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James Louge is occupying George 
Silver’s house on Summer street. 
George Silver has been making 
improvements to his bungalow by 
the installation of hot water heat 
using a Winchester heater. 
Miss Ethel F. Standley has been 
appointed to a position in the Com- 
mercial Department of the Portland 
- (Me) High school, and went there 
this week to take up the work. 
‘‘Tom’’ Burke of the sporting de- 
partment of the Boston Journal so 
- well known as the champion short 
distance runner 
in the Olympic 
games at Athens several years ago, 
was the speaker at last night’s YM- 
~ CA meeting. 
From the indications the 12th an- 
nual banquet of the North Shore 
Horticultural society in the Town 
hall next Wednesday evening will 
be one of the best ever held by the 
society. All of the 185 tickets avail- 
able have been sold. The banquet 
will be served at 6.30, followed by 
informal speech-making, with At- 
- torney Melvin M. Johnson as the 
principal speaker. 
accepted the invitation to come to 
‘the banquet through his personal 
Mr. Johnson has 
friendship with Dr. Tyler, chairman 
of the committee in charge, who de- 
sires to deny the report that Mr. 
Johnson is to talk on the LeBlanc 
murder trial in which he was the 
leading attorney. Mr. Johnson is a 
brilliant after-dinner speaker and 
his talk next Wednesday night will 
be impromptu and will be in line 
with the spirit of the occasion. The 
entertainment program prepared is 
mostly along the musical line. Henry 
Shequer of Somerville, who is a so- 
loist singer in a Boston church, will 
sing several selections. Miss Nellie 
Murphy, soprano, of Jamaica Plain, 
will also sing, and Miss May 
Flaherty of the A. P. Lufkin school, 
Gloucester, will read. There will 
be an instrumental selection, too. 
Long’s orchestra will play during 
the dinner, some very appropriate 
airs being selected for this part of 
their program, such as ‘‘Apple 
Blossoms’’, ‘‘Melody of Love’’ and 
“Spring Dreams’’. Some of the pop- 
ular songs will be sung by the gath- 
including ‘“‘Old Gray Bon- 
net’’, “‘Comin’ Thro’ the Rye’’, and 
“Auld Lang Syne’’. Dancing will 
be the concluding feature of the eve- 
ning. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The Story High School Literary 
Cirele is the name of a new Society 
formed today at the Story High 
School, the object of which is to pro- 
mote and develop a broader outlook 
of literature than is obtained in the 
class room. The officers are: Anna- 
bel Lodge, 711, president; Helen 
Wing, 712 vice-president ; Gwendolen 
Glendenning, 711, secretary and 
treas.; Helene Sherman, 711, John 
Carter, 711, Adele Sjolund, 712, Hazel 
Semons, 712, Mildred Foster, 
ec. committee. The first meeting 
will be held next Tuesday after- 
noon at 2.45 at the High School. A 
speaker from Worcester will give a 
talk on Alfred Tennyson. 
Among those registered at the 
Manchester House this week were 
the following: Mr. and Mrs. R. E. 
Eustis, T. P. King, Mrs. B. E. Fuller, 
Boston; L. C. Knowles, Worcester ; 
T. P. Powers, Fall River; J. P. 
Glynn and family, Malden; B. D. 
Savage and wife, H. D. Bayrd and 
wife, Wakefield; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. 
Norton, Newtonville; J. B. Earlie, 
Nyack, N. Y.; Roy V. Edmonds, 
Glen Cove, L. I.; Thomas C. Irving, 
Mineola, N. Y.; Daniel Hegeman, 
Roslyn, N. Y.; H. M. Jennings, Mill 
Neck, N. Y., and Charles L. Dodge, 
Beverly. 
Anthony F. Silver of 28 Forest 
‘street was tendered a surprise party 
on his recent birthday. There were 
30 invited guests. Among those 
from out of town were Mrs. Albert 
Morse, Cambridge; Willard Johnson, 
Charlestown ; F. A. Bugbee, Mrs. H. 
S. Brown, Revere; Miss Burke, Miss 
Aileen Burke: ‘Bast Boston. Mr. Sil- 
ver was presented with a fur-lined 
coat, the gift of his many friends, 
who wished him many happy re- 
turns of the day. Refreshments 
were served. Dancing was enjoyed 
until a late hour. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harvey of All- 
ston were visiting friends here over 
the last week-end. 
The republican town committee 
met last night and organized with 
the choice of Patrick H. Boyle as 
chairman, W. W. Hoare, secretary, 
and Walter R. Bell, treasurer. The 
report of the treasurer showed a 
balance on hand. 
The W. R. C. will observe MeKin- 
ley Day, next Thursday evening, 
Jan. 26. The members of Allen Post, 
No. 67, associates and Sons of Vet- 
erans are to be their guests. The 
guests will arrive at 8.30. The re- 
gular meeting of the W. R. C, will 
be held the same evening. 
~ about 
713, ex- . 
Mrs. Sakahs a Portay: 
Mrs. Sarah A. Porter passed away 
eight “0’clock We dnesday 
morning at the home: of her. sister, 
Mrs. Charlotte E. “Brown! 'Gdtne r 
Washington and Union streets, Man- 
chester, after a short. illness. 
Mrs. Porter was the widow of ‘the 
John A. Portei!; and was ‘one of a 
family of thirteen children of Steph- 
en B. and Myra Revere Story. She 
was born in Manchester on the’ 21st 
of October 1835, and was at the 
time of her death 75 years, two 
months and 28 days of age. In her 
early years of married life she lived 
in Chelsea, but since* then she has 
made Manchester her ‘home. ’ ‘She 
had one child claimed by death in 
infaney. She is survived by two 
sisters, Mrs. Charlotte E. Brown. of 
Manchester and Mrs. Hattie Edgar 
of Washington, D. C. All the. other 
members of the family have liv ed to 
ripe old age. 
Mrs. Porter was a member of the 
Orthodox Congregational church 
for a great many years and was. al- 
ways a faithful | attendant at the 
chureh services. She lead a consist- 
ent Christian life and was al woman 
of strong opinions. She was always 
greatly interested in the schools of 
the town and for many years she 
took advantage of her suffrage to 
east her ballot on school questions. 
Several weeks ago “she suffered 
a shock at her home on Bennett 
street. She “was removed to her 
sister’s home on U nion street, Ww here 
she died. 
Funeral serv ices were held this af- 
ternoon from the’ Crowell Memorial 
chapel, the Rev. L. H. Ruge officiat- 
ing. <A quartet composed of Mrs. J. 
W. Lee, Miss Hattie Allen, Prof. A. 
L. Sabin and H: B. Hinchcliffe ren- 
dered several selections. 
John W. Stone. 
John W. Stone, aged 68 - years, 
died at his home, 161 East Lothrup 
street, Beverly, this morning. after 
an illness which had. its beginning 
last Cctober. He was born in Man- 
chester, at the Cove, and all- his 
early life was spent. in. this...town. 
Of late years .he was: a well-known 
resident of Beverly, where he has 
keld a number of prominent posi- 
tions.. The. married..Maxrthas A. Ro- 
berts, a sister of Mrs. Nathaniel 
Morgan of Bennett street and Mrs. 
George H. Morgan’ of Ple: asant_ st. 
He was a“member’ of’ ‘Ajlen’ Post 67 
GAR, of this town and also. of the 
American Meéhanies' of: Bey erly. 
