NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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West Beach Corporation Loses 
Its Case. 
Important Decision 
_ May Result in Serious Complications 
The Supreme Court, to whom was 
submitted the case of the Preston heirs 
vs. West Beach Corporation, in March, 
late yesterday handed down a de- 
cision against the corporation. The 
decision involves ownership of about 
one-third of the beach. 
While the particulars are as yet not 
given out the Breeze is able to an- 
nounce this afternoon that the corpor- 
-ation loses principally though the 
agreement of 1856 whereby the cor- 
poration agreed to relinquish its rights 
to Mr. Preston as regards not taking 
sand and seaweed from the property, 
and the court practically decided this 
agreement takes the form of a deed. 
The result of this decision will 
corporation members 
probably mean the removal of. all 
bath-houses and the prevention of the 
from resting 
upon the sand, but still have the right 
to pass and repass over the property. 
To the present Board of Directors 
some five or six years ago was handed 
this lawsuit from a previous board, 
and to the credit of the present ad- 
ministration they have fought the case 
to the last ditch, that the property 
might remain intact, that it might be 
the recreation place for the people of 
Beverly Farms. 
[A full account of this case, with 
several pictures, will appear in next 
week’s BREEZE. ED. |] 
Closing Entertainment of 
The Wednesday Evening Club 
The last entertainment of the 
Wednesday evening for the season 
was held in the Town hall, Manches- 
ter, Wednesday evening, when a pleas- 
ing musical program was carried out 
with Eugene Goudey of Salem, as 
pianist, W. S. Fisher, tenor soloist, 
and Mrs. Goudey, reader. Mr. Goudey 
is a teacher of piano in Salem and is 
considered quite proficient in the art, 
having studied abroad. Mr. Fisher 
sings in the choir of the Melrose 
Methodist church. Mrs. Goudey is 
also well known in Salem and vicinity 
as a reader of ability. The program 
carried out was as follows : 
Piano solo, I] Trovatore 
Mr. GOUDEY 
Tenor solos, I’ll Sing Thee Songs of Araby 
Clay 
Lang 
Dorn 
Irish Love Song 
Mr. FISHER 
Reading, An Object of Love Mary Wlikins 
Mrs. GOUDEY 
Piano, Robin Adair (trans.) 
Mr. GOUDEY 
Monologue, A Woman in an English Shoe 
Shop May Fiske 
Mrs. GOUDEY 
Fox (Op. 25) 
Tenor solos, Only You Tirindelli 
bsence Metcalf 
Mr. FISHER 
Piano (a) Love Song Nevin 
(b) Scherze Mendelssohn-Leschetizky 
Mr. GOUDEY 
Monologue, Josiah Allen’s Wife (In Costume) 
Mrs. GOUDEY 
Tenor solo, Mattinata 
Mr. FISHER 
“The Quaker” 
Mrs. GOUDEY 
Piano solo, IV. Mazurka 
Paderewski (Op. 9) 
Mr. GOUDEY 
Tosti 
Block System 
The B. & M. is installing the block 
signal system on the Gloucester 
Branch. This is an automatic ar 
rangement, put near the approach to 
all stations and at all bad curves. 
Graduation Parts 
The graduation honors of the class 
of 07, Story High school, Manches- 
ter, have been awarded as _ follows: 
Miss Annie Younger, valedictorian ; 
Miss Ethel Jones, salutatorian ; Miss 
Agnes Carter, historian; Walter 
Fleming, prophet. 
Held Over for Grand Jury 
The superior court, now sitting at 
Newburyport, yesterday found a bill 
against Nellie T. Mitchell, 19 years 
old, who was arrested in Boston Tues- 
day, for the Manchester police, 
charged with stealing jewelry and 
articles of the clothing from the resi- 
dence of James Means, Manchester. 
Nellie was for a time employed as 
second girl at Mr. Means. On April 
29 sheleft. At that time a gold neck- 
lace was missing, but she was not sus- 
pected. Later it was found that a 
case containing two or three gold and 
pearl necklaces, a twin diamond ring, 
a turquoise ring, a pearl and sapphire 
pin, turquoise and pearl pin and gold 
studs, and also some clothing belong- 
ing to Mrs. Means. 
Chief Peabody went to Boston on 
the case, Tuesday, and found that the 
girl had also worked in Brookline. 
Officer Lee went to Boston also. With 
Inspector Sheehan he found where 
the girl lived through the agency of 
an employment bureau and later the 
gir] was arrested. 
Wednesday in the Salem court she 
was held over for the Superior court 
and yesterday a bill was found against 
her. The grand jury will take action 
on the case this month probably. 
Society Notes 
The Francis M. Stanwoods arrived 
at their Manchester cottage Thursday. 
Mrs. John Sturgis is expected to 
open her house at Manchester Cove 
next Wednesday. 
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Porter 
are expected to open their cottage on 
Blossom Lane, Manchester, next Mon- 
day. 
Dr. Wm. G. Webber is planning 
on opening his house on Smith’s 
Point next Thursday. 
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Abbott and 
family have opened their cottage at 
West Manchester for the season. 
Drowned Off Manchester 
John N. Johnson, a native of Swed- 
en where he leaves a family of a wife 
and four children, who is employed by 
E. A. Lane, the Manchester painter, 
borrowed a row boat last Sunda 
morning and went down the harbor, 
presumably on a fishing trip. Mon- 
day morning Charles Bigwood, a lob- 
ster fisherman, picked up the oars, and 
later came across the boat, broken to 
pieces, on the rocks between Little 
Ram island and the S. P. Bremer es- 
tate. 
Nothing has since been heard of the 
man and he was probably drowned. 
He was seen about noon sailing toward 
Baker’s Island. It is thought he may 
have run on the rocks and the boat 
was capsized or the boat may have 
tipped over as a result of the strong 
breeze. 
MANCHESTER 
An automobile delivery wagon will 
be the latest up-to-date addition to 
Sheldon’s market. A Logan car is ex- 
pected to arrive next week. 
The “ Crickets” played the Glouces- 
ter Freshmen yesterday afternoon, . 
winning 20 to 3. 
Miss Winifred Dolan of Roxbury 
was a guest over Sunday, of her sister 
Mrs. Patrick Mulvey, Norwood ave. 
The dance given in the Town hall 
last evening under the direction of the 
Am. Express Employees, drew out the 
largest party of the season. It was a 
very successful affair. 
The many friends of Wm. White 
will be pleased to learn that he has an 
excellent position with Stone & 
Webster, electrical engineers, at their 
plant in Buzzards Bay, where he goes 
today to assume his position as chief 
engineer in the power house. Mr, 
White was formerly electrician at H. 
C. Frick’s. 
A son, May 16, to Mr. and Mrs. 
Wm, McEachern, Pine st. 
