Day Officer Bryon Bullock is hay- 
ing his annual vacation of ten days. 
Mrs. Geo. D. Haskell thas been 
spending a week in Dorchester visit- 
ing her daughter, Mrs. Clifford B. 
Goodwin and family. 
Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Hatch have 
had as a recent guest at the Congre- 
gational parsonage Miss Robinson, of 
Bangor, Me. 
The “last ball of the season” is the 
way the North Shore Summer club 
is advertising the dancing party to be 
given in the Manchester Town hall 
on Friday evening, Oct. 9. 
Joseph A. Bradley is having a 
week’s vacation from his combined 
duties at the Breeze office and Wet 
Wash Laundry, which he is spend- 
ing in West Rumney, N. H. 
Miss Mary Van Steenburg and 
Miss Flossie Smalley of German- 
town, Pa., are spending a few days 
with Mrs. R. FE. Newman, Pleasant 
st. They are touring Massachusetis 
and will leave here about Saturday. 
Miss Aline Tarbell of Hudson an- 
nounces that she has resumed her 
teaching of pianoforte, in Manchester 
for the season and may be found, as 
usual, with Supt. and Mrs. Mackin, 
5 North st. She will be in Manches- 
ter. on Fridays and Saturdays 
throughout the winter. adv. 
Harry C. Davis of the Manchester 
Lawn Mower Co., has the sympathy 
of the community in the death of his 
mother, Mrs. A. E. Davis at Clifton- 
dale on Monday of this week. Mrs. 
Davis was 79 years old and had been 
a resident of Cliftondale twenty-five 
years. Funeral services were held 
Wednesday. 
Children’s Educator shoes at Walt 
Bell’s, Central sq. adv. 
The Hurdy Gurdy party in the 
Manchester Town hall Wednesday 
evening, given by some of the young 
ladies at the Manchester telephone 
exchange, proved a most delightful 
occasion. About 75 couples were on 
the floor, including many from Bev- 
erly, Beverly Farms and Gloucester. 
The hall was very prettily decorated 
rad the affair was a decided success 
nd reflected credit on the committee 
‘7 charge. Miss Anna Sampson was 
hairman. 
Friday, September 25, 1914. 
SCHOOL GARDENS 
MANCHESTER CHILDREN TAKE LIVELY 
Interest IN Ratstnc FLOWERS 
AND VEGETABLES 
Manchester School children have 
kept up a lively interest in their 
school gardens the past summer, as 
was evident to those who attended 
the North Shore Horticultural society 
exhibition last month. Most of the 
twenty odd classes were entered. 
Prizes. of 75c. for first, 50c. for second 
and 25c. for third were awarded to all 
the classes. The winners were as 
follows: 
FLOWERS 
4. Best vase Sweet Alyssum. Won 
by Marion Preston; Janet Height, 2d; 
Ruth Bell, 3d. 
5. Best vase Candytuft, 12 spikes. 
Won by Margaret Furnain; Mary 
Coombs, 2d; Mary Cameron, 3d. 
6. Best vase Centaurea, or Batch- 
elor Button. Won by Ruth Preston; 
Duncan Baker, 2d; Janet Height, 3d. 
7. Best vase Chrysanthemum (An- 
nual). Won -by Charlotte Hartley ; 
Marion Crowley, 2d; Buth Bell, 34. 
8. Best vase Marigold, 12 blooms. 
Won by Esther Sandberg; Foster 
Babcock, 2d; Alice Gillis, 3d. 
9. Best vase Mignonette, 12 spikes. 
Won by Marion Crowley; Margaret 
Ferreira, 2d;. Mary Cameron, 3d. 
10. Best vase Nasturtium, not less 
than. 25 blooms. . Won by Ruth Pres- 
ton; Duncan Baker, 2d; Eleanor 
Smith, 3d. 
11. Best vase Portulaca. Won by 
Charlotte Hartley, Janet Height, 2d; 
P. Foster, 3d. 
12. Best vase Petunia. Won by 
Dana Younger; Edward Croteau, 2d; 
Marion Crowley, 3d. 
14. Best vase Zinnia, 12 blooms. 
Won by Ruth Foster; Edward Crot- 
eau, 2d; Dorothy Andrews, 3d. 
VEGETABLES 
15. Best plate of Beans. Won by 
Clifford Hildreth; Alice Hennebury, 
~ 2d; Max Sandberg, 3d. 
Won by P. 
2d; Albert 
16. Best six Beets. 
Foster; Stanley Beaton, 
Foster, 3d. 
17, Best : six Carrots." Won by 
Doris Knoerr; Vincent Hennebury, 
2d; John Morley, 3d. 
’ Bell’s, Central sq. 
18. Best three ears of Corn. Won 
by Clifford Hildreth; Edward Crot-— 
Won by 
eau, 2d. 
21. Best six Turnips. 
Elsie Graham; Earle Height, 2d; 
Mary Rudden, 3d. 
22. Plate of New Zeland Spinach 
Won by Sidney Baker; Mary Rud- ¥ 
den, 2d; Edward Hennebury, 3d. ~ 
3: Best two heads Swiss Chard. 
Won by Eleanor Smith. 
24. Best three Kohl-Rabi (purple ; 
Won by Edward Henne- | 
or white). 
bury; Alice Hennebury, 2d; Vincent 
Hennebury, 3d. 
A. G. T. Smith has gone to St. 
John, N. B., on a short vacation trip. 
Lamson & Hubbard Fall and Win- _ 
ter Hats at Bell’s Beach Street Store. 
Miss Margaret Hurley of Salem 
was a guest over Sunday of Miss 
Mary Corrigan, Summer street. Wm. 
Cogan and Leon Poli of Boston were | 
also in town over Sunday. 
Manchester was represented at the 
Essex County G. A. R. parade in 
Newburyport last Saturday by almost . 
Auto- — 
all of the Grand Army post. 
mobiles were generously donated for 
the day by Fred K. Swett, G A: 
Knoerr, Benj. Crombie and Edward 
Wheaton. 
Men’s and Boys’ sweaters at Walt 
adv. 
SENATORIAL VOTE 
Boyle Fogg Norwood a 
Essex 3. see 20 ¢ a 82 
Gloucester 700: =i48 749 
Hamilton” ieee S$" sig 120 
Ipswith, ase 11 38 230 
Manchester 136 2 40 
Newbury™s.-e 3. Sar 53 
Newburyport .. 70 720 315 
Rockpottv tien 52 9 149 
Rowley: #2 saa 2 ae 78 
Topsfield ..... 3 rs 46 
Salisbury #2snee 9 102 57 
Wenham ..... 2 5 49 
West Newbury 1 ese 53 
Lotals-eeaaes T108 1099 2021 
There Are No Frills 
Salem Commercial School concentrates 
on the important things. 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
WILLMONTON’S AGENCY 
Real Estate and Insurance of All Kinds 
Schoo! and Union Sts., Manchester :-: Old South Bldg., Boston 
SUMMER HOUSE FOR 
RENT 
MORTGAGES - LOANS 
TEL. CONN. 
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