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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
5
The oldest house in Old Boston named the Deane Winthrop House is open to the public on weekdays from 2 to C 0 clock p.m. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
Alfred Tewksbury displays Easter cards and sells Skuffer shoes at 9 1 and 1 25 per pair. Residents visit kin in Quincy and Lynn while local moves, society notices, and a D A R session outline events from April to May. The article lists real estate plans, a piano recital highlight, and an Easter fair organized by the State Equal Suffrage Association in Lorimer Hall with speakers and booth duties.
The town spreads news of Benson Freeman hardware sales, a high school entertainment under Miss Keye, and a campfire visit by General Walter French. Building plans emerge for a Harbor View avenue flat and a Shirley Street bowling alley. Social events include Alice Creighton’s nineteenth birthday and dance class plays at Crest Hall. School quarantines update. Young’s Hotel renovation completes ahead of a mid April opening.
Mr Wiliam Creighton and family plan a summer stay in Exeter New Hampshire. Mr and Mrs Charles H Libbey celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a small party including Horace T Howe and Harry T Knight. The Enterprise advertises Easter neckwear cards stationery and May basket supplies from Christine W Mongrain and Kate M Walker proprietors.
More than 50 members and many out of town guests attended the Monday meeting of the Margaret Winthrop Rebekah Lodge No 15 10 O F in Endicott Hall Initiation of two candidates Edwin L Longee and May Lougee welcomed by the degree staff and applause followed Mrs Lucy Godbold praised for her work Two members received as far ancient members James A Welsh and Eliza beth Welsh Mrs Gertrude A Mason admitted by card The noble grand announced plans for an April 20 Odd Fellows anniversary supper, 60 guests expected and Spratt of Brighton to provide the menu A morning church service on April 26 with Odd Fellows as guests was agreed upon A spring drama is planned and out of town speakers lauded the lodge’s progress Refreshments followed the meeting and the lodge remains flourishing with many new applications.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company will cut five cent tolls for five minutes to 28 city and suburban exchanges starting April 15, halving the previous ten cent rate. Main to Medford and other suburban routes will use the five cent rate. Exchanges affected include Main Back Bay Fort Hill Haymarket Oxford Richmond Tremont Charlestown East Boston South Boston Cambridge Chelsea Roxbury Somerville Brookline Everett Dorchester Revere Winthrop Jamaica Plain Brighton Malden and Medford. The Massachusetts Highway Commission requirements have been adopted, with inventory and appraisal of company property to be conducted under commission guidance, and traffic studies to accompany the process.
We extend our deep appreciation to friends and neighbors for the sympathy and kindness shown after our sudden bereavement. Mrs. Willis Hadley, Mies Helen Hadley, Master Willis Hadley.
The weekly notice shows letters awaiting pickup at the Winthrop post office through April 11. Names listed include Haneen, Miss Bargheld Henry, Miss Julia Kimball, Mrs Caroline Manon, O. Ti. McDonald, Mrs. E. J. McCormick, Misa Mary.
The text lists several property transfers and parcels along Bellevue and Winthrop streets, including two lots near Paul Sears, and mentions persons such as Edwin Anderson Lewis R Real and Barbel Schwarzenberg. A fragment quotes a matron about a baby imitating politics, reflecting casual domestic chatter.
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