NORTHR SHORE BREEZE 
SALEM COMMERCIAL SCHOOL 
WILL RESUME 
REGULAR 
Recently destroyed by Fire 
SESSIONS 
WITH COMPLETE NEW 
EQUIPMENT 
NAUMKEAG BUILDING, 209 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 
GEORGE P. LORD, 
Principal. 
MANCHESTER. 
Several local Red Men attended 
the 19th anniversary of Wingaesheek 
tribe of Red Men in Gloucester City 
hall, Thursday, evening. Fred K. 
Swett was one of the guests of the 
evening, being among those who par- 
ticipated in the opera of “ Zephra,”’ 
all of whom were invited. 
Miss Katherine M. Watson left 
here Thursday for a week’s visit with 
friends in Malden. 
George Houghton of Manchester, 
whose family reside on Brook street, 
was a member of the committee of 
arrangements of the very successful 
ball given in Boston last week by the 
Sons of St. George inaid of the Fall 
River strikers. Mr. Houghton is 
coachman for the R. C. Winthrop’s. 
A handsome new cash register has 
been installed at Lee’s drug store the 
past week. 
Mrs. Benjamin Williams of Merri- 
mac arrived Thursday for a few days’ 
visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles E. 
Bell, school street. : 
Mrs. Maude Carter entertained a 
number of young people at her School 
street home last evening. 
Dr. R. T. Glendenning has taken a 
lease of the Fitz house on Church 
street, recently purchased by Frank 
P. Knight. The house is being re- 
modelled and all the modern conven- 
iences, such as heating, hot and cold 
water, electric lights, etc., installed. 
A door has been placed in the front 
part of the house this week which 
will lead to the office, and other in- 
terior alterations are now in process. 
Robert Allen went to Pittsfield yes- 
terday as one of the representatives 
of the Caledonian club of Boston, at 
the grand ball given in honor of Rob- 
ert Burns day last night. Mr. Allen 
appeared in Highland costume. 
Preparations are -being made fora 
grand ball in town hal] on Wednesday 
evening, Feb. 22, under the auspices 
of Conomo tribe of Red Men. The 
affair has promise-of being the event 
of the winter. . 
Manchester’s Good Standing, 
The annual report of the State 
Board of Education, showing the com- 
paritive standing of the cities and 
towns of the Commonwealth in cheir 
interest in education, has been sent to 
the Legislature, and it is of general 
interest to note that Manchester still 
holds its rank of being second among 
the cities and towns of Essex county 
in the amount of money per pupil 
appropriated for school purposes. 
Nahant leads in the county with an 
appropriation of $47.73 per pupil. 
Manchester follows with $34.59, and 
this year it stands seventeenth among 
the 353 cities and towns of the State 
against a rank of fourteenth last year. 
On the basis of proportion of each 
$1000 of valuation appropriated for 
support of the public schools, Man- 
chester stands third lowest in the 
county, with an appropriation of $1.48 
for each thousand of valuation, and 
stands fourth lowest in the whole 
State, the rank this year being 349th 
against 351st last year. 
In the table arranged according to 
the average attendance at schools, 
Manchester does not present such a 
good showing, her State rank being 
103, while the ratio of attendance is 
90 per cent. Danvers leads the 
county in this respect, with an attend- 
ance of 102%, whileAbington leads the 
State with a ratio of 280 per cent. In 
some places there are a considerable 
number of scholars under five and 
over fifteen years attending public 
schools, and this brings the ratio up 
to over 100 per cent. 
In Beverly the amount appropriated 
per pupil last year was $29.34, which 
gave the city a standing of tenth rank 
in the county and fifty-first in the 
State. The city appropriated $3.82 
to each $1000 of valuation, which gives 
a State rank of 258 against 275 last 
year. Beverly’s attendance is 86 per 
cent.—a ranking of 142 in the State. 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
Undeveloped parcels of land from one to thirty acres. 
Good view of ocean. Great Os ee Ee uy for 
building purposes or investment. ORRIN A MAR- 
TIN, Summer stre-t, Manchester, Mass. 
A Merry Party. 
A merry party of young women, 
members of the Sacred Heart church 
of Manchester. and St. Margaret’s 
church of Beverly Farms, had a gay 
time Tuesday night, which consisted 
for the most part of a sleigh ride and 
spread at the Manchester House. 
The Beverly Farms young ladies 
drove to Manchester in a big pung, 
where they were joined by the Man- 
chester party and a sleigh ride was 
enjoyed, the party returning to the 
Manchester House about 8.30, where 
one of Prop. Callahan’s finely prepared 
spreads consisting of oyster stew, 
cold meats, fruit, cake, ice cream, etc., 
awaited them. After the dinner the 
young people adjourned to the parlors 
and a very pleasant hour was passed, 
the time being interspersed with mus- 
ical selectiens and singing. 
The young pecple were guests of 
Rev. Fr. John J. Downey, who un- 
fortunately could not be present, but 
Rev. Fr. McGuire represented him. 
Among the Manchester young 
women present were: Katherine M. 
Watson, Alice F. O’Neil, Kathryn 
Corcoran, Margaret O’Neil, Margaret 
Sullivan, Mary Gillis, Margaret B. 
Sweeney, Mary Coughlin, Helen E. 
Coughlin, Elizabeth A. Dillon, Kath- 
erine Cooney, Mary A. Barry. 
The young ladies from Beverly 
Farms included: Fannie M. Wil- 
liams, Mary E. Wiseman, Elizabeth 
A. Toomey, Nellie Neville, Joanna 
Toomey, Sarah F. Donovan, Annie 
A. Riordan, Margaret Gillis, Louise 
McKeon, Margaret Quirk, Nora Shea, 
Katherine Leary, Minnie Riordan, 
Julia Kelly, Mrs. J. H. Watson, Jane 
M. Watson, Mrs. Mary V. Morgan. 
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MANCHESTER 
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