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Edwin Pride. 
The death of Deacon Edwin 
Pride occurred at the home of his 
son, Edinw L. Pride of Winter Hill, 
Somerville, last Friday age 74 years, 
11 months. While he had not been 
in the best of health, his death was 
unexpected. Hé was one of Beverly 
Farms’ most respected and honored 
old-time residents. He was espec- 
ially interested in the religious life 
of the community. He was an active 
worker at the Baptist church, hav- 
ing the honor of senior deacon. He 
took an active interest in local and 
public affairs. A widow and two 
sons survive him, Willis A. Pride, 
of Beverly Farms, and Edwin L. 
Pride of Winter Hill. 
Funeral services over the remains 
of the late Deacon Pride were held 
Monday afternoon at the Farms 
Baptist church, Rev. Clarence S&S. 
Pond officiating. The Lotus Quar- 
tet of Boston rendered a number of 
selections during the service. The 
pall bearers were John L. Chapman, 
Samuel F. Collamer, Oscar Hakan- 
son and Otis Davis. The floral trib- 
utes were many and beautiful. The 
interment was at the Farms cemet- 
ery. 
Rey. Mr. Pond paid a glowing and 
sincere tribute to the deceased. In 
the course of his remarks, he said :— 
“This good man God has called 
home, whom you loved, and who lov- 
ed you, the last leaf on the tree as 
it were, of a generation, has gone. 
In this meeting house, the church of 
the living God, we revently meet in 
a uniting body of sympathy. While 
the hour of death is a sweet fare- 
well, sadness with a touch of joy, for 
it is to the life and mind of the 
Christian, an hour of victory after 
a life well spent in the honor of 
God and in the face of human diffi- 
eulties of human life. He fought a 
good fight and hath laid hold on the 
eternal mystery of immortal life, 
promised unto men by Christ. ‘I am 
the ressurrection and the life. He 
that believeth on me shall never 
die.’ 
*‘Deacon Edwin Pride’s earthly 
life numbered 75 years. Born into a 
Christian home, he was never with- 
out the sheltering prayer of Christ- 
ian love. In middle life, he firmly 
and fervently began a new life in 
Christ. After his noble stand for 
righteousness he united with this 
noble church. The simplicity of his 
faith, the devotion of his spirit, the 
honorableness of his life at home 
and among men, his fruitful study 
of the Bible and his enviable gift 
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of prayer as the devotion of a soul 
communing with God and his power 
to voice the spirit and desires of oth 
er Christians gave him a divine eall 
to spiritual power and leadership.’ 
‘‘For thirty years he had honor- 
ably and without strain served with 
transparent honesty, irreproachable 
faithfulness and devoted fidelity the 
trust which was conferred upon him. 
For his loving devoted service, he 
has always had the loving appre- 
ciation of those who realized his 
painstaking industry and_ faithful- 
ness. 
‘‘His spirit was genuine, his re- 
hgion sincere and_ his faith like 
Peter, the rock upon which Christ 
would build his faith. He belonged 
to a generation and age who rever- 
ended the scriptures. The facility 
with which he called to mind pass- 
age alter passage of God’s holy 
word and the moving stanzas of 
Watt indicated the abiding worth of 
a soul and the knowledge and ex- 
perience of a living God as a vital 
experience rather than an intellectu- 
al equipment. 
‘His favorite psalms, the twenty- 
third and the ninety-first, universal 
comfort givers, reveal with clarity, 
the simple trust in God—abiding 
patience in his providence, conse- 
crated endeavor under his lead and 
loving resignation if needs be, in the 
shadow of the dark valley. Beneath 
were the everlasting arms till the 
end. He was not—but is— God 
took him. That sacrament which is 
administered in the earthly temple 
is now held in sweeter bliss of the 
eternal. 
‘““The eternal—immortality is a 
faith, a life—not a hope, hope is 
future, life is present. He knew the 
charm of the Christian life—eternal 
lhfe—beyond the veil only has he 
gone. ‘Before your face, a mo- 
ment’s time, a little space.’ At 
peace in the triumph of a christian’s 
hope he passed from the earthly in- 
heritance to the eternal. THe is not 
dead but lives in Christ. Blessed 
are the dead who die in the Lord. 
Honored of men—beloved of God. 
We cannot but reverently say a good 
man, servant of Jesus Christ, has 
gone home to the God who was his 
earthly companion and solace. 
“Yea, [| have a goodly heritage 
Thou wilt show me the path of life. 
In thy presence is fulness of joy 
In thy right hand there are 
pleasures forever more.”’ 
The wind often travels eighty 
miles an hour, and that too without 
a ticket, 
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West Beach Corporation Meeting. 
Although stormy Monday evening > 
Marshall’s Hall was filled to its eap- 
acity to attend the annual meeting 
of the West Beach Corporation. All 
present were much interested in the 
doings of the meeting; the reading 
of the records and the report of the 
board of directors and _ treasurer 
showed that the past year had been 
a successful one. <A _ particularly 
pleasing feature was the fact that 
the corporation was out of debt. The 
notes for the construction of the 
pier, the Preston law suit, and all 
matters which had incurred debt 
have been paid. 
was left in the treasurey. As there 
were no candidates for the board of 
officials, the following officials were 
unamimously re-elected:—James B. 
Dow, president; Daniel Linehan, 
vice president; Elmer Standley, 
treasurer; J. M. Publicover, J. H. 
Linehan, Wm. R. Brooks, Wm. H. 
Gerrish and Fred Williams, diree- 
tor, Chas. H. Hull, secy. 
The article containing the propos- 
ed report of the directors in relation 
to the pavilion awakened great in- 
terest. The board presented two 
plans; one, the Eben Day plan which 
met with the most favor. Then fol- — 
lowed motions, amendments and add- 
ed amendments all pertaining to the 
new bathing pavilion finally result- 
ing in the authorization of the board 
to proceed with its construction at 
any expense not to exceed $18,000. 
The understanding is that a portion 
of this amount be raised by subscrip- 
tion. 
the motion, that when the pavilion 
is built, all bath houses, whoever 
they belong to be removed from the 
beach. Arguments were made for 
the retaining of the concrete bath 
houses of the Lee and Tweed famil- 
ies. This matter was finally left to 
the discretion of the directors. The 
meeting was virtually a town 
meeting and brought forth all kinds 
of oratory, much of which, while 
good natured, carried points which 
was a sort of ‘‘knock’’ to the ‘‘oth- 
er fellow’’ on the opposite side of 
the question under discussion. 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Moore of 
Gardner, Mass., were among the lo- 
cal visitors to arrive this week at the 
Farms. They are to remain through 
next week. 
Frank I. Lomasney is reported 
quite ill at his home on Greenwood 
avenue. <A trained nurse is in at- 
tendance. 
Have your Legal and Probate No- 
tices appear in The Breeze, — 
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Another discussion arose at~ 
