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MANCHESTER 
At their weekly meeting last 
night Magnolia lodge, LOOF, 
’ elected officers for 1912 as follows: 
Granville Crombie, noble grand; 
Bernard Leo Boyle, vice grand; F. 
C. Rand, recording secretary; Hen- 
ry T. Brigham, financial secretary ; 
Edward A. Lane, treasurer; Wm. C. 
Rust, Oliver T. Roberts, Horace 
Standley, trustees; W. C. Rust and 
Albert Cunningham, delegates. A 
letter was read at the meeting from 
Bro. Howard C. Henderson, for- 
merly of Manchester, now in busi- 
ness at Glascow, N. S. 
Miss Alice Knight was home from 
Pomfret, Ct., to spend Christmas 
with her sister, Mrs. A. C. Needham 
and family, Union street. 
Miss Mildred Peart entertained 
her friends at a Christmas tree 
party Saturday evening. A splen- 
did supper was served and the pres- 
ents taken from the tree and dis- 
tributed. The evening was most 
pleasantly enjoyed by all. 
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Harvie and 
family spent Christmas in Glouces- 
ter, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. 
W. Macdonald. 
Harry Kitfield and family of 
Cambridge spent the week-end and 
Christmas with the D. T. Beatons, 
Bridge street. 
Orrin Chadwick, son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Chadwick has been ill 
for the past two weeks suffering 
with blood poisoning. He is im- 
proving and will soon be about 
again. 
Samuel Rowe came home from 
Rutland to spend the Christmas 
season with his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. T. C. Rowe. 
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Silva wish 
to announce the engagement of 
their oldest daughter Alice, to Wm. 
Seott of Boston. 
F. J. Merrill and family spent the 
holiday with friends in Newton. 
Miss Lydia P. Dennis and 
Cheever Hersey of this town, are 
attending the Salem Commercial 
School this year. 
I. M. Marshall and family spent 
the holiday in Gloucester. 
Miss Alice Blaisdell of Haverhill, 
spent the holidays in town with her 
brother, Dr. G. W. Blaisdell and 
family. 
Dr. and Mrs. Glendenning had 
with them over Christmas the lat- 
ter’s brother and sister, Charles and 
Miss Harrison. 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Toppan of 
Hanover, spent Christmas in town 
with the latter’s parents, Mr. and 
Mrs, T. C, Rowe, 
Sogha Os Raa 
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MILLINERY MARKED DOWN 
Mrs. Sherman offets her remaining stock at half price to close. 
Nothing carried over. 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASSAGHUSETTS 
goods. 
All this season’s 
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Christmas was made an enjoyable 
occasion for those at the Town 
Farm. As usual a Christmas tree 
was provided and there was a pres- 
ent for everybody. This was made 
possible largely through the gener- 
ositv of Mrs. William <A. Russell 
(Miss Head) and Mrs. Edward L. 
Wood of Brookline. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lodge spent 
Christmas with Mrs. Lodge’s family 
in Lowell. 
Miss Clara Winthrop has been re- 
newing her cordial hospitality most 
generously during the Christmas 
season, her bungalow at West Man- 
chester being the scene of several 
happy parties. Last Saturday she 
gave a party to the children of sev- 
eral households in the community, 
and on this occasion also she had 
some of the boys from St. Paul’s 
church down from Boston. Every- 
body was well remembered by 
Santa Claus, who was helped from 
a marvellous chimney by some of 
the boys. Dainty refreshments 
were served and the St. Paul boys 
sang several Christmas carols. 
Tuesday Miss Winthrop entertained 
another large party. 
One of the largest and happiest 
family gatherings of the Christmas 
season was that at the home of 
Patrolman and Mrs. J. Warren Lee 
on Rosedale avenue, when nineteen 
sat down for the Christmas dinner. 
The ages varied from 80 to 2% 
years. Four generations were rep- 
resented. Those present included 
Mr. Lee’s mother, Mrs. Abbie T. 
Lee of West Manchester; Mrs. Lee’s 
mother, Mrs. Stone, who makes her 
home with them; Mr. and Mrs. 
Rollo Eldridge and little daughter 
of Harwichport; Cyrus Weeks, two 
daughters and son of Boston; Ben- 
jamin Stone of Boston, and N. A. 
Lee and family of Lynn. 
Mrs. Ellery Rogers entertained 
the members of her bible class at 
her home on North street Tuesday 
night. Each member brought a 
friend, and a jolly time was en- 
joyed. A cobweb party proved a 
most enjoyable feature. The class 
each received a pretty gift and the 
invited guests were not forgotten. 
Mrs. Rogers was pleasantly  sur- 
prised when the class presented her 
with a handsome gift. Refresh- 
ments of ice cream, cake and candy 
were served, 
Harmony Guild will hold its an- 
nual meeting for the election of of- 
ficers and payment of dues, at the 
chapel, Monday, January lst. Sup- 
per will be served at 6.30. Every 
member is urged to be present. 
Miss May Rogers will act as or- 
ganist at the Baptist church, Sun- 
day. 
The annual meeting of the Con- 
gregational church, ealled for last 
evening, was again postponed. The 
meeting will now be held next 
Tuesday evening in place of the 
regular prayer meeting. 
Allen WRC _ held its annual 
Christmas tree at GAR hall, Wed- 
nesday evening. Allen Post, GAR 
and Col. H. P. Woodbury camp, 8S 
of V were guests. 
Rev. L. H. Ruge will preach at 
the Congregational church Sunday 
morning on ‘‘The Story of Years’’; 
in the evening on ‘‘The Value of 
Wisdom.’’ 
The Ladies’ Social circle of the 
Congregational echureh will meet 
Wednesday evening at the home of 
Mrs. Hattie Kitfield. 
CARD OF THANKS 
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rust wish to 
thank their many friends. for the 
beautiful Christmas gifts and the 
many cards of sympathy that gave 
them so-much comfort and pleasure. 
Boston Opera House 
Emmy Destinn singing’ for. the 
first time in Boston the role of 
Floria Tosea, will be one of the 
great events of the coming week at 
the Boston Opera House. ‘‘Tosea”’ 
is scheduled for the Saturday mati- 
nee. On Monday night Otello will 
be repeated with the same cast as 
on the previous occasion only that 
Desdemona will be sung by Mme. 
Carmen Melis, and the Jago of the 
east will be Seotti. On Wednesday 
evening Zina Brozia is to essay the 
role of Mimi in Pueeini’s La 
Boheme. On Friday evening the 
double bill of Payvliaeei and Coppe- 
lia will be repeated, while the Sat- 
urday matinee will be Tosea. The 
Saturday evening popular price 
performance will be Madama But- 
terfly, with Mme. Melis in the title 
role and Giuseppe Gaudenzi in that 
of Pinkerton, 
