25 Sep 1931
Page 7
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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1931
Page
7
Freshman enrollment at the University of Maine includes Monte Cohen and Joseph A. Kuebler Jr from this town. The column covers social visits, travel by residents to New Hampshire Vermont and Canada, Legion conventions in Detroit, and various community events such as bridge parties and engagements.
Miss Katherine Graff wed Warren Twohig of East Boston in a fall ceremony at St John the Evangelist Church. Rev John T Sullivan officiated with John H Ohison as soloist and Louise Mitten at the organ. The couple, gift in marriage by Harry Graff, plan a motor trip and will reside on Main Street after a reception at the Winthrop Arms.
A listed roster shows couples and their professions in Winthrop and neighboring Dorchester Roxbury areas. Names include John B Kennedy salesman and Mary M Der van at home, Gordon J Gallan salesman and Dorothy E Young, Franklin L Simpson newspaperman and Hazel M Rich, plus others with occupations such as telephone worker operator stenographer soldier and residents on Corn Street Crest Avenue Court Road Edgehill Road Main Street and Hamilton Street.
Mr Erick G Hagman longtime town resident dies at home after months of illness at age 74. Funeral at St John s Episcopal Church with Rev Ralph M Harper officiating. interment Winthrop Cemetery. Survived by wife Emily three sons and eight grandchildren with relatives across Roslindale East Orange Worcester and local town. Undertaker C R Bennison.
Photographs from the Shippee-Johnson aerial expedition suggest a long boundary wall near Huracayo east of Lima Peru. Archeologist Philip A Means links the ruins to the Chancas and an eleventh century date, noting similar walls in other Andes regions though not as large.
All Winthrop mourns the death of Jackie Cohen, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Murray Cohen of 40 Hawthorne Avenue. An outstanding athlete at Winthrop High School, he excelled on the track and baseball teams and was a triple threat on the football squad. Stricken last Thursday he was rushed to Winthrop Community Hospital and died Tuesday at 3 a.m. with his family at his bedside.
The term grimace prompts debate among scholars over origins. Proposals include French roots linked to Spanish grimito, Latin simia for monkey, and Italian grimmacia. Some link grimaciers as medieval artists carving gargoyles, while Saxon grimia and Old Norse mask ideas are cited. Modern view leans toward uncertain origin.
Experiments indicate the speed of light remains constant, showing no measurable variation. Researchers across facilities report consistent measurements, reinforcing the long standing physics principle that c is invariant.
In Winthrop on September 17 Erick G. Hagman beloved husband of Emily A. Hagman died at age 75. In Winthrop on September 20 John J. Kennerley husband of Hannah Hughes Kennerley of 437 Winthrop Street Winthrop passed away.
In a chatty scene, Millie and George hear about automatic Petro Nokel Burners from Henry Ex Keough Co. Ocean 2227. The ad copy emphasizes comfort, steady heat, low ashes, and free estimates, urging immediate action during the busy season.
The article notes the growing importance of radium and similar metals discovered by Prof and Mme Curie in 1898. It describes radium thorium and uranium as continually emitting particles and transforming into new elements over immense time scales, with radium ultimately becoming lead.
A Manchester Guardian essay recalls Donald McAlpin, a century ago healer who danced to cure ailments. He paired with an ancient piper to offer strathspey and reel remedies, attracting crowds amid doctor denunciations, suggesting a possible real effect behind the spectacle.
A century old volcano near Naples draws visitors seeking a ride into its crater. Guides warn of gas and heat as vents emit brown vapors while ash and sulfur fill the air, but travelers are promised a safe descent and return to the plain.
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