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MANCHESTER 
George Younger of Hampton, is 
the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. 
George Younger. 
The next meeting of the Brother- 
hood is February 3rd.- The speaker 
will be announced later. 
Mrs. Long will send out invitations 
ina day or two for a_ subscription 
dance in the Town hall on Monday, 
Feb. 3. 
Mrs. Alfred Hersey is in attendance 
at the musical given at Beverly to- 
day under the auspices of the Loth- 
rop club of Beverly. 
Mrs. Seddie Follett installed the 
officers of the Rockport Relief Corps 
Monday evening. Mrs. Carrie Cook 
was the guide for Mrs. Follett. 
The selectmen are at the poor farm 
today inspecting the property. A 
roast beef dinner was served at noon 
by the matron, Mrs. Page. 
The Rebekahs are arranging for a 
fair to be held at the Town hall Feb. 
20-21-22, afternoon and evening. A 
musical program will be carried out 
each evening and a Washington party 
for the children will be held Feb. 22. 
A big feature of the fair will be the 
waltzing ducks. Admission 10 cents. 
AUTOMOBILE 
FOR SALE! 
Runabout—Haynes Motor 
28—30 h. p; 3 spare shoes; 
wind-shield ; presto-lite tank ; 
speedometer ; Magneto and At- 
water Kent Ignition system. 
Will sell at reasonable price. 
apply 
WM. W. HOARE, 
Manchester. 
Telephoue 186 
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Gre Political Pot 
That’s the way it is in Manchester 
-——all mixed up. For years there has 
not been such a sentiment in favor 
of a change in town officials. But thus 
far only a few candidates have been 
mentioned for the board of selectmen, 
other than the old board. In our nine 
years’ experience in running a news- 
paper in Manchester we have never 
known of such a universal desire on 
the part of the citizens to tip over 
things and put in an entire new set of 
men. 
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Perhaps it is because the board has 
done so much to gain the ill-will of 
the voters. It is very evident they 
trade a rank mistake last spring in 
their choice of a chief-of-police. Sad 
to say, too much of the town’s busi- 
ness hinges on that one point—the 
chief of police. 
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Perhaps it is because the affairs of 
the town are run too much by one in- 
dividual. The voters elect a board of 
three selectmen to manage its affairs, 
it is true, but—with all due respect 
to the other two members of the 
board, things are run pretty much by 
one man. A sort of mayor. The 
voters are getting tired of that; they 
want a change. 
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Then, too, this latest sensation— 
the Power House Hill purchase—is 
just striking the voters with full 
force. At the spgcial town meeting 
a few weeks ago the voters thought 
the proposition was put up to them 
somewhat as follows: A real estate 
man wants to buy the old Burying 
Ground lot at the Cove and has offered 
$5250 for it; the board of selectmen 
recommended its sale for $8500* * * 
* * The owner of Power House hill 
is going to set up a saw mill on the 
hill, that beautiful pine wooded hill in 
the center of the town, and cut off all 
the trees. Let’s sell this lot at the 
Cove and buy Powder House hill for 
$8200. Certainly we'll save the hill, 
and by an almost unanimous vote we 
decide so to do. Incidentally we will 
save $300 from what we get for the 
Burying Ground lot. 
The Burying Ground lot has not 
yet been sold; but the check to pay 
for Powder House hill was signed 
the next day after the town meeting. 
The question is very pertinent! 
Where did the money come from to 
buy the hill? The town did not ap- 
propriate any. The voters supposed 
the money received from the sale of 
one property would pay for buying 
MANCHESTER 
Mrs. John F. Babcock of Beverly 
is enjoying the day in town renewing 
acquaintances. 
The regular meeting of the Arbella 
club will be held next Tuesday after- 
noon, Jan. 28. Dr. Southworth of 
Wellesley college will speak on 
“Health.” 
Mrs. Mary Stanley underwent an 
operation at the Boothby private hos- 
pital at Boston last Saturday for head 
trouble. She is reported as slowly 
improving. 
Mrs. Myrtle A. Parker and son 
Horton of Lynn, Mass., spent Sun- 
day with Mr. and Mrs. John E. Elliott 
on Vine street. Mrs. Elliott is the 
mother of Mrs. Parker. 
The Annual Guest night of the 
Manchester Woman’s club will be 
held Wednesday, Feb. 5th, at 7.45 
o’clock. The entertainment will be by 
the University Male quartet assisted 
by a reader. A lunch of salads and 
ices will be served by Schlehuber of 
Lynn. Tickets may be obtained of 
Mrs. Helen Bullock, School street, 
Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Bridge street and 
Mrs. Eva Rand, Union street. Mem- 
bers 35c and guests 75c. 
the other. It was put up to them in 
that way. 
Anyway, whatever the ifs and ands, 
the voters are not satisfied with the 
deal and they are doing considerable 
talking about it. 
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We have heard several names men- 
tioned in connected with the board 
of selectmen, among them Nathan P. 
Meldrum, James Hoare, George R. 
Dean and Walter R. Bell. We do 
not know that any of these men will 
run. We venture our opinion that 
any three good men would win this 
year. 
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The Breeze has always tried to be 
fair in dealing with town politics. 
Above all it is frank; it says what it 
has to say straight from the shoulder. 
It intends to deal that way this year, 
and for the next. six issues will 3av 
what it has to say  unhesitatingly, 
without going around Robin Hood’s 
barn to do so. Everyone knows of the 
rottenness of town affairs, and the 
voters are awake to the need of a 
thorough cleaning. 
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These colmuns are open to all. If 
the selectmen, chief of police or any- 
one else has anything to sav they will 
be accorded the free use of any 
amount of space they desire to state 
their case. 
