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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908. 
Red Cross Makes Appeal. 
The American National Red Cross 
issues an appeal for money, to help the 
people whose property has been desroyed 
by floods in the Carolinas and Georgia. 
The condition of the people is especially 
serious, as they are mostly farmers de- 
pendent upon each year’s crop, which 
has now been destroyed just as it was 
ready for harvest. 
Efficient branches of the Red Cross 
exist in these states whose members _ will 
undertake the relief work. 
It is the duty of other branches to 
furnish the means; therefore the Essex 
_ division appeals to all persons to send 
subscription, great or small, to 
W. O. CHapman, Treas., 
Essex Division, Salem, Mass. 
Louisa P. Lorine, secretary Essex 
Division. . 
THE FISHERMEN'S INSTITUTE AT GLOUCESTER 
North Shore People who have aided the Institution will be 
interested in 
the following. 
BY ALPHEUS E. TUTTLE 
Some 16 years ago, through the gen- 
erosity of one of our summer residents 
by the gift of $10,000, the purchase of 
the building now owned by the Glouces- 
ter Fishermen’s Institute was made pos- 
sible. Although the building is not ade- 
quate to properly accommodate the large 
numbers who care to use its_ privileges at 
certain seasons of the year, still, with 
some changes that are soon to be made 
in the basement, more will be able to 
avail themselves of its hospitality. 
This by the way of introduction, but I 
have some plain words to speak to the 
citizens of Gloucester, namely: You, 
BREEZE FUND FOR PROF. CONROY. 
Owing to the presence of : Prof. John 
F. Conroy, bathing at Singing Beach has 
been safer this summer than it ever has 
With one always on hand 
who thoroughly understands what to do 
in a case of emergency, and who does it 
promptly and without hesitation, many, 
who heretofore have hesitated about gO- 
ing into the water themselves or to al- 
low their children to do so, have felt per- 
fect confidence this season in bathing at 
the beach. 
Many people think that Prof. Conroy 
is being paid by the town of Manchester 
to serve as life guard at the beach and 
others that the management of the Mas- 
conomo has been paying him a weekly 
stipend. As a matter of fact, Prof. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS. 
Dear Sir: 
subscribe 
Conroy is here on his own time and at 
his own expence, and has gladly placed 
his services at the disposal of all who 
might desire them. 
In consideration of the efficient ser- 
vice he has rendered this summer, and 
the thrilling rescue on Friday of last 
week, the Breeze is raising a purse to be 
presented to Prof. Conroy as a mark of 
appreciation, and cordially invite its sub- 
scribers to contribute whatever they may 
deem fitting and consistent with their 
means. ‘Those desiring to do so may 
fill out the coupon below and return to 
the Breeze. Several have already ‘made 
known their intentions of subscribing to- 
ward the purse. 
BREEZE FUND FOR PROF. CONROY 
Manchester, Mass., 
1908 
Dollars toward 
the Breeze Fund to be presented Prof. John F. Conroy in consideration of 
his efficient services as life guard at Singing Beach. 
a testers. 
(Make Checks Payable to North Shore Breeze) 
as citizens of this city are individually in- 
terested in the material welfare of every 
fisherman who steps his foot over the 
rail of a Gloucester vessel, because it. is 
he that brings to port the ‘‘ raw material’’ 
out of which nearly all of Gloucester’s 
wealth is derived, (be that small or 
great). Tooillustrate: Let the mack- 
erel fleet fail and all of us feel the ef- 
fect. 
So with each branch of the fish-busi- 
ness, our bread and butter depends on 
the success or failure of the fish catch. 
Hence, I say: ‘‘ Remember the man 
that catches the fish.’’ He is worthy of 
our thought whether he comes from 
Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Newfound- 
land, P. E. Island, Nova Scotia, Maine, 
Virginia, or Massachusetts. We owe 
him something for braving storm and 
wave and peril that he may bring to us 
the products of the sea. 
We owe it to ourselves that we see to 
it that he has a decent place provided 
him that while in the port of Gloucester, 
he may have well-appointed, well-lighted, 
well-heated, and well-regulated quarters 
for writing letters, reading the papers 
and magazines, receive his mail, play a 
game, or spend a leisure hour while 
smoking his pipe; and if religiously in- 
clined may attend religious services with 
his shipmates. 
The chief object of the Institute isto 
try to so surround these men with proper 
influences while ashore, that it may be 
fairly easy for them to retain, rather than 
lose their good characters while in our 
port. Mrs. McClure and some few 
others did well some 16 years ago in se- 
curing the building for this purpose, 
In ridingin the electric cars this sum- 
mer, I have often heard remarks by sum- 
mer visitors regarding the advertising 
card of the Institute which is posted in 
the cars like this: ‘‘ That’s a fine thing 
to have in your town!’’ and reply by 
citizens, ‘* Yes, itis, but I don’t. know 
much about it, in fact I was never there, 
but they say they are doing fine work.’’ 
This shows about the extent of the inter- 
est that is taken by the local people in the 
Institute. As far as I can learn this is a 
sample of the past history of the local 
people’s interest in the work which I am 
asked to take hold of and develop, which 
I would gladly try to do, and have done 
as far as seems to me possible with a 
