(| A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NORTH SHORE 
Vol V. No. 17 
MANCHESTER, 
MASS., SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1907; 
TOWN MEETING. 
“The Final session of the Annual Town 
Meeting held this week. Meeting Dis= 
solved. Appropriations total $194,982.96 
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‘The final session of the annual town 
_ meeting in Manchester was held Mon- 
_ day evening in the Town hall, and after 
a seven minutes’ session the meeting was 
dissolved. 
The only matter of importance was 
the report of the fire engineers advising 
that the matter of a hose house at the 
Cove be dropped for this year. It was 
- yoted to raise by taxation $110,000. 
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rate will be very nearly $10.00 on a. 
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The total appropriations of the year 
amount to $194,982.96, which isa little 
— less than last year. Last year $96,000 
was raised by taxation, $14,000 less than 
that to be raised this year. From this it 
would appear, unless the valuation is in- 
creased considerably this year, the tax 
$1000. 
The meeting was called to order at 
There were about 25 voters pres- 
ent; . 
Art. 25. Hose house at the Cove. 
_ The fire engineers reported as foliows: 
“Owing to the inability of the Engineers 
after two unsuccessful attempts to get the 
- committee together who were appointed 
by the town to confer with them regard- 
ing the subject matter of Article 25, 
whereby they recommended the locating 
of a fire station at the Cove, and because 
of the fact that the town has already 
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cats, Ce eee eae ek 
made large appropriations for its other 
departments, we deem it expedient at this 
time to discontinue any further action in 
the matter.’ 
W. C. Rust moved that the report be 
accepted. Carried. 
Mr. Rust then moved that the subject 
matter of Art. 25 be indefinitely postpon- 
ed and that the committee be discharged. 
Carried. 
The Appropriation committee offered 
this motion: 
~ “The Appropriation Committee have 
considered carefully the financial require- 
“ments of the town, at this time, in rela- 
‘tion to the amount to be raised by taxation 
Continued on page 12 
28 Pages. Three Cents. 
MANCHESTER ODD-FELLOWS ‘CELEBRATE. 
Members of Magnolia Lodge, 149, and Friends Crowd Town Hall on 
Occasion of 88th Anniversary of Odd-fellowship. 
‘The 88th anniversary of the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows was recogniz- 
ed by Magnolia lodge, 149, of Manches- 
ter, Thursday evening, when a concert 
and dance was held in the ‘Town hall. 
Members of the lodge and their friends 
well filled the hall and the occasion prov- 
ed ared letter one in the history of Mag- 
nolia lodge. 
The concert, which was given by the 
Boston Univ. Glee club of ten voices, with 
reader and pianist, was pronounced one 
of the finest given in the hall for some 
time, and every number on the program, 
which took about an hour and a _ half, 
‘was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. 
After the concert the hall was cleared 
of seats and dancing was enjoyed until 
midnight, the square dances being in- 
dulged in for the most part. 
The entertainment started with a 
selection by Long’s orchestra of six 
pieces, which was very finely rendered. 
The noble grand of the lodge, Frank A. 
Rowe then stepped upon the stage and 
in a few brief remarks welcomed the 
gathering, and introduced the glee club as 
the entertainers for the evening. 
Following is the program carried out: 
The Longshoremen Chesham 
GLEE CLUB 
Sleep My Lady Geibel 
GLEE CLUB 
Tenor Solo, ‘‘Love Me and the World 
is Mine.” Ball 
Leon BALDWIN 
Belero ‘“Mexicana”’ 
GLEE CLUB 
Reading ‘“The Race’’ Hood 
Percy J. BURRELL 
Winter Song Bullard 
GLEE CLUB 
Comrades in Arms Adam 
GLEE CLUB 
Baritone Solo ‘‘Conquered’’ Quentin 
F. C. REYNOLDs 
Mrs. Cosey’s Boarding House Macy 
GLEE CLUB 
Reading ‘“The Man without a County bs 
Relea 
Mr. BurRELL 
One Umbrella For Two **A4 China Doll’’ 
GLEE CLUB 
Besides the selections indicated above 
ory 
the glee club sang as encores: ‘The 
CARD 
Te) sal Boe werub! 
Baker and J. 
Tinkers’ Chorus’’ (burlesque), ‘“Capoli- 
ni,’ ‘‘Hannah’’ and ‘““Two Starlets.’’ 
All of their numbers were finely render- 
ed and were much appreciated by the 
audience. The last encore, ‘‘Starlets,’’ 
was asort of slow going piece but it end- 
ed up with a tremendous yell that lifted 
every body out of their seats. ““One Um- 
brella for Two,’’ in which two of the 
young men were dressed to represent two 
fair Chinese damsels, made quite a hit. 
‘The tenor solos by Leon Baldwin and 
the baritone solos by F. C. Reynolds 
were much enjoyed. Mr. Baldwin was 
heard here several weeks ago at the 
Wednesday Evening club meeting. He 
sang as an encore Thursday night “‘T 
Doubt It,” by Perlet. Mr. Reynolds 
sang as an encore Osgood’s “‘My Little 
Woman.’’ Mr. Reynolds has a very 
fine voice. ; 
Percy J. Burrell, the reader, made a 
decided hit. He read ““The Race,’’ 
by Hood, as_ his opening selection, 
which he handled excellently. As an 
encore ‘“The Mustard Plaster.’? He 
read also E. E. Hale’s ““Man Without 
a Country,’’ and as an encore ‘‘Hello.’’ 
After the concert, while the seats 
were being cleared from the floor most 
of those who remained for the dance 
went to Odd Fellows hall above, and 
the grand march started a little before 
ten o'clock. “The march was lead by 
F. A. Rowe and Miss Ina Eldridge, 
and there were about 65 couples onthe 
floor. 
The floor was in charge of Frank A. 
Rowe, the Noble Grand, and Charles 
E. Williams, V. G., was assistant floor 
director. The aids were: Wm. W. 
Hoares ik Cy Rande) REG. Allens 7A: 
E. Olson, Horace Standley, Geo. L. 
Knight, Edward Crowell, Geo. P. Dole, 
Lorenzo Baker and Albert Cunningham. 
‘The entertainment committee of the 
lodge who had charge of the affair is: 
James Hoare, chairman, F. G. Cheever, 
F. C. Rand, Howard Stanley, John 
A. Lodge. 
