MANCHESTER SECTION: 
Mr. and Mrs. George Whippen of 
Lynn were in town over the week- 
end as guests of relatives. 
Rey. A. G. Warner spoke at West 
Gloucester last evening before the 
Brotherhood on ‘‘A Modern Cheva- 
Lier cs 
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Floyd had as 
their guest last Friday and Satur- 
day Mr. Floyd’s father, Mr. Pear- 
son, of Byfield. 
Thomas Plummer Andrews, who 
had been confined to his home for 
over a week by illness, was taken 
to the Beverly hospital last Friday 
for treatment. 
Mr, and: Mrs, Harvard H-Cy Per 
kins have bought a large 2-family 
house. at 5 Whitney ave., Beverly, 
part of which they will use for their 
own occupancy. 
Miss Louise Walsh has so suffi- 
ciently recovered from her serious 
illness as to be able to attend the 
meting of the Arbella club Tuesday. 
Miss Katherine Meaney is much 
improved after her recent illness. 
Miss Margaret Meaney will resume 
her duties at the Gloucester tele- 
phone exchange next week. 
Fred J. White, who has lived in 
the Chase cottage, so-called, at Old 
Neck, for several years, has moved 
to Cambridge. The cottage has been 
sold to George Wigglesworth, it is 
understood, and will be occupied by 
his caretaker, William Craig. 
South America is a country that 
is coming more and more into prom- 
inence. On March 24, Miss Mary 
Brooks of Gloucester will speak in 
the Chapel on ‘‘Bits of Bolivian 
Color.’’ Her lecture will be illus- 
trated by 60 views for the reflecto- 
scope. Please mark the date—March 
24. 
Mrs. Hannah Tappan has charge 
of the May Festival, which the Wo- 
man’s Relief Corps is planning to 
hold in the Town hall this year, and 
the event is anticipated with a great 
deal of pleasure. There will be 
some pretty dances under the di- 
rection of Miss Beatrice Long, who 
is instructing those who are to 
participate. Further details will be 
announced later. 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
Friday, March 12, 1915. 
Lyman W. Floyd has been ap- 
pointed assistant Town Clerk. 
Mrs. P. J. Cleary of Bennett. st., 
who hag been ill with tonsilitis, is 
able to be out again. 
Miss Gertrude Goldsmith, Lincoln 
st., gave a delightful informal tea 
last Friday in honor of Mrs. Etta 
Woodbury Mead of Wellesley 
Farms. 
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Stevens are 
receiving the congratulations of 
friends on the birth of a son yester- 
day afternoon at the Beverly 'os- 
pital. 
There will be an open meeting of 
the Woman’s Club on Tuesday, 
Mar. 16 at 3.30, at the Chapel, when 
Mrs. Kate Upson Clark will speak 
on ‘‘Can Personality be Acquired.’’ 
Thost who heard Mrs. Clark when 
she was here before will be glad to 
listen again to this interesting, help- 
ful speaker. Her fund of wit and 
humor are a delight to her audience. 
The annual inspection of Col. H. 
P. Woodbury camp, 149, S. of V. 
was held at G. A. R. hall Tuesday 
evening, the inspecting officer being 
from Beverly. Delegations were 
present from Beverly and Glouces- 
ter. A collation was served after 
the meeting. The degree team from 
the local camp will go to Gloucester 
on the 24th of this month. 
People living on the shore line in 
Manchester harbor will be glad to 
know that their peaceful slumbers 
of the early morning will not be 
disturbed the coming summer by 
the various dredging machines and 
tug boats that filled the harbor all 
last summer and into the autumn. 
No dredging appropriation was 
made this year. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at 
the Manchester, Mass., P. O., for 
week endng March 11, 1915:—Mrs. 
Sadie’ Burnham, G. F. Bosher, L. 
Lovett, Madame Charles Laperche, 
William J. Mulligan, Fred Martin, 
Miss Grace Louise McQuestion, Mrs. 
Walter J. Miller, Miss A. Morrison, 
Antonio Machado, Kannels Oak- 
land, Mrs. Fred Tweedle—S. lL. 
Wheaton, p. m. 
WILLMONTON’S AGENCY 
Real Estate and Insurance of All Kinds 
School and Union Sts, Manchester +: Old South Bidg., Boston 
ing. 
The Park board has organized | 
with W. B. Calderwood as chair- 
man and J. S. Reed, secretary. . - 
The tower stations are oh yell 7 
Service of ‘‘watchful waiting’’ : Tor ? 
forest fires. The shutters were re- 
moved from the station at Manches- — 
ter yesterday. 
The Manchester Brotherhood will 
observe Ladies’ Night, Monday eve-. 
ning, March 15, at the Baptist 
church, at 8 o’clock. Musie will be 
furnished by The Orpheus club, of — 
Manchester. Rev. Irad B. Hardy, 
of East Gloucester, will deliver the 
address. Members are allowed to — 
invite as many adult guests as they a 
may desire. Admission will be 15 . 
cents. 
Parent-Teacher Meeting 4 
The regular meeting of the Par-.. 
ent-Teacher association will be held» — 
in the Price School hall Wednesday — 
evening, Mar. 17. The speaker is. 
to come on the 8.10 train, so the jam 
meeting will begin later than usual. . 
Mr. Frank G. Wadsworth, agent for — 
the State Board of Education will . 
speak on team work between home . — 
and school. Mr. Wadsworth is a — 
very able speaker and his subject . 
will be of interest to all interested — 
in the welfare of schools. P 
Miss Helen Knight and Frank 
Knight will furnish the music, play- | 
ing piano and ’cello solos, respec- 
tively. 
Empire Theatre, Salem. 
The attraction at the Empire 
Theatre, Salem, next week will be — 
‘Baby Mine,’ the ‘“‘laugh play of 
the century.’’ One critic wrote of .7 
the play when it ran for a solid . | 
year at Daly’s theatre, New York: . 
‘‘It is pepsin for indigestion . and | 
massage for nerves; invalids. are - 
made well while they wait, cripple 
leave their crutches at the box. ofme. 
fice, and carelessly healthy persons-. _ 
will find new use for: their well. be-- 
All classes, colors, and: tem--+ 
peraments will scream with ‘‘Baby 
Mine.’’ pee 
SUMMER HOUSE FOR |. 
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