NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
BEVERLY FARMS 
Philip Leahy of Lynn, a brother of 
William Leahy of this town, passed 
away on Wednesday. 
The Boys club of St. John’s Epis- 
copal church gave a public entertain- 
ment and dance in Marshall’s hall 
Wednesday evening. The entertain- 
ment consisted of singing, dancing 
features and readings and was enjoy- 
ed by all present. 
Elmer Standley, Wm. R. Brooks, 
W. B. Publicover, Wm. Stanley, 
Howard P. Williams and Howard E. 
Morgan represented the Ward 6 city 
committee at the banquet and speech 
making of the Beverly City commit- 
tee held in Beverly G.A.R. hall last 
Tuesday evening. 
John Toomey, a Beverly Farms lad, 
and one of the fastest players on the 
Beverly High school baseball team, 
in the game with Swampscott, Tues- 
day afternoon was hit by the ball 
and rendered unconscious at the time. 
No serious effects are anticipated as 
he appears alright again. 
John West colony, Pilgrim Fathers, 
will hold their regular semi-monthly 
meeting in Marshall’s hall this even- 
ing. Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Hol- 
royd have charge of the entertain- 
ment which is to follow the business 
meeting. 
The Ladies’ Sewing circle of the 
Baptist church was entertained last 
evening by Mrs. Charles F. Preston 
at her home on Hale street. 
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Parsons 
of Patterson, N. J., have been among 
the visitors at the Farms the past 
week. 
The playground at the Farms is a 
popular place these days. Any time 
after school till dark the children 
gather for sport. Baseball is the pre- 
vailing sport. 
Arrangements have been 
completed for Memorial day. The 
program will be similar to that of 
former years. The Beverly Farms 
band will furnish the music. H. La 
Rue Brown of Boston will deliver the 
address. 
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Kimball 
of Somersworth, N. H., have been 
visiting friends at the Farms the past 
week. 
Mrs. Forester H. Pierce of Mel- 
rose was in town Tuesday. This was 
her first visit here since she moved 
away a year ago. 
At the meeting of the aldermen 
last Monday evening the order appro- 
Priating $1000 for the purchase of 
additional land for the playground 
and for grading same was passed to 
its final stage. 
nearly 
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THE THISSELL COMPANY 
High Grade Food Products 
Post Office Building ~ 
Two Phones, 150 and 151 
The Beverly Farms Fire depart- 
ment was called out about 4 o’clock 
Tuesday morning for a blaze at the 
summer residence of H. P. McKean 
on Pride’s hill. The fire was discov- 
ered by a man being awakened by the 
smoke. It originated in some way 
from the range back of the laundry 
and spread through the partition. The 
department did good work, confin- 
ing the fire to one room. -The loss 
was about $200. 
William Swan, superintendent at 
Edgewater, the handsome estate of 
the late Mrs. Leiter, has resigned his 
position and, on June ist, will take 
a similar position on the James S. 
Ames estate at North Easton, where 
he has previously worked for seven 
years. 
Maddalena, a Boston caterer, has 
opened the store owned by Chas. H. 
Trowt, at Pride’s Crossing and will 
conduct a catering’ business. 
Mr. and Mrs. Benj. F. Osborne, 
who have had care of the Lathrop 
Brown estate at West Manchester 
since last fall moved into their attrac- 
tive cottage on High street this week. 
Arthur J. Harlow is out with a 
new motor cycle. 
Members of the Board of Alder- 
men were guests of the Beverly 
Farms firemen last evening at the 
West street engine house. A splen- 
did entertainment was given, follow- 
ed by a collation. 
At the Beverly Farms Baptist 
church last Sunday morning Rey. 
Frank Parker of Wenham preached 
in exchange with the pastor. In the 
evening “Mothers’ Day” was observ- 
ed, the pastor delivering an appropri- 
ate address. The Scandinavian ser- 
vices for the season will commence at 
the church next Thursday evening at 
8.30 o'clock. The first meeting will 
be a conference meeting under the di- 
rection of Deacon Oscar Hakanson. 
Sunday morning the pastor will 
preach on “To be Spiritually minded 
is Life and Peace.” A rare treat is 
in store for the evening; the Rev. S. 
J. Reid, a famous preacher, an elo- 
quent and witty Irish clergyman, rep- 
resenting the Baptist Union of Ire- 
land, will give an address. The Girls 
club of the church met last Tuesday 
evening at the chapel. It was work 
night concluding with a social meet- 
ing. The girls have furnished the 
new curtains for the rooms of the 
Beverly Farms, Mass. 
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An entertain- 
program and 
children’s department. 
ment with patriotic 
stereopticon views is being arranged 
for the Italian Civic class for Thurs- 
day evening, May 29th. The boys of 
the Pastor’s Hour class took a ram- 
ble last Friday afternoon and had 
lunch on the rocks at West beach. 
On the request of the Beverly Im- 
provement society the boys have be- 
come interested in the destruction of 
the tent caterpillar and have, of late, 
divided up in squads and sections to 
destroy them. Someone from the 
Forestry department of the city has 
been directing them. ‘The boys have 
also distributed circulars on the cam- 
paign against the fly. These are fur- 
nished by the Sanitary commission of 
Mass., printed in Italian, and were 
distributed among that class of resi- 
dents. 
The highest justice includes the 
wisest mercy. 
