LOCAL SECTION ~— 
MANCHESTER 
Mrs. J. A. Lodge has been spend- 
ing. the week in Peterboro, N.  H., 
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. 
FE. Bullard. 
George E. Wales, who. has been 
supervisor of music in the Manches- 
ter schools for a number of years, 
has placed his resignation in the 
hands of the school board to take 
effect at the end of the school year. 
He plans to give up teaching. 
Clifford L. Mahoney, grand master 
of Mass., and suite will be present at 
Magnolia lodge, 149, I. O. O. F., next 
Thursday evening. A big turnout of 
members is expected for the -visita- 
tion. Delegations are looked for from 
Gloucester, Marblehead and Beverly. 
A collation will be served. 
To a Manchester man belongs the 
honor, in connection with the. arrival 
of General Joffre in Boston, last Sat- 
urday, of being the chauffeur for the 
distinguished statesman and soldier 
during his visit to the Hub. Burton 
W. Pelton, who married Miss Edna 
Kitheld of this town is the one to 
have this distinction. 
Manager Walen is not ready to an- 
nounce the team which will oppose 
Manchester in the opening game of 
the season on Decoration Day—Wed- 
nesday, May 30. On Saturday, June 
2, however, the nine from the U. § 
S. Virginia will play in Manchester. 
The Virginia has one of the crack 
navy teams and as several Manches- 
ter boys are members of the crew a 
big crowd may be expected. John 
“Cuppie” Gillis of Manchester plays 
right field in the Virginia outfit. 
Charles P. Savary, principal of 
Story High School, left Sunday after- 
noon for Plattsburg, N. Y., where he 
will command a company in the re- 
serve officers training corps. He re- 
cently passed his examination and has 
received a captain’s. commission at a 
salary of $2500 a year. He was a mem- 
ber of last summer’s camp. The school 
board was unprepared for Mr. Sav- 
ary’s sudden departure, but has grant- 
ed him a leave of absence until the 
end, of the school year. His Latin 
classes have been taken by Miss Grace 
Kdgett, an experienced High school 
teacher from Beverly, who is on a 
leave of absence for the year. Supt. 
of Schools John C. Mackin has as- 
sumed active charge of the High 
school until the end of the term. 
Friday,-May 18, 1917. 
The weather today is more condu- 
cive to spring planting to us farmers. 
Ralph Stearns, a Manchester boy 
who has been working for the Ameri- 
can Express Co. in New Haven, 
Conn., has enlisted in the Naval Re- 
serve. 
As the result of examinations held 
in Boston, May 8, Congressman Gard- 
ner has appointed as alternates to the 
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Earl F. 
Height, first alternate, Donald H. 
Crafts, third alternate. 
An improvement is reported in the 
condition of Wm. W. Joseph, who 
was taken with -an intestinal trouble 
one day last week. He was removed 
to the Lynn hospital, but no opera- 
tion was performed. 
There will be no meeting of the 
srotherhood next Monday, but on 
Monday evening, May 28, the annual 
Ladies’ Night will be held in Town 
hall. Entertainment will be furnish- 
ed by the Glee club'of Boston univer- 
sity and a reader. Refreshments will 
be served with the price of admission, 
25 cents. 
At their meeting Tuesday evening 
the board of selectmen granted gaso- 
line licenses to H. M. Bater and Wm. 
H. Coolidge. They also granted a 
permit of Lewis Tarr of Gane 
to set a floating fish trap off Egg 
Rock. Albert W. C. Maslin was ap- 
pointed special police officer, to serve 
without pay on private property. 
Manchester auto owners who vol- 
unteered their machines to the Public 
Safety committee for service may re- 
ceive the insignia, with which such 
cars will be designated, by applying 
to Rev. A. C. Warner, chairman of 
the committee. The plates bear the 
legend, “Enrolled for Service.” They 
arrived the past week. 
Joseph B. Dodge, who has worked 
‘hard the past few years in develop- 
ing a high class amateur wireless sta- 
tion, is chafing under his protracted 
illness which keeps him from entering 
the government service. Dodge was 
the first. Manchester boy to enroll in 
the Naval Reserve and a year ago his 
station was designated as one of the 
12 naval reserve stations. He was 
given the rank of radio electrician, 
above the gerade of operator, because 
of his skill and the high development 
of his apparatus, but owing to his ill- 
ness he has been unable to go on duty. 
He is suffering from a form of neu- 
ritis, but is gradually improving. 
MANCHESTER 
Benjamin F. Merrill, who has been 
ill with rheumatic fever for the past 
three months, is about again, . 
Miss Dorothy Blaisdell was home 
over the week-end from Wheaton 
college, accompanied by two college 
friends, Misses Elsie Murchie of 
Calais, Me., and Ruth Harding of 
Braintree. 
Bail for Archie Socholinski, the 
Pleasant st. Pole who was arrested 
last Thursday evening for assault up- 
on a four year old child, was fixed at 
$5,000 in district court in Salem last 
Friday morning. He pleaded guilty 
and was held for the Grand Jury. 
Citizens having automobiles which 
they will donate during the supper 
hour next Tuesday for the use of 
visiting delegates to the P. T. A. con- 
ference will please communicate with 
Mrs. D. T. Beaton or -Mrs. G. A. 
Knoerr. The cars are to be used for 
a brief sightseeing trip. 
Lewis M. Bullock, who _has. Peo 
supt. of construction in the-Quarter- 
master’s dept. U. S. A. in Newport, 
has passed his examinations and re- 
ceived his commission as captain in 
the Quartermaster’s. Reserve Corps. 
He was in town to say, goodbye be- 
fore leaving for Fort Ethan. Allen in 
Vermont where he will be stationed. 
The two classes’of the Red Créss 
in first aid are organized and’ are 
meeting at the Price school on .Wed- 
nesday and Thursday evenings of each 
week under the direction of Dr. Fran- 
cis Burnett. The advanced class 
meets on Wednesday evenings for re- 
~view and the beginning class on Thurs- 
day evenings. There are a few va- 
cancies in the latter. 
Work on the resurfacing of Mas- 
conomo st. both ways, from the cor- 
ner of Beach, was about completed 
this week and the macadam surface 
started on Beach st. toward the rail- 
road. The corner opposite the Mas- 
conomo hotel has been rounded off 
and a new fence erected, greatly im- 
proving the appearance of the corner 
and making it safer for traffic.. .An- 
other improvement on Beach st. will 
be the placing of. all telephone and 
electric wires underground before the 
new road work is completed. The 
changes will all tend to enhance the 
avenue to the Beach and Smith’s 
Point. ; 
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