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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
4
Mrs R S Woollett will host the Garden Club of the Winthrop Woman's Club at her new home 2 Sargent terrace. The meeting on Monday July 1 will be a beach picnic with a program planned by Mrs V J Balkam featuring games quizzes and Garden Flowers arrangements.
Funeral services were conducted last Thursday at 2 p m for Mrs Anatta Dahlgren longtime Winthrop Highlands resident. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Hamilton of Quincy Avenue and Mrs Husted of Sewell Avenue, a sister Mrs Nelson of Temple Avenue, born in Norway she was beloved for helping neighbors in need.
Dr. Maurice O. Belson of Winthrop and Boston has passed oral and written exams to become a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He serves as an instructor at Tufts College Medical School and holds multiple hospital staff roles in Boston area institutions.
The Florence Crittenton League hosts a whist party on Wednesday July 10 from 3 to 5 PM in the garden of Miss Mary Warnock at 62 Pleasant Street. Refreshments by board members. limited reservations by July 6 at Ocean 0890. Tables cost four dollars. proceeds fund a Bazaar at Copley Plaza Hotel in November for league benefits.
Miss Mollie Fraser and Mr. William D. O'Neil were married at Miss Mary Mill's home 12 Prescott Street Saturday June 22 at three. The bride wore frosted mousseline de soie and a coronet of orange blossoms. maid of honor wore powder blue. The couple plan a Maine trip then reside at 320 Brandywine Avenue Schenectady New York where Mr. O'Neil is with Reid Murdock Company.
Miss Lillian Rembaum of Winthrop and Joseph Don Gusenoff of Matapan were married last week at the Beacon House in Brookline. Rev. Leon H. Masovetsky performed the ceremony attended by maid of honor Cynthia Gusenoff and best man I. William Rosenthall. The couple hosted a Beacon House reception and then began a honeymoon trip through the South.
A linen shower hosted by Mayetta Smith on June 14 honored Miss Charlotte Nelson with forty guests attending. Co-hostesses Gerry Hodgkins and Stella Corkham served refreshments as a frost ed cake displayed Charlotte and Dee. The couple announced a July wedding.
Mr and Mrs Eric Swenson of 174 Pauline Street announce the engagement of their daughter Doris to Douglas Halford, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Halford of 164 Nahant Avenue. Both graduates of Winthrop High School, Doris attended Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School. Douglas has worked with his father in business for nine years. Wedding date not announced.
Joseph Di Lorenzo and Evelyn Troy won the first award in the Jitterbug Contest held last Friday night at the Orient Palace Theater. Their versatile movements thrilled the audience with a modern take on the "Tuxedo Junction" as new novelties debut every Friday night.
Miss Barbara Gould of 12 Lewis Terrace leaves tomorrow for Naticook Camp in South Merrimack New Hampshire to serve as Girls Senior Counselor. Robert John Bowman Jr of Thornton Massachusetts departs this week for Nantucket Island Caddy Camp to take the caddy master post after graduating from Winthrop High School where he led football basketball and baseball teams and plans to enter Hebron Academy in the fall.
Personal notes describe trips by Mr and Mrs Fred Clark to Ares Virginia Baltimore and Washington. New home of Dr and Mrs Wallace Haley at 210 Pauline Street rebuilt after a Christmas fire with oil paintings. Local graduates from Newton High School and Northeastern Law School listed along with hospital training news and a Good Citizenship Pilgrims picnic plan for a scholarship. A veterans rummage sale and clam chowder supper announced. Burdett College graduation noted with Winthrop honorees. Baby boy arrival for Homer Haberland. multiple social visits mentioned at Rye New Hampshire and Cape Cod plans.
The Baptist and Methodist churches unite for a fifth year of summer services. From June 30 the First Methodist hosts First Baptist for five 10 o'clock mornings with Rev. Harry Belmont Hill preaching. From August 4 Baptist hosts Methodists through September 1 with Rev. A Ray Meserve preaching.
The June gathering of the Young Married Couples Club at Union Congregational Church was a dinner at Chickland on Friday evening June 21. Eighteen members attended and enjoyed a delightful social occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hetherington opened the season with a beach terrace cook-out last Saturday evening. Guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sullivan celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary with a gift of wooden salad bowls. Bridge on the deck of the S. S. Hetherington completed a pleasant evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Smith entertained Winthrop friends at a Sunday supper party at their Lexington farm.
Henry E. Hayward, an officer of the Boston Lodge of Elks, was honored with a dinner last Thursday for his 90th birthday. Visiting Elks officers from New England attended, led by John F. Malley, P. E. R., representing the Grand Lodge. Members of Winthrop Lodge and Massachusetts Elks Association also joined the tribute.
Mrs. John Fielding hosted Literature Group II of the Winthrop Woman's Club on Monday June 24. Mrs. John Williams delivered an excellent review of Carl Crow's The Chinese Are Like That.
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