6 NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The engagement of Miss Olivia ‘Thorndike of Boston 
and West Manchester, and Nathaniel S$. Simpkins, Jr., 
was announced last Saturday. Miss Thorndike is the 
older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thorndike of 
181 Marlboro street, Boston, the latter born Greenough. 
A. sister is Miss Alice Thorndike and a brother is John R. 
Thorndike. Miss Thorndike is a niece of Miss Arthur 
Welland Blake of Brookline and a cousin of Mrs. F. L. 
W. Richardson (Anne Blake), of Charles River Village 
and Mrs. William G. Nickerson (Beatrice Blake) of 
Dedham. Mr. Simpkins is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Na- 
thaniel S. Simpkins of 19 Hale street, Beverly Farms, 
formerly of Washington. His sister is Miss Faith Simp- 
kins and John and Willard Simpkins are brothers. Mrs. 
Eayard Thayer of Boston and Lancaster and Mrs. George 
R. Agassiz, who, with Mr. Agassiz, spent the winter at 
76 Mt. Vernon street are aunts. The engagement is of 
great interest to North Shore society folk as both the 
young people are very popular and active in their social 
sets. 
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The wedding of Mrs. Gwendolyn Whistler Howell 
cf New York and Lenox, to Percy Haughton of Boston, 
will take place at the country place of the bride at Lenox 
on May 15. The couple will go abroad for a portion of 
their honeymoon and later. go to Manchester where 
Mr. Haughton has secured the John H. Storer cottage 
cn Smith’s Point. Mrs. Howell is the widow of Rev. 
Richard Lewis Howell, the millionaire clergyman, whose 
first wife was a Miss Drexel of Philadelphia. The pres- 
ent Mrs. Howell is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Thomas 
Whistler of Baltimore, and belongs to one of the leading 
family connections of Maryland. She has been noted 
for her beauty since early childhood and was married as 
soon as her education was completed and before making 
ker formal debut in society. She has two little daughters 
who have inherited her personal loveliness and charm. 
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Mrs. Payne Whitney of New York, who married 
the son of the late William C. Whitney, and who is a 
prominent member of New York society, is said to be 
an enthusiastic baseball fan. She attends every American 
League game in the metropolis, and roots as hard as any 
fan present. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are to occupy the 
Head estate on Smith’s Point, Manchester, the coming 
sammer. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Austen Gray (Alice Burnham) of 
Boston and New York have taken the Redmond cottage 
_cn Eustis avenue, at Newport, for the season of rort. 
This is the same place they had last summer. Mrs. 
Cray’s parents summer at Beverly Farms. 
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Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane of Boston and Manchester, 
has returned to Boston after a very enjoyable sojourn 
ia Baltimore as the guest of her parents, Prof. and Mrs. 
Basil Gildersleeve. 
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At last Saturday’s race on the Nashua river between 
the Harvard Freshman crew, R. T. P. Storer of Boston, 
a summer resident of Manchester, rowed with the 
Harvard crew. 
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Mr. and Mrs. John R. McGinley and daughter of 
Pittsburg are registered at the Plaza, New York. They 
are expected soon at the Stevens cottage, Smith’s Point, 
Manchester. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Dana (Edith Longfellow), 
of Cambridge and Manchester, and Miss Alice Long- 
fellow, with others of the Dana and Longfellow families, 
went over to New York for the marriage of Miss Ethel 
N Smith, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Cornelius B. 
Smith, and Richard N. Dana, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Dana, which was solemnized in Grace church last Satur- 
day afternoon. 
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Mrs. James McMillan planned to leave Washington 
this week for the Hot Springs of Virginia, where she 
will remain until June 1. She will then open her summer 
home at Manchester-by-the-Sea for the season. Her 
great grandson, James McMillan Gibson, the young son 
of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, will spend the summer 
with Mrs. McMillan, as his parents will be abroad for 
the season. 
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Mrs. Charles S. Tuckerman and Mr. and Mrs. 
Payard Tuckerman of Boston and Ipswich, were among 
the invited guests for the marriage of Miss Marjorie 
Grannis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Grannis, 
is Simeon Thomas Toby of Elizabeth, N. J., which was 
sclemnized in the church of the Holy Communion, South 
Orange; Ns.) : 
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I’. Blackwood Fay and family, of Boston, will not 
occupy the Merrill homestead on Smith’s Point, Manches- 
ter, this season. Mrs. Fay’s mother, Mrs. L. W. Rogers, 
arrived this week at the cottage he annually occupies on 
Smith’s Point. The Merrill homestead has been secured 
by New York parties. 
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West Manchester summer colonists settled in gen- 
erous numbers this week. Miss Elizabeth D. Boardman 
cf Boston, opened “Hill Top” on Bridge street, Monday. 
T Dennie Boardman and household were due Thursday 
at “Chubbs.” 
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The marriage of Miss Ruth Lawrence, the fourth 
daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Lawrence, of Boston and 
niece of Amory A. Lawrence of Boston and Hospital 
Point, Beverly, to Lansing Reed of New York will take 
ae at Emmanuel church, Boston, on Saturday, June 
third. 
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Dr. Reginald H. Fitz of Boston and West Manches- 
ter was a beneficiary under the will of the late Francis 
B. Greene of Dartmouth, near New Bedford. The major 
portion of his fortune was left to Radcliffe college. 
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Clay A. Pierce and family, of St. Louis, took oc- 
cupancy of the S. Parker Bremer estate this week. ‘The 
cupancy of the S. Parker Bremer estate Monday of this 
week. 
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Mr. and Mrs. George E. Warren of Boston are 
settled for the season in their cottage on Blossom Lane, 
Manchester. 
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Mrs. Mary R. Bremer of Boston, is expected at her 
ccttage on Smith’s Point, Manchester, about the middle 
of this month. 
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The household servants of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 
Abbott of Boston, are at their “Glass Head” estate 
awaiting the family’s return from Europe. 
