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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
4
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor records weekly publication details and local notes. It highlights war school conditions at Beach and Almont streets, coal shortages affecting residents, and a North Carolina man who cured nervousness by knitting fourteen sweaters for soldiers. The piece urges knitting as a remedy and community support.
The piece urges reduced gift giving during the holidays to aid those in need. It notes Winthrop State Guard units receiving Red Cross sweaters helmets wristers and socks, and laments that few soldiers at Camp Devens will be home for Christmas leaving many vacant chairs.
The Winthrop branch summarizes six months of Red Cross activity including sewing, convalescent robes, pajamas, helmets, handkerchiefs, and shirts. The finance committee notes growing need and lists totals for sewing department items and overall production.
The Sun and Visitor will print a Roll of Honor next week listing every man from Winthrop serving in the United States armed forces. Over 400 Winthrop men are currently in service, and copies can be ordered from newsdealers if not a subscriber.
Company A of the Winthrop State Guard left Friday morning for East Boston to perform guard duty for a week, with the men in high spirits despite being away from home over Christmas. Citizens back Benjamin Piper of Somerset Avenue as a candidate for selectman, noting his legal career and potential as a strong board member. The piece suggests Boston may see an honest administration in the coming years.
A national Red Cross campaign runs December 17 to 24 to enlist 15,000,000 members. New England targets 1,000,000 with 6,000 for the Revere area. Each $1 membership funds Christmas aid to servicemen in France and Flanders and signals a service flag in homes by Christmas Eve.
In Grasse France the seasons mark perfume harvests from violets jonquils roses and lavender. Flowers are pressed into pure white fat to extract fragrance, forming the basis of most pomades and perfumes for which Paris is famed.
Physicians advise against handling infants under six months beyond necessary care and keeping them in crib or carriage to sleep independently. Early self control and self reliance are seen as foundational, with the child’s personality needing quiet time to develop and grow.
A Monday night gathering at Mystic Lodge No 44 Chelsea featured a delegation from the Eastern Suffolk Pythian Association including Red Cross and King Philip lodges East Boston Deane Winthrop Winthrop Apollo and Mystic lodges Chelsea. Robert M Copeland Eagle Lodge Revere presented a loving cup to Mystic Lodge C C John Wirth accepted it. The event included a Knight rank ceremony observed by members and visiting lodges.
Wallace B. Denham as receiver announces major service reductions for Bay State Street Railway due to coal shortages. He cites United States Fuel Administrator Storrow and urgent need to avoid shutting down power plants, noting eightys percent power cuts unless coal improves. Schedules are being drafted and seven days' notice will precede changes to minimize public inconvenience.
Osborne Hall hosted the senior class production of Tom Pinch based on Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit. Lorenzo Baker as Pecksniff and Marjorie White with Marion Rogers as Mercy and Charity received praise for performances. Alfred Osgood as Tom Pinch and Arthur Sullivan as John Westlock stood out. the cast also included Edwin Cobb Bate Packard Mal Lane Roger Pearson and Marjorie Nazro. Miss Clara M Spence directed with the High School Orchestra led by Miss Helen C Mixter and trombone solos between acts by H E H Greenleaf.
January 4 Friday High School Basketball. January 7 Monday evening Donald MacMillan at Winthrop Theatre.
The article notes that more valuable hardwoods are native to North America than any region of similar temperate area. It adds that Florida's minimum temperatures and the Pacific coast create conditions for a wider range of foreign hardwoods than in other zones, enabling diverse cultivation.
Nell recalls Cinderella and the cruel stepmother with heavy impact. She then hears a boy scolded by his mother and asks if Bobby’s mother is a stepmother, revealing a childlike association between discipline and stepfamily labels.
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