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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1939
Page
5
Fragmentary court notice from Cambridge Probate Court indicates appointment of an administrator or similar fiduciary. The readable text names Loring P Sordan as a party or filer and requests written objections or involvement in the matter.
The estate of James Henrick, late of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is in probate. The administrator must file a written petition for allowance and the court will hear on the return day set by Register Jordan.
Public notice from the City of Cambridge Massachusetts lists the board members and date February 18 as the order for license actions. The notice refers to vehicles to be used, with officials Quinn Leahy and Gutheim named in the header.
A Cambridge land court petition seeks confirmation of title to parcels described as Northeasterly and Northwestern boundaries for a site along Wisehrop Street and adjacent blocks. The notice warns that failure to appear by the March date will result in default and loss of petition rights, with Judge John E Fenton presiding.
A petition has been filed in Cambridge County probate requesting Frank E. Trew be appointed administrator of Merrill W. Trew late of Cambridge. The court requires written objections by March in the forenoon, with a February date noted by Register Loring Jordan.
Fragments note assisted entries about Chapter II of the Acts as of February and March dates with references to Cambrid and basic page numbers.
A petition in the Cambridge court seeks appointment of Robert Hoston as administrator with the will annexed for a Massachusetts estate. The proceeding sets a court date for March 1930 with witnesses and a registrar service noted in the document.
Cambridge corporations request court action to register title to a parcel in Cambridge with the Gridley Baking property and adjacent blocks. The plan shows 100 feet by 110 feet bounds. witnesses note deed covenants restricting building within fifteen feet. public notice calls for written appearances by March 6 to contest.
A petition before the Middlesex Court seeks partition of undivided half shares in land near Cambridge. The matter asks for appraisal and possible private sale or public auction with distribution of proceeds. Notice directs any objections to be filed by March 1909 with the court registrar.
The Reliance Co operative Bank forecloses a mortgage on Lot 12 in a Cambridgeport plan dated 1919. The sale on March 6 at 3 30 p m will cover the premises described, bounded by Pleasant Street and other plan boundaries, containing 1588 square feet. Terms require $200 cash deposit. other terms announced at sale. Gallup Hadley & Beacon Boston acting for the bank.
East Cambridge Savings Bank through mortgagee Charles H. Sloan will foreclose a deed of trust on two parcels in Cambridge North Cambridge to be sold at public auction March 8 at 2:30 PM. Sale subjects include buildings, fixtures, and property boundaries with specific lot measurements and references to prior deeds. Terms: cash down, balance due in ten days. taxes and liens to be assumed by purchaser.
In Middlesex 5 there is an estate proceeding for Edward D Morgan late of Cambridge. A petition asks probate of a document claimed to be his last will and for Mattie A Morgan of Cambridge to be appointed executrix without bond. Interested parties may object in writing to the Cambridge Probate Court within 28 days of February 1939.
In Middlesex County a petition for probate of a will of Henrietta E Melntire of Cambridge is filed. Frederic M McIntire names as purported executor with no surety. Interested parties must appear in Cambridge Court before ten o'clock on the return day noted. witnesses and officials listed.
Legal representatives for E Beckwith petitioned Cambridge court to foreclose tax lien on parcels in Cambridge Ward 2 and Ward 10. Notices require written appearances by March Sunday or defaults will admit claims. publication in Cambridge Sentinel for three weeks. Judge John E Fenton presiding. recorder Charles A. Southworth.
A divorce action is filed in Middlesex Probate Court Cambridge seeking termination of marriage to William F. Sullivan of Togus Maine for gross intoxication and cruel treatment. The wife Alice BE Sullivan seeks custody of any minor child with appearance required within 21 days from April 24 1939.
Public bid notice for Cambridge High and Latin School additions and annex plumbing heating ventilation and electric work. Sealed proposals due March 7 at Cambridge City Hall Room 25, with bid security 5 percent and performance bond 100 percent. work by City of Cambridge.
Cambridge City Hospital nurses and doctors present Annabelle Lee a comedy at the Nurses Auditorium on March 20 and 21. Ken neth Thorne Flemming directs with a cast headed by Kay Manning Adah Riggs Mary Ryan Martha Malloy and Warren Dutch Holland. Committee heads include Rita Fewry Catherine Lavoie Gertrude Finlay Theresa Conselletti Frances Devaney Helen Anzelone Edith Grant Bayers and Margaret Gilligan with Caroline Metcalfe coordinating publicity.
Shirley Temple stars in The Little Princess in Technicolor in a Boston engagement praised as her most memorable vehicle. The story unfolds in late Victorian England amid the Boer War with a supporting cast including Ian Hunter Cesar Romero and Marcia Mae Jones. Also shown Charlie Chan in Honolulu with Sidney Toler in the lead after Warner Oland's death.
A petition to foreclose a tax lien has been filed in the Cambridge court against multiple parcels in Cambridge Middlesex County. The City of Cambridge seeks redemption rights from tax liens on several lots with buildings, notices require written appearances by Feb 6, and service will be by publication in the Cambridge Sentinel due to unknown respondents.
School leaders clash over new High School unit plans and cost overruns. The board discusses filing cabinets for credentials and a fireproof vault, delays bids above budget, and reviews hall rental rates to curb nonessential use while supporting a library fundraiser for T B Hospital patients. The meeting ends with a curfew as disagreements persist.
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