Belmont Youths Receive Sendoff For France Ambulance Unit
Five Belmont youths headed by Chester A. Hull depart for France with the American Ambulance Corps. They received a sendoff in Belmont Town Hall with an American flag and staff a supply of cigarettes for soldiers and four flags for the ambulance. Hull presided as chairman George C. Flett presented the gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
France
Belmont Town Hall
George C. Flett
Board of
Selectmen
Chester A. Hull
Harold D. Whidden
M. Parker Melanson
S. Owen Robinson
Hubert Pollack
Essex Federation Meeting in Danvers Draws 1000
The second annual meeting of the Essex County Federation of Catholic Societies, representing Danvers and Peabody, drew over 1000 attendees at the Peabody Institute in Danvers this afternoon. Speakers included Michael Sherry, ex-Representative of Peabody, and Francis E B Slattery of Boston. St John’s Preparatory School Band provided patriotic music.
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Danvers
Essex County Federation of Catholic Societies
Danvers and
Peabody
Peabody Institute
Michael Sherry
Francis EB. Slattery
Boston
St. John's Preparatory School
Church of All Nations Cornerstone Is Laid
Cornerstone of the Morgan Memorial Church of All Nations was laid yesterday by trustees during impressive services at the junction of Wheeler street Osborn place and Shawmut avenue announcing a democratic church for all nations.
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Church of All Nations
Morgan
Morgan Memorial
Wheeler Street
Osborn Place
Shawmut Avenue
Church to welcome all faiths without rent charges
A new church will allow people of all races and creeds to worship in their own way with their own ministers and languages. Denominations without halls may use the space, including Mohammedan groups. The building costs exceed 150000 dollars, with 20000 still needed. Transept and basement are finished. classroom ready by Sept 1. Osborn place front recalls the old Second Unitarian Church on Copley square. Bishop Hughes led the cornerstone, with three Morgan Memorial trustees and other officials assisting using a silver trowel from Walter A. Wentworth Company.
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Osborn Place
Second Unitarian
Copley Square
Edwin H. Hughes
Morgan Memorial
Robert F. Raymond
Superior Court
George E. Henry
F. H. Slack
Walter A. Wentworth
Half a Million Buds to Bloom at Outdoor Rose Show
More than 600000 buds will bloom in a Japanese rose garden at the Nippon tea house, entwining walls and fence for an outdoor show opening at Wentworth Institute Grounds Huntington Avenue opposite the Art Museum next Saturday. The garden covers 10000 square feet and features Ophelia and Mrs Arron Ward among others.
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Nippon Tea House
Wentworth Institute
Huntington Avenue
Art Museum
Arron Ward
Flag Raised Over Brookline Church Memorial Service
Gettysburg Post and C. L. Chandler Post G A R held their annual memorial service at St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church in Brookline. Commander George W. Moore of Gettysburg Post presented the flag during the ceremony.
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St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Brookline
Gettysburg Post
C. L. Chandler
George W. Moore
Jobs Open in Federal Service
Mechanics are in demand for government work with ten shipfitters and two loftsmen needed at Charlestown navy yard. Current workers require a written clearance to be released. Ship fitters earn 3.28 to 4.48 dollars daily and loftsmen 4.80 to 5.04 dollars per day.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Government Job Openings Across Agencies
A long list of immediate openings is posted for apprentices, clerks, and skilled workers across agencies. Watertown Arsenal seeks apprentices and packers. Washington and St. Louis offices hire clerks and machine operators. Pensacola and Pensacola joiners and machinists are in demand.Geological Survey and Coast and Geodetic Survey advertise plate printers and lithographic drafters. salaries range from $1 a day to $2400 a year, with many positions open to both men and women and ages spanning 15 to 35.
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Watertown Arsenal
Packer
Army Depot Quartermaster
Washington Street
Depot Quartermaster
Washington,d. C
Quartermaster Corps of the Army
St. Louis
Treasury Department
Washington
Navy Aeronautic Station
Pensacola
Fla
Navy Aeronautic
Bureau of Engraving
Geological Survey
Postoffice Department
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau of Plant Industry
Army Medical Department
Department of Agriculture
Flag Raising At Roxbury Engine Company 12
More than 1500 people attended the flag raising and patriotic exercises at Roxbury’s Engine Company 12 on Dudley Street. Deputy Chief Daniel F. Sennott led the program with District Chief Joseph Kenny. Miss Helen Gillon unfurled the flag. May 27 in Maynard, Progressive Lodge Knights of Pythias held its memorial service at Masonic Hall with Grand Chancellor Harlan P. Knight of Somerville delivering the oration.
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House of Engine 12
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Engine Company
Daniel F. Sennott
Sennott
Joseph Kenny
Helen Gillon
Lieutenant Gillon
Engine Company 12
Maynard
Progressive Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Masonic Hall
Harlan P. Knight
Somerville
Newtoners Rally In Rain To Raise Flag At Newton Corner
In heavy rain about 2000 Newton residents stood with bare heads as a large American flag was raised between the Stevens and Nonantum buildings. Four hundred small national emblems hidden inside the banner fluttered loose and were picked from the street as the flag rose.
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Newton
Newton Corner
Stevens
Nonantum
Subscriptions Collected by Newton Engine Company I
The citizens of the Nonantum section of Newton were chased by subscription. The work of collecting the subscriptions was done by the members of Engine Company I of the fire department.
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Nonantum
Newton
Engine Company I
Fire Department
Dorchester Man Dies After Carbolic Acid Intake
John T. Ferguson, 47, of 72 Welles Avenue Dorchester walked into City Hospital early morning crying that he had taken carbolic acid. He died soon after. Medical Examiner Leary ruled suicide by despondency. Ferguson had worked as a farm hand in Melrose.
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John T. Ferguson
Welles Avenue
Dorchester
City Hospital
Leary
Ferguson
Melrose
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Ambulance Corps
Essex Federation
Spurwood
E&w
E& W
Earl & Wilson
Glen
Anzac
Anzac CO
Roxbury Crossing
Mass
Connor
Brookside Se
Brookside
Lion Condensed Milk
Ralston
N.B. Co
Manhattan Club
Kirkman
John T. Connor CO
Morgan Memorial Edifice
Union Hat CO
Hanover Street
Lithographic Draughtsmen
Bull Durham
Union Street
Pond
L. S
Hick
Arrow
Winship
Liberty Loan Committee
Georgette
Middies and
Orig.nals
Copenhagen
Neat
Toyo
Japan
Orig
Rogers
Forks
Bale Price
Orig. Val
Bbc
Gortte Wietts Ce
Wera
Gina
Aneymnasium
Wacis
Cela
Royal Society
Brussels
Armure Portieres
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