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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
2
A column argues against sensational statements by leaders and calls for sane constructive thought. It criticizes modern unrest from inventions and entertainment, urges renewed focus on home life and duties, and states happiness comes from proper living and thinking.
The heat wave drops others to ninety degrees while Point Shirley stays around seventy five. Winthrop residents and visitors flock to the shore for cooling breezes and relief from heat. The town benefits from the publicity and pride in this climatic asset.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor urged graduates to be snobs, sparking criticism that his remarks promote class division. He suggested marrying the boss’s daughter could be as easy as marrying the stenographer, which critics called hypocrisy and a threat to democratic ideals and social stability.
Winthrop will welcome thousands for three days of out-board motor races in Crystal Bay with Cottage Park and Winthrop Yacht Clubs leading the hosts. Officials estimate up to 100000 visitors over the period boosting local business and real estate prospects.
One hundred fifty nine graduates receive diplomas and plan futures in college or business. The article stresses hard work, self reliance, and staying out of others affairs as keys to future success beyond mere wealth.
Editorial notes progress in town with fences covered at prepayment areas and weathered station surfaces to be painted. Metcalf Square gains beauty with granolithic walks, library grounds, and the new town hall laid out artistically. Golfers enjoy perfect weather as the local course thrives and marsh land is transformed into beauty. Vacations in heat help New England hotels fill up, urging early reservations.
A reader column catalogues local pride in the town and its boards, notes rose pests at the cemetery and spraying needs, critiques stowaway thefts, praises Graham MacNamee's Niagara Falls broadcast, quotes Dr. Raymond Fosdick on a call to adventurous living, highlights U S goodwill abroad and Hoovers Farm Relief bill debates, and reports fruit market abundance including apples and other produce.
The column features Old Timer and Bill Biggins discussing Will Rogers and Hoover remarks, East Boston Tunnel effects on Winthrop real estate, cleanliness and rail stations, Will Rogers quotes, Mayor Walker tips, Harvard students missteps, talkies rise, Point Shirley breezes, and plans for a new Town Hall Church and Post Office with a note about a July 4 Legion Carnival.
The piece portrays Greenwich Village as a magnetic, disorderly enclave of crowded streets and diverse eateries. It notes the area’s history from Native American and Dutch beginnings to an artists’ hub with spots like The Garret and The Black Cat, and suggests its lasting pull beyond Wall Street.
Unitarian Church holds 11:30 am sermon The New Home by Rev. Gesreeeye Davis missionary from China. 7:30 pm Worship Sermon A Religion For Summer by pastor. St John's Episcopal at Bowstein and Buchanan with Ralph M. Harper rector and Eugene P. Whittier organist. 8:00 am Holy Communion 10:45 am Morning service and sermon by Presbyterian minister.
Miss Gertrude Bonzagni hosted a farewell luncheon for six of her high school classmates marking four years of daily life together. Blue and white decorations framed a cake inscribed 1929. attendees included Josephine Ellis Helen Crooks Estelle Kirby Lucy Martin Helen McCarthy and Mary Dwyer.
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