Memorial Day Observance Parade and Services Led by Veterans
A detailed report on Memorial Day activities in Winthrop describes a morning parade from War Veterans Hall led by Chief Burrell and multiple veteran and Scout contingents. The procession traveled through Pauline, Pleasant, Winthrop, and Buchanan streets to Winthrop Cemetery, where prayers, addresses, volleys, and wreath-laying occurred. Additional ceremonies at the Soldier’s Monument and Government Wharf featured speeches by Commanders McNaught and Nay, a Dais of associations, floral tributes by children, and boy scout support, concluding with a sailor graves service and a final wreathing salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Veterans
Hall
Burrell
Naval Brigade
D. A. Ives
Fort Banks
William G. Feakins
Richmond C. Stoehr
Hermann W. Kuchmeister
John McNaught
P. J. Margeson
George H. Russell
Marshall
Pauline Street
Pleasant
Winthrop
Buchanan
Winthrop Cemetery
Downs
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Mildred Cassons
War Veteran’s Hall
Roger Wolcott
Forest Hills
Thomas
Woman's Reserve Corps
Carrie E. Dustin
O. E. Bartlett
H. C. Bartlett
Government Wharf
W. J. Sherman
Woman’s Reserve Corps
Crosby
Winthrop Woman’s Reserve Corps
Comander John McNaught
Frank W. Nay
John Wheeler
Sons of Veterans
The
Ladies Association
Margeson
Smith
Dramatic Recital by Pupils and Teacher at Huntington Hall
Miss Mabel J. Golden of Winthrop led a dramatic recital with pupils in Huntington Chambers Hall. The program featured the Little Sunshine Circle, sketches, songs, a serenade, a comedietta, and a business meeting, with numerous named participants and an engaged audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel J. Golden
Winthrop
Huntington Chambers Hall
Little Sunshine Circle
Miss Golden
Marie Rose
Alice ‘Sanger
Marie Pimental
Pauline Kinnear
Berenice McDonald
Agnes Kelly
Véronica O’brien
Mary Kelley
Ethel Robinson
Zita Moran
Natalie Dorfman
Edwina Doherty Strong
Hilda la Centra
Marie Driscoll
Helen Noonan
Gladys Kinnear
Edith Silva
Mary Norris
Vivian Rogers
Margaret Lane
Two cottage lots for sale in South Plymouth on Lake Manomet
Desirable parties only invited to purchase two summer cottage lots in Cedarville facing Lake Manomet, the largest lake in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Listing by Channing Howard of 140 Wood Side Avenue, Winthrop, Massachusetts. Sale details and contact points unreadable in fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Cedarville
Manumet
Mass
Channing Howard
Woodside Avenue
Winthrop
Winthrop Boats Do Well in Boston Harbor Regatta
Massachusetts Bay Yacht racing opened Memorial Day under the South Boston Yacht Club off City Point with 74 boats. In the beachcombers class Frank N Belcher’s boat won sailed by George Floyd. Winthrop Y C 15 footers finished Blitzen 1 44 22 Vixen 1 47 22 Comet 1 48 08 Prancer 1 50 42 Dasher 1 51 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Bay
South Boston Yacht Club
City Point
New Yacht Racing Union of Massachusetts
Frank N. Belcher
George Floyd
Winthrop Y. C
Contract Awarded For High School Addition
Charles E. Currier was awarded the construction contract for adding to the High School with a bid of 59 289 dollars. Competing bids ranged from 60 666 to 82 095 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Currier
C. S. Cunningham & Sons
Haynes Construction Co
W. George Greenlay
Marr Bros. & Stewart Co
Whitcomb & Kavanaugh Co
Gascoigne & Goddard
Also Mentioned on This Page
William C. Skaggs
Winthrop St
Segal’s Creamery
Winthrop Center
Elliot & Whittier Real Estate and Insurance Agents
Winthrop Centre
Washington St
Boston
M. Main
Killam’s Market
Woodside and
Somerset Avenues
County Savings Bank
Broadway
Chelsea
Alkert D. Bosson
Walter
William F. Dealy
Winthrop Beach Station
Point Shirley
East Boston Savings Bank
Meridian Street
Part I
Part
the Butterfly
Doris Lee
U. S
the Little Brown Bear
Gladys Kirstear
Veronica O’brien
Mary Kelly
the Deacon
Helen Rogers
Grace Pete
Gilflora Smithe
Rosedale Club
Helen Brown
Selina Gray
Abbie Pierce
Mercy Brown
Frances Lane
Crowler
Gladys Riley
Henderson
Sampson Hoyt So Ee Ee
Minnie Donoghue
Lowell
Esther Dolan
Araminta Sharp
Blanche Donoghue
Keene
Margaret Walsh
Agnes Brown
Carrie Louise Holly
Fine Shore Estate
Cottage Park
Beach
Edward T. Harrington CO
Ania
Bennison
LEO Esa Ie
Io Center
Bert Ayer
Shirley Street
Henry E. Keough Co., Inc
Fawford
Ranzes
James R. Brown
Shirley ST
Bartlett Parkway
Somerset Avenue
Loring Road
A. E. Whittemore
Pleasant ST
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