MANGHESTER SECTION 
Friday, ae 22, 1916. 
There will be a.public whist party 
in Carpenters hall Tuesday evening. 
.» A-son.arrived Monday to-Mr. and 
‘Mrs;. Sinclair. Peters, cor. Pleasant 
and School sts... This is their eighth 
son; there is: also. one, daughter. 
The dance of the Leap. Year Asso- 
sciatés'in Town hall’ Tuesday eveniig 
-was. a well attended and happy affair. 
ta Long's orchestra furnished the music. 
‘The board of registrars of voters 
will sit between 7 and 8 o'clock to- 
morrow (Saturday) evening at the 
office of the board of selectmen to 
qualify voters’ for the Primaries, 
which will be held next Tuesday, 
Sept. 26. 
‘The’ B. -& M. drawbridge was 
raised last ‘Thursday noon to let a 
coal barge through to Knight’s wharf. 
While the bridge was in the air it be- 
came stuck and had to be lowered 
‘by hand which took nearly an hour 
and blocked the 12.39 Boston-bound 
train until nearly 1.30. 
Manchester will have a ball game 
.,tomorrow, but not of the variety 
“which*has been exhibited during the 
~ summer. Tomorrow — afternoon’s 
game will be between two carefully 
shuffled and hand-picked nines of 
“has-beens,” “‘almosts” and “never- 
wasses.” Gordon Slade, who form- 
erly. pitched for Manchester, will 
twirl for one of the nines and the 
opposing pitcher will be a “dark 
horse.” 
_ On Wednesday: ‘last Mrs. D. T. 
3eaton entertained a number of the 
state and national officers of the Par- 
ent-Teacher association at a luncheon 
‘at her home. The ladies had been 
holding a conference the past week 
at the summer home in Annisquam of 
Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, the Mass. 
state president and national vice- 
president. During the week the of- 
ficers have. been very busy conferring 
in regard to Parent-Teacher work in 
_ the various parts of the state, plan- 
ning details of the coming state con- 
vention to be held. early in October 
and arranging for forming new or- 
ganizations in places where Parent- 
Teacher work is unknown. In the 
afternoon Mrs. Beaton with several 
cther state officers went to Hamilton 
where with the hearty co-operation 
of the school committee and principal 
a new association was. started and 
added to the state and national organ- 
izations. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
FIRE, LIABILITY, AUTOMOBILE, LIFE, 
ACCIDENT, HEALTH, BURGLARY, 
PLATE GLASS INSURANCE 
pe 
Will be sold at 
PUBLIC AUCTION 
Sat., Sept. 23 
on the premises 
HOUSE (10 Rooms) and LOT 
on Morse Ct., Manchester 
Owned by C. L. Crafts 
$100 down at time of sale, balance 
when deeds are passed. 
M. E. GorMAN, 
Auctioneer. 
Will Be Sold 
PUBLIC AUCTION 
At Manchester 
On Friday, Sept. 29, 1916, at 2 
o'clock P. M., on the Premises, the 
House and lot at 86 Summer st., 
owned by Michael Kane. 
Bounded as follows: 51 ft. on 
County Road; 68 ft. North, 66ft. 
West, 66 ft. South; 
A deposit of $100.00 must be made 
at time of sale, the balance on pass- 
ing of deed. 
EDWIN P. STANLEY, 
Auctioneer. 
NOTICE 
The Registrars will be in session at 
the Office of the Board of Selectmen 
from 7 till 8 o’clock on Saturday eve- 
ning the 23d inst., for the purpose of 
registering those who desire to be- 
come voters. 
ALFRED S. JEWETT, 
Clerk of the Board. 
Manchester, Sept. 20, 1916. 
WILLMONTON’S 
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY 
The Parent-Teacher association 
will hold its first meeting of the sea- 
son, Wednesday, Oct. 18. 
Edgar H. Sims received a cable- 
gram yesterday telling of the death 
of his father, Charles Sims of Win- 
canton, Eng. 
Mrs. Susie (Lufkin) Charlesworth 
of Somerville was in town a few days 
this week visiting her mother, ‘Mrs. 
C. M. Dodge, School st. 
Rufus W. Long has concluded his 
work as life guard at Singing Beach 
and will resume his studies at Tufts 
Medical college next Tuesday. 
In the finals of the Magnolia-Man- 
chester men’s doubles tennis tourna- 
ment which were played off the first 
of the week, Sidney Marshall and A. 
C. Needham defeated Dr. Willis and 
Wm. Francis in straight sets 6—2, 
6—3, 6—1. Out of the 32 entries 
Manchester had four high men. The 
last match was played on the courts 
of the United Shoe Machinery A. A, 
in Beverly. 
Members of the North Shore Hor- 
ticultural society are proud of the 
progress being made toward their new 
home. A handsome building is to be 
built at a cost of something over 
$22,000 and a great deal of the money 
has already been subscribed. The build- 
ing will be located on Summer st., 
near the railroad station, and will con- 
tain two halls, one for exhibitions, 
lectures, musicales and the like, and 
another, equally as large, especially 
suited for banquets. 
Fall prices of hosiery will advance. 
Buy now at E. A. Lethbridge’s. adv. 
Mrs. SENTER STANLEY. 
Mrs. Isabelle F. Stanley, wife of 
Senter Stanley, died at her home on 
Vine st., Manchester, Wednesday, 
evening following an extended illness. 
She suffered an ill turn on Sunday 
evening and did not recover con- 
sciousness before death. Mrs. Stan- 
ley was 52 years old, a native of Man- 
chester and the dauhter of the late 
William Haskell and Mrs. Haskell, 
who survives her. Besides her hus- 
band, she leaves two sons, Benjamin 
and Senter : two brothers, George and 
Elmer Haskell, and a sister, Mrs. 
Grace Porter. Deceased was a mem- 
ber of the Pythian Sisters of Essex, 
the Pilgrim Fathers and the Womdatn’s 
Relief Corps. Funeral will be held 
at Memorial chapel Saturday after- 
o’clock. 
noon at 2 
SURETY BONDS 
School and Union Streets, 
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. 
