MANCHESTER SECTION 
Chief of Police Sullivan, assisted by 
Officers Bullock and Sheehan arrest- 
ed. Archie Socholinski, aged 32, of 95 
Pleasant st. last evening on charge of 
criminal assault upon a four year old 
child, who lived in the house where 
he boarded, last Sunday. 
“Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works” will be 
given for the benefit of the Parent- 
Teacher association in Town hall on 
Thursday, May 17, by local talent. 
There will also be readings and danc- 
ings by out of town talent. General 
dancing will follow. Admission 35 
cents. 
The board of selectmen have desig- 
nated the board of registrars as regis- 
trars of enrolment in connection with 
the conscription law which will prob- 
ably be signed by the President by to- 
morrow. It is expected the order for 
the draft will come in about 10 days. 
L. W. Floyd will be clerk of the board 
and custodian of the records. 
About $600 has already been real- 
ized of the $1500 fund needed by 
the local branch of the Red Cross. 
A gift of $100 has been received from 
the Manchester club for the purchase 
of equipment and nearly $50 was 
realized from the Harmony Guild 
food sale. The Arbella club added 
$100 by their entertainment and the 
balance was received by popular sub- 
scription. Since April 3, 23 new 
amembers have been added to the local 
branch. Meetings of the executive 
committee will be held regularly, 
from now on, the second and fourth 
Monday of each month. 
A joint ineeting of the garden com- 
mittee of the North Shore Horticul- 
tural society, the Park board and the 
committee on food conservation of 
the Public Safety committee was held 
in Town hall on Monday evening. It 
was considered inexpedient to plough 
Masconomo park this spring for 
planting of potatoes as the park board 
had aes. In consideration of the 
needs of the town and to save the 
park from the plow at this season, 
land adjacent was offered by Mrs. F. 
T. Bradbury on Beach st., and Mrs. 
Hattie Harris. A portion of the 
Smith estate near the park was also 
offered for the use of townspeople for 
planting. The land comprising 27 
acres is already being put in condition 
for cultivation. Because of the change 
the park will not be ploughed until 
fall, when the whole land: will ' be 
turned under and reseeded to grass. 
Friday, May. 11, 
1917. 
CAEL NEW PASTOR 
MANCHESTER ConcL. CHURCH SEEKS 
SERVICES OF NotTED LECTURER, 
Dr. L. Wirv. 
At the meeting of the Congrega- 
tional church on Tuesday evening it 
was unanimously voted to extend 
call to the pastorate in Manchester to 
Dr. Loyal Lincoln Wirt of Wellesley 
Hills, Mass. Dr. Wirt, who is a lec- 
turer of note and who visited Europe 
as a newspaper correspondent during 
the early part of the European war, 
preached in Manchester on Sunday, 
April 29, and made a profound im- 
pression upon his hearers. Manches- 
ter would be fortunate to obtain a 
man of Dr. Wirt’s calibre, and ‘it is 
understood he'is willing to accept a 
small pastorate, which would allow 
him time to continue his lecture work. 
He is not regularly engaged at the 
present time. 
MANCHESTER CHURCHES 
Rev. A. G. Warner will preach at 
the Baptist church Sunday morning 
on “The Source of Jesus’ Strength.” 
His evening subject will be ‘ ‘Jesus the 
Bread of Life.” 
Don't forget “Pictures in the Fire” 
Monday evening, May 21, at 8 o’clock. 
Candy and ice cream will be on sale, 
also aprons of all kinds. Tickets may 
be purchased at Allen’s Drug store. 
Harmony Guild will meet in the 
Chapel next Monday evening, 
14. There are yet a number of sur- 
gical dressings to be made for- those 
who wish to make them, and others 
will please bring their sewing. 
The Ladies Social circle will hold 
its last meeting for the season next 
Thursday evening, May 17. At 6.15 
a covered dish supper will be served 
(members only), followed by a busi- 
ness meeting. 
CHINESE OPERETTA. 
Thoroughly oriental in character 
and scenery, “The Feast of the Little 
Lanterns” to be presented in the Town 
hall, Manchester, May 25, ‘by the 
Girls’ Gfee club and the Orpheus club, 
HE 
is original and entertaining. The 
Princess Chan, Wee Ling, Ow Long, 
and Mai Ku with a chorus. of twenty- 
five Chinese ladies are sparing no ef- 
fort to produce an especially attrac- 
tive entertainment. 
May ° 
The planting of trees along the | 
Shirin st. extension has been start- 
ed this week, in accordance with the’ 
vote of the town. 
George O. Moulton was given a 
gasoline license and Joseph Mollica’s 
pool license was renewed at the meet- 
ing of the Selectmen on Tuesday. 
The contract for painting the Alms- 
house has been awarded Edward 
Crowell, the lowest bidder, by ‘the 
selectmen. His bid was $268.. 
The Arbella club will have another 
lesson and talk at the grounds of Mrs. 
William Hooper on Tuesday after- 
noon, May 15, at four o’clock. The 
subject will be “The Planting of 
Flowers.” 
Work has been commenced: on the 
resurfacing of Beach st. from Sing- 
ing Beach’ to the Summer st. exten- 
sion. The job is being carried on by 
Superintendent of Streets Crombie 
and is cared for under the general 
appropriation for highways. The 
work is being started near Masco- 
nomo st. corner. 
The next meeting of the Parent- 
Teacher association is the annual elec- 
tion and will be held in the Price 
school hall, Wednesday evening, May 
16, at 8 o’clock. The speaker will be 
Professor N. B. Sargent, a former 
high school principal, whose subject 
will be “Unity.” Music will be furn- 
ished by the Priest school orchestra. 
All tickets for'the ‘Councillors sup- 
per” must be purchased Wednesday. 
At the suggestion of Mrs. Wallace 
Goodrich of West Manchester, Super- 
intendent of Schools John C. Mackin 
started a quiet campaign among the 
school children of Manchester the 
past week to secure money for the 
“Joffre” presentation to be made in 
Boston when the French general 
visits the city. The gift is made in 
behalf of the “children of France,” 
orphaned by the war. At the George 
A. Priest school $12.01 was contri- 
buted by the little folk, $2 of the 
amount being an offering from the 
class treasury of the sub-Freshmen. 
The children of the John Price school 
donated $5.76 for their cousins in the 
republic across the water and the pup- 
ils of Story High school swelled the 
Manchester contribution with an of- 
fering of $18.35, making the total 
$36.12. The contribution was purely 
voluntary on the part of the children 
and was started before the appeal was 
made by the governor. 
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