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Aug. 11, 1916. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 61 
Quartet of Grand Old Men 
GATHERED among a hundred other 
elderly men last week at the an- 
nual outing of the Elderly Brethren 
association of Manchester were 11 
men who had passed their eightieth 
milestone. 
Nehemiah C. Marshall, the oldest 
man in the gathering, passed his 88th 
birthday on March 2 of this year. 
Mr. Marshall enjoys excellent health 
and is as active as he was thirty years 
ago. He is a native of Marblehead, 
but has spent the most of his life in 
Manchester. For many years he was 
JoHN KocGeRs ALLIEN 
A Rugged Forty-Niner 
engaged in the furniture 
business in the days when 
the manufacture of fine 
furniture was the leading 
industry in Manchester. He 
has served on the board of 
selectmen, the board of fire 
engineers and in other 
town offices. He is a past 
Noble Grand of Magnolia 
Rode, 1..O.O. F. 
John Rogers Allen, who 
will be 87 the last of this 
month, has an erect, rug- 
ged figure and the bearing 
of a man in his sixties. He 
reflects in his manner the 
sturdy character of the 
man, who in the days of 
’49 braved the dangers of 
a trip around the Horn 
and endured the hardships 
of early California, 
NEHEMIAH C. MARSHALL 
Eighty-Eight Years Young 
NEHEMIAH S. HERRON 
The “Good Samaritan,’ Who Has Redeemed 
Scores of Wayward Boys. 
Julius F. Rabardy, although a na- 
tive of France, is a whole-hearted 
American. Coming to America in 
the troublesome days when the slav- 
ery and state’s rights questions threat- 
ened to disrupt the Union, he cast 
his fortunes with the army of the 
land of freedom. He was wounded 
at the battle of Antietam, where one 
of his legs was shot away. Today 
Mr. Rabardy, although past his 83rd 
birthday, enjoys working in his little 
“a1Cen behind his hore on the inner 
Manchester Harhor. And, on a sun- 
Juirus F. RABARDY 
Veteran of Great War— 
A Pacifist 
ny piazza overlooking the 
water he loves to read and 
philosophize. Having ex- 
perienced the horrors of 
war, he is ardently in favor 
of peace. 
One of the fine old men, 
who always attends the 
outings of the Elderlies, is 
Nehemiah S$. Herron, Bev- 
erly’s veteran truant ofh- 
cer, who is in his eightieth 
year—and still in the har- 
Hecsss > Lie abeen.d's? to 
the tasks of his office with 
the same regard for. duty 
and the same kindly serv- 
ice for the wayfaring youth 
that years ago won him 
the title of the ‘Good Sa- 
maritan.” He is rounding 
out his 46th year of seryicg. 
