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BEVERLY FARMS 
Patrolman Charles Mitchell, who 
has been doing night duty on the 
Pride’s Crossing beat for several years, 
has been transferred to the new posi- 
tion at the Beverly police station, made 
by the city council recently, of house 
officer. He assumed his new duties 
for the first time Monday night. John 
A. Stone has been appointed to fill 
the vacancy. 
The marriage of Miss Maud Smith 
Thissell of Preston place, Beverly 
Farms, to Mr. William Horace Mason 
of Winchester, N.H., is announced to 
take place at Winchester on January 
15. Miss Thissell has for several 
years been a teacher in the public 
schools of that place, and her many 
friends here extend their hearty con- 
gratulations and best wishes upon the 
coming event. 
Mr. Benj. Frank Williams of Los 
Gatos, Cal., is visiting relatives and 
friends at Beverly Farmsand Beverly. 
Mr. Williams usually pays this vicinity 
a visit once each year, but comes gen- 
erally during the summer season. 
The election of officers for the en- 
suing year of the Second Baptist 
church Sunday school took place last 
Monday evening and these were 
elected: Willis A. Pride, superintend- 
ent; Miss M. Lizzie Hull, assistant 
supt.; Miss Elsie Preston, secretary; 
Elmer Standley, treasurer; Harry 
Cole, librarian. After the election, 
refreshments were served and an hour 
passed sociably. A feature which fur- 
nished considerable amusement was 
the New Year resolutions made. 
Patrolman Chas. W. Mitchell has 
moved from Pride’s Crossing to Bev- 
erly this week, much to the regret of 
his many friends here. 
The Gypsy Moth State Inspector 
and Div. Engineer of the highway 
commission were at the Farms Thurs- 
day, making an inspection preparatory 
to commencing operations against the 
pest. 
No progress is reported as_ being 
made the past week by the further 
acquiring of land for the play ground, 
it being understood that the abuttors 
are holding out for a rate of valuation 
as compared to that paid by the city 
for the land already taken, but which 
is as yet not agreed to by the ‘‘pow- 
ers that be.” A new argument for 
the further purchase of this land, is 
that its an excellent fishing pond, and 
no doubt is a good one judging by the 
vast quantities cf water which have 
to be taken care of there. 
Miss May D. Connolly and her 
guest, Miss Mary Hill of Brookline, 
returned to the Sargent School, Cam- 
bridge, Wednesday. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Howard Doane, who lately started 
in the carpentering business for him- 
self, has secured the contract for addi- 
tions and alterations on the Frederick 
T. Bradbury house, Smith’s Point, 
Manchester, as we announced in our 
real estate column recently. Mr. 
Doane is having under construction 
quite a good-sized carpenter shop at 
Pride’s Crossing, upon land of Mr. 
Stephen Eldridge. 
Fred G. Haynes has closed the 
“North Shore Drug store’ until 
spring. 
St. Margaret’s Court of Foresters 
held their annual installation of offi- 
cers at Marshall hall, Wednesday 
evening, the installing staff from the 
Gov. Washington Court of Lynn, per- 
forming the duty. At the close 
speech making and refreshments were 
in order until a late hour. Guests 
were present from Manchester, 
Gloucester and Beverly. 
The lady friends of the Beverly 
Farms firemen are soliciting articles 
to be used at the coming fair at City 
hall, Beverly, in aid of the Firemen’s 
Relief Association fund. 
The associate membership to Pres- 
ton post, 188, is making good progress, 
some 20 or more applications having 
been received and favorably acted 
upon. Next Monday evening those 
who have applied will meet at the 
G.A.R. hall with the veterans and a 
social hour will be spent. 
The Mass. State Highway commis- 
sion are soon to commence the exter- 
mination of the gypsy and brown-tail 
moth pests to be found in trees along 
the State road, from Chapman’s cor- 
ner to the Manchester line. 
At the reunion of the ‘Indian club,”’ 
held at the Farms on New. Years, 
several new members were made to 
ride the “goat,” and a full program 
for next season’s “good old summer 
time’”’ was mapped out, the principal 
place for the events decided upon 
being West Beach. 
Monday afternoon, when vacation 
was about over and the young people 
were thinking of returning to school, 
the skating at Chebacco lake was fair 
for the first time during the vacation, 
and a party of Farms young people 
took advantage of the opportunity to 
indulge in the sport. Some winter 
enthusiast remarked that this was a 
Christmas in the middle of summer, 
the weather being so remarkably 
warm. The ‘cranks’ on sleighing, 
ice yachting, coasting and skating, 
who are always evident inthis section, 
were surely disappointed this time. 
Everyone at the Farms is anxious 
to join the new fraternity, ““The Dark 
Secret.” At present the membership 
is very large. 
New Club at the Farms 
A number of young men of the 
Farms met Thursday evening and 
formed a social and athletic club 
and have hired the room of D. T. 
Hardy on High street over the paint- 
ing establishment of H. M. and R. E. 
Hodgkins. They will fix up the 
rooms at once. The purpose of the 
club is to bring the young men of the 
place together for the purpose of pro- 
moting sociability and athletics. 
A committee of five consisting of 
Chas. McCarthy, Jerry Toomey, John 
Watts, John McKeigue and S. John 
Connolly were appointed to bring to 
the next meeting a list of names from 
which-the officers are to be chosen. 
Those desirous of becoming mem- 
bers should pass their names to the 
above committee. 
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Watson 
entertained Miss Margaret Good and 
John Webber during the past week. 
During the holidays Mr. and Mrs. 
J. H. Watson entertained Miss Louise 
Murnane, William Murray, Elias 
Fields, Boston; Miss Emma Grimes, 
Providence, R.I.; Miss Alice Clarke, 
Newten; D. J. Hurley, Charlestown. 
Mr. Chester Burgess of Dorchester 
was the guest of Stephen J. Connolly 
during the. holidays. 
The event of the coming week, and 
one looked forward to with consider- 
able interest, is the costume party to 
be held in Marshall’s hall next Tues- 
day evening, January 9. The com- 
mittee in charge is working hard to 
make the affair a complete success, 
and it will no doubt prove to be in 
excess of the successful like occasions 
in the past. Long’s orchestra of five 
pieces will furnish the music, and re- 
freshments of ice cream, cake, hot 
coffee and lunch may be had through 
the evening at Parker’s. Those who 
have not already secured costumes 
may be aided by making an early ap- 
plication to the management, as it is 
the intention that only those who 
appear in costume will be invited to 
dance during the early part of the 
evening. 
Mr. and Mrs. Otis H. Luke have 
presented the firemen of the Beverly 
Farms department with a set of books 
—20 volumes—making a valuable ad- 
dition to their library. 
Capt. J. Frank Blaney has decided 
that his fish wire located off Chubb’s 
Island is for the next two months 
safer on shore than in the briny deep 
and is accordingly taking it up until 
after the winter storms are over. 
Much to the regret of his many friends 
here the captain expects after the 
completion of his work to sail away to 
the westward for an absence of sev- 
eral weeks. 
