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SOCIETY NOTES. 
Stanwood Wellington and family 
of Bostou, will arrive in Manchester 
tomorrow as the guests of the Wm. 
H. Wellingtons at ‘‘Sea_ Brink.’’ 
They will probably remain on the 
shore until the last of August. 
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Miss Edith Wayne of Philadelphia, 
is the guest of Mrs. Reginald Board- 
man at West Manchester. She will 
also be entertained by the George 
D. Wideners before leaving the 
North Shore. 
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George von lL. Meyer, the Secre- 
tary of the Navy, in the course of 
his European travels was in London 
Wednesday, and spent several hours 
with Reginald McKenna, First 
Lord of the Admiralty, and Admiral 
Sir Arthur Wilson, admiral of the 
fleet, and other heads of depart- 
ments of the admiralty. A whole 
hour was devoted by the secretary 
to a talk with Sir James Marshall, 
director of the dock yards. Mr. 
Meyer went to Chatham today where 
he will be the guest of Rear Admiral 
Robert N. Ommanney, superinten- 
dent of the Chatham dock yards. 
Later he will proceed to Portsmouth 
and also will visit the largest of the 
private yards. 
Mrs. Maria H, Ayres. 
Mrs. Maria H. Ayres of Indianap- 
olis, died at her cottage in Magnolia, 
Monday evening, July 31, at 7:45 
o’clock. Her body was taken the 
next day to Indianapolis and _ the 
funeral was held at her late home 
on Thursday, August 3d. The ser- 
vice was conducted by Rev. Owen 
Davis Odell, pastor of the Second 
Presbyterian chureh, of which she 
was a member. The body was buried 
in the Crown Hill cemetery. 
Mrs. Ayres, whose maiden name 
was Maria Murray, was born seven- 
ty-two years ago in Chardon, Ohio. 
Here she was married to Mr. L. S. 
Ayres, who at that time was in busi- 
ness with John Murray. From 
Chardon, she went with her husband 
to Geneva, N. Y., and later to In- 
dianapolis where Mr. Ayres in com- 
pany with others, founded the store 
of L. S. Ayres & Co., which grew 
into one of the big department 
stores of the city. Mr. Ayres after- 
wards became the sole owner of the 
business, a property valued at the 
time of his death, at about $700,000. 
After the death of Mr. Ayres in 
1896, Mrs. Ayres took active interest 
in the management of the business 
and showed marked ability in the 
capacity of treasurer of the com- 
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pany, being able to grasp quickly the 
details of a transaction. She was 
genuinely interested in all good 
works, having an open, generous na- 
ture and a large heart. She con- 
tributed liberally, but without os- 
tentation, to the charities of her 
adopted city, preferring to conceal 
her gifts. 
Mrs. Ayres bought a cottage on 
Lexington avenue at Magnolia soon 
after her husband’s death and _ ha- 
bitually spent her summers here. 
She took deep interest in the wel- 
fare of Magnolia as of Indianapolis, 
sharing in the expense of all im- 
provements and contributing gener- 
ously for the erection of the elub- 
houses. After an almost fatal ill- 
ness in the winter, she came to Mag- 
nolia this year in June, hoping that 
the sea air would improve her 
health. It seemed to do so at first, 
but not long after her arrival she 
contracted a cold which affected her 
lungs and led to her death. She is 
survived by a son, Frederic M. 
Ayres, and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. 
B. Wheelock and Mrs. D. P. Will- 
iams, and a niece, Mrs. George H. 
Wheelock, who was like a daughter 
in the intimacy of the family rela- 
tions. All were with her at Mag- 
nolia at the time of her death. 
