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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1931
Page
3
The Pleasant Park Yacht Club plans its annual Zam-Bola on Saturday June 13 from 1 PM to midnight at 62 Pleasant Street. Tickets are available from club members and the event promises an afternoon and evening of entertainment at the club’s airy headquarters in Winthrop.
E J Jarvis of 546 Shir le Street told the Board of Selectmen at a Monday hearing that boys ball playing near Ball Pond and Wassbury Street causes excessive noise. He a railroad worker said the noise disturbs daytime sleep and that police cannot stop the activity because boys return after dispersal. Chairman Churchill said the board would consider the matter but no extra officer could be funded now. Jarvis warned he would take the issue higher if unresolved.
The first tennis tournament of the season at Winthrop Highlands opens on Saturday June 13, weather permitting. It is open to all members of the association's tennis division with classes for men's singles and doubles. Officials predict the most successful tennis season the association has ever had.
The Winthrop Golf Club Women’s Committee met after the tournament on May 27 with Mrs. Wallace Tibbetts as president. A Board of Managers was appointed, a new flag ordered, and entries praised in the Blind 94% handicap Tournament with winners listed. Memorial Day mixed foursome results and upcoming bridge tea and publicity notices announced.
Daniel Foley of Lowell road Boston educator will teach two courses in the Summer School of the Catholic University in Washington. A Boston College and Columbia University graduate, he has been an research Scholar at Teachers College and has directed at Trade Union College in Boston. He also served as Anthracite Distribution Agent during the War under James J. Storrow.
The Dearos bridge club closed its season with a shore dinner at Salem Willows. Mrs. Michael J. Brennan provided transportation, and after dinner the group drove along the North Shore to Gloucester. An enjoyable afternoon was reported. the club will reopen in September.
A 76 foot auxiliary schooner Jacinta was launched at Reid's Boat Yard last Thursday at 8 45 p m. The vessel designed by Sam Crocker and built under Willis J. Reid for J E Gerich of Milwaukee Wisconsin was christened by Mrs Gerich and is intended to race Harvard and Yale this month. Local yachtsmen witnessed the ceremony as more large boats proceed at the Reid plant and gain a strong reputation.
The opening regatta off City Point on Memorial Day saw 44 boats in five classes. Cottage Park boats Sally and Marilyn from Cottage Park finished first and second in the Marconi I class, while Pirate led the Cottage Park 15s to a one and a half minute win over Gerladine. Ken Magoon's Sally placed third in the eight mile race. A chowder, banquet, and dance followed, with memorial wreaths cast for members who died in the past year. New members were elected to the club and dredging work at the channel proceeds under North Atlantic Dredging Co with town and state funding, as crews work to minimize disruption.
Two new boats enter the club lineup as John Locatelli’s Mystery a fifty foot cruiser and Fleet Captain George H Gibby’s Mystic a seventy eight footer both make BOTY appearances. The show marks a rising trend in local yacht activity at the club docks.
The first psychological clinic in this country opened at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. L. Witmer in 1896. For years it stood alone as a prototype of mental hygiene clinics for children and influenced the development of the field.
George McEwan finished as low man in Class A with a 38-6-32 at Winthrop Golf Club during Memorial Day, while G. A. Sawyer was runner up. In Class B, R. J. Murray led with 42-12-30 and H. N. Gushee followed with 40-9-31. Gerard La Centra won Class C with 49-15-34, ahead of F. B. Walker 51-16-35. Golf was halted in the morning by the Board of Governors until veterans’ memorial exercises ended.
Ten year old Elvira Pia Foti of Winthrop Highlands won the silver cup in the Massachusetts Federation of Music Clubs contest. She placed first in Class B among 59 pianists, praised for her fine work and early composed pieces. Her teacher Mrs. Mary G Reed, a long-time federation leader, awarded the Reed Scholarship for another year.
Fred Lambert 21 of Winthrop attempted a flying tackle to save Wiley D. Moulton 21 from flames after a car engine cleaning with a wire brush ignited gasoline. Lambert extinguished Moulton's flames with a blanket. Moulton was hospitalized with severe burns and not expected to survive.
Hyde Park City Councillor C A Norton proposed naming the East Boston traffic tunnel now under construction the Edwards Tunnel in honor of Major-General Edwards wartime commander of the Yankee Division. The City Council adopted an order urging Mayor Curley to consider the proposal when he returns from Europe and the measure will be placed before him.
The Winthrop Town Team shut out East Boston 6 to 0 at Ingleside Park to open the 1931 baseball season. Pinky Tornrose pitched seven strong innings, allowing three scattered hits and fanning six as Winthrop collected four hits and capitalized on baserunning and errors. Shifty Rose made a key seventh inning running catch.
Saint Mark's H N S defeated the local town team 9 to 5 at Town Field Dorchester last Sunday afternoon. The Saints started with six runs in the first inning as Bill Chester, sidelined by a sore arm, began on the mound and was replaced by Costa who pitched well. Jack Little led with three hits, Burke added three singles, Baker had a double and a single, Trainor two singles. The Winthrop Club, short handed by illness and injury, struggled with 14 hits to Saint Mark's 9. Friends of Allen Strout of Chester Avenue report he broke his arm in a fall.
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