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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Real Estate and Improvements 
... Up and Down the North Shore... 
“Green Gables,” the large building 
on the corner of Hesperus avenue and 
Fuller street, Magnolia, has been sold 
by the McClure estate to H. L. Han- 
naford, the real estate dealer, and he 
in turn has sold the place to Margaret 
J. Nixon of Brookline, whose hus- 
band is the steward of the Algonquin 
club of Boston. This fact probably 
led to the report, widely published 
that the Algonquin club has bought 
the properity and intended to make 
this a summer headquarters for the 
club. We have been asked to deny 
this report. The Algonquin club has 
no such intentions. It has not been 
stated just what Mrs. Nixon intends 
to do with the properity. It is not un- 
likely that she and her husband will 
run it as a sort of tea room, as it has 
been run in the last three years, or, 
possibly, some sort of club may be 
established. ‘Green Gables,” is be- 
low the former Hesperus Hotel (now 
Oceanside Annex), on the way to 
the beach, and is on the opposite cor- 
ner from Col. W. R. Nelson’s summer 
residence. 
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The preliminary work on Magnolia’s 
big beach improvement—new bathing 
pavilion and swimming pool—has 
been done. ‘The old bath houses have 
been torn down and a substantial 
sea wall has been built along the 
beach bank, ‘The foundations for the 
new:structure have not yet been 
built. 
The beach at Magnolia is owned by 
private parties——E,. Haring Dickin- 
son, the corporation of summer peo- 
ple building the swimming pool, W. 
H. Coolidge, and others. Magnolia 
people are beginning to wonder just 
where they fit under the new: arange- 
ment, now that the old bath-houses 
are removed. They have expressed 
the hope that the Town of Manches- 
ter in whose limits the entire beach 
is located, would do something to 
safeguard the public’s interest in this 
instance. According to our under- 
standing of the matter the only way 
a portion of the beach could be set 
aside for the public’s use would be 
to take part of the beach for park 
purposes, under the park act. In the 
case of Singing Beach, at Manches- 
ter, this action cost the town about 
$150,000. It wouldn’t cost as much 
to take over part of Crescent Beach, 
but it would cost considerable; and it 
is doubtful if Manchester citizens 
would vote for any such action, as it 
would not benefit the towns people to 
any extent. Magnolia is in the town- 
ship of Gloucester. The only other 
way we could suggest is for the Vil- 
lage Improvement society to get to 
work and make some arrangements 
to set aside a portion of the beach for 
the public’s use. This could be done 
somewhat along the line of the ar- 
,angement at Beverly Farms, where a 
portion of the beach is owned by the 
West Beach corporation, and is willed 
to the use of the inhabitants of Bev- 
erly Farms. It is practically a public 
beach. The rest’ of ‘the - beach ~ is 
owned by private parties. Recently 
the corporation erected a large bath- 
house on its property. The Village 
Improvement society (or some such 
organization) could do the same thing 
at Crescent Beach. 
It must be remembered that there 
is a “public landing” on the extreme 
easterly end of Crescent Beach. This 
is the public’s now and for all time. 
No structure can be erected on it, 
however. , This strip is some 50 or 
60 feet wide, and is reached by a 
road. In former days, before we had 
railroads and other methods of trans- 
portation, these many “public land- 
ings’ were in common use, but now 
they exist in name only. 
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Work is progressing rapidly on the 
new $70,000 summer home for Mrs. 
Charles A. Sinclair of Portsmouth, 
N. H., and New York, near Cole’s 
Island, West Gloucester. Mrs. Sin- 
clair is a niece of the late Frank 
Jones. 
OUR WET WASH IS THE REAL 
CLEANSING SYSTEM FOR YOUR 
FAMILY “A'SS.0O RM ENCE VOXr 
CLOTHES DURING THE SUMMER 
MONTHS AT LEAST. 
Every lot of clothes received is given a 
thorough purity cleansing ina separate wash- 
er. Clothes called for, cleansed, the water 
extracted and the lot promptly returned for 
SOc. 
THE SALEM LAUNDRY 
Telephone 1340 Salem 
Dunn’s and Knight’s Expresses, Agents 
WENHAM 
At the village church Sunday morn- 
ing the minister, Rev. F. M. Cutler, 
will. preach. on “The Christian Sab- 
bath.” Sunday school at noon. Y. 
P. S. C. E. meeting at 6. The De- 
partment of Social Service will be in 
charge of the 7 o’clock meeting and 
will present a social service forum of 
general interest. 
Wednesday at 6 the Ladies’ Aid 
society will conduct a public supper. 
Church night, Thursday at 7.30, will 
be in charge of the Department of 
Missions, and will include a study of 
the text book on China. 
The annual meeting of the Wenham 
Y. M. C. A. will be held in the old 
school house, with a good atendance 
of boys and local committeemen this 
Friday evening, Dec. 13. Chairman 
Albert W. Dodge will preside, assisted 
by the presiding officer of the boys’ 
group. Treasurer H. E. Durgin re- 
ports a flourishing financial condi- 
tion. ; 
Last Sunday Miss Ethel Cook visit- 
ed Miss Nellie Peabody at the Bos- 
ton hospital, and found her improved 
in health. Miss Peabody expects soon 
to return home. 
Rev. Harrison Peabody, for thirty 
years, and until recently, pastor of 
the Baptist church at Rome, N. Y., 
visited his boyhood home on Sunday. 
At the village church of Wenham he 
was greeted by old friends at the 
close of the morning service. Rev: 
Mr. Peabody is now in Salem. 
The Essex County poultry show 
held the center of the stage in Wen- 
ham this week, bringing exhibitors 
and spectators from different towns. 
At the scout council held by the Y. 
M. C. A. on Friday, Roger Knowlton 
qualified for merit badges in Public 
Health and Personal Health The 
Wenham scout troop has adopted a 
white neckerchief as the troop badge. 
The colors worn on the shoulder 
knots as patrol badges are to be: 
Lions, orange and black; Snakes, red 
and white. 
Another new fire chief for Revere 
—the fifth within six months. It is 
about all that the residents of the 
seashore town can do to keep up with 
the race of changes of leadership in 
their affairs? Wonder who they are 
emulating ? 
It is to be hoped that the theatre 
managers and hotel proprietors of 
Boston succeed in obtaining later 
trains out of that city for their pa- 
trons. 
