MANCHESTER SECTI 
Patrolman Byron Bullock starts to- 
day (Friday) on his annual vacation 
of 10 days. 
Miss Mary D. Giles of School st. 
is visiting her nephew, George Gold- 
smith and family of Winthrop. 
Miss Maude H. Denton, teacher in 
the sixth grade at G. A. Priest school, 
is confined to her home by an attack 
of appendicitis. 
Roland S. Stebbins, instructor in 
drawing and manual training in the 
Manchester schools, had as his guest 
on Wednesday, his mother, Mrs. 
Jarvis, of Brookline. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
The board of registrars of voters 
held their first session in the office of 
the Selectmen on Wednesday evening 
when a number of new names were 
added to the voting lists for the Nov- 
ember election. Several Manchester 
young men, who are casting their 
first vote for president this year, took 
advantage of the earliest opportunity 
to get their names on the list. The 
registrars sit again next Wednesday 
evening between 7 and 8 o’clock and 
on Saturday, the 28th, from noon un- 
til 10 p. m. 
The Board of Assessors will meet 
in their office next Wednesday even- 
ing for the purpose of taxing any 
whose names do not appear on the 
1916 list of polls. It will be neces- 
sary to have your name on the tax 
list in order to vote in the Nov. 7 
election. The board sits on Saturday, 
Oct. 28, also, the hours being from 
7.30 to 9 o’clock in each case. 
Mrs. John Baker of Pleasant st. 
was in Springfield last week to wel- 
come her son, Irving Baker, who ar- 
rived from the Mexican Border with 
the second division of the 2nd Mass. 
Infantry on Sunday. Mrs. Baker 
went to Springfield on Wednesday of 
last week, but owing to the delay in 
the arrival of the troop train. was 
compelled to wait over. During the 
interim she attended the national 
dairy exhibit for which Springfield 
has been preparing over a year, hav- 
ing erected handsome permanent 
buildings for its housing. Mrs: Baker 
witnessed the parade of the 2nd regi- 
ment in Springfield and continued to 
Worcester where in the evening an- 
other huge parade was held. Com- 
pany A, of which the Manchester boy 
is a member, is now quartered in the 
Worcester armory. He expects his 
discharge a week from tomorrow. 
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Friday, October 20, 1916. 
Mre and Mrs. 
(Miss Ada G. Green) returned 
Thursday from their honeymoon trip 
to the White Mountains. 
Mrs. Chas. A. Lodge and daughter, 
Miss Annabelle Lodge are expected 
home today from a five-months’ ab- 
sence in northwest Canada, where C. 
A. Lodge, Jr., runs a small plantation 
in addition to his work with the De- 
partment of Agriculture of the Do- 
minion government. 
The many friends of Mrs. A. M. 
Hamrick—hbetter remembered as Miss 
Florence Mylin—will regret to learn 
of her sad loss in the passing away in 
Los Angeles, Cal., of her little son, 
Andrew Martin Hamrick, Jr., on 
October 7th, at the age of 16% 
months. Mrs. Hamrick is now in 
Los Angeles (711 S. Figueroa st.), 
with her mother, having brought her 
baby from Honolulu to consult a child 
specialist. . Mr. Hamrick is the offi- 
cial in charge of the Weather Bureau 
In Honolulu. 
N.S. H. Society 
At the regular meeting of the 
North Shore Horticultural society in 
Lane’s hall tonight (Friday), officers 
for the year 1917 will be nominated. 
At the next meeting, Nov. 3, in the 
Congl. chapel, the annual election 
will take place. 
LAWSON-SAULNIER 
Laws Edward Lawson, 22, a baker, 
of Gloucester, at present employed in 
Bell’s lunch room, Manchester, and 
Miss Josephine Saulnier, 18, also of 
Gloucester, were married Saturday 
evening in Manchester by the Rev. 
Charles A. Hatch, pastor of the Man- 
chester Congl. church. 
FoRMER MANCHESTER MINISTER 
News has reached us of the death 
last Saturday of Rev. John H. Whit- 
aker, pastor about ten years ago of 
the Orthodox Congregational church, 
Manchester. He was found dead in 
bed, having died of heart diséase. 
After leaving Manchester he went to 
a church in Quincy, and shortly after 
that he changed over to the Catholic 
church, being for four years a priest 
at Providence, and from there going 
to Woonsocket for a year. He was 
48 years of age. 
Salem Commercial School 
Day and Night Students admitted next Monday 
GENERAL INSURANCE 
Arthur E. Olson 
WILLMONTON’S 
AGENCY 
Mrs. D. E. O’Brien of Pine st. has 
had as her guest, Mrs. Richard How- | 
ard of Quincy. 
Miss Lucy Johnson is taking her 
annual vacation from her duties at 
the postoffice. 
Mrs. John Labare of Richford, Vis 
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. 
Wilcox, 25 Norwood ave. 
It is hoped to have David Black, 
general secretary of the Beverly Y. 
M. C. A., as the next speaker at the 
Brotherhood on Monday: evening, 
Nov. 5. by 
The Arbella club meeting which 
was to have been held on Tuesday 
afternoon, Oct. 24, has been_ post- 
poned until further notice—L.- M. 
Jones, secretary. 
Unpleasant weather kept the at- 
tendance at the meeting of Allen Re- 
lief Corps last evening down to a cor- 
poral’s guard in point of numbers. 
A pleasant social time was enjoyed 
by those present. 
Henry T. Bingham was the inspect- 
ing officer at the annual inspection of 
G. A. R. Post 45 of Gloucester last 
evening. A half-dozen members of 
Allen Post of Manchester accom- 
panied him on the jaunt to the neigh- 
boring city. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Baird 
left this week for their home in 
Washington, D. C. Mr. Baird was 
chauffeur for the Argentine ambas- - 
sador, R. S. Naon. The Bairds made 
many friends during their stay in 
Manchester. : 
Jr. Vice-Dept. Commander Edwin 
P. Stanley attended the annual meet-— 
ing of the Mass. association of ex- 
prisoners of the Civil war in Beverly 
on Wednesday evening. There were 
53 veterans present who had seen the 
inside of Confederate prisons during 
the war and they had an enjoyable 
time recounting experiences. 
Next Thursday afternoon, Oct. 26, 
the classes in gymnastics and ‘dancing 
under the supervision of Mrs. George 
R. Dean will start the season at Town 
hall. Classes will be as follows: 
girls under 14 years, from 4 to 5 
o’clock; girls over 14 and women, 5 
to 6 o'clock; boys may register in the 
4 o'clock class, but girls only in the 
5 o’clock class. The work will con- 
sist of gymnastics, corrective work, 
folk dancing, fancy dancing, new so- 
cial dances, Indian clubs, 
and games. 
SURETY BONDS 
School and Union Streets, 
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. 
dumb bells 
