ESSEX 
The special town meeting held 
z EiMfonday evening was called to order 
_ by the clerk who read the warrant. 
Frank E. Raymond, Esq., was chos- 
en moderator. Article 2—To choose 
a treasurer to fill the unexpired 
term left vacant by the resignation 
of Benjamin D. Raymond. There 
were two candidates for this office— 
Henry D. Dodge and Joseph N. 
Tucker. Henry D. Dodge was chos- 
en. Frank C. Richardson, Esq., 
moved that a vote of thanks be ex- 
tended to Benjamin D. Raymond the 
retiring treasurer for the honest, 
courteous, accommodating and faith- 
ful manner with which he has con- 
ducted his office for the last 22 
years, nearly a quarter of a century, 
passed unanimously. Article 3.— 
It was voted to accept the layout of 
the extension of Forest avenue that 
$400.00 be raised, assessed and ap- 
propriated to carry it into effect and 
the work be let out to the lowest re- 
sponsible bidder and be done under 
the supervision of the Selectmen. 
The Essex High School closed to- . 
day for their summer vacation. 
Miss Celia Choate has returned to 
her Essex home where she will speud 
the summer. 
ALMY, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The graduation exercises of the 
class of 1912, took place at Town 
Hall Thursday evening, June 27. 
John G. Haskell of West Man- 
chester was renewing old acquain- 
tances in town Saturday last. 
The Beverly baseball club of the 
Essex County League played a game 
with the Essex elub on Town hall 
grounds on Saturday afternoon, be- 
fore a good-sized audience. The 
game was a snappy one from start 
to finish and resulted in a victory 
for the Essex boys by a score of 3 
to 0. 
The Class. of 1913 of the Essex 
High school will give a reception to 
the class of 1912 at Town Hall cn 
Friday evening, June 28, at 8 
o’clock. Putnam’s orchestra’ will 
furnish music. 
Ward Wetmore and Ralph Low 
of Brown University are at home 
for the summer. 
Harry L. Story has conveyed to 
George M. Adams of Hamilton, land 
on Pine street, Hamilton, 25 by 100. 
Samuel Story has secured a posi- 
tion at the Museum of Fine Arts, 
Boston. 
A large picnic from Malden occu- 
pied Centennial Grove on Monday. 
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EAST GLOUCESTER 
Stephen Sleeper and bride of a 
year are Bostonians, who have se- 
cured Miss Mary Pearson’s new cot- 
tage, ‘‘Ledge Lane,’’ near the Har- 
bor View hotel. 
George O. Stacy’s proverbial good 
luck has brought him an excellent 
and most desirable tenant for his 
new 40-room cottage at Eastern 
Point, near the former Colonial 
Arms hotel lot. George Thomson, 
a very wealthy Philadelphian, has 
domiciled his family there. Mr. 
Stacy secured a handsome rental 
figure per month for the cottage. . 
The Rockaway, one of East 
Gloucester’s most popular hotels, is 
the resort of many prominent people 
this season. Among those who will 
spend the season there are: the 
Misses Martha and lLuey Hutchin- 
son of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. A. 
W. Strauss of Cambridge; Miss Ida 
Ball of Lowell; the Misses Blan- 
chard of Lowell, Miss Constance 
Barker of Quincy, Mae D. Benza- 
quin of Newton, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Bosson of Boston and Mrs. S. Et- 
tlinger and family of Cinn. The 
Rockaway has been very popular 
with college students and thus far 
has entertained nearly 500. 
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