MANCHESTER SECTION 
Friday, April 11, 1913. 
MANCHESTER 
The Pilgrim Fathers will observe 
their 25th anniversary next Monday 
evening. 
Prof. A. L. Saben, Mrs. Saben and 
Elizabeth have been spending the 
week at Winchester, N. H. 
Fresh Oysters and crackers for your 
dinner. Manchester Fish Market. * 
Owing to the serious illness of 
George P. Dole it has been decided 
that Mr. and Mrs. Dole will not give 
up their home on Norwood avenue 
for the present. 
The order of the graduation exer- 
cises of the Story High school this 
year will be the same as the last few 
years,—three graduation parts and a 
speaker. Supt. Mackin has not yet 
procured a speaker. 
Send word for me to call for your 
order of fish for Tuesday and Friday. 
Telephone 163, Manchester Fish Mar- 
ket. All goods delivered free of 
charge. A 
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford B. Goodwin 
of School street, are on an auto trip 
to New York and after their return 
will take up their residence at Blue 
Hill avenue, Dorchester. 
Manchester Odd Fellows were rep- 
resented at the big meeting of Bass 
River lodge of Beverly last Saturday 
evening, when the initiatory degree 
was exemplified by the members of 
Swampscott lodge. 
Welch’s Fish Market of Charles 
street, Boston, will open a North 
Shore branch at Manchester this sea- 
son we were informed by Mr. Welch 
Tuesday. The concern had a store at 
Manchester for many years until ten 
years ago. They enjoy a large and 
exclusive patronage in Boston. 
Among those who called on Dr. and 
Mrs. Blaisdell last Saturday night 
when thev observed the 30th anniver- 
sary of their marriage was their neigh- 
bor Mr. Cornelius O’Neil, who 1s now 
one of Manchester’s oldest citizens. 
He signed his name to the guest book 
as legibly as any other person present. 
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Leo Boyle, 
who have been in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
the last six months, where Mr. Boyle 
was in the U. S. Customs Service, 
ry 
are expected home today. ‘They 
will make their home in Jeffrey’s 
court in the house they vacated last 
summer. Mr. Boyle will take up his 
work in the Boston Customs House at 
once. W. J. Lethbridge and family, 
who have been occupying the Boyle 
tenement, will move to one of Frank 
W. Bell’s houses nearby. 
MANCHESTER 
The Degree of Honor will hold a 
public whist party in Carpenters hall 
next Thursday evening, April 17. 
Mrs. Martha Chute of Cambridge 
was a guest Sunday of her cousin 
Mrs. Alfred E. Hersey, Bridge street. 
Robert Robertson of the local firm 
bearing that name, was elected presi- 
dent of the Mass. State association 
of Master Plumbers, at Boston, Wed- 
nesday. 
The Manchester Woman’s club re- 
minds its members that the annual 
meeting and election of officers will 
be held Tuesday, April.15. The di- 
rectors will serve a chafing dish sup- 
per and a large attendance is desired. 
Representative Allison G. Catheron 
of Beverly gave a very interesting 
talk last Friday night before the mem- 
bers of the Manchester club on some 
of the work of the committee on So- 
cial Welfare of which he is a member. 
The talk was thoroughly informal, 
and was arranged by the entertain- 
ment committee in connection with the 
semi-monthly business meeting of the 
club. Refreshments were served af- 
ter the meeting. Ernest L. Valentine, 
who recently returned from spending 
the winter in Porto Rico had shipped 
a case of grape-fruit to the club and 
these were distributed among the 
members present Friday evening. 
THE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 
The next meeting of the Parent- 
Teacher association, Manchester, will 
be held on Wednesday evening. April 
22, when Mr. Walter Leroy Smith. 
president of Malden Commercial 
school will speak on the subject of 
“Three Real R’s.” 
Tn connection with Mr.  Smith’s 
coming. it will probably be remember- 
ed that Mrs. Walter Leroy Smith, 
now national organizer of Parent- 
Teacher associations, was the one who 
three years ago met with a group of 
narents and teachers at the Story High 
school and interested them at once 
in forming such a society in Man- 
chocter, 
Mr, Sith is also a convincing 
speaker and his subiect is one that 
shorld anneal to all those interested 
in the welfare of young peoole. 
The meeting on the 22rd will be 
an anen one. ‘The public is cordially 
invited and it is exvected that a large 
number will avail themselves of the 
opportunity of attending. 
There will also be a musical pro- 
gram and the usual social hour. 
MANCHESTER 
Misses Jennie and Clara Sargent 
and Alice Haraden started today for 
a trip to Washington. 
Another of the popular Winter 
Series subscription dances will be 
held this evening in the Town hall. ‘ 
Salt fish in bulk or in boxes. Man- 
chester Fish Market, Central Sq. * 
Mrs. Mary E. Foley of Rockland, 
was a guest of Mrs. B. F. Burchstead 
over Sunday. 
Visit the Manchester Fish Market 
and be convinced that goods are sold 
under clean conditions. Telephone 
163. * 
Town Treasurer E. P. Stanley was 
honored by his Grand Army associa- 
tes in Boston Wednesday, at the State 
convention, by being elected a member 
of the council of administration. 
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 
April 16th, at Hudson, N. H., Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph A. Torrey will ob- 
serve the fiftieth anniversary of their 
marriage, and will be at home, inform- 
ally, to all who call. 
The Manchester High school was 
one of the schools honored by the 
Mass. W. R. C. at its annual conven- 
tion this week, in the presentation of 
a beautiful large American flag. The 
flag was accepted on behelf of the 
school by Committeeman Albert 
Cunningham. 
The home of Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. 
Blaisdell was the scene of a large 
gathering of their friends and neigh- 
bors last Saturday evening, when Pr. 
and Mrs. Blaisdell were “at home” 
informally on the occasion of the 
30th anniversary of their marriage. 
About 150 persons called to extend 
congratulations. The three daugh- 
ters, Ruth, Alice and Dorothy, assist- 
ed in the honors of the occasion. 
Miss Grace M. Prest and Miss Jessie 
M. Hoare poured. 
Miss Ada G. Green of Westboro 
has been appointed assistant principal 
at the Geo. A. Priest school to suc- 
ceed Miss Edith Folsom, who re- 
signed at the close of the term last 
week. Miss Green was graduated 
from Framingham Normal school and 
for the past few years has been teach- 
ing in Hudson, Mass. Miss Folsom 
resigned so as to live at home in 
Brockton with her mother who is in 
poor health. Miss Folsom’s pupils at 
the Priest school presented her with 
a ring and when she left town after 
school last Friday afternoon they saw 
her off at the railroad station in a 
body. 
