Social Roundup Notes From Winthrop and Nearby Towns
Mrs Nat Goldberg of Dolphin avenue returned from a ten day Toronto trip where she attended ceremonies for the King and Queen of England. Mr and Mrs Edward M Jennings sailed from New York on the S S Seminole for a southern sport cruise stopping at Miami and Galveston. The Dempsey family of Bates rejoice over their daughter Joan’s recovery from pneumonia. Mrs Leslie Griffin, Mrs Richard Griffin and Miss Betty Gould travel to Norwich Academy for commencement exercises as Richard Griffin Jr is a cadet there. Mrs Ralph Wollett’s friends wish her a swift return to health. Ace’s Bridge Club visited Hugo's at Scituate for their annual luncheon with guests Mrs Melvin Engle of Winchester Mrs Hubert Causer of Weymouth and Mrs Arthur Sullivan of Winthrop. Mrs T Gilbert Hetherington attended alumni bridge at Wellesley. Mrs Joseph O Hearn of Winthrop Street leaves for Mexico. Mrs Arthur Sullivan hosted Mrs Harry Gould of Waterloo Ontario visiting her father Albert S Richards of Cottage Avenue. Manager Irving Alexander of the Winthrop and State Theatres plans a vacation next week. Mr and Mrs Webster Howard of Court Road hosted the Rev John T Sullivan Friday evening. Mrs Helen Whiggins of Cottage Park Road spent the weekend with friends in Albany New York. Mrs Anna Crowe and Miss Cynthia Deitel of Trident Street, Portia Law School graduates, attended the Senior Dinner Dance at the Sheraton Roof Garden on June 2 and the class banquet on June 3 at Miles Standish. Miss Marion McGuire of Winthrop, class president of ’29 BA, was present for the Thomas Chalmers cup awards at the university’s Friday assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna C. Crowe
Shirley Sr
Cynthia Deitel
Trident
Portia Law School
Sheraton Roof Garden
Miles Standish
Mrs Melvin Colson Home After Tonsillectomy Recovery
Mrs Melvin Colson returns home from Community Hospital after undergoing a tonsillectomy last week. She is reported to be feeling better and in good spirits.
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Melvin Colson
Racing Results At Local Yacht Clubs
Racing results list Saturday afternoon finishes at local yacht clubs. Comet started alone with a time of 1:37:40. JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, JR. 24 Dolphin Avenue. Large Underground Railway System: New York City boasts the world’s largest subway network with 222 miles of track and hundreds of millions of annual riders across Interborough, Independent City, and B M T lines. only a fraction of London and Paris systems match New York’s mileage and passenger volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Interborough
City
London
Paris
Boston College Club Plans Scholarship Fund Dance
Lester Hourigan announces the annual scholarship fund dance for the Boston College Club of Winthrop. The event, chaired by Charles Archdeacon, will be held Friday evening June 9 at the General Edwards Inn in Revere to fund a full year scholarship for a Winthrop resident with top marks on the Boston College entrance exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Hourigan
Boston College Club
Winthrop
General Edwards Inn
Revere
Charles Archdeacon
Boston College
Retiring Winthrop Circle Leader Honored at Luncheon
Mrs. J. Stanley Pratt hosted a farewell luncheon for the Winthrop Circle of the Florence Crittenton League. Fourteen members attended as the retiring president passed leadership to Miss Mary B. Warnock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Circle
Florence
Crittenton
League
J. Stanley Pratt
Florence Crittenton League
Pratt
Mary B. Warnock
Marriage of Gunhilde E Iversen and James A Sullivan
Mr and Mrs I Iversen announce the marriage of their daughter Gunhilde E to James A Sullivan son of Capt and Mrs J Howard Sullivan East Boston The ceremony was performed by Rev L J Heggem at Our Saviours Church East Boston A reception followed at the bride’s parents home
Birthday Observance Honors Willis Reid at 21st Party
A birthday party was held Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis J. Reid on Marshall Street for Willis Reid turning 21 on Monday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Annis, Mel Noel, Clayton Nash, Bill Lehman, Ruth Searle, Ellie Freeman, Helen Olofson, Polly Covelage of North Dakota, Bertha White of Vermont, Dorothy Reid, and Ethel and Evelyn Keough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Reid
Willis J. Reid
Marshall St
Frank Barnes
Robert Dunton
Charles Annis
Mel Noel
Clayton Nash
Bill Lehman
Ruth Searle
Ellie Freeman
Helen Olofson
Polly Covelage
North Dakota
Bertha White
Vermont
Dorothy Reid
Ethel
Evelyn Keough
Winthrop Delegation Attends Boston Fruit Exchange Outing
Percy Sterling secretary Bob Remner Poke-About-Town columnist Wm. Cathorne and Frank LeCour of Winthrop attended the annual outing of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange held Wednesday at Seiler's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Sterling
Bob Remner
Wm. Cathorne
Frank, LeCour
Winthrop
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Seiler
Marines Seek Recruits From New England in June 1939
The United States Marine Corps Recruiting Station Boston invites young men of the New England states to enlist in June 1939. Captain H. W. Bacon notes standards remain strict and failed applicants have reduced acceptances. Call, write, or telephone for full details and information on opportunities abroad with the Marines.
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H. W. Bacon
United States Marine Corps
New Post Office
Boston
New England States
New England
Headquarters
Marine Corps
Suez
Broadway
Thorvaldsen the Danish Sculptor A Life Sketch
Bertel Thorvaldsen born in Copenhagen 1770 to a woodcarver father from Iceland. He trained at the Copenhagen academy, won a traveling scholarship, went to Rome in 1797, created notable works including Jason and a tomb for Pope Pius VII. He returned to Denmark to produce major statues for Fruen church and died wealthy, endowing an art museum in Copenhagen.
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Thorvaldsen
Copenhagen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Iceland
Copenhagen School
Theodore N. Vail Medals Awarded
New York reports two Theodore N. Vail Medals for noteworthy public service in 1928. Jerry Frank Kincannon of Southwestern Bell in Miami Oklahoma and George F. Wilson of Pacific Telephone in Grass Valley California receive silver medals with $250 cash prizes for courage, rescue, and lifesaving efforts during hazardous conditions and a mine accident and a blizzard respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Committee
Theodore N. Vail
Bell System Telephone
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Jerry Frank Kincannon
Miami
Oklahoma
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kincannon
George F. ‘Wilson
Grass Valley
California
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wilson
State Convention Of Elks Next Week
The Massachusetts Elks Association hosts its 25th Annual Convention at Salisbury Beach June 16 to 18 under Newburyport Lodge. Festivities include a Friday opening, a prize essay reading, a monster banquet, religious services, and a Sunday business session at The Barn with tours and open house at the lodge home. Delegates register at the Elks headquarters. housing contact James P. Smith. A large Winthrop lodge delegation led by William H. Thornton and Daniel J. Honan plans to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Elks’ Association
Newburyport
Newburyport Lodge
James P. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Salisbury
Beach
Winthrop Lodge
William H. Thornton
Daniel J. Honan
Franzeim Tops Winthrop Golf With 73 Score
Ed Franzeim, 18, Bellevue Country Club, captured class A gross with 73 in the M G A open at Winthrop Golf Club. Urho Makela won class B gross with 78. Net honors went to Earl Adams and Sandy Burr for A, Frank Oteri and H N Hussey tied for second for net. Fred Deveraux and Kiernan led B and runners up, with Lee and Beattie tied for third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Franzeim
Bellevue Country Club
Winthrop Golf Club
Urho Makela
North Shore Country Club
Earl Adams
Sandy Burr
Frank Oteri
Belmont
H. N. Hussey
South Shore
Fred Devereaux
Winthrop
L. R
Winthrop Assembly 32 Holds June Meeting and Dance
The 168th regular Winthrop Assembly meeting was at the Masonic Temple on June 3 with a business session, a pleasant initiation, and a pie social hosted by Eleanor Lyth goe W A A. Rainbow activities wind down for summer as a gala dance is planned for June 9 at Odd Fellows Hall with punch and sandwiches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Winthrop St
Eleanor Lythgoe
Odd Fellows Hall
First Baptist Church Week of June Schedule
Rev. A. Ray Meserve presides as morning worship marks the Dedication of children on Sunday June 11 at 10 30 a m with adult choir group singing and Bibles diplomas and awards. Evening service at 7 30 p m features sermon In or Out. Week includes Boy Scouts Explorer Scouts choir rehearsal devotional service and Fathers Day sermon When Dad Comes Home with The Thrill of Discovery. Luke 15:1-10.
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Boy Scouts
Explorer Boy Scouts
Dad
First Wireless Distress Call From East Goodwin Lightship
The first wireless distress call at sea was sent from the East Goodwin lightship in the English Channel on January 23, 1899. An amateur in Kent heard the old C Q D signal, the message was telegraphed to the Dover lifeboat station, and its crew rescued the R. J. Matthews after it ran aground on the Goodwins sands.
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East Goodwin
English Channel
C.Q.D
Kent
Collier’s Weekly
Dover
Two Winthrop Students to Graduate From Salem Teachers College
Miss Eugenia Natalie Terrile of 44 Quincy Ave and Jacob Myron Gessman of 35 Wave Way Ave will graduate from Salem Teachers College with Bachelor of Science in Education degrees at the June 13 commencement. Terrile, a Winthrop High School alumna, has been in the commercial course and active in the Dramatic Club International Relations Club Women’s Athletic Association Class Day Tea Committee and on the Presidents List. Gessman, Winthrop High School 1933 graduate and son of Mrs. Sadie Gessman, is in the Junior High course and has belonged to the Men’s Athletic Association International Relations Club and John Burroughs Club.
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Winthrop
Eugenia Natalie Terrile
Quincy Ave
Jacob Myron Gessman
Wave Way Ave
Salem Teachers College
Miss Terrile
Winthrop High School
Women's Athletic Association
Gessman
Sadie Gessman
Men's Athletic Association
International Relations Club
John Burroughs Club
Annual Picnic of Church at Harold Parker Forest
The Sunday School of the First Baptist Church invites members to a community picnic at Harold Parker Forest North Andover on Saturday June 17. Activities include roasting food at Berry Pond games swimming and fishing. Eastern Mass St Ry Co will run buses leaving the church at 8 a m round trip 40 cents.
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First Baptist Church
Harold Parker Forest
North Andover
Berry Pond
St. Ry. Co
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Nat Goldberg
Dolphin Ave
Toronto
Canada
England
Edward M. Jennings
S.S. Seminole
Fla
Galveston
Aoe
James Dempsey
Bates
Joan
Leslie Griffin
Richard Griffin
Betty Gould
Norwich Academy
Richard Griffin, Jr
Ralph Wollett
Ace’s Bridge Club
Hugo
Scituate
Melvin Engle
Winchester
Herbert Causer
Weymouth
Arthur Sullivan
T. Gilbert Hetherington
Wellesley
Joseph O’hern
Mexico
Harry Gould
Waterloo
Ontario
Gould
Albert S. Richards
Cottage Ave
Irving Alexander
The
Winthrop and State Theatres
Webster Howard
Court Rd
John T. Sullivan
Helen Whiggins
Cottage Park Rd
Albany, N.Y
Marion McGuire
Merline
Jefferson St
Ocean
Winthrop Arms Hotel
Grille Shore
Spencer Corsets
Marian Walker
Spencer Corsetiere
Pleasant St
Edgar L. Ryerson
Washington Avenue
Beacon Street
Capitol
J. A. Costanza
Sidney ST
Malden
Cottage Park
Y. C
Pleasant Park
Winthrop Y. C
Ho-Maid
de Moucelle
Ho-Mack
McKenna
Bros
Hello Bill
Wisely
Halicore
Flynn
Head Pin
Halford
Hellion
Tewksbury
Hurricane
Thompson Bros
Hoodowitch
Cyl-Champlin
Comet
Gerrer
Joseph H. Bradley, JR
Dolphin Avenue
Peggy
A. Whittemore
Speedy
D. McIntosh
Nipper
L. Randing
Flicker
W. Bucik
Star
Lancer
Antes Scalpin
R. McNamara
Blue Crow
W. Reid, Jr
Sevcecesennenenseonseeor
Chinto
R. Haselton
Wean
J. Schmidt
WCOP
F. Reese Wowo
D. Nelson
Hustler
Huskie
Floyd
Hooch
Dan McKay
Hester
Ford
B. C
Sullivan—Iversen
U. S. Marine Corps
Marcus Lumber CO
Park Ave
State Convention of Elks
Winthrop Elks
Franzeim
A. Ray Meserve
Court Park
Almon E. Whittemore
Bartlett
Teachers College
Beatrice E. Reynolds
Undine Avenue
Bernard G Fritz Prometrist
Winthrop Mass
Concord
N. H. Westerly
R. I. Bellows Falls
Springfield
Mass
Ht and
Inday
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Winthrop, Mass
Bank For
A. E. Whittemore
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