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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1936
Page
4
A Cambridge advertisement extols Pennant Brand crackers as healthful for child feeding. It praises ingredients such as graham crackers with figs and bran, honey, and milk, noting digestion benefits and the brand’s freshness. Felber Biscuit Co. advertises its Cambridge plant at 55 Regent Street with phone Tro. 3482.
Ruth Etting tops the Thursday New Show with Toby Wing and the Lucky Boys rowed by Frank Gaby. Also featured are the Sinclair Twins and 24 Bebe Barri Girls. Margaret Sullavan stars in Next Time We Love with James Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell, and Robert McWade.
Dr Miriam Van Waters superintendent of the women's reformatory at Framingham will speak at the Cambridge Visiting Nursing Association 52nd annual meeting at Phillips Brooks House on Monday March 2 at 4 PM Tea will be served to guests.
The License Commission met under an urgent brief session without opposition to Shell Eastern Petroleum Products Inc. to store and sell petroleum at 5th Binney and Rogers. Martin O Malley denied beer charge accounts at Set Up Lunch and any employee Curley interest. police action possible and license revocation warned. Frank Borelli seeks wine and malt licenses at 544 Putnam with local residents opposing. Summary indicates further consideration with signers Lucy Gritz Frank Gritz John Powell Leo Martin and Margaret Kelley.
Pres. Ray Stevens of the Industrial Association told Mayor Lynch the group would buy him a free lunch each time he trims $100,000 from the city budget. He earned the first $100,000 but did not eat, leaving a jocular stain on the claim amid snow and political banter.
Cambridge Post American Legion hosted Middlesex County Night with a large turnout. Judge Joe Monahan presided as master of ceremonies with Vin Vincents Orchestra providing music. Invited guests included Judge Arthur Beane Dist Atty W L Bishop County Commissioners County Treasurer Hatfield and Registrar Loring P Jordan among others.
Cambridge snow athletes prepare as postponement ends and floodlight jumps resume at the Ayer Ski Hall the world s largest trestle jump. National Professional championships follow with 152 foot feats by Strand Mikkelson and 127 foot best by Clarence Olson. Other competitors include Clem Curtis Billy Pulaski Bertie Paaske Johnny Erickson Carl Herstand Casey Jones Herb White and Jimmy Faille.
Keith Memorial Theatre presents Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with score by Irving Berlin. The pair’s recent hits back a two romance woven through dazzling song and dance with Harriet Hilliard and cast including Randolph Scott Astrid Allwyn Addison Randall Betty Grable Huntley Gordon.
Former council member Paul Hillery steps back into public view as a noted luminary. His anticipated appearances and roles are set to energize local discourse.
Walter Piston's Concerto for Orchestra opened the Boston Symphony concert at Sanders Theatre under Koussevitsky with Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No. 6, Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun, and Till Eulenspiegel. The program drew praise for its rich tonal texture and enduring value, noting Slonimsky's view of Piston as an American composer in the international idiom of absolute music.
The Cambridge League of Women Voters will host a housing conference at the Harvard Business School Baker Memorial Library. Two sessions run 2:00 to 5:30 and 7:30 to 9:30 with supper at McCulloch Hall. Henry Wise presides at both sessions.
The Durrell Hall program showcases four days of film weekly with stars Norma Shearer Joan Bennett Bing Crosby Ginger Rogers George Brent Pauline Lord Jack Benny Eleanor Powell Robert Taylor Julie Hayden. The Young People's Fellowship Branch hosts a Valentine dance at the parish house attended by over a hundred couples. Park Lane Dance Orchestra led by John Minkin provides music. Edith Honeywell chairs the committee with Gus Johnson Skelton Wicker Mildred Banks and William Bent assisting.
In an expedition the group moved Indian file with each man stepping in the prior footprint. The last marcher was to obliterate the prints, concealing the invaders' number.
Miscellany notes from the school's pages recounts events and people. The hockey team beat Belmont High 9 1 with Ray Chaisson scoring five goals. Latin basketball is praised after defeating Arlington High 38 22. A senior assembly previews the drama The Charm School.
At a Board of Appeal hearing in City Hall, James H. Murphy opposed Theresa Potter’s petition for day parking on vacant Franklin Street lots 407 to 417, citing noise and child safety. Murphy faced remarks about his loudness while Tommy Mullins and others objected to zoning issues and neighborhood impact. Other requests included outdoor parking on Banks Street and a piazza at 31 Sacramento Street, with community members voicing concerns over noise and safety.
Two Cambridge doctors Dr Kenneth B Hiscoe at 1782 Massachusetts Avenue and Dr Nay W Summers at Hotel Continental Garden Street attend the annual convention of the American Osteopathic Society of Practology in New York City in July 2024.
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