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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1936
Page
8
The trustees held their annual organization on January 20 with a majority present. They chose a chairman secretary and treasurer to serve until the next January meeting, despite other contradictions in the text.
The piece discusses the federally funded model homes project on Cambridge Main Street, arguing only government action can remove slums and noting opposition as citizens fear displacement. It claims private capital and philanthropy lack means and taxes, while Congress may authorize compensation for land taken.
Central square merchants welcome a new Brookline street bus line linking the Cottage Farm Bridge to the Back Bay market hub in Greater Boston. The narrow corridor, crowded by vans and aging roads, risks congestion as traffic grows each year.
Congratulations pour in for Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Berkeley on their sixty sixth anniversary. They have grown old gracefully amid a reverent family and many friends, with a community enriched by their long residence. The couple hopes to continue living well as they age.
The Central Square Businessmen board unanimously backs the year old site choice near Magazine Street for a sunken station at Mass avenue end. Federal labor funds await Mayor Lynch approval of city WPA project appropriation. Central Square pays about $375000 yearly in taxes and about 100000 weekly shoppers. It is the region’s top buying center in Greater Boston. The station site aims to serve the 80 percent of Central Square buyers who now travel to larger stores.
Readable fragments show a bank building at 689 Mass Ave near the Saviagas Bank Building central block area. Names Gshixe A and Giles appear in OCR fragmentary form alongside a telephone listing and an address.
City Council reviews amended ordinance proposing a Deputy Chief of Police to be under the Chief with full assignment power. The plan mirrors other Massachusetts cities and awaits a second reading as Section 4 is pared back. A Captain would become Deputy Chief under the current approach.
The annual Alumni and Alumnae Associates banquet at St. Mary's School is planned for Sunday night in St. Mary's Building Prospect and Place at 6 45 pm. Rev John F X Murphy of Boston College will be guest speaker with Mayor Lynch and Supt Fitzgerald invited. John R Sennett Jr will wield the gavel.
Janice Lisson a junior diving champion from New York and triple winner at the Jewish World Olympic Games in Palestine will be a guest of Max An delman of Cambridge past president of the Palestine American Athletic Club of Tel Aviv Palestine.
Elks Hall hosts next Wednesday night a dance by the T. F. Lynch Associates with Danehey and his melodians providing music. A beauty contest adds excitement as many girls qualify for prizes. Committees members are Bill Cleary Joe Ricci Morman Larry and Joe Plansky.
On the Mayflower voyage the initial crew consisted of 53 adult men, of whom 22 died within a year, leaving a stark toll for the earliest settlers and shaping the voyage’s outcome.
An early picture shows Moran active in restaurant and Institute circles now serving as chef in chief at the Porches Lithograph Co in Revere. He is described as rotund with lees hair and genial.
The passage examines Charlie Chaplin as the familiar little tramp, noting his impossible balance of outcast yearning and pursuit of respectability. It argues the cane, moustache, eyebrows and shoes define his character, while the baggy trousers and coat complete the portrayal, and that both elements remain inseparably linked.
Central Square February 19 after the regular Lodge Meeting all members and friends are urged to attend. Expected guests include Senator David I Walsh U S Attorney Ford U S Marshal Murphy Collector of Port Joseph Maynard and Postmaster Peter Tague among other Federal men.
William F. Galgay shown as a leading local figure in Cambridge politics and civic groups. A former Kiwanis president and organizer of the Prospect Street Improvement Ass’n, he campaigned for the state legislature while keeping politics outside school activity. The text notes his role in securing a Federal post office building and his active community involvement.
Monday and Tuesday nights present the Sixth Annual Frolic and Minstrel Show at the Longfellow School Auditorium to benefit the club building fund. Frankie Hall leads a cast including the Hennessey Trio Rebello Sisters East Cambridge Sextet and more with Thomas F Gibson to sing. Interlocutors Reginald J Murphy and Daniel F O Brien host the shows with a special youngsters' matinee Sunday afternoon.
The Cambridge Clover Club held a Monday dinner while Tuesday saw the New England Region Hadassah and First National Stores employees dine in the Mt. Vernon room. Wednesday brought 125 Charles River Yacht Club members, and Noble's Milk Company staff met in the Main Ballroom.
Cambridge Post No 27 of the Legion plans Middlesex County Night next Thursday at 8 in New Legion Hall Central Square. Judge Joseph W Monahan will preside with county government officers as guests and speakers including Judges John C Leggett Arthur E Beane Warren L Bishop Sheriff Joseph M McElroy and several county officials and staff.
Red foxes depend on mice for food, explaining their winter roaming over open grassy ridges where mice are plentiful.
The Cambridge license board hears Jerome T. Schwartz petition to run six billiard and pool tables on the second floor at 1680 Mass Avenue. Protests cite noise and unruly crowds. opponents include residents and Prof. Taylor Stark. Atty. George A. McLaughlin argues zoning favors a commercial Mass Avenue site. No decision rendered after the 90 minute session.
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