MANCHESTER SECTION 
Friday, January 10, 1913. 
MANCHESTER. 
The next subscription dance of the 
winter series will be held in Town 
hall Friday evening, Jan. 17. 
The regular meeting of the Arbella 
club will be held in the Chapel next 
Tuesday aftrnoon, Jan. 14. Miss 
Jordan of the Boston Public Library 
will give a talk on “Books.” 
The engagement is announced of 
Miss Helene Sherman, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Sherman, to Ar- 
thur L. Kehoe of Magnolia, son of 
Mr. and Mrs. M. Kehoe. 
The play “Out of Town,” to be 
presented by the pupils of the Story 
High school, will be given in the Town 
hall on Friday evening, Jan. 31. There 
are eight characters in the play. 
The Sunday Herald (Boston), 
headed its “club column” last Sunday 
with a short article on the Arbella 
club ,Manchester’s girls’ club. A 
picture of Miss Mildred Peart, the 
club’s president, preceded the article. 
Curtis and Elite Fall and Winter 
Shoes at Bell’s, Central square. Ps 
The annual banquet of the horticul- 
tural society will be held Wednesday 
evening, Jan. 22. Members desiring 
tickets must procure same before the 
15th, as after that date the tickets will 
be on sale to the public. The dinner 
will be served at 6.30, followed by an 
entertainment and dancing. Dill of 
Melrose will be the caterer. 
Attorney Willmonton received word 
yesterday morning that his client, Mrs. 
Abraham Lampson had been granted 
an absolute divorce, the custody of 
children, the real estate and an ali- 
mony of $10.00 a week. The case 
was tried in the superior court at Sa- 
len several weeks ago. Since that 
time the defendent, Abraham Lamp- 
son, has been sent to jail for one 
month, because he broke the ter:ns of 
his probation. 
Local Red Men will be interested to 
know that as an entertainment feature 
of the meeting next Wednesday even- 
ing, Jan. 15, J. E. Beckwith, photo- 
grapher for the Lynn Item, will give 
an illustrated talk. The views include 
pictures of the Red Sox at Hot 
Springs in training, of the World’s 
Series at Boston and New York, as 
well as other pictures of general in- 
terest. A collation will be served af- 
ter the meeting. The meeting will 
open at 7.45 sharp. 
LOW DEATH RATE 
Onty 24 IN MANCHESTER IN IQI2. 
OTHER VITAL STATISTICS 
The vital statistics of Manchester, 
printed on page 27 of this issue, con- 
tains some interesting information. 
First of all it shows that Manchester 
is a pretty healthy town to live in. Of 
the regular population of the town 
numbering about 2800, and with near- 
ly 1500 more in summer, only 24 
deaths are recorded for 1912. In I9II 
the number was 32; in 1910, 28. Of 
the 24, ten were over 70 years of age 
and five of that number were over 8o. 
The records show that marriages 
are slightly on the increase. In IgIo 
the number was 25;-in I911, 27, but 
last year it was 30. 
The number of births, however re- 
main amount the same. There were 
59 in 1912; 60 in 1911, and 64 in 1910. 
Of last year’s birth 32 were females 
and 27 males. The stork has the rep- 
utation of dividing things up pretty 
evenly, but last year it must be admit- 
ted—as a glance at the records on 
page 27 will reveal—he favored the 
girls during the first part of the year. 
Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 1 he brought 
to Manchester 25 of the year’s supply 
of 32 girls, against 10 boys, but, as if 
to even matters up, he started in. on 
July 28 with a pair of twin boys and 
with hardly a break he brought along 
17 boys. He skipped Manchester en- 
tirely the month of November. Of 
the 59 babies born during the year 
only one died,—a remarkable record 
in itself. 
‘Ten percent of the births during the 
year were in the half a dozen or more 
Polish families living in town, which 
lends the obvious suggestion that if 
the native families of the town were 
as progenitive the record of births 
would show a rate of nearer 350 than 
59 for the year. 
Emerson and Douglas shoes in win- 
ter weights and styles at Bell’s Cen- 
tral square store. * 
The next meeting of the First Aid 
t the Injured class has been chauged 
from Tuesday, Jan. 14, to Wed- 
nesday January 15th. 
George Peters is ill at the home of 
his parens, Mr. and Mrs. Claire Pet- 
ers, Bennett street, with the mumps. 
MANCHESTER 
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. T. Smith, 
spent Sunday visiting friends in Hing- 
ham. 
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Coombs oi 
School street are receiving congratu- 
lations on the birth of a daughter. 
Waldo Peart has spent a tew days 
during the last week visiting his pa- 
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peart, 
Bennett street. 
Miss Helene Sherman and Mrs. F. 
L. Smith are to give a costume party 
in ‘own hall this evening. Some- 
thing new in the line of decorations is 
being prepared and a very good at- 
tendance is expected. 
We regret to report the continued 
serious illness of George Peckham, 
who has been the Manchester agent 
of the American express for the last 
year. Mr. Peckham is at the L. M. 
Haskins hospital in Rockport with 
typhoid fever. It was reported Wed- 
nesday that he was not expected to 
live. 
Manchester is at the foot of the list 
in the North Shore bowling league, 
with a record of four games won and 
eight lost, out of a total of 12 played. 
Gloucester and Beverly are tied for 
first honors, with 7 games won; Ips- 
wich is third with 6 won and 6 lost. 
Of the individual average record 
Austin Jones holds fourth position 
with 100. 
During the severe wind storm last 
Friday tie chimney on tis house oc- 
cupied by Alfred Herse, on bridge 
street, was blown down. A length of 
fence near Cat Brook was blown over, 
while a good sized hen house on the 
F. B. Rust property, School street, was 
tipped over killing a hen as it fell. 
A number of large limbs were blown 
off some trees on School, Tappan and 
Beach streets. 
A Manchester Branch of the Mas- 
sachusetts association opposed to the 
Extension of Suffrage to Women was 
formed at a meeting at Mrs. J. C. 
Mackin’s home’ on North St. Monday 
afternoon. It is planned to have a 
meeting about once in six weeks if 
the members so desire. Some of the 
best speakers interested in the cause 
are promised for the meetings. At> 
the meeting, Miss Anne Clarke was 
elected chairman and Mrs. Mackin, 
secretary and treasurer, of the Man- 
chester branch. 
