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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
8
A summer series of whist parties begins this Friday afternoon May 8 at 2 30 in St John s Hall Lincoln St Mrs J P Gore and Mrs Frank Foote hostesses All Winthrop whist players are invited to participate.
Daniel J. Honan, president of the Holy Name Society at St. John the Evangelist Church, says members will receive Holy Communion together at the 7 o'clock mass next Sunday, May 10. A society meeting follows at 7 30 p.m. The box 46 alarm from Wednesday evening was false.
Firefighters responded to multiple fires in an old sand pit behind Wadsworth an Saturday evening. They fought the flames for about an hour before leaving for quarters.
Winthrop High School has been granted a four year certificate privilege by the New England College Entrance Certificate Board. The Freshman social Friday evening drew many students from the three lower classes with parents in the balcony and May themed decorations. Francis Fitzpatrick chaired the social committee and Gladys A. Merrill led faculty supervision. Principal E. R. Clarke spoke to the Leominster Teachers Association on Codes of Ethics for Teachers and heads the State Federation Committee on Ethics. John E. Gore, W. H. S. ’22, plays regularly for Exeter Academy this season. A letter from Winthrop Nazro, W. H. S. 19, now with United Fruit Company in Tela Honduras, details his overseer work on banana plantations and recalls his Dartmouth College distance running days.
At Legion Hall last Monday evening the Daddies Association honored Mr. Parker J. Richardson father of George Lincoln Richardson who died at Verdun with a gold star pin. William H. Fielding presented the pin on behalf of the association, acknowledging him as the only gold star father in the Winthrop group.
Arthur G. Sullivan of River Road drove west on Pleasant Street when John Lilleback pulled from Sunnyside Avenue and stopped short. Sullivan’s car veered through the railing of Pleasant Street Bridge, fell 25 feet onto the railroad track, landing upside down. He crawled away with a slight scratch and his glasses intact. Two boys nearby, Walter F. Mooney and Terry Wain, ran to Thornton Station to alert the engineer.
Since the Oakland Agency of Byrne & Gibbons opened at Highlands sales rose quickly. One day last week two cars were sold and the Boston manager sent a train of Oaklands to tour the town. The showroom is at Crest and Reverests.
The article links a historic stoppage in a Persian Median battle to a solar eclipse on May 28 585 B C. It parries Joshua’s sun standing still with the modern solar eclipse explanation and notes dusk halted fighting.
In a May 30 dedication meeting a vote of thanks followed by an election for marshal. Col Kilbourne, a regular army officer and war veteran, was chosen and accepted after encouragement. He spoke about the Fort Banks band being reassigned and a new band arranged for the day. The Boy Scout Band of 22 pieces will perform with the scouts on May 30.
Community notes mention Paul Osborne relocating with his family from Madison avenue to Point Shirley on a rainy day. Hazel Merrill, 90 Lincoln Street, became ill at school and was taken home by Officer Louis Donovan. Local services include piano tuning for $3 with repair and regulation by Joseph Bernhardt. Fire call Box 29 produced a false alarm. The Koda Klub May Party plans Legion Hall activities on May 15 with special prizes. real estate agent William T. Flannery returns from Florida. Elizabeth McCarthy recovering from appendectomy at Community Hospital. Activist B J Ahearn participated in the Army and Navy rose drive in Boston. A Mass for Fr. Griffin was celebrated by Rev. John J. O'Brien. Norah Johnson Barbour elected president of the New England Women's Press Association. Box 24 was pulled for a trash fire on Thursday morning.
A charming sports frock shown at the Paris skating gala performance and also seen at leading French winter sports resorts. It suits both day and evening wear and reflects Paris fashion for active leisure.
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