Notable 1939 Boston Area Graduations and Weddings
Personal notes report A B degree for Miss Mary Louise Walpole from Radcliffe College and Tufts College honors for Robert Farrand with plans for Tufts Medical School. Giraud Edwards earns B S in Civil Engineering at Tufts. A. J. Young announces daughter Estelle Young’s marriage to Yale Sawtelle. Dr Cassidy recovers from a serious accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Walpole
William H. Walpole
River Rd
Radcliffe College
Giraud C. Edwards
Tufts College
A. J. Young
L. Estelle Young
Yale D.sawtelle
Geraldine Alexander Listed On Emerson Road
Geraldine M Alexander of Emerson Road appears in a poke about town column with possible local notes and observances. The item notes her address and mentions social context within the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine M. Alexander
Emerson Road
William J. Downey, JR
Grandfathers' clocks origins and early maker noted
Grandfathers' clocks emerged in the 1660s to 1670s. The earliest known American example is believed to be built by David Rittenhouse in Philadelphia in 1767.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
Local Graduates and Visits Highlight Winthrop Notices
Lillian Kaplow Tobey earns a pianoforte diploma from the New England Conservatory in Boston on June 20. Irving Alexander, manager of Winthrop and State Theatres, visits Washington this week to see his sister. Mrs. Benjamin F. Schreiber plans Hartford trip for her niece Natalie Marcus’s Weaver High School graduation. Sonny Wandell recovers from a recent bicycle accident after being struck by a car. A testimonial banquet honors Warren H. Belcher upon retirement from the Winthrop Fire Department. The 1922 Winthrop High School class holds a reunion at Howard Johnsons in Medford on June 27. Dorothy A. Kelley visits her aunt in Winthrop. The Rivette family hosts a weekend at Nottingham, NH. Congratulations to Stella Honan Wickham and Gertrude Bonzagni Honan on newborns at Winthrop Community Hospital. Sister Anne Genevieve Honan and Sister Agnes Eugene visit from New Jersey for ten days. Mary Higgins, formerly of Fort Banks, now near West Point, visits with family in Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Genevieve
Teresa Honan
Sisters of Charity
Convent Station
New Jersey
Daniel J. Honan
Fremont St
Holy Trinity School
Westfield
N.J
Agnes Eugene
Mary Higgins
Sergt
William Higgins
Fort Banks
West Point
N. Y
St. Joseph School
Jersey City
N. J
Winthrop
Red Cross Meeting in Winthrop Harbor
The Winthrop Chapter Red Cross Executive Board held its last meeting of the season Wednesday June 14 in Town Hall Hearing Room. Reports included 139 May dental treatments and a Home Service update. Acknowledgments were given to Mr. Jacob Gessman for life saving instruction and plans announced to show Footsteps at local theatres July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Chapter
Red Cross
Town Hall
Dental Clinic
Home Service
Cart
Floyd
Gray Lady Service
Veterans Hospital
Wesley Tyler
Jennings
Boston
Melbourne Tewksbury
R. E. Gilmore
Jacob Gessman
Delightful Garden Party Hosts and Ceremonial Graduates
Miss Mary Warnock hosted a pleasant Wednesday garden party with Mrs. Harry Gould of Waterloo Canada as guest of honor after a lobster luncheon. Dorothy Colby attended Miller Field graduation exercises and, with Ruth and Lillian Flanagan, later joined the Mission Hill High School ceremony where Dorothy earned honors. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Edwards spent a holiday weekend fishing at Belgrade Lake Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Smith and Mr. Arthur Smith held open house at their new Pondview summer place in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Warnock
Harry Gould
Waterloo
Canada
Horace Edwards
Belgrade Lake
Maine
Wesley Smith
Arthur Smith
Pondview
Lexington
Dorothy Colby
Winthrop
Miller Field
Ruth
Lillian “Flanagan
Dorothy
Roxbury
Mission Hill High School
Mission Church
Gentlemen’s Night At Amicitia Club In Peabody
The Men’s Auxiliary of the Amicitia Club held its annual Gentlemen’s Night at the Century Inn in Peabody Massachusetts. A dinner followed with presentations of sterling silver cake plates for 25th anniversaries to Mr and Mrs Frank Douglas and Mr and Mrs Jesse Dolloff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amicitia Club
Century Inn
Peabody
Mass
Arthur Campbell
Frank Douglas
Jesse Dolloff
Grant
Union Pacific Railroad
New York
Saw Tooth
Idaho
Sun Valley
Walter Heckman
Harland Pratt
Harvey Sleeper
Walter Larkin
Winthrop Rangers Visit Harvard Botanic Gardens
The Winthrop Rangers toured Harvard University Botanic Gardens in Cambridge on June 15. They viewed Asa Gray’s house site now Gray Herbarium and its million-plant collection including a century of 100 pressed plants explained by Dr. Smith and Migs Anderson. Lead guide Florence F. Jennings accompanied them through seven acres of rock and herb gardens and wooded areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangers Club
Winthrop
Botanic Gardens
Harvard University
Garden
Linnaean Sts
Cambridge
New World
Asarray
Gray Herbarium
Asa Gray
Rangers
Smith
Migs Anderson
Lazenby
Kew Gardens
England
Florence F. Jennings
Annual Breakfast At Garden Club Exhibit In Winthrop
The Garden Club of Winthrop hosted a well attended continental breakfast at Deane Winthrop Barn on June 9. Fair weather followed a brief shower as 25 judges and many members admired diverse flower arrangements, hats, and decorative pieces crafted by club members led by General Chairman Mrs Lillian Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of
Winthrop
Deane Winthrop Barn
Lillian Williams
Emlie B. Walsh
Anna E. Morrison
Bessie L. Bagley
Elsie W. Harper
Grace N. Pearce
Robert A. Walsh
Edith Jones
Newhall
Emma Davis
Bessie Cobb
Flander
Viola Naedele
Jean McElroy
Parn
Laura Mirick
Myra Petersen
Myrtle Cobb
Garden Club Meeting Highlights Praise For Louise Field Guest
Members received criticisms with sportsmanship and expressed joy at Mrs. Louise EB Field's presence. Appreciation extended to everyone who contributed to the event's success during the Garden Club’s regular meeting on Monday, June 19 at the Deane Winthrop Barn hosted by Mrs. Lulu Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise EB. Field
Garden Club
Deane Winthrop Barn
Lulu Covington
Wegener's serves hot weather diners at Tafts Avenue
During the coming hot days Wegener's on Tafts Avenue Point Shirley offers shore dinners and chicken or steak plates. For snacks choose sandwiches, ice cream and fried clams. Wegener's Short Beach Reverest store is also open to serve customers.
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Wegener's
Tafts Ave
Point Shirley
Wegener’s
Short Beach
Reverest
Edith Wood School plans annual recital at Elks Hall
The Edith Wood School of Dancing and Dramatics will present its annual recital at the Elks Hall on June 29. The program features local talent ages four to eighteen with solos ensembles in tap toe and ballet, sketches including The Perfect Marriage, and cowboy Dutch and musical comedy numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wood
MacQuarries Plan California Tour Visiting Film Studios
Mrs. William A. MacQuarrie and daughter Evelyn C. Mac Quarrie of Washington depart Sunday for a California trip. They will stay with William Allan Mac Quarrie Jr in San Francisco, tour the Fair, then drive to Los Angeles via Del Monte and Santa Barbara. In LA they visit Catalina and the studios before returning through the Grand Canyon and Colorado Springs. Evelyn C. MacQuarrie hosted a farewell party at the Ritz Roof last Wednesday evening ahead of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. MacQuarrie
Evelyn C. MacQuarrie
Washington
California
William Allan MacQuarrie, Jr
San Francisco
Fair
Los Angeles
del Monte
Santa Barbara
Catalina
Hollywood Movie Studios
Grand Canyon
Colorado Springs
Washington Ave
Ritz
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Motors
Rosenthal Brothers Furniture CO
Household Furniture
Ad Electrical Appliances
Winthrop ST
Smith's Aquarium & Pet Shop
Putnam Street
Posite
Winthrop Theatre
Spencer Corsets
Marian Walker
Spencer Corsetiere
Pleasant St
Edgar L. Ryerson
Washington Avenue
Ocean
Beacon Street
Capitol
John J. Kelley
Hyannis Park
Lewis Bay
Robert Farrand
Ernest Farrand
Wilshire St
Medford
Massachusetts
Farrand
Tufts Medical School
Dr. Cassidy
Lillian Kaplaw Tobey
New England Conservatory of Music
Irving Alexander
Winthrop and State Theatres
Washington, D. C
Benjamin F. Schreiber
Grovers Ave
Highlands
Hartford
Conn
Natalie Marcus
Weaver High School
Sonny” Wandell
Ocean Ave
Warren H. Belcher
Winthrop Fire Department
Winthrop High School
Howard Johnson's
Dorothy A. Kelley
Yarmouth
N.S
Mary E. Kinney
Lincoln St
E F. Rivette
Nottingham
New Hampshire
William E
Stella Honan
Wickham
Albert Ave
William L
Gertrude Bonzagni
Honan
Willow Ave
Winthrop Community Hospital
Amicitia
Winthrop Rangers
Harvard
Winthrop Garden Club
Jarvis
Schryver
Hanmer
Gilmore
Shaalman
Covington
Field
Hamilton
Minnie Mason
Morrison
Pearce
Davis
Harper
Gluckler
Jones
Power
Moore
Williams
Hopkins
Bagley
Gove
Kinney
Ella Mason
Dean—Woodland
Reading
New England
Cibercoal
Masterkraft
Scokel
Revere Ice & Fuel Co
Curtis Oil Co
LEE Burbank
Revere
Winthrop Arms
Merrill F. Turner
Edith Wood School
Frank D. Burns
Manchester, N. H
New York City
Portland, Me
Springfield, Mass
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Big Chief
Revere Beach
Cnme
R.m
New Texas
Bermuda
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