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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
5
Memorial Day events in Winthrop drew the largest gathering of Veterans Organizations Ladies Auxiliaries and youth groups including Boy and Girl Scouts. The day featured marching bands drum corps firing squads and a strong sense of respect and Americanism throughout the township.
A critical column attacks Elks and other groups for exploiting fear and racial prejudice to recruit supporters. It warns against mob mentality and political manipulation, citing Major Mulcahy of Deer Island and quotes from Thomas Jefferson, urging rational thought over sensationalism.
Catholic Woman's Association invites guests to a Bridge and Whist party at Cliff House with refreshments and prizes. Score cards cost fifty cents. progressive and pivot play available. Reservations through officers include Mrs H Roberts, Mrs G Hayman, Mrs Chas Schmidt, Miss H O’Leary, Miss Marmino, and Mrs S F Sloan. Next card party Monday June 10 at St John’s Hall with Mrs K Pevear in charge. Annual outing planned for July Lobsterdate to be announced. chair Mrs Chas Schmidt.
Members of the Margeson Philathea Class of the First Hills Church traveled to Worcester for the Nineteenth Annual State Convention of the Baraca Philathea Union at Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. The program featured a registration, song service led by Herbert W. Moran, a 6 30 p.m. banquet at Hotel Bancroft, and remarks by Albert F. Lyons and Henrietta Heese on The Plus One Plan.
The Antler's Club met Tuesday June 4 at 2 15 p m at 2 Otis Street Pt Shirley. Honors went to Mrs Lillian McLaren Mrs Ethel Bauer Mrs Kathryn Pevear Miss E Leary and Mrs Evelyn Porter. The next meeting will be at Mrs M Egan Pebble Ave Pt Shirley Tuesday June 18 at 2 15 p.m.
A. F. Mackay, noted radio expert and Mackay Radio Service manager, invites inspection of Kelvinator Refrigerators and Motorola Auto Radios at the firm on Corner Street established in 1929. Flexible terms as low as 15 cents a day.
The koto, a Jajianese instrument, features thirteen strings and a two and a half octave range.
The American Legion Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary schedule Flag Day activities for June 14. Members in uniform meet at the Dugout around 6:00 p.m. Past events include Memorial Day Parade and a June 3 junior meeting led by Edith Fraser with Alice Smith. A Béano party followed. next junior meeting is in September and auxiliary meeting is June 13 at the Dugout.
The United States acquired White House grounds after an act approved July 1790, with three commissioners empowered to survey. The site spanned Rock Creek to the west, the Potomac to the south, and included 17 parcels for federal use. Original owners Samuel Davidson and David Barnes sold the land at rates around 25 pounds per acre.
The swamp rattlesnake or Sistrurus catenatus catenatus is a short thick bodied broad headed blunt snouted species reaching 2.5 feet. It favors swamps cellars and old barns and buildings where it hunts rats mice young birds and frogs.
Geologists report a narrow blue earth vein about 100 yards below the surface near the East Prussia coast. The seam marks the ancient jungle era, now exposed by coastal erosion and storm waves that deposit umber onto the shore.
The June meeting schedule is set with one final gathering on June 19 led by current officers. Memorial Day ceremonies were praised for the strong turnout and cemetery oration by P.G K Dan Honan. Also noted are new parenthood among Brothers Gene Lynch and Harold Miller, Loomis’s passing, plus a hospital update on M. J Grimes with a return planned in about ten days.
After more than twenty five years, Brother Joe Dalton remains their top salesman, upholding a longstanding honor within the group.
Past District Deputy John Halligan served as Inquisitor at the Second Degree exemplification in Reading last Sunday. The report lauds Joe for his alertness and attentiveness and wishes him good luck, noting his efficiency and deserving nature.
Brother Jack Cikney extends thanks from California to Massachusetts as Father Butler of Malden joins the parish staff. Brother Henry Brooks receives congratulations on his marriage to his bride, with best wishes from friends and readers.
An authority cited by the Chicago Tribune notes pistols and revolvers as supplementary war arms with far shorter ranges than muskets and rifles. It discusses the .45 Colt and claims it will not shoot as far as old smoothbores, intended for close action, and mentions Minie ball rifles with 500 yard accuracy and one mile maximum range. Rifling emerged in Europe earlier, with US military rifled muskets appearing in 1842.
Collier's Weekly explains that under maritime law a ship in peril must render help to people in danger, and any vessel that answers an SOS or even stands by is entitled to salvage rewards. A warning that prevents a ship from hitting a shoal also counts as salvage service and carries a hefty payment.
Authorities assert that rugs embody the universe with colors and symbols. Red signifies life or victory, blue royalty, white purity, green devotion, and black evil. Patterns include a swastika for good luck, flowers for fortune, the ever-dusting circle for immortality, and the six-point star for Allah.
Plans nearing completion for the Mid-Summer Carnival at the Clubhouse on July 18 19 20. It is an annual event with the Fairway games and booths on the main floor and dancing and entertainment in the hall Saturday night. The Ladies Auxiliary led by Mrs Gene Cate with assistance from Mrs George P at chersor and others coordinates support. Commodore David Wiseley serves as honorary chairman with Secretary Robert Anthony. Ronald MacKay leads decorations improving the clubhouse with banners. Walter Van Dalinda handles advertising and publicity. Information will be available in the next issue of the club bulletin.
In Naples a princess is found shot dead after a party. Her husband is jailed but freed when a Naples police officer argues a moth burnt by candle light caused the trigger to fire. The court acquits the prince based on the moth’s wing powder on the gun and the table setup.
The article outlines an old Chinese method for collecting unpaid debts. If the borrower defaulted, the tender would seize the debtor’s home and belongings and remain until the debtor or relatives settled or took over the debt. It notes social pressure and potential disgrace as consequences.
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