MANCHESTER SECTION 
Friday, November 29, 1912 
MANCHESTER 
Mrs. J. Vasconcellos is quite ill at 
her home on School street. 
Mrs. William Allen entertained 
Miss Hattie R. Allen of Boston and 
Gloucester over the week-end. 
Mrs. Mary Stanley entered the Dr. 
Adam’s Nervine Hospital at Jamaica 
Plain Saturday for treatment for 
neuralgia. 
Robert Hart of the Allen drug store 
is having a two weeks’ vacation from 
his accustomed duties, and he is 
spending the time in Boston and vicin- 
ity. 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Whitte- 
more, nee Miss Mary E. Dodge, spent 
Sunday with Mrs. Whittemore’s pa- 
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Dodge, 
at their home on School street. 
Thursday night of last week the 
Red Men’s bowling team of Manches- 
ter went to Ipswich to play the Red 
Men’s team of that place. Though 
they won two out of three strings they 
lost the total pinfall by the score of 
1421 to 1409. 
The Sons of Veterans enjoyed a 
vension supper at their meeting Tues- 
day evening through the kindness of 
Henry W. Butler, Jr., of Magnolia 
who also gave an interesting talk on 
his gunning experience. He was one 
of those who succeeded in shooting a 
deer during the week in which the law 
was off. 
A number of the friends of Sayre 
Merrill gathered at the home of his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Merrill, 
Saturday evening to give him a fare- 
well before his departure for Los 
Angeles where he will be located this 
winter. Miss Grace Merrill, his sis- 
ter, and Henry Merrill, his brother, 
cane home from school for the oc- 
casion. 
The membership list of the local 
class in the first aid to the injured in- 
struction which is being carried on 
under the auspices of the national 
Red Cross society, has been closed and 
no more applicants may join this win- 
ter. The class numbers about 40 and 
the ages of its members range from 
16, the minimum, to 50 years. There 
seems to be a very live interest in the 
work. The next hour of instruction 
will be on the evening of Monday, 
Dec. 9th. 
MARRIED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. 
Mr. and Mrs. James McNeary of 
Manchester entertained a number of 
their friends at their home on Sum- 
mer street last Saturday evening in 
honor of their 25th wedding anniver- 
sary. Mr. and Mrs. James Guinivan 
and David Guinivan of Beverly were - 
among those present. Mr. and Mrs. 
McNeary were married Nov. 23, 1887, 
in the city of Beverly. They have 
two daughters, the Misses Molly and 
Margaret, and one son, Joseph. Music 
helped to pass the evening pleasantly 
and refreshments of ice-cream and 
cake were served. 
Home MEETING oF THE ARBELLA 
Crus. 
The regular meeting of the Arbella 
club, Manchester, was held in the Con- 
gregational chapel Tuesday afternoon 
with an attendance of 93, a larger 
number of girls than has been present 
at any other meeting The program 
was furnished by the members of the 
club instead of talent from Boston or 
other outside source. The following 
program was presented: 
“Wreck of the Hesperus,” Helen 
Wing; “Lovely Night,” Glee Club; 
“My Psalm,” Nina Sinnicks; “Days,” 
Ethel Andrews; “She Was a Grand 
Old Lady,” (song), Emily Ferraeri; 
“Telling the Bees,” Gladys Semons; 
piano solo, Gladys Hilldreth; “Rho- 
dora,” Ruth Spry; “Psalm of Life,” 
Helene Sherman; Duet, “Juanita,” 
Kathleen Slade and Mary Morley; 
“The Vanishers,” Alice Hoare; “The 
Light of Stars,” Anna White; “For- 
get-Me-Not,” Glee Club. 
The musical numbers of the pro- 
gram were especially commendable. 
Miss Ferraeri was encored and sang 
for her second selection “That’s How 
I Need You.” The Glee club was 
called upon to render “Forget-Me- 
Not” twice. The readings were all 
good. The poems were those which 
Mrs. James T. Fields in her letter 
to the Arbella club advised the girls 
to memorize. 
At the close of the program the 
executive committee served a “spread” 
of hot chocolate, sandwiches and 
fancy cakes and cookies which had 
been donated to the club by a member 
of the committee as a gift in keeping 
with the Thanksgiving season. 
MANCHESTER 
Benj. L. Allen and family spent 
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Allen’s fam- 
ily, the Jonathan Mays, in Magnolia. — 
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Bullard of — 
Petersboro, N. H., spent Thanksgiv- 
ing with their daughter, Mrs. J. A. 
Lodge, Church street. 
The Boy Scouts took a trip last 
Saturday to the life saving station at 
Dolliver’s Neck, Gloucester in charge 
of Rev. A. G. Warner. 
Miss Alma Baker spent Sunday in 
Boston as the guest of her aunt. 
Later in the week, Miss Baker went 
to Boston to spend the Thanksgiving 
recess with her aunt. 
Miss Gwendolen Glendenning spent 
the Thanksgiving vacation with her 
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. 
Glendenning. Miss Glendenning is a 
Freshman at Smith college this year. 
Mrs. Delia Parsons of Pleasant 
street recently entertained a number 
of her friends at her home in honor 
of her 58th birth-day. A pleasant 
social evening was spent and refresh- 
ments were served. 
Miss Dora May Marshall returned 
home to spend the Thanksgiving re- 
cess with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Tsaac M. Marshall, at their home at 
West Manchester. Miss Marshall is 
attending the Wheaton Seminary. 
The class of 1911, Story High 
School, will hold a Christmas dance 
in the Town hall Friday evening, Dec. 
27. No subscription will be asked 
at this party, which is the second the 
class has held since graduating. Those — 
desiring invitations will please pass 
their names to members of the class. 
The first of a series of games be- 
tween Beverly and Manchester bowlers 
was rolled last Friday night at’ the 
Dreamland alleys, Beverly, the Bever- 
ly team winning all four points. J. 
Gorman totalled 348 with singles of 
125, 116, 107, the Beverly team putting 
up the fine total of 1524, three men 
rolling over the triple century mark. 
The Beverly team will play a return 
game at Manchester. The score: 
Manchester—Chadwick, 283; Cramp- 
sey, 274; H. Bell; 279; Cool, 287; C.. 
Bell, 290; total, 1413. Beverly— 
Brown, 278; Swanson, 275; Holmes, 
322; Moffett, 301; J. Gorman, 348; 
total, 1524. 
