Historic Article Category: The Westford Wardsman

St. Catherine’s Temperance Society formed at the church. The first electric car (trolley) runs up the Lowell Road to Westford Center; fare is 5 cents.

Westford Grange hosts meeting of 210 Grangers, including 35 from out of town.

The ladies’ aid society of the Methodist Church meets.

Local freight train derails at Brookside, with little damage. North Middlesex Farmers Institute draws record-breaking attendance from Westford & nearby towns.

Despite a drenching rain, a New Year’s Eve dance at the Unitarian Church is a great success. Burglars enter the Pine Ridge rail station ticket office but don’t get any money.

Churches celebrate Christmas with festivities for children & services.

State inspectors find “the much-dreaded gypsy moth” in Forge Village, & residents wonder how to deal with a brown-tail moth infestation.

Graniteville correspondent reports many facts & figures about the village. In Forge Village, the Abbot Worsted Co. puts in the foundation for a new mill & is building three new cottages on Pond St.

Milk dealer’s horse bolts, damaging wagon & scattering milk & eggs along Main Street in Graniteville. “She was old enough to know better,” her owner says.

Labor troubles at H. E. Fletcher & Co. are peacefully resolved. The Superintendent of Schools for the district comprising Acton, Littleton & Westford resigns.

Decoration Day is commemorated with visits to all cemeteries, speeches, music & marches.

The newly organized Westford Athletic Association baseball club falls to the Graniteville team with a score of 14 to 8.