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Winthrop Sun And Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1917

Page

5

Winthrop News Highlights Local Activities and Listings

Community notices from Winthrop include residents moving addresses, a celebrity writer staying at Cliff House, and sons joining the American ambulance corps for France. Memorial Sunday at Crystal Bay Lodge I O F with cemetery decorations, plus local lodge meetings, train delays on the Boston & Maine line, and a Red Cross talk at Deane Winthrop House.

Guy Warfield McConnell Pathe Cliff House William Miles France

Dorchester speeding fine and social notes from local Villages

Martin Sullivan of Plummer Avenue paid five dollars in Dorchester Court for overspeeding on Blue Hill Avenue. F N Barbour of the Highlands leaves for St Louis to attend the Associated Advertising Clubs convention. Winthrop Special Aid Society displays surgical dressings in Wadsworth Block. Miss Anna Healy holds a style exhibit at Wellesley Inn for Dana Hall and Wellesley College, with plans for Smith College students next week. Mr and Mrs Walker hosted Miss Helen Frazier at Beacon Villa where soprano Jennie Patrick Walker gave a patriotic service and performed the Star Spangled Banner.

F. N. Barbour the Highlands St. Louis Associated Advertising Clubs Winthrop Special Aid Society For American Preparedness Wadsworth Block Anna Healy Washington Avenue Wellesley Inn Wellesley Dana Hall Wellesley College Mechanics Hall

Our Flag pamphlet promoted by Albert P Langtry

A Free pamphlet titled Our Flag issued by Albert P Langtry secretary of the Commonwealth urges every household to own and care for the flag. It warns that leaving the flag in rain or overnight damages it and renewals are costly while noting the meaning of each star and stripe and the fifty state representation.

Albert P. Langtry The Commonwealth

Winthrop Grange Auto Parade Planned for June 28

The food production and conservation committee reports strong public support for the garden program. Gardens are progressing, and a Grange auto parade will tour plots for mutual benefit. Owners of dogs are urged to keep them from running in gardens or face police action. Plowing and harrowing near completion amid scarce manpower. two public complaints noted. Edgar F. Power signed for the committee.

Winthrop Edgar F. Power Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Growth of Bananas

The banana plant is a huge herbaceous perennial that grows from an underground stock. It sends up a 15 to 20 foot stem with broad leaves and large fruit clusters. It reproduces by suckers, matures fruit in three to four months after flowering, then the plant dies to the ground while new shoots replace it. Planting spacing places rows eight feet apart with nine to ten feet between plants in adjacent rows.

Red Cross Meeting Reports War Effort and Volunteer Work

At Osborne hall a Red Cross meeting reviewed chairmen reports on membership nearing 500 in Winthrop, sewing and knitting progress, and surgical dressings led by Mrs. Bertha Porter. Hon. P. A. Langtry spoke on America's wartime stance and home front efforts. Headquarters hours and calls for cooperation were announced, with a Treasurer's Report noting multiple small contributions and club donations.

Red Cross Osborne Hall George J. Cronenwett Winthrop Anna Newton Carl Floyd Home Guard Liberty Bonds Martha Jenkins Grant The

Real estate transfers listed with multiple parties and streets

Real estate transfers show numerous names linked to parcels on streets such as Harding Main and Sunset road including owners Gegan Mary Oscar Mekler Shirley street Knowles Joshua W Mary F Moyni han Main street Loring Augustus P Ernest Griffin Loring road Mekler Oscar Oscar Herman Shirley street and Williams Chase et al trs mortgagee Albert L Lincoln et al trs 7000

Harding Amanda J Mildred”. le Kahle Bartlett Road Hedrington Annie A—Adlet Main Street Knowles Joshua W Mary F. Moynihan Sunset Road Loring Augustus P Ernest Griffin Mekler Oscar Oscar Herman Shirley Street Williams, Chase Et al Albert L. Lincoln

Letters for Winthrop Post Office Week Ending May 26 1917

List of names awaiting delivery at the Winthrop post office for the week ending May 26 1917. Ruth Banks John C Dunn Harold Fall Mrs Dillie McLerne Sullivan C T Smith Sarah R Silverman Ralph Sawyer Captain T B Wesley Joseph L Sawyer.

Winthrop Post Office Banks Ruth Dunn John C. Fall Harold McLerne

Function of Manners Inspires Knowledge Flow

A brief quotation notes that manners should adorn knowledge and smooth its path through the world as urged by Chesterfield. The line underscores etiquette as a civilizing force guiding intellectual discourse and daily interaction.

Chesterfield

Deaths Cook Ing New York May 26

Laurence F Cook of Winthrop New York died suddenly on May 26. Burial in Philadelphia.

Cook New York Laurence F.cook Winthrop Philadelphia

Also Mentioned on This Page

Sun and Visitor Sunnyside Avenue Ocean Sun and Visitor Office Court Park Thornton Station Elliot & Whittier Chalmers Bates Avenue S. A. Brown Beach Dairy Winthrop Beach Joe Hawthorne Avenue Boston Jones Bakery Woodside Avenue Yentre Newick N. J Mae Grimes Court Victor Pitts Fremont Street Centre Station Washington Venue Winthrop Street Thornon Station Edward A. Buss Water Street Bofton Tucker Tocker’s Lincoln Street Edgar Terrace Winthrop Highlands Davis Brookline Ircuit Road E. Pettman & Co Electricians Helsea Goodwar W. C. Wavy & Son Central Station W. H. Gibbons Winthrop Center R. J Bowdoin Street John P. Lilleback Reed Chambers Tel Edgar B. Brown Winthrop Co-operative Bank Drew Rig Evershore Winthrop Sun and Visitor Browns Drug Store Winthrop Centre Highlands Drug Store George R.twitchell Sea View Avenue Joseph Newton Mrs. Streckewald Milwaukee Wis Crystal Bay Lodge I. O. O. F Joseph Bernhardt Walker Street West Somerville Somerville George E. Wales Alfred Phinney Alice Phinney Ide Hewitt Sagamore Mr. Phinney Deane Winthrop Chapter Rangers Revere Steven LaVoix Naval Reserve Boston & Maine Mystic Charlestown Everett Lynn Gregory E. Stone Frederick Biltmore New York City McKenney & Waterbury Co Franklin Street Congress Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association Deane Winthrop House C. C. Ely Revere Historical Society Old Unitarian Church Peerage Resere Society Old Burying Ground Deine Winthrop Nellie F. Griffin Center Station Martin V. B. Sullivan Plummer Avenue Dorchester Blue Hill Avenue Chilaren’ Ory Fletcher Farmer’s Column RED Cross Report G. Wallace Carl Valentine Herald Square Hotel Remey Mr. Valentine Valentine By Lilla Dade Carl Valentine Willard M. Bacon Ceorner Elmwood Murt Eluweed Court Sarah F. Gaylord Hind Aid Esther E. Grawam Henry G. Harris Annie Simons River Road Land Registration Office Suffolk Registry District Land Court Anna M. Smith Winthrop Shore Drive Myrtle Street Alan Winthrop Shore J. W. Buckley Joseph Marlow Irwin Street Pathan Philip J. Rowe Mermaid Avenue Mare A. Donovan Betrey Frank Catherine B. Rowe Nice Harold C. Bartlett Gegan, Mary Oscar Mekler Q. E. Fisher Insurance Sunnyside Ave J Winthrop Winterop
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