Bey 
MANCHE 
Friday, December 12, 1913. 
Born Sunday, Nov, 30, a son to 
Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Heath, at 
Manchester Cove. 
Among the beneficiaries of the will 
of the late William C. Kussell of Mel- 
rose is William A. Spinney of West 
Manchester, a former employee oi 
hig father who is given $100. 
Buy your Providence River, War- 
ren Kiver and Cape Oysters at the 
Manchester Fish Market, phone 163. 
adv. 
Fred Leach has been spending the 
week with his parents on North 
street. He is drummer in the orches- 
tra at the Beacon theatre, Tremont 
street, Boston, 
Chester Dodge, one of the clerks at 
Bullock’s grocery, is spending his 
annual vacation at his home in Ham- 
ilton. 
Town Accountant Austin C. Jones, 
we are glad to report, is on the road 
to recovery after a most serious ill- 
ness with typhoid-pneumonia at the 
Beverly hospital. He was given up at 
one time, but a change for the better 
started in last week and he is today 
well along toward recovery. It will 
be weeks, however, before he will be 
able to resume his duties at the Town 
hall. 
Very best of Warren River Oy- 
sters, nothing better for invalids, at 
Beach St. Restaurant. adv. 
The town’s petition to the Harbor 
and Land Commissioners for dredg- 
ing for next year has been prepared 
and was presented to the board Wed- 
nesday by Selectman Dean. Accom- 
panying the petition was a plan show- 
ing what had been done under the di- 
rection of the state in 1910 and II, 
1g12 and again this year, and also 
what was desired fOr next year. “It 
is proposed to continue the dredging 
next year on the side of the harbor 
toward Smith’s Point, right up to the 
marsh-land, thus maine one big ba- 
sin. Also to dredge in “the basin to- 
ward Beach street, and to cut another 
slice off the flats at the harbor en- 
trance, opposite the yacht club. A 
petition will be made the federal 
government to remove the bow bell 
ledge at this point, aside from the 
work requested of the state. 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
LeFt BuILDING IN MINUTE AND TEN 
SECONDS 
ftiow many people are there in 
Manchester who would think that the 
large eight-room buuding oi the Geo. 
A. Priest school, with its 205 pupils 
could be emptied in a minute and ten 
seconds. 
Wednesday morning on the invi- 
tation of Dr. Tyler ot the School 
Committee, Editors Marshall oz ine 
Cricket and Lodge of the Breeze, and 
Chief ot Police Sullivan went to Lhe 
school house about ten o'clock. Supt. 
Mackin knew otf their mission, but 
not another teacher had any idea that 
a fire drill was to be gone through. 
‘he various classes were reciting and 
were unaware of their presence in the 
lower hall. Chief Sullivan held a stop 
watch and at a signal from him Supt. 
Mackin pushed the button that rang 
the fire signal. Before the bell had 
stopped ringing every pupil in the 
eight rooms had dropped his books and 
was standing beside his desk await- 
ing the signal from the teacher to 
start marching. At the same time, 
and and before the bell had stopped 
ringing, two boys from rooms on each 
side of the building had rushed, or- 
derly, through the doors and one 
opened thg inner door while the other 
opened the outer doors on either side 
of the buildings. Another lad, Edwin 
Cook, was beating a drum in the low- 
er hall and in much quicker time 
than it takes to write it the lines were 
marching, in order, from the two 
back rooms on the lower floor. The 
two rooms on the front of the build- 
ing march out from the front door. 
Before the last pair from the lower 
floor had left their respective rooms 
the lines from up-stairs were on the 
lower steps, so that there was not a 
break in the lines. In a few seconds 
more the last one was out of doors. 
Meanwhile the teachers from the var- 
ious rooms were marching with their 
pupils, watching their order and if 
needs be keeping them in line. 
When the last one had left the 
building Chief Sullivan stopped his 
watch. It registered I min. 10 sec. 
In a fire drill the children do not 
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ot their children when at school. Or 
apportioned the tax of over a mi 
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stop to get their wraps and 
they are in the open on these 0« 
ions only a tew seconds they are 
endangered from cold. For, just 
soon as the last one was out the li 
started back again and as the doors 
were closed and the last pupil was m 
his room Chiet Sulavan stopped fis” 
watch again and it registered a to 
of 2 min. 23 sec, from the time 
bell was sounded until the pupils were 
back in their respective roonis. 
‘These are facts which parents must 
appreciate in considering the satety 
course there is the question as to wiat 
the children would do in case of real 
fire, It is reasonable to assume, how- 
ever, that any fire that would start 
wenile school is in session would be 5 
discovered in time to sound an alarm, 
such as is used in fire drill, in season 
for the children to have a minute and 
10 seconds notice to leave the butld- 
ing. 
in practicing the fire drill Supt. 
Mackin has tried to have the childr 
leave the building in just the or 
which they leave at the close of 
school every session. The drill had 
not been practiced for three weeks 
prior to Wednesday. 
The following officers were elected 
at a recent meeting of H. P, Wood- 
bury camp 49, 8. of V.: Frank 
Foster, commander ; John C. Mack 
senior v. C.; - Frank R R,; Floyd, ju 
Vine! Edward W. Baker, se 
Lewis Hutchinson, treas.; John 
Prest, Herman C. Swett and Geo: 
E. Hildreth, camp council. a 
Full line of fall and winter gloves 
at Walt Bell’s, Central Sq. ac 
The state tax commissioner 
dollars received as taxes on 
shares between the state and the 
cities and towns in Massachus 
The tax is collected from the nat 
banks proportionately to the 
ber of shares held in each bank 
people who are not residents of 
city or town in which the bank is 
cated. Manchester’s share in thi 
is $7,906.41. Last year it was 
658.46. 
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