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MANCHESTER 
George Hildreth is the first to an- 
nounce his candidacy for office at the 
coming town meeting, in March. He 
is a candidate for water commissioner, 
against N. P. Weldrum whose term ex- 
pires this year. Mr. Hildreth run for this 
office two years ago, against J. T. Stan- 
ley, and lacked only 35 votes of being 
elected. He is in the fight to stay. 
Some 25 members of the Degree of 
Honor called at the home of John F. 
Silva, Forest street, Thursday evening, 
and tendered him a surprise party, which 
proved a surprise, indeed, as Mr. Silva 
was taken completely unawares. A 
very pleasant evening resulted, during 
which Mr. Silva was presented with a 
purse of gold. Mr. Silva has not yet 
sufficiently recovered from his accident 
of last fall, when he fell under the train 
in the local station and had some of his 
toes crushed, so that he can work. 
Fr. Shahan court, 220, M. C. O. F., 
have elected the following © officers: 
William McEachern, chief ranger; 
Austin Morley, vice ranger; James 
Sheehan, rec. secy.; Miss ‘Theresa 
O’Neil, fin. secy.; Henry Bohaker, 
treas.; Laura Saulnier, sen. cond.; 
Thomas Winne, jun. con. ; John F. Silva, 
outside sentinel; John H. Baker, inside 
sent.; Wm. McEachern, delegate. 
The installation will be on Monday, 
Jan. 20, and Deputy James Riley of 
Gloucester will be the installing officer. 
Miss Ethel L. Mitchelk has returned 
to her work at Simmons college, Boston, 
after spending a~ very pleasant vacation 
with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lane. 
Phonographs & Records 
If you want the latest delivered 
promptly, communicate with 
JOSEPH W. CAWTHORNE, JR. 
Cor. Pine and Central Sts... Manchester 
DR. Cc. L. HOY 
Dentist 
Announces toh's Manchester patrons that he 
will be at his office, at 6 Union Street daily, 
from 9to5 o'clock. Telephone 14-4. 
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES 
A Connie fee of 
WINTER 
SHOES 
CHAS. HOOPER, 
Central Sq. 
i Manchester 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The sale and entertainment held at the 
Chapel Wednesday evening under the 
auspices of the Ladies’ Social circle was 
well attended and the sales tables were 
well patronized. A very interesting pro- 
gram was presented consisting of musi- 
cal and reading selections. Miss Annie 
Lane rendered two selections on the 
piano. Other numbers included: read- 
ing, ‘‘ The Village Oracle,’’ Miss Peir- 
son, of Salem; vocal solo, “* Dreaming 
of Tonic Ago, > Mrs. Sie os Cheever; 
reading, © At the Boaer Counter,”’ 
Miss Lambert, of Beverly; recitation, 
“The Charcbal Man, ’’ Miss Peirson ; 
solo, Mrs. Cheever; dialog, ‘‘ The 
Little Hatchet Story,’’ Miss Sutton and 
Miss Peirson. 
Sacred Heart Church Entertainment. 
The: entertainment given in the Town 
hall, Manchester, Thursday evening, 
under the direction of Rev. Fr. Wm. F. 
Powers, and the Christmas tree for the 
children of the Sunday School proved a 
most delightful occasion for the big 
crowd who attended. The _ hall was 
crowded, every available seat being taken. 
A feature not previously announced, 
was the new style of stage lights intro- 
duced, or, perhaps, an old style, for a 
row of lanterns found in the basement of 
the town hall was strung along the stage 
to light up the scenery. This was 
brought about as a substitute for electric 
lights which went out in the midst of the 
entertaipiment and were not turned on 
again. 
The crowning feature of the evening 
was the Teddy Bear act, in which Har- 
ry S. Tappan and Lagory Wade were 
the principals. “They kept the audience, 
especially the younger portion of it, in a 
continuous roar of laughter during their 
act. ‘The sketch was original, and well 
carried off by the young men. 
The rest of the program consisted of 
musical selections, monologs, and sketch- 
es, the program being as follows: 
Piano solo 
Harry Butterworth, 
** School Days’’ 
Willie and Louisa Walsh 
Trombone solo 
Lagory Wade 
Solo, ‘‘Neath the Old Acorn Tree, 
Sweet Estelle’ 
Jerome Crowley 
Duet, 
Monolog 
Mr. Walsh 
Solo, ‘‘Good Night, Beloved, Good Night’’ 
Miss Theresa Walsh 
Baritone Salo, ‘‘Some Day, when Dreams 
come true’’ 
Mr. Crowley 
Mr. Shea 
Teddy Bear act 
H. S. Tappan and L, Wade 
Long's orchestra played during the 
evening when “‘the lights went out,’ 
and as accompanist for Mr, Wade, and 
also during the Teddy Bear act. The 
Teddy Bears assisted Fr. Powers in dis- 
Comic sketch, 
tributing candies, oranges, etc., to the 
children at the close of the entertain- 
ment. During the evening Master Jo- 
seph Green stepped upon the stage and 
in behalf of the Sunday School presented 
Fr. Powers with a beautiful basket of 
flowers. During the evening also Fr. 
Powers asked the teachers to step toward 
the stage and he presented each with a 
remembrance. 
Another Hotel Destroyed. 
The Colonial Arms, the largest sum- 
mer hotel on the North Shore, was 
burned to the ground Wednesday even- 
ing, with practically all its furnishings. 
The loss is estimated at $225,000, with 
$110,000 insurance. This is the second 
of the large North Shore hotels to de 
burned since the close of last season, the 
New Magnolia being destroyed early in 
October. The Colonial Arms was 
one of the finest hotels along the Atlan- 
tic coast. It was built only three years 
ago, and wasconsidered a success. Geo. 
O. Stacy of Gloucester owned the place, 
and he leased it to H. W. Priest & Co., 
A. J. Sherrard of Aiken, N. C., man- 
ager, for five years at $15,000 a year. 
The hotel was unoccupied and the 
source of the fire is a mystery. 
The blaze lighted up the heavens and 
the reflection could be seen for miles. 
From Manchester it looked as though 
there was another big fire at Magnolia. 
A number went from Manchester to see 
the fire. 
Following is the percentage of ‘attend- 
ance atthe G. A. Priest and Primary 
schools for week just ending: Grade I, 
91.79; I and II, 80.30; II, 90.60; III, 
96.09; IV, 91.64; Advanced IV, 
84.41;5> Ve 95,.43:°VE2 80.75: sae 
91.89; VIII, 91.54; IX, 93.84. 
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Room To Let 
‘Furnished room with furnace heat, electric 
lights, bath, hot and cold water. Pleasantly 
situated, 10 minutes walk from depot. Winter 
rates. Apply by letter. Parties desiring to 
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