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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
8
Day by day schedule from First Baptist Church Hermon Street lists morning sermon on the birth in Bethlehem at 10 50 Bible school at noon Men s Bible class and U P S C E gathering at 6 15 with an evening sermon at 7 30 on Finding Our Lost Stars The Thursday prayer meeting is omitted.
Worship service with sermon The Manger and Child at 19.45 a.m. School at 12 m. Vespers at 7.30 p.m. with sermon The Mother Special Christmas music featuring There’s a Song in the Air There Were Shepherds The Heavens are Declaring Silent Night. Violin solo Miss Briggs Boston Conservatory Quartette W E Titus tenor Miss Collins soprano Mrs F W Woodcock contralto F W Woodcock bass Willis Haines organist. All welcome regardless of beliefs.
The St John’s Episcopal Church Sunday School holds a special service on Sunday December 21 at 12 10 pm with a procession led by the Sunday School choir of girls. Children bring news of old toys to send to missionaries. Christmas carols and a tree event with activities occur next week.
Union Congregational Church schedules Christmas activities starting Sunday at 10 30 a m with special music and a sermon by Rev W J Sherman followed by Bible school and a rehearsal at 12 noon A 4 pm Christmas Sunday school entertainment with student music and a 15 minute address by Rev Sherman from Wisconsin Tuesday December 23 features a Christmas tree and Sunday school entertainment at 7 pm On Wednesday December 24 a praise and prayer service begins at 7 45 pm.
Church of St John the Evangelist on Winthrop Street near Lincoln Center in Winthrop Centre lists Sunday Masses at 7 8 46 and 10 30 a.m with children urged to attend the 8 45 service and Sunday school to follow. Rector John H Griffin presiding until further notice.
The Union Church of Christ at Point Shirley schedules morning service at 10 45 am Sunday school at 12 m and evening service at 7 30 pm The church is usable now and will be completed for winter use as soon as funds are secured The community is urged to cooperate for a moral and spiritual blessing.
John s Episcopal Church at Bowdoin and Buchanan lists services. Rector C W Henry leads Holy Communion at 8 00 am and the 12 10 pm Sunday School on the first Sunday each month. Morning prayer and sermon at 10 30 am and evening prayer with address at 7 30 pm.
The Methodist church reports a record 284 at Sunday Bible School, with plans for a 6 pm Christmas concert by the school choirs led by Mr. Fletcher, a Tuesday Christmas tree event, and a gift drive for Morgan Memorial. Friday hosts a People’s service and a watch night, plus Epworth League adds three new members.
Miss Ellen Battelle aged 35 died Tuesday at 41 Washington avenue, the home of her sister Mrs. Mary A. Daly, after a three year illness. A solemn requiem Mass was held at the Church of St John the Evangelist and burial followed at Holy Cross cemetery. Born in Ireland, she came to America at age 10 and later gained prominence as an actress, beginning with Shaughraun and training with Father Matthews' Society under Father James Supple. She is survived by Mrs Daly and four brothers.
Charles C. Lombard aged 43 died suddenly of pneumonia on December 7 after a brief illness. He was a ticket agent at Orient Heights and a member of the B. R. B. L. Relief Association which sent a delegation to his funeral on December 19 at 2 p.m. Rev. W. W. Peck officiated at the Unitarian Church. interment followed in Winthrop cemetery with Bennison in charge.
Nathan Forbes formerly of Winthrop resided at Winthrop Shore Drive and Moore streets and died at his home 18 Thurston Street Orient Heights on December 16. Funeral services were held at his residence with Rev. B. F Leavitt officiating and burial in Woodlawn cemetery. He was in his 76th year and respected by Winthrop friends. He was a life member of Hammett lodge A F and A M East Boston and the Kearsarge Naval Association. Undertaker Bennison handled arrangements. His daughter Mrs Willis B Chace died three weeks earlier.
Edward Irving Wadsworth died at Choate Memorial Hospital Woburn on Tuesday December 15 after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral services were held from his Stoneham home Thursday with Rev Charles W Henry of St Johns Episcopal Church officiating. Interment followed in the family lot at Duxbury. Born in Duxbury 68 years ago he lived in Winthrop for years around his marriage. He is survived by a widow and a family in mourning, his mother Mrs Catharine Wadsworth and two sisters Mrs Howard Wood and Miss Jennie E Wadsworth.
Joseph McConnell a well known jeweler of Winthrop Beach died at his Hancock street home Friday at 2 am after a week of illness. He leaves a father, mother, brother and sister.
A Chicago Daily News piece recounts a girl’s quirky tale of a cat named Arthur. The cat disrupts family life by stealing cream and a canary, sleeping in a brother’s hat, traveling to a fur factory, and arriving with five orphaned kittens to a bridge party, illustrating persistent feline mischief.
The W. Y. C. Amateur Boston Pin team broke a world standard by compiling a grand aggregate of 1677 on Monday night, sweeping four from Dalton of Newburyport. Earlier marks included a 579 by Winthrop, and Hatch of Newburyport notching a 15 in singles. Cottage Park then won three from Winsor in the Suburban Interclub on Tuesday, as Winthrop Yacht defeated the Peninsular sailors in South Boston.
The Cunningham Gym defeated Tilton A C of Winthrop 36 to 17 at the Cunningham Gymnasium in Milton last Saturday night. J Reid led the scoring with seven baskets while Berner starred for Tilton A C and Duggan and D Reid contributed for Cunningham.
The Winthrop station releases a weekly list of letters awaiting pickup for the week ending December 20, 1913. Names include Ned Atkinson Bernard Badanes Lilly Barrett F E Barber Fred Barnaby E D Bangs and more with several Mrs entries and Mr. entries among others.
The Frost Public Library announces daily public hours from 1 30 to 9 o clock for reading rooms and the historical collection. It highlights Vocations for trained women and opportunities beyond teaching, with edited works by Agnes Perkins and several aviation and youth fiction titles listed in the catalog.
Town of Winthrop urges all persons with accounts against town departments for 1913 to forward claims by December 29 1913. The date marks the last meeting of the year for approving bills, announced by Winthrop Magee chairman board of selectmen.
The record lists transfers among Frank E. Morse, Jennie E B Tyndale, and Catherine M Mahoney along Edge Me and Ingleside Park areas. It notes Paine Street and Me REP CE as part of the transaction descriptions with unspecified dates and complete parcel details.
The Popular Authors' Literary Club of Winthrop gathered at Mrs. Lucy F. Griffin's home on Tuesday December 16 with President Mrs. Jane Rogers presiding. Mrs. Ellen Russell spoke on The Appreciation of Literature and Mrs. Margaret F Tobey on The Life of Horace Mann.
Suffolk Probate Court issues citation to heirs and interested parties in the estate of William F Warren of Winthrop to appear January 8, 1914, at ten o clock in the forenoon. The named executrix Maria H Warren seeks letters testamentary without bond and publication is required weekly for three weeks.
Francelia A Bogue's Winthrop parcel, Suffolk County Massachusetts, is foreclosed after a 1912 mortgage. The public auction is set for Friday January 9 1914 at 2 PM at the premises, with $200 at sale and balance in three days. The property sits at Waldemar Avenue bounded by a forty foot passageway and Lot 9 and Lot 22 on the Whitman plan. Incumbrances include Wildey Savings Bank mortgage $4000 and any unpaid taxes and municipal liens. Further details via attorney William Hirsh at 737 Old South Building Boston.
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