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MANCHESTER _ 
Mr. and Mrs. John MacKenzie and 
two children of Melrose spent Thanks- 
giving in town with Mrs. MacKen- 
zie’s parents. 
The Thangsgiving snow-storm has 
added much to the pleasure of the va- 
cation for the school children as they 
are able to get out their sleds to-day 
and enjoy the first coasting. 
Miss Alice Knight came from 
Providence, where she is teaching 
gymnastics, to spend ‘Thanksgiving 
Day with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. 
Needham. Edward Knight also spent 
the day with them. 
Next Tuesday, December 3, is 
Home Economies Day at the Man- 
chester Woman’s club. Mrs. Hattie 
M. Douglas is the speaker. Members 
are reminded that tickets will be on 
sale for Mrs. George’ Dean’s enter- 
tainment, also the Red Cross Christ- 
mas stamps may be obtained from the 
treasurer. Mrs. Elizabeth Sinnicks is 
hostess. 
MANCHESTER TRUST CO. 
LOSES TREASURER MANN 
Gors To Bripceport, Cr., As TREAS- 
URER OF NEw Trust Company. 
The many patrons of the Manches- 
ter Trust Co., regret to learn of the 
change, by which the bank is to lose 
its genial treasurer, Ralph H. Mann, 
whose resignation has been accepted 
by the directors. Mr. Mann goes to 
Bridgeport, Conn., to take up his du 
ties as treasurer of the newly-organ- 
ized Federal Trust Co., with a capital- 
ization of $200,000. As stated in our 
last issue Harry W. Purington, who 
has been Mr. Mann’s assistant has 
been appointed acting treasurer of the 
Manchester bank. 
The Manchester Trust Co., came 
into being a year ago last May more 
because of Mr. Mann’s personal ef- 
forts than to any other person. With 
a capitalization of $125,000 the bank 
has made rapid progress, which has 
been the cause of much complimentary 
notice in the financial world. 
In speaking of his work the “Bridge- 
port Standard” of Sept. 24, says: 
“Ralph H. Mann has had a large 
banking experience for a young man 
and has made a brilliant record in the 
Manchester ‘Trust company. He 
placed the stock of his trust company 
of $100,000 capital and paid-in-sur- 
plus of $25,000, and has been its 
treasurer since it commenced busi- 
ness a year ago last May. It paid its 
first dividend July first, last, and has 
acquired over a half-million assets, an 
unexcelled record for any trust com- 
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pany in New England under similar 
circumstances.” 
Hosea Mann, cashier of the Torr- 
ington, Ct., National bank, and _ his 
son Ralph H. Mann, are responsible 
for the organization of the Federal 
Trust Co. They also organized the 
Willimantic Trust Co. 
Mr. Purington has been elected act- 
ing treas. and sect’y. of the local bank 
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Harry W. Purineron. 
Acting Treasurer Manchester ‘Trust 
Company. 
until the first of the year, to fill out the 
vacancy caused by Mr. Mann’s resign- 
ation. Mr. Purington is a native of 
Bethel, Me., and a graduate of Bow- 
doin College, 1908. He took up 
banking in Maine for a‘short while, 
until he obtained a position with the 
Shawmut bank in Boston, the largest 
of New England’s financial institu- 
tions. He was promoted from time to 
time and when the Manchester Trust 
Co. was organized he was appointed 
book-keeper. Later he was promoted 
to the position of teller and assistant 
to the treasurer. His promotion as 
acting treasurer is well deserved. 
Rev. Mr. Ruce Leaves MANcHEs- 
TER. 
Rev. Louis H. Ruge, Mrs. Ruge 
and daughter Mathilde left Manches- 
ter today for their new home in Jama- 
ica, L. I., where Mr. Ruge has been 
elected to the pastorate of the Van 
Wyck Avenue Congregational church. 
For the last five years Mr. Ruge has 
been pastor of the Orthodox Congre- 
gational church at Manchester. Jama- 
ica is a city of 75,000 population, in 
the physical center of greater New 
York. Mr. and Mrs. Ruge were 
originally N. Y. people and it is with 
much satisfaction that they are able 
MANCHESTER 
Allan McKinnon is home from 
Brown for the holidays. 
Miss Jessie Hoare is spending a few 
weeks visiting relatives at Houghton, 
Michigan. 
Miss Princie Dodge, who is teach- 
ing commercial work at a preparatory 
school in Maine, is home for the 
Thanksgiving vacation. 
Miss Grace Merrill, who came home 
from the Walnut Hill school for Girls — 
at Natick for the holidays, brought 
with her Miss Adele Sanborn of Sal- 
em, a classmate. 
Embroidered towels, pillow _ slips, 
doilies, etc., for Xmas at E. A. Leth- 
bridge’s. . 
The dance in the Town hall 
Thanksgiving eve by the senior class 
at the high school was a great success 
in every way. Mrs. G. B. Northrup, 
Mrs. F. B. Rust and Mrs. E. J. Sem- 
ons were the matrons. The hall was 
inade attractive. by berries and hem- 
lock and potted palms. An excep- 
tionally large crowd attended the 
party and the class realized a good 
sum toward graduation expenses. 
Good music was furnished by Long’s 
orchestra. 
to settle so near their old home. Mrs. 
Ruge’s sister and her mother live 
within a few blocks of the Ruge home 
in Jamaica. The church which Mr. 
Ruge takes charge of is the principal 
Congregational church of the city. It 
was formerly presided over by Dr. 
Roberts, dean of Congregationalism, 
who has been a frequent visitor to the 
home of his daughter, Mrs. Heard, at 
Magnolia and Boston. The church in-* 
tends to build a new home in the near 
future. Mrs. Ruge has bought a new 
cottage on Lewis avenue, one of the 
best residential streets of the city. It 
is a handsome 6-room cottage, of the 
stucco type. The church plans to 
give a reception to Rev. and Mrs. 
Ruge somewheres around New Years. 
CARRIAGE PAINTER 
Rear 53 School St., Manchester 
Business formerly conducted by E. A. Lane at same 
location for last 30 years. Prompt and efficient ser- 
vice guaranteed. Your Patronage solicited. 
MRS. K. B. SHERMAN’S MILLINERY STORE 
Will Close at 6 P. M. Commencing Dec. 2 
2 MANCHESTER, MASS. 
44 CENTRAL STREET, 
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