School Board Shows Speed After Primary Eve
The School Board held a short session Monday night with Vice-Chairman Carver presiding. Chester M. Bliss, sophomore dean of Wellington High and Latin School, was announced dead, prompting tributes from officials. Permanent janitors were named to the civil service list, with reserve custodians also appointed. Wellington open air classes gained two new teachers. Cambridge athletics reported a net profit of 607.38 from the recent night game against Somerville High, and the next meeting was postponed a week.
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Fitzgerald
Chester M. Bliss
High Aid Latin School
Wm. J. Devereaux
Chas. F. MacDonald
Civil Service
John J. McHugh
Clarence H. Smith
Mary A. Rowe
Mabel Harrington
Wellington
John Carver
Cambridge
Somerville High
Lyons Workers Stay On The Job For November 7
Police Chief Leahy watches Election Commission quarters while voters cast 2089 total ballots. Senator Blanchard backs the elimination idea as McNamara wins Ward 2 1619 to 849. The Election Board urges future returns in the council chamber.
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Lyons
Leahy
Election Commission
C. Brendan Noonan
Blanchard
Arthur
Montgomery
Doyle
Jack O'Brien
Winslow
McNamara
Flynn
Trowbridge St
Pill
Jimmy
Jack Foley
North Cambridge
Dan Leahy
Elk’and
Cambridge City Championship Round One Ends In Contested Count
The 1939 city championship round closes with election officials reviewing possible miscounts in the scrappy result. Debates over councillor re-elections, precinct battles, and mayoral prospects frame local politics as Jim Cassidy maintains wide support and plans for future races.
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Roche
Toomey
Pill
Hogan
Dee
Jas. J. Cassidy
Jim Curley
Cambridge
Charlie Apted
Harvard
Continental Hotel
Gutheim
Meyer Lyons
Lyons
Bill Bowie
Water Dept
Tim Good
New York
Glamour Girls
Cambridge Red Cross appoints officers for annual Roll Call
Red Cross leaders in Cambridge announce appointments for the Roll Call from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day. Michael T. Kelleher is chairman, John Carver as vice-chair, Thomas H. Eliot leads the Speakers Bureau, Mrs. Hodges heads the house to house canvass, Maurice Corkery oversees displays, and Arthur Wild directs publicity.
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Michael T. Kelleher
Greater Boston Community Fund
Cambridge
Red Cross
Charles F. Walcott
Kelleher
Cambridge Red Grass
Boston
Marsh and McLennan, Inc
John Carver
Cambridge School Committee
Primary Results Signal Lyons Hold In Mayor Race
The report notes Mayor Lyons leading by about 5000 votes over Russell and Lynch’s bid diminished by Gibson. Russell and Gibson innovations curtailed Lynch’s comeback while Lyons’ persona aided vote gathering. Housing issues fizzled as Lyons opposed housing for the homeless and slum clearance faced government indifference.
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Russell
Gibson
Lynch
Mr. Lynch
Mr. Russell
Lyons
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