The Westford Wardsman, Saturday, June 30, 1923.
[Scanned image for this date not on the Ayer library’s website as of 21 June 2023. Drove to library to check microfilm but that roll is out. Check again in Sept. 2023.]
[Scanned image for this date not on the Ayer library’s website as of 21 June 2023. Drove to library to check microfilm but that roll is out. Check again in Sept. 2023.]
“Woodland notes” paper, which had been read at the Tadmuck Club, is reprinted. Speeches, prizes & music highlight WA graduation at Town Hall. Young man struck by car & killed on Littleton Road.
Children present a program of speaking, singing and music at the Congregational Church. The day after their graduation, Frost School eighth-graders enjoy a trip to Revere Beach. Several Westford residents are found guilty of selling liquor; all are fined & one is sentenced to 3 months in prison.
Congressman John Jacob Rogers makes his annual visit to Westford. WA senior class enjoys auto trip over the Mohawk Trail. Sargent School holds 8th grade graduation exercises.
Memorial Day commemorated with military exercises at the Soldiers’ Monument on the Common & a program & lunch at Town Hall, followed by a band concert. Methodist Church holds Memorial Day service, followed by lunch & decoration of the graves of the soldier dead. Two-part musical review in Town Hall features songs popular before 1890 & those popular between 1890 and 1900
Students awarded cash prizes in WA speaking contest held in Town Hall. Mothers are invited to bring their children to see Little Red Riding Hood posters in children’s room at the library. The grounds of the new St. Catherine’s rectory are being graded, & painters & decorators are finishing the interior.
Chelmsford wins cup in the annual typewriting contest between area high school teams. Temps drop 60 degrees within a few days. Writer argues for equal pay for equal work. Men charged & arrested for assault & battery & breaking store windows are found not guilty
Town Hall is busy with community events: An old-fashioned dance on Wednesday evening features music by a Lowell orchestra; the Ladies’ Auxiliary holds a food sale, making $20; and WA seniors present “The Importance of Being Earnest” followed by refreshments and dancing.
An agent from the MA Agricultural College talks to grammar school students to interest them in joining garden & canning clubs. Large forest fire on the border of Westford & Carlisle burns over 600 acres, attracting “Sunday automobile pleasure-seekers.” Library circulates diary of former MA governor & WA preceptor John D. Long. Former pastor gives illustrated lecture on “Western China” at the Methodist church
The Middlesex Farm Bureau’s last motion picture of the season brings many to Town Hall. Tadmuck Club’s guest night, “one of the most successful social events of the season,” features a speaker on conservation, readings, music, and a “dainty menu.” The Abbot Worsted soccer club beats the American Woolen team of Lawrence and a Methuen club.
The firemen held a turkey supper with all the fixings on Tuesday evening, and to say it was enjoyed by those present would be putting it mildly. Mrs. J. E. Knight prepared the supper for the men. The firemen recently sent Mrs. Knight a note of appreciation for the excellent suppers which she has served them the past winter.
The “little folks” flock to Town Hall to see Coco, the health clown. Farmers’ Institute presents program on “Forestry” (focusing on pine blister), “Wild life of the woods and streams” & “Appleology.” Ladies’ Aid Society of the M.E. Church holds very successful supper and entertainment.