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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Thurber Madison of New York City spent the holiday in town with relatives. Mr Madison is an instructor and student at Columbia College and Agnes his wife works in the publication department.
Winthrop High School athletes highlighted spring activities with strong shows at Harvard Interscholastics. Eddie MacFarland won 120 yard low hurdles with 15 seconds, 14.8 semis, and earned a gold medal. The team secured 5 points. In a Triangular Track Meet Chelsea beat Winthrop 44 to 38 as MacFarland swept four first places. Also ninth graders visit June 21 and the girls’ physical training demonstration graced the May 26 program. The Belleview courts hosted a Melrose defeat for Winthrop 5-0 in tennis.
Valencia's famed cathedral stands on the former Moorish mosque, which itself was built atop a Roman temple dedicated to Diana, tracing a chain of sacred sites across eras.
The Davison Club at the Methodist Church hosted its Annual Guest and Mothers Night with Miss Isabel MacFarlane presiding. Miss Christina Little led the evening due to Miss Lucille Coffin’s illness, and members performed humorous skits and solos by Helen Whittemore Mrs Evangeline Berry and Helene Carstensen. Guests from church societies attended and speeches were given before refreshments. The club plans a June 26 outing at Camp Canobie Lake hosted by Mrs Alice Cappuccio and transportation inquiries go to Miss Isabel MacFarlane.
The Elks Club outlines a busy June with Flag Day on June 14 led by Fred Hogan and a Gloucester convention June 19 to 21. A big June 28 celebration marks the lodge's 30th anniversary, with charter members as guests and full entertainment. Members welcome reservations.
A wartime era pledge urges continued recruitment and reintegration of new members led by Bill Thornton and John Dunn to restore pre war strength. The appeal praises ongoing efforts and calls for steady progress by the team.
Mortimer H Nickerson aged 52 of Winthrop Street has been treated at Boston City Hospital for concussion and other injuries from an automobile collision. He is improving under Dr Donald Munro care and expects to be discharged in time for MIT graduation on June 8 when he will receive a Bachelor of Science degree.
Mrs Hugh Johnstone of Center Street held a farewell lunch at the home of Myrton Munro as she and daughter Annie sail for a three month visit in Scotland. Annie will be a bridesmaid at a wedding there. Among guests were Mrs Ralph Poor, Mrs Wilbur Colby, Mrs John McBournie, and Mrs Myrton Munro. They sailed Saturday May 22 on the Transylvania with friend Mrs Crawford and daughter Joan of Marshall Street joining.
A miscellaneous shower was tendered to Miss Eleanor Egan at the home of Mrs. Percy Carter in Enfield road on May 26. About 50 friends attended as Mrs. Marden decorated rooms and guests gave many useful gifts. Miss Egan and Mr. Albert Carter plan to marry this summer and settle in Winthrop.
Last Saturday afternoon Miss Marion Thurston presented a group of her pupils in a pianoforte recital at her studio 35 Somerset Avenue Winthrop. The program featured small memorized solos from first to third grade students arranged as individual mini recitals. Refreshments followed the program with help from several of the children.
Charles Albert Williams Jr of 152 Pleasant Street Winthrop will receive a Bachelor of Science at Norwich University 118th commencement in Northfield Vermont on June 7. He belongs to Sigma Phi Epsilon and served as advertising manager for Norwich Guide Norwich War Whoop and business manager of the Glee Club. He is fraternity secretary and a Cadet Corps staff lieutenant. He plans to work for C M Kimball Company Everett Massachusetts and will gain a Cavalry Reserves commission after six weeks of summer training.
Domestic retail deliveries of Buick cars in the first ten days of May reached 6,508 units, reports Buick general sales manager W. F. Hufstader. This is up from 4,903 in the same period last year, a gain of 1,605 cars or 32.7 percent.
Frank J. Ballem now manages the Main Street service station near the Winthrop Bridge offering GASoilINE. The station serves motorists and boats with lubrication and oil and gasoline, using modern equipment and courteous attendants to provide competent, satisfactory service.
Winthrop residents praise Wegener's on Tafts Avenue for delicious food and friendly service. People seek dinners and snacks alike enjoying steak or chicken and unified approval of the tasty offerings.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Holmes visited Mr and Mrs Arthur Morrison in Portland Maine at their Casco Bay summer home. Mr and Mrs Richard Pike of Limestone Maine visited Mrs Catherine Pike in Washington Avenue. Pike will work in North Carolina for months with the U S Agricultural Department. Mr and Mrs Raymond Bradner and Dr and Mrs Harvey Kelly returned from the Coronation cruise aboard Kungsholm to London. Mr and Mrs Edwin Howard and June Howard spent the weekend at their Cape summer home on Elmwood Court. Mrs Esther Madison performed Echoes of the Coronation at an Etiquette Opera House event in St Johns Episcopal Parish. Miss Mary McMahon of Lowell Road recovers from illness. Mr and Mrs Harold Young announce the arrival of a son on May 26 at Malden Hospital.
Miss Lucille Coffin received a generous gathering of gifts during a Davison Club shower hosted by Misses Isabel and Martha MacFarlane at 36 Beal Street. The event included skit rehearsals for Annual Guest Night at the Methodist Church and a decorative pink and yellow setup with a miniature bride and groom. Attendees included Thelma Coffin and Mrs Eugene Douglas, with plans for Miss Coffin to wed Archibald Harding of Malden in the fall.
A mid June pre nuptial tea hosted by Miss Gertrude Bonzagni celebrated the upcoming marriage of Miss Mary Marguerite Kirby to Mr. John Richmond Lingely at St John the Evangelist Church. Gifts poured in for the bride as Miss Estelle Kirby assisted, with helpers Miss Helen Crook and Miss Katherine Deveeux serving guests.
Mrs Augustus Norris hosted a Thursday evening shower for Miss Alice Halligan. Dorothy Eileen and Mary Norris served as hostesses. The bride to be opened gifts and a luncheon followed. The dining table featured crimson and ivory decorations with a miniature bride and groom and each guest received a unique favor.
Miss Helen Frances Crooks daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos W Crooks of 15 Egleton Park Winthrop Massachusetts married William Edward Gibbons son of Mr and Mrs John B Gibbons of Mattapan Massachusetts in a quiet ceremony Tuesday June 1. The newlyweds plan a cruise to Virginia Beach and Washington before returning to Winthrop for the summer. Both former University of New Hampshire 1933 graduates he a Kappa Sigma member she an Alpha Xi Delta member.
Miss Helen Crooks, soon to wed William Gibbons of Mattapan, received many gifts at a Friday shower hosted by childhood friends at Miss Josephine Ellis home on Buchanan Street. A second shower followed Tuesday evening with thirty colleagues from the C. F. Hovey Co. of Boston.
Mr and Mrs Robert C Daly of 50 Moore Street announce the engagement of their daughter Marion Irene Daly to Mr Abbott L De Roo of 82 Main Street The bride to be is a Winthrop High School 1935 graduate De Roo owns the De Roo Electric and Radio Shop at 10 Bartlett Road The wedding is planned for this summer.
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