Winthrop High Baseball Roars Back With 7 3 Season
Winthrop High returns to baseball posting seven straight wins and a state bid. Star pitcher Charlie De Minico wins five of seven, fanning 96 in 59 innings with a .477 hitter Herb Merrill leading at the plate and captain Kevin Mulcahy guiding the defense and staff.
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Winthrop High
Charlie de Minico
Perrymen
de Minico
Jim Reid
Winthrop
Woburn High
Herb Merrill
Merrill
Pershing Medal Awarded to Winthrop Cadet Harold Bridgman
Harold V. Bridgman Jr. of Winthrop Massachusetts Norwich University senior and R O T C major received the John J. Pershing medal as the outstanding senior cadet officer in the 1st Corps Area for 1939. The award marked the first Pershing medal for ROTC men since 1934. Gen Malin Craig attended Norwich University’s 120th commencement in Northfield Vermont on June 12.
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Harold V. Bridgman, Jr
Winthrop
Mass
Norwich University
John J. Pershing
Washington
George S. Andrew
Norwich
Bridgman
Norwich Cadet Corps
Pershing
New England States
Malin Craig
United States Army
Northfield
Open Life Saving Course Begins With Expert Panel
Marked by a first session on Sunday June 18 in front of Waveway Ave the Junior and Senior Life Saving courses opened with Mr Abbot Crane and Mr Mc Nulty assisting under Mr Gessman. Due to freezing water swimming was suspended as the group focused on artificial respiration.
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Abbot Crane
American Red Cross
Winthrop Boy Scouts
McNulty
District of Columbia
Gessman
Synnapter
Boy Scouts
Waveway Ave
Crane
Richmonds Return From 10 Day Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs Lester V Richmond of Grovers Ave Highlands have returned from a 10 day motor trip visiting Washington Virginia Beach Mt Vernon Annapolis Atlantic City and New York where they spent four days at the fair. In Washington they saw the King and Queen and visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They received a personal invitation from Senator Lodge to attend a Senate session.
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Lester V. Richmond
Grovers Ave
Highlands
Washington
Virginia Beach
Mt. Vernon
Annapolis
Atlantic City
New York
Unknown Soldier
Senator Lodge
Senate
Winthrop Golf Club Class A Scores and Round Highlights
The Winthrop Golf Club Class A results show J N McNeish and H N Gushee posting strong scores, with Jack Hill breaking onto the B list and several players advancing in McLaughlin and Governors trophy flights. Newt Esdaile leads McLaughlin to the quarterfinals as Matty Kenefick sits atop the Governors bracket after early rounds. Ed die Pease and John Evans win in the first McLaughlin round, with Lou Briggs advancing after a 19th hole struggle.
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Jack Hill
Jack
Newt Esdaile
Matty Kenefick
Newt
Ted Eldracher
Matty
Lon Kiernan
Lon
Papa Gillespie
Gillespies
Amos Crooks
McLaughlin
Eddie Pease
Tom Smith
John Evans
Ralph Halford
Lou Briggs
Roy Price
Bob McGarigle
Deaths TAIT and CARVER in Winthrop notices
Alfred Wilson Tait died, husband of Elizabeth Tait, funeral held at The First Baptist Church Hermon Street Friday June 9 with Interment at Winthrop Cemetery. Nellie Goodwin Carver widow of George H Carver services at Bennison Funeral Home June 18, burial in Winthrop Cemetery.
Winthrop B B C Tops Arlington in 6-1 Baseball Win
Winthrop B B C routed Arlington Merchants 6 1 at Ingleside Park after Frank Welch belted a first inning homer. Jim Kelly pitched seven strong innings allowing two hits as Be sides Welch Cro nin and Parsons added two hits apiece. Godfrey’s fourth inning homer tied the game at 2 2 and the Merchants later equalized to 4 4 before darkness halted play. Next games include Everett Merchants at Ingleside and Brookline Town Team visit Saturday with Winthrop hosting Arlington Town Team Tuesday.
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Frank Welch
Winthrop Baseball Club
Arlington Merchants
Ingleside Park
la Salle Club
Waltham
Jim Kelly
Godfrey-Baker Clan
Roal Diamonds
Kelly
Welch
Jesse Cronin
Ed Parsons
Herb Godfrey
Godfrey
Watch City Boys
Winthrop
Lefty Smith
Everett Merchants
Brookline Town
Winthrop B. B. C
Arlington Town
The Three Stooges At Orient Palace
The Three Stooges will be shown at Orient Palace Theater Orient Heights every Friday and Saturday starting June 30th and continuing all summer. Two reelers titled Violent 4s the Word for Curly head the program with free pilot wings to every child on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Orient Palace Theater
Orient Heights
Curly
Orient Palace
Cent Name for Penny and the Early US Coin Law
The text explains that cent is the official name for the one cent piece while penny is a common name. An act of Congress passed on August 8 1786 defined cents as the copper pieces totaling 100 to equal a dollar. Congress also ordered no foreign copper coins after September 1787, removing the English penny and shifting the popular usage to penny for the cent.
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Congress
United States
America
Tolerance and Free Thought in Public Life
Speech urges graduates to honor the right to think and express freely, while respecting others. It recalls Socrates Copernicus Lister Pasteur and Voltaire, warning that persecution of ideas weakens society. The speaker calls for thoughtful, honest stance with openness to opposing views as a path to meaningful citizenship.
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Descartes
Socrates
Copernicus
van Leuwandoeck
Pasteur
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middle Temple
London
Voltaire
Dawncast of Renewed Hope Heirs to Old Dawn
Fragmentary phrasing hints at a group, likely readers or followers, looking to a new dawn with renewed hopes. The text references “those of us” and “yours,” implying a transfer of optimism or leadership without concrete names or events.
Graduation Prizes Awarded at W H S Exercises
Prizes for general excellence announced at W H S graduation by Superintendent Arthur E. Boudreau with gifts from local clubs. Awardees include Lorette Lecours Goldberg Wilcox and many others such as Edward Sennett Ruth Flanagan Estelle Freedland Henry O Connell Jr Frances Hartford and William Welton among a list of winners from various clubs and associations.
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Arthur E. Boudreau
Quest and Question Club
Lorette M. Lecours
Winthrop Woman’s Club
Abraham J. Goldberg
Kevin B. Mulcahy
Winthrop B. P.O. E
Edward F. Sennett
A. R. Washington
Alice P. Walker
Deane Winthrop Chapter
Melvin H. Levin
Winthrop Catholic Woman’s Club
Ruth P. Flanagan
Young Woman’s Club of Winthrop
Mary L. McMahon
Lewis J. Housman
Winthrop Woman's Club
Popular Authors Literary Club
Estelle Freedland
Enterprise Club
Henry S. O'Connell Jr
Robert C. Snyder
J. Newton Esdaile
Frances T. Hartford
Harry C. Wharf
William B. Welton
Picnic on Beach for Highlands Students
Miss M Ruth Schofield teacher in Room 6 at the Highlands School arranged a picnic at Winthrop Beach last Friday for her class assisted by Mrs Fred Clark and Mrs Arnold Magnuson. The boys and girls enjoyed hot dogs ice cream took pictures and voted it a grand closing for the school year. Miss Schofield anticipates a trip across country to the Fair returning via Grand Canyon Chicago Buffalo Albany and home.
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M. Ruth Schofield
the Highlands School
Winthrop Beach
Fred Clark
Arnold Magnuson
Blis
Miss Schofield
San Francisco
Grand Canyon
Chicago
Buffalo
Albany
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Dick McGinn
McGinn
Buster Gardner
Capt. Mulcahy
J. Spano
G. Hewson
G. Hoar
H. Merrill
K. Mulcahy
D. McNeish
R.petelli
C. Gardney
Dunham
C.de Minico
R. Collins
W.lamplough
W. Talcott
R. Kirby
Mr. Perry
Tor
M. Chicola
R. Chardon
D. Aronson
F. Harvey
R. McGinn
R. Bowman
J. Reid
Winthrop Golf Club
W. J. Kelleher
J. N. McNeish
J. N. Esdaile
C. Geary
T. F. Sheehian
George Sawyer
D. J. O’brien
E. B. Pease
Matty Milan
H. C. Slocomb
R. W. Price
G. McEwan
C. Foote
J. Ross
F. Pacella
M. Kenefick
L. R. Kiernan
V. Cassani
G. T. Beattie
R. B. Halford
L. A. Paine
F. Gillespie
Charles R. Bennison
Arlington
Homer Sparks
Three Stooges
Marcus Lumber CO
Broadway
Park Ave
Revere
DareLg
Hood
J. A. Costanza
Sidney ST
Malden
Bernard G Fritz
Optometrist
Ocean
Winthrop ST
Moe
Canaries
Aviary
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Winthrop, Mass
Bank For
A. E. Whittemore
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