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. H. La Rue Brown, member of the 
law firm of Brown, Field & Murray 
of Boston, has been secured by Pres- 
ton Post 188 to deliver the Memorial 
Day address. The Beverly Farmsj 
band has also been engaged for that 
occasion. 
Mrs. James D. Hooper and her sis- 
ter Mrs. Benj. Ober of Hale street, 
who have been on a trip to Chicago 
and to California since last fall, ar- 
rived home last Saturday evening. 
Rev. C. S. Pond delivered an ad- 
dress before the Foss Bible class in 
Beverly Wednesday evening. His 
~ topic was “Ambition.” 
if Miss Bessie Floyd of New Haven, 
~ Conn., has been visiting friends at the 
Farms the past week. 
Joseph Donovan is playing short 
stop and John Toomey center field 
on the Beverly High school base-ball 
tean. Both are Beverly Farms boys 
and are putting up a good game. 
On the first Sunday afternoon in 
July it is planned to hold a memorial 
service at the Beverly Farms Baptist 
church to commemorate the 5oth an- 
niversary of the Battle of Gettys- 
burg. It will be given jointly under 
- the auspices of the church, Preston 
Post 188 and Preston W. R. C. 
~ On April toth a family re-union 
_ was held at the hone of Mrs. Charles 
F. Preston on Hale street. Included 
in the party were: Mrs. Charles F. 
Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Pride 
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. 
Doane, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E,. Ober 
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Willis A. Pride, 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Preston and 
Edwin Pride. 
The Ladies Sewing circle met at 
the home of Mr.’ and Mrs. Oscar 
Hakanson on Everett street last eve- 
ning. 
Station agent, Wilbur E. McDonald 
and family have gone to Biddeford, 
Me., for a ten days’ visit at Mr. Mc- 
Donald’s former home. He-has been 
ill for some time and is taking the va- 
cation in hopes of benefiting his health. 
George Walter Larcom entered the 
Boston City hospital last Monday 
for an operation and treatment for an 
old trouble. 
Sewall Day enjoyed a short vacation 
_ the latter part of last week and the 
first of this. He went to New York, 
but cut the trip short when he learned 
of the serious illness of his brother 
George S. Day. 
Howard Preston while at work 
Monday suffered from a bad electri- 
cal shock and had to have the services 
of a doctor. He was unable to work 
for a few days. 
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The subject for the sermon at the 
Baptist church Sunday morning will 
for Yourselves 
‘'reasures on earth.”’ There will be no 
evening service but there will be a spe- 
cial afternoon service at 4.30 o’clock. 
Last Sunday Rey. C. S. Pond exchang- 
ed with Rev. A.G. Warner of Man- 
chester Last Tuesday evening the 
Girls’ club of the church gavea socialin 
the chapel.’ The Boys’ club of the Pas- 
tor’s Hour class held another gymnastic 
drill last Monday evening. On Thurs- 
day afternoon they are to meet early 
and go for a long tramp in the woods. 
A lunch will be taken along by each 
member. 
Former Councilman George ~ E. 
Johnson and daughter Miss Helen 
Johnson of Chapman corner, Beverly 
Cove, who have just returned from a 
trip south have been the guests this 
week of the former’s daughter, Mrs. 
Arthur Standley, Oak street. 
The entertainment and dance of 
Preston W. R. corps takes place in 
Neighbor’s hall Tuesday evening, 
April 29th. 
Mrs. Lyda Pierce Barnes and son, 
former residents of the Farms, re- 
turned to their home in Lowell after 
spending a week here, the guests of 
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra P. Williams, High 
street. 
At the Baptist church Sunday, May 
25th, preceding Memorial day there 
is to be a memorial service conducted 
by Rev. C. S. Pond, which Preston 
Post 188 and Preston W. R. C., also 
the Beverly Farms Firemen, the latter 
acting as escort, will be invited to at- 
tend. ‘The boys of the Pastor’s Hour 
class will also be present in a body 
and assist in escort duty. At this ser- 
vice the roll of the soldier and sailor 
dead, will be read. 
Howard P. Williams and Arthur 
Davis started on a vacation trip south 
Saturday. They left New York Mon- 
day on the S. S. Jefferson for Nor- 
folk, Va. 
Suggestions have been made for the 
placing of a bronze memorial tablet 
in honor of the soldier and sailor dead 
of the Civil War, onthe wall of the 
Baptist church. A committee has the 
matter under consideration. 
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Telfer left 
Beverly Farms yesterday for their 
home in Sacramento, Cal. They have 
been visiting here about three weeks. 
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School closes this afternoon for the 
annual spring vacation. 
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur T. Spencer 
of Paterson, N. J., have been visiting 
at the Farms the past week. 
Last Monday evening the members 
of Miss Jane M. Watson’s adult class 
enjoyed an evening of dancing and 
sociability in Marshall’s hall. A col- 
lation was served. 
George S. Day instead of starting 
on a vacation trip to Washington last 
Sunday as he had planned, went to 
the Beverly hospital. Some ten days 
ago a trunk fell on his leg causing a 
bruise which, at the time did not seem 
very much, but which evidently grew 
worse, finally developing into a case 
of blood poisoning. He has been 
very ill but at this writing reports 
say that he is better and resting very 
comfortably. Mr. Day is the freight 
clerk at the Beverly Farms station. 
During the absence of station agent 
W. E. McDonald of the Farms depot, 
his position is being filled by operator 
Arthur Holland. A. E. Elliott, a for- 
mer ticket agent and operator at the 
Gloucester station, is at present act- 
ing as assistant station agent. 
