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Jan. 7, 1916. 
WENHAM BOY SCOUTS HAVE 
DONE SPLENDID WORK 
WENHAM is a small town and con- 
sequently has a small troop. But 
‘the boys have been favored with 
friendly interest from officials in 
Boston, Arthur A. Carey .and Or- 
mond HE. Loomis; and consequently 
manifest more than the average abil- 
ity in scoutcraft. The troop is in its 
fourth year. 
“Seventeen lads are officially en- 
rolled this year, with ten additional 
“old scouts’ manifesting active in- 
terest. The old scouts help in every 
way, especially by manning the troop 
local committee. Wenham has quali- 
fied nine first-class scouts, with 37 
merit badges among them, not count- 
ing the scoutmaster. By reason of 
two cruises on the “Pioneer,” the 
boys are qualified sea-scouts as well 
as land scouts. Four are members of 
the U. S. Vol. Life Saving Corps. 
Wenham boys make informal claim 
to the scout championship of their 
neighborhood. They have engaged in 
friendly competition and have won 
victories as follows: Topsfield in 
water-boiling, fire lighting, litter 
making, carrying wounded, fireman’s 
lift, and a scout-pace; Beverly, the 
same; Danvers in hockey; Marble- 
head in campfire contests; Lynn 
(Highland | M. Pie) ith baseball, and 
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Salem, in rifle shooting. 
formance of the 
noon” netted $35. 
Among the good turns which the 
troop (in addition to the personal 
good turns of the individual mem- 
bers) has done .within recent months 
are: Service in relief work at the Sa- 
lem fire. 
Essential service in preventing a 
building from catching at a local fire. 
Acting as hospital corps for the vet- 
erans on Memorial Day. 
Destroying gypsy moth nests. 
Ushering at a charity horse-s 
a neighboring estate. 
Mustering to; ard sthey police= =n 
searching for a missing man. 
The scoutmaster, Frederick Morse 
Culter, is an Eagle Scout. He holds 
the office of First Lieutenant and 
Chaplain in the Mass. Coast Artillery 
Corps of Boston.—Boston Evening 
Record, Jan. 1, 1916. 
Their per- 
“Strenuous After- 
show on 
Owners of automobiles should bear 
in mind that 1916 registration num- 
bers must now be displayed on all 
motor vehicles. Several cars have 
not yet complied with the law and de- 
linquent owners are being recorded 
by- the tpolice, disorder sto. save 
trouble, owners are advised to pro- 
cure the 1916 plates from the Massa- 
chusetts Highway Commission. 1m- 
mediately. 
Our eee and department heads have assembled the finest aggre- 
gation of bona-fide, all-wool-&-yard wide Values ever presented in 
_ Eastern Massachusetts. | 
= a sie = Read About it in Monday’s Salem Evening News 
Saturday the Last Day 
Of the GREAT SILK SALE 
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Will arrive on Schedule time Tuesday, Jan. 
llth, bringing Colossal Assortments 
Values in every section of the Store. 
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;COOOCESEOUSECESONTGeE 
“THE Nicut BrEFore.” 
Devoid of all exaggeration and 
hint of caricature, the character por- 
trayals in Harry Lauder’s new three- 
act comedy with music, “The Night 
Before,’ which will be given at the 
Copley (formerly the Toy) Theatre, 
ete Saturday night, January &, 
W ill undoubtedly prove to be the most 
exact and faithful delineation of nor- 
mal Scotch village life that has ever 
been given to the stage. Originally 
planned to open at Glasgow next 
summer, Mr. Lauder has yielded to 
the entreaties of his thousands of 
Boston friends and will give the first 
performance here. The title of this 
play refers to the night before the 
wedding of a young Scotch couple 
and the scenes are respectively the 
home of the bride-to-be, the Pie Shop 
of Peggy Parten and the prospective 
abode of the young couple. 
Seats are now on sale at the Copley 
Theatre, Dartmouth st., next Monday, 
at the following prices: evenings, 
50 cents to $2; Saturday matinee, 50 
cents to $1.50; WwW ednesday matinee, 
25 cents to $1. At the Wednesday 
matinees patrons are invited to be 
Mr. Latider’s guests at a ““Toasie Tea 
and=Scones.” 
Were some people to talk of only 
what they really “know they would 
have no need of language. 
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