The new lighting fixtures have now been installed on the main road from Beverly to Gloucester lines and Manchester is now enjoying a real white way and most favorable is the comment on the splendid improvements in the general street illumination.
Miss May Louise Reilly gave an interesting talk to the Manchester Woman’s Club members on “Current Events.”
The U.S. Senate passed the Rivers and Harbors bill on Tuesday, providing for many projects for improvement of the rivers and harbors of New England, among them $207,300 for the improvement of Manchester harbor.
Due to the serious shortage of coal in Manchester, the Public Library was forced to close on Wednesday. There exists in the yards of Samuel Knight Sons only enough coal of different kinds to last about 5 days and, unless some is forthcoming from some source or other, it is feared there will be a great deal of suffering before the winter breaks.
Topping the news in Manchester’s political race this week is the announcement that George L. Allen and Marshal Fabyan, members of the Board of Selectman, will seek re-election.
Edward Scott, of Summer Street, owner of Scott Oil Company, was elected president of the North Shore Home Heat Council, at the annual meeting of that organization.
Dr. Irving Johnson of ‘Yankee’ fame presents The Explorers Club flag to Daniel Senecal, Director of Development at the Fessenden School in West Newton, prior to his recent expedition to Central America.
Nathan C. Corning, formerly a senior vice president of John F. Chase, Inc., Boston, has been appointed a vice president of two Boston company affiliates to serve as investment manager of the accounts of individual clients.
The Manchester Housing Partnership is seeking proposals to develop a nine-acre parcel of town-owned land on Pine Street for development of affordable housing.
The polls will be open at Memorial School for voters to cast their ballots in a special election on the question: “Shall the Town of Manchester be allowed to assess an additional $1,200.00 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding operating expenses and capital expenditures of the town.”
Manchester Historical Society President Cathy Brown wants to publicly thank the hundreds of members and public-spirited citizens who contributed so generously to the Society’s Annual Fund Raising Campaign.
On January 20, 2005 and again on February 3, 2005 the Board of Selectman voted to continue to support the Downtown Improvements Project and to move forward without delay towards the completion of this project.
