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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1939
Page
4
The passage describes a tall, muscular man with aquiline nose and gray eyes, exuding authority at about thirty, then recounts the feud between Ulysses Grant and Charles Sumner. It notes they frequently traded verbal blows and includes a quip about Sumner's belief in the Bible.
Cambridge Portias at Portia College of Liberal Arts list attendees including Cath erine Ayers Marga ret Deatley Elaine Gomatos Edith Hodsdon Ruth Matthews Teresa Regan and Edna Brown with street addresses noted.
A breezy overview notes Mayor Lyons facing budget cuts and sketched projects for 1940 including El service on Mass Ave, escalators, and public works. It hints at underhanded lobbying from Auditor McKenzie and Budget Examiner McCall, plus various city officials weighing parking, library personnel, and a new clock in the License Board.
A roundup from The Sentinel Files shows committee assignments in the State House, naming Sen. Brennan and Rep. Burke amid Metropolitan Affairs and Legal Affairs posts. Local figures include Councilman Wm. J. Driscoll planning an alderman bid and John Buckley named N E District Agent for the Income Tax. An Inman Sq Business Men’s Ass’n slate lists Albert E. Lynch as president and other officers and directors.
Members of Chemical No. 1 surprised their Captain James McCabe on a Wednesday night at a Dutch Supper. He was presented with a meerschaum pipe to mark his 25 years of service.
Central Square Theatre presents Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, and Mary Boland with the Yacht Club Boys in Artists and Models Abroad featuring Benny gags and glamorous scenes. Also showing Spawn of the North and The Buccaneer with Tamiroff, Ride a Crooked Mile, and The Great Waltz starring Luise Rainer and Fernand Gravet. Robert Cummings and Helen Mack star in a companion drama. Hughie MacGinnis headlines Saturdays with Hawk of the Wilderness serial.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex to all interested in the estate of Sarah F ann late of Cambridge deceased. A petition for probate of instruments and appointment of Walter Reynolds Eaton as executor is filed in Cambridge Probate Court. Objections must be filed by February 5 1909 with the court.
Thomas H. O Hara was installed as Kiwanis president at the Commander Hotel with new officers Dana Squires and Merton Garfield elected as treasurer and vice president. James A Gallagher, international trustee, addressed members stressing friendship, charity, and leading by example.
H Baldwin advisor of Babson's Reports spoke to the Central Square Businessmen's Assn at the YMCA dinner meeting about the 1939 business outlook. His remarks were optimistic though with cautious notes. The evening included a screening of the Y film Open Doors.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites all interested in Rose Fay Thomas Cambridge trust estate. Trustee Charles Norman bd seeks allowance of fifth to eighth accounts. Anyone wishing to object must appear in Cambridge Court before 10 o clock February 14 return day. Witness Louis F Jordan Register.
The Cambridge Board of License Commissioners notes transfers from individuals to corporations. McCarthy Brothers, doing business as McCarthy Brothers, at 1 Fate Avenue, seeks transfer to McCarthy Brothers of Cambridge, Inc with Timothy F. McCarthy as President and Manager. Also Prospect Spa at 223 Cambridge Street seeks transfer to Prospect Leader Company with Katehadour Azadian as President and Treasurer.
At ten o clock Saturday morning January 14 at St Peter s Church Cambridge Miss Kathryn Cecelia Burns daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Burns Bellevue Ave became the bride of William James O Neill son of Mr and Mrs Thomas P O Neill Orchard Street Best man was Thomas P O Neill Jr ushers included John Salmon Frederick Dowd Thomas Burns and Fred McDermott A reception followed at the Continental Hotel The newlyweds plan a Southward honeymoon and will live on Walker Street
At the RKO Boston Theatre Friday week 2 new stage show features Joe Morrison and Sibyl Bowman from Earl Carroll's Sketchbook along with two new screen features. Exposed stars Glenda Farrell Otto Kruger with a candid journalism theme. The Last Express offers Kent Taylor in a colorful detective role with Dorothea Kent Greta Granstedt Don Brodie and others in the cast.
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