Wakefield Board of Education Special Meeting December 2 1925
Proceedings show a special meeting at the First National Bank building to review bids on new high school work. Victor Lepisto presided as treasurer with Tyack Ahola present. secretary pro tem appointed. bids from Alex Rosemargy and City Electric & Plumbing Co considered. clock and Howard Clock system bids discussed. motion to accept Rosemargy bid and adjust total. meeting adjourned at 4 20 p m.
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Wakefield Board of Education
First National Bank
Victor Lepisto
Stanley Tyack
Henry Ahola
H. A. Tressel
Abe Mathews
Abola
Lepisto
Mr. Lepisto
Mr. Tyack
Henry Abola
Alex Rosemargy
City Electric & Plumbing Co
Ahola
Howard
Tyack
New Gas-Motor Rail Coach Serves U P Towns
New gas motor railway coach joins eight in the United States on the Chicago and Northwestern route between Wakefield Bessemer and Tropwood. First car placed in service in 1924, resembles a modern automobile with a generator gear shift accelerator and seats one. Built from a standard wooden railroad coach, light weight 62,000 pounds with four wheel trucks. Combines passenger baggage and express service and promises lower operating costs. Each of two motors is a heavy duty six cylinder model I, 105 hp at 4 000 rpm, with synchronizing gears and governor control for maximum speed. Michigan Manufacturers' Record.
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United States
Chicago & Northwestern
Wakefield
Bessemer
Tropwood
Michigan
Record of Titans: Miles Darden Heinously Large for 1857 Tennessee
Fragmentary historical note alleges a man named Miles Darden in Tennessee around 1857 weighed over 1,000 pounds at death. Text references a tall, heavy figure with height and measurements but is corrupted, mentioning foot inches and an estimated age or stature.
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Miles Darden
Tenneweeth
Canned Christmas Gifts Unfold Monthly Delights for Caregivers
A nostalgic piece explains a twelve month gift plan where a mother or shut-in opens monthly packages labeled with rhymes. January features handwork for winter wear, February offers photos and poems, March seeds and tips, and December ends with a love letter and motto. Seeds from home gardens are encouraged and practical gifts praised.
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Gertrude Walton
Anton
Has She Thought of That Prominent Club Woman Seeks Voice
Prominent club woman calls for a public voice after unclear whereabouts of her husband. She suggests he may be at home, highlighting personal distress and community concern.
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Bostom Transeriia
Corinne Griffith as Flapper in New Film at Strand
Corinne Griffith stars as a sophisticated flapper in the screen adaptation of Edna Ferber’s Classified to be shown at Strand Community Theater on Christmas Day. Jack Mulhall supports. cast includes Ward Crane Charles Murray Edythe Chapman Carroll Nye George Sidney Bernard Rendall Jacqueline Wells.
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Corinne Griffith
Edna Ferber
Strand Community Theater
Miss Griffith
Jack Mulhall
Ward Crane
Charles Murray
Edythe Chapman
Carroll Nye
George Sidney
Bernard Rendall
Jacqueline Wells
Judgment at the Strands Community Theater
May Edgington's latest post story Judgment adapted for film by Frank Lloyd stars Antonio Moreno Patsy Ruth Miller Ruth Clifford and David Torrence. It will run Dec 20 under the title Her Husband's Secret and depict a double romance across 1900 and the present, contrasting parental love with youth and romance.
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May Edgington
Frank Lloyd
Antonio Moreno
Patsy Ruth Miller
Ruth Clifford
David Torrence
Saturday Evening Post
Lioyd
Hoot GibsonStars in Hit and Run at Strand Theater
Hoot Gibson appears in Hit and Run billed as the Babe Ruth of cattle country, coming to Strand Community Theater on December 24. The cowboy stars in a comic thrilling tale with Mike Donlin as a baseball scout, featuring far reaching drives and a cactus league twist amid playful horseback fielding and dramatic stunts.
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Hoot Gibson
Babe Ruth
Strand
Gibson
Mike Donlin
Mike
Hoot
Donlin
Famed Hollywood Jazz Band Featured in Film at Strand
The Montmartre Cafe orchestra of Hollywood appears in the silent film Just a Woman at the Strand Community theater on Saturday December 18 as stars like Pickford Fairbanks and Wesbanka Chere are noted among the cast.
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Hollywood
Strand Community Theater
Montlmartre Cafe Orchestra
Feist
Becauee Wesbanka
Chere Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie
Just a Woman Stars Shine in Montmartre Cafe Scene
Strand Theatre notes describe Conway Tearle Claire Windsor Percy Marmont and Dorothea Revier headlining Just a Woman with the Montmartre Cafe orchestra delivering standout dance sequences. The piece likens the orchestra to a silent helper whose performance enhances the stars' dancing on screen.
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Kaplin
Talmadges
Count
E& Hard Day
Montmartre 'Cafe
Conway Tearle
Claire Windsor
Percy Marmont
Dorothy Revier
New York
Lke
Dramatic True Story Film Stars Lionel Barrymore at Strand
The Macfadden True Story film The Wrongdoers opens at Strand Community theater on Tuesday December 2 starring Lionel Barrymore with Anne Cornwall and Henry Hull. Flora Finch also appears in the cast as part of the life filled drama.
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Macfadden
Bernarr Macfadden
Lionel Barrymore
Strand Community Theater
Barrymore
Anne Cornwall
Henry Hull
Miss Cornwall
Flora Finch
Joseph Greer and Daugh ter at Strand Theater
See Joseph Greer, recluse and man of science, master the jungle savages. The piece contrasts Civilization’s financiers with this dominant personality and follows a tale of romance, rainstorms, and idle wealth. Seven sidelights on What Feels Men at the Strand Community theater.
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Joseph Greer
George Burns
Strand Community Theater
What Fools Men at Strand Community Theater
A lively note describes an elopement gone ahead as a mail pilot whirs the propeller toward happiness. The Strand Community Theater will soon show What Fools Men featuring Lewis Stone Shirley Meson Barbara Bedford and Ethel Grey Terry among others in an array of screen notables.
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Strand Community Theater
Lewis Stone
Shirley Meson
Barbara Bedford
Ethel Grey Terry
Soul Fire star Richard Barthelmess to visit Strand
Richard Barthelmess brings Soul Fire to Strand Community Theatre on Tuesday December 15 in a new type of role for the star. The piece follows a young American composer Eric Fane from Italy to Paris and the South Seas, showcasing Barthelmess in his best acting yet alongside a cast including Dorothy Mackaill and John Bowers and others.
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Richard Barthelmess
Strand Community Theater
Soul Fire
Barthelmess
Italy
Paris
Port Seid
South Seas
Eric Fane
Dorothy Mackaill
John Bowers
Lorna Doone
Hobart Bosworth
Myrtle Stedman
Chicago
Gladys Brockwell
Allstar Cast in Eleanor Meherin’s Chickie on Strand Screen
A rare all star lineup headlines the Strand Community Theater screening of Eleanor Meherin's Chickie. The Sunday showing features Dore among the cast, promising a notable film event for readers.
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Eleanor Meherin
Strand Community Theater
Dore
Chickie Sensational Serial Filmed for Community Theater
Five million readers await the screen version of Chickie the sensational serialized novel. The Community theater will present the film on Sunday December 1. John Francis Dilton directed Chickie after Flaming Youth.
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Chickie
Alenore Meherin
John Francis Dilton
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