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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
4
Day and evening sessions offered by experienced stenographers. Reasonable terms. Pupils assisted to positions. Address 41 Temple Avenue, Winthrop.
The Dec 15 1917 issue discussesSecretary Baker’s push for public regimental names amid WWI secrecy and mothers’ anxiety. It notes local opinions supporting publicity while preserving troop numbers. Also highlighted are Red Cross ads funded by New England Telephone and Halifax Relief Fund gains, plus criticism of ash-barrel extraction pricing by Winthrop men.
The article notes the post office stamp slogan Food will win the war and counters with no single element wins. It mentions Winthrop youths leaving for Ayer Nelson Burrill Benjamin Knudson Jr. and Herbert N Pinkham. It also honors Charles G Bird after 31 years as Winthrop Yacht Club secretary and references a frozen harbor near Snake Island in December. Also mentions sugar economy ads and ash men charging ten cents to move a barrel.
At the annual meeting on December 3 1917 the First Baptist church voted to extend a vote of thanks to Editor Winthrop Sun and Visitor for the space given to church notices during the year. Charles P Floyd clerk. December 9 1917.
The Winthrop senior class will stage Tom Pinch on December 20 and 21 at Osborn Hall. Directed by Miss Clara M. Spence, the cast features Lorenzo Baker Marjorie White Marion Rogers Alice Phinney Arthur Sullivan Alfred Osgood Edwin Cobb Roger Pearson Marjorie Nazro and Thomas Griffiths.
The Winthrop Woman's Club plans to raise multiple scholarships despite wartime limits. A $300 fund from the Emily Eastman Seavey Fund supports local higher education for young men, while a committee aims to add half a dozen scholarships. Donald B. MacMillan returns from four years in the Arctic to speak with slides. tickets are on sale through listed committee members.
The Food Administration plans to distribute 100 million Home Cards urging consumers not to cut milk and butter, arguing milk is a rich builder of energy. Experts note rising milk costs have led families to cut supplies, with Miss Alice Bradley stressing the value of milk and its natural sugar content to meet daily energy needs.
Stephen Gilman advises in Industrial Management that those handling money must account for all expenditures, hold employees responsible for the full amount, require vouchers, and perform cash audits by an accountant. Material should be tracked on the same theory as cash, though perhaps less rigorously.
A continuation lists numerous names and addresses of proposed street sergeants and two sergeants to be appointed, including William J. Gersumky at 99 Cliff Avenue and John W. Hogan at 170 Hermon Street, with many other Boston area residences.
William B. Wheeler of 17 Centre Street and Charles A. Zinck of 115 Eutaw Street appear in a notice. Zinck is the Commanding Officer of the Machine Gun Company, 5th Massachusetts Infantry, N. G. U. S., stationed at Camp Greene in Charlotte North Carolina.
The P. A. L. Club gathered at Mrs. C. Elizabeth Flinn's home with Mrs. Flinn presiding. Mrs. Louise A. Henry spoke on Italy as the gifted mother of civilization, and Mrs. Jean A. Ridley sketched Italian opera singers. The roll call featured Noted Buildings of Italy and piano solos by Eleanor Flinn. The next meeting is set for January 8.
The State Guard faces sacrifices beyond duties, including exposure to adverse weather and wartime hardships. Enlisted men receive 1.55 dollars daily plus 0.45 dollars for subsistence, with officers earning the same pay as regular army officers at corresponding grades. Many guardsmen are over 30, settled with families and steady jobs, and will forego earnings while on active duty.
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