Stormy weekend batters Winthrop Shore Drive area
A northeast gale of 40 to 60 mph battered Winthrop and nearby Atlantic coast towns over Saturday to Monday. High tides 8.9 feet flooded cellars and streets, with waves and sand washing Shore Drive and Shirley Point. officials cleared debris and aided stalled cars while breakwaters helped protect walls.
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Winthrop
Atlantic Seaboard
Winthrop Shore
Beacon Street
Shirley
Winthrop Shore Drive
Point Shirley
Short Beach
Winthrop Parkway
T. J
Mahaney
Revere Street
Tag Day and Welfare Fund Drive in Winthrop
Winthrop seeks aid for about 200 desperate families as the Unemployment Committee marks its fifth year with a Saturday tag day and a Christmas party. Federal agencies and the Town Welfare Department back efforts to provide food and fuel with quiet, dignified assistance during the cold season.
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Winthrop Unemployment Committee
Board of Selectmen
Thanksgiving Week Publication Notice From Winthrop Review
The Winthrop Review announces a change due to the Thanksgiving holiday with the issue moved to Wednesday. Correspondents and advertisers are urged to submit copy early to ensure it appears in next week's issue.
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Winthrop Review
Town Pays $69,000 More Than It Gets In
Town Treasurer Aiken reported a state town exchange on Wednesday showing the state paid the town 40,179.58 while the town remitted 199,863.67 to the state, leaving a net balance in the state’s favor of 69,084.09. The 1935 state tax against the town totaled 37,000.00, higher than 1934, and the town’s share of the 1934 state income tax returned 30,649.00 to the local treasury.
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Aiken
Tigtaury
Plan to Celebrate Golden Anniversary in Winthrop
Mr and Mrs Charles W Howard longtime Winthrop residents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this Sunday afternoon at their son Webster E Howards home 16 Emerson Road Winthrop an informal reception from three to six oclock The couple wed November 24 1885 in Somerville Mass and later moved to Cottage Avenue Winthrop Beach then Swampscott where they now reside Their community involvement spans over forty years Mrs Howard active in Eastern Star Winthrop Womans Club and more.
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Charles W. Howard
Webster_E. Howard
Emerson Road
Winthrop
Charles. W. Howard
Alice (. Miskelly
Somerville
Mass
Cottage Avenue
Winthrop Beach
Swampscott
Howard
Eastern Star
Winthrop Woman's Club
Thanksgiving Church Service Set For Union Congregational
The annual community Thanksgiving service will be held Wednesday evening November 27 at the Union Congregational Church with Rev Harry Belmont Hill of the First Methodist Church as preacher. Rev Ralph M Harper rector of St Johns Episcopal Church and Rev Lewis Williamson pastor of the First Baptist Church will lead the service. The Union Congregational choir will sing a Thanksgiving anthem and the Day hymn will be used again. Offertory will support the Whithrop Visiting Nurse Association.
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Union Congregational Church
Harry ‘Belmont Hill
First Methodist Church
Ralph M. Harper
St. John's Episcopal Church
Lewis. W.williamson
First Baptist Church
W. J. Day
Whithrop” Visiting— Nurse Association
Winthrop Revere Thanksgiving Classic Football Game
On Thanksgiving Day at 10:00 a.m. Winthrop High School will host Revere High School at Miller Field Winthrop in the annual classic. Revere officials manage the arrangements due to field issues causing the venue change from Revere to Winthrop. A large crowd is anticipated.
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Miller Field
Winthrop High School
Revere High
Winthrop
Revere School
Revere
Distinguished Service Cross Awarded to Dick White
Former Winthrop resident Richard Dick White of Company H 11th Infantry 26th Division earned the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Vaux France in July 1918. He lived at 249 Shore Drive Winthrop for seven years and now runs a real estate business in Jackson Heights Long Island with wife Josephine Sweeney.
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Pirates Ter
Richard Wie
Dick) White
Jackson Heights
Long Island
N.Y
White
John Sweeney
Taylor Street
Boston
Winthrop
Citizens urged to oppose inflation in soldiers' bonus plan
A Winthrop banker A B Whittemore warns against using paper money to fund the soldiers' bonus if Congress passes the measure. He urges residents to contact Senators and Congressmen, proposing funding with sound currency or bonds drawn from relief funds, limiting disruption and inflation.
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Winthrop
Almon E. Whittemore
Winthrop Trust Company
Winthrop, Co-operative Bank
Congress
Jast Congress
Cits
Roosevelt
United States
A. BE. Whittemore
Former Resident Harry A B Ford Buried in Wollaston
Former resident Harry A B Ford died Friday morning at 55. He was born in Waltham and lived in Wollaston the last five years after 30 years in Winthrop. Services were held Sunday at Russell Funeral Home Wollaston with Rev. Stuart Haskins officiating. Burial at Mt Feake Cemetery Waltham. He leaves wife and two daughters plus a sister and five grandchildren.
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A. B. Ford
Winthrop
Chases Parker
and Company of Congress
Sreet
Boston
Russell
Hancock Street
Wollaston
Stuart Haskins
Mt. Feake
Waltham
Mr. Ford
Edward G. Frey
Braintree
Amos
Pleasant Park Yacht Club Stag Party Planned
Commodore George J. Hamilton announces a Pleasant Park Yacht Club stag party at the clubhome on Saturday evening November 23. Five 12 pound turkeys will be awarded as gift passes, with a program of entertainment and an evening of pleasure assured for members and friends.
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George J. Hamilton
The
Pleasant Park Yacht Club
Aub
Thanksgiving Service at First Church of Christ Winthrop
The First Church of Christ Winthrop will hold its regular Thanksgiving service on Winthrop Street Thursday November 28 at 10 45 am All are welcome to attend this service of humble thanksgiving.
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First Church of Christ
Winthrop
Chmce
Winthrop Street
Dinner To Members At Parish House
Members of the Every Member Canvass attended a dinner at the Parish House on Thursday evening November 14. The event was hosted in their behalf as part of ongoing organizing efforts.
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Ralph M. Harper
Casey To Address Professional Men In Boston Meeting
The Professional Men's Club of Boston held its regular monthly meeting at Hotel Lenox. Edward L Casey of Winthrop, former Harvard head coach and current director of the National Youth Administration, is invited to speak and participate in a round table discussion on aiding youths choosing a profession.
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Professional Men’s Club of
Boston
Eps
Hotel Lenox
Edward ‘L Casey
Winthrop
Harvard
National Youth Administration
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