MANCHESTER SECTIO. 
Mrs. Ezekiel Lethbridge is quite iil 
at her home on Summer st. 
Chelsea Finnan Haddie at Swett’s 
Fish Market. adv. 
The extreme cold spell of the pres- 
ent week gave way to milder weather 
yesterday, and snow. 
The High school play in the Town 
hall tonight will draw a big crowd, as 
the sale of tickets would indicate. 
Ellery L.- Rogers received a tele- 
gram the first of the week from Yar- 
mouth, N. S., announcing the death 
of his: father. ble mhusriedsraway 
Tuesday to attend the funeral. W. 
B. Rogers of this town is also a son 
of the deceased. 
The Manchester Ice Co. (Edmands 
& Crocker) started a large gang at 
work yesterday cutting ice. Ayers 
Bros. expect to start harvesting their 
crop either tomorrow or the first of 
next week. 
A special meeting of the Brother- 
hood will be held in the Vestry of the 
Baptist church Monday evening, Jan. 
31, when Inspector Stacy R. Burckes 
of the Lynn police will give a talk on 
the workings of the Bertillon system 
of marking prisoners. 
Members of the Manchester club 
will be entertained with a Victrola 
concert tomorrow night, as the regu- 
lar Saturday night entertainment fea- 
ture in. connection with the pool and 
whist tournaments. Refreshments 
will be served. 
The senior class at the High school 
went to Bosron last Saturday under 
the chaperonage of Miss Porter, to 
see’ Miss Viola Allen and Janes K. 
Hackett in “Macbeth,” at the Hollis 
Stoitheatre= “Uhetes were e1Onanatne 
party. 
A tug came in the harbor Wednes- 
day in an effort to break up. the ice 
so as to tow in a barge of coal for 5. 
Knight’s Sons Co., but had to with- 
draw after breaking a hole in the hull. 
It is expected, however, the barge will 
be brought over from Gloucester to- 
day or tomorrow. 
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Daily deliveries by AUTO TRUCK to your door. 
1916. 
Friday, Januray 21, 
Diep AT .WEsST MANCHESTER. 
Edward Sturgis Grew, formerly ac- 
tive in business life in Boston, died 
Thursday at West Manchester, where 
lie long had had a summer residence. 
His winter home was at 185 Marlboro 
t., Boston. Mr. Grew was born in 
Boston March 10, 1842, the son of 
lienry and Elizabeth P. (Sturgis) 
Grew. He was graduated from 
Harvard with the class of 1863, after 
which he entered the dry goods com- 
mission business with Frothingham 
& Co., Boston, with whom he remain- 
ed until July, 1867, when he became 
the agent in Boston of A. T. Stewart 
&: Co. of New York. 
On. Jan. 1, 1872, Mr. Grew began 
business for himself, as a member of 
the dry goods commission firm of 
Gowing & Grew, Boston and New 
York, and twelve years later, on Jan. 
1, 1884, he became a partner in the 
Boston firm -of Lawrence & Co. 
which Amos A: Lawrence was the 
senior partner). After nearly a quar- 
ter of a century of activity in busi- 
ness, :Mro- Grew retired on jan.) 
1887. 
Mr. Grew was married at St. Paul’s 
church in Dedham, on Novy. 26, 1867, 
to Miss Annie’ .Crawford Clark, 
aaughter of Joseph W. Clark of that 
town. Mr. Grew and his bride took 
up their residence in Longwood, but 
after about two years gave up their 
home there and had since lived in 
Boston, with their summer seasons 
spent at West Manchester, where the 
Grew estate, “All Oaks,” is one of 
the notably fine places at that resort. 
Mr. Grew is survived by his wife 
and three sons, Randolph C. Grew, of 
Boston, Henry Sturgis Grew, who re- 
sides at 254 Marlboro street and who 
is president of the National Union 
Bank, and. Joseph Clark Grew, who 
has been identified with United States 
diplomatic service and is first secre- 
tary of the American embassy in 
Berlin. 
GLOUC >ESTER COAL COMPAN 
SS REAL PREPAREDNESS a> 
G. E. WII LMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
the club, Mrs. C.F. Brown, chairman, ~ 
Pinkerton Bean, something in the 
Cote 
- —for guests, $1.00; for members,*50c. ~ 
MANCHESTER WOMAN'S es Guest 
NicuHr. 
Wednesday evening, Feb, 2, <a ‘the 4 
Town hall, the Manchester Woman's 
club will observe its annual Guest 
Night with a reception. and’ buffet 
lunch: from 6.30 to 7.30.\ The enter- — 
tainment which follows will be. in — 
charge of the Dramatic committee of 
It will be a two-act play -entitled, 
“Excuse Me” with the following cast 
of characters: Fede i Bcd og 
Robert Stetson, an ambitious 
young newspaper man, - 4 
G. Allyn Browa 
John Harding, who “has it in a. 
in for him”...Harry W. Purington 4 
Alonysius Dalyrimple, bughouse E 
on butterflies. . Winthrop Younger 
oll shine? =: ee Leon W. Carter @ 
Mrs. -Eline Stetson Harding,” 
Robert’s sister, : 
Miss Lila G. Golds ith 
Narcissa O’Kee, Dalyrimple’s fi- 
- ancée in the movie line, . 
Mrs. Audrey a aden 
Martha Winthrop, a neighbor of. . 
Mrs. Harding. . Mrs. Eva .H. Rand | 
Alice Lindsay, ‘another, 4 
Miss Annie L. Lane = 
Dora Atherton? anether, “press 3 
Mrs: Bertha E. Knoerr gy 
Katie, Made in Ireland; == ss 
Mrs. Mariana Cheever © 
The music for the reception, and 
the dance, which follows: the ; play, 
on be by the Orpheus club; Miss — 
lla C. Porter, conductor. “The- fie 
ee for the reception, play and:dance 
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zickets for play and dance only, 50c. | 
Regular membership ticket will admit a 
to the play. - 
Tickets may be obtained £5 ‘the : 
homes of Mrs. Mary E. Blaisdell, 
Mrs. Grace K. Beaton and Mrs. Eva 
H. Rand. Mrs. Rand will be at home ~ 
all day Friday, Jan. 28.. All tickets 
should be secured on or before Satur- — 
day evening, Jan. 29. > ode ae 
Office: 19 Beach St., Manchester a nH i 
Telephone: Manchester 161 2 
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