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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
3
A Boston Sunday Herald inspired piece urges civilian defense volunteers to step up for 24/7 air raid centers. It condemns busybodies and excuses, notes centers need volunteers, and highlights moral pressure on communities to staff guards, with flaring appeals to women and men alike.
J D Murphy local telephone manager says War Production Board orders will curb new service as copper, rubber and materials are diverted to war uses. Essential users include Army Navy Coast Guard Marine Corps and public health welfare or security agencies. outside wire limits may restrict area by section. Residence extensions and interior work generally prohibited to preserve essential service.
Sunday services and Sunday School at 10 45 a m. Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 00 p m. Reading room open daily 2 00 to 5 00 p m with evening hours. Lesson Sermon Sunday June 28 on Christian Science text with Bible citations from Matthew and Peter and excerpt from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
The Edith Wood Unit of the USO entertained boys at East Boston Airport Monday evening with a high class performance. After the show the cast danced with the soldiers and a car parade escorted each girl to her door. Performers included Hans Kleeman Rita Sloane Frederick Burns Ethel Reid Virginia Milne Lois Robertson and many others.
A simple home tip says mixing dirt kerosene with water loosens dirt and makes cleaning linoleum much easier for households seeking quicker scrubbing results.
In Winthrop Massachusetts the Catholic Information Guild discusses Friday abstinence and why fish is eaten on Fridays. Mrs Murray explains that meat is forbidden on Fridays by Church law and that deliberate disobedience is sin. She notes the Good Friday sacrifice and urges keeping abstinence to honor Christ. Further explanations can be requested at P O Box 131 Winthrop MA.
Two Winthrop girls June Shiner and Bertha Bryant paddled a 17 foot canoe around Winthrop and nearby islands collecting 116 pounds of rubber items. They found 17 balls 6 gloves 2 mismatched boots a baby nipple a girdle a football a rubber buggy tire pencils a softball and 52 other rubbers and overshoes after an 11 hour salvage outing. They turned in the haul at Ham's Corner gasoline station in Winthrop.
The Ladies Auxiliary to Gov John Winthrop Post No 10 U A V plans a whist party at Sister A E Hutchinsons 480 Winthropst on July 3 1942. Members and associates are noted for blood donations surgical dressings First Aid courses and Red Cross support for soldiers, with recruitment urged for wives mothers sisters and daughters 18 or older who have honorable discharges.
Four youths from the First Baptist Church attended the Massachusetts Baptist Youth Fellowship weekend at Andover Newton Theological School June 20 and 21. Delegates Mr. Robert Allen Miss Lillian Currie Miss Beverly Hicks and Mr. Richard R Count represented two church youth groups and returned with new ideas for an upcoming fall and winter program.
Bernard Ginsburg of the Jewish War Veterans urged duty and sacrifice to support a nation-wide drive to fund the government purchase of six planes for $180,000. The effort includes a plane donated by National Commander Benjamin Kaufman and support from Groman Post in Winthrop with officials Gordon Borofsky and Morris Bernstein present.
At Winthrop and State Theatres the Shaw comedy Major Barbara opens Friday and Saturday with Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The program also features Our Russian Front and Sierra Sue matinee, The Wife Takes A Flyer with Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone, Bullet Scars with Regis Toomey and Adele Longmire, Rio Rita with Abbott and Costello, and All That Money Can Buy starring Edward Arnold, Walter Huston and Jane Darwell.
The Winthrop Rationing Board lists tire and tube allocations for June 1 to 5. Names include C S Smith, 93 Nahant Ave. Dr J B Andosca, 36 Wilshire St. D B Avery, 31 Washington Ave. A A Shell, 30 Cutler St. A L Scotti, 41 Paine St. T A Mulkern, 35 Quincy Ave. Rapid Transit Inc, 52 Crest Ave. and others with counts of tires and tubes. Additional entries show F E Riley, M E Cardoza Jr, C V Robinson, and J Mul kern among recipients. Retreaded Truck Rapid Transit, Inc. listed at 52 Cregt Ave with 4 tires.
A brief urging readers to help conserve telephone service with small, practical actions is attributed to the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. The message emphasizes public cooperation and responsibility for network reliability.
The Men's Club of St. John's Episcopal Church announces officers for 1942 43 with Howard C. Bissell as president and Leon ard W Jubb as vice president. Howard A S Dixon serves as secretary treasurer and Dudley G Boutelle Charles E Graves Lewis B Pierce named to the board of directors.
The body of Gen Robert E Lee lies within a mausoleum in the Washington and Lee University chapel beneath a recumbent statue carved by Virginia sculptor Edward V Valen tine.
A note explains that Dresden china is not made in Dresden Germany but in Meissen a nearby town. It clarifies common misconception about the origin of the renowned porcelain.
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