrop Woman's Club Her friends remember her deep interest in Winthrop and warm regard for her.
Portia Law School in Boston lists Winthrop residents among its graduates. Cynthia Deitel daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Deitel of 44 Trident Ave is a 1935 Winthrop High School graduate. Anna Cassidy Crowe of 247 Shirley Street attended Notre Dame Academy Roxbury Bryant Stratton Elliott Fisher Bookkeeping Machine School and Boston University. She works as assistant to Mary E Prendergast Deputy Clerk in Bankruptcy Clerk's Office UW 5S District Court and belongs to Bes sie Edwards Cadets and Suffolk County Glee Club of the American Legion Auxiliary.
An excerpt from Micah chapter six is inscribed in the rotunda of the Library of Congress in Washington DC. The verse states to do justly love mercy and walk humbly with thy God and is among many decorative inscriptions in the building.
Dr. Robert I. Diamond a Winthrop dentist and captain in the Dental Reserve Corps has been chosen by the War Department for special intensive Military Dentistry training in June. The program will be at Harvard Medical and Dental Schools along with Massachusetts General and other Boston hospitals under leaders from Harvard and U S Army Medical Corps. Subjects include Oral Surgery X Rays Restorations Public Health Dentistry and Emergency Head Surgery.
East Boston-Winthrop Medical Society held a meeting at the East Boston Health Unit on Paris street for reorganization. Dr. Max M. Braff was elected president, Dr. H. Kelley vice president, Dr. Kaplan secretary, and Dr. P. Costanza treasurer. Dr. J J Siragusa spoke on public health in East Boston and Dr. D A Costa outlined duties of the Massachusetts Board of Registration. Thirty six doctors attended.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company formed in 1637 as the Military Company of Boston. It consisted of Boston's leading citizens and later participated in the American Revolution. It never joined the Massachusetts militia and remained a separate body, now comprising descendants of the founders.
The text explains that leather coins circulated in parts of northern Europe during the seventeenth century. They were usually oblong slabs with silver or copper studs hammered into them.
Plans are under way for the annual commencement of St John s Church School. Graduates will assemble in the church sanctuary in the morning for exercises and later gather in the Parish House for the expressional service. Senior class members include Jean C. Bentley Lilian F. Black M Jean Canton Jacqueline J. Davis Ruth H. Edwards Ederick H. Everbeck Barbara R. Gilbert Aline Haigh Martha E. Hannon Frances T. Hartford David Mitchell Robert L. Patrick Barbara J. Tattan Jean Telford Warren Wickwire and Richard G Witham.
Regular business session of the Winthrop Emblem Club will be held in Social Hall in June at eight o clock. The State Association of Emblem Clubs holds its annual convention at the Copley Square Hotel Boston June 4 5 and 6 with delegates Annie Dalton Viola Perry and Louise Sennett. Mrs Perry chairs Credentials and Jenette Dorgan is general Luncheon chair for June 21 1939 open to the public served noon to 1 30 reservations via Ocean 0427 or 0801.
W F Auf stader of General Motors Buick division reports domestic retail deliveries of new Buick cars in the second ten days of May reached 6 752 units.
The Sophomores lead the high honor roll with the most students listed. Seniors trail Juniors in high honors while the compiled roster includes numerous names across categories Worthy of Mention and Honor. The long list features students such as Mildred Evans Emily Ferullo Estelle Freedland and many others across multiple divisions.
Francis Asbury, key Methodist leader in America, helped rapidly expand Methodism from 1771 onward. Born August 20 1745 in England he preached across vast distances often 5000 to 6000 miles yearly becoming a central organizer and first American bishop who served until his death in 1816.
A Lon don Tit-Bits writer notes varied fish noises and odd talents. The red gurnard called cuckoo fish squeals when taken from water off Devon, while the Grunt in the Gulf of Mexico sobs when hooked and rewards catchers who release it. The Malgree along the eastern coast of the New World is the noisiest, moaning and croaking. the climbing perch Paneia or Anabas climbs from rivers using rough scales to crawl on land, even climbing tree trunks in search of food.
A 112 acre community forest in Newington New Hampshire established in 1710 is described as the oldest in the United States.
A historical note explains that the Spanish Main referred to the northern mainland of South America including present day Venezuela and Colombia. It contrasts with the bounding main phrase used in England for surrounding seas and notes how English colonial reach helped apply the term to the Caribbean region.
A pithy Pittsburgh Survey line notes that legal right may not save a pedestrian at a street crossing, illustrating the clash between traffic law and real danger. It cautions that being right does not guarantee safety.
Clear skies marked Memorial Day exercises as local veterans and non military groups paid tribute to the dead at Winthrop Cemetery and monuments in Metcalfe Square. A veterans parade from Metcalfe Square to Pleasant Park and river road drew hundreds, with flags along the route and praise for cemetery upkeep.
The Union Congregational Church in Tewksbury lists services and programs led by Pastor Vivian M. Bartlett and organist F. C. Butterfield. Activities include Sunday School, morning worship with a guest minister, Junior and Senior Endeavor groups, a June Sigma Gamma Kappa concert, Women’s Association meeting, and a Get Together Supper. The Business and Professional Women's Club attended a Pops Concert after a dinner at the Airport.
The name Alva, Latin for white or fair, suits blonds and is used by both genders though more by men. It has forms Albin Albion Alvar Alban with varied origins. Alvan Alvin Teutonic roots mean beloved by all. Alver Latin means all truth. Alvah Hebrew resembles Alva but means iniquity.
The Cathedral of Cologne, capital of the Rhineland, took five centuries to complete and saw the finishing towers erected in 1880.
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