Winthrop High Alumni Gatherings And Sports Updates
Captain Joseph M. Driscoll of the Massachusetts National Guard spoke to Winthrop High School seniors in Osborne Hall about the Citizens' Training Camp at Camp Devens and urged attendance. The 1922 alumni reunion is set for June 15 at Ellis Hall. The baseball team beat Beverley High 20 to 6 and Chelsea 3 to 2. Alumni active in college athletics include Joseph Guidi 24 with Worcester Tech, John R. Barry 22 at Harvard, Alfred Grady 23 at Exeter, John Gore 22 at Exeter, and Monty Wells 24 at Dartmouth.
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Joseph M. Driscoll
Boston
Mass. National Guard
Osborne Hall
Camp Devens
Winthrop High School
Ellis’ Hall
Kenneth A. Lawin
Beverley High
Chelsea
Winthrop High
Joseph Guidi
Worcester’ Tech
John R. Barry
Harvard
Alfred Grady
Exeter
John Gore
Monty Wells
Dartmouth College
John E Foy Returns as Park Theatre Manager
John E Foy, formerly of Winthrop Theatres, has spent a week in town meeting friends. He is now manager of the Park Theatre in South Manchester Connecticut and enjoyed a pleasant visit.
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John E. Foy
Winthrop Theatres
John
Park Theatre
South Manchester
Conn
Good Old Books Stay
The head of the circulating department at the New York Public Library says enduring classics by Austen Eliot Thackeray Dickens and William James continue to circulate and remain on shelves rather than rest idle.
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Jane Austen
George Eliot
Thackeray
Dickens
William James
New York Public Library
Real Gratitude Old Beggar Expression
A Boston Evening Transcript note shows a beggar thanking a liberal gentleman and hoping to repay kindness with a dollar when he can. The sentiment reflects gratitude and social exchange in a historical urban setting.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Poppy Wreaths Honor War Dead in Veterans of Foreign Wars Drive
Giant scarlet Budd y Poppies adorn memorials for the Unknown American Soldier the Tomb of the Unknown Porty of France and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument New York during the VFW Buddy Poppy sale week to aid disabled veterans. A mid sea memorial on a destroyer honors naval dead with a six foot anchor of poppies cast into the waves by the Peary Ship Post led by Captain William Homer Carroll. Miss Oakland selected to symbolize the Buddy Poppy spirit. Axel Rodberg designed the sale poster honoring American soldiers of foreign descent who served in World War I.
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France
New York City
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
The
United States
Robert E. Peary
Peary Ship Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
R. E. Coontz
J. A. LeJeune
W. ©. Neville
Marine Corps
BR. C. Scott
Chaplain Corps
United States Navy
William Homer Carroll
V. F. W. Department
Miss Oakland
Axel Rodberg
Dagmar Oakland Named 1925 Buddy Poppy Girl
Miss Dagmar Oakland of New York City, sister of a disabled ex service man, has been selected by Winold Reiss as one of New York's ten most beautiful girls and chosen by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to promote the Buddy Poppy sale, the handicraft of disabled veterans.
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Dagmar Oakland
New York City
Winold Reiss
New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F. W
Women Endorse Sale of Buddy Poppies
National flag day week of Memorial Day sees strong support from women’s groups for the Buddy Poppy sale by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Major organizations including the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Daughters of the American Revolution commend the plan. Poppies are crafted by disabled ex-service men and proceeds aid veterans and their families facing sickness or unemployment.
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United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
New York
Professional Woman’s League
Post Office Hours in Winthrop 52 Mass Open Times
Winthrop 52 Mass post office opens from 7 a m to 6 p m with holiday hours at 6 80 a m and 7 30 a m Mails leave on weekdays at 8 47 a m 11 a m 5 30 p m 9 80 p m and 10 30 p m Sundays street letter boxes collect and dispatch from Boston with holiday collection at 8 47 a m 11 30 a m and 9 53 p m Collections posted.
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Boston
R. M. Baker
P. M. D. Belcher
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Poppy Poster
Crest Av
Con
Byrne & Gibbons
Winthrop
Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
Eastern
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Winthrop Center
Douglas Hardware & Paint Store
Ocean
Post Office
Mass
Inere
Stuart Aist
Intermational Cartwen Co
Aahat
Simom
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