NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1908. 
Band Concert Next Week. 
‘The next concert in the series, given 
on the Common in Manchester, by the 
Salem Cadet Band, will be given next 
Wednesday evening. Added to the us- 
ual attraction of such a fine band, the 
concert next week will be enlivened by 
the brilliancy of over 1000 electriclights, 
for the fixtures for the Fourth of July 
electrical illumination will be used again 
on that night. 
Crowds are planning to come to Man- 
chester from out of town, and if it is a 
good night there will be a big crowd on 
hand to hear the music. ‘he program 
to be presented is as follows: 
1. March, Imperial, Bagley 
2. Overture, Morning, Noon and Night, 
Suppe 
3. Solo for Cornet, Bride of the Waves, 
Clark 
Mr. NELSON BERNIER. 
4. Grand Selection, Carmen, Bizet 
5. Selection, Popular Songs, Morse 
6. Waltz, Jolly Fellows, Vollstedt 
7. Solo for Trombone, La Favorite, 
Hartman 
8. Selection, The Parisian Model, Hoffman 
9. Selection, Lohengrin, Wagner 
10. March, I’m Afraid to Come Home in 
the Dark, Alstyne 
Special Town Meeting. 
At their meeting Thursday evening 
the Manchester Board of Selectmen 
acted upon a petition calling fora special 
town meeting on Wednesday evening, 
July 22, at 8 o'clock, to see what action 
the town will take relative to purchase of 
the Manchester Electric Co., and the 
board voted to call a special meeting on 
the date given above. “The warrant 
will be posted the first of next week. 
The option which the town has of 
purchasing this plant expires in Septem- 
ber. ‘The law in such a case as this re- 
quires that another meeting be_ held 
about two months after the first meeting 
to vote on the matter a second time, and 
on which occasion the check list must 
be used and a two thirds vote obtained 
in order to carry the vote. 
The Barbecue. 
Owing to the fact that Mr. Taft will 
not be able to be present at the Barbecue 
which was to be held at the Point of 
Pines, July 16th, the committee having 
charge of the arrangements, decided to 
postpone the event to a day which would 
be suitable to Mr. “Taft’s convenience. 
As soon as that date is ascertained it will 
be announced. 
Monogram stationery at the BREEZE 
office. as 
HELEN KELLER AT MANCHESTER 
And took part in the Opening of the Handicraft Shop for the Blind 
Picturesque and impressive were the 
exercises held on the edge of the Com- 
mon, at Manchester, Tuesday afternoon, 
when the little handicraft shop for the 
blind was formally opened. The pre- 
sons, including members of the summer 
colony. “Those who saw Miss Keller 
deliver her address from the porch of the 
little shop, will not soon forget the ex- 
pressive face of the blind girl as she 
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Miss HELEN KELLER, AND HER FORMER ‘TEACHER Mrs Macy, JUsT AFTER Miss KELLER HAD 
FINISHED HER ADDRESS. 
sence of Miss Helen Keller, the wonder- 
ful blind girl, and her very choice little 
address, added to the interest in the ex- 
ercise. 
The handicraft shop, the first of its 
kind in the state, and said to be the first 
of its kind in the country, is located in 
one half of the little building next to the 
Congregational church, and is one of the 
oldest buildings in town. 
There were present besides a number 
of men and women connected with the 
commission for the blind, some 200 per- 
spoke, nor the joy with which her fea- 
tures were lighted. She fairly quivered 
as she proceeded, for she was highly 
sensible of the importance of the moment 
and she probably felt that her words 
would bring somewhat of joy to the 4000 
blind persons in the state as well as those 
who are blind elsewhere. 
The gathering was called to order by 
Town Clerk A. S. Jewett, who spoke 
briefly of the work of the commission, 
He said that the commission is appointed 
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