It was a sad final day at the Eldridge Hotel, which was scheduled to be closed the following morning. Manager Mike Getto pointed out that since the building didn’t originally have exterior locks, a locksmith had installed them so that the doors could be locked for the first time in the building’s 115-year history. The Lawrence Rotary Club, which had been founded in the hotel in 1919, was expected to be the last organization to hold a meeting in the Crystal Room. The final fate of the building, as well as of various furnishings and decorative fixtures, was as yet undecided. However, Getto reported that some people had called to get goldfish from the pond as souvenirs.

A June 20 fire in the basement of the Professional Building at 925-927 Massachusetts was still under investigation. Electricity had been ruled out as a cause of the blaze, which had caused heavy smoke and some water damage to Pound’s Fabric Shop and Doore’s Stationery.

A 60-pound safe had been unbolted from the floor and carried out of the Captains Table Restaurant, 1428 Crescent Road.