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PROMINENT MANCHESTER MAN DIES 
At AGE oF 85 YEARS 
William Choate Rust, one of Man- 
chester’s oldest and most prominent 
citizens died last Monday night after 
a long illness from heart trouble at 
the age of 85 years. 
Mr. Rust was a native of Manches- 
ter, as was also his father, William 
C. Rust, who was a fisherman when 
Manchester was noted as a _ fishing 
port, and at a time when most of its 
more prominent citizens were either 
captains of merchant vessels or skip- 
pers of little fishing schooners that 
went to the Grand Banks every sum- 
mer and to the Southern Banks in 
winter. 
Mr. Rust commenced going on 
fishing trips at a very early age. He 
first went as cook on fishing smacks 
and later shipped before the mast on 
merchant vessels to the West Indies 
and various ports of the old world , 
sailing under Capt. John W. Carter of 
this town. 
When the gold fever broke out an 
1849 he was one of the score or more 
of Manchester men who © sailed 
around the horn in a ship with 275 
people on board. He stayed in the 
gold diggings a year and a half and 
when the returned to Manchester he 
went to work. as a cabinet-maker, 
which business was then flourishing 
here. He became a partner in a new 
firm by the name of Rust & Marshall. 
Their mill and shops were located on 
the town landing where the present 
police station now stands. In 1871 
this plant was totally destroyed in the 
greatest conflagration Manchester 
ever had. There was little or no in- 
surance and though they lost practi- 
cally everything they were undaunted 
by this and went to work again, buy- 
ing five buildings which they had 
inoved to Elm lane and erected a 
steam power mill. Here all kinds of 
fine furniture were manufactured, also 
pianos and organs, and in 1880 they 
bought out a furniture store in Salem. 
They run both businesses several 
years when the firm dissolved, 
Mr. Rust will be best remembered 
in years to come because of his inter- 
est in public affairs. He was always 
heard in town meetings on all impor- 
tant questions, often standing entire- 
ly alone in support of some important 
issue. He was always radically for 
enforcement of the liquor law. 
Two monuments will always re- 
main to his honor, one of which will 
stand as long as the town exists. It 
was he who led the fight in the fa- 
mous Beach Bank case, which resulted 
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in Singing beach being declared prop- 
erty of the town. Though the case 
cost the town a large sum of money 
that was nothing compared to the 
benefits derived by the townspeople 
since then and in years to come. 
Ocean street at Manchester Cove 
was also built only after the persis- 
tent fight by him. Residents in that 
section of the town fought bitterly 
against this improvement, but in later 
years they thanked Mr, Rust for his 
energy, which resulted in the street 
being built. He was also active in 
having the town buy Tappan marsh, 
off Beach street, which is fast being 
transformed into a beautiful park and 
in years to come will be one of the 
beauty spots of the town. 
Mr. Rust was a veteran fireman, 
being connected with the department 
for 37 years, much of the time as an 
engineer. He was also a veteran Odd 
Fellow, being one of the charter 
members of Magnolia lodge of this 
town and previous to its institution 
he was a member of Bass River lodge 
of Beverly, which he joined Jan. 2, 
1852. He was one of the active mem- 
bers of the Elder Brethren and for 
many years he was a member of the 
park commissioners of Manchester. 
He was twice married, his first 
wife being Susan C, Leach, a native 
of Manchester, a daughter of the late 
Capt, Daniel Leach. Their golden 
wedding was celebrated in November 
of 1902. Mrs. Rust survived but a 
few years and his second marriage 
was Feb. 9, 1909, when he married 
Mrs. M. L. French, a native of Eng- 
land. He was survived by four chil- 
dren, all by his first marriage. They 
are Malcolm Rust, Mrs. C. L. Hoyt, 
Mrs, W. W. Soulis, all of this town, 
and Mrs. Proctor of Gloucester. 
There are also nine grandchildren 
and six great grandchildren. 
Funeral services were held yester- 
day afternoon from the Crowell 
Memorial chapel. The Odd Fellows 
attended in a body and _ conducted 
their services at the grave. Rev. A. 
G. Warner of the Baptist church offi- _ 
ciated at the services at the chapel. 
Logw’s St. JAMES > 
Marcus Loew has arranged an all 
star show to be presented here to — 
morrow. The head line act will be a 
comedy presented by the Roland West 
players entitled “Doctor Brown.” 
The program includes Europe’s lat — 
est novelty, the Ellis-Nowlan troupe. , 
The Dancing Macks will appear in — 
their latest tango specialty. | 
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