MANCHESTER SECTION 
MANCHESTER 
The King’s Daughters will, meet 
with Mrs. Warner next Monday ev- 
ening. 
The Boy Scouts have changed their 
meeting night from Friday to Thurs- 
day evening. 
Swett’s Fish Market, Tel. 163. * 
The final party of the Winter Ser- 
ies will be held this evening at the 
Town hall, and will be one of the 
largest attended of the series. It will 
be a Shirt Waist party. 
Emerson and Douglas shoes at 
Bell’s Central square store. * 
Green & Swett Co., the Boston 
dealers in automobile accessories, are 
to open their branch store at 33 
Central street, Manchester, next Mon- 
day. ‘The store will be in charge of 
Thomas Quinn as last year. 
A fire was narrowly averted at 
Knight’s coal wharf one day the first 
of the week when sparks set fire to 
the roof of the building. The men 
on the place put out the fire before it 
had gained headway, using a fire ex- 
tinguisher, 
Lamson and Hubbard hats at 
Bell’s Beach street store. 
A 3-day demonstration is being 
given at Allen’s drug store of the new 
preparation—‘Chi-Namel,” the Chin- 
ese oil varnish. ‘The demonstration is 
being given by a young woman, Grace 
Allen, on Friday, Saturday and Mon- 
day, and as a special offer to introduce 
the varnish, a 20c can will be given 
free to every purchaser of a 10c 
brush with which to use it. It comes 
in all colors. Cut out the coupon in 
Mr. Allen’s adv. in today’s Breeze. 
It is worth 20 cents. 
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 
The last meeting (for the season) 
of the Parent-Teacher association, 
will be held in the Price school, Wed- 
nesday evening, May 22, at 7.45 
o'clock. 
Miss Harriet C. Gould, a Radcliffe 
graduate, who spent last year in 
Rome studying the Montessori method 
of teaching, will speak on the subject. 
Miss Gould is at present in charge of 
Mrs. Henry Copley Green’s school in 
Boston. 
There will also be interesting reports 
from the delegates who were appoint- 
ed to attend the National Congress in 
Boston, and music, followed by the 
usual social hour, will complete the 
program, 
Friday, May 16, 1913. 
Town Affairs 
WitH THE MANCHESTER BOARD 
OF SELECTMEN AND OTHER 
Town OFFICIALS 
A special town meeting will be 
held Monday evening, May 26. The 
regular adjourned meeting will be 
held June 2. 
The selectmen granted two addi- 
tional junk licenses at their meeting 
Tuesday evening, one to N. Zelinsky, 
a renewal, and a new license to Mr. 
Sternberg, both of Beverly. 
State Forester Rane has approved 
the action of the board of selectmen 
in appointing Raymond Crocker sup- 
erintendent of moth suppression work 
to succeed John D. Morrison. Mr. 
Crocker will assume charge May 24. 
The board of selectmen received 
word from the Harbor and Land 
Commissioners last night that if the 
Town of Manchester will appropriate 
$8000 for dredging in the harbor this 
year the board will recommend an ad- 
ditional appropriation by the state, 
so that a total of over $17,000 will 
be available for use this year. 
We understand that the party who 
wanted to buy the Old Burying 
Ground lot at Manchester Cove for 
a summer home, has been in touch 
with the board of selectmen and re- 
newed the original offer to the town 
for the purchase of the property. 
Which is: an offer of $2500 an acre 
for the land. When the matter was 
originally taken up an offer of $2500 
an acre was made, on the supposition 
that there were approximately 3 acres 
of land. This would have made a total 
of about $7500 for the land. ‘The 
former board of selectmen brought 
the matter before the town, saying 
there were 2 9-100 acres, but instead 
of recommending the sale on the basis 
of 2 9-100 acres at $2500 an acre 
(making a total of $5225), they 
recommended the price be $8500, 
which would make the rate per acre 
something over $4000. ‘This was 
nearly double what the prospective 
purchaser offered. 
Now the party comes forward again 
and renews his original offer. One 
of the present hoard of selectmen 
MANCHESTER 
Fred K. Swett is ill at his home on 
Friend street with diphtheria. 
Axel Magnuson and family are to 
occupy the cottage, corner Norwood 
avenue and Vine street, owned by T. 
William Lamasney. 
The first son to arrive into the 
family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam Spry arrived last week. This 
is the first boy out of a family of 
eight children. 
The latest styles of ladies and gents 
neckwear at E. A. Lethbridge’s. * 
The annual election of officers of 
the High School Alumni was held at 
the home of Mrs. L. W. Floyd, 
Thursday evening. 
We were a little remiss in our 
Manchester geography in stating last 
week that the brook running under 
the bridge on Norwood avenue was 
Cat Brook. It is Saw Mill Brook. 
Cat Brook flows under Summer street 
and joins with Saw Mill Brook near 
Vine street. 
Why go out of town for house 
dresses when you can get them for 
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 at E. A.: Leth- 
bridge’s. : * 
Town Treasurer E. P. Stanley 
came near losing his motor boat one 
day recently. He had moored it to 
the float at Town wharf. A dump 
fire was started in the rear of the 
Town hall and in some manner some 
of the burning paper was blown to 
the motor boat nearby. Very little 
damage was done to the boat, as 
someone from the street saw the 
smoke and hurriedly put out the 
blaze. Loss estimated $75. 
has talked with the party and is as- 
sured that he means _ business. 
It is our opinion that the Town of 
Manchester will show poor judgment 
if it allows this opportunity to slip 
by of bringing a family of consider- 
able means into our town by sticking 
to its original figure of $8500,—a 
figure voted by the citizens only after 
it has been recommended by the board 
of selectmen. We are informed on 
good authority that the prospective 
purchaser would probably make Man- 
chester his year-round residence, and 
that his taxes alone would amount to 
the full price paid for the property 
In a year or two. 
The summer resort business is our 
industry. Everything possible should 
be done to develop this industry. 
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