MANCHESTER SECTION 
Miss Mildred Foster has taken a 
position as bookkeeper at the Norta 
Shore market. 
There will be a public whist party 
in Carpenters’ hall Thursday evening, 
May 11, at 8 o’clock. 
Rufus Long has been appointed by 
the Park Commissioners as a “safety- 
first” guard at Singing Beach for the 
summer. 
The annual meeting of the Man- 
chester Fireman -Relief association 
will be held on Monday, May 8, 4t 
7 p. m—sS. L. Wheaton, Sec’y. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
A coal barge was unloaded at the 
coal wharf of Samuel Knight Sons 
Co. this week. The barge was taken 
away on Wednesday. 
A seaplane from the Burgess plant 
at Marblehead passed over Manches- 
ter at noon Wednesday. It was the 
first one sighted this season and at- 
tracted considerable attention. 
Thos. A. Baker and family, who 
have been visiting in Malden since 
their return from the South several 
weeks ago, are back to Manchester 
for the summer. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
Members of Father Shahan’s 
Court, M. C. O. F., are requested to 
be present at the meeting in Odd 
Fellows hall, Wednesday, May Io, to 
consider important business. 
The building on Central street oc- 
cupied for several years by Green & 
Swett Co., as a North Shore branch 
of their auto supply business of Bos- 
ton, has been sold by M. E. Gorman 
to the firm. ; 
Fresh Frozen Herring at Swett’s 
Fish Market. adv. 
Plans have been made to light Mas- 
conomo Park and Singing Beach this 
summer. By the first of June five 
60-candlepower electric lamps will be 
put up at the Beach and two of like 
power at the Park. The present plan 
is to burn these lights the year round. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
Repairs are being made to the iron 
rod supports for the swings and to 
the teeter boards at the Brook st. 
playground in anticipation of the 
opening of the grounds in a short 
time. More time is being spent in 
preparation this year in order that 
when things start at the playground 
everything will be in readiness and 
the full time of Director McCarthy 
can be given to the children. 
Friday, May 5, 1916. 
Tue ARBELLA PLAYERS. 
An entertainment is to be given 
next Friday evening, May 12, in the 
Manchester Town hall, at 8 o’clock by 
the Arbella players. The aim of the 
girls is not only to provide an enter- 
tainment, but to raise funds toward 
the expenses of their annual Christ- 
mas Tree carnival, and also toward 
the expense of the Arbella concerts, 
which have meant so much to the 
community the past winter. 
Here is an opportunity now for 
the people of Manchester to show 
their approval and appreciation of the 
good work being done by the Arbelia 
girls, and it is hoped that everyone 
will buy a ticket to the entertainment 
next Friday evening. The Arbella 
players will give “Cranford,” the 
Glee club will sing and several Ar- 
bella girls will sing also. 
The drinking fountain in front of 
Town hall was uncovered this week 
and the water connected. Spring! 
Manchester High school baseball 
team will go to Hamilton tomorrow 
to play Hamilton High school a re- 
turn game. 
A permit to install an underground 
conduit under Sea st. was granted the 
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. at the 
meeting of the Board of Selectmen 
on Tuesday evening. 
Within the period of three weeks 
three old residents of Manchester, 
two natives, passed away. Charles 
H. Rust and Charles O. Howe, both 
were charter members of Magnolia 
Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Manchester. 
Officers of the engine company of 
the Manchester Fire Department 
were elected for the ensuing year last 
Monday evening as follows: Captain 
Ellery Rogers; lieut., Manuel S. Mi- 
guel; clerk and-_treas., George E. Hi!- 
dreth. Officers of the ladder com- 
pany are as follows: Captain, Gran- 
ville Crombie; lieut., James Murray; 
clerk and *treas~ “Charles= Hritz: 
Charles Sawyer, who was with the 
engine company, was transferred to 
the ladder company, and Frank A. 
Morgan was put in his place on the 
engine company. William Slade takes 
Mr. Morgan’s place. Resignations of 
Richard J. Baker and Martin Olson 
were accepted and vacancies were 
filled by William Walen and Raymond 
Crocker. The annual try-out will be 
held on Monday, June 5. 
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Mrs. William Hanks moved into 
the Thornton house, Washington st., 
yesterday. 
All Boy Scouts are requested to 
meet at the Baptist vestry Monday 
evening, May 8, at 7 o'clock. 
Mrs. William A. Campbell of Bos- 
ton was the guest of Mrs. C. H. Ray- 
ner, Norwood ave., yesterday. 
George F. Ayers left yesterday for 
a short vacation trip to Chicago to 
visit his brother, Chas. B. Ayers, and 
family. 
Mrs. Chas. A. Lodge and daughter 
Annabelle, left this morning for Cal- 
gary, Alberta, Canada, to spend the 
summer with C. A. Lodge, Jr. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. aa" 
At ‘the meeting Friday evening of 
the recently appointed board of en- 
gineers of the fire department Clar- 
ence Morgan was elected chief and 
Thomas Baker, clerk. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
Rev. Joseph A. Brandley, former 
rector of the Sacred Heart church, 
Manchester, now of Neponset, was 
the guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. 
B. J: Manion. 
Thomas Sheehan, night patrolman, 
has been laid up the past week with 
rheumatism. During his absence Re- 
serve Officer L. Nelson Cook in on 
his beat. 
Funeral services for Mrs. Char- 
lotte Torrey, wife of Deacon Joseph 
A. Torrey, were held last Saturday 
afternoon at her late home. Rev. 
Charles A. Hatch, assisted by Rev. A. 
G. Warner officiated. Pall-bearers 
were FE. A. Lane, William Hoare, 
Oliver T. Roberts and George S. 
Sinnicks. Burial was in Rosedale 
cemetery. 
The scheduled game between the 
Priest school team and the Rockport 
A. A. for last Saturday morning had 
to be postponed on account of the 
condition of the grounds. Tomorrow 
the ..anchetser boys will journey to 
Rockport to play the Rockport A. A. 
at home. 5 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
The snow storm which visited New 
England at the late date of April 28 
had no ill effects. Although trees had 
started to open their buds no harm 
was done. The warm sunshine which 
followed soon wiped out every trace 
of the snow and this week the 
weather had characteristics of June 
rather than the first of May. 
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