“Gloucester Day” 
Elaborate preparations have been 
made by the city of Gloucester for 
the unveiling of a tablet at Stage Fort 
park to the memory of the Cape Ann 
Planters who landed here in 1623-4. 
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge will de- 
liver the principal address and _ it is 
hoped to have Rt. Hon. James Bryce 
present to represent the mother 
country. 
Poems are hoped for from Mrs. 
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward and 
Madison Cawein of Kentucky. A re- 
ception will be held at the rooms of 
the Cape Ann Scientific and Literary 
society to all descendants of the old 
planters. Thursday, Aug. 15, is the 
day set for the occasion. 
There are several families in Man- 
chester who are descendants, includ- 
ing Allens, Bakers, Kitfields, Knights, 
Leaches, Lees, and others. It is 
hoped they will honor the occasion by 
their attendance. 
All persons are eligible to member- 
ship in the Old Planters’ society, 
whose ancestors came to America be- 
fore 1630. Thomas Wentworth Hig- 
ginson is president of the society, and 
Dr. Frank A. Gardner, vice-president. 
J. A. Torry is one of the councillors. 
Gardner Gathering 
The Gardner family, descendants of 
Capt. Thomas Gardner, overseer at 
Cape Ann 1623-4-6, and at Salem 
1626-1674, will hold a reunion at 
Salem Aug. 14, with excursion to the 
Lieut. George Gardner house at West 
Peabody, with an address of welcome 
by Dr. F. A. Gardner, vice-president 
of the Old Planter’s society, and ad- 
dresses by prominent Gardners from 
different parts of the country. Dea. 
Torrey, a descentant, is a delegate 
from this town. 
New Sacred Heart Church 
The following was omitted from the 
description of the new Sacred Heart 
church on pages 3 and 36 of this issue: 
The floor throughout is of rein- 
forced concrete, finished with cement 
in which at intervals are imbedded 
Moravian tiles. The interior wood 
finish will be North Carolina pine, the 
altar to be of quartered oak, partly 
guilded. The architects are Mag- 
ginnis, Walsh & Sullivan. The con- 
tractors are Roberts & Hoare, car- 
penters; Morley, Flatley & Co.,, 
stonework; E. A. Lane, painting; G. 
A. Knoerr, electric wiring. 
Work done at your residence, if de- 
sired, anywhere from Manchester to 
Pride’s Crossing. J. Vasconcellos, 
barber, Central square, Manchester, 
Tel. 16-13 Manchester. ie 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Pilgrim Fathers Eat Clams and 
Sweet Corn at Tuck’s Point 
The members of William Jeffrey 
colony of Pilgrim Fathers of Man- 
chester, and their friends reverted to 
the days of their illustrious sires 
Thursday of this week when they 
gathered at the famous Tuck’s Point 
hunting grounds and enjoyed an old- 
fashioned clam-bake. 
Now there are clam-bakes and there 
are clam-bakes. Those who have 
sampled Prof. Horton’s cooking say 
that what he puts out in Manchester 
is just about the proper thing. A 
brief description of the way the “‘pro- 
fessor’ prepares his bake might be of 
interest. : 
The first thing he does is to lay the 
bed, which is usually about four feet 
square. This is built of stones about 
6 inches thick. A wood fire is built 
on this in cross pile style and smaller 
stones are placed in with each layer of 
wood, so that as the wood burns out 
the hot stones fall on the bed. When 
the stones are hot enough the brands 
are pulled away, leaving nothing but 
the hot rocks. These are covered 
with a thick coating of rock weed. 
The clams, lobsters, corn, sweet 
potatoes, etc., are put on this and the 
whole is covered with canvas and an- 
other coating of rock weed is put on 
the canvas to hold the heat. It re- 
quires about an hour to cook the food. 
It depends on the amount of food and 
the kinds of food. Sometimes 
chickens are cooked in this way. 
At the gathering Thursday provi- 
sion was made for about 60 people, 
though about 75 were present, and 
«‘Prof.”” Horton had 2 % bushels of 
clams, 6 dozen corn, 6% dozen lob- 
sters and 15 pounds of sweet potatoes. 
Mr. Horton certainly knows how to 
tickle the appetites of the picknickers 
for everybody seems to eat heartily of 
his clam-bakes, and he is called upon 
to prepare half a dozen or more 
‘‘bakes’’ every summer. 
The local colony had among their 
guests Thursday Supreme Governor 
Edwin O. Foster of Salem, and a 
delegation of some 15 from John 
Humphrey colony of Swampscott. 
A particularly fine program has 
been arranged by Claude Fisher, 
director of the New Magnolia orches- 
tra, for the regular Sunday evening 
concert to be given tomorrow. 
Overture, ‘‘Le Caid’’ Thomas 
Marcietta, *‘Petit Pas’’ Sudessi 
Violin solo, Legende Weiniawski 
Claude Fisher 
Selection from ‘‘Freishntz”’ Weber 
Flute solo, ‘‘Fantasie Pastorale’’? Doppler 
Scarf dance, Chaminade 
Two Movemeuts from Concerto, Colterman 
Carl Webster 
Selection from ‘‘La Boheme,”’ Puccini 
Society Notes 
A private tennis tournament has 
been in progress the past week on the 
courts at Mrs. Frank B. Bemis’, West 
beach, Beverly Farms, and if the 
weather is favorable the finals will be 
played this morning. The semi-finals 
were played yesterday morning, leav- 
ing for the finals Mrs. Philip Dexter 
and Mrs. Bemis, against Miss Olivia 
Thorndike and Mrs. George Willett. 
There were 24 players, and doubles 
only were played. Mrs. Frank Sea- 
bury and Mrs. Geo. S. Mandell were 
the committee in charge. 
One of the smartest events of the 
season was the organ recital yesterday 
afternoon at “Eagle Rock,” the beau- 
tiful summer home of the Henry C. 
Fricks at Pride’s Crossing. S. Archer. 
Gibson presided at the organ and ren- 
dered an excellent program from such 
composers as Mendelssohn, Bach, 
Nevin, Chopin, Strauss and Wagner. 
Interspersed among the organ num- 
bers were several tenor solos by Dr. 
Ion Jackson, of New York. A repre- 
sentative North Shore gathering was 
present. Following the recital an 
al fresco luncheon was served and the 
affair was pronounced one of the most 
delightful social gatherings of the 
season. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. Henry Higginson, 
who have been spending the summer 
in a small bungalow on the Higginson 
estate at West Manchester, returned 
to Mr. Higginson’s place in Lincoln 
Wednesday. 
The first of the series of three 
Shakesperian lecture-recitals by Dr. 
Edgar Abbott will be given on Tues- 
day morning, Aug. 20, at 11 o'clock, 
at Mrs: Charles Tyler’s residence, 
Hospital Point. His subject will be 
‘“‘Hamlet.” 
Miss Rosamond Bradley proved 
herself quite a heroine at the gymk- 
hana sports in Magnolia Tuesday. 
In the midst of the sports her pet dog 
got ina mix-up with another canine 
and made things rather interesting 
while it Jasted, which wasn’t very 
long, for Miss Bradley fearlessly 
mixed up in the squabble herself and 
grabbed her dog by the collar with an 
iron grip, so strongly, in fact, that the 
collar broke. She won the battle, 
however, for the dog fight was 
brought to an end and the excitement 
was soon over. 
D. Linehan & Son have been 
‘awarded the contract for the ex- 
tensive grading, tennis courts, etc., at — 
the new J. B. Thomas hospital in Pea- 
body. The Searle house in Ipswich, 
a picture of which is on the front page 
of this issue, was built by this con- 
cern also, 
