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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1940
Page
5
A notice states that savings bank books listed are to be paid in accordance with Chapter 171 of the Acts of 1412 and that an application has been made for payment of the accounts.
Notice of sale under a mortgage dated March 12 1903 and recorded in Middlesex District. Property in Cambridge described as land with buildings fixtures and adjacent lots. Sale to satisfy unpaid taxes assessments and municipal charges. sale to occur at two o clock in the afternoon at the premises. Proceeds to be used to pay the mortgagee and charges with right of redemption as provided by law. Further information available from Cambridge Savings Bank or the attorney.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts references appear in a fragmentary note about formalities of delivery and authority. The readable text mentions Hierra and legates with devisers and a general wotlee for mall of delivery in a government context.
Probate Court directs Elisabeth O Keefe of Cambridge to probate the will of decedent in Middlesex County. A citation requires appearance in Cambridge Court before ten in the morning on October 22. Witness John Leggat. date and year recorded by Loring Jordan, Registrar.
By virtue of a mortgage from F. Estabrook to a Bank dated June 1, 1968 the property at 302 Harvard Street Cambridge MA will be sold at public auction on November 2 at 1:30 PM. The parcel includes Lot 6 on Plan Book 4 Plan 38 and buildings such as furnaces, stoves, and fixtures. Terms and any municipal liens noted. Cambridge Mass October 17 with notices through November 7.
A petition has been filed in probate court for Minnie Elisabeth Hales of Cambridge deceased, seeking appointment of a executor with bond waived. Interested parties must file a written objection by the specified date with the court or register.
A petition to register and confirm title to a Cambridge parcel is filed in Middlesex County Massachusetts by Elvin M. Johnson of Woburn. The description covers land bounded by Massachusetts Avenue Mt Vernon Street Stanley Hildreth lands John Mooney etc with plan attached. Objections must be filed by November 12 with the Recorder in Boston or be barred.
A petition before the Middlesex Probate and Family Court seeks private sale of undivided one third of a Cambridge land parcel described as 4141 square feet with a dwelling, to equity among tenants in common. A commissioner may be appointed to partition and, if indivisible, to sell and distribute net proceeds. objections must be filed in Cambridge by November 7, 1940.
Vermont probate notice from Rutland County requests appointment of a site administrator for the estate of Charles W. Parmenter of Mount Holly. Harriet H. Parmenter petitions to be named as executrix without bond. Objections must be filed in writing by a listed date. Loring P. Jordan registers the filing.
Probate Court Middlesex Massachusetts to all persons interested in the trust estate under the will of Edward T Barker late of Cambridge deceased for the benefit of Elisabeth L Barker during her lifetime and thereafter for others. The trustees have presented for allowance the second to fourth accounts inclusive. If you wish to object file a written appearance in Cambridge before ten o clock in the forenoon on the sixth day of November 1914. Witness John C Leggat First Judge of said Court this eleventh day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred fourteen. Loring F P Jordan Register Het 105 Nov 2
Middlesex County records show Leno Joseph Quatram of Cambridge petitions to change his name to Leonard Ker. Objections must be filed in Cambridge Superior Court by November 6, the return day. Judge John C. Leceat presides. Register Lohin P. Jordan notes the filing.
Citations issued for the estates of Charles F. Ayers and Sarah A. Drew. Petition to appoint administrator and executor respectively, with no bond surety required.Return days set for October 29, 1940 and October 30, 1940. Court notices advise objections by attorneys or interested parties in Cambridge. Officials John C. Legeat, Enquirer, and Loring P. Jordan, Register, issue dates October 12 to October 28, 1940.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts probate notice states Bridget Agnes Healy of Cambridge died, executors seek allowance of their first account. Attorneys must appear at Cambridge Probate Court by 10 am November 6, 1040. Judge Withers and John C. Leggat named for the case. Register Long F. Jordan records the notice.
The administratrix of Teena McLaughlin late of Cambridge Massachusetts requests the court to grant allowance. A written answer must be filed by October 29 in care of the court. Witness John C. Tordan Register. October 12 19 25
City of Cambridge Board of License Commissioners advertises a transfer request by Eeser Lunch Inc. and manager Alva G Eine. The license seeks sale of all alcoholic beverages and a change from common victualer to tavern for 7 Essex Street to 33 Boston Street Cambridge. John Quin
Old resident Harry L. Lincoln, longtime chief clerk of the Water Department and president of the Columbian Co operative Bank since 1932, died this week. A Cambridge native, he served the bank from its early years after becoming a shareholder in 1892 and rose to director in 1897 and vice president in 1926. Survived by widow Nellie A. Lincoln, he lived at 12 Wendell Street. Services were held Sunday at Story Chapel Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge officiated by Rev. Frank E. Duddy with interment at Cambridge Cemetery.
A petition to discharge the conservator of Winifred McDonald of Cambridge is filed in Middlesex County Court. The return day is November 12, 1940, before ten o'clock in the forenoon, with Judge John C. Leit presiding and Loring P. Jordan, Register, recording. The petition names Patrick O'Brien as conservator and involves Winifred McDonald's husband and heirs as shown in the citation issued October 16, 1940.
Pursuant to Chapter 105, general laws of Massachusetts, storage charges and warehousemen lien will cause sale of household goods including furniture, pictures, rugs, disks, and trunks belonging to Julia Worthen Una Hobbs T H Mackinnon Len Thornton Frances G Menews at Clark and Reid Company storage warehouse 390 Green Street Cambridge on Friday November 15 1940 at 10 00 A M.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts notice to all interested in the estate of Titian Cassell of Cambridge. William Cassell has presented her first account for allowance and objections must be filed by November 13 in Cambridge Superior Court before 10 AM. Witness John C. Leggat, Clerk. Oct 18, 140.
After a members poll the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce directors voted to discontinue the dining room. The space will be repurposed for other activities including speaker meetings to raise the chamber’s profile nationwide. President Townsen and Secretary Martin are shaping a new progressive policy to boost local industrial and commercial prestige.
George Abbott presents The White-Haired Boy at Plymouth Theatre on Monday Oct 28 premiering a straight comedy in Boston before New York. The play by Charles Martin and Beatrice Kaufman spoofs movies and theatre with sharp satire and a Pulitzer prize winning playwright as its hero. An unusual cast includes Keenan Wynn Betty Garde Philip Loeb Joan Tetzel Frances Reid Curt Conway Florence Ames Will Lee James Lane and setting by Donald Oenslager.
The will filed as the flat will of Edward Joseph Joyce late of Cambridge is presented to the court. Mary Agnes Wales and Alfred A McDurritt request appointment as executors without bond. An appearance in court by counsel is required before 10 am on October 21 in Cambridge Court.
Central Square Theatre presents Boom Town featuring Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr in a four day run with Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Chill Willis Marion Martin and Minna Gambell in supporting roles A Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is the companion feature A Gene Autry Guest Contest is held Saturday matinee with a lunch meet for the winner Brigham Young Frontiersman starts Tuesday for three days
One of Greater Boston’s busiest motor floor spaces at Main and Main Street features Peter Salvi directing 27 finishers on Oldsmobiles and other autos. His son Arthur serves as General Manager keeping service efficiency high.
More than three thousand cooperative societies have been organized in Fukien province to sustain China’s prolonged resistance to the Japanese invasion.
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