Vol VI. No. 14 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1908. 
24° Pages Three Cénts. 
PARISH MEETING. 
Annual Meeting of the First Parish, Man- 
chester, Held Wednesday Evening. 
The annual meeting of the First Par- 
ish, Manchester, was held inthe Chapel 
Wednesday evening. Aside from the 
reports of the officers and committees, 
and the election of officers, there was 
little of importance in connection with 
the meeting. 
Preliminary action was taken, how- 
ever, toward recognizing in some form 
the 100th anniversary of the building of 
the present Congregational church. ‘The 
church was built in 1809 and was oc- 
cupied for the first ttme on ‘Thanksgiv- 
ing Day of that year. Should the event 
be recognized next year, it is likely that 
it will come the early part of the fall, 
while many of the summer residents are 
here, rather than in late November. 
The matter was brought up by George 
F. Allen and a committee was appointed 
to prepare a history of the church build- 
ing, Deacon J. A. Torrey and Mr. 
Allen, the veteran clerk of the parish, 
being appointed on that committee. 
The meeting was called for 7.30 and 
Alfred S. Jewett was elected moderator. 
George F. Allen, who has served as 
clerk for 34 consecutive years, asked to 
be relieved from the duties of that office. 
He said he was getting old and thought 
it was time to change, and that some 
younger man be elected in his place. 
After several ballots, however, Mr. 
Allen was persuaded to serve again. 
A. S. Jewett was re-elected collector 
and treasurer; Frank P. Knight, Ed- 
ward A. Lane and William Hoare were 
re-elected on the Parish committee, and 
George W. Jewett was re-elected 
trustee of the M. C. Martin fund for 
three years. 
George W. Jewett, Charles C. Dodge 
and Albert Cunningham were elected on 
the music committee and the committee 
was authorized to invite the co-operation 
of the church music committee to work 
with them in regard to the singing. An 
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Republican Caucuses Favorable © 
To Secretary Taft for President. 
The Republican caucus in Manches- 
ter Tuesday evening was not marked 
with the interest which was manifested 
as the caucuses in other towns and cities 
in this section. Chairman J. T. Stanley 
of the Republican Town committee 
called the caucus to order at 7.40 and L. 
W. Floyd was elected clerk. Raymond 
C. Allen was elected moderator. 
‘There were less than a dozen voters 
present when the polls were opened. 
Only 32 votes were cast. “There was 
but one ticket in the field and the result 
of the election was that Raymond C. 
Allen and William W. Hoare were 
elected delegates to the Congressional 
convention, and Edwin P. Stanley and 
P. H. Boyle were elected delegates to 
the State convention. 
A resolve was passed instructing the 
two delegates to the Congressional con- 
vention to support Hoyt and Vittum 
(Taft delegates). The polls were open 
until 8.30 o'clock. 
Tuesday evening, 
S. OF. V.. CELEBRATE 
Their J6th Anniversary in Manchester by 
Entertainment in G. A. R. Hall. 
Col. H. P. Woodbury camp, 149, S. 
of V., celebrated its 16th anniversary 
when an entertain- 
ment was given in G. A. R. hall, Man- 
chester, to which were invited friends of 
the camp members, members of Allen 
Post, Allen Relief Corps and Associates 
of the post. 
The evening’s program was Carried 
out in an informal way and consisted of 
vocal solos, reading, phonograph selec- 
. tions by Joseph Cawthorne, jr., and in- 
formal speech-making. Fred K. Swett, 
the camp commander, was in charge, 
and President: Mrs. J. S. Reed of the 
corps, and Commander Enoch Crombie 
of the post sat with him on the platform. 
The first number on the program was 
a phonograph selection, and this was fol- 
lowed by a vocal solo by Miss Emma 
Prest, “‘ For His Mother’s Sake.’’? As 
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New Cottage built on Brook Street Extention, Manchester, for Eric Wetterlow, caretaker of the 
Lester Leland estate, West Manchester. 
Doane, builder; 
work by out-side contractors. ’ 
James T. Kelley, Boston, architect; 
G. S. Sinnicks, mason work; D. T. Beaton, heating. Painting and stone- 
Howard A. 
