MANCHESTER SECTION 
Friday May 23, 1913. 
MANCHESTER 
Albert Cunningham addressed the 
Boy Scouts on “Banking” at the Con- 
gregational chapel Thursday evening. 
Congratulations are being extended 
to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Killam, 
Desmond avenue, on the arrival of a 
third daughter in their home. 
Harry R. Floyd has recently been 
elected a member of the Boston 
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Floyd 
is private secretary to Mr. Filene of 
Filene & Sons Co. 
Ladies: Why not try a pair of 
Ground Gripper Shoes? What they 
have done for others they will do for 
you. Bell’s, Central Sq. a 
Mr. and Mrs, Clifford B. Goodwin 
and young son Maynard, of Dorches- 
ter, were in town over the week-end 
visiting Mrs. Goodwin’s parents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Geo. D. Haskell, Vine 
street. 
The High school team went to Ip- 
swich Wednesday afternoon and was 
defeated to the tune of 15 to 1. The 
Ipswich boys were much older and 
completely outclassed the Manches- 
terites. 
Fish Market, Tel. 163. ia 
Mrs. Abbie Gray, who has been 
spending the winter with her son in 
‘Tewkesbury, returned to Manchester 
the latter part of last week for the 
summer. Her daughter-in-law came 
to Manchester with her, but returned 
to ‘Tewkesbury Monday. 
The \Shirt>) Waist Party ‘ot othe 
Winter Series last Friday evening 
was attended by about 30 couples, and 
proved a most delightful ocasion, so 
popular in fact that it was voted to 
hold another party next month. 
Carey’s orchestra furnished excellent 
dance music. 
A near conflagration was narrowly 
averted Monday night at the home of 
James McNeary, Summer street. One 
of the daughters accidently up-set a 
lighted lamp and a fire was quickly 
started, burning several dresses and 
other clothing in a wardrobe. ‘The 
fire was extinguished without calling 
the dey sartment. 
aes shoes at 
Square store. 
Bell’s Central 
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Ten builders rear an arch, each in 
turn lifting it higher; but it is the 
tenth man, who drops in the keystone, 
who hears our huzzas. 
Town Affairs 
WitH THE MANCHESTER BOARD 
oF SELECTMEN AND OTHER 
Town OFFICIALS 
A special Town meeting is called 
for next Monday evening at 7.30 
o’clock, when the following articles 
will be taken up: 
Art. 1. To choose a moderator. 
Art. 2. To see if the Town will 
vote to sell a piece of land, situated 
on the northerly and westerly side of 
Summer street and Magnolia avenue, 
known as a portion of the “Old Bury- 
ing Ground Lot,’ containing 2.09 
acres for $2500 per acre or take any 
action relating thereto, as per petition 
of Jacob H. Kitfield and others. 
Art. 3. To see if the Town will re- 
fund $5 to Camp 149, S. of V., for 
rental of Town hall, Lincoln Day, 
Feb:(13, 1913) 
Art. 4. To see if the Town will 
remit to the W. R. C. the Town hall 
rent for the past year, amounting to 
$63.75, as per petition of E. P. Stan- 
ley and others. 
Art. 5. To see if the Town will set 
apart a plot of land between the Con- 
gregational church and Central street, 
looking toward School street, for the 
purpose of a Soldiers’ Monument, to 
be erected at some later date, as per 
petition of Oliver T. Roberts and 
others. 
The Fourth of July Committee has 
organized with Clarence W. Morgan 
as chairman and Edwin F. Preston as 
secretary. ‘The other members of the 
committee are Chas, W. Sawyer, G. 
A. Knoerr, Rev. A. G. Warner, Geo. 
E. Hildreth, Albert Cunningham and 
Alfred E. Hersey. The committee 
met Monday night and outlined its 
preliminary plans for the day. ‘The 
Co. G band of Gloucester will fur- 
nish the music. 
A Unitarian minister, in Worcester, 
carried his watch to a well-known 
jewelry store the other day. The 
clerk said: “What is the matter with 
your Unitarian time-pieces, anyway? 
Dr. also left his watch for re- 
pairs, not long ago.” “That is easy 
to explain. We are so far ahead of 
the times that the watches can’t keep 
up with us!” 
MANCHESTER 
A special meeting of the Manches- 
ter Launch club is called for Satur- 
day evening at 8 o’clock. 
The Men’s Brotherhood will meet 
in the Baptist church Monday even- 
ing. A speaker will be present and a 
social hour will be enjoyed. 
M. E. Gorman, real estate broker, 
was drawn last Saturday, on the 
traverse jury, Superior Court, to sit 
at Salem in June. 
Miss Alice Knight was home from 
Providence over Sunday with her sis- 
ter, Mrs. A. C. Needham and family, 
Union street. 
Emerson and Douglas 
Bell’s Central square store. 
Jos. Montesanti, formerly at Vas- 
concellos’ barber shop, has returned 
from Southern Pines, No. Carolina, 
and will be with James Nazarro, the 
postoffice block barber until the last 
of June when he goes to Charlevoix, 
a Michigan summer resort, where he 
will have charge of a barber shop in 
the Inn at that place. 
Lamson and Hubbard hats at Bells 
Beach street store. 
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Eldredge aus 
Corkery), formerly of Manches- 
ter, will live here this summer, as 
Mr. Eldredge is chauffeur for Mr. 
Hall of Boston, who has one of the 
Merrill cottages on Smith’s Point. - 
Swett’s Fish Market, Tel. 163. * 
Julius F. Rabardy, one of our oldest 
and most highly respected citizens, re- 
ceived the  felicitations of many 
friends both here and elsewhere yes- 
terday on the occasion of his 8oth 
birthday. Mr. Rabardy is remarkably 
well preserved for one of his years 
and is wonderfully active in mind and 
body. France is his native land, but 
he has spent the better part of his life 
in this country, having fought in the 
War of the Rebellion, in which he 
was wounded. He is _ patriotic 
through and through and is a consis- 
tent fighter in the cause of Prohibition. 
Mr. Rabardy retired from buisness 
some ten or twelve years ago, after 
conducting a newspaper and _ station- 
ery store for many years. 
shoes at 
NATURALLY 
Muggins — Whatever became of 
that friend of yours who used to have 
money to burn? 
Buggins—He’s sifting the ashes. 
