Christmas Card Table at Lawn Party Supports Hospital Aid
Long range planning guides Winthrop Hospital expansion as Hospital Aid Association hosts a lawn party on June 26 at 265 267 Court Rd. The event features a Christmas and greeting card table with cards for many occasions, service men’s boxes, gift wrapping, a fortune teller, a refreshment table, and a children’s exchange expanded to include toys and clothing. Chairs include Mrs. M C Walsh Jr and Mrs. George T Beattie with several assistants named.
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Winthrop Community Hospital
Hospital Aid Association
Court Rd
M. C. Walsh, Jr
Waldemar Ave
Gordon Peacock
Circuit Rd
Winthrop
George T. Beattie
Highland Ave
Harry W. Duguid
John A. Magoon
W. Lester Harrington
Congregational Church Sunday Activities Schedule
The church lists a June 13 program with 9:30 a.m. church school for all ages, 10:45 a.m. morning worship by the pastor and senior choir, 10:45 a.m. nursery and kindergarten for preschoolers, 4:00 p.m. Children's Day vesper for recitations and awards, and 6:30 p.m. Young People's Society.
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Young People’s Society
Chanute Field operators handle 700 daily calls plus Johnnie tracing
Chanute Field telephone operators process over seven hundred calls daily and also act as tracers for many personages. Relatives and friends often seek to speak with a Johnnie, prompting operators to tactfully identify the caller’s family name rank and squadron before connecting.
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Chanute Field
Johnnie
Doherty Leads Winthrop High Batting With .487 Clip
Senior centerfielder Eddie Doherty tops Winthrop High School baseball in 1943 with a .487 batting average and 12 RBIs across nine games. Captain Bobby Dunlop follows at .357, while Eddie Gingrich shows power with nine hits including four doubles two triples and two home runs.
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Winthrop High
Perseverance
Edward “Eddie” Doherty
Doherty
Eddie Doherty
Bobby Dunlop
Dunlop
Eddie Gingrich
Boston Braves
Charlie Flanagan
Albie Walker
Flanagan
Swampscott
Melrose
Wakefield
Woburn
Connormen
Bob Brenna
Winthrop
Bending Light Demonstrated by Refraction in Water
A coin hidden at the edge of a shallow pan becomes visible when water is added. The Better Vision Institute explains light rays bend toward the eye, revealing the coin.
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Better Vision Institute
From Grapes to Raisins Thompson Grapes Pruning Advice
Professor A J Winkler explains conversion from table grapes to raisins requires adjusting pruning. Retaining too much wood the first year delays maturity. normal pruning is three canes of 12 buds. Increasing wood yields more fruit but needs thinning. about 50 percent more wood than normal is suggested given labor limits.
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Thompson
A. J. Winkler
Winkler
Troop 6 Winthrop Girl Scouts Trip to Cedar Hill
Twenty six girls of Troop 6 led by Mrs Poole Mrs Ericson and Mrs Dempsey met at Winthrop Beach last Saturday at 9 30 AM with lunches. They rode a bus to Waverley then hiked to Cedar Hill finishing at Winthrop at 7 30 PM after a day of hiking games and a cottage fire with hot dogs and marshmallows.
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Poole
Ericson
Dempsey
Winthrop Beach
Cedar Hill
Waverley
Mansion House
Maze
Winthrop
Private James L. Kelly Arrives at Camp Barkeley in Texas
Private James L. Kelly of Company A, 61st Battalion MRTC, once a canvasser for a Atlanta store, is quartered in the tent area on Barkeley Heights after arriving at Camp Barkeley, Texas.
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James L. Kelly
Co. A
MRTC
Atlanta, Ga
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Barkeley Heights
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Congregational Church
Young People’s Fellowship
St. John’s Episcopal Parish
Charles A. Hagman
Buddy Howard
Bob Dunlop
Matheson
Eleanor Lythgoe
Stella Coffin
Warren Bennett
Leonard Jubb
Marion Vessey
Norma Peterson
Robert Dunlop
Jean Howard
Anna Taber
Virginia Morris
Doris Patrick
Ralph Tucker
Patricia Fisher
Gloria Feltmate
Mrs.Chase
Mr. Malley
Fime
Ruth Bennett
Florence Cartwright
Barbara Wickson
Kay Wainwright
Lillian Black
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Almon E. Whittemore
the Bennison Funeral Home
Winthrop St
Ingleside Park
Legion
Gingrich
North Shore
Dick Wallace
Eddie Gingrith
Gene Kirby
Dick O’connor
Dick Stevenson
Bob DeMinico
Keddy Kilowatt
Beach Street
Revere Revere
Suburban Gas and Electric Company
Bartlett Road
Winthrop Ocean
United States War Bonds
Winthrop Girl Scouts
Pany
Suburban Gas & Electric Co
Beach ST
Revere
Bartlett RD
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