NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
BEVERLY FARMS 
Rep. Herman A. MacDonald and 
Mrs. Murdock MacDonald were 
among those from the Farms who 
attended the concert given in Bey- 
erly, Tuesday evening by the Sew- 
ing club. : 
Mrs. Juliet Osborne of North 
Place is now reported to be some- 
what improved from a recent severe 
illness. She is ninety-four years old 
and Beverly Farms’ oldest resident. 
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Porter of 
New York City have arrived at the 
Farms and will remain here until 
the fall. Mr. Porter is a chauffeur. 
George H. Bennett, aged fifty- 
seven years, nine months, one of 
Beverly Farm’s best known citizens, 
passed away at his late home on 
Hart street last Sunday afternoon, 
after an illness which confined him 
to the house the past three weeks. 
Ile was apparentiy somewhat im- 
proved when the end came, which 
was the effect of a shock. He was 
born at the Farms and has always 
lived here and few men here were 
better known or more popular. lis 
pleasant and genial disposition and 
kind aets made for him a host of 
friends. He was a painter by trade 
and for the past number of years 
a valued employee of Messrs. Wm. 
& R. E. Hodgkins. For the past 
forty years he has been a member 
of the local fire department and was 
its oldest active member. Mr. Ben- 
nett always took an interest in pub- 
lie affairs and has been a member 
of the Republican, ward six, city 
committee and an elective officer. 
Ile belonged to several fraternal or- 
ganizations, including the Bass 
River lodge IOOF, the Beverly Fire- 
mens Relief association, which or- 
ders, with the members of the Fire 
Dept., attended the funeral in a 
body and the ritual services of these 
organizations being conducted after 
the religious service. He was a bene- 
fit member of John West colony Pil- 
grim Fathers. The flags at the Bev- 
erly Farms and Central fire sta- 
tions have been at half mast out of 
respect to his memory. He leaves 
a widow, three sisters and a brother 
fo mourn his loss. Funeral services 
were held at two o’clock Wednes- 
day afternoon at the Baptist church 
and were conducted by the church 
pastor. A male quartet sang several 
selections including, ‘‘Nearer My 
God To Thee,’”’ ‘‘Shall You, Shall I’’ 
and ‘‘Farewell.’’ There was a pro- 
fusion of beautiful flowers from fel- 
low members of the Fire Dept., and 
several fraternal orders. Interment 
was at the Beverly Farms cemetery. 
BEVERLY FARMS 
Mr. and, Mrs. Harry J. Guinivan 
of West street, are receiving con- 
eratulations over the arrival of a 
fine baby girl, which arrived at their 
home yesterday afternoon. 
The dance given in Marshall hall 
Tuesday evening by a committee 
from the Beverly Farms band was 
well attended and was an enjoyable 
affair. 
The funeral of Mrs. William Hopp 
was held at her late home in Natiek, 
on Tuesday last. The deceased was 
a sister of Mrs. Addison. Williams, 
John F., and George H. Wyatt of 
this village. 
Mrs. Alexander Jordan of Hyde 
Park, and Miss Louise Jordan of 
Somerville, have been the guests of 
Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Publicover, 
Tlart street, this week. 
ESSEX 
Miss Edith Mears of the Chelsea 
Public schools, is spending a week’s 
vacation with her mother and 
erandmother at the corner of Main 
and Martin streets. 
The genial face of 
Charles W. Littlefield, was seen 
about town this week. He is stop- 
ping with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. 
F. C. Richardson of Martin street. 
A rousing Roosevelt rally was 
held in Postoffice square on Monday 
night. The speakers were Senator 
Arthur L. Nelson of Haverhill, Rep. 
Geo. P. Webster of Boxford and 5. 
Howard Donnell of Peabody. The 
speaker tried to prove to the majori- 
ty of those present that Roosevelt 
was the only salvation for the Re- 
publican party. 
We are pleased to learn that Nor- 
man Marshall, who has been absent 
from home for the past three years 
searching for health among the hills 
of the Green Mountain state, has re- 
turned home much improved. 
We are pleased to announce that 
Essex has formed a Village Improve- 
ment society. Officers were chosen 
and a plan mapped out for an active 
campaign. A week from Saturday 
everyone will be requested to rake 
up their premises. School children 
will be enlisted and organized and 
in their respective districts they 
will be used to help free the streets 
of rubbish. It is also planned as 
the society develops to beautify the 
prominent squares in town, by the 
planting of flowers and shrubbery. 
Quite a number of our school chil- 
dren have been on the sick list on 
account of measles, 
F. E. Burnham has a new auto. 
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WEST GLOUCESTER 
Open cars have been in use part 
of the time during the past few 
days on the local division of the 
Bay State Street Railroad Co. It 
is a very agreeable change from the 
closed cars and is a sign of spring. 
The Misses Lula Rust, Eleanor P. 
Thurston, Dorothy George and Mar- 
ion Andrews are rehearsing the 
drama entitled ‘‘The Wrong Pack- 
age,’’ which they will present to 
the public in the near future, 
