Frank J Strasburger dies at 38 in Winthrop
Frank J. Strasburger a prominent Winthrop resident and Boston soft drink manager died suddenly at 38 on June 5 at his home 24 Brookfield road. He leaves a wife and daughter. Services were at First Methodist Episcopal church and interment in Winthrop Cemetery.
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Brookfield Rd
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Boston
Winthrop Lodge
Winthrop Blue Lodge
Winthrop Royal Arch
Wm. Parkman Commandery
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Mystic Shrine
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Riches Are Dangerous and Lawless Wealth Cited
Phrase attributed to Henryard Reecher warns that riches without law pose greater danger than poverty without law, reflecting a caution about wealth and governance.
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Henryard Reecher
Charles W Pennington's Father Dead
John H Pennington, 91, father of Charles W Pennington of Circuit fd died June 5 at his East Boston home. He was widowed, his wife having died 25 years ago. Funeral was held last Saturday with burial in Portsmouth New Hampshire, his birthplace.
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Circuit Fd
John H
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Portsmouth
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Expensive Wives of Rome Prompt Caesar to Reward Marriage
Julius Caesar offered premiums to encourage marriage among Romans. He allowed married women to dress superbly and exempted tax from married men who were fathers of three children. The policy aimed to boost birth rates and cement alliances within the capital.
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Rome
Julius Caesar
Winthrop Highlands Association Opens Pier and Tennis Plans
The Winthrop Highlands Association opens the pier for the season and offers keys to members in good standing from Ralph E. Ferdinand. A member list will limit pier access. Tennis courts are also for members with keys via Alfred Rydgren. Membership costs $5 and $5 more for tennis. A June 28 doubles tennis tournament with three divisions is planned, with a $1 entry fee and entries due by June 26.
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Association
Ralph E. Ferdinand
Temple
Alfred Rydgren
Winthrop
Precinct 4
Sec
Frank C. Gorman
Floyd St
Ocean
School children to receive Schick test and diphtheria immunization
The Board of Health seeks to administer the Schick test and diphtheria immunization to local school children. The procedure has been tried in other communities and declared a big success.
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Dr. Ben H Metcalf Visits Winthrop Homecoming
Former citizen Dr Ben Hicks Metcalf spent Tuesday in Winthrop meeting friends and revisiting past haunts. He toured area residences and enjoyed a visit with Past Commander Albert P Smith on Brookfield Road, saying it was mighty fine to be home again.
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Winthrop
Ben Hicks Metcalf
Alibert P. Smith
Brookfield Rd
Winthrop High Baseball and Track Highlights
Winthrop High School lost to Lynn Classical 6 to 4 after leading 4 to 3 in the eighth inning. The next day Winthrop beat Revere 10 to 8 with pitchers Johnson Rock and Brogan. At the State Track Meet in the Stadium, Winthrop placed second in Class B scoring 163 points led by Captain Montgomery Wells who won the hurdles and set a state scholastic record. Other winners included Lawrence Barclay in the quarter mile and Joseph Guidi and Richard Whorf in events.
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Lynn Classical
Lynn
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Classical
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Winthrop High School
Springfield Technical High
Montgomery Wells
Massachusetts
Wells
Lawrence Barclay
Joseph Guidi
Richard Whorf
Athletic Council awards W to baseball track and football groups
At the Athletic Council meeting the W awardees in baseball for the current season were Captain Bernard Brogan Joseph Guidi Joseph Bradley Richard Johnson Henry Rock Thomas Trainor Brendon McLaughlin Montgomery Wells Robert McGarigle John Fenton Guy Lothrop Charles McCarthy and Manager The W in track went to Captain Montgomery Wells Joseph Guidi Lawrence Barclay Raymond Flannery Richard Whorf Eric Svensson Hugh Hewitt and Manager TWT in track to Stewart Jackson Thomas Saunders Richard Dees Herbert Ridgway Thomas Wieczorek Henry Rock John Campbell class of 1926 was elected Assistant Manager of the football team Notices about fall examinations and opening of school on Wednesday Sept 3 have been distributed to all high school seventh grade pupils The full examinations for those eligible will
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Athletic Council
Bernard Brogan
Joseph Guidi
Joseph Bradley
Richard Johnson
Henry Rock
Thomas Trainor
Brendon McLaughlin
Montgomery Wells
Robert McGarigle
John Fenton
Guy Lothrop
Charles McCarthy
Lawrence Barclay
Raymond Flannery
Richard Whorf
Eric Svensson
Hugh Hewitt
TWT
Stewart Jackson
Thomas Saunders
Richard Dees
Herbert Ridgway
Thomas Wieczorek
John Campbell
Students' posters earn state and council honors at high school
Artwork from the High School Art Department gains recognition with posters accepted by the New England Dairy and Food Council and the Department of Public Safety, under Miss Harriet M Day. In track news John Gore won the mile at the Exeter Dover Meet, and 66 Senior Class members have secured jobs via the school Employment Bureau.
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Elizabeth Kent
Margaret Tully
New England Dairy and Food Council
John Devlin
Audrey’ Davis
Department of Public Safety
Harriet M. Day
John Gore
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Exeter-Andover
Oldest European School Slate in Florence Museum
A 2,500 year old slate in Florence showcases a schoolboy exercise tablet. Professor Halbherr calls it the most perfect specimen with Phoenician style letters in the Chalcidian form of the Greek alphabet, carried to southwest Italy by European colonists.
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Florence
Halbherr
Europe
Italy
Class of 1924 Graduation Details at Winthrop Theatre
The program frontispiece designed by Richard B. Whorf accompanies graduation notices. The main ceremony for the class of 1924 is set for Wednesday evening June 18 at 8 in the Winthrop Theatre, with grammar school graduation the same day at 10. Tickets required for admission. the class has 146 graduates, down from 151 last year.
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Winthrop Theatre
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