Local social and civic notes from Dorchester and Winthrop
Mrs Arthur W Dimock of Dorchester visits friends in town. Miss Gertrude Leith of Lowell visits Miss Leuign Ingalls. The Howard family tours Washington and returns. A birthday party honors J H Leathem at 614 Shirley. A Dutch market supper and entertainment planned at Union Congregational Church. John Vickery visits Atlantic street then returns with his wife. Mrs Theodore Winthrop Swift joins the Baptist Church quartet. Registry recount updates one vote change. Residents Lewis E Smith and family back from New Orleans consider Winthrop residence. New flat building planned at Cutler and Shirley streets. Mara L Pratt-Chadwick visits Charles Welsh’s Locust street study. Knights of Honor hold a costume party at Crest Hall March 26 with Strachan’s Orchestra. Queen Heather Circle elects officers and donates to Charlestown Immigrant Home. Property deeds record plots on Shirley street and a station site on Washington Avenue with beach access adjustments benefiting local landowners. Read your Home Paper every week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Dimock
Dorchester
Gertrude Leith
Lowell
Leuign Ingalls
Pleasant Street
J. H. Leathem
Shirley Street
Union Congregational Church
John Vickery
South Brewer
Alfred Tewksbury
Atlantic Street
Tewksbury
Theodore Winthrop. Swift
Winthrop Street
The
Baptist Church
Coleman
Swift
Board of Registrars
Selectman
Wesley A. Gove
Lewis E. Smith
Winthrop
New Orleans
Lewis E. Smith, Jr
Woodside Avenue
W. W. Cranton
Cutler and
Shirley Streets
Ocean Spray Station
Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick
Mara L. Pratt
Charles Welsh
Locust Street
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Crest Hall
Strachan
C. R. Bennison
Albertus Tewksbury
Austin Carpenter
W. Mongrain
Isabella Tewksbury
Florence Floyd
Ella Chester
Frances Duntan
Winthrop News Highlights Local Socials and Meetings
Winthrop residents report returns from Hot Springs and West, trips to Manchester and New Haven, and new Boston work positions. Lectures postponed due to illness. Good Cheer Alliance plans Easter sale and an Arlo Bates sketch. East Boston residents elected town officials. D A R activities at Pierce building. Knights of Honor event. Town Government Association discusses local settlement work and a district nun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Street
Hall
State Y. M. ©. Association
Good Cheer Alliance
Unitarian Church
Arlo ‘Bates
Alliance
William C. Ulman
Brookline
Lizzie E. Adams
O. A. Taft
Point Shirley
Taft
Ulman
Congress Square
Boston
Ocean View
James Wood Pogue
Cincinnati
Warren Craft
New York
Maud Paradis Lane
Lane
Winthrop
Brendan Keenan
Wesley Gove
William Carstensen
Point Shirley to Have a Fine Clubhouse
The Point Shirley Club, after a fire destroyed its clubhouse on June 4 last year, plans a $48,000 new building funded by stock subscriptions. With $15,000 raised, stockholders may double their contributions, aiming to raise the membership cap to 800 to cover costs. The three story cement clubhouse will include dining rooms, a library, billiard rooms, and sleeping quarters, with tentative plans subject to change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Shirley
Fonda
Deaconess Associates Elect Officers
The annual meeting of the Deaconess Associates elected officers for the coming year. Miss L Mabel Clarke was named president, Miss Bessie M Belcher vice president, Miss Clara Allen secretary, and Miss Vinnie D Yean treasurer. A new member, Miss Carrie Stafford, joined the society. A social evening followed and the next meeting is set for March 23 with Miss Lillian Rich as host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacones Associates
Eunice Hall
Lewis Avenue
L. Mabel Clarke
Bessie M. Belcher
Clara Allen
Vinnie D. Yean
Carrie Stafford
Mainstreet
Lillian Rich
Real estate transfers in Winthrop list
A compiled record shows numerous transfers of property in Winthrop. Transactions include parcels on Shirley Crescent Washington Avenue Crest Avenue and other streets with prices listed as one dollar or nominal sums and several multiple lot transfers.
Winthrop Woman's Club Plans March Luncheon
The Winthrop Woman's Club held its first March meeting in Social Hall led by Mrs. W. D. Allen. Members discussed the annual luncheon set for March 20 at 180, with plans for entertainment by the social committee and a home talent program featuring piano, songs, readings, and a debut by the Boys' Glee Club under Miss Ethel B. Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Woman's Club
W. D. Allen
Buckminster
John T. Anderson
E. E. Dawson
Charles S Adamé
Henry J. Cook
Maud Lythgoe
Winthrop High School
Helen F. Gardner
Frederick H. Cowen
Bertha B. Coffin
Edith Johnson
Glee Glee Club
Boys’ Glee Club
William Belcher
P. Margeson
William Remby
W. Floyd
J. Kirkpatrick
William Tonry
J. Mulloy
Edwin Stokes
G Marks
A. Older
Albert Lythgoe
E. Taillacq
J. Hayes
Winthrop Snow
Helen Young
Glee Club
Ethel B. Grant
O. £. Johnson
William J. Kershaw
Augustus E. Wyman
Theodore Winthrop Swift
Albert F. Walker
Edwin L. Moore
Ethel H. Studly
Edwin H. Leonard
Margaret Dawson
Bertha Colby
Pinky Davis
Lucille Pennington
Messrs
Chandler Colby
Clarence Davis
Alec Douglas
Walter Nichols
Miss King
Frost Library and Local History Notices
Frost Library hours are weekdays from 1.30 to 9.00 with holidays excluded. A portrait of Mrs Elihu T Underhill’s late husband is mounted in the historical room. Manchester-by-the-Sea resident L W Floyd contributed a town history by Rev D F Lawson, 1895 edition. Various book titles and editions are listed, followed by a note: engagements notices require a brief signed letter. anonymous tips are discarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu T. Underhill
L W. Floyd
Manchester-by the-Sea
D. F. Lawson
Winthrop Improvement Association Banquet Elects Officers
The Winthrop Improvement Association held its annual banquet at the Ocean View Hotel with about 75 guests. Dr. Roland Dwight Grant and Mr. George E. Mitchell led the evening as officers were elected for the coming year and reports highlighted a flourishing society and 38 new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop ‘Improvement Association
Ocean View Hotel
L Bo Brien
George E. Mitchell
Roland Dwight Grant
Association
Tucker
Piccolomini
Charles A. Sawyer
Grant
BE. E. Fowler
David Floyd
Jessie C. Dawsop
EK. E. Fowler
Deane Winthrop House
Hortense Dudley Hay
Old House
House
E. E . Dawson
C. A. Sawyer
Frank Tucker
Edgar Whitney
Winthop Yacht Club
W. D. Allen
Deane Winthrop House Opens to Public in Old Boston
The Deane Winthrop House, oldest standing in Old Boston, welcomes visitors on weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Thomas L. Winthrop of Boston sent a Reich etching of John Winthrop, first Massachusetts governor, for display in the house beside a Van Dyke original. A portrait photo of Old South Church interior, donated by H. Winthrop Peirce, is also hung, noting the 1700 marriage of Mercy Winthrop to Atherton Hough in the west room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
Thomas L. Winthrop
Boston
Europe
Deane Winthrop House
Jacques Reich
New York
Boston State House
John Winthrop
Massachusetts
van Dyke
Senate Chamber
Improvement Society
Reich
Old South Church
H. Winthrop Peirce
Andover
John P.peirce
Revere
Samuel Willard
Old South Society
Mercy Winthrop
Atherton Hough
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ended March
List of letters remaining at Winthrop post office for the week ending March includes M. Brown W. F. Cary Mre Myra Caven E 8 Hopkins J Douglas Houston Lytho Mary Cute and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Post-Office
M. __ Brown
W. F. Cary
Mre
Myra Caven
E. 8. Hopkins
J Douglas Houston
Lytoh
Mary Cute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shirley
Shore Drive
C. W. Grant
Rees Street
Sargent Street
E. H. Leach
Tremont Street
Mass
Winthrop Highlands
E .H. Davin
Deane and
Fell Avenues
Tel
Somerset Avenue
H. P. Gatley
Main Street
Sun and Visitor Office
Ocean 218 Cliff Avenue
Hutchinson Street
Edward Dunn
Commercial Street
Louis Racca
Custom Boot and Shoe Maker
Washington’ Ave
RE. R
Winthrop Beach
Central
Revere Sts
Magee’s Corner
Point Shirley Cottage
Ocean
Tufts Avenue
Floyd & Tucker
Schog St
Meridian Street
East
Horace B. Butler
Endicott
Winthrop Sun and Vicktor
Guinthrop Nellis
OC. W. Howard
Bartlett Road
Washington
Queen Heather Circle
M. EK
E. H. Leonard
Coral Avenue
Charlestown
Lyne
W. E. Ricker
Leonard
D. Albert Floyd
Deane
Winthrop House
Edward B. Newton
Wellington Jracy
Washington Avenue
Henry M Belcher
Willard M. Bacon
Almira Tewksbury
Winthrop News
Melmon ‘Fletcher
Conort Road
Hot Springs
Ark
Charles EB. Lamb
West
John R. Neal
Hotel Touraine
T. J. Hayes
Blanche
Wheelock Street
Manchester
George W. Gerrish
Malden
Gerrish
J. G. Walker
Mexico
Huntington Smith
Yule Tide Charity Club
Smith
West Roxbury Alliance
Peter Goldsmith
D. D
Salem
South
Pierce Building
Mary Draper
Frederick E Davis
Deane Winthrop
Mexdames Hortense Dudley Hay
Sarah E. Hudson
Mies Gertrude Hudson
Inet
Wadeworth Hall
Deaconess Associates
Winthrop Real Estate Trans
FERS
Tappan
Albert Floyd
Edward B Newton
Wellington Tracy
Bonta Donato
Theron Porter
Crescent Street
Domenico Ceruolo
H. Martin McNeil
William G. McNeil
Casper Silverman
Almont Street
Laasi
Henry M. Belcher
Near
W. A
Arthur E. Hardy
Fred L. Hall
Crest
Charles F. Lancaster
Lillie Lefevre
Crest Avenue
Hugh W. Gillespie
Marcia E. Jerrard
Summit Avenue
Kite A. Albee
Columbus
French
Sagamore Avenue
Loii M. Blake
Eleanor M. Wright
Cutler Street
Lucien M. Foster
Burton P. Gray
Bears
Lstoria
Winthrop Woman’s Club
Frost Library
New Books
Francis H. Herrick
W. C. Brownell
Curtis Guild
Robert Southey
Venice
Horatio F. Brown O
American Plateau
T. Mitchell Pradden
Four Hills
Ireland
Stephen Gwynn
Edinburgh
Oliphant Smeaton
Cambridge
Charles W. Stubbs
Peabody
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Frank Moore
Edward Everett
G. E. Mitchell
William D. Allen
Elmer‘. Dawson
J. Lillie Larrabee
J. A. Waldo
Jessie O. Dawson
E. E. Fowler
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