NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. XV 
SOCIO LY eo NOLES 
Albert C. Burrage of Boston, has bought the William 
A. Slater estate on Prince street, Beverly Cove, and pre- 
sented it as a Christmas present to his daughter, Elizabeth, 
now Mrs. Harold L. Chalifoux. The place is situated 
where it commands a fine water view. Nearby estates 
are those of Miss Fanny Powell Mason and Guy Norman, 
which is known as “Bee Rock,” and the summer home of 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Harry Brown of Pittsburgh, Pa., which 
formerly was that of George S. Mandell. The Slater 
estate, which is called ‘““Willowbank,” was leased last sum- 
mer by ‘Martin Erdman of New York, who for many 
years has been a summer resident of various estates on the 
North Shore. The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Alice Bur- 
rage to Harold Leufroi Chalifoux took place at St. Paul’s 
Cathedral, Boston, Nov. 10, and was notable among the 
late fall weddings. It was followed by a large reception 
at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burrage, 
in Commonwealth avenue. Mr. Burrage and family spent 
last summer at the Parker Bremer place in Manchester. 
They have since bought the property at the foot of Mingo 
Beach hill, Pride’s Crossing, formerly known as the Susan 
Cabot estate, but more recently owned by Robert Salton- 
stall. This property is not more than half a mile on the 
shore line and a mile by highway to the newly purchased 
home for Mr. and Mrs. Chalifoux. Mr. Burrage also 
purchased the famous Spaulding gardens on Grenwood 
ave., Beverly Farms, last fall. 
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Sebastain B. Schlesigner, one of the first summer 
residents at Pride’s Crossing, and for many years German 
consul at Boston, died last week, at Nice, France. 
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Commodore Herbert M. Sears of Pride’s Crossing, 
was re-elected as commodore of the Eastern Yacht club 
at the annual meeting held at the Algonquin club at Bos- 
ton last week. John S. Lawrence was elected as rear 
commodore; Caleb Loring of Pride’s Crossing, was elect- 
ed a member of the regatta committee. 
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George C. Caner, son of Harrison K. Caner, one of 
Manchester’s summer residents, and a member of Har- 
vard class of 1917, has volunteered for the American 
Ambulance field service in France, and will sail February | 
17. Mr. Caner is captain of the Harvard tennis teatn 
and played on the football team last year against ‘ale. 
_ He enjoys the distinction of being the first man of this 
contingent to volunteer for service. 
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The newest baby in the senatorial set in Washington 
is the son born to Senator and Mrs. Henry F. Lippitt 
about two weeks ago, at their Washington home. Mrs. 
Lippitt is the sister of Mrs. William Howard Taft, and 
served as hostess for President Taft much of the time 
while Mrs. Taft was ill. She has two sons by her first 
husband, the late Thomas K. Laughlin of Pittsburgh. 
Senator and Mrs. Lippitt summer at Beverly Farms. 
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Mrs. James F. Curtis of Boston, who now divides the 
time between her winter home at Dosoris, La., and her 
summer home in Manchester, has just arrived in Wash- 
ington, accompanied by her children, and will spend some 
time at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William 
R. Merriam. While Mr. and Mrs. Merriam go South, 
Mrs. Curtis will occupy their Washington residence and 
Mr. Curtis will join them there from time to time, 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, January 19, 1917 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Mitchell are leaving Man- 
chester next Wednesday, the 24th, for Palm Beach, Fla., 
where they have taken a cottage for the winter. Mr. 
Mitchell has not been very well this winter, and conse- 
quently the trip will be made in private car, direct through 
to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Shaw, 2d (Naneen 
Mitchell), will join them in Washington and will go 
through to Florida for the winter also. 
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Mr. and Mrs. George von L. Meyer are having their 
house at Hamilton changed over somewhat this winter, 
and moved back from the highway to a little higher eleva- 
tion. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wright Fabyan, of 146 Com- 
monwealth avenue, Boston, and West Manchester, an- 
nounced Monday the engagement of their daughter, Miss 
Edith Fabyan, to William Augustus Read, of New York, 
who is now a junior at Harvard. Miss Fabyan made her 
début last year at a dance given at the residence of her 
parents in Boston. She is a granddaughter of the late 
George F. Fabyan, who was one of Boston’s old-time 
prominent merchants. She is the sister of Mrs. Theodore 
Frothingham, Jr., who formerly was Miss Eleanor Fab- 
yan. Mr. and Mrs. Frothingham reside in Chestnut st. 
Miss Fabyan’s brothers are Everett W. Fabyan, a fresh- 
man at Harvard, and Francis Wright Fabyan, Jr., who at 
Groton school is preparing for college. Mr. Read is the 
son of ‘Mrs. Read and the late William A. Read, who was 
one of the leading bankers of New York. 
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James Means and family are at 198 Commonwealth 
ave., Boston, for the balance of the winter. They have 
kept their house at Manchester open all fall and over the 
holidays. 
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The annual meeting of the Manchester Yacht club, 
for the election of officers and other business, will be 
held at the National Union Bank, Boston, Monday, Jan. 
20; at 3.30 p.m: 
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., left Pride’s 
Crossing this week for Aiken, S. C., where they will pass 
the balance of the winter. 
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Miss Irene Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William 
Madison Wood of Boston and Pride’s Crossing, returned 
last Friday from a six-months’ trip to the Orient, having 
travelled extensively in Japan, the Philippines, Korea, 
China and the Hawaiian Islands. Miss Rosalind Wood 
is spending the winter in New York, where she is at 330 
Park ave: 
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One of the principal débutante affairs of the week in 
Boston will be the dance which Mrs. Henry Sigourney of 
77 Beacon st., will give her daughter, Miss Mary Sigour- 
ney, this Friday evening in the Princess ballroom of the 
Hotel Somerset. Miss Mary is the youngest of the three 
sisters, all of whom are well known along the North 
Shore. The summer home of the family is in Nahant. 
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Richard C. Paine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Treat 
Paine, 2d, of 264 Beacon st., Boston and Coolidge’s Point, 
Manchester, who will qualify for his Harvard degree in 
March, will leave shortly after his final exams for Japan, 
where we will travel until summer, when he will go to 
Paris to join the American Ambulance Corps. 
