Winthrop Flower Show Rewards Many Exhibits
The Winthrop local flower show featured wildflowers by Rangers and Mother Goose rhymes in floral form. Juniors displayed desks for teachers and school posters while Garden Club displays and school posters drew praise. Prize-winning arrangements included blue ribbons for Mourning and daisies, with judges noting strong exhibits from Mrs. Bessie L. Bagley, Mrs. Emma Davis, Mrs. Ruth Sterling, and others.
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Rangers
Garden Club
Winthrop
Commonwealth of Mass. Dept. of Agriculture
Bessie L. Bagley
Emma Davis
Ruth Sterling
Dorothy L. Kinney
Minnie Mason
Walsh
James Law
Lawrence French
Madeline Earl
Josiah Kirby
Harriet “Marsh
Joan Sisler
Caroline M. Kirby
Barbara Chaet
Roger N. Williams
Marjorie Gray
Moss ‘House
Oerre Neene
Grace
Gove
Louise E. Field
Mabel S
Bragdon
W. J Skinner
Robert A. Walsh
Sara Schryver
B. Bagley
Laura Rick
Lucy Hopkins
Georgia Jarvis
W. Gove
Edith Wood School Recital Highlights Many Numbers
The program showcased 27 numbers led by students led by Priscilla Root with solos and group dances. Dances included Russian Peasant Dance and Dance of the Wooden Soldiers with multiple soloists and dolls.
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Wood
Priscilla Root
Joan Sisler
Marion Davis
Dorothy Sonatra
Nancy Price
Joan Pheasant
Gloria’ D'Angelo
Norma Gentle
Barbara Smith
Nancy O'Keefe
Priscilla Tobin
Betty
Mahoney
Muriel Goldie
Barbara Kirk
Shila
Nutting
Nancy Nutting
Marguerite _Fadden
Carol Ier
5Gil Murphy
Ridin
Gloria D' Angelo
Marguerite Fadden
Barbara Quirk
Leonora Thiebault
Elaine Mariety
Norma. Gentle
Cornelia Cor ¥Ino
Betty Mahoney
Myrtle
Olsen
Dorothy Sullivan
Lilian Novak
Margaret Chardin
Marian Davis
Barbara Smitt
Lillian Novak
Mary Fielding
Gloria Graham
Betty Sampson
Carol Sullivan
Barbara ‘Quirk
Myrtle Olsen
Dorothy Drew
Beatrice Keyes
Priscilla_ Root
Josephine McDonald
Marguerite
Adios
Petty SamjsSon
Ball
Priscilla, Nile
Broadway
Flag Day Exercises Highlight Winthrop Community Pride
Winthrop celebrated Flag Day with multiple local groups forming on Washington Ave and River Road at 6 30 p m. Marshall Byron Wasson commanded the gathering as flags waved and Marines and infantry from Chelsea Armory marched. Veterans from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars joined Elks and Jewish War Veterans Post, while Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts added youth presence as the Winthrop Yacht Club offered support.
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Winthrop
Marshall Byron Wasson
Washington Ave
River Toad
Harry Blaze
Ality
Daniel J
Fort Banks
United States
Chelsea Armory
Body of Elks
American Legion
Jewish War Veterans Post
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Winthrop Yacht Club
June Holiday Morning Concert Program Recital notes
A June holiday program lists Grieg and Mendelssohn pieces, with Elizabeth Blandford, Sir Joseph Battles, Tosca, Puccini selections, and Tschaikowsky works. Second piano and orchestral parts are performed on the organ by Mrs Kane, with Mrs Marjorie Hail Cloutier also mentioned.
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Grieg
Origin and varieties of the collie breed across Scotland England
The article traces the collie's origins as obscure, noting rough-coated Scotch and smaller smooth-edged English lines. It mentions a black all-black ancestor called Coal-lie and a color shift toward gold from Gordon blood, praising its beauty, form, and agility.
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Coliie
Gordon
Dogs Bred Down to Make Them Fit as House Pets
A Kansas City Star article notes dogs have shifted from outdoors and hunting to indoor household pets as urban living grows. It discusses breeding trends toward smaller dogs like dachshunds and the role of German shepherds and poodles as intelligent breeds with European show pedigrees spanning centuries.
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Plymouth
A. B. Mac
Kansas City
Germany
Europe
Munich Zoo Says Wild Horse and Aurochs Recreated
German scientists report breeding attempts at Munich Zoo recreate a brown wild horse native to Siberian steppes and a descendant of the gray tarpan long extinct in its pure line since 1879. They compare to earlier work reviving the aurochs once abundant in Europe but extinct since the seventeenth century.
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Siberian
Russia
Germany
Munich Zoological Garden
Forks in Europe in 1603 and the Italian dining custom
A 1603 tour by Thomas Coryate notes forks as a curiosity in Italy where locals use a lutte fork to hold meat while cutting with a knife. The writer describes social pressures and manners around dining and the impropriety of misusing utensils in company.
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Montreal Herald
Thomas Coryote
James I
Europe
Italy
Fresh Air Standards Vary by Room and Occupants
The required air supply per person depends on factors like occupancy, lighting, and building design. Ventilation engineers commonly use 1 800 cubic feet per person per hour as the standard minimum for adequate air exchange.
History of the Celts Still Puzzles Early Origins
The article argues Celtic origins remain unclear with few inscriptions in Wales and Ireland offering no direct light. It credits written language after Christianity as key, linking Celts to the Aryan stock, while noting Roman accounts provide little on pre Roman Britons and no surviving bardic oral traditions.
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Wales
Munster
Ireland
Frogs Arrive in Ireland in 1696 Then Spread
The text notes frogs were unknown in Ireland until 1696 when frog spawn was brought from England by a Trinity College Dublin fellow and released in ditches around Dublin, spreading across the island.
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Ireland
England
Trinity College
Dublin
Moiversity City
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