Births and social notices from Winthrop and Boston region
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Radford announce the birth of a baby boy Edwin Herbert at the Boston Lying-In Hospital. Mrs. Raymond Mantle of Brewton Alabama visits Mrs. Robert Bentley in Somerset Ave. Women s Catholic Club June card parties held Mondays year round with prizes and public invited. Capt and Mrs Cashman tour China and Japan from Fort William McKinley Philippine Islands. Mrs Esther Hull Madison just returned from a two week vacation including Deep River Connecticut and New York City. Oldest son soon earns a Ph D in Music from Columbia College. Winthrop girls Lois Decker Bernice Hobden Teresa Phalen Josephine Nelson Helen Farrell Emily Hussey graduate from Chandler School in Boston June 12. Jane Louise Mesick delivers commencement address at Church of the Covenant. Reception for students and families at Marlborough Street dormitory. Mr and Mrs Arthur Sullivan to holiday at North Truro Massachusetts with Mr and Mrs Frederic Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Hull Madison
Deep River
New York City
P.H.D
Columbia College
Winthrop
Chandler School
Boston
Lois Decker
Bernice Hobden
Teresa Phalen
Josephine Nelson
Helen Farrell
Emily Hussey
Church of the Covenant
Jane Louise Mesick
Simmons College
Marlborough St
Winthrop News Highlights of Community Life
Arthur Smith completes a summer home in Lexington overlooking Mt Monadnock on Concord Turnpike, a gift for his son Wesley. Mrs Brown sails to New York with her Concord aunt for a week. Mrs Gould hosts luncheon for Winthrop guests including Jennings Fielding Somerby Sullivan, Walker and Pheasant. Garden clubs attend Northeast Regional meeting at Marblehead. Twin daughters born to Mr and Mrs Harry G Smith at Winthrop Community Hospital. Jackson W Forster earns PhD from Rutgers University. Winthrop Golf Club hosts a bridge and whist event at the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Smith
Washington Ave
Lexington
Wesley Smith
Harry Gould
Ruth Richards
Melvin Engel
Winchester
Winthrop
Lawrence Jennings
John Fielding
Fletcher Somerby
Arthur Sullivan
Roger Walker
Gale Pheasant
Harry Slack
Arlington
Paul Knipe
Fairhaven
Federated Garden Clubs
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Harry G. Smith
Virginia Scott
Plummer Ave
Winthrop Community Hospital
Local Residents Share Travel and Family News
Albert Nevers visits family while active in a Iowa coal mine. Fred Elliott, 65 Lowell Road, is a student flyer at Boston Airport. Mrs Cyril Coughlin of Bridgewater Nova Scotia and daughter Margaret Ann vacation with Mr and Mrs Owen B. MacDonald of 150 Main Street Winthrop. Sam Dobby of Everybodys Cash Market toured to the New York World’s Fair. Mrs Edw G Attaran of 72 Lowell Road spent a week in New York for the World Fair and saw the King and Queen. Eugene Roitman of Winthrop, a New England Conservatory student, will sing at the Conservatory Night with the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Coughlin
Bridgewater
Nova Scotia
Margaret Ann
Sam Dobby
Everybody's Cash Market
Edw. G. Attaran
Lowell Rd
New York
Eugene Roitman
Winthrop
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston Pops
Symphony Hall
Lei
Anderson- Tripp wedding ties Linus Anderson’s daughter to Medford man
Daisy Lin Lin nen Anderson and William Anthony Tripp of Medford Massachusetts wed on June 10 1939 at the bride’s mother’s home. Rev Harry Belmont Hill officiated with Edith Anderson as bridesmaid and John Stevenson as best man. The couple planned a trip to the New York World’s Fair then to the Panama Canal Zone where Tripp will work as an electrical engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linus Anderson
Daisy Lin Linnen
William Anthony Tripp
Medford
Mass
Harry Belmont Hill
Edith Anderson
John Stevenson
Mrs. Tripp
New York
U.S
Surprise going away party for Roy and Mrs Gaddis
Mrs Annie Gaddis organized a surprise party with about 50 guests from Lexington Belmont Arlington Woburn East Boston Revere and Winthrop to bid Mr and Mrs Roy Gaddis farewell as they move to San Francisco next month The couple received a Kodak camera and an electric alarm clock and Mr Gaddis will oversee a Brooks Brothers store in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Gaddis
Almont Sr
Mae Moore
Roy Gaddis
Arlington
Lexington
Belmont
Woburn
E. Boston
Revere
Winthrop
San Francisco
Gaddis
Brooks Bros. Clothing Co
Merrill Announces Betrothal of Betty Sheresa to John MacGregor
Mr and Mrs J Arthur Merrill of Lowell Road announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Sheresa to Mr John Wesley MacGregor of Walde mar Ave No wedding date has been set.
Stacy C. Saunders 32 Woodside Park
Stacy C. Saunders aged 32 of Woodside Park is referenced in a local note in Poke About Town noting community ties and recent activities. The brief mentions Saunders in a social context without detailing events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodside Park
Poke
Winthrop Residents Mentioned in Local News and Education
Harold H Keniston of 20 Faun Bar Ave Winthrop is listed among poets in Henry Harrisons anthologies Eros Sonnets and Music Unheard along with The North America Book of Verse forthcoming. Miss Mary Casper daughter of Colonel and Mrs Joseph Casper of Fort Banks Winthrop earned a Bachelor of Science at Simmons College in Boston graduation ceremonies June 12. Helen Boland daughter of Mrs Helen Boland of Bayou St Winthrop and Elizabeth Moran daughter of Mr Hugh Moran of 36 Prospect Ave Winthrop study secretarial work at Katharine Gibbs School Boston. Cecile Langer of Mermaid Ave Winthrop recently graduated from Wilfred Academy of Hair and Beauty Culture Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. Keniston
Faun Bar Ave
Winthrop
Henry Harrison
New York
Mary Casper
Joseph Casper
Fort Banks
Simmons College School of Home Economics
Syphony Hall
Boston
Casper
Simmons
University of Texas
Home Economics Club
Katharine Gibbs School
Helen Boland
Bayou St
Elizabeth Moran
Hugh Moran
Prospect Ave
Boland
Miss Moran
Cecile Langer
Mermaid Ave
Wilfred Academy of Hair and Beauty Culture
Boylston St
Local Graduations Highlight Class of 1937 and Alumni
Miss Emily Hussey graduated from Chandler School of Boston with high honors after completing Winthrop High School in the Class of 1937. Virginia M Higgins, daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Higgins of Somerset, earned a Regis College degree last week. Dorothy L Higgins, another Higgins daughter, will graduate from Winthrop High School tonight with honors. Also note an ad for Winthrop Window Cleaning Co offering services and reasonable rates, Ocean 0987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Hussey
Circuit Rd
Chandler School of
Boston
Hussey
Winthrop High School
Virginia M. Higgins
J. C. Higgins
Somerset Are
Regis College
Dorothy L. Higgins
Winthrop Window
Cleaning Co
Ocean
Alma Elizabeth Stone Graduates Wheelock School Honors Given
Miss Alma Elizabeth Stone of 62 Main street Winthrop Massachusetts graduated from Wheelock School on Monday June 5. A party was held that evening at her grandmother Mrs Ellen Graham’s home with friends and gifts. Her aunt Miss Blanche E O Graham a professor at State Teachers College Trenton New Jersey is giving her a trip to the World’s Fair next Tuesday as a graduation present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Elizabeth Stone
Main St
Winthrop
Mass
Wheelock School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin S. Radford
Betty Bentley
Edwin Herbert
Raymond Mantle
Brewton, Alabama
Robert Bentley
Somerset Ave
Kathryn Pevear
Women’s Catholic Club
Cashman
Elinor Garvey
China
Japan
Capt. Cashman
Fort Wm. McKinley
Philippine Islands
Mrs
Frederic Williams
North
Truro
Roger Brown
Concord
Winthrop Golf Club
Merline
Jefferson St
Holyoke
Pittsburgh
Portland
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Spencer Corsets
Marian Walker
Albert Nevers Ison
C. A. Nevers
Iowa
Fred Elliott
Anderson
Stacy C. Saunders
Arthur H. Curtis CO
Revere Ice & Fuel Co, and
Curtis Oil Co
Reading
New England
Chearcoal
Mastercraft Oil
LEE Burbank Highway
Bob__ Patrick
Patrick
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Camp Devens
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
Dept
Jersey City
N. J
U.S.A
Asta
NEA Service Inc
Carlton
America
Canada
Yvonne
Annette
Marie
Cecile
Octagon Soap Premium
Friend Street
Knamegared Pp
Clekneet
Sonr Firs
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