The Westford Wardsman, August, 1914
Saturday, August 1, 1914
Center. A little daughter [Carnzu Abbot Clark born July 19, 1914, in Sherborn, Mass.] was born last week to Dr. and Mrs. George O. Clark at their home in Boston. Mrs. Clark was formerly Miss Carnzu Abbot, of this town.
J. Herbert Fletcher has received the appointment as postmaster in place of Sherman H. Fletcher, who has so faithfully and efficiently filled this office for so many years. The new arrangement will not go into effect until October 1, when people will have to get used to the new location for their mail.
Miss Maude Robinson is spending a two-weeks’ vacation in Leominster.
Miss Pauline Wallace went this week to spend the remainder of the vacation in Lunenburg. While there she will assist with the library. The last of this week Rev. and Mrs. David Wallace and Miss Rachael Wallace also go to Lunenburg for their vacation.
The Whitney tennis court has been the scene of much pleasant activity some of these summer days. Last Saturday some interesting sets were played between Walter Wright, Reuben Taylor, Charles Hildreth and Marden Seavey. The last named enjoyed witnessing some of the big championship games at Longwood recently. [The eastern doubles championship and the 24th annual Longwood singles championship took place at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline July 20 to July 25.]
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perevolitis on July 24. Mrs. Perevolitis was formerly Miss Mary Socerelis, of this town. The little son has been named Emmanuel.
Francis Frost, of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, with Mrs. Frost, have been recent visitors at Mr. Frost’s boyhood home.
Motorman Walter L. Cutler is wearing a new stripe on each coat sleeve, indicating five years continuous platform service on the Lowell and Fitchburg street railway. Mr. Cutler was also previously employed by this company in other capacities.
The J. C. Abbots are at their summer home at Chebacca Island, Essex.
Miss Ella M. Gill is staying with her sister, Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Hildreth have been on a trip to Rockland, Me., this week, a combined business and pleasure trip, going by auto.
Mrs. Harry Jacques and daughter, Miss Dorothy, were over Sunday guests at William Sutherland’s.
Last week Friday evening, at the town hall, the single men who were beaten in the series of ball games, gave their married opponents a chicken pie supper with all the fixings. Mrs. Arthur Blodgett was the caterer and the supper was pronounced a real culinary triumph. After supper there were speeches with Dr. C. A. Blaney presiding. At eight o’clock a social dance was held in the upper hall, for which Thayer’s orchestra, of Pepperell, furnished music.
Mrs. Kate Allen is chaperoning a pleasant party of young people, including her daughter, at H. V. Hildreth’s camp at Forge pond.
A jolly camping party of Westford people are occupying the Sleeper camp, The Treetops, for ten days, representing three families as follows: Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher and son John and Mrs. Fletcher’s sister, Miss Gill; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hartford and Miss Hazel B. Hartford and Mrs. Hartford’s nephew, Wesley Hawkes, jr.; and Mrs. Lizzie A. Hamlin and Misses Gertrude and Evelyn Hamlin.
J. M. Hamlin [probably John Melvin Hartwell is meant] met with an accident while on his regular trip to Westford last week Friday. He slipped and fell from the step of his wagon and got pinned down by his clothes under the wheel. He managed to wrench himself free and Dr. Blaney rendered first aid. Mr. Hartwell came out of it with cuts and bruises and a very lame shoulder, but with characteristic good courage makes light of his injuries, but his many friends congratulate him that they are no worse.
Mr. Cadmun, the new owner of the Carver farm, is painting the house white and making other renovations.
Paul Symmes’ auto truck was disabled while delivering coal on Wednesday and had to be towed home for repairs.
Mrs. Gertrude Carver Skidmore has been entertaining her friend, Miss Oakes, this week.
Church services last Sunday morning at the Congregational church were the last morning services previous to the vacation which will be for the month of August. There was a good attendance present with pretty floral decorations and eleven present in the girls’ vested choir. Mr. Wallace preached an excellent sermon based on the pursuit of the star by the wise men of old, and exemplifying this pursuit in modern life by being true to the inner vision of high ideals and aspiration. A Sunday evening service will be held each Sunday during vacation, leaders having been secured for each of the meetings. H. G. Osgood will be in charge of the service on Sunday evening.
Westford was well represented at the mid-summer field day of the North Middlesex Pomona Grange at Tyngsboro on Thursday.
About Town. The funeral of Samuel L. Toper took place from the rooms of Undertaker George W. Healy in Lowell last week Wednesday. The services were conducted by Rev. E. A. Triles, of the Chelmsford street Baptist church. Mrs. F. L. Roberts and Mrs. H. E. Symonds sang appropriate selections. The bearers were Benjamin Harris, Eugene Harris, Charles Brackett and Samuel L. Coulter. The burial was in the family lot in the old historic Hildreth cemetery.
Camp life and proxy Indian life is having a warm setting out these cool dog day[s of] weather at Nabnassett pond. The YM.C.A. boys of Lowell are playing braves in midnight war-hoop style, and exemplifying the sunny, social wigwam camp-fire life of the early North American Indian. It makes Nabnassett an important camping ground for various tribes, most of whom are not Indians or play Indian.
A fine start of alfalfa is growing on the Hedman farm near Brookside, Chamberlin road.
The Augustus Bunce farm, known as Providence farm, recently owned by C. W. Locklin, has been sold to A. V. Jordan, of Lowell. Mr. Locklin is reported as intending to retire to the Masonic home at Palmer, and the son with relatives.
The Old Oaken Bucket farm folks have been invited to a Mormon wedding at Salt Lake City. What long distance kindness.
New heavy steel rails are being laid on curves of the Stony Brook roads. As curves are so numerous how much of the road will not have new rails?
The Prairie farm folks are the first in the Stony Brook valley to eat sweet corn by the dozen.
The Strandberg family on the Lowell road, near Brookside are preparing to leave town and move to the town of Chicago, where Mr. Strandberg has secured employment, as in Boston, in manufacturing pianos.
Hazel Fletcher recently gave a lawn party to her classmates, schoolmates and other mates at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Fletcher, on Oak hill. It was a characteristic Oak hill delight.
John A. Taylor is expected home from North Dakota next week.
Daniel H. Sheehan commenced haying on July 27, one week earlier than last year.
The Edwin F. Carkin folks near Keyes pond have been entertaining the numerous Carkins of Tyngsboro, who are engaged in the stone quarry industry on Oak hill.
The new water system at the Gates farm, Minot’s Corner, is for irrigation and similar to the Alabama Farm H. A. Kable [Kabele?].
A Narrow Escape. “A workman is known by his chips.” Here is another exhibition of chips of a dangerous nature. The crew of the midnight freight train on the Stony Brook road, George W. Whitney, of Lowell, engineer, had the experience one evening last week when near Westford station while going thirty miles an hour of bumping against an obstruction which fortunately was thrown aside by the cowcatcher. Investigation showed that a tie weighing 120 pounds had been placed across the rails. There was evidence to show that the tie had been carried a quarter of a mile. Only a few months since a similar attempt at train wrecking occurred near Forge Village. This and other queer occurrences lead officials and employees of the road to believe it is the work of an unbalanced mind. Carrying a tie weighing 120 pounds a quarter of a mile looks like the work of two unbalanced minds. Officials and the district police are working on the case.
Forge Village. Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Leclerc, of Arthabaska, P.Q., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leclerc.
Napoleon Milo, of Waterbury, Conn., is visiting old friends here.
Miss Ruth Lockwood, of Dorchester, is spending a vacation at Nashobah farm.
Communion services will be held at St. Andrew’s mission on Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The church will be closed during the remainder of the month. Rev. Williston M. Ford will have his vacation throughout the month of August.
Miss Gladys Daly entertained a party of young folks at her home last Saturday. The party included Miss Mary Shanley, Eunice Palmer, Helen Parker, Tillie McKeon, Bessie Dowell and Jennie Shaw.
Miss Emma Dufort, of Leominster, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hugh Daly.
The mills of the Abbot Worsted Company close down on Saturday until August 10.
Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss Alice L. Prescott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Prescott, to Frank Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Collins.
Blueberries are very scarce in this vicinity this year. The water is so high in the swamps that rubber boots are necessary.
The body of Frank Kavolchuk, the Russian, who was fatally injured in Graniteville last Saturday, and who died in Lowell on Sunday morning was brought here on the 5:35 train Monday evening. Undertaker John A. Healy met the train and brought the body to St. Catherine’s cemetery, where it was interred.
Miss Eva F. Pyne and Mildred V. Precious are spending this week at Savin Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. George Webber and children, of West Groton, and Mrs. Charles Blodgett and daughter Florence, of the Ridges, enjoyed an automobile ride to Norumbega Park last week.
Graniteville. The strong T.R. & T. team of North Billerica visited here last Saturday afternoon and in a game filled with fast plays, timely hitting and both good and bad fielding, defeated the Graniteville club in one of the most exciting games of the season by the score of 7 to 6. The T.R. & T. team are a fast ball club and a fine bunch of fellows, and Graniteville is in hopes of welcoming them here again in the near future.
Both masses in St. Catherine’s church last Sunday morning were celebrated by the pastor, Rev. E. T. Schofield. There were large attendances at both masses.
Many from here attended the annual picnic of St. John’s church, North Chelmsford, held at Nabnassett grove on last Saturday.
Miss Lydia Walsh will spend the next few weeks as the guest of her brother and sister at Lincoln, N.H.
Thomas Hughes is stopping with his daughter, Miss Flora Hughes, in Boston for a few weeks.
Harold Horan, of Charlestown, is visiting relatives here.
Catherine Monahan the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Monahan, of this village, is visiting relative in Groton.
The members of Cameron Circle, C.F. of A., held a well attended and interesting meeting in their rooms on Tuesday evening. A pleasing incident in connection with the meeting was the presentation of a fine silk umbrella, suitably inscribed, to the retiring deputy, who has served so faithfully in the past, Mrs. Catherine Daley, of Forge Village. The presentation was made by Mrs. Julia B. Wall, a member of the executive committee. This act of courtesy on the part of the circle members came as a great surprise to Mrs. Daley, and she expressed her sincere thanks and deep appreciation in a neat speech after the presentation.
Fatal Accident. Shortly before four o’clock last Sunday morning the engineer of a freight train that runs between Lawrence and Worcester on the Boston and Maine road, while on the Stony Brook division, discovered a man lying unconscious beside the track at a point about 300 yards west of the Graniteville station. The train was stopped and the train crew, finding the man alive but terribly injured, at once summoned Dr. W. H. Sherman, of Graniteville. After a hasty examination it was found that the man was suffering from a badly cut right arm, his right foot was mangled and he had a deep gash in his head which caused a compound fracture of the skull. Dr. Sherman advised his immediate removal to a hospital.
The railroad officials were soon put in touch with the facts and arrangements at once made whereby the freight was left at a siding in Graniteville, and the engine with the caboose containing the injured man, Dr. Sherman and part of the train crew made a quick run to Lowell, where they were met by the ambulance and the injured man was taken to St. John’s hospital, where he lived but a short time.
The body was later taken to the undertaking rooms of C H. Molloy & Sons. The dead man was a Russian, Frank Kavalchuk by name, and a resident of Forge Village. He was about twenty years of age and leaves a brother in Forge Village. There are no definite facts as the cause of the accident, but it appears to be the general impression that the unfortunate man attempted to cross the tracks near where he was found and was struck by a freight train that was going toward Ayer a short time previous to the arrival of the Lawrence freight.
It is believed that the accident in which the young man met his death was the aftermath of a big Russian wedding that was being celebrated in a house only a short distance from the railroad tracks. The body arrived here from Lowell on the 5:21 train Monday afternoon in charge of Undertaker J. A. Healy. Burial was in St. Catherine’s cemetery.
Saturday, August 8, 1914
Center. Mrs. George W. Heywood has had the house recently purchased by her at the southwest corner of the common shingled, the chimney’s rebuilt and some other repairs made. Mrs. Heywood expects to occupy this house this fall and the house that has been her home for nearly twenty years will be for sale.
The John P. Wrights have gone to Manomet for their vacation. Rev Charles P Marshall, who has usually summered together with Mr. Wright and family, is at Northfield, accompanied by Charles O. Prescott. Mr. Marshall’s Westford friends will be sorry to hear that he has been threatened with serious nervous breakdown, owing to the strenuous work he has put into his large Plymouth parish.
A recent real estate transfer is that of land and buildings on [58] Main street owned by Miss Mary Morin to her sister, Mrs. Phonsie Isles.
The academy building is receiving its regular summer cleaning and minor repairs ready for the fall opening of school.
The Henry M. Wrights have recently enjoyed a trip to Wolfboro, N.H., in their automobile.
Heartiest congratulations to our sister town of Littleton for the splendid success of her [200th] anniversary celebration. Many from here were present and the admiration for the conduct of the whole affair is most unanimous, especially for the pageant and for the cheerful pervading spirit of welcoming good cheer. Doubtless many of the Littleton people felt the burden of the many arrangements and details of so large an affair, but to those who received the happy result it could only sum that the blessed law of compensation must have re-acted to them in fullest measure, not the least of which were the ideal weather conditions.
J. Herbert Fletcher [Democrat], who recently received the appointment of postmaster for Westford, will assume his new duties on October 1. In the recent civil service examinations he received the highest rank. The J. Herbert Fletcher store [on Lincoln Street] will be remodeled and steam heat installed before the office is moved October 1. Mr. Fletcher succeeds Capt. Sherman H. Fletcher [Republican, of the Wright & Fletcher Store on Main Street], and in a recent statement to the Center correspondent stated that it would be his aim to keep the same degree of efficiency to the patrons of his office as his predecessor had in the last seventeen years.
The annual reunion of the Spalding Light Cavalry association will be held at Westford on Thursday, August 13. A baseball game between members of the association will be held on the Whitney playground at two o’clock, and the clay pigeon shoot will be held at three o’clock. Dinner will be served in the lower town hall at six o’clock, followed by a fine musical entertainment. It will be ladies’ night and members are privileged to invite the lady guests. For further particulars consult circulars or Edward Fisher, chairman of dinner and entertainment committee.
The Edward M. Abbot hose company held their regular monthly meeting and try-out on Tuesday evening, opening hydrants in Oscar Spalding’s vicinity on Main street.
William E. Wright took a large lot of furniture to Waterbury, Conn., last week Friday for A. H. Foss with his auto truck, making the long trip [126 miles one way, by today’s roads] without any trouble and getting back to Westford early Sunday morning.
Both Perley E. Wright and William E. Wright are busy with their auto trucks taking care of transporting the produce for the farmers. Large shipments of both apples and blackberries are being made with prices quoted as fair. The auto truck is surely the progressive and humanitarian method of taking care of these heavy loads.
Miss Jeannette Sutherland is enjoying her annual vacation from her duties at the Boston office where she is employed.
Returned from Abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Abiel J. Abbot and Edward M. Abbot returned home this week from their trip of European travel. Westford friends are wondering how the upset conditions will affect Miss Jennie M. Chandler’s trip. Miss Chandler is a member of Mrs. Minna Tenney Peck’s party the latter of Brookline and Littleton. In a letter dated July 24, Miss Chandler writes pleasantly to one of the Westford friends from which we quote the following: “Yesterday we crossed the Alps from Italy into Switzerland by way of St. Gothard tunnel through wonderful scenery. Am having a splendid summer, each place more fascinating than the last: Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Venice; with regret I left each one. We have had fine weather, not warmer than a New England summer, nights always cool. Ten days in Switzerland, then Paris next.” This was written before the war conditions became serious. Mrs. L W. Wheeler also has two cousins members of Mrs. Peck’s party, Miss O. S. Brown of Tyngsboro, and Miss Grace Alger, of West Bridgewater.
About Town. The Don’ Worry club, a new come together at Westford Corner, held their first open demonstration of what the club stands for at Nabnassett last Sunday.
Owing to a misunderstanding of misinformation the report that C. W. Locklin, who has recently sold his farm, was going to a Masonic home, is void of truth and the writer acknowledges his indebtedness to error which was innocently unintentional.
The board of registrars will hold a meeting at the town hall Saturday evening, August 8, to perambulate nomination papers.
Daniel H. Sheehan has bought out the house and hat furnishing store of George M. Dupont, of Lowell.
John A. Taylor arrived at the Old Oaken Bucket farm on Wednesday from North Dakota. He reports a heavy wheat crop in the Dakotas and apple trees in the west are just breaking down with their load.
By forbearance of the editor and endurance of the public, your correspondent will try and write a brief essay on “Idiots,” from the text furnished by V. T, E., of Littleton, last week. Look out, there is a hot wave coming. Something will get shown up, others will get blown up. Please stand from under.
The town teams have been busy hauling gravel from the Old Oaken Bucket farm to the road realms of Westford Corner.
Oliver Desjardin has bought the standing grass on the Daniel H. Sheehan farm.
Nomination papers are in circulation for Edgar H. Hall, of Acton, for representative from this district. A decidedly wholesome individual with ideal intentions.
The wheat harvest is at the rush season at the Old Oaken Bucket farm; also, haying is still held in the lap of knitting work, owing to dog days being held in the lap of the weather calendar which regulates “Make hay while the sun shines.”
Held for Superior Court. George Silvia, of Lowell, has been arrested for the recent attempt to wreck a working train on the Stony Brook road, near Westford station, by placing a heavy tie on the rails. At the preliminary hearing the engineer, George W. Whitney, testified that they were going thirty miles an hour when they struck the tie. The fireman and himself were thrown heavily against the cab, the cowcatcher hanging low and throwing the tie off, saving a bad wreck with thirty workmen on the train. In defense Silvia said he had been fishing, was tired and hungry (currants all gone now), wanted to get a ride back to Lowell and thought the train would stop and remove the tie, and while thus engaged he would board the train. When the train did stop after the shakeup, Silvia, who was hiding in the currant bushes and bushes without currants, remained in these farm orchards rather than face an attempt to board the train. The preliminary hearing was held in Ayer on Monday and he was held over for the superior court in September.
Graniteville. Mrs. Catherine O’Connell and little son, of New York, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Monahan.
Miss Anna Denahy of Groton, is spending her vacation with Mr. and Mrs. James B. Healy.
Both masses in St. Catherine’s church on Sunday morning were celebrated by Rev. Edward C. Mitchell, who delivered highly interesting sermons at both masses. After the second mass a meeting was held at which preliminary steps were taken in relation to the annual church picnic that will be held soon. Another meeting of the parishioners will be held after the first mass on Sunday.
The Graniteville A.A. will meet the strong Y.M.C.A. team of Lowell on the home grounds Saturday and a great game is expected. The Sullivan brothers’ battery will be on the firing line for Graniteville.
Commencing last Monday morning the employees of C. G. Sargents’ Sons’ machine shop will work on a basis of eight hours per day, four days a week until further notice.
A son [Frank Gagnon McCarthy] was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCarthy on Friday, July 31.
Miss Lizzie Turner is spending four weeks in St. John’s, N.B.
Samuel Wallis [Willis?] with his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Buckingham, are spending a few days with relatives in Lynn.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gilson, of New York, have been recent visitors here.
Mrs. Alfred Prinn and Miss Carrie Prinn will spend the next few weeks with relatives in Portland, Me.
C. E. Dudevoir, with his two children, Agatha and Vincent, are enjoying the cool breezes at Marblehead.
Wesley Hawkes, of Melrose, who is camping at Forge pond, has been a recent visitor here.
The mills of the Abbot Worsted Company that have been closed during the week, will start up again at the usual time on Monday morning.
Many from here attended the 200th anniversary that was celebrated in Littleton last week, and were very much interested in the celebration that went off so satisfactorily in every particular. It was a grand affair and an honor to Littleton
The members of the A R. Choate hose company held their regular meeting in the firehouse last Monday evening, during which much business of a routine order was transacted.
Accident. Little Regina Healy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Healy, while coming out of St. Catherine’s church last Sunday morning, was struck by a motorcycle owned by Alden Smith, of Ayer, and knocked down, receiving a bad gash on the forehead and other minor injuries. Smith was driving slowly at the time and did what was possible to avoid the accident. Dr. Brady, of Lowell, who is a summer resident at Long-Sought-for pond, was among the crowd who saw the accident and rendered first aid to the injured child. Her parents afterward had her attended to by Dr. Sherman, the family physician.
Both Alden Smith and his brother were grieved at the accident and stood ready to render any aid that they could. They also visited the Healy home at various times during Sunday. Little Regina’s injuries are not considered serious.
Ayer
District Court
The continued case of William J. Wilson, of Westford, for alleged failure to provide for the support of his wife and two minor children, came up last Saturday. He was ordered by the court to pay for the board of the two children, which his wife stated would be $5.50 per week, which he agreed to do.
Saturday, August 15, 1914
Center. James Rafter has gone to his former home at Clifton Springs, N.Y., for a visit and from there goes to Michigan for several weeks.
Arthur E. Day, who has been quite seriously sick for more than a week, and under the close supervision of his physician, is reported as resting more comfortably.
Miss Elaine Brigham Skidmore observed her first birthday anniversary on Friday of last week and in honor of the event several very little people were invited, among which were Barbara Fisher, Helen Greig and Huntington Wells, accompanied by their respective mamas and a few others. Dainty refreshments were served and the party was held on the pleasant porch of Mrs. Skidmore’s summer cottage.
There will be considerable change in the teaching force at the academy in the opening of the fall term. Miss Hickey and Miss Smith are not coming back and the new teachers who will assist Principal Roudenbush are Miss Marguerite Young and Miss Marion C. Moreland. Miss Young is a graduate of Smith college, with a year’s special work at Simmons, and she will have charge of the commercial department. Miss Moreland will teach English, science and mathematics. She is a graduate of Radcliffe college and has taken a year at Boston Normal school. Besides this she has taught several seasons in a summer school at Waltham.
The H. V. Hildreths were at their camp at Forge Pond with guests over the weekend.
The Milford A.A. was defeated by the Westford A.A. at Milford last Saturday afternoon by the score of 5 to 4. Westford plays the strong Townsend team this Saturday afternoon and the keenest interest of the baseball fans centers on this contest.
Miss Jennie M. Chandler has been reported to interested Westford friends as being registered at the London relief committee headquarters in London.
Mrs. M. E. Mitchell and Miss Sarah A. Pear, of Cambridge, are visiting at Mr. and Mrs. Homer M. Seavey’s.
Miss Marjorie M. Seavey goes this next week for a visit with her friend Mrs. Meacham, of Holyoke. Mrs. Meacham was formerly Miss Millie Smith and a popular teacher here.
Heaviest Taxpayers. The total tax levy for the town of Westford for 1914 is $38,354.28, divided as follows:
Personal | $11,445.13 |
Real estate | 24,610.32 |
Poll taxes at $2.00 | 1,464.00 |
Moth tax | 566.85 |
Special assessments | 217.98 |
Those paying a tax of $50.00 or more are as follows:
Residents | |
Abbot, Abiel J. | 187.80 |
Abbot, Mrs. Alice M. | 301.44 |
Abbot, J. C. | 321.95 |
Amesbury, Edwin E. | 68.76 |
Abbot, A. J., Moseley trust | 133.25 |
Atwood, Mrs. Caroline, heirs of | 57.02 |
Abbot Worsted Co. | 2,490.30 |
Banks, F. E. | 54.00 |
Balch, Samuel H. | 54.00 |
Balch, Wayland F. | 59.29 |
Benoit, James | 51.60 |
Blaisdell Alvin J. | 84.64 |
Boynton, Mrs. Delia | 50.40 |
Burbeck, John | 125.46 |
Burnham, Arthur H. | 101.48 |
Cameron, Mrs. Meta J. | 142.80 |
Cameron, J. A. | 92.00 |
Cameron, Mrs. Lucy A. | 169.60 |
Cameron, J. A. and D. M., trustees of Allen Cameron | $1,304.16 |
Calvert, Mrs. Mary E. | 68.80 |
Carver, William R. | 275.00 |
Colburn, Charles D. | 118.96 |
Counter, Benjamin R. | 50.16 |
Couture Charles | 69.28 |
Day, George T. | 359.96 |
Day, Arthur E. | 54.80 |
Day, Q. W. and O. W. | 90.64 |
Desmond, David | 84.03 |
Downs, Matthew F. | 84.56 |
Drew, Frank C. | 141.20 |
Edwards, William C. | 97.00 |
Edwards, Mrs. Louisa | 68.00 |
Emerson, Ernest C. | 87.28 |
Feeney, John | 67.00 |
Fisher, Alec | 161.20 |
Flagg, Elbert H. | 207.48 |
Fletcher, Herbert E. | 549.60 |
Fletcher Co., Herbert E. | 368.00 |
Fletcher, Harry N. | 176.64 |
Fletcher, John M. | 85.44 |
Fletcher, J. Herbert | 70.00 |
Fletcher, Mrs. Mary E., heirs of | 60.25 |
Fletcher, Sherman H. | 108.42 |
Fletcher, J. Willard | 58.00 |
Gardell, August | 63.20 |
Gould, George E. | 73.20 |
Gould, H. E. and E. H. | 124.12 |
Greig, David L. | 128.48 |
Hamlin, Nathan, heirs of | 64.16 |
Harrington, P. Henry | 55.60 |
Healy, Henry J. | 74.00 |
Healy, John A. | 152.80 |
Healy, Mrs. John A. | 56.00 |
Hildreth, Miss Ella F. | 506.64 |
Hildreth, Herbert V. | 108.23 |
Hildreth, Frank C. | 99.20 |
Hildreth, C. Willis | 53.88 |
Howard, Calvin L. | 89.60 |
Jackson, George O. | 80.08 |
Jackson, W. W. | 50.00 |
Keyes, Henry O. | 143.20 |
Kimball, George A. | 122.96 |
Locklin, Charles W. | 54.08 |
Marshall, Joseph, hears of | 67.60 |
Merritt, Walter J. | 183.07 |
Miller, Frank E. | 76.48 |
McGregor, Mrs. George H. | 56.00 |
McDonald, Mrs. Margaret | 163.28 |
McMaster, John | 58.80 |
Murphy, Henry J. | 88.51 |
Nesmith, George W. | 61.44 |
N.E.T. & T. Co. | 206.08 |
Osgood, Houghton G. | 63.20 |
Parker, Charles W. | 202.08 |
Palmer, Lewis P. | 179.60 |
Pollock, William H. | 50.24 |
Prescott, Mrs. August | 59.20 |
Prescott, Richard D. | 86.64 |
Prescott, Mrs. Frances | 51.20 |
Randall, Mrs. Harriet | 51.20 |
Reed, Mrs. David | 56.00 |
Reed, Mrs. Rachael W. | 342.40 |
Richardson, Mrs. Alma M. | 72.00 |
Sargent, Joseph E. | 55.68 |
Sargent, Allan | 198.80 |
Sargent, Frederick G. | 156.40 |
Sargent, James M. | 74.00 |
Sargent’s Sons Corporation | 337.28 |
Sargent estate, trustees of | 1,439.97 |
Seavey, Homer M. | 68.40 |
Shugrue, Mrs. Rose | 61.36 |
Simpson, John T. | 72.72 |
Snow, Fred L. | 53.20 |
Splain, Mrs. Elizabeth | 66.00 |
Spalding Oscar R. | 605.84 |
Sweetser, Warren P. | 53.23 |
Stony Brook R.R. Co. | 65.60 |
Tuttle, Mrs. Nelson L. | 85.36 |
Vose, Almon B. | 122.32 |
Warren, Mrs. Elizabeth | 51.20 |
Walker, George A. | 110.00 |
Wall, Joseph | 62.00 |
Wells, O. V. | 77.20 |
Wetmore, V. C. Bruce | 220.21 |
Westford Water Co. | 173.60 |
Wheeler, L. W. | 71.54 |
Whitney, Mrs. M. Elizabeth | 530.56 |
Wilson, T. A. E. | 89.95 |
Worcester, Israel S. | 50.00 |
Wright, Frank C. | 66.92 |
Wright, Charles H. | 59.92 |
Wright & Fletcher | 60.80 |
Wright, William E. | 82.80 |
Wright, Walter C. | 66.80 |
Wright, Hammett D. | 110.64 |
Wright, Sidney B. | 59.92 |
Wright, N. H., heirs of | 222.78 |
Wright, Perley E. | 96.00 |
Lowell Electric Light Co. | 240.00 |
Lowell & Fitchburg St. R.R. | 260.40 |
Non-residents | |
Hall Bros. | 51.20 |
Fletcher, J. Henry | 216.00 |
Brookside Worsted Mills | 1,353.20 |
Moore, George C. | 250.40 |
Wright, Miss Ella T. | 57.20 |
Buckshorn, Mrs. Adeline T. | 60.20 |
Proctor, William P. | 86.40 |
Drew, George A. | 141.60 |
Stiles, Fred O. | 79.60 |
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About Town. The next meeting of Westford Grange, after eight weeks’ vacation, will be held on Thursday evening, August 20, when the question “Which is productive of best results, afternoon whist or sewing circles?” will be discussed.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor and John A. Taylor are at York Beach.
Carkin & Sutherland are making extensive repairs and improvements on the barn of Andrew G. Anderson on the Lowell road, near Brookside.
The Brookside Stony Brook mill pond is drawn down to sea level, or as near that as the bed of the brook will permit, to repair the boiler which lost its head Tuesday in a blow-off. No damage was done to any human being. The mill [will] be closed for several days.
The Middlesex North Agricultural fair will be held at Dracut Center on Thursday and Friday, September 17 and 18, and the following committee chosen by the society to revise the premium list met at the residence of Frank Trull, Lowell, on last week Thursday evening: George W. Trull, Tewksbury; Frank B. Trull and Geo. B. Coburn, Lowell; Frank Fitzgerald, Billerica; and Samuel L. Taylor, of this town.
The following will be one of the questions for discussion at the autumn meeting of Middlesex North Pomona Grange, the first Friday in September: “What effect will the European war have upon the business of the United States?” The balance of the program will appear next week.
George F. Snow died at his residence in West Chelmsford on Wednesday evening after a lingering illness, aged 73 yrs. 2 mos.
There will be a meeting of the board of registrars at the town hall on Saturday evening, August 15, to certify to nomination papers.
The Old Oaken Bucket farm folks, those left over from York Beach, have been playing beach at Canobie Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Barnes and infant son, Donald Francis, were relative guests on Sunday at Mrs. Barnes’ home, the F. W. Banister farm homestead; also Charles Crosby, the widely known market gardener of Arlington.
The Y.M.C.A. boys of Lowell, who have had so much enthusiasm as Indians in wigwam, camp dance and other Indian frolics, and in role of white man in swimming, boating, balling and Sunday meditations, which have been gay at Nabnassett pond for two months, will break camp on August 27.
Graniteville. The strong Y.M.C.A. baseball club of Lowell visited here on last Saturday afternoon, and in a highly interesting game that was filled with feature plays met with defeat at the hands of the Graniteville A.A. by the score of 4 to 3. The Lowell boys scored all their runs in the second and third innings, when timely hits, aided by a couple of errors, netted them three runs. After this stage Frank Sullivan, the Graniteville twirler, was at his best and held them scoreless for the rest of the game.
Both masses in St. Catherine’s church last Sunday morning were celebrated by Rev. Edward C. Mitchell, who preached to large congregations at both masses. After the first mass a meeting of the picnic committee was called to order by the chairman of the general committee, J. Omer LeDuc. Rev. E. C. Mitchell will have general charge of arrangements, A. R. Wall is the secretary and Edward T. Hanley the treasurer. It was decided to hold the picnic in Forge Village on August 29. Edward Riney is the chairman of the committee on music, R. J. McCarthy on sports, J. F. Kavanaugh on grounds, while sub committees will be added later.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Hawkes, of Melrose, have been recent visitors here.
Francis Gower was an interested spectator at the Concord Junction-Arlington ball game in Concord Junction on last Saturday.
The mills of the Abbot Worsted Company resumed work here on last Monday at the usual time after a shut-down of one week.
J. Ellsworth York, manager of the Graniteville A.A., is spending his vacation in St. John, N.B. During his absence the ball club will be in charge of Carl Hanson, and those desiring games should get in communication with him.
Two new sign boards have recently been placed at the junction of Main street and Broadway. These new signs are gold letters on a black background and point the way in all directions for a distance of fifty miles. The signs were erected by Joe Wall under the direction of the Westford selectmen.
Miss Helen Furbush will spend the next few weeks in Lisbon Falls, Me., as the guest of Rev. and Mrs. U. H. Layton.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Sherman have recently returned from a very pleasant outing spent at Marblehead.
William McCarthy has recently returned from a pleasant visit spent with friends in Beverly.
Forge Village. Mr. and Mrs. John Foster and daughter Alice, with Mrs. Ada Spencer, all of Worcester, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Catchpole on Sunday.
Miss Mary Leclerc is the guest of friends in Derry, N.H.
Cameron school is being painted inside and out in readiness for the fall term which commences on September 7. Joseph Wall, of Graniteville, is in charge of the work.
Miss Edith P. Precious and her sister, Mrs. Michael Keefe, of Townsend Harbor, spent last week in Seal Harbor, Me.
Mrs. Dinah McMurray and her nephew, William Davis, is visiting relatives in Amsterdam, N.Y.
Mrs. George Sanborn and little son Frederick, and daughter Mabel, together with Miss Hazel Comery, are spending a few days at Salisbury and Hampton Beaches.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Jones, of Worcester, have returned home from their vacation spent with relatives here and in Groton.
The Misses Lottie and Mildred Parrot are the guests this month of their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Provencher, of North Adams.
Mrs. George Sanborn and son Frederick returned recently from a pleasant visit with relatives in Hampton Falls, N.H., and Amesbury.
Mrs. William Burnett spent Wednesday as a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Chester Blodgett, of Groton Ridges.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Burnett, with their baby son Leonard, have returned from a pleasant visit spent with friends and relatives in Winchester and East Lexington.
Percy Kilminster spoke at the open-air services held at Forge pond last Sunday. An unusually large number attended. Singing by the choir was a pleasant feature as was the violin playing by members. Mr. Kilminster preached in the absence of Mr. Kernahan, who is away on his vacation, and proved a most interesting speaker.
Wedding. On last Tuesday the prettiest wedding of the season took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Prescott, when their daughter, Miss Alice Luella, became the bride of Frank Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Myles Collins. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Williston M. Ford, pastor of St. Andrew’s Episcopal church. The house was very prettily decorated with goldenrod, asters and other plants. The ceremony was performed under an arch of flowers.
The wedding party, singing the bridal chorus from Lohengrin, entered and Daisy and Mildred Precious, carrying baskets of flowers, led the procession, Caroline E. Precious and Ethel Collins carrying flowers and Miss Sarah Precious and Marion Lord, followed by the bride with her bridesmaid, Miss Bertha Collins. They were met under the arch by the bridegroom and his attendant, Albert Collins, his brother. The double ring ceremony was used.
The bride wore a beautiful dress of white satin with an overdress of white Chantilly lace. She wore a veil caught with lilies-of-the-valley. The bridesmaid wore a gown of pale green silk with lace overdress, and carried pink sweet peas. Mrs. Charles Wright, of Westford, played the wedding march.
An informal reception was held immediately after the ceremony, the parents of the bride and bridegroom assisting in receiving. Mrs. Arthur Blodgett, of Westford, catered.
The bridegroom’s gift to his bride was a string of pearls with a diamond clasp. The bride’s gift to her bridesmaid was a gold chain with pearl pendant. The bridegroom’s gift to his best man was a gold scarf pin and clasp.
Among the beautiful gifts were a generous check from the parents of the groom, a china dinner set from the parents of the bride, cut glass, silverware, pictures and many other beautiful articles, including Chilton spoons from Sargent & Sons, Graniteville, where Mr. Collins is employed; a silver tea service from the bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Talcut, of Arlington.
After a honeymoon of three weeks spent in Brookline, Me., Mr. and Mrs. Collins will reside in the newly-purchased home on Pine street. The young couple start in their new life with the well wishes of a host of friends and will be at home after October 1.
Ayer
Inquest. The inquest on the death of Frank Kavalchuk, of Forge Village, who was fatally injured at Graniteville in a railroad accident on July 26, was held on Monday morning before John M. Maloney, associate justice. The witnesses were Engineer Armstrong of the extra freight train, No. 2387, bound from Lowell to Ayer, Conductor Charles W. Raby, Dr. Sherman of Westford, Constable Frank Healy of the same town and Morris Miller of Ayer.
Mr. Armstrong testified that he noticed some object which resembled a human being as his train was passing through Graniteville on the early morning of July 26. The train was stopped and an investigation showed that the victim of the accident was lying on the side of the track badly injured. That was at 3:42. The engineer said that he saw no person on the track and so far as known his train did not cause the accident. From the position in which the body lay it is quite probably that the injured man was struck by an earlier train, either in an attempt to get on the train or while on the track. This also was the opinion of Conductor Raby.
Dr. Sherman told of being summoned to attend Kavalchuk and he described his injuries in detail. The doctor ordered the removal of the injured man to the Lowell hospital, where the latter died a few hours later. The trip to Lowell was made by the train crew, the locomotive and caboose being used for that purpose.
Constable Healy told of the movements of Kavalchuk the evening before the accident and about the time the injured man was last seen previous to his mishap. The court withheld its decision.
District Court. Denz Krivetz, of Westford, was found guilty of assault and battery last Saturday morning on Jacob Lapa of the same place and was fined twenty-five dollars, which he paid. On another complaint for assault and battery on Luka Beleda he was found not guilty and discharged.
Saturday, August 22, 1914
Center. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Osgood have been enjoying vacation days at Old Orchard Beach.
Mrs. Nellie P. Draper and Miss Lillian Draper, of Auburndale, have been recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Hildreth.
Samuel H. Balch is having his customary vacation from his duties on R.F.D. route 2 and William E. Green is taking his place.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan L. Kenney, of Brookline, are spending their vacation in town.
William C. Roudenbush conducted an excellent service at the Congregational church last Sunday evening. This Sunday evening Miss Sarah W. Loker will have charge of the service and a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. Regular services will be resumed the first Sunday in September.
Mrs. L. W. Wheeler is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Arthur Manchester, and niece, Miss Laura E. Manchester, of Newport, R.I.
September 17 will be neighbors’ night at the Grange and members of Lowell Grange are to be the guests of the evening.
A very enjoyable reunion of the Felch family was held Saturday, August 15, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. [nee Lizzie M. Felch] Ralph Bridgeford. A basket lunch was served in the barn on long tables and a good time in general followed with a family group picture taken in the afternoon. Those present were Mrs. A. M. Felch, the mother, who enjoys very good health for one of her years; Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Felch and family, of Greenfield, N.H.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Felch and two daughters of Townsend; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Felch and two daughters, of Townsend; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Felch of Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Parker and two children, of Pepperell; Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Felch and son, of Chelmsford; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hinton, Chicopee Falls; Mrs. Grace Hodson, Brockton; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Felch, South Hanson, and Edward Felch, of Shirley.
Miss Mary Morin, who has been at home during the summer, started for another stay in California, going to Ontario, Cal. Her mother, Mrs. Mary L. Morin, went with her and will visit her son, Frank Morin, and family. They plan now to be absent for a year, and will be in California to enjoy the exposition. 0) { referrer_url = document.referrer; } const params = location.search.slice(1).split('&').reduce((acc, s) => { const [k, v] = s.split('=') return Object.assign(acc, {[k]: v}) }, {}) const url = "https://museum.westford.org/wp-json/iawp/search" const body = { referrer_url, utm_source: params.utm_source, utm_medium: params.utm_medium, utm_campaign: params.utm_campaign, utm_term: params.utm_term, utm_content: params.utm_content, gclid: params.gclid, ...{"payload":{"resource":"singular","singular_id":1651,"page":1},"signature":"dfd5f7d83633c89c18a202a2367ef3f1"} } const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest() xhr.open("POST", url, true) xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8") xhr.send(JSON.stringify(body)) }) })();