MANCHESTER SECTION 
The Town Reports are out and 
were distributed about town yester- 
day. 
Joseph Allen and mother are mov- 
ing to the house recently vacated by 
the James Urockers on Bennett st. 
- Lewis Hutchinson will sell out his 
butcher-cart business and will take a 
position as clerk, in W. R. Bell’s store, 
Central sq. 
Mrs. Fred M. Johnson of Swamp- 
scott was of the out of.town members 
who attended the Woman’s club guest 
night Wednesday. 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell of 
Danvers, former residents of this 
town, are receiving congratulations 
over the birth of a fifth son, John 
Andrews Mitchell. 
The adjourned meeting of the base- 
Lall association, which was to have 
been held next Wednesday evening, 
has. been. postponed until Tuesday 
evening, March 6,;-at-7 The post- 
ponement was made because of the 
dress rehearsal for the minstre! 
show. 
Enoch Crombie and Nathaniel 
Morgan, comrades of Allen post, G. 
A. R., attended the annual reunion 
of thejr old company, the Rantoul 
Light Guards, Co. G, 23d Mass., held 
at G. A. R. hall, Beverly, yesterday. 
Following the business meeting there 
was a fine dinner served by the 
Women’s Relief corps. 
The continued explosions which 
people heard all day Saturday down 
‘be harbor was not a bombardment by 
German submarine, but ‘Charles 
I \ttlefield dynamiting the ice in an 
«fort to open a channel for a barge 
\f coal .o be brought into the inner 
harbor. The dynamiting did not 
prove very successful in relieving the 
coal situation. The barge has not ar- 
rived yet. 
A shortage in the retail sugar mar- 
ket in New England sent prices climb- 
ine the first of the week. People in 
Manchester, who were fortunate in 
receiving an advance “tip” on the 
condition of the retail market bought 
heavily last Saturday. The prevail- 
ing price in the local stores has been 
:o cents a pound since Monday with 
a livit of five pounds to a customer. 
On Wednesday night the local stores 
had about one day’s supply each on 
kand, but it was expected that the 
situation would be relieved today. 
In surrounding towns the price of 
sugar went as high as 25 cents a 
nownd an Monday. 
Friday, February 23, 1917. 
ee Ss ooo 
Account, of ‘Catholic Federation 
meeting, in. Manchester, on page 16. 
Edward. Northrup returned Wed- 
nesday~from the Beverly Hospital, 
where he had undergone an opera- 
tion. 
Members of Allen Relief corps of- 
served Washington’s birthday at 
their meeting in G. A. R. hall last 
evening with an informal program. 
On page 4 of the BREEZE is a sum- . 
mary of the proposed state constabu- 
lary bill designed to limit the power 
of local authorities over their police 
departments. 
Born, Feb. 17, at 75 Washington 
st., Peabody, a 9% pound son, Lewis 
Russell, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. 
and Helen” (Teague) Stanley, of 
Manchester and Salem. 
GILMAN GOLDSMITH. 
Word was received’ yesterday 
morning of the death in Derry, N. H., 
of Gilman Goldsmith, the youngest 
brother of Charles P. Goldsmith of 
Manchester. 
Mr. Goldsmith was a native of 
Manchester, but had lived in Beverly 
the greater part of his life. Only in 
recent years had he lived in Derry. 
Of the large family of boys he and 
the next youngest are the only ones 
to have died. He was a member of 
Allénrpost, G. AgsR. 
Funeral services will be held Sat- 
urday at one o'clock at the Dane 
Street Congl. church, Beverly. 
WILLIAM DoocuE. 
William Doogue, a well known 
former resident of Manchester, drop- 
ped dead on the street near his home 
in Montserrat on Wednesday morn- 
ing. Mr. Doogue, who was about 60 
years of age had been suffering from 
heart trouble for more than two 
years. He was a foreman painter, 
employed by E. A. Lane in Manches- 
ter. On Wednesday morning he 
started for work as usual and came 
to Manchester on the early train. He 
complained of feeling ill and was ad- 
vised to return home. He took the 
next train back to Montserrat and 
was stricken a few doors from his 
own home. . The news of his death 
was telephoned to Manchester. 
Mr. Doogte was a member of 
Magnolia lodge, I. O. O. F., of Man- 
chester and had lived here for a num- 
ber of years previous to moving to 
Montserrat about two years ago. His 
wife survives him. 
‘Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Swett of 
Brookline were in town over the holi- 
day. 
Greeley S. ‘Curtis, a former sum- 
mer resident of Manchester Cove, 
was elected on the board of selectmen 
ai Marblehead Monday. 
James H. Graves of Rathmullen, 
Saskatchewan, is visiting her grand- 
children, Chester B. Graves and Miss 
Effie Graves. He will return to Can- 
ada next Monday. 
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford B. Goodwin 
of West Roxbury were in town for 
the holiday, coming in time for the 
Manchester Woman’s club guest 
night, Wednesday. 
Mrs. John Rogers Allen of Allen 
ct., observed her 8oth birthday. on 
Wednesday. She was the recipient 
of many remembrances from friends 
and acquaintances. 
Exercises appropriate to Washing- 
ton’s birthday were held in the Man- 
chester schools on Wednesday, each 
room having its own program. ~The 
schools were closed yesterday, but 
reopen this morning. 
The coal shortage situation in town 
seems to be daily growing more acute. 
the most recent setback to our hopes 
of a remedy for the trouble being the 
report that the barge consigned to 
Samuel Knight’s Sons Co., was run 
into while off Long Island and was 
obliged to put back into Newport for 
repairs. The coal was unloaded there. 
Nothing definite is known as to when 
another barge will arrive. Manches- 
ter is not alone in this regard; all the 
surrounding towns report a shortage 
of coal. The condition is quite ‘seri- 
ous. i 
There are yet a number of good 
seats left for the Manchester club 
minstrels, which take place in Town 
hall next Thursday and Friday eve- 
nings. The seats are on sale at 
Walen’s Drug store. The show will 
be numbered among the best ever 
given in Town hall. The soloists 
will be: E. H. Wilcox, A. C. Need- 
ham, George Sargent, Lewis Hooper, 
George Beaton, Charlie Hooper, Ab- 
bott Hoare and Archie Cool. Dr. 
Willis will sing the topical song. 
There will be a fund of local jokes 
and hits. It shows pretty well what 
the people think of the shows when 
it is realized that out of a population 
of nearly 3000 people, about 800 will 
attend, as almost 800 tickets have 
been sold. If you haven’t procured 
a ticket get busy! 
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