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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION 
MANCHESTER PopruLAcE TuRN Out 
to Pay HoMMAGE To YULETIDE 
SAINT 
The Christmas Festival in Man- 
chester was a glorious success—more 
so if anything than the initial public 
celebration of a year ago. ‘The light 
fall of snow during the late after- 
noon and evening of the day before 
Christmas but added a realistic touch 
to the physical decorations and pre- 
parations for the event. 
The large tree erected on the Vil- 
lage green, beautifully decorated with 
colored lights, tinsel and Christmas 
ornaments, was the pivot around 
which the human wheel of hundreds 
of children and grown-ups revolved. 
The lights were turned on as the 
shades of night began to fall. Hun- 
dreds of children, in arms, a-wheel 
and a-foot thronged around the tree 
and the centennial elm at the base of 
which were some stuffed animals—- 
including a large bear that made audi- 
ble response to the carresses of the 
youngsters, and awaited Santa 
Claus. He finally arrived amid an 
outburst of applause and cheers and 
cries of fear on the part of some of 
the younger ones. But, on the whole, 
Santa was a most welcome visitor and 
soon made friends with all. His pack 
of gifts was laid on the steps of the 
church and before the children had 
departed each received a gift from 
Santa Claus, with the assurance that 
ere the night was over he would visit 
every house in town. 
The real celebration started at 8.30, 
after the trees at the churches. It 
seemed as though the whole town had 
poured out for the occasion. Fully 
500 people were in the procession 
which marched up through the cen- 
ter of the town, to the postoffice and 
back again to the Common. Nearly 
every organization in town was rep- 
resented. The band lead the proces- 
sion. The most conspicuous of the 
score or more organizations in line 
was the Arbella club with their red 
capes and head coverings.. There 
were more than 125 girls in line. 
The singing of carols by the popu- 
lace, also by the glee clubs of the 
high school and the boy scouts came 
to a close by all singing America. 
It was a most successful occasion 
and one that has come to stay as a 
permanent feature of the holiday 
season, let us hope—and thanks also 
to the Arbella club, the organization 
of young girls which has grown into 
such a power for good in the com- 
munity in the last few years. 
Did they do nothing more than 
bring about this Christmas celebra- 
tion each year they might feel that 
they had accomplished wonders, for 
this is something which affects the 
whole town, young and old, rich and 
poor, and may the good work which 
they have started continue in years 
to come. 
BLEW Ov? THE OLD, BLEW IN THE 
NEw YEAR 
Of all the New Year celebrations 
there is no question in the minds of 
Manchester people but that the tug 
used here in connection with the 
dredging for the sewer pipes in the 
harbor had the greatest blow out of 
all. For more than half an hour last 
night the tug’s shrill whistle kept up 
a continuous tooting. Is there any- 
body in town that did not hear it? 
Our impressions of it are vastly dii- 
ferent this morning as we record 
these few words than they were last 
night at 12.05 when we were awaken- 
ed from the sleep of peace which is 
the only peace the poor editor enjoys. 
Our first visions of a sea catastrophe, 
or a monstrous fire, or something else 
dreadful, as we head the whistle, were 
soon dispelled as the pleasing voice of 
the night operator at the telephone of- 
fice wished us a Happy New Year 
and said the whistle was simply the 
dredging company’s way of blowing 
out the old year and blowing in the 
new, 
MANCHESTER 
The Breeze will print next week the 
vital statistics of Manchester for 
1914. 
A daughter was born on Dec. 30, to 
Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Sjolund, 
Union st. 
Santa Claus presented Mr. and 
Mrs. Axel Magnuson, Vine st., with 
a son on Christmas. 
Children’s Educator shoes at Walt 
Bell’s, Central sq. adv. 
Mrs. F. L. Smith was called’ to 
Salem, Wednesday by the death of 
her father, C. D. Gay, for many years, 
court reporter in that city. 
Swett’s Fish Mkt. 163-W. adv. 
Miss Della Gallagher of Boston is 
spending the week with her mother, 
Mrs. William Gallagher, at the lat- 
ter’s home on Lincoln street. 
Queen Quality boots for fall and 
winter wear at Walt Bell’s, Central 
sq. adv. 
Miss Ethel Hooper, who teaches in 
Winthrop, is spending a few days 
visiting her brother, Harry F. Hoop- 
er and Mrs. Hooper at ‘““Westwoode,”’ 
Lincoln ave. Mr. and Mrs: Hooper 
passed Christmas in Cambridge with 
the latter’s mother, Mrs. Lovering. 
The Friendship Circle of the Bap- 
tist church held an_ entertainment 
Tuesday evening in the church vestry. 
Owing to the storm that evening the 
attendance was small, but everyone 
present enjoyed the program, which 
was in the nature of a farce. 
Buy your wall papers from H. §S. 
Tappan, 17 Bridge street, Manches- 
Ler, ady. 
Chas. A. Lodge, Jr., who has been 
in Canada the past year in the gov- 
ernment employ, in the rapidly grow- 
ing north western Canada, has re- 
cently been appointed Government 
Grain and Seed Inspector for Alberta, 
with headquarters at Calgary. He is 
also one of the directors of the Mun- 
son Agricultural Exhibit. Mr. Lodge 
is a graduate of the Mass, Agric. Col- 
lege, class of 1912, Saco 
