LOCAL SECTION 
MANCHESTER 
L. F. McCarthy went to Waltham 
Tuesday to register for the draft. 
Alex. Gillis of 34 Bennett st. was 
taken to. the Danvers Asylum last 
Saturday night for treatmnet. 
The police station was taxed to its 
utmost capacity Monday four offend- 
ers being housed for the night. 
Otto Glockler is back at his old 
position in charge of tennis at the 
Essex County club, for the third sea- 
son. 
George C. Leach and family, who 
have spent the winter in Cambridge, 
have returned this week to their resi- 
dence, 41 Central st. 
The canning school will hold its 
first meetings on the afternoons of 
Monday and Tuesday, June 18 and 
19, at the Town hall. All are invited. 
~Conomo tribe of Red Men nomin- 
_ated chiefs for the coming six months 
at the meeting on Wednesday eve- 
ning. The election will take place at 
the next meeting on June 20. 
Algodt J. Seaburg of Magnolia and 
Miss Ruth EF. Brooks were among the 
guests at the wedding in Peabody of 
Miss Brooks’ brother, Harold Brooks 
to Miss Mary E.. Sabean on Wednes- 
day evening. 
The Odd Fellows will attend the 
annual memorial service, to be held 
at the Baptist church, Sunday morn- 
ing. All visiting brothers are invited 
to join the order, and meet at the 
lodge-room at 10.15. 
The Gloucester-Magnolia express 
started its daily trips Monday. This 
year it is stopping at Manchester and 
Pride’s Crossing, running express 
from the latter place. It goes up the 
branch, leaving Gloucester at °8.06, 
and returning leaves Boston at 5 
o’clock. A parlor car is attached, 
taking the place of the ‘“‘dude train,” 
discontinued this season. 
A new maple slide 12 feet long, 
new parallel bars and baby kinder- 
garten swings have been installed at 
the playgrounds. Physical Director 
McCarthy has had over 1200 young- 
sters for a total attendance the first 
three days of the week. Work will 
be started at once with the high school 
athletic association on tennis, tether 
ball, basket ball, volley ball, etc., un- 
der Mr. McCarthy’s direction, The 
playground is a very busy place these 
days and the health of the little folk 
is well looked after by Mr. McCarthy. 
FIRE, LIABILITY, AUTOMOBILE, LIFE, 
ACCIDENT, HEALTH, BURGLARY, 
PLATE GLASS INSURANCE 
Friday, June 8, 1917. 
TRAPSHOOTING CLUB IN 
MANCHESTER. 
It is with gratification that we learn 
of the proposed formation of a Trap- 
shooting club, to be located at Man- 
chester. A meeting will be held at 
the Manchester Trust Co. rooms, on 
Saturday night, June goth, at 7.36 
o’clock, to consider the acceptance of 
an offer of land suitable for the pur- 
pose and to-arrange for the first an- 
nual meeting, at which will be elected 
officers, etc. Practically complete ar- 
rangements have been _ tentatively 
made for a number of guns, etc., to 
be owned by the club—so that mem- 
bers who do not desire to make the 
necessary outlay of money for such 
things will be able to join and on a 
basis of cost—which we believe is the 
least that could be arranged. 
Trapshooting is rapidly becoming 
the most popular sport among those 
who enjoy the big outdoors and who 
like some competitive form of clean 
amusement, 
The committee would like to have 
those who live in the towns adjoining 
as well as in Manchester, come to the 
Saturday night meeting and it is 
thought that a large number will be 
glad to join as either active or asso- 
ciate members. The club hopes to 
have the codperation of the summer 
colonists and an associate member- 
ship is available at little cost. Club 
shoots will be held once each week 
and prizes will be offered. The larg- 
er the number of active members the 
less the cost will be per member. 
The committee trying to bring about 
the organization of the club is com- 
posed of Harry W. Purington, Ralph 
Henry Barbour and J. Alex. Lodge. 
To Form 
GOVERNMENT Contract Given To 
MANCHESTER Firm. 
Carter & McCarthy, who have been 
engaged in the sailmaking and awn- 
ing making business at Manchester 
for four or five years, have just been 
awarded an important contract by the 
United States government to make 
10.000 hammocks for the Navy. 
They started on the first lot of 2000 
last Friday, and they must be com- 
pleted in 45 days. This contract will 
necessitate the enlargement of their 
plant on Elm street, Manchester, and 
the employment of additional men. 
New silk elastic hat bands. Special 
at 35 cents. The Gertrude Shop. adv. 
WILLMONTON'’S 
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY 
~MANCHESTER 
The eighth grade ball team of the 
Priest school defeated the ninth grade 
11 to 9 at the playground on Tuesday 
afternoon. : 
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alsop of New 
York are at Manchester for the sum- 
mer. Mrs. Alsop was formerly Miss 
Hazel Robbins.. 
The baseball movies in Town hall 
last Friday evening were quite suc- 
cessful, There was a good attend- 
ance and a small profit was realized. 
Mrs. L,. G. Trafton has been spend- 
ing the past few days in New York city 
on business. She will be accompanied 
on her return to Manchester by her 
son, Harold Trafton, who is employ- 
ed by the Western Union Tel. Co. in 
the metropolis. 
There will be a drill of both com- 
panies of the home guard on Monday 
evening at the Essex County club and 
a meeting will be held afterwards in 
Town hall at which an opportunity 
will be given those who wish to enrol 
in a company of the state guard to be 
formed in Manchester, © Those who 
do not enrol will continue to drill af- 
ter the formation of the new company. 
Story High school won the ball 
game with the team of a Lynn school 
on Wednesday afternoon by a score 
of 14 to 13. The Manchester boys 
had to work hard for their victory 
using four pitchers, Singleton, Butler, 
White and Silva. A home run by 
Miguel was the deciding factor of the 
long struggle, The high school boys 
expect to play Marblehead high at the - 
playground on Saturday afternoon at 
1.30 as a preliminary to the Manches- 
ter-St. John’s game at 3 o’clock. 
At the meeting of the guarantors 
of the summer Chautauqua held in 
the Baptist vestry on Monday evening 
it was voted to continue arrangements 
for the event according to schedule. 
For a time there had been some senti- 
ment in. favor of abandoning the pro- 
ject for this year on account of the 
war, but the contract with the com- 
pany providing the Chautauqua is de- 
cidedly binding and it was also found 
that many other towns, which had 
considered giving up the Chautauqua 
on account of the war, are going to 
continue. George E. Willmonton, 
Thomas A. Lees and Oliver Roberts 
were named a committee to secure a 
site. The Chautauqua will be held 
the week of July 23. 
SURETY BONDS 
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. 
School and Union Streets, 
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