Gloucester Section 
NORTH 
SHORE 
BREEZE 
GLOUCESTER OFFICE, 171 MAIN STREET. 
L. F. WILLIAMS, MANAGER 
_ The Social Club Evil. 
The Social Club craze has appar- 
ently struck Gloucester with a force 
that is anything but gratifying to 
the advocates of No-lieense who suc- 
ceeded after a hard-fought cam- 
paign last fall in abolishing the 
legal saloon. With fifteen chartered 
social clubs and a dozen or more 
pony expresses in existence it would 
seem that the will of the voters as 
expressed at the polls last fall came 
pretty near being thwarted. 
The so-called social club is fully 
as great an evil as the open saloon, 
possibly a greater. The social club 
as the term apphes to the numerous . 
organizations that have lately been 
chartered in Gloucester, is merely a 
drinking elvb. A man who does not 
drink is not weleome as a member. 
The open saloon under our present 
laws is conducted in full view of the 
public, the social club behind closed 
doors. Almost any one who is at all 
desirable can become a member by 
simply applying for a ecard. 
This is not right. The law did not 
intend social clubs to be substituted 
for the saloon in years when a mu- 
nicipality voted against the open 
sale of liquor. The municipal coun- 
cil in granting these permits is mak- 
ing a great mistake and the mem- 
bers who vote these permits will 
have to answer to the people when 
they come up for re-election next 
December. 
The Gypsy Moth Crusade. 
In spite of the fact that the 
woods of the North Shore are full of 
gypsy moth fighters, and that the 
state and individuals are spending 
more money than usual in fighting 
the pests, it does not seem that any 
great progress has been made~in ex- 
terminating these devastating little 
insects. The foliage all over Cape 
Ann shows the presence of the moth. 
In places the trees are stripped 
bare and in other sections the moths 
are busily at work destroying the 
beautiful handiwork of nature. 
West Gloucester and Magnolia ap- 
pear to be the most afflicted seetions 
in this respect and the efforts of the 
moth fighters are being directed es- 
pecailly to those localities in hopes 
of preventing the total destruction 
of the foliage there. 
Local Telephone Manager Goes to 
Plymouth, N. H. 
John Gadd, who for four years 
and a half has been manager of the 
local telephone office has resigned 
his position and on June first will 
go to Plymouth, N. H., to accept a 
responsible position with the 
White Mountain Telephone Com- 
pany. While the many friends of 
Mr. Gadd in this section will learn 
with regret his contemplated re- 
moval they will be glad to know 
that his new position is in the na- 
ture of an advancement both as to 
responsibility and salary. 
Mr. Gadd took charge of the 
Gloucester office in November 1906 
and under his efficient management 
the service has been greatly im- 
proved and brought up to a high 
standard. During Mr. Gadd’s ad- 
ministration of the office he has 
earned for himself an enviable rep- 
utation as a courteous and obliging 
official. In working for the best in- 
terests of the New England Tele- 
phone Company he has not been un- 
mindful of the rights and privileges 
of the many patrons of the com- 
pany, and has at all times given 
prompt attention to complaints and 
suggestions that have been made to 
him. 
The business has grown steadily 
since he took charge and the ser- 
vice has been extended to many new 
points on the cape. During his ser- 
vice here Mr. Gadd has resided at 
Rockport, where he and his family 
have been prominent in the social 
life of that suburb. 
Mr. Gadd will be succeeded in 
Gloucester by Mr. Rolfe of Boston. 
Congressman Nye’s Joke. 
Congressman Nye of Minnesota, 
is developing a humorous side to his 
character that is likely to land him 
in the shoes of his brother the late 
‘*Bill’’?’ Nye, whose writings have 
amused countless thousands. 
The Minnesota representative pro- 
poses to introduce a bill into con- 
gress providing for the purchase of 
a summer ‘‘White House’’ on the 
shores of Lake Minnetonka. The 
president with his usual courtesy 
and diplomacy replied when the 
matter was put up to him that he 
would be glad to occupy a Minne- 
sota summer White House next year 
if congress should provide such a 
place. The most that Minnesota 
ean hope for will be a little free ad- 
vertising for the very charming 
summer resort in the northern part 
of that state, for the president, 
Congressman Nye and _ everybody 
else knows that there is not the 
faintest chance of congress provid- 
ing a summer\white house on Lake 
Minnetonka. 
The summer White House will 
continue to be located at Beverly 
for the balance of President Taft’s 
term at least. 
GLOUCESTER. 
Joseph Hyams, proprietor of the 
Surfside Hotel, came down from 
Boston this week and is getting the 
establishment in order for opening 
on Monday of next week. 
The Hotel Brynmere at Annis- 
quam, will be run this year as usual 
by the Misses Stetson. The hotel 
will be open Memorial day. 
William H. Perkins is on a busi- 
ness trip through Nova Scotia. He 
will return to Gloucester about the 
middle of June. 
Miss Ella Wonson Burnham sailed 
last week from New York.for EKur- 
ope. She will be gone till fall. 
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S. Tappan, 
former residents of this city, are 
here from New York and will spend 
the summer at Annisquam. 
Mrs. Alden C. Brown is visiting 
relatives in Ashburnham, Mass. 
William <A. Homans and family 
will spend the summer at Lake 
Winnepesaukee, N. H. 
John Hays Hammond has present- 
ed the Fishermen’s Institute with a 
check for $100. 
Professor R. W. Burnham = and 
family, and Mrs. M. F. Ford of New 
York, have arrived in Gloucester for 
the summer. 
The High School band is to give 
concerts Saturday evenings in Post 
Office Square during June. 
Kpes W. Merchant has purchased 
a Cadillac automobile through the 
agency of Perkins & Corliss. 
Mrs. Harriet B. Presson will oe- 
cupy her summer home at Presson’s 
Point, West Gloucester, beginning 
June first. 
