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MANCHESTER CHURCHES 
Baptist Church.—Rey. A.G. War- 
ner, pastor. Public worship, 10.45 
a.m. Bible school, 12.15, vestry. 
Men’s elass, 12.15, auditorium. 
Young People’s union, 6.00. Eve- 
ning service, 7.00. Prayer meetings 
Friday evening at 7.30. Communion 
first Sunday in the month. All 
seats are free at every service. 
Orthodox Congregational. — Rev. 
L. H. Ruge, pastor. Sunday morn- 
ing worship, with sermon, 10.45. 
Bible school, 12.00. Evening wor- 
ship with sermon, 7.00. Prayer 
meeting Tuesday, 7.30, in the chapel. 
Woman’s Missionary society the Ist 
Thursday of each month. Sittings 
ean be obtained of A. S. Jewett. 
Sacred Heart Church—Rev. Mark 
Sullivan, pastor. Masses, 7.00, 8.30 
and 10.30 o’clock.: Sunday school at 
2.30 o’clock. Rosary, Instruction 
and Benediction of the 
Sacrament, 3.30 o’clock. 
Days.— Morning mass. at 
o’clock. Advanced class 
evening at 7.30 o’clock. 
Week 
7.30 
Friday 
Harmony Guild will have a Christ- 
mas tree at the chapel, Monday eve- 
ning, December 18th, at 7.45. Each 
member please bring a gift worth 
about ten cents to the chapel before 
5 o’clock that afternoon. 
Christmas Vespers in charge of 
Harmony Guild at the Congrega 
tional church, December 24th, at 5 
o’clock. Fine music. Everybody 
welcome. 
On Sunday evening, December 
24th, the choir of the Baptist church ~ 
will sing the cantata ‘‘Birth of 
Christ,’’ by Berald. 
Miss Edna May Rogers, a dra- 
matic reader of rare merit, will give 
a recital of Van Dyke’s great story, 
‘‘The Other Wise Man,’’ at the 
Congregational church, Sunday 
evening, December 17th. The pro- 
gram of the evening will be inter- 
spersed with music and solos. A 
silver offering will be taken to de- 
fray expenses. 
The annual business meeting of 
the Congregational church, called 
for Thursday evening, was not held, 
owing to there not being a quorum. 
The Ladies’ Social circle held their 
sale on that evening. The meeting 
will now be held on Thursday eve- 
ning, December 28th. 
The Ever Ready circle of King’s 
Daughters will meet Monday eve- 
ning with Mrs. Edward W. Baker. 
A business meeting of the Bap- 
tist church will be held next Tues- 
day evening to consider the advisa- 
bility of enlarging the kitchen in 
the basement of the church. 
Blessed 
S HORE 
There will be an _ entertainment 
and Christmas tree for the children 
of the Congregational church at the 
chapel, Saturday evening, December 
23d at 7 o’clock. Parents and 
friends are invited. 
Ladies’ Social Circle Hold Fair in 
Town Hall . 
The Ladies’ Social circle of the 
Manchester Congregational church 
held a sale and entertainment in the 
Town hall Wednesday and Thurs- 
day evening of this week. Like oc- 
casions of a similar nature held un- 
der the auspices of this society in 
the past the affair was a success. 
The executive committee in 
charge of the affair was: Mrs. 
F. M. Andrews, chairman; Mrs. 
Wheaton and Mrs. Julia Currea. 
The chairman of the committees in 
charge of the various tables and 
booths were: fancy, Miss Martha 
C. Knight; _domestic, Mrs. L. W. 
Floyd; apron, Mrs. S. A. Sinnicks; 
cake, Mrs. G. W. Blaisdell; candy, 
Mrs. E. A. Lane; ice cream, Mrs. 
Mabel Morgan; mystery pump, 
Mrs. John Baker. Mrs. Currea was 
chairman of the entertainment com- 
mittee. 
The entertainment program pre- 
sented Wednesday evening includ- 
ed: vocal solo ‘‘A Winter Lullaby”’ 
de Koven, Miss Stenhouse, with 
violin obligato by Miss Porter; 
dancing the minuet by four boys 
and four girls, dressed in the cos- 
tume of George and Martha Wash- 
ington; quartet, F. J. Merrill, A. C. 
Needham, Roland Knight and A. L. 
Sabin; recitation, ‘‘Wreck of the 
Hesperus,’’ Miss Edgecomb; solo, 
‘“The Rose and the Gardener,’’ Miss 
Stenhouse, with encore, ‘‘A Disap- 
pointment.”’ 
Thursday evening’s’ entertain- 
ment consisted of selections by the 
High school orchestra; vocal solos, 
“Twas You’’ and ‘‘Silver Threads 
Among the Gold,’’ by Mrs. Ray- 
mond C, Allen; and the very pretty 
pantomime ‘‘Bobby Shaftoe,’’ in 
which the three children were John 
Robertson, Helen Beaton and Ruth 
Bell, with Mrs. F. G. Cheever as so- 
loist. 
Gloucester ‘‘ Wet’’ Again 
Gloucester. voted in favor of 
license at its election last week by 
a substantial majority. 
-f€Darling,’’ she said, ‘‘when we were 
married five years ago, I never expected 
to see you coming home at 1 o’clock in 
the morning.’’ 
‘‘Well, you wouldn’t now, m’ dear,’’ he 
replied, ‘‘if you’d only go to sleep ear- 
lier,’’ 
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MANCHESTER 
The very mild weather brought 
the deer in gererous numbers to the 
vicinity of Singing Beach. They 
wandered out of the woods and over 
the neighboring estates and were 
very tame. 
Morley, Flatley & Co. have dis. 
continued work on the grounds of 
the enlarged E. L. Wood estate on 
Cobb avenue until spring. . 
Harry Coulter, son of James 
Coulter, of the Walker estate, this 
town, was a most noticeable figure 
at the recent horse-show of the 
Park Riding ‘school, Boston. Mr. 
Coulter carried away a number of 
first prizes. In the class for road 
fours, Mr. Coulter won the prize. 
He drove the ‘‘Happy Days’’ coach 
which is so well remembered on the 
North Shore last season. His driy- 
ing was also among the best exhibi- 
tions. His skill in that direction 
won him the cup and blue ribbon. 
Mr. Coulter also entered a new 
horse, a valuable addition to his 
splendid string. The animal is 
‘‘Mr. Joe’’ recently purchased in 
New York. ‘‘Mr. Joe’’ was ridden 
by Joseph H. Collins. He brought a 
prize to his owner in the class for 
saddle horses. 
Liberty Rebekah Lodge Entertain 
Last Friday evening about 100 
members of Friendship Rebekah 
lodge of Beverly came to Manches- 
ter to pay a fraternal visit to Lib- 
erty Rebekah lodge. Supper was 
served in the Town hall at 6.30, one 
hundred sixty partaking. Follow- 
ing the supper of cold meats, salads, 
etc., a short business meeting of the 
local lodge was held and the balance 
of the evening was given over to en- 
tertainment and sociability. Prof. 
Wallace of Boston, humorist and 
singer, kept the gathering in good 
spirits the whole evening. The Vis- 
itors were highly pleased with the 
hearty manner in which the _ local 
lodge entertained them and will en- 
deavor to repay the compliment at 
some future date. 
‘‘How is it you have so many young 
men call on you?’’ asked a jealous girl. 
‘« Because,’’? was the reply, ‘‘ father 
has the gout in one foot and the rheuma- 
tism in the other; besides, we don’t keep 
a dog.’”’ 
‘‘Pa,’? said little Johnny, ‘‘teacher is 
thinking about promoting me.’’ 
‘How do you know?’? 
‘‘From what she said today.’’ 
“*And what was that?’’ { 
‘She said that if I kept on I’d belong 
to the criminal class.’ . 
