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SOCIETY NOTES 
The engagement of Miss Elizabeth 
P. Lee, second daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. George Lee of Brookline and 
Beverly Farms, to Harry Pratt Mc- 
Kean, jr., was announced last week at 
a reception given by Mrs. Lee at her 
home in Brookline. Both young peo- 
ple are among the most popular of the 
North Shore young set. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Merriam, 
who recently closed their residence 
at West Manchester, are at Portland, 
Maine, for a portion of the winter. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Munn (Mary 
Astor Paul), after a year’s absence 
in Europe, have returned home in 
time for the holidays. Their return 
was hastened somewhat by the ser- 
ious illness of Mr. Munn’s mother in 
New York. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Martin 
Lane of 53 Marlboro street, Boston, 
with their little daughter, Miss Kath- 
erine Lane, are spending the Christ- 
mas holidays, as usual, in Baltimore 
with Mrs. Lane’s parents, Prof. and 
Mrs. Basil Gildersleeve. 
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The death of Mrs. Frederick R. 
Sears, Thursday of last week, is es- 
pecially painful and sad, coming as it 
did so suddenly, and at the approach 
of Christmas-tide. It sends a very 
large and distinguished connection in- 
to mourning, and casts a deep shadow 
in so many families where her affec- 
tion and friendship meant so much. 
The children are Miss Eleonora and 
Frederick R. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Sears 
was a daughter of the Hon. Thomas 
Jefferson Coolidge, and a sister of 
Mrs. Lucius M. Sargent and of Mrs. 
Thomas Newbold of New York. Mrs. 
Francis Lee Higginson, Jr., is a niece. 
On Mr. Sears’s side the sister is Mrs. 
Charles T. Lovering, and the brothers, 
“Messrs. Herbert, Philip and Richard 
Sears. The late Mrs. Alfred S. Dab- 
ney was also a sister of Mr. Sears. 
Among his nieces are Miss Elizabeth 
Sears, who is to marry Bayard War- 
ren in April, Miss Miriam Sears, one 
of the leading debutantes of the win- 
ter, and Miss Marian Lovering. Mrs. 
Geo. Von L. Myer is also a relative. 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, December 27, 1912 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The delightful Christmas weather 
is bringing many people to the North 
Shore for the holidays, some to visit 
the scores of families who are here 
for the winter; others to open house 
for the week. At Manchester are the 
Amory Eliots and the Richard S. 
Loverings, Philip Stockton and family, 
Francis. M. Whitehouse, the Walter J. 
Mitchells and the Andrew Carnegie, 
ands. Mr. and Mrs. William Hooper 
spread much Christmas cheer among 
families at Manchester and Beverly 
Farms Christmas. ‘They entertained 
some friends at tea Wednesday after- 
noon. At Beverly Farms the Gerard 
Bements gave a Christmas tree for 
their employees. Mr. and Mrs. John 
L. Saltonstall were at Round Plair. 
Farms, Mrs. John Caswell’s place fo: 
the day. ‘The John S. Curtises, Gor- 
don Means and Robert Means had 
guests at their Beverly Farms cot- 
tages. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Vaughn 
and Mr. and Mrs. E. Laurence White 
also spent the day at their year-round 
cottages at Beverly Farms. The 
Louis A. Shaws went from Beverly 
Farms to Walpole to spend the day 
with the Charles S. Birds, Mrs. 
Shaw’s family. 
Norman Read is home from Yale 
spending the holidays with his parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Chas..A. Read, Smith’s 
Point, Manchester. 
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‘Mr. and Mrs. Evans R. Dick, Jr.. 
after an absence abroad of a year and 
a half, returned on the Amerika last 
week. Mrs. Dick was Miss Joan 
Tuckerman, the daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman of Ipswich. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. X 
No. 52 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coolidge are 
among the North Shore people spend- 
ing the winter at the Copley-Plaza, 
Boston. Their house at Magnolia, is 
kept open all winter, however, for 
week-ends. 
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After a long season on the Shore 
the Charles W..T weeds have recently 
closed their house at Beverly Farms 
for the winter and are at their town 
residence, 12 East 36th stteet, New 
York city. They will be frequent 
visitors to the North Shore all win- 
ter, however. 
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Miss Elizabeth Bigelow left Boston 
last Friday for Chicago, where she 
is spending the holidays visiting her 
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and 
Mrs. David N. Bigelow. Later she 
will be joined by her mother, Mrs. 
Prescott Bigelow, in Chicago. Miss 
Bigelow will be much entertained dur- 
ing her visit, as there are numerous 
gayeties in Chicago through the holi- 
days. 
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The wedding in Washington Thurs- 
day of last week of Miss Melvina 
DePena and Alejandro Herquinigo 
was of more than passing interest to 
North Shore people. Miss De Pena is 
one of the daughters of the minister 
from Uruguay. The family has spent 
the last two seasons on the North 
Shore, in one of the cottages con- 
nected with the Oceanside hotel at 
Magnolia. The groom is connected 
with the Chilian legation. Undoubt- 
edly the young couple will spend next 
season at the North Shore. 
The Oceanside Hotel 
at Mienolia to be 
Rebuilt; 5-Story Concrete Structure 
Summer visitors to Magnolia will 
be interested to learn that plans are 
being made to rebuild a large part of 
the Oceanside hotel at Magnolia. The 
old part of the present structure will 
be torn down and a five-story concrete 
building erected which will contain 
250 rooms and 150 baths. 
The Oceanside is the largest sum- 
mer resort property in New England, 
its present capacity being 800. This 
will be increased to 1000 when the 
new building is completed. It is own- 
ed and operated by the Oceanside 
Corpany, some of the leading busi- 
ness ren of the country being inter- 
ested in it. 
