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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1941
Page
8
Mayor Lyona and Councillor Crane spar over snow removal policy mixing piety with policy. The exchange echoes historical mottos and ends with Whittier and Shakespeare references as Cambridge considers winter readiness and self help.
The East Cambridge Branch faces a circulation slump and aims to stimulate use by sending a brief appeal message via students from Rindge to homes. The plan seeks parental engagement to obtain library cards and foster citizens through home school church partnerships.
The piece defends Jas F Fitzgerald a School Committeeman who asks the City Council reimburse $22.50 for clothing damaged while presiding at a meeting. It argues public officials deserve protection for their person and attire as they serve the public good.
The Boardman School Recreation Center opens as a valued community project funded by 25 000 dollars for materials. Through mayoral and park commission action with the WPA labor, an abandoned school becomes a social and cultural center across from Newtowne Court in a congested Boston district. A branch library, proposed by Mrs. Julia Boyle, accompanies the transformation and revives the Boardman name in a working class area.
Cambridge workers and jobseekers are urged to read an article by John Y. Murray of the Rindge Evening Industrial School. Fourteen free mechanic opportunities await those willing to study and join an industry night class to gain trade skills and steady pay for defense era priorities.
The Foreign Affairs School of the Mass League of Women Voters opens a four day session at Agassiz House with Radcliffe College. Speakers include Walter Bdr ton Leach of Harvard Ernesto Muente negro of Chile Julio A Del Vayo on Hitler in Latin America R H Markham and Wm H Cham berlin, Pierre Got, Andre Morixe, Ralph Bates and others. Lunch meetings noted. See Mrs John H Reynolds 23 Bowdoin St TRO 0246.
Central 8q notes Beau-Brummell lauded for elegant dress sense. cites Bill Cunningham Boston Post praise.
A gossip column notes Goody Maclone, the Central Square Theatre clerk and blues singer, returns after nearly two months to seven weeks at The Roof venue. It mentions City Hall figures, New Year resolutions, and local social quirks with light humor and pointed questions about officials and events.
Displays showcased in Cambridge window spaces depict the Community Fund Drive. Venues include Hiil ings and Stover offices of the Gas and Electric Co, Harvard Bazar Olive Pharmacy Edwin RF Sage Co Miss Cannon's Shop and Russell R Cameron's Hardware.
The Cambridge Bookbinding Co. at 284 Concord Ave advertises complete facilities to recreate books with unmatched finish. Leather work is described as a specialty, promising high quality at a cost that invites inquiry.
The Boardman Center near Cambridge showcases a $25,000 material cost and a $75,000 two floor plus basement service building. E Fred Terrell directed the outer walk with trained workers while Jas Mansfield supervised drafting. The facility includes showers, locker rooms, reading rooms, a branch library, two large recreation rooms, a social hall, and potential stage. Community leaders like Mayor Lyons and Councillor McNamara praised the project as a model of social service and culture through books and recreation.
Registration open for Rindge Evening Industrial School courses running 7 30 to 9 30 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The catalog includes Automobile Repairing Theory of Aero Engines Blue Print Reading Cabinet Making Electricity Hand Composition Linotype Preparation for Lowell Institute Examination Mechanical Drawing Metallurgy Press Work Refrigeration Theory of Welding.
On Monday and Tuesday Durrell Hall presents Sing Dance Plenty Hot with Ruth Terry and Johnny Dawns. Charlie Chans at the Wax Museum features Jean Valerie and Sidney Toler. Wednesday’s program shows Captain Caution with Victor Mature Louise Platt Leo Carillo and One Crowded Night with Billie Seward William Haade. Friday offers Five Little Peppers in Trouble with Edith Fellows and Rancho Grande with Gene Autry Smiley Burnette. Also a full game football BC versus Tennessee.
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