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in, After the white men moved Winthrop, whose name ap- pearsDeane on the petition for the in- corporation of the town of Groton, Fall in January Massachusetts, and who was also 3 Marks the first named selectman, named ati the town after his birthplace Groton in the, County of Suffolk, Longest Cloudy Spell Ever England. Deane Winthrop was the a Noh Gloom, rain and wind corn- and was followed by chusetts, John Winthrop. records east storm that contiued bined to establish three bringing birthplace ap- in January and tie a fourth through the 11th, An item about his inand January tie a fourth winds of gale force for the in the Boston Daily Adver- peared as fol mark, the weather bureau an- four days' On the ninth, vel i- tiser on September 6, 1910, nounced yesterday in its month- ties of 59 miles per hour wre lows: ly summary for Boston. recorded. S"Groton Place, in Suffolk, Eng- first! The 10-day period from the Out land, where John Winthrop, eighth through the 17th made Sun Comes Massachusetts governor, was liv- up the greatest number.of con- A bright, sunny day, the 18th, squire and patron of a church period. son sailed secutive days .without isunshine ended the gloomy ing before he and his While January's normal n~n be sold ever recorded in one inth. for America in 1630, is to In addition, the same period temperature was 30.5 degreei the was also. the wettest ever, ex- 1.4 degrees above normal, 31-day perienced for the month of Jan- highest reading for the of rain period was only 44 degrees on Ask any native-born Grotonia uary, with 5.84 inches and h Jan. 8; the lowest maximum to pronounce "Groton,"say "Graw-ton, falling. recorded will doubtless The month had the highesr January temperature with a broad sound on the first and 1875. average wind velocity with 18.7 since accented syllable. However, the precipitation was miles per hour, and it equalled Although pronuonce it "Grow-ton," inches, the third highest English the record number of consecu- 7.13 do some Americans who prefer on record, and the as if tive days in January with -meas- January total the English pronunciation. But 1881, there was a native of urable amounts of precipitation, greatest since you want to sound like of snow, or 4.3 call it which was eight, from the .eighth only 7.7 inches Groton, Massachusetts, normal. to the 15th inches below "Graw-ton!" ahead at .the month With more than 67 hours of Looking no matter how you forecasters noted However, the continuous precipitation from of February, pronounce the English name, daily tempera- is a 2:02 p. m., Jan. 8, to 9:16 a. m., that normally Indian Land of Petapawag an' appro _- and quiet 11th, another January tures range: from place of gentle beauty on the to lows love and loy- probably established, imate high of 35 degrees charm, inspiring last record Was the first of both the na- offi.cials said ' of 20 degrees during alty in the hearts ra riod half of the month and then ris- and newcomer alike. SThis lengthy I tive-born........... In- of from 25to 40 halted for only 17, jiiut ,'gnd ing to ranges snow then another 52 h6~i . Pre- degreesoi phinhdail r more ,of I gl -- -"' I 'I -I.

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