NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER 
Mr. and Mrs. Fred K. Swett an- 
nounce the engagement of their 
sister, Miss Edith J. Swett, to Mr. 
Hollis L. Roberts. 
Chas. Baldwin left here yesterday 
for St. Augustine, Fla. He has been 
employed as one of the gardeners at 
the Whitehouse estate. 
Mr. Howard E. Morgan and family 
of Beverly Farms helped carve the 
popular bird with the Nathaniel Mor- 
gans, off Bennett street. Mr. Morgan, 
by the way, is out for councilman in 
ward 6, and stands a fair chance of 
getting a seat in the next city council, 
despite the fact he was not prevailed 
upon to enter the fight to the last 
minute. 
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Campbell 
were up from Connecticut and spent 
the holiday with the latter’s parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fish. 
This has been a decidedly change- 
able week as far as weather is con- 
cerned. The week started in rather 
mild, with wind blowing and dust fly- 
ing so that the watering cart had to 
be called out Tuesday —an unheard 
of thing for the 28th day of Novem- 
ber. Wednesday the rain came down 
in torrents, and there was flurries of 
snow Thanksgiving morning, but it 
came in cold as the day wore on and 
Thursday night was the coldest of 
the year. 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dunbar, who 
have recently moved from Dorchester 
to Cambridge, spent Thanksgiving 
with the latter’s parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Philemon Sanborn. Everett 
Sanborn was also home from Nashua, 
N.H.,, over the holiday. 
The Congregational Fair 
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 
Dec. 6 and 7, are the dates set for the 
fair to be held in the Manchester 
Town hall next week under the 
auspices of the auxiliary societies of 
the Congregational church. A splen- 
did time is in store for all. One need 
not worry about his selection of Christ- 
mas gifts. The tables will be pro- 
vided with pretty and attractive 
things. There will be dainty chafing 
dish delicacies and sweet things 
galore. Don’t forget the date — next 
Wednesday and Thursday. An en- 
tertainment each evening. 
PieGak HOYT, 
Dentist, 
Announces to his Manchester patrons that 
he will be at his office, at 6 Union Street, 
daily, from 9 to 5 o’clock. Telephone 148-3. 
Crossing Tenders 
Want Shorter Hours 
The Crossing tenders employed 
along the Gloucester Branch of the 
Boston & Maine R.R. have submitted 
to the head officials of the road a peti- 
tion setting forth the fact that they 
are now on duty from 15 to 16 hours 
per day for which they receive a small 
recompense in comparison to that re- 
ceived by the average wage-earner. 
While the petition does not ask for an 
increase of pay, it prays that the offi- 
cials shorten the hours of duty. 
A reply has been received by Luth- 
er Ober of Beverly Farms, whose sig- 
nature started the petition, that the 
matter would receive prompt consider- 
ation. 
John J. White 
John J. White of Manchester passed 
away at his late home on Central 
street, Monday afternoon, after a brief 
illness of heart trouble, at the age of 
27 years 
_ Mr. White was born in Roxbury in 
1888, a son of Mrs. Mary White and 
the late Patrick White. Practically 
his whole life he has spent in Man- 
chester, employed at various trades. 
Three sisters, Miss Mary White, who 
teaches in Brookline, Mrs. Katherine 
Cleary and Miss Josephine White, a 
brother, Harry, and a mother survive. 
High mass was said over his 
remains by Rev. Fr. Powers at the 
Sacred Heart church, Thursday morn- 
ing. Burial was in Salem. 
William F, Oren 
William F. Owens of Manchester 
died at the Massachusetts General 
hospital Monday evening from spinal 
meningitis after a brief illness. He 
was about 44 years old, and was a 
gardener at the John L. Thorndike 
estate, West Manchester. Though 
Mr. Owens complained of illness from 
time to time it was thought he was in 
consumption. His condition was such 
last Sunday morning that Dr. Glen- 
denning ordered his removal to the 
Massachusetts General hospital where 
he died the following night. A post- 
mortem was held Tuesday with the 
discovery that death resulted from 
meningitis. A wife and one child 
survive him. Burial was in Rosedale 
cemetery Wednesday. 
The Bell Raison 
Notable among the family reunions 
on Thanksgiving day was that in Bev- 
erly of the children, grandchildren 
and great-grand-children of Mrs. Mary 
E. Bell, widow of the late Samuel 
Bell, which was attended by the fam- 
ilies of Frank, Walter R. and Chas. 
5 
E. Bell of this town. There are 7 
children, 16 grand-children and 6 
great-grand-children, and with their 
wives make a total of 48. Though 
all of these were not present, a great 
many of them were. Mrs. Bell is 
only 73 years old, but ‘she enjoyed the 
day as much as did the rest of the big 
family. Gordon Sargent Bell, the in- 
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. C E. Bell, 
was the youngest present. Mrs. Bell 
herself comes from a long lived fam- 
ily, —the Picketts of Beverly, seven 
of her sisters and brothers now living. 
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Come in, we can help you with 
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Fine Chains 
We are headquarters for fine 
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of this kind. 
We have them in 14K _ gold, 
10K gold, and gold filled, from 
$4.50 to $30. 
Our prices, up or down, go to 
the limit of real practical value. 
Don’t forget to ask for our 
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BAIRD-NORTH CO, 
250 ESSEX ST., SALEM 
