Mrs, Nora Curley, "Ma" Curley to hundreds of ocean travellers, recently was the proud possessor of a diamond, studded platinum wrist watch upon which is engraved, "From your shipmates on the s. President Hoover."
The which was presented to Mrs. Curley by Chief Steward Joseph Robinson of the Dollar liner at the close of Mrs, Curley's last voyage as a stewardess for the line.
For thirty years."Ma" Curley has been crossing the Pacific as stewardess on the crack liners that ply the trade routes between San Francisco and Shanghai, Born on Rincon Hill in San Francisco, the sea first attracted her as a baby girl when she watched sailing vessels and steamers come through the Golden Gate, Her first position was on the Si-bena of the old Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and after serving on every vessel of the fleet she later Joined the Dollar Line on the President Lincoln, When she retired this week she was serving on the luxury liner Hoover, After a virtual lifetime at sea, during which she assisted ships" surgeons in the bringing of new life end was present at many a shipboard funeral, faced storms and shipwreck with courage and a brave word for her charges—the—passengers—Mrs. Curley declared that she will settle "down again on Rincon Hill and finish life as she started it:
"Watching the ships come and go."
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