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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
3
Sunday afternoon at 4 24 Box 18 sounded for a blaze in the Narrow Gauge Playstead Station. George E Floyd driver of Ladder 1 received a severe wrist cut and possible nerve injury. He was confined to his home. Traffic delays followed as buses rerouted along Shore Drive. The fall out sounded at 5 10 p m.
The Get Together Club held their Past Presidents supper in Social Hall on Thursday evening June 12 with about thirty members and guests present. The next meeting will be Thursday evening June 26 in the home of Mrs. Margaret Brock 29 Thornton Park with Mrs. Edith Squier assisting.
The New Hebrides islands in the South Sea are administered jointly by Britain and France. This joint rule reflects a unique colonial arrangement balancing two imperial powers over the archipelago and its governance.
The Dutch Indies stand as the empire’s largest colonial possession, representing the vast reach of Dutch governance abroad and its strategic importance in regional and global trade networks.
The Winthrop Varsity Club posted three wins and one loss in a four game span. Billy McGillicuddy pitched well in Ingleside Park wins over Melrose A.C. and Mahar Club of Waltham, while Plymouth defeated Winthrop 12 to 11 in a high scoring game. The Monday game with Rose Fowler Club was forfeited due to unavailable players.
Winthrop Jr. American Legion baseball opens at Ingleside Park at 3 p m Saturday in a bid for the 1941 Suffolk County title against Chelsea. Sunday the squad travels to Revere for the second league game. Coach Chet Ashworth leads a 15 man roster built around five returning infielders and Billy Lynch on the mound with limited practice due to bad weather.
At a Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association meeting a creed affirming government by the people and national unity was read before the flag salute. The association preserves Winthrop’s Deane Winthrop homestead, once linked to Puritan leaders and early colonial figures, open to the public Tuesdays and Fridays 2 to 5 pm, with summer visitor appeal to explore the historic site and gardens.
Canada remains a self governing dominion within the British empire and an autonomous community equal in status, united by allegiance to the crown. The description emphasizes dominion autonomy while preserving loyalty to the monarchy.
The Winthrop board of selectmen said state engineers surveying near Shirley Street are still for rebuilding the street and lines will stay as they appear. The engineers prepare plans showing adjacent properties, requiring access to neighboring land near the street. Editor urges residents to keep Winthrop clean by not throwing waste paper in ash cans and notes Salvation Army and Morgan Memorial welcome newspaper donations.
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