NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
WEDNESDAY EVENING CLUB 
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the year. Secretary Cunningham 
read the records of the business meet- 
ing at which the following officers, 
previously announced, were elected : 
D. T. Beaton, president ; Alexander 
Robertson, vice pres.; Albert Cun- 
ningham, secy. ; W. W. Hoare, treas. ; 
E. A. Lane, H. L. Roberts and F. J. 
Merrill, executive committee. G. S. 
Sinnicks was afterwards elected to the 
committee, Mr. Lane resigning. 
_ Mr. Newcomb, who, by the way, is 
agent of the Salem Board of Health, 
prefaced his remarks by saying he had 
spoken before many larger audiences, 
but never with, more feeling, because 
he felt Manchester was a sort of 
homeforhim. His great-grandfather, 
Wm. Raymond Lee, was a Revolu- 
tionary celebrity. He went to Mar- 
blehead and joined the famous fight- 
ing Marblehead regiment under 
Glover, the regiment which covered 
the retreat of the Colonial troops on 
Long Island. Mr. Newcomb wore 
the gold medal presented him by Con- 
gress “in commemoration of the perils 
encountered and as a token of the 
high esteem in which Congress holds 
his services,” in connection with the 
Jeanette expedition. He was the 
naturalist in the party. 
A pair of SLIPPERS 
Always makes a nice 
CHRISTMAS PRESENT 
OVERSHOES and GAITERS, 
too, are always acceptable. 
See what we have. 
CHAS. HOOPER, 
11 Central Square, . . Manchester, 
ELECTRIC WORK AND SUPPLIES 
Electric Light Wiring 
Electric Bells : 
Storage Batteries 
Electric Telephones 
Library Lamps 
Electric Bulbs 
Party Decorations 
Electric Automobiles 
Mercury Kectifiers and 
Automobile Supplies . 
CLARK & MILLS ELECTRIC CO. 
P.O. BLOCK, 
BOSTON 
Manchester Tel. 146-5 
MANCHESTER. 
CAMBRIDGE 
He said in beginning his talk that 
he felt his story was a sort of ‘‘chest- 
nut.” He reviewed what had been 
done by the great explorers from the 
early days up to the trip just con- 
cluded by Peary. ‘You ask ‘what is 
the use of this sort of thing?’ What 
would the world be without its heroes 
and heroines ?”’ 
The Jeanette expedition to which I 
was attached was outlined at a dinner 
party. The Jeanette had previously 
seen service in northern waters on the 
other side of the Atlantic. She was 
purchased and brought here. We 
started from New York around Cape 
Horn to San Francisco and started 
from there July 8, 1879. 
The speaker went on to tell of the 
start for the pole and the first tastes 
of hardships, how they were frozen in 
the ice on Sept. 26 and were tossed 
hither and thither till January when 
the ice broke and they found the ship 
was leaking. He told how Christmas 
was celebrated. He described the 
aurora, which he said he was con- 
vinced was an electrical phenomenon. 
They passed through two winters, 
with severe hardships, and in June of 
1881 the ice came together and 
smashed the ship to pieces. They 
took the stores trom the ship and 
started over the ice with two skiffs 
and after many, many weeks of in- 
Get Ready for Christmas 
COME TO THE OLD CORNER STORE. Ask for Dennison Crepe Paper 
Napkins, Handy Boxes for Crepe and Tissue Paper, Dennison’s 
Glue, Paste, Patriotic Decorations, Xmas Bells, Cards, 
Tags, Seals, Holly Boxes, Wax for Sealing, 
Handkerchiefs, Mufflers—all these and 
more, for beauty and use. 
For instance: Umbrellas, 
Priscilla Underwear, 
Sofa Pillow Tops, 
Towels, Neckwear, Suspenders, Christmas Cards galore. 
It’s THE PLACE You KNOW 
GEO. F. ALLEN, Mancuester, Mass. 
SKATES STOLEN 
A new pair of skates was stolen last night 
from a pung in rear of F. H. Dennis’ store. 
If the party will return same there will be no 
further trouble. 
tense hardships they reached the 
Siberian coast. A number of the 
party had been drowned or had 
starved to death. He did not go into 
details about the trip but merely 
skimmed over the account, giving but 
a small idea of the actual hardships 
encountered which left the party with 
but a handful when they reached civil- 
ization. He is now one of the two 
surviving members. 
During the evening, both before the 
lecture and after, Long’s Orchestra 
discoursed some favorite selections, in- 
cluding ‘‘ Flower Song,” “In Rose- 
land,” ‘The Grand. Old U.S.A.,” 
waltzes from deKoven’s ‘ Happy- 
land,” ‘(In a Shady Nook,” and 
** Love’s Devotion.” 
The following committee will have 
charge of the next meeting: Fred J. 
Merrill (chairman), Misses Gertrude 
B. Goldsmith and Carolyn E. Allen, 
Mrs. F. Clifford Rand, Fred K. Swett, 
Frank A. Rowe and J. A. Lodge. 
Manicure Sets in Silver and Ebony, 
Cheever’s. 4 
The Christmas Eastman Kodak 
Box No. 2, $4.00, Cheever’s. as 
Real Gstate 
Hnd Improvements 
Work was started this week on ex- 
tensive alterations on a large addition 
to the Myopia Hunt club, Hamilton. 
The addition will be 98x38 feet, and 
21% stories high. The approximate 
cost will be $20,000. An addition will 
also be built to the caddie house, 
Publicover Bros. of Beverly Farms 
have the contract for the woodwork 
and D. Linehan & Son of Pride’s are 
doing the mason work. Parker & 
Thomas of Boston are the architects. 
Douglas and Knickerbocker Fall 
and Winter style Shoes at Bell’s. * 
