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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
ES a rk k— ee ry, 
BEVERLY FARMS. 
An event, which is being looked 
forward to with interest, is the gym- 
nastic exhibition which will take 
place in Neighbor’s hall Saturday 
evening, May 13th. Mrs. George 
Dean being the instructor, is a guar- 
antee that the affair will be exceed- 
ingly good, interesting and instruc- 
tive. A feature that will be of es- 
pecial interest will be the work of the 
senior boys in some of the athletic 
lines. The boys have received tui- 
tion from a special male instructor 
for a part of their exhibition. 
Patrick O’Hearn is reported to be 
in poor health and confined to his 
home. He has been for several years 
the superintendent and care taker of 
the Lee estate. 
A cake and candy sale was held 
last Wednesday afternoon at the 
Farms school hall. A good sum was 
realized, which will be used for need- 
ed expenses of the Farms baseball 
team. 
Much dissatisfaction is being ex- 
pressed about the Farms over the 
city, so far this year, doing nothing 
practical towards making repairs and 
general improvements, which are very 
badly needed. The roads are in a 
bad condition and need a general 
cleaning. Perhaps the greatest com- 
plaint is over the sidewalks. It is 
claimed that the Farms has not got 
a decent stretch of sidewalk. Prac- 
tically year after year nothing is done 
in a material way to give the walking 
population any consideration at all. 
Many are advocating the change of 
the ordinance which will permit the 
building of artificial sidewalks by the 
city; if this is done it might then 
be possible to get a small sum each 
year for the construction of a tar 
walk. At present many people claim 
the sidewalks to be a disgrace and are 
taking to the streets. 
John A. Burchsted left the Farms 
on Tuesday for Winchester, N. H. 
He has recently purchased a farm 
there and expects to make it his fu- 
ture home. His property contains 
about ten acres and has a house, barn 
and other buildings all in good re- 
pair and pleasantly situated near a 
lake. There are many bungalows and 
summer cottages near at hand. Mr. 
Burchsted does not intend to do 
much planting at present, but will 
take up poultry raising chiefly and 
take advantage of whatever other op- 
portunities may offer to make a live- 
lihood. 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Bates, Jr., 
of Franklin, N. H., were the guests 
of friends at the Farms this week. 
At last Monday evening’s session 
of the Beverly Board of Aldermen, 
the mayor’s veto message was re- 
ceived, on the order providing for an 
expenditure of $1,000, for fixing up 
the Beverly Farms playground. . The 
mayor in giving his veto said in part 
that there was no suitable place for 
a playground and that the Park 
Commissioners would not know what 
to do with the money if it was ap- 
propriated. Alderman Loring moved 
that the message be laid on the table 
as he wished to look into the question 
of drainage which is evidently a 
matter that must be taken care of 
first. 
The Boys’ Fife and Drum corps 
have a subscription paper out among 
their friends. They are so far being 
much encouraged by receiving such 
sums that may enable the mto secure 
their desired uniforms. They have 
decided to adopt the “American Boy 
Scout” uniform. The total cost of the 
uniforms for all the boys will be from 
$35.00 to $40.00. 
An entertainment, dance and social 
will be held in Neighbor’s hall on 
the evening of May 209th. The pro- 
ceeds of the affair will be for the 
benefit of St. Margaret’s church. 
The annual business meeting and 
election of officers of the fire com- 
panies at the Farms was held in the 
West street fire station last Monday 
evening. ‘l‘he following were re- 
elected: Engine 3—Capt., Duncan 
T. Smith; Lieut., Edwin F. Camp- 
bell; Clerk, Benjamin F. Hawkins. 
Hook and Ladder 2—Capt., Alfred 
Williams; Lieut, E. Fred Day; 
Clerk, J. A. Mayberry. Much to the 
regret of the members, the resigna- 
tion of John Burchsted, from the de- 
partment, was received. He has been 
for a long time a popular member 
and a hard worker in the department. 
He has always taken a keen interest 
in its welfare. Mr. Burchsted leaves 
Beverly Farms, having purchased a 
farm in New Hampshire. 
Station agent, William H. Gerrish, 
expects to start on his annual three 
weeks’ vacation, next Monday. He 
and Mrs. Gerrish and daughter, Mil- 
dred, as is their usual custom, will 
probably spend most of the time vis- 
iting relatives at Kittery, Maine. 
At the Beverly Farms fire station 
last Monday evening, the many 
friends of John Burchsted gathered 
to wish him “good luck” in his new 
venture at farming at Winchester, N. 
H. Engineer J. M. Publicover on be- 
half of friends and firemen presented 
him with a_ pocketbook containing 
about $50.00. He _ stated that his 
friends wished to show their best 
wishes i na material way to aid him 
in “getting things started down on 
the farm.” Mr. Burchsted was com- 
pletely surprised, but managed in a 
neat speech to express his sincere 
thanks. 
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