MANCHE 
We are sorry to report that Robert 
Baker is quite ill at his home on 
School street. He was threatened 
with pneumonia but is now recover- 
ing. he 
Henry Mitchell and family have 
moved to Bridgewater, having bought 
a 1o-acre poultry farm. They will 
continue their pattern businéss there, 
besides carrying on an extensive 
poultry business. +i 
Swett’s Fish Market, 163-W. adv. 
Miss Gladys Semons is ill at the 
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
E. J. Semons, Pine street,. with an 
attack of grip, and has beén obliged 
to give up her studies’ at! Jackson 
college for a few days. Y 
Miss Gwendolen Glendenning, who 
was home from Smith d¢ollege to 
spend the Easter holidays, entertain- 
ed several of her college mates the 
first of the week. She has’ since ac- 
compained one of them ‘to South 
Norwalk, Conn., to remain until 
college opens. 
A number of Manchester young 
women are leaving this afternoon for 
Washington on a tour conducted by 
Mr. Wales. Among them are Misses 
Chapman, Skinner and Green of the 
local corps of school teachers, and 
Miss Elizabeth Lethbridge. Miss 
Maud Russell of Newton, Miss 
Lethbridge’s cousin, will also be a 
member of the party. 
Two fire alarms in quick succes- 
sion were rung in early “Saturday 
evening. The first was for a fire 
in the rear of the Louis White prop- 
erty on Central street. It had gain- 
ed some headway, but the quick re- 
sponse of the auto-truck and the et- 
fective work of the firemen soon had 
the blaze under control .The damage 
to the adjoining property of Edward 
S. Bradley is estimated at about 
$200. The second alarm was sent 
in for a brush fire in the woods on 
what is known as “Spy Rock,’—- 
the Winthrop Wetherbee _ estate. 
Forest fires were burning all day Sat- 
urday in the Beverly Farms direc- 
tion, and many Manchester boys and 
young men gave-efficient aid in_put- 
ting them out. Forest Warden Peter 
A. Sheahan and his men have had 
some stubborn fires to fight this 
year, but they have proved able to 
cope with the situation. 
Friday, April 2, 1915. 
Miss Dorothy Blaisdell has been 
entertaining some of her college 
mates from Wheaton the past week. 
A daughter was born Saturday, 
Mar. 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick 
Mulvey of the Dexter estate, Forest 
st. 
Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Knight and 
young child were down from Brook- 
line over the week-end. Edward C. 
Knight is on from New York for the 
Easter holidays, part of which he 
will probably spend in Manchester. 
Arthur Erickson, who has been 
home since his thrilling experience in 
Germany, where he was arrested as 
a spy, sailed Saturday as wireless 
operator on a steamer for Porto 
Rico. 
Miss Mary Princie Dodge, who 
has been chaperoning the Senior 
class of the York high school, where 
she is a teacher, to Washington, will 
arrive home _ this afternoon to 
spend a day or two with her mother, 
Mrs. Jennie Dodge, School street. 
She will return to York Sunday. 
A number of Wellesley girls have 
been spending the Easter holidays at 
Manchester since last Saturday, with 
headquarters at Mrs. George Dean’s, 
eThe, sign. aot the, Crane?) Led 
Rooms, Summer street. It is a 
typical crowd of jolly college gir's 
and they have had a most delightful 
time, at Singing Beach, and all along 
the shore, to Gloucester, Beverly 
Farms, where they visited Oliver 
Wendell Holmes’ home, and_ today 
they plan to visit historic Salem. In 
the party are: Misses Carey and 
Cecil Butler, Lexington, Mo.; Misses 
Margaret and Mary Liza Clark, 
Punxsutawney, Pa.; Misses Dorothy 
Roberts, Dorothy Walton, Linda 
McCain, Valeria Ladd, Grace Wal- 
ton and Muriel Thayer, Minneapolis, 
Minn.; Blanche Henderson, Mont- 
gomery, Pa.; Dorothy Jones, Con- 
shohocken, Pa.; Tamaki Uemura, 
Tokio, Japan; Elizabeth Roop, Up- 
land, Pa.; Helen McGlade, Prince- 
ton, Ill.; Dorothy Greene, Margaret 
Maxwell, Indiana; Mona Matthews, 
Dubuque. Ia.; Louise Cross, Minne- 
apolis. The last four are Freshman, 
and they have been at Mrs. John 
Campbell’s, School street. Two of 
the Wellesley professors are here as 
chaperons for the girls. 
STER SECTION 
Edison Baker has a. position in 
Boston with Warren Bros. | 
The public schools of Manchester 
will close today, for a week’s vaca- 
tion. 
M. C. Horton, of 7 Brook st. rep- 
resents S. A. Gentlee & Son of Bey- 
erly, undertakers, as their agent. 
The Brotherhood will meet Mon- 
day evening, April 5, at 8 p. m. Rev. 
Robert Walker, Chaplain of Massa- 
chusetts Reformatory, speaks on 
“The Modern ‘Treatment of the 
Criminal.” 
Miss Pauline Semons was hostess 
to the Happy club at its weekiy 
meeting Wednesday evening of this 
week. Music and cards formed the 
evening’s entertainment and the hos- 
tess served delicious refreshments. 
The Misses Ruth and Alma Baker 
entertained about 20 young people at 
their home on Summer st. yesterday 
afternoon in honor of little Miss 
Vera Salter, who is leaving town this 
week to live in Danvers. 
Men’s Elite and Ladies’ Queen 
Quality Shoes at W. R. Bell’s, ady. 
Miss Annabelle Lodge has been 
taking an enforced vacation from her 
duties at. Daniel Low & Co's in 
Salem the. last two weeks, owing to 
an accident at the store in which she 
injured her back. 
The Study class of the Manches- 
ter Anti-Suffrage Branch met with 
Mrs. J. C. Mackin, at her home on 
North st., yesterday for. discussion 
and tea. The afternoon was one of the 
most enjoyable, which the class has 
had this season. ‘The next meeting 
will be held in two weeks at Mrs. 
Mackin’s residence. 
Postmaster Frank A. Foster took 
over the duties of the office yester- 
day, April 1, from the then Postmas- , 
ter Samuel L. Wheaton, who retired 
after 16 years of continuous service. 
When Mr. Wheaton took the office, 
there was one assistant (in summer 
only), besides the assistant postmas- 
ter, Miss Lu Johnson. ‘Today there 
are three clerks beside the Postmas- 
ter and his assistant, and four car- 
riers. The salary was about $1400 
then, out of which the clerk was 
paid; today it is $2200 clear. The 
office has a city delivery, and stands 
one of the highest for towns of the 
size of Manchester in the country. 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
WILLMONTON’S AGENCY 
Real Estate and Insarance of .All Kinds 
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