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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. XI 
SOCIBTY NOTES. 
The “‘dude train’’ will make its first trip down 
the Gloucester Branch Saturday afternoon and will 
make its regular round trips to town beginning Mon- 
day morning, which means that the North Shore sea- 
son is on again. 
season is on or off, but nothing tells the story more 
emphatically than the going on and off of the ‘‘dude 
train.’’ 
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Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel 8. Simpkins of Beverly 
Farms have tendered their house at 1637 Connecticut 
ave., Washington, to Miss Mabel Boardman as a supply 
depot for the Red Cross work in connection with the 
Mexican situation. They have leased their cottage at 
Beverly Farms to Mrs. T. K. Laughlin of Pittsburg, 
who has been occupying ‘‘Alhambra,’’ the cottage 
owned by the Gardner estate on Mingo Beach hill, 
Pride’s Crossing, for several seasons. Mrs. Laughlin, 
it will be recalled, is a sister of Mrs. Wm. H. Taft. 
_ **Alhambra’’ has been leased for this season to the 
Randolph Tuckers of Chestnut Hill. The Simpkins, 
by the way, wil not go to Cape Cod this season, as 
in the past few years, but will seek a change of clim- 
ate at some of the inland resorts, such as Squam Lake 
or Sunipee. 
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Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hutchinson of Philadelphia 
_ are expected at their summer home at Beverly Farms 
about the 20th of this month. 
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Mr. and Mrs. George Lee of Boston have opened 
their Beverly Farms cottage for the summer. 
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A marriage which is scheduled to take place on 
May 27 is that of Miss Helen Lincoln Appleton, daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Ross Appleton of Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and Charles A. Read, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles A. Read of ‘‘Read’s Island,’’ Manchester. 
| Mrs. Charles Stedman Hanks and Miss Clarina 
Hanks are expected soon at their West Manchester 
home for a part of the season at least. Last year the 
_ late ex-Governor Draper leased it. 
Mrs. Andrew J. Peters, who has gone to Europe, 
will remain until June, when she will return and ac- 
company Congressman Peters to the North Shore 
where they will spend the summer. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman of New York 
arrived at their country home in Ipswich this week. 
for the summer. They will be joined by their son 
_ Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., who will stay with them dur- 
ing the season. Mr. Tuckerman, Jr., makes his home 
in Boston, where he is engaged in business. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane plan to spend the 
mid-summer in Europe. They will be accompanied 
by their young daughter, Miss Katharine. Their house 
at Manchester will not be rented during their two 
months’ stay abroad, 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, May 8, 1914 
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SOCIE EY NOTES: 
Mr. T. Dennie Boardman and his son-in-law and 
daughter Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Goodrich are settled 
at ‘‘Chubbs,’’ their estate at West Manchester for the 
season. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Goodrich were among 
the guests at the marriage of Miss Helen Huntington - 
and Vincent Astor, which was solemnized on Thursday 
of last week at the residence of the bride’s parents, 
oes Mrs. Robert P. Huntington, at Staatsburg, 
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Costello C. Converse and Sanne have closed their - 
town residence at 348 Beacon street, Boston, and are 
at their Malden estate to remain a few weeks, until 
they come to their atractive new summer home at. 
Magnolia, occupied last season for the first time. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Lester Leland have closed their Bos- 
ton house at 422 Beacon street and are settled at their 
attractive summer home at West: Manchester for the. 
season. 
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The C. Howard Clark, Jrs., who summer at West - 
Mnchester, have closed their city residence in Phila- | 
delphia, and are at their large country estate at Devon, 
where they spend their springs and autumns. They 
keep this place open the year round and go there in. 
winter a great deal. In summer Mr. Clark is there 
when he is not with his family on the North Shore. 
The Clarks will come to Manchester as usual in June 
to remain until September. 
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The house of the late Mrs. Hall Curtis at 2 Spruce 
St., Boston, is being taken down and a new residence 
will be built on the same site, which, when completed. 
will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John S. Curtis of 
Beverly Farms. Mr. Curtis is a son of the late Mrs. 
Hall Curtis. 
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Miss Mary A. P. Russell of 72 Beacon st., Boston, 
eame to Nahant this week to spend the summer, as 
usual. 
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Of general interest to North Shore folk is the en- 
geagement announced last week of Miss Hilda Rice 
and Frederick Ayer, Jr.. This was not a surprise to 
their friends as the interest of the young folks in each 
other has been known for some time. Miss Rice is a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Rice of Turner 
Hill, Ipswich. She is a member of the Vincent and 
Chilton Clubs and is prominent in the Myopia Hunt 
set. In the Vincent Club show last week in Jordan 
Hall, Miss Rice was the standard bearer in the drill 
and earried the British colors. Mr. Ayer is the son 
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ayer of 395 Commonwealth 
ave., whose summer place is Avalon at Pride’s Cross- 
ing. Mr. Ayer was graduated from Harvard in 1911, 
and is a member of the Tennis and Racquet, Riding, 
Country and other clubs. Mrs. George S. Patton, Jr. 
(Beatrice Ayer), and Miss Katherine Ayer are sisters, 
and Charles F. Ayer is a half-brother. The marriage 
will be a mid-summer event on the North Shore.’ 
