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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER. 
Mrs. Susan Cheever is quite serious- 
ly ill at her home on Friend’s court. 
Five tramps have been accomodated 
at the local police station the past 
week. 
L. A. Dunn, the local expressman, 
has a horse which has travelled over 
the road between Manchester and 
Salem for twenty-three years, and 
which has this week been put under 
the care of a veterinary for the first 
time in its life. The horse has proba- 
bly travelled in the vicinity of 60,000 
miles in its day, and has made no less 
than 3,500 trips between Manchester 
and Salem. Mr. Dunn fears it has 
made its last trip however. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Walker re- 
turned to their West Manchester 
house Tuesday after an absence of al- 
most two months. 
The Beverly Improvement society 
have signified their intentions co aid in 
making the chrysanthemum show of 
the North Shore Horticultural Society 
to be held in Beverly next fall, a suc- 
cess. The show will be held about 
Nov. 8. 
Captain and Mrs. William E. Whel- 
den are spending Sunday with Mr. 
and Mrs. L. W. Floyd, having come 
up from Dennisport this afternoon. 
Many friends of the genial captain 
will call at Floyd’s tonight to shake 
hands with him. 
The many friends of Levi A. Dunn 
are glad to see him back on the ex- 
press team again after an absence of 
two months. D. M. Knight has been 
enjoying a few days respite from his 
work since Mr. Dunn returned, but 
will be at work again next week. 
The free lecture in town hall next 
Friday night under the auspices of 
the N.S. Horticultural society, when 
Supt. of Parks Pettigrew of Boston 
will talk on “ Village Improvements ”’ 
has promise of attracting a large crowd. 
The Farther Lights helda mite box 
opening at the vestry of the Baptist 
church Wednesday evening. Mrs. 
Newcombe, a missionary from India, 
gave a very interesting talk on her 
work. 
West Beach to Remain Unchanged, 
There was a record breaking at- 
tendance at the adjourned town meet- 
ing of the West Beach corporation, in 
Marshall’s hall, Monday evening, due 
to the fact that the matter of a public 
pavilion at West Beach was to be 
decided upon. 
The committee to whom was re- 
ferred the selection of a plan, to be 
submitted at this meeting, had on 
hand a plan, the features of which 
were explained by Mr. Eben Day, 
after which speeches were made in - 
favor of the building by H. M. Hodg- 
kins, Howard E. Morgan and others, 
while the principal speakers in oppo- 
sition to the plan were Daniel W. 
Hardy, Wm. M. Moriarty and George 
H. Bennett. The discussion came to 
an end by Mr. Hardy making the 
following motion: ‘That all plans 
and specifications pertaining to the 
erection of a public building upon the 
property of the West Beach corpora- 
tion be laid on the table until the 
Preston law suit be settled,’ which 
practically meant that those in favor 
of the above motion were opposed to 
the building of the pavilion. The 
check list was used and a yea and nay 
vote followed, resulting in 49 votes 
against the change and 41 in favor, 
quite a number not voting. 
High Hills in Manchester. 
In view of the action taken at town 
meeting, authorizing the Water Board 
to employ an engineer and make sur- 
veys fora high service water supply, 
itis interesting to know that thereare 
many hillsin Manchester much higher 
than the standpipe. 
Among the highest hillsin the town 
are : 
Wivndan'Si cana nee + 3 a55 © 227 feet high. 
Mal Stone t..aeeee sc ete crete 222 
Dexter’siuie meme uerin 205 
Beaver Dam (Agassiz Rock). .199 
MOSES. sista de Secs ene 191 
‘HCAapiOL RK OCKS..wac nie eaoane 172 
Wniversityinc.e-oos cee eee 165 
Shingles Place ee csac sents 158 
We B.valkentse.. Goes ee 154 
JohinBaker's= 7k soar 148 
West]ic Mitch ellisiccrte erento 148 
Sheep yPastures4a. haw sagas 131 
Gentlels: oa.c... rece = ese eens 129 
Talescace ett atea ee ee 125 
Stanidpipé mets... ee er ee 121 
Water Board Organized. 
The Manchester water board met 
on Wednesday and organized with N. 
P. Meldrum chairman and clerk. F. 
M. Andrews was reappointed superin- 
tendent and engineer for the thir- 
teenth consecutive year. Archie W. 
Greenough was reappointed assistant 
engineer and George F. Evans fore- 
man. 
Board of Selectmen Organize. 
The Manchester board of selectmen 
met at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning and 
organized with Fred K. Swett as 
chairman and W. E. Kitfield secreta- 
ry. The board set right to work and 
made several of their appointments 
and took immediate steps to carry out 
the instructions of the town in sever- 
al matters voted upon in town meet- 
ing. 
It is of interest in this connection 
to note that Mr. Swett, the new chair- 
man of the board, is the youngest 
that ever served in that capacity in 
the town of Manchester, and we have 
yet to learn of one in the State who is 
so young. Mr. Swett is not yet 30 
years old, but his work on the board 
of selectmen the past two years has 
been such as to merit the highest 
praise. 
BEVERLY FARMS. 
Harry Hannable and family have 
returned from a trip to Kittery, Me. 
Special music under the direction of 
Choirmaster Leo C. Demack will be 
given at St. John’s church during the 
Lenten season. 
The Friends Bible class will hold a 
social at the Baptist church next 
Tuesday evening. A 
A special meeting of the Directors 
of the West Beach corporation was 
held Thursday evening. 
A very interesting program has 
been prepared and a very pleasant 
time is in store for those who attend 
the concert in Neighbor’s hall tomor- 
row evening. An excellent collection 
of musical numbers has been arranged | 
and many other attractions are pro- 
mised. That the hall will be crowded 
is evidenced from the fact 1,000 
tickets have already been sold. Thos. 
A. Mullen of Boston, ex-secretary to 
ex-Mayor Quincy, will make the ad- 
dress of the evening. 
Miss Stella H. Lufkin of Beach- 
mont has been visiting her sister, Mrs. 
Frank Rand, High street, the past 
week. 
Chas. Trowt has been confined to 
his Pride’s home the past week with 
an attack of grippe. 
Miss Janette Ford has been in 
Washington, D.C., attending the in- 
auguration exercises and _ visiting 
friends. 
Fire in Town Hall. 
A lighted cigarette butt, thrown 
carelessly into a box of saw-dust, 
placed in the entry way to the town 
hall during or after town meeting 
Tuesday night was responsible for an 
incipient blaze, which might have left 
the building a smouldering mess of 
cinders hac it not been detected in 
time. 
Chas. Hannable, in driving through 
town shortly after 6 o’clock, discovered 
the flames and informed George 
Hobbs, who gave astill alarm. Driver 
Page and Curtis B. Stanley were on 
deck in an instant and three minutes 
after the alarm they were hustling the 
chemical across the Common to the 
town hall. One stream from the 
chemical sufficed to quench the flames. 
The damage was probably about $50. 
