MANCHESTER SECTION 
Friday, December 27, 1912 
MANCHESTER 
George Beaton spent Christmas with 
his parents in Hudson. 
Miss Helen Weeks of Malden has 
been spending the week with J. W. 
Lee and family. 
Mr. and Mrs. Wolff of Province- 
town spent Christmas in town with the 
latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George 
B. Northrup, Bridge street. 
Clarence Mackin, who has been a 
salesman for the Wm. A. Filene 
Sons’ Co., Boston, for the last few 
months, concluded his engagement 
there this week. 
Selectman and Mrs. Edward S. 
Knight spent Christmas in Dorches- 
ter with the latter’s sister, Miss Annie 
L. Knight. Master Randolph Knight 
has been spending his vacation there. 
“Trees and Shrubs” will be the sub- 
ject discussed at the next meeting of 
the North Shore Horticultural society, 
Friday evening, Jan. 3. John Kirke- 
gaard of Bedford will be the speaker 
of the evening. 
Fred K. Swett of the automobile 
supply house of Green & Swett, Bos- 
ton and Manchester, has been pass- 
ing around to customers a very use- 
ful leather case in one side of which 
ray be placed an operator’s license. 
The nave of the recipient is printed 
in gilt on the case. 
The many friends of Miss Flor- 
ene Kauffmann, formerly German 
and French teacher at the Story High 
school, are looking forward to meet- 
ing her again to-night at the compli- 
mentary dance which the class of ‘11 
is giving at ‘Town hall. 
In an interesting bowling match at 
the Seaside alleys Thursday of last 
week W. R. Bell and Frank Bullock 
made a total score, with the candles, 
for ten strings, of 1914, against 1708 
by Willard Rust and Bert Sinnicks. 
Bell and Bullock issued a challenge to 
all-comers and Rust and Sinnicks ac- 
cepted. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Saben. and 
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, are spend- 
ing the Christmas holidays at Win- 
chester, N. H. ‘The members of the 
Senior Class of the Story High 
school, of which Mr. Saben is the 
principal, presented him with a card 
case Friday as a Christmas gift and 
to express their appreciation of his 
work with them in the four years of 
their school course. 
MANCHESTER 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Valentine 
plan to sail for Porto Rico the 15th of 
January. 
Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Warner spent 
Christmas at a family reunion in 
Andover. 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Bell and 
Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Sweet spent 
Christmas in Chelsea with Mr. and 
Mrs. Roderick Macdonald. 
Miss Florence Haskell is spending 
the holidays with her parents at West 
Manchester. Miss Haskell is teach- 
ing in the public schools at Ware. 
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Dole of Nor- 
wood ave., spent Christmas with the 
Frank H. Denises, Lincoln _ street. 
Mr. Dole recently suffered a shock 
and it was with much difficulty that 
.he was moved yesterday. 
CONVERSE PRESENTS Boy 
Scouts WiTH FLac. 
The Manchester Boy Scouts held a 
campfire last Saturday evening in the 
vestry of the Baptist church. Through 
the kindness of electrician G. A. 
Knoerr a splendid imitation of a real 
campfire was arranged. Lieut. Rob- 
ertson lead the boys in their march, 
formation and drill of the manual of 
arms. At this point Chief of Police 
Converse provided the surprise of the 
evening. A hollow square was form- 
ed and the chief addressed the boys, 
emphasizing the qualities of manli- 
ness, and urging that those qualities 
become more fully developed by the 
boys. He spoke, too, of the influence 
of patriotism on character, and that 
they might always have an inspiration 
for true patriotism he would present 
them with an American flag—a stand- 
ard. The flag was 3x6 feet, mounted 
on polished staff. 
Patrol Leader Irving Baker re- 
ceived the flag and Scout Master 
Warner responded for the _ boys, 
thanking Chief Converse for his kind- 
ness. 
After singing America the remaind- 
er of the evening was spent in games. 
Refreshments of cocoa, peanuts and 
apples were served. 
Drill Master Alex. Robertson is 
rendering the boys of Manchester a 
large service by his kindly interest and 
the giving of his time. The bovs are 
getting the benefit of his training and 
experience. 
CHIEF 
MANCHESTER 
Station agent and Mrs. F. Clifford 
Rand spent Christmas in Portsmouth. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lodge spent 
Christmas in Lowell with the latter’s 
family. 
The candy sale held in the vacant 
store in Postoffice block last Satur- 
day evening by the Rebekahs, was 
quite successful. 
Allan McKinnon, who is a fresh- 
man at Brown this year, brought a 
classmate, Thomas Caswell, home 
with him for a few days’ visit. 
A still alarm called out the chemi- 
cal Sunday afternoon to extinguish 
the flames of the second lamp-lighter’s 
wagon burned within two weeks. 
Miss Princie Dodge came home 
from York, Me., where she has a po- 
sition as a commercial teacher, Sat- 
urday, to spend the Christmas vaca- 
tion. 
Mrs. Lizzie Shea and daughter, 
Miss Katherine, a sophomore at Sim- 
mons college, are spending the week 
in town as the guests of Mr and Mrs. 
John Campbell, School street. 
Janitor George Frank Leach of the 
primary schdol was well remembered 
by his friends at the school last Friday 
when Santa Claus presented him with 
a small purse of gold and a box of 
cigars. 
The joint installation of officers of 
the W.R.C. and Post will be held in the 
Town hall Friday evening of next 
week. . Asst. Adj. Gen: 
Wetherbee of Boston will be the in- 
stalling officer of the Post, and Mrs. 
Nellie F. Libby, past department pres- 
ident of the W. R..C., always a great 
favorite here, will install the officers — 
of the corps. 
Mrs. Abigail Harrington (Knowl- 
ton) Woodbury, mother of Mrs. Liz- 
zie, wife of Lewis Leach, and Mrs. 
Edna, wife of Postmaster Samuel L,. 
Wheaton, both of this town, died last 
Sunday at her home in Lanesville, at 
the age of 89 years, 6 months. She 
was also the mother of John Wood- 
bury, who died in Manchester some 
fifteen years ago. Mrs.. Woodbury 
came of old Revolutionary stock and 
her ancestors were contemporaries of 
the early settlers. Her grandfather was 
a soldier of the Revolutionary war 
and he secured a grant of 
Maine where the late deceased was 
born June 20, 1823. 
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