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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER. 
The many friends of Mrs. Robert 
Prest will regret to learn of her con- 
tinued illness. Month after month 
she has been confined to her bed and 
for the past fifteen weeks she has been 
under the care of a nurse. Tuesday 
she was removed to the Beverly Hos- 
pital in the ambulance, where it is 
hoped something may be done to im- 
prove her health. 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dow enter- 
tained a large party of friends at their 
Beach street home over Christmas, 
among the number being Mr. and Mrs. 
William Palmer and son of Gloucester, 
Edward Dow of Lynn, Bert Burnell 
of Athol and Mrs. James Ellis of 
Woburn. 
Mr.and Mrs. Charles Fleming,form- 
erly of this town, had a Christmas tree 
of a rare variety at their Salem home. 
Last summer Mr. Fleming bought a 
farm at Marshfield and while out there 
a short time ago he discovered a full- 
grown holly tree, something rarely 
found in this locality. He had part 
of it brought to Salem for Christmas. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Jones of Marl- 
boro spent Christmas with Mr. and 
Mrs. Leon W. Carter at their School 
street home. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Reed spent 
Christmas with friends in Canton, 
Mass. 
Fred Long won the big candy cane 
displayed in Revelas’ fruit store win- 
dow. Every customer who purchased 
a dime’s worth of fruit at the store last 
Thursday, Friday or Saturday was 
privileged to guess on the correct 
weight of the cane. There were 141 
guesses, ranging from 13 pounds to 3 
pounds, 2 ounces, the latter being Mr. 
Long’s guess Monday morning 
Chief Peabody happened around at the 
fruit store and at the proprietor’s re- 
quest looked over the guesses. Mr. 
Long was nearest the exact weight, 
he having guessed just one ounce less 
than the correct figure. 
_ Scores of people who heard the shrill 
blast of the fire alarm whistle about 
9.20 o'clock Monday morning expected 
there was a fire. There was no fire, 
however. Chief Engineer James 
Hoare was simply testing the various 
boxes about town, as the single blast 
at repeated long intervals would indi- 
cate. The test was successful as far 
as the boxes were concerned and the 
sound seemed more vibrant than on 
other occasions, and it was heard dis- 
tinctly all over the town. 
William Gale of Boston, who has 
recently returned from a trip to the 
West Indies, spent Christmas with his 
aunt, Mrs. William K. Fleming, and 
family, Desmond avenue. 
Sleighing was excellent on most all 
of the drives Sunday and Monday, and 
there were many out for the sport. 
Those who attempted to drive to 
Gloucester, however, met with disap- 
pointment, and had to change their 
plans the minute they reached the cut, 
where for three-quarters of a mile the 
ground was bare. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Reynolds 
of Boston were guests over the holi- 
days of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Will- 
monton, Pleasant street. 
Theatre parties were quite the 
vogue Monday, a score or more people 
going either to Salem or to Boston to 
see the shows. 
Mrs. Hattie F. Perkins has recently 
been elected to install the officers-elect 
of Circle 7, Ladies of the G.A.R. of 
Salem, and she will go to Salem next 
Monday evening for that purpose. 
Mrs. Perkins has also recently been 
appointed national corresponding sec- 
retary of the Ladies’ G.A.R. depart- 
ment of Massachusetts. 
Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Andrews 
spent Christmas Day with Mrs. 
Andrews’ brother, the Benjamin Hun- 
toons, at Beverly Cove. 
Robert Allen of Leominster, who is 
a student at Mount Hermon, is spend- 
ing the holidays with his brother, 
Walter E. Allen, School street. 
Not Alf Happiness and Cheer. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sheehan, 
Norwood avenue, Manchester, Christ- 
mas was not all of happiness and cheer. 
Only a few days previous they had 
received word from their son, Daniel 
J. Sheehan, in Porto Rico, that he was 
ill with a fever and had been carried 
from the big sugar plantation, on which 
he has been engaged, to the mountains 
fifty miles away, where his life was de- 
spaired of. At the same time their 
son Willian was at the Massachusetts 
General Hospital, where he was taken 
last week to undergo an operation for 
an abscess in his ear. More favorable 
reports now come from the son in 
Porto Rico, who is improving with a 
change of climate. He will probably 
have to give up his work there, how- 
ever, and as soon as his health pre- 
mits come north. It was only a few 
weeks ago we reported in these col- 
umns the pronounced success attained 
by the Manchester boy, who has re- 
cently been put in charge of the work- 
men on one of the plantations at quite 
a lucrative salary. 
Renaldo R. Sargent of Gloucester 
has joined the Manchester Mandolin 
club as ’cello. The club is scheduled 
to play at Beverly Farms, Monday 
evening, January 9. 
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