This Week in Marin History

Gobbling good fun

In November 1921, a bulletin of the Masons’ Mill Valley Lodge #356 read: “On Wednesday, Nov. 23, (Thanksgiving Eve), the Lodge will give a dance in the Community Hall of the new School House on Throckmorton Avenue, to which are invited all Master Masons…”  In the November 1935 Bulletin: “Keep in mind the annual Thanksgiving Eve Dance scheduled for Wednesday, November 27, at 8:45 P.M. The next day being a holiday will afford you plenty of opportunity to sleep late. Get the old Tux out of mothballs, be big-hearted and buy the missus a corsage… Good music, soft lights, and maybe you'll win a prize. Bring your friends and work up an appetite for the turkey next day.”