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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
3
W F Hufstader announced a summer sales plan for the Buick Division during factory conferences with field sales leaders. The program covers special regional events to build on the spring campaign, with June and July car volumes reviewed against market studies and dealer participation.
The Garden Club of Winthrop hosted an All American Flower Show in Odd Fellows Hall last week. Judges credited Mrs. Guy M Whipple and Mrs Albert R Sharpe of Marblehead and Mrs Louis Kofsky of Belmont, with an omission later corrected for a diminutive pink pixie Trose arrangement by Mrs J F Ohern. Distinguished out of town guests included Mrs Robert Bowen of Concord and Mrs R G Swain of Brockton, with press representation from Boston Herald and Hartford Times noting the show’s exposition level and engaging bird displays and photograph contests. Visitors praised the event for highlighting Winthrop’s floral art and historic residence, while Selectmen Key Batchelder and Verney attended the gathering.
At Winthrop and State Theatres this Friday and Saturday the Trial of Mary Dugan stars Robert Young and Laraine Day with romance and drama. The same bill includes Power Dive featuring Richard Arlen and Judy Canova in Sis Hopkins. Penny Serenade with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant also screens with The Devil Commands starring Boris Karloff.
Reserve officers ordered to extended active duty under Public Resolution 96 76th Congress must serve twelve consecutive months if ordered by June 30 1942. Major General Thomas A Terry announced at Boston Army Base that the officer’s Reserve status remains unchanged during the period and no new orders are needed. If an officer declines reappointment, Reserve status ends automatically at the twelve months active duty expires.
Century plants bloom in their seventh or eighth year in warm climates and rarely later than the twelfth. In colder climates the flowering period extends, sometimes to eighty or ninety years.
The Flag Day observance under Winthrop Lodge of Elks drew over 1000 attendees at Miller Field last Thursday evening. The parade featured veterans, auxiliaries, and Scouts with Chief Marshal J Chester Ashworth. music by Sons of the American Legion Band and Jewish War Veterans Junior Band. Attorney Harold J Field delivered the principal address. Robert Beekman received a silver cup for the Elks Essay on the Flag. Exalted Ruler Harrigan and others praised Elks support for the school and event attendance. the ceremony closed with the Pledge of Allegiance and songs led by Mrs. Cappano and Mrs. Gaggiano.
Mrs. Charles L. Barlow hosted The Amicitia Club for the last regular gathering of the season on June 9. President Mrs. Arthur Campbell presided, philanthropy details were settled, then members enjoyed moonlit sun porch stories and singing, a music program led by Mrs. J. T. Dolloff, flowers and candles, and refreshments. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Faybers, Mr. and Mrs. David MacInnes, Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Gordon, Miss Christina Little, Mrs. E. H. Fenton, Mr. Jack Crockford of Cleveland, and Dr. F. O. Hunt of Miami. The club will be hosted later by the John Knudsons in Wellesley.
Residents are urged to donate books and magazines to support troops training at camps and bases across the United States. The Soldiers and Sailors Library Service in Boston collects and distributes reading material, having shipped over 25,000 books and 15 tons of magazines in eight weeks, with ongoing demand.
Winthrop residents are urged to donate books and magazines for servicemen. Bundle and mail reading material to The Soldiers and Sailors' Library Service Room 78 581 Boylston St Boston Mass for shipment to camps including Edwards Devens and harbor forts in Boston Portland and Newport.
A juniper tree in Cache National Forest Utah near Logan Canyon is about three thousand years old. The ancient tree stands as a living witness to long regional history and natural endurance.
The first passenger elevator is attributed to Elisha Otis, marking a milestone in vertical transportation. The device and its safety innovations transformed urban architecture and building design worldwide.
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