Early Boston Baseball History Recounted by Veteran
The reminiscence tracks a Boston native born Sept 5 1843 through boyhood games a Civil War stint and later Christian Science leadership. It notes quilting for a leg injury an 1885 push for a Sunday School and later roles in church administration and fundraising efforts with mixed results. The piece closes with the author hinting at a future war story.
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Boston
Friend Street
Signal Corps
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Frye
Christian Science Association
New York
Express Company
France
Winthrop Yacht Club Opens 1926 Season With Race Banquet
Winthrop Yacht Club started its 1926 season last Saturday with a race in the afternoon and a banquet at the clubhouse. Ralph Goudy served as toastmaster at a crowded evening event with guests including Howard Garnett and William Carlton. The Hawk skippered by William Garrett won the first race among five entrants, as the season heads into a busy schedule through the fall.
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Winthrop Yacht Club
Ralph Goudy
The
Yacht Racing Union
Pres
Howard Garnett
William Carlton
Regatta Committee
Corinthian Yacht Club
Benjamin F. Smith
Winthrop Highlands Yacht Club
Roy Pigeon
Cottage Park Yacht Club
Hawk
William Garrett
Watertown Defeats Winthrop in Tennis 6-3
Winsor Club of Watertown defeats Winthrop at the Winthrop Tennis Club 6-3. Singles results include Daywood Winsor over Swan 6-4 5-7 6-2 and Morse Winsor over Peterson 6-3 3-6 6-3.
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Watertown
Winthrop
Daywood
Winsor
Swan
Peterson
Morse
Young
Bernard
Burtch
Stone
Caywood
Bruster
Wakefield
Forristal
Anderson
Sylvia
Whorf Skethces in Quebec and Local Arts News
John Whorf the artist spends a week sketching in Quebec. Mrs. Cooper is hospitalized after a call by city patrols. Miss Hope A Frankland graduates from Terry Kindergarten Normal School in Boston with Winthrop friends attending. The Osgoods and Mrs. Whorf attend a Shakespearian showing at Kendall Hall as Richard Whorf acts in Dancing Mothers at the Copley Theatre. An August trip with John Craig to Peterboro New Hampshire will feature Shakespearean drama at Meriarden Summer colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whorf
Quebec
Hope A. Frankland
Ingleside Av
Terry Kindergarten
Boston
Winthrop
Richard Whorf
Kenneth Cobb
Copley Theatre
Mary Young
Mr. Whorf
Peterboro
N. H
John Craig
Meriarden
Find Buddy with the Blue Necktie Contest at Legion Carnival
A Legion Carnival on July 5 at Ingleside Park features a Find Buddy with the Blue Necktie contest. The person who finds the wearer of a blue necktie and says the correct words while displaying a Legion Tag wins a $10 cash prize on the spot.
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Ingleside Park
Legion
Buddy With
Buddy
The
W H S Alumni Dance at Elks Hall Next Wednesday
W H S alumni plan a social evening at Elks Hall next Wednesday. The event is organized by Rol Wentworth and committee with matrons Dorothy Barbour Theresa Nugent Agatha Bennett and others. Principal Clarke and Superintendent Douglas will attend.
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Elks Hall
Roland
Wentworth
Dorothy Barbour
Theresa Nugent
Agatha Bennett
Fred Christopher
Alice Donovan
Eleanor Hazel
Georgianna Gearhart
Horace Wise
William Walton
Edward Thomas
F. A. Douglas
EB. R. Clarke
Clarke
Douglas
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G Buchanan Terre
R. Covey
R C. Beveridge
T. E. McLaughlin
W. B
Pee
Werner Erenere
Cc. E. Perkins de Cort
W. A. Natale
Renee
Peart Ee
G Torrey
J “H. Stevens
C. W. Pennington
O. Ball
M. D. Engle
E. L. Ashley
W. Hewitt
Fulham
Kickers
Winthrop Golf Club
Winthrop Tennis Club
Winsor Club of
Cooper
Grovers Av
Buckley and McNaught
Earl Osgood
Lucille
Harry Whorf
Kendall Hall
Prides Crossing
Aresiden
Gus
White House
Main St
Ocean
Fort Banks
FT. Banks
Mass
Jeff Mason
U.S. Navy
Johnnie Marto
East
Ted Johnson
Kid Madison
Plymouth
Eddie Thomas
Mass. N.G
Johnnie Gans
West End
Jimmy Valentine
South End
al Morgan, Woburn
Joe Wasco
U.S. Marine Corps
Willie Mehannac
E. Boston
W. H.S
Elks Home
Morey ‘Pearl
In Person
Legion Post
Review
Baby Claire MacIntyre
All Day
Fred H. Wegener
Somerset Ave
Winthrop Centre
Dominic Perrone
Evelyn Florence Peters
Grace Frances Pigon
Freida Pransky
M. Veronica Preg
Louis Raymond Racca
Estelle Marie Rainville
Madel
Vera Ramsey
Jeanette Marie Rea
Ethel Evelyn Reese
Charles Bertram Reid
Helen Ray Remick
Arthur Dudley Roberts
Robert Baker Rockwood
Evelyn Ida Rogers
Josephine Rosamond Rollins
Rita Romig
Louise Rowe
Esther Bella Rudginsky
Hortense Crum Sanders
Dellcine Maria Sandiford
Kathryn Shepherd
Frieda Silverman
Rose Ann Silverman
Marjorie Virginia Simpson
Fred Francis Sinatra
Abraham Smith
Webster Armstrong Smith
Stella Sperber
Dorothy Jeanne ’ Stearns
Catharine Mary Stevens
Allison Carver Stewart
Wellington Johnstone Stewart
Frederick Ellis Stone
Lawrence Perry Stone
John Edward Sullivan
Max Swartz
Paul Winthrop Swenson
Arthur Sprague Tewksbury, Jr
Hsther Evangelyn Thompson
Marion Josephine Thompson
Roger Elden Titus
Margaret Virginia Tully
Abraham Soloman Uman
Mary Margaret Verdi
Felix Joseph Vergona
Doris Carolyn Wales
James Bertram Wells
Estella Merriam White
Lester Milton Wile
Frances Beatrice Zaks
Barney Alfred Zieff
Ham
Ham's
Ham’s
W. Freeland Kendrick
Philadelphia
Kendrick
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