The Westford Wardsman, May, 1910
Saturday, May 7, 1910
Centre. The Edward M. Abbot Hose Co. held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening. The suppers that have been served during the winter at these meetings have been discontinued for the summer and Tuesday evening a practical drill and tryout was held. Three hydrants on School street were opened and tested. The members afterward adjourned to their headquarters and the annual meeting with elections of officers was held with the following result: J. Herbert Fletcher, capt.; Leonard W. Wheeler, 1st lieut.; Edward M. Abbot, 2nd lieut.; Peter Clement, steward; Aaron Tuttle, treas.; William L. Woods, Alec Fisher and Oscar R. Spalding, standing committee.
Miss Emily F. Fletcher is at home again after a trip of several weeks with Mrs. M. E. Elizabeth Whitney. They visited Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Atlantic City and report a most enjoyable time.
The Donald M. Camerons are at their Westford home again after spending the winter in Lowell.
Members of the Loyalty club of the Congregational church enjoyed a candy-pull at the home of Mrs. Lillian Lumbert last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin H. Foss returned to their Westford home Sunday after spending the winter at South Lake Weir, Fla., where Mr. Foss has extensive interests in orange growing.
Rev. C. H. Wheeler of Brockton gave an illustrated lecture on “Salem witchcraft,” last Friday evening at the Unitarian church. The proceeds were for the benefit of the academy and will be used to purchase new pictures.
At the regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Congregational church, C. R. Brown, a missionary, was present and gave an account of his work among the sailors at T wharf, Boston, in which work he has been engaged for many years.
Members will please remember that the Tadmuck club social will take place May 17, one week later than the date given in the calendar. It will be held in the vestry of the Congregational church at three o’clock. This year the social will be limited to the members only aside from those who have helped in the season’s program. This arrangement is from no lack of cordial and hospitable intention by the club but the membership fee is so modest that the sum at the disposal of the committee for the social is inadequate to making it a guest afternoon and it was deemed best not to levy an assessment.
The farmers of the town are invited to examine the new cyclopedia of agriculture, which has recently been added to the library. Mrs. Hobart [nee Esther Jane “Jennie” Tuttle (1849-1941)] is a niece of Mrs. Harwood. The Harwood family was well known when they lived in Brookside many years ago and the memory of Deacon Harwood still lingers with the older members of the Congregational church who recall him as the genial chorister and Sunday school superintendent.
Natt. Decatur, jr., met with a painful accident last week while traveling by bicycle transportation near Chelmsford Centre. Some portion of the machine gave way which caused the rider to give way. The accident was nine-tenths painful and one-tenth serious. It was a very showy affair owing to the cutting of a small artery. Young Natt. is employed with Boutwell Bros., hardware, in Lowell. He will handle no hardware for a few weeks.
Annual Meeting. At the meeting of the First Parish held in the Unitarian parlors H. V. Hildreth was chosen moderator and the same officers were elected as served last year: Abiel J. Abbot, Edward Fisher, Clara Fisher, parish committee; Chas. O. Prescott, treas.; Abiel J. Abbot, clerk; W. H. H. Burbeck, H. V. Hildreth, Edward Fisher, assessors.
Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey, who has deeply at heart the best welfare of the church, was chosen again as minister.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Abbot most generously offered to pay for the redecorating of the interior of the church, which will cost about one thousand dollars. The work will be put in charge of a most artistic and skilled decorator and in the course of time the church auditorium will be very beautiful. Mrs. A. J. Abbot, who is a most loyal church woman, and A. J. Abbot, who is devoted to the church of his father’s, were made the committee to have charge of the plans.
Forge Village. Miss Bertha Collins visited with relatives in North Billerica last Sunday.
John P. Brown of Manchester, N.H., spent the last of the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown.
The Ladies’ sewing circle will meet for the rest of the season in Recreation hall, where the sewing machine, which was presented by Mrs. W. H. Fernald, has already been placed.
Dr. Howard K. Tuttle, head surgeon at the state hospital, Tewksbury, spent Friday as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Sweatt, prior to sailing for the Isthmus of Panama, where he is to fill a similar position at the Panama commission hospital. Dr. Tuttle ranks third in the appointments and passed his examination with high honors. He sailed from New York Friday afternoon, May 6.
Rev. Thomas L. Fisher will attend the convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which is to be held in Worcester on next Sunday, May 3. Services at St. Andrew’s mission will be held in the afternoon at 4:30 p.m., instead of the evening service at seven p.m.
The Forge Village Tigers journeyed to Ayer last Saturday afternoon and were defeated by the St. Mary’s to the tune of 15 to 11. The Tigers will play the Littleton Wanderers on the home grounds next Saturday afternoon. The team has just organized, the average being fourteen years.
The Forge Village Lions will play the first game of the season in the Stony Brook league, Saturday afternoon, May 7, when they cross bats with the Richmonds of Lowell. The Lions have several new players in their lineup this season. The battery will be the Spinner brothers and their work will be watched with interest.
The camping season will open at Forge pond on May 30, although quite a number have already taken possession. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and daughter Dorothy of Everett, who are at Ti-ny-co-ed. Miss Schicks and party of friends from Lowell have engaged Magnolia cottage, the property of Francis Lowther [1867-1951] for two weeks.
Rehearsals are under way at Cameron school for Memorial day exercises, which will be held in Abbot hall on Friday evening, May 27.
Miss Mary A. Hanley, the well-known music teacher of this village, held her annual recital Wednesday evening, at her home on Central street. Over forty pupils of Miss Hanley were heard in difficult selections, which reflects great credit on their teacher. Refreshments were served during the evening.
The funeral of Joseph Lacourse, the ten months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Lacourse, who died Wednesday, April 27, took place last Friday morning. Burial was in St. Catherine’s cemetery, Graniteville.
The monthly meeting of St. Andrew’s guild was held in Recreation hall, Wednesday evening.
Graniteville. At the 9:45 o’clock mass celebrated in St. Catherine’s church, Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. Edmund T. Schofield, announced that the church building would be entirely renovated in the very near future. The present roof that leaks so badly will be removed to be replaced by a new one, and other church repairs will be made. In fact the whole building will receive an overhauling and put in first-class shape. This new movement puts aside entirely the thoughts of building a new church here at the present time.
Thursday, the feast of the Ascension was celebrated in St. Catherine’s church at 7:30 o’clock in the morning. On Thursday evening, the first May devotions were held commencing at the usual hour.
That much-talked-of ball game between the Westford and Graniteville clubs failed to materialize on Saturday. The forenoon proved to be so rainy, cold and disagreeable, that the managers of the two clubs decided to call it off. In the early afternoon the weather cleared very quickly and by three o’clock it was ideal for baseball. In the meantime, three or four of the local players knowing that the game had been postponed went out of town, so unfortunately the game will have to wait over for some suitable time later in the season.
On Saturday, May 7, the Graniteville baseball club will play its first game of the season in the Stony Brook league. The game will be played on the home grounds and the visiting team will be the strong Crescents of Lowell. Graniteville won the championship in the Stony Brook league of 1909, with the Crescents a close second.
O. W. Sherman, who has been visiting with his son, Dr. Sherman of this village, for the past few days, has returned to his home in Damariscotta, Maine.
A woodland fire broke out near the ball grounds on Sunday afternoon and burned about one-half an acre before it was got under control by the local firemen under Capt. J. A. Healy. The land is mostly owned by H. N. Fletcher of this village. The fire was probably caused by some careless person dropping a match among the leaves. The loss was not heavy.
Saturday, May 14, 1910
Centre. Our residents were glad to hear the car service resumed but the somewhat weather-worn appearance of the branch line cars was as very evident that it was unpleasant. In conferring with the management, they had no funds that they wished to use for the purpose but made a proposition of three alternatives. To paint the cars and reckon the cost from the six months’ expenses which is in the nature of a test, to let them remain as they are or for the residents to raise the sum among themselves, and this last is just what has been done. With a subscription paper at the two stores, over one hundred dollars has been subscribed and one of the cars is at Ayer being painted and renovated to be in readiness by Memorial day which this year is to be a special occasion with the dedication of the new soldiers’ monument.
Mrs. John P. Felch [nee Ann Maria Kendall], who has been spending the winter in Philadelphia with her daughter, has returned to Westford and is spending this month with her daughter here, Mrs. Ralph Bridgeford. Next month she removes her household goods to Greenfield, N.H., to keep house and make a home for her son, Edward Felch. Mrs. Felch was in Philadelphia during the big car strike and reports it as a memorable experience to everybody, whether concerned in the strike or not.
Mrs. Fred L. Snow and Miss Bernice of Overlook farm are spending a few weeks at Saranac Lake, N.Y., with Mrs. Myrtle Snow Clark. Mrs. Snow plans to be at home for the thirtieth of May.
Rev. C. C. Hiller’s former parishioners here will be interested to know that he was reappointed at Springfield in April for his sixth year.
Master Clarence Colburn was taken to the Lowell General hospital this week and underwent the operation for the removal of adenoid growth. He is doing nicely but will not be quite his sturdy, cheerful self for a few days.
Excellent audiences both morning and evening are being present at the Congregational church. Sunday evenings, Mr. Wallace is conducting a series of practical and helpful talks suggested from the life of Joseph.
The committee of arrangements for Memorial day have issued some most attractive folders on the front of which is a fine picture of the new monument, and inside outlines the plans for the day. Copies of these may be secured of Capt. S. H. Fletcher.
It has been a quiet week in our village in the way of gatherings, etc., but with the busy gang doffing, cutting and blasting, and doing all the things necessary to transform five acres of very rough and poor land into a beautiful park and play-ground [i.e., Whitney Playground], while another gang of W. H. Tarbell’s men are at work improving the main street in the village. Inside the town hall, a group of skilled workmen are renovating and decorating, with one new house going up, which is to be a model small home, with the [electric] cars running and prospects of an artistic transformation within the old first parish church Don’t choke it out by too close trimming.
A Laughable Good Time. The entertainment in the vestry of the Unitarian church last week Thursday evening was all that it was billed for and a surplus besides, because everybody had a laughable time. When everybody takes to laughing, there must be something going on. If there were any present who didn’t laugh, the old adage, “try, try again,” has been outgeneraled, and there would not be any use in applying any other laughing medicine. S. Thompson Blood carries a full assortment, stock in trade, to fit all cases. Those that are a little hard to fetch to terms of laughter, he sends “Sarah Jane Matilda” after them.
Although Mr. Blood was the main centre piece of the evening, there were other allurements, the youthful Smith at the organ, Miss Julia Fletcher in piano solo, accompanied by lively foot movement by the young people. Cream that had taken a severe chill on the ice. All this and much more of a talkable social nature helped detain people in amusement until the attractions of the comet called it off. The very capable coterie of young women in charge were: Misses Eva Fletcher, Gertrude Fletcher, Julia Fletcher, Ruth Fisher, assisted by Misses Grace Bennett, Gladys Fletcher and Beatrice Sutherland.
Forge Village. Joseph Milot has purchased the real estate of Edmund Hunt, which consists of a large eight-room house with all modern improvements, a large barn and two acres of land planted with young trees. The house was formerly the property of the late Joseph Prescott and was built for him by the late B. F. Parrott. After the death of Mr. Prescott the property was purchased by the late William Whigham, who installed steam heat and did extensive alterations, but he lived only a short time to enjoy the fruits of his hard labor. After the death of Mr. Whigham, two years ago, his son-in-law, Edmund Hunt, bought out the other heirs and became the owner of one of the nicest residences in the village.
The new meat market, which Victor Pigeon is erecting on Pleasant street, is rapidly nearing completion. The building is a large two and a half story affair. The upstairs will be made into a six-room tenement with all the latest improvements, which he will occupy with his family. He expects to have it ready for occupancy in about two weeks.
Joseph Bennett, jr., and family have moved from their house on Commonwealth avenue. He will make his home with his father and sister on Pleasant street. Mr. and Mrs. James May will occupy the cottage vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Bennett.
Mrs. A. Lannigan of Lowell was the guest of Mrs. Ellen Flynn last week Friday at her home on Pond street. Mrs. Lannigan was formerly Miss Annie Moore, a well-known resident of this village for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. William Burnett attended the convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which was held in St. Matthew’s Episcopal church, Worcester, last Sunday.
Miss Lizette Simpson of Boston visited with Mrs. Elizabeth Splaine and family Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Precious were guests the last of the week of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Newcombe of Worcester.
Daniel Bennett and son William of Worcester are visiting relatives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards entertained at their home last week Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coley of Worcester and John Fitzpatrick of Cambridge.
Miss Althea Doir of Boston has purchased Lincoln cottage, the summer residence of Miss Nellie Henderson of Malden. Miss Doir is now superintending alterations and repairs and will occupy the cottage for the season.
The stopping place of the Lowell and Fitchburg street railway cars has been changed from Prescott’s to the J. B. Splaine store. This arrangement will prove more convenient for patrons of the road and also the people living in the Prescott house, who were continually annoyed by persons waiting for cars. The waiting station will be open Sundays to accommodate passengers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Longbottom and Masters William Longbottom and Gerald Bowker of Arlington Heights were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Burnett last week Thursday.
The F.S.S. of this village held their first dance in Abbot hall last week Friday evening, and it proved a very enjoyable affair. Music was furnished by McNally’s orchestra of Hudson and refreshments were served at intermission. A large number of out of town guests were present, among them being Miss Gladys Daly of Leominster, who was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Spinner at the dance and remained over Sunday.
Ervin Butler, who was killed by falling from a chimney at Townsend Harbor last week, was well-known here. He was employed by Abbot & Co., five weeks ago, to paint the smoke stack. While here he persuaded Charles Flannagan [sic], the crossing tender for the Boston and Maine railroad, to accompany him and learn the trade, but after a tryout of one day Mr. Flanagan decided that steeple climbing wasn’t his vocation and returned to his post the next day.
The Forge Village Tigers played the Littleton Wanderers at Cameron grove, Saturday afternoon, and defeated them by the score of 24 to 0.
The Lions played the first game of the season in the Stony Brook league last Saturday afternoon with the Richmonds of Lowell at the Fort hill ball grounds and were defeated. The Lions will play on the home grounds next Saturday afternoon and will have for their opponents the Graniteville Blues.
One of the social events of the season will be the concert in Abbot hall, Wednesday evening, May 25. Miss Edith M. Sweatt and Miss Edith Foster are in charge of the affair and will spare no pains to make it a success. Some excellent talent has been secured from Portsmouth, N.H., also several well-known characters from Littleton.
Next Sunday being the festival of Whit-Sunday, the services in St. Andrew’s mission will be the celebration at nine a.m. and evening prayer at seven p.m. A new anthem will be sung by the vested choir.
A Gift. Superintendent A. B. Webber of Littleton, who resigned his position as superintendent of schools for Westford and Littleton, made his farewell visit to Cameron school last week Thursday afternoon. As he was about to conclude his stay, a signal was given by the principal, Miss Letitia V. Ward, and children from the other rooms filed into a line and marched into Miss Eva F. Pyne’s room, the lower primary. Mr. Webber was an interested spectator, thinking the children were to perform a drill for his benefit, when Mildred V. Precious, aged six years, stepped forward and presented Mr. Webber, on behalf of the teachers and pupils, a sum of money in gold. The money was placed in a velvet lined red leather case. Mr. Webber was completely surprised and after thanking the teachers and children sincerely, said he would always remember them for their thoughtfulness.
Mr. Webber has accepted a similar position at North Billerica and Stoneham and commenced his new duties May 1.
Graniteville. The Ladies’ Aid society of the M.E. church met with Mrs. L. A. Blood on Thursday afternoon at her home.
The Big Four club, composed of well-known young ladies of this village, will hold a social dancing party here Saturday night. One of the pleasing features of the affair will be a prize waltz.
The Graniteville baseball club will visit Forge Village on Saturday, May 14, and meet the local club of that place in the first league game of the season. It is understood that the Forge club has been greatly strengthened this year and although they were defeated by the Richmonds in Lowell last Saturday, it was due [more] to poor ball grounds than bad playing.
J. Austin Healey is now building a summer camp at Flushing pond, North Westford. The building will be a two-story affair, with open fireplaces and everything up-to-date. P. Henry Harrington has the contract and has promised Mr. Healey that everything will be in readiness for the house warming that is planned to take place in early June.
At the 9:45 o’clock mass in St. Catherine’s church, Sunday morning, the service was made very pleasing by the excellent vocal selection of Miss Harriet Moran of Lowell, assisted by Edward Shea of Lawrence.
May devotions were held in St. Catherine’s church on Wednesday evening at the usual hour which brought out a large attendance.
Death. Charles Cummings, an old respected resident of this village, died suddenly at his home here on Wednesday night, May 4, after a brief illness, aged seventy-one years. Mr. Cummings was the last surviving member of a very large family that were numerous in this vicinity some forty or fifty years ago. There was one sister, but she has not been heard from for several years and if living, her present address is unknown.
Mr. Cummings was born in Tyngsboro, February 22, 1839, and has been a resident of this village for over forty years. He was a civil war veteran having enlisted in the Sixth Massachusetts regiment, Co. C. He was a member of the Westford veterans’ association; also, the G.A.R. post of Ayer.
He has been in the stone business here for several years and was very successful. Always good natured, strictly honest and upright in his dealings, he commanded the love and respect of all who knew him. Although over seventy-one years of age, his genial presence and pleasing personality made him appear much younger, and he was always “Charley” Cummings to the young and old. His death will be a personal loss to this village, and it can be said in all sincerity that he had not an enemy in the world. Mr. Cummings was unmarried.
He had several men employed at his quarry at the time of his death and all work was suspended for the time being, until the affairs of the estate have been settled.
The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, May 7, and was largely attended. The services were conducted at the home by Rev. L. F. Havermale of the M.E. church. The singing of the two hymns, “Shall we gather at the river,” and “Waiting and watching for me,” was by Mrs. C. H. Wright and Mrs. David L. Greig of Westford.
There were many out-of-town people present, including a delegation from the G.A.R. post of Ayer. The floral tributes were varied and beautiful, which testified in a marked degree to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. The bearers were members of the G.A.R., W. O. Hawkes, John Wilson, A. Randlett, T. D. Riney, F. Lovejoy and E. D. Martell. Burial was in the North cemetery, Westford, where the grave had been tastefully arranged with hemlock boughs and wild flowers by Mrs. George Irish. The regular burial of the G.A.R. was read at the grave.
Baseball. The Graniteville baseball club played its first game of the season in the Stony Brook league here last Saturday, when they had the strong Crescent club of Lowell for opponents. The game was hotly contested from start to finish and the home team held their opponents to a 1 to 0 score for five innings, when with two bases on balls and a sacrifice hit the Crescents tied the score in the sixth. There was nothing doing in the seventh by either side, but in the eighth the Crescents by a hit, a base on balls and aided by a misplay by the locals, they scored two runs. Neither side scored after this, but the damage had been done and the Lowell team won by the score of 3 to 1. Perhaps one of the best games of baseball seen in this village for a long time, and although both clubs batted the ball well, good fielding kept the score down.
James Booth, of the locals, certainly showed that he is some pitcher, and although McCarty went in in the latter part of the game, it was no question but what Booth was all right. McCarty held them from further scoring. McMahon started to pitch for the Crescents, but the locals took kindly to his curves and he was soon relieved by Johnson.
A large crowd attended the game, the local fans being out in force, while the Crescent club had many followers from Lowell. The league certainly opened up here in good shape and many interesting contests are looked for during the season.
Saturday, May 21, 1910
About Town. Our good all-round business man, Fred L. Snow, who is a large owner of the northerly lay out of Westford, was the recent purchaser by auction of the pasture on Scribner hill, just over the Westford line in Tyngsboro. This locality is interesting to many, because Scribner hill was named after Rev. Matthew Scribner, minister of the First Parish church, Westford, from 1778 to 1788, when he removed to this wild rocky hill, cleared the land, erected buildings which have long since yielded like the builder to the friction of time, but the cellars still remaining to testify of what once was here. He died in 1813.
The large bouquet of flowers on the table in front of the pulpit of the Unitarian church last Sunday was the remembrance of friends in Nashua, who removed from town in 1858, but never forgetting the old First Parish church which was her early church home. Neither have the older residents forgotten the hospitality and culture of the David C. Butterfield family, residing at what is now the old Abbot homestead. They will renew old time associations with us at the festival exercises at the dedication of the soldiers’ monument on May 30.
A new copper wire is being laid on the line of the Stony Brook railroad. This is the nearest to copper stock holdings the town has been able to locate.
Lewis Jenkins has entered the employ of the American Land and Trust Co., with headquarters in Lowell.
Miss Lucinda Prescott is entertaining friends from the far down land of potatoes, Warren, Maine.
Westford and West Chelmsford were well represented at the choir festival held in Lowell on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, in aid of the playground fund. It was well worth the while for more.
Entertainment. There is no season too busy to prevent the Fortnightly club from having its recreation and entertainment. The last one, but not the last to be, was full of suggestions of what a world this might be if we but did our duty. An eminent writer has said, “Do that which is assigned thee and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much.” The Fortnightly club is obedient to that thought, and it was exemplified in a personal way by reading, Mrs. Walter Wyman; song, Edward Gamblin; reading, Mrs. Charles Flavell; reading, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Gould. This was followed by the one act drama entitled, “Pleasant surprise,” which was full of life, originality and sky high hits. The scene was laid in Judge Anderson’s private room. The cast was:
Judge Anderson, Charles Blodgett; Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. William Wyman; Ralph, son of Judge Anderson, Fred Blodgett; Lucille, daughter of Judge Anderson, Miss Estella Glynn; Daisy, niece of Judge Anderson, Miss Lillian G. Wright; Phillips, the coachman, William Wyman.
The club will miss one of its more recent helpers. Miss Estella Glynn, who has removed to her home in Long Island, having spent the winter in East Groton; also, one of its younger older members, Miss Lillian G. Wright, who has accepted a position as teacher in the public schools of Andover.
Centre. Miss Grace Lumbert is at home again after spending two months in Covington, Va. She reports Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and the little Anderson heir as all very well.
Among minor improvements Wright & Fletcher have placed a fine new gilt lettered sign in front of their store.
Workmen have been grading and making a sidewalk at the west end of the common near the new soldiers’ monument which adds much to the appearance of the vicinity.
Mrs. H. G. Osgood, who has been in frail health for the past year, is visiting Mr. Osgood’s sister, Mrs. Lyman Wilkins, in Cambridge.
A. H. Foss has been having a heavy cold. The cold weather state coming north does not agree with him.
Westford friends are extending their congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Hartwell of Littleton at the advent of a little daughter [Dorothy Sheila Hartwell, born May 13, 1910]. Mrs. Hartwell was formerly Miss Dorothy Sleeper of this village. Miss Mary Morin, our village nurse, is with Mrs. Hartwell.
The concert to be held, Wednesday evening at Abbot’s hall, promises to be the best of its kind held here for some time. The artists are well known in musical circles and include among others Mrs. Oliver Wellington Priest of Portsmouth, contralto, Miss Elma Ingelmann, soprano, from the Whitney school, Boston, and Miss Vernie G. Lowe of the Emerson school of oratory will be the reader.
Death. Sudden and violent death in our midst always comes as a shock to the community. Thursday night of last week Charles Read [Reed] came to the village and after doing some errands started for home about nine o’clock and in some way drove into the catch basin being dug in front of J. C. Abbot’s residence [45 Main St.]. Men who were at Wright & Fletcher’s store [40 Main St.] heard the crash and hurried to the scene and worked hard to extricate horse and man. The unfortunate man was underneath the horse. Dr. Blaney was among the first to get there and did all that was possible but life was extinct, although some said he spoke when help first came. His life was crushed out by the horse. The hole was railed and lighted and the evening was not very dark. Undertaker D. L. Greig was notified and took charge of the body.
The funeral was held from his late home in the south part of the town Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, Rev. David Wallace officiating. The bearers were relatives in the family. Mr. Read was a veteran of the civil war and was seventy years of age.
Accident. Fred L. Shorey, who with his team of horses has been working for W. H. Tarbell on the street repairs at the Centre, met with an unfortunate and painful accident on Friday of last week. While unloading stones for the new paved gutters, he got one of his arms crushed with a heavy stone. He was taken into Emory J. Whitney’s house and Dr. Wells summoned and later removed to his home in the south part of the town. The ligaments were torn at the elbow making a very painful injury and one that takes much time to heal. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Shorey for he has been rather unfortunate. About two years ago, when there was a dastardly run of horse stealing, he had a valuable horse taken from his barn, no trace of which was ever found. With sickness in his family and this last accident he has had hard luck.
Tadmuck Club. The last meeting of the season of the Tadmuck club took place on Tuesday afternoon in the vestry of the Congregational church. The more sober-minded and working sessions of the club are a thing of the past at this annual social with its atmosphere of pleasant festivity, agreeable entertainment, pretty decorations, and gowns and dainty refreshments. This year it was a membership social of which there was a good representation and the gentlemen who have so kindly assisted with the season’s program.
The attractive decorations were the skilful handiwork of Eliot F. Humiston. The platform was banked with a wealth of delicate spring greenery, apple and barberry blossoms and lilacs. Lilacs and greenery also outlined the wide doorway between the two vestries and the sliding windows dividing the vestry and the auditorium. It made a charming sitting for the artists of the afternoon who were Mrs. Belle Harrington Hall of Lowell, reader; Miss Marie Pickering of Boston, soprano soloist and Miss E. Marion Sweatt of Westford accompanist.
Mrs. Hall completely won her audience with her sympathetic and intelligent interpretation of her selections. Her rendering of “The universal angel,” the theme of which was mother love, was particularly well done. Mrs. Hall also possesses the happy faculty of impersonating child life in various phases with pleasing fidelity. Miss Pickering, who is associated on the maternal side with Westford families, was an enjoyable acquisition to the afternoon’s program. This is the second time this season that the club is indebted to Miss Sweatt for her skillful services as accompanist.
Miss Loker, previous to announcing the afternoon’s program, thanked all who had helped with the season’s work in the different ways. Ice cream and cake was served at the close of the program.
Forge Village. Frank Murphy and Bert Connors of Lowell spent Sunday as guests of Francis Lowther. Messrs. Murphy and Connors are members of the Jolly Campers club who have engaged one of Mr. Lowther’s camps at Forge pond for the season. They expect to take possession on Memorial day. A large team load of provisions will be shipped from Lowell this week.
Miss Crissy Lowther was entertained Saturday and Sunday by Miss Mary C. Joyce at her home on Twelfth street, Lowell.
Mr. and Mrs. John Campling and infant daughter of Lawrence were visitors at Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hunt’s on Saturday.
John Whigham of Waltham visited with relatives here on Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Mountain left last Tuesday morning for the Massachusetts General hospital, Boston, where she expects to undergo an operation later. Mrs. Walter Mountain and two children of Ware will remain to act as housekeeper until Mrs. Ernest Mountain arrives home.
W. H. Harty of the United States navy spent last week visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. P. Harty. Mr. Harty enlisted in the navy for five years and has already served three years. He is a first-class machinist on the submarine Snapper, 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":1753,"page":1},"signature":"d92f6060d0a1240972b380923ed4f07c"} } const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest() xhr.open("POST", url, true) xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8") xhr.send(JSON.stringify(body)) }) })();