2011.264.001

This is a scrapbook filled with newspaper articles detailing community events and goings-on from 1927 to around 1931 in North Andover and Lawrence, as well as some important national events. There is a wide range of subjects for these articles, but in general they cover the achievements of local residents. Boys at the Lawrence YMCA excelling in their respective sports, Lawrence and Andover high school students achieving honor roll and getting accepted into University, and marriages and new jobs being announced are just some of the events listed in the book. One of the most prominent subjects for these articles is the career of Lawrence teacher turned Hollywood star Thelma Todd, who won the Ms. Massachusetts award in 1928 and went on to become a prolific actor for a few years. According to the articles in this scrapbook, she was a source of great pride for women in Lawrence at the time.