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Alfred R. Winter.
On January 3, 1915, a former Treasurer of the Medford Historical Society, Mr. Alfred R. Winter, passed away after an illness dating from September 19, 1914.
As son of William C. and Mary C. (Brown) Winter, he was born March 3, 1874.
He graduated from Boston University in 1901, also from the Teachers' College, Columbia University, from which he received a degree, 1913.
He served as principal of grammar schools in Walpole, Peabody, Vineyard Haven and Medford, coming to the Washington School as associate in 1904, and becoming principal when Mr. Morrison retired in 1906.
Here he started a Boys' Club, which proved very helpful.
Entering the Boston grammar schools as sub-master at Jamaica Plain, 1909, and Dorchester, 1910, he was, on March 16, 1914, appointed to the Continuation School office as Division Superintendent of Vocational Guidance, which position he held until his death.
He was always happy in his work, especially in the vocational, for which h
Harriet W. Brown.
Harriet Wilson (Joyce) Brown, widow of John Brown, and daughter of Seth and Harriet (Daniels) Joyce, was born in Medford, Mass., October 29, 1826, of which city she was a life-long resident.
She was a member of the Medford Historical Society, and a constant attendant at its meetings as long as her health permitted.
She was secretary for many years of the Female Union Temperance Society, an organization formed in 1845, and which held regular meetings for fifty years. Brown, widow of John Brown, and daughter of Seth and Harriet (Daniels) Joyce, was born in Medford, Mass., October 29, 1826, of which city she was a life-long resident.
She was a member of the Medford Historical Society, and a constant attendant at its meetings as long as her health permitted.
She was secretary for many years of the Female Union Temperance Society, an organization formed in 1845, and which held regular meetings for fifty years. She assisted in forming the first Medford High School Association, and was one of the committee that arranged the program for its first annual meeting.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church and was an earnest worker in its interests.
She died in Medford, after a long and useful life, on December 19, 1914. J. H. H.
High street in 1870.
A son and daughter of old Medford have furnished the register reminiscences of old Ship and Salem streets, two of the five that lead from Medford