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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
BEVERLY FARMS 
The following real estate transfer 
was recorded at the registry of deeds 
on Wednesday of this week: ‘City 
of Beverly to the Roman Catholic 
Archbishop of Boston, land on Hale 
street, 144 29 by 190.70 feet.” The 
importance of this sale may not be 
thought of by many of the Farms’ 
folk. In the first place, it is in line 
with the plans of Rev. Fr. Nicholas 
R. Walsh to enlarge St. Margaret’s 
church, which has for a long time 
been inadequate to accommodate the 
congregation, especially in the sum- 
mer season. A parochial residence is 
also to be built on the high knoll at 
the turn in the street, and with the 
other improvements and _ landscape 
changes at this point, this corner will 
be made into quite an attractive spot. 
Mr. John A. Morrison, after more 
than a year’s absence fromthe Farms, 
returned this week for a short stay 
and will soon leave for a vacation trip 
to Florida and other southern points, 
to be absent until the opening of the 
spring when Mr. Morrison returns to 
New York state to assume the further 
operations of Messrs. Connolly Bros.’ 
work already under way, where the 
above firm has contracts at Ossining, 
Scarboro, Irvington, Rhinebrook and 
several other places. 
It might be of interest to many of 
the Farms people to know that Mr. An- 
drew Woodbury Preston, an old Bev- 
erly Farms boy, who is now president 
of the United Fruit Co., receives the 
splendid salary of $30,000 per year, 
which is the third highest salary paid 
to any coporation president in Bos- 
ton. Mr. Preston was born at the 
Faims and was educated in Beverly 
schools. At the age of 21 he started 
in business with the shoe firm of 
Messrs. Williams & Preston, as junior 
partner. A few years later, however, 
he entered the wholesale fruit trade 
and after a time became a leader in 
this business. 
The social last Tuesday evening, 
held in Marshall’s hall, was an enjoy- 
able affair and was well attended, 
Long’s orchestra of five pieces fur- 
nished the music and Parker served 
the refreshments from the ante room. 
At the fair of the Firemen’s Relief 
association held at City hall last week, 
several of the Beverly Farms people 
were prize winners. Jos. B. Harlow 
won the axe, it being the second prize 
at the shooting gallery, while Frank 
Day “took the cake’’ in showing his 
excellent judgment in sizing up the 
contents of a bottle, guessing that it 
held 540 beans, the exact number. 
The water set donated by Mrs. John 
Daniels became the property of Harry 
C. Howell, who guessed 650 beans in 
a bottle, being the nearest to the 656 
which it contained. Mrs. E. Fred 
Day kept up her fair record by win- 
ning something as usual, her prize 
this time being a handsome Morris 
chair. She guessed 593 pieces in a 
bottle, the nearest to the correct num- 
ber of 598 which it contained. The 
picture given by Mr. A. O. Marshall 
was brought to the Farms by Mr. W. 
B. Publicover, who guessed 861 beans 
in a bottle, being the nearest number. 
Rev. E. J. V. Huiginn gave a talk 
Thursday evening at the Beverly 
Farms St. John’s Episcopal church. 
Robert Smith is the latest Beverly 
Farms young man toaccept a position 
at Beverly with the U.S. Machinery 
The lawsuit over the ownership of 
land on the western end of the beach, 
which commenced before a jury of the 
Superior court in Boston before Judge 
Flaherty, Jan. 16, has continued every 
day since, and from appearances will 
continue for some days to come. At- 
torney Choate is counsel for the Pres- 
ton heirs, while Attorneys Connolly 
and Smith are looking after the inter- 
ests of the West Beach corporation. 
The board of directors of the corpora- 
tion have been in daily attendance, 
and together with Messrs. Thornton 
K. Lothrop, Joshua Younger, Benja- 
min Osborne, Daniel W. Hardy, Thos. 
D. Connolly, John A. Ober and others 
have been giving additional testimony 
at different periods during the session. 
George West Larcom has been se- 
lected to fill the vacancy in the local 
hook and ladder fire company, caused 
by the resignation of Rep. W. R. 
Brooks. 
A committee from Preston post 188, 
G.A.R., and the Preston associates 
met Friday evening and mapped out 
plans for an evening to be spent in a 
social way, the same to take place in 
the near future. An entertainment 
is to be given together with a banquet. 
Several added their names to the mem- 
bership of the associates at the meet- 
ing of the post last Wednesday even- 
ing. 
Mrs. Frank McCoy is spending a 
few days visiting relatives and friends 
at Dorchester. 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dow of Mt. 
Clair, N: J., are visiting the former’s 
brother, James B. Dow, and Mrs. Dow 
at their home on Hale street. The 
two gentlemen are twin brothers, and 
this fact has been brought out more 
than once the past week. They look 
as much alike as two peas ina pod. 
The BREEZE man was probably the 
first to ‘fall.’ He met Mr. Dow on 
the train the morning of his arrival, 
but even he didn’t catch on when Mr. 
Dow failed to return the reporter’s 
greeting. Mr. Dow has not visited 
the Farms for 18 years. 
Miss Elizabeth F. McGloin returned 
from New York city a few days ago, 
and has spent a couple of days with 
Beverly Farms friends. 
Mr. and Mrs. Elizabeth K. Morrell 
were unexpectedly made host and 
hostess last Tuesday evening, when a 
large party of their friends and neigh- 
bors gave them a surprise party. The 
evening was very pleasantly spent, dur- 
ing which refreshments were served. 
Enjoying real beach life just the 
same as “In the good old summer 
time’’ is a rare treat for this time of 
the year, yet the weather conditions 
were such that at West Beach last 
Sunday, many went for an afternoon 
stroll. Many of the houses along the 
beach bank were opened up and the 
piazzas occupied, while many sat in 
the sand, some coatless and even hat- 
less, as if it were a day in July instead 
of January. 
Miss Maud Culbert returned Thurs- 
day, after a week’s sojourn spent with 
a college chum at Danvers. 
The members of the Ward 6 Re- 
publican city committee consisting of 
Rep. W. R. Brooks, J. B. Dow, Albert 
Standley, George H. Bennett and 
Howard E. Morgan received this week 
from Congressman Gardner engraved 
passes to the sessions to the house of 
representatives, good for the entire 
session, for the bearer and friends. 
With the passes came a highly treas- 
ured note from Mr. Gardner which 
asks the above gentlemen to honor 
the congressman with a call if any of 
them happen to come to Washington. 
The congressman’s headquarters is in 
the rooms of Industrial Arts and Ex- 
positions of which he is chairman. 
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