City Hall Bureaus, Spring Adagios And Civic Banter
City departments meet on civil service issues while Mayor power debate and adjournment loom. Fire Chief Gutheim notes the Portland Street ladder truck won’t arrive before October. City Hall social chatter spans Club plans at City Hall and outside staff, a sunburnt city belle, and a Maine trip rest for Deputy Treasurer Jim Myette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Gutheim
Portland St
Council
Timothy F. Leahy
Falmouth
Edna
Julia Barry
Tress
Acting Mayor Sennott Powers Curtailed in 1941
Cambridge Republicans push to limit acting mayor Sennott’s executive powers for rest of 1941. Bills from Taxpayers Ass’n and Councillor Hogan would grant full power only to the acting mayor with curbs on tenure, pay set at 7500 per diem, and council presidency duties. Senate amendments debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Pres. Sennott
Council
Henry Winslow
Haven
Senate
Blanchard
Lyons
Gas Electric Club Outing Shines At Norumbega Park
The Gas and Electric Employees Club held its 10th annual outing at Norumbega Park last Saturday drawing nearly 200 members who departed Central Square at 10 AM in private cars for Leif Ericson's Vineland rest. A 31 event program kept attendees engaged as club officers and committee members are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas & Electric Employees Club
Norumbega Park
Gentral Sq
Leif Ericson
Vineland
Pres
Leslie J. Kewer
Richard J. Sullivan
Lec'y
Dorothy Paine
Treas
Arthur Landry
Les Kewer
Ronnie Martin
Dick Sullivan
Hard
Cambridge Defense Bonds Campaign Organizes Savings Drive
Acting Mayor Francis L. Sennett appoints Assessor Thomas F. Gibson as chair of the Local Defense Savings Committee to enroll citizens in weekly or monthly Defense Bonds and stamps. The effort aims to fund National Defense, involve citizens in national defense, and foster thrift for future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Gibson
Francis L. Sennett
Last Rites for John A. Blevins
Funeral services for John A. Blevins 75 a local roofer and former Boston bookkeeper were held at Watson Funeral Home in Magazine Street. He died after a two week illness at his summer home in North Hampton New Hampshire. Survived by wife Cassie two sons including Albert H. Blevins, two brothers and a sister. Burial at Mt Auburn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Blevins
Watson
Magazine St
Mr. Blevins
John J
Ellen Blevins
Boston
John
North Hampton
N. H
Albert H. Blevins
Wanted Girl Telephone Solicitors From Home
Advertises 40 hour week positions for inexperienced female applicants to work from home using own telephone. Interviews scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday July 22 23. Send responses to Box 65 Cambridge Sentinel.
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Tuo
Cambridge Sentinal
Real Estate Insurance and Mortgages at Commonwealth Avenue Boston
Real estate and mortgage notices list 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston with contact telephone number Ken 0767. Details appear to relate to property insurance and loan service offerings. The artifact reads as a business card style notice within a historical newspaper page.
Central Square Outing Honors Community Figures
Pres MacKenzie won floor wax donated by Sam Pill for a finishing touch. Fire Chief Gutheim received a light from the Electric Light Co. Police Chief Leahy got a mystery gift from MacKenzie Motor Co. Walter Hahn, baker, was honored with delicious blueberry cakes and won an electric lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKenzie
Sam Pill
Gutheim
Electric Light Co
Leahy
MacKenzie Motor Co
Walter Hahn
Central Sq
Gas Station Proposal At Harvard And Prospect Sts
License Board weighs Culhane request for a gasoline station at Harvard and Prospect Streets as more feasible than stores or an apartment. A letter from Fuller estate agent supports the petition while Edw J Martin objects and Rev Fr Butler may oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Prospect Streets
Thos. P. Culhane
Harvard St
Prospect St
Fr. Butler
St. Mary’s Church
Local Cambridge Bar Association Outing At Seiler's Ten Acres
Sunny day gathering in Wayland drew over 90 members of the Cambridge Bar Assn with President Daly and acting host Sam Finksman. Winners included Hogan and Goldstein in track events, McMenimen in the Fat Man’s race, Rob Gray in several contests, and the winning quoits team Reagan and Crowley. brief notes mention absentees and a Supreme Court query on a past event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Bar Assn
Seiler's
Ten Acres
Wayland
Sam Finksman
John A. Daly
Rob Gray
John di Nunzio
Wm. L. Galvin
Quoits
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John J. McGillicuddy
The
Sentinel
Mary
Sennott
Floyd D. Campbell
Jim Summer Age
Defense Bonds
Thos. Gibson
New Hampshire
Harvard Floor Craft Co
Dien Rales
Eae
McAte Se
Chas. F. Hurley
Real Estate Insurance
Iortgages
Commonwealth Avenue
Pearl ST
Concord Ave
Daniel F. O’brien
Mass. Avenue
Kir
Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridge Street
North Avenue Savings Bank
Cambridge Bar Ass’n
Jim Reagan
Dan Crowley
2D.j. Henry Smith
al Doyle
Bill Horan
Joe Fine
Supreme Court
Andy Moore
Ed Doran
Ed Crane
Ed Kellen
Tom Gibson
Fred McMenimen
J. Henry
DIST
ATTY
Bradford
Dan Lynch
Judge Greene
Falstaff
Anhattan Market
Massachusetts Avenue
Central Square
Sirloin
Manhattan
MASS
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