NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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MANCHESTER. 
The Timmins’ stables on Beach 
street are opening up for the season 
this week. 
The hollow at the corner of Tappan 
and Beach streets is being filled in. 
This will be a good improvement at 
this point and grade the roads nicely. 
Sun shades and umbrellas repaired 
at Loomis’. * 
The members of Conomo tribe of 
Red Men had the pleasure, Wednes- 
day evening, of listening to an inter- 
esting informal talk by Fred K. 
Swett on his recent trip to the Ber- 
muda Islands. Following the meet- 
ing a feast of corn and venison was 
served in the forest. The tribe voted 
to decorate the graves of the de- 
ceased brothers on Decoration day. 
One of the worst forest fires in 
the history of Manchester has been 
raging most of the week in the north- 
erly part of the town. It started 
Sunday near Haskell’s pond, Glouces- 
ter, and steadily ate its way toward 
Manchester, burning over, it is es- 
timated, more than 250 acres. It 
was thought yesterday that the fire 
could be checked when it reached the 
Essex-Manchester road. The spray- 
ing machines owned by the state and 
used in connection with the gypsy 
moth work, were detailed at the Es- 
sex road to help head off the fire. 
Thousands of feet of hose were 
‘stretched through the woods and ef- 
fective work was accomplished. An- 
other gang of men were fighting the 
fire off Forest street more than a 
‘mile from Ayer’s ice house Wednes- 
‘day night. Forest Warden Semons 
‘and his deputies have been kept on 
‘the jump all the week. On Wednes- 
‘day a woods fire started on Stevens’ 
hill but was put out after some hard 
work. Another fire at the G. M. Lane 
‘estate Wednesday burned over quite 
a stretch of ground. It is unfortu- 
nate for the North Shore that such 
damage is being done to our woods 
by these fires. It is hoped that this 
‘morning’s rain will do some effective 
work toward stopping the fires. 
One of the heavy spraying ma- 
chines being used to fight forest fires 
in the Essex woods almost came to 
grief as it was being turned around 
in the roadway yesterday afternoon. 
In some way or other it was backed 
off the side of the road and came near 
toppling over. The horses were un- 
able to pull it out. A large White 
auto truck owned by Freeman, the 
dispenser of King Philip ale and 
tonics, came along and fastened a 
chain to the spraying machine and 
pulled it from its precarious position. 
K. or C. MINSTREL SHOW. 
An appreciative audience enjoyed 
a well presented minstrel show in the 
Manchester Town hall, Tuesday eve- 
ning, given by the young people who 
recently gave such a successful show 
in Gloucester. It was given here un- 
der the auspices of the Manchester 
Council K. of C. The following pro- 
gram was presented: 
Opening chorus, entire company: 
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Overy Vidiya a Olay Ole Lr ean: 
“Winter”; “Every Little Movement” ; 
“CarriectromiCarolina "My rero’ ; 
Wom .ourebe-, My Girlais 7’ The 
Man Who Owns Broadway’’ (inter- 
locutor’s entrance); “Jungle Band,” 
(end men’s entrance). End song— 
Clisive: Conese) im Gong) Out,” 
Dr. Jas. H. Malonson; Ballad—‘‘The 
Pouteleéar Clover, Oty |oseph EY: 
Bussey; End song—‘‘Put Your Arms 
Around Me Honey,” Miss Winnie 
McVarish; Ballad—‘‘All that I Ask 
Is Love,” Mr. Antone J. Silva; End 
song—"Stop, Stop, Stop,” Mr. Edw. 
A. Frasier; Ballad—‘‘My Cavalier,” 
Miss Christina Whittey; Specialty— 
“When Mr. Cupid Comes to own,” 
Miss Generva Clifford; End song— 
“Please Come Back to Me,” Miss 
Annie O’Neil. Grand finale by the 
entire company ending with a patri- 
otic tableau, “It Makes Me Think of 
Home, Sweet Home.” 
The circle was composed of ladies 
as well as gentlemen, and therefore 
seemed quite a novelty. The open- 
ing chorus was especially good and 
“The Man Who Owns Broadway,” 
sang when the interlocutor entered 
made a’ decided hit. he end 
songs were well rendered and_ the 
jokes on local people were very good. 
The subject that called for most re- 
marks was just when the ‘Engine 
House” would be moved. Miss 
Christina Whittey sang “My Cava- 
lier’ very sweetly and graciously re- 
sponded to a great many encores. 
The songs and stories by Jos. A. Ma- 
honey deserve special mention, while 
the Huskin’ Dance was perfectly exe- 
cuted and brought to a close a splen- 
did entertainment. Dancing was en- 
joyed until midnight. 
The local committee in charge was 
composed of L. J. Watson, Fred C. 
Dougherty, Edward Flynn, John J. 
Connors and J. Washbrook. 
YMCA Notss. 
The Manchester YMCA held their 
annual banquet in the chapel Wed- 
nesday evening, which marks the 
discontinuance of the meetings until 
the early fall. The company sat 
down to well laden tables at 7:30, 
after which Albert Cunningham in- | 
troduced the speakers of the evening. 
Supt. of Schools Williams, of Wen- 
ham, gave an jnteresting talk, also — 
David Stranger, County secretary, of 
Danvers, spoke most encouragingly 
to the boys. The remainder of the 
evening was spent in games and gen- 
eral sociability. Camp Thomas 
opens July 8th to 22nd at Baldpate 
Pond, Boxford. A number of the 
boys from Manchester will go there 
for an outing. 
BAND CONCERTS AT MANCHESTER. 
Owing to graduation being held 
Thursday evening, June 22nd, the 
date of the first band concert has 
heen changed to Saturday, June 24th. 
The other concerts will be held on 
Thursday evenings as announced last 
week, July 13th, July 27th, August 
roth, August 24th and September 7th. 
The concerts are to be by the Salem 
Cadet band and are paid for by the 
town of Manchester. 
The concert on Saturday evening, 
June 24th, will be a most appropriate 
close of the graduation week exer- 
cises. ‘The graduation exercises are 
to be held on Thursday evening and a 
reception on Friday evening. 
oF Post OFFICE. 
SUNDAY CLOSING 
Commencing next Sunday, May 21, 
the Manchester )postoffice will be 
open from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The 
general delivery window will be 
opened to accommodate the traveling 
public and the lobby will be opened 
to permit box holders to receive their 
mail through the boxes. 
If any patron expects urgent mail 
to arrive on Sunday, he may receive 
such mail through the general de- 
livery window, provided he notifies 
the postmaster in writing on the pre- 
vious Saturday before 8 p.m. 
Notification of his intention to call 
on Sunday is absolutely necessary in 
order that the mail may be separated 
before the hour for opening the gen- 
eral delivery window. 
A patron may also rent a postoffice 
box and receive his mail therein on 
Sunday, even though his mail during 
the six working days may be deliv- 
ered by carrier. 
The special delivery service will be 
maintained as at present, and the 
usual collection made from the street 
letter boxes. 
To live with a high ideal is a suc- 
cessful life. It is not what one does, 
but what one tries to do, that makes 
the soul strong and fit for a noble 
career, —E. P. Tenney. 
