Closing Program Honors 1930 School Year
Mary Murphy died March 6 1930 while a teacher. The ceremony awarded a large engraved loving cup to the best all around girl with judges the principal and assistant principal and girls’ director. Dorothy Sneath received the cup from Fred J. Murphy. A bronze Horace Mann plaque was presented by Irene Fleischer and Rosalyn Schresky, donors of the class of 1930. Dorothy Sneath then presented a polished marble desk set inscribed to N E Willis from the class of 1930.
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Mary Murphy
Dorothy Sneath
Fred J. Murphy
Irene Fleischer
Rosalyn Schresky
Horace Mann
Willis
Principal thanks donors after gift to students
The leader expressed heartfelt appreciation for the gift and wished every pupil the best of success and Godspeed after gathering his thoughts.
Campaign nurses display at Winthrop Hospital tent
The campaign will show modern equipment and highlight the hospital nurses while offering a free first aid station. Recent large donations include First National Stores 100, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea 10, Economy Stores 10, Winthrop Theatres 100, Doe Sullivan 10, J V Fletcher 25, Massachusetts Wharf Coal 25. A 5 gift to the Children’s Ward came from Mrs. Florence Kuchmeister and the Junior High School Red Cross, with hopes of annual gifts. Boy Scout tin foil collection also progresses.
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Winthrop’s Hospital
First National
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Economy
Winthrop Theatres
Doe
Building Dims as Mice Desert Destruction Looms
A fragment speaks of impending collapse with references to a building and a figure named the Elder. The note hints at chaos as structures fail and mice flee the area, signaling danger and disorder.
Winthrop Parade to Feature Historic Floats and Military Units
The float division will showcase historical event themed floats and organizational features. The military division includes the First Corps Cadets 300 strong with band, plus Lexington Minute Men Fusiliers Salem Infantry Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company units and veterans groups. Local fraternal and youth groups join, with mounted police and state cooperation. Citizens urged to decorate homes August 2 to 9.
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Winthrop
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
First Corps
Lexington Minute Men
Fusiliers
Salem Infantry Association
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
American Legion
Spanish War Veterans
Winthrop Machine Gun Veterans Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion Daddies Club
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Sea Scouts
Boston
Revere
Tercentenary Committee
New Orleans Woman Established Orphan Homes and Dairy
Margaret Haughley, orphaned young and widowed with a baby, worked as a hotel laundress in New Orleans and visited the orphans' home daily to deliver food sourced from merchants. She built a dairy and bakery that funded three large orphan homes and a home for the aged. A statue in her honor in New Orleans is claimed to be the first statue of a woman in the United States.
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Margaret Haughley
New Orleans
United States
Manhattan
New York
Iion
Record Flight Reaches 43166 Feet By Lieut Soucek
The Navy pilot ascended to 43166 feet using oxygen tank and supercharger, surpassing Captain Hawthorne Gray who reached 42470 feet in a balloon. The piece notes the impracticality of lunar travel due to oxygen and extreme cold.
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Apollo Soucek
U. S. Navy
Soucek
Hawthorne Gray
U. S. Army
Books All Should Have A Nine Bookhouse Question
A Chelsea house displays a sign listing nine books deemed essential in every home. The Bible and Homer appear on many lists, but readers debate replacements like Milton for Horace and Hans Christian Andersen for Grimm. London Answers prompts readers to share their own nine titles.
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Chelsea
Milton
Horace
Grimm
Hans Christian Anderson
London
Thoughtful newspaper man slips out for evening
A Brockton Enter prise item recounts a husband and father who quietly left home for a short evening out, returned near midnight, and hoped he did not disturb his wife and son or the family cat as they slept through the night. The wife and son came home later, with the son arriving even later than his wife.
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Brockton
Babies Shine At Winthrop Hospital Baby Show
The Winthrop Community Hospital Aid Association hosts a baby show at Odd Fellows' Hall on Pauline Street with 76 of 300 babies scoring 96 percent or higher. Judges praise the extraordinary proportion of near perfect infants and look forward to the new Lincoln Street hospital building.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Pauline Street
Odd Fellows
G. Lynde Gately
East Boston
Alice S. Farquhar
Winthrop Community Hospital Aid Associaton
Mary J. Yahnle
Lincoln Street
Protest at Point Shirley over new building type
Residents of Point Shirley oppose the erection of a certain building type and seek to convert the area into year round homes and businesses. The protest targets the building style rather than the new business itself and the Board of Selectmen took the matter under advisement.
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Point Shirley
Board of Selectmen
Emerson in the Pulpit at Second Unitarian Boston
Ralph Waldo Emerson served as assistant and pastor at the Second Unitarian Church in Boston from 1829 to 1832. He developed the view that the Last Supper was not a permanent sacrament and retired. He never led another parish but preached when opportunities arose until 1847.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Second Unitarian Church
Boston
Atelega Wagon Used by the Russians
A historical note describes Atelega as a four wheeled springless wagon used by Russians, labeled as rude. The term appears in a historical context detailing vehicle design and cultural usage.
Damon and Pythias Tale of Friendship in Syracuse
In ancient Syracuse Damon a Pythagorean famed for loyalty befriends Pythias when he faces execution by Dionysius I. Pythias accused of plotting against the tyrant is to die, but Damon offers to take his place and awaits his return. Dionysius spares them both as the story ends.
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Damon
Pythias
Pythagorean
Syracuse
Phintias
Dionysius I
Dionysius
Ancient fasces symbol echoes on modern authority
The article notes that the fasces, once a symbol of Roman authority carried by lictors, remains a debated emblem of power. It contrasts the liberty of this country with Italy's Fascist government and observes a coincidence with a coin emblem long used in the nation.
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Rome
Italy
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