The Fuller Brush salesman.

Eagle Feathers #5 – Knock Knock…Who’s There?

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

When I was a kid, Saturday was business day of the week.  Houses were bombarded by door-to-door delivery or salespeople. We would see a parade of professionals that would include the milkman, the bread man, the egg man, the paperboy and a host of other merchants. The most memorable of these characters for me was the one who would give free gifts before he made his sales pitch – the Fuller Brush man. In the year 1903, at the age of 18, Alfred Fuller moved from Nova Scotia, Canada, to Somerville, MA. The fifth of his siblings to migrate south because there was no future at home other than working on a farm, he moved in with his sister at 21 Windham Street, right outside of Davis Square.

The Somerville News Person of the Week, Lynne Lenoir.

Meet Lynne Lenoir, a lifelong resident here in the ‘Ville. She graduated from SHS then went on to attend and graduate from Salem State. She is now and has been working in the very noble profession of being a registered nurse. She is an extremely nice and kind person who has a wonderful sense of humor.

Visiting Somerville from Belo Horizonte Brazil for the summer are (pictured left to right) Bruna Mota, Marco Tulio Mariano, Marli Braga, (their host here in Somerville Marisa Tauro), Lucas Santos and Vinicius Santos.

It was with great jubilation and immense relief that the Haitian Coalition of Somerville welcomed the news of the safe release of Lissa Alphonse and Rev. Michel Louis by their abductors in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

City Cancels Outdoor Recreation Programs, Opens Cooling Center at Senior Centers on Holland, New Washington and Cross Street and  Extends Dilboy Pool Hours  to 8 p.m.

Due to today’s forecast of an unusually high heat and humidity index, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has issued the following advisory:

“Somerville residents are advised to avoid exposure to the extreme heat whenever possible, to drink plenty of water and restrict unnecessary outdoor activity. In the interests of public health and safety, the City is canceling all outside recreation programs scheduled for today; Little League programs and tonight’s Sunsetters performance on Ames Streets are canceled as well. The City is also extending the hours at Dilboy Pool until 8pm.

Arrests:
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A juvenile, July 9, 9:54 a.m., arrested at 104 Wheatland St. on a charge of assault and battery.

Daniel McLean, 54, of 268 Washington St., July 9, 5:11 p.m., arrested at Stone Ave. on a charge of abuse prevention order violation.

Kathryn Geismar is a Somerville-based psychologist and a painter. She work in oils and does both still lifes and portraits, always searching for the essence of the subject that she is trying to capture in paint. Each painting attempts to render, through observed moments, the subject’s unique character, individuality, psychology, and form. The work is representational though not a photographic replica of life. She accepts commissions for portraits and works out of her studio at Vernon Street in Somerville. Her website is www.geismarart.com.

By William Tauro

Two City of Cambridge Department of Public Works employees were arrested on Friday in the Target Department store parking lot on Somerville Avenue.