Legion Post Plans for Holiday Carniva
Selectmen oppose eminent domain to build a military road across Shirley Gut to Fort Dawes. They fear the route would become a conduit for Boston prison transport and devalue property, despite cooperating with defense efforts. Continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Island
Boston
Board of Selectmen
Herman MacDonald
State Public Works Department
Shirley Gut
Fort Dawes
Winthrop
Thomas E. Key
Selectmen
National Defense Program
Army
Selectman Key
Chairman Key
Mr. Key
Protest Closing Of Sewing Project In Winthrop
Nearly 50 local women employed on the WPA Sewing Project appeared before the Board of Selectmen to urge appeals to State WPA authorities to continue the project. State headquarters ordered work halted under the WPA curtailment from Washington, while the Selectmen pledged to seek funds and authority to keep the project operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Washington
Selectmen
Winthrop
Graduating Class Members Named At Winthrop High
The 1941 graduating list for Winthrop High School includes Grace Low Evans Barbara Ann Flynn Marilyn Adeline Gordon Olga Alberta Goyette Thomas Leonard Fulham Josephine Louise Grady Henry J Lappen Jr and others. Activities listed include Echo Board French Club History Club Glee Club Senior Play Camera Club Band Orchestra Debating and Science Clubs with multiple activity counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honor
Echo-Board
News
Science
History Club
Camera Club
490 Aliens Reside Here According To Town Listing
Winthrop's blue book lists 490 aliens as of January 1 1941 with 139 Russian, 100 Canadian, 74 English, 51 Italian, 23 German citizens. Precincts 3 and 4 house 323 aliens. precinct counts include 85 in 1, 45 in 2, and 37 in 5 with detailed nationality breakdowns by precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Italy
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Austria
England
Canada
Scotland
Reland
Newfoundland
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Winthrop Lawyer Is Admitted to Federal Bar
Thomas A. White of 125 Plummer Avenue Winthrop was sworn in to practice before the United States District Court. The oath was administered by Judge Hugh D. McClellan at the Federal Building Boston last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
A. White
Plummer Ave
Winthrop
United States District Court
Hugh D. McClellan
Federal Building
Boston
Mass
First Pictures of Show at Samuels Center Window
The first pictures of the show It’s Gotta Be Different are on display in the window of B N Samuel drug store at the center. These pictures, showing scenes and skits, will appear in the Boston Globe photogravure section this Sunday.
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B. N. Samuel Drug Store
Boston Globe
Three Day Carnival Opens With Military Parade At Ingleside Park
Winthrop Post No 146 American Legion announces a three day carnival July 3 4 5 at Ingleside Park. Fort Banks troops will stage a formal retreat and evening parade July 3 with Lt Colonel P S Lowe commanding. The event runs through July 4 and 5 ending with a fireworks finale. Commander Wm H Walsh leads the carnival with Percy L Sterling as general chairman and a large committee. Cooperation from First Corps Area Headquarters and General Kenneth T Blood at Fort Banks makes the opening spectacle rare outside a military reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingleside Park
Fort Banks
Winthrop Post No. 146
American Legion
Winthrop
Wm. H. Walsh
Percy L. Sterling
First Corps
Kenneth T. Blood
Coast Artillery
P. S. Lowe
Musical Comedy and Minstrel Revue Postponed by Rain
The citizen military musical comedy and minstrel revue It s Gotta Be Different faced repeated rain delays. After three planned performances June 16 17 and 18 weather forced postponements to Sunday and Monday with further rain halting the show before completion. Captain Edward B Gallant leads the committee through the delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caddigan
Edward B. Gallant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Low Evans
Echo Board
Glee Club
David Finn
Art
Ralph Grant Evans
Evelyn Fish
Stephanie Louise. Evans
French Club
News Club
Dalton Hart Ferguson
Edwin F. Fitzgerald, JR
Charles Joseph Finn
Barbara Ann Flynn
Winthrop High School
James Leo Flynn
Irene Gibber
Frances Edythe Fogel
Donal Joseph Foley
Elizabeth Goober
Rita May Fontaine
Marilyn Adeline Gordon
John
Joseph Ford, JR
Olga Alberta Goyette
Thomas Leonard
Fulham
Josephine Louise Grady
Norma Jine Kinney
Echo -Board
Richard Lee Lambert
Josiah John Kirby
Henry J. Lappen, JR
William Bruce Kirby
Alfred Steven
Harry W. H. Knight, JR
Harold Justin Lavoie
Jean Marie Lafond
Cornelia A. Leary
Miriam J. Lally
Rita Leibovitz
History
Lucille Thelma Fichtner
Albert Gerard Flater
France
Ireland
Finland
Greece
Russia
Spain
Hungary
Syria
Egypt
Brazil
Armenia
Turkey
Costa Rica
Holland
Bar
Samuels
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