May 11, 1917. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
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Summer Will be a Busy One on North Shore 
Military Note Will Predominate 
in Activities of 
THE military note will predominate in the activities of 
the North Shore colony this summer. The first flurry, 
following the declaration of war on Germany, has passed 
and summer residents of the North Shore are looking 
forward with keen anticipation to the many and diver- 
sified occupations which the war has given them. It is 
now assuined that the coming season will be a busy one. 
Men, prominent in North Shore activities in the past, are 
enrolled for active service in various branches of the 
government service. ‘They are serving in the new army, 
in the navy and in the naval reserve. Scores of beautiful 
and costly pleasure yachts owned on the North Shore 
have been turned into the service of the nation without 
charge. The crews have in many cases been furnished 
by the owners. The aviation branch of the army and 
navy service has called many of the young men from 
North Shore families from their colleges to the colors. 
Older men are serving on the various national and state 
boards of defense. Is it any wonder, then, that the activi- 
ties of the North Shore will center about the military and 
naval activities of the government? 
Hundreds of leading society women of the various 
North Shore colonies have been putting serious effort into 
the work of war relief for suffering Europe during the 
past two summers. Now the call comes from home 
sources and it is only natural to expect that their activi- 
ties will be doubled, not only because of the greater need, 
but because they will feel it a patriotic duty. With the 
opening of the season on the North Shore a decided im- 
petus will be given to the work of the Red Cross and the 
countless societies and special committees which will 
ie ie aid through the Red Cross or in addition to it. 
‘A bit of the military color will be added to all of 
the social functions for the khaki uniformed officers of 
the army will be frequently in evidence. Before the sum- 
mer is well along the preparations for America’s active 
participation in the war will be visible all along the 
North Shore. Already Marblehead is enjoying the in- 
spiring sights furnished by preparation of a large body 
of men for service in the naval reserve. The members 
of the Eastern Yacht club, when the first war note was 
sounded, proferred the use of their club house on the 
Neck to the U. S. government and the offer was accepted. 
Coming Season 
There are about 3co men already encamped there. Mar- 
blehead is also the scene of unusual activity in the vicinity 
of the Burgess aeroplane works. Here the training of 
men in the handling of flying machines is going forward 
hand in hand with the manufacture of a plane a day. 
Over at Mystery Island, off the Beverly Farms and 
Manchester shore, in Salem harbor is the headquarters of 
the flying school of the naval militia and it is a safe con- 
jecture that the sight of a dozen or more aircraft in oper- 
ation over the waters of the North Shore will not be a 
strange sight the coming summer. Part of West Beach 
at Beverly Farms has been set aside for the use of a 
naval aviation squad and also a. portion of the bathing 
pavilion is being used as quarters for the men. This 
activity will not interfere with the use of the beach by 
suumer residents, but in fact will give an added charm 
to the enjoyment of life on the shore. 
Everywhere along the North Shore home guards are 
being organized. These will take in married men, exempt 
from conscription for the present, and any others ot 
military age, who may be later subject to call and wish to 
take advantage of the training. In Manchester the guard 
will number 100 men, perhaps, and a guard of corres- 
ponding proportions will be raised in every other town 
along the North Shore. While there is not even a remote 
probability of any disturbance on the North Shore, be- 
cause of the nature of the population, the organization of 
home guards will give a feeling of further security to 
those who come to the Shore. 
The possibility of danger from the submarine is no 
longer even thought of, for the most timid have been con- 
vinced that there is nothing on the North Shore to induce 
an attack by hostile craft of any kind, were there any 
such on this side of the Atlantic. 
With Boston as the headquarters of one of the 
newly created army divisions it is expected that the fami- 
lies of many of the officers of General Edwards will 
make their home on the North Shore this summer. In 
this case the military will surely be in evidence. 
Another feature of life on the North Shore this sum- 
mer will be the attention paid to home gardening. This 
side of preparedness appeals to men and women of all 
ranks, who are unable to be of other service. 
Essex-Manchester Woodlands Marked by Bronze Tablet 
HE beautiful strip of woods bordering 
‘the road between Manchester and Essex, 
which was purchased many years ago and 
dedicated to public use forever, has recently 
been memorialized by the erection of a 
plain and very handsome bronze tablet, 
which is set into the face of a rough boul- 
der on the side of the road in the midst 
of the large hemlock grove near the en- 
trance to the woods. ‘The tablet is about 
two feet in length by 18 inches in width 
and bears the inscription in plain, raised letters, as 
printed with this article. 
Apropos to the purchase of this strip of woods now 
famous as one of Manchester’s most famous drives, Lam- 
sons’ history of Manchester has this to say: 
To the 
Glory of God 
and for the 
Benefit of man 
these woods 
are preserved 
Forever 
1870 
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“On the Essex Road, the woods have 
been preserved by purchase through the 
efforts and liberality of summer rfésidents, 
to form a continuous shady drive under 
leafy arches and between mossy and fern 
covered depths, with shafts and sunlight 
woven and waving branches of hemlock, 
oak and pine.” 
Through the energetic influence of 
Mrs. Alice N. Lincoln, a strip of seven 
rods on each side of the road, for a 
greater part of the way was secured partly by gift, 
but mainly by purchase, the sum of $3500 being contri- 
buted for the purpose by summer residents in Manches- 
ter and Beverly. The whole was, deeded with the con- 
dition that the woods be preserved forever. 
