Harold Prentice, swimming instructor at Singing Beach, spoke to the Boy Scouts at the Scout House last Friday evening on athletics, giving them some timely and valuable hints on water sports and the benefits to be derived from a conservative training in general athletic events.
At the U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL., mechanic gunner Kenneth H. Bohaker, AMM 3/C of Pleasant Street, was presented with wings of silver and gold, the insignia of a naval air crewman, when he completed the final phase of training at the Naval Air Operational Training Command headquarters station and became a member of the air-combat team.
Seventy-eight veterans of World War I and World War II enjoyed an all-day outing Monday at Tuck’s Point thanks to the thoughtfulness of Amaral-Bailey Post #113, the American Legion.
T. Jefferson Coolidge, 65, one of Manchester’s most prominent summer residents, died Thursday morning at Beverly Hospital.
Town Clerk George C. Rice has received notification from the Attorney General’s office that the Animal Control Act, voted for at the Special Town Meeting, is now law.
A comedy of errors along with five solid hits and a two-run homer by Greg Koper sparked Essex to a 9–5 Intertown playoff victory over Manchester at Memorial Field in Essex before over 200 fans.
James R. “Jim” Hatcher, one of Manchester’s most popular citizens with new and old alike, was feted last Saturday evening at a surprise party given by members of his family with his niece and Godchild, Kathy Hatcher Butler serving as hostess, the occasion being his 60th birthday.
Peter Creighton President of Danish Homes, Inc. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Creighton of Old Neck Road, the American representative for Telleborg Typehuse A/S, is introducing Danish Zero Energy Homes into the United States.
A 30-day stop sign trial began Thursday, July 21at the intersection of Beach and Masconomo Streets. Manchester Police will be monitoring the traffic flow through the busy intersection during the test period. The new sign requires traffic exiting from Singing Beach to stop before continuing towards Manchester Center or turning onto Masconomo Street.
