The Westford Wardsman, April 22, 1916
Center. New telephones installed this week are at H. F. Stiles, the plumber, 7-2; A. E. Loveland, 6-6; Julian Whitney, 44-12.
The baby son [Donald F. Greig, born May 23, 1915] of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Greig is seriously sick with bronchial pneumonia.
Mrs. Eliza Carter is acting as housekeeper in the Tuttle home, recently bereaved of its housemother in the death of Mrs. Tuttle.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Wright have been visitors in town during the week.
Wesley Hawkes, of Melrose visited the Westford relatives over the holiday.
Rev. David Wallace, J. E. Rafter, Miss Sarah W. Loker and L. W. Wheeler attended the association meeting of Congregational churches in Shirley on Wednesday, going and coming in the latter’s auto.
The semi-annual meeting of the North Middlesex Branch of Woman’s Board of Missions meets in North Leominster on April 25. A most attractive program is given for the day.
The holiday [Patriots’ Day] was a quiet one in town. Schools were closed and flags were in evidence through the village. Many households entertained guests and others went to enjoy the day in other places.
Misses Sarah, Lillian and May Atwood arrived home [4 Graniteville Rd.] Wednesday after a pleasant winter spent in Florida.
Miss Mary B. Raynes and Miss Grace Litchfield have re-opened their camp at Forge pond; also, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goode are at their camp for the season.
Miss Beatrice Sutherland and Miss Grace Robinson have in charge a costume party and dance under the auspices of the Grange for Friday evening, April 28. Prizes will be given for the best costumes and a general good time is planned for.
Special observance of Easter is being planned for in the churches. At the Congregational church there will be a special sermon, music and decorations in the morning, and in the evening a cantata, “The dawn of immortality” will be given. Walter Steele will be present and assist with violin obbligatos, and Mrs. Perley E. Wright will read the story. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present.
Concert. Members of the Tadmuck club and their guests are very much indebted to the music committee of the club for the splendid concert given under their auspices Tuesday afternoon at the Congregational church. Seldom beyond the best concert halls of Boston is a concert of better music given and the capacity audience of the concert fully testified that the [?illegible?]
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Guests were present from Littleton, Groton, West Chelmsford, Graniteville and Forge Village. The committee in charge was Miss Gertrude D. Fletcher, Mrs. S. B. Watson and Miss Eva E. Fletcher. At the business session the president paid loving tribute to the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle [who died March 21]. Mrs. Goldsmith Conant [hostess?] for the next luncheon, May 2, at the Unitarian church was present and outlined the attractions? for that affair.
Social. The weather was the only thing that interfered with the success of the program for the social last week Friday evening at the Congregational church. The heavy wet snow and bad traveling necessarily had its effect on the attendance, which was to be regretted, for one of the best suppers and entertainments of the season had been provided. A supper of meat pies, cold meat salad, tea and coffee, puddings and pies was serve at 6:30, and at eight o’clock a most enjoyable program was given by the Nashobah [sic] male quartet and the Chelmsford orchestra, assisted by Mrs. Perley E. Wright, reader. The personnel of the quartet is James Dodds, first tenor, Herbert Whitney, second tenor, Frank Hibbard, first basso, and Whitney Caulkins, second basso. Of the Chelmsford orchestra, W. E. Adams served as violinist; C. A. Cushman, clarinet, T. G. Parkhurst, cornet, and Miss Dora Wentworth, pianist. They gave a most enjoyable program, consisting of old and new favorites, and Mrs. Wright is always a favorite with Westford audiences.
To Mrs. S. B Watson and Mrs. A. E. Day goes the credit of the evening’s arrangements.
About Town. Charles W. Whitney, on the Lowell road, is building a milk house. Peter O’Neil, who is doing the woodwork carpentering, fell from the roof and dislocated his arm to that it broke in twain.
A grass fire burned over several acres of land belonging to the unnamable Greek at Brookside, and land of James H. O’Brien on the line of the Stony Brook railroad.
The Unitarian Sunday school will give a concert of singing and recitation on Sunday at the close of the morning service. A collection will be taken for the Home for Little Wanderers, Boston.
Wheat, yes that’s what’s getting a booming broadcast in the Stony Brook valley these lovely, mild, winter mornings.
There will be a meeting of the trustees of Middlesex North at the Y.M.C.A. building Saturday evening, April 22, at eight o’clock, to make arrangements to hold the annual fair. A committee of the trustees have visited the grounds of the Lowell Driving club at Golden Cove, Chelmsford, and will report their findings at this meeting.
The next meeting of West Chelmsford Grange will be held next week Thursday evening at Historical hall, conferring the first degree by the regular officers, and the second degree by the men’s degree staff; music Grange quartet: vocal solos, Miss Esther Reid.
The primaries to elect presidential delegates will be held on Tuesday, April 25, afternoon and evening sessions.
A food sale was held in the vestry of the Unitarian church on last week Thursday evening. There was a ready sale for all the delicious food at the table presided over by Mrs. Feeney, Mrs. Carver and Mrs. Harry Prescott. Miss Eva Fletcher and Mrs. John Greig had charge of another table where one found choice homemade candy. A clever little play was presented by the following cast: Mrs. LaBounte, Mrs. Harold Hildreth, Miss Mary Balch and Miss Edna Currier of Carlisle. The play was written by Miss Balch, who demonstrated once more her skill as a playwright. “Johnnie’s first suit,” as the play was called, was most amusing and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the laughable situations. The young women who took part showed decided talent in the line of acting. A good sum was turned over to the treasury.
In a recent number of the Rural New Yorker there was a most interesting article on “The inside of New England” by Rev. Louis A. Buckshorn, the Unitarian minister. We read with interest his account of the experiments with the potting and growing of tulips and narcissus for pleasure[?]. Every year he pots about 300[?] bulbs for tulips and 300 yellow daffodils, and he tells how he does it to make them grow and bloom and be a joy. Many a neighbor and friend can tell of the sunshine which has come to him when shut in through the gift of a potted daffodil in all its golden glory, or tulips of bright colors, from the pastor and his wife. Every Sunday finds some of these blossoms on the Unitarian altar.
Miss Amy M. Schellenger, who has been in Excelsior Springs, Mo., for the winter, has returned to the house of her sister, Mrs. S. L. Taylor.
Forge Village. The mission which had been conducted by Rev. Williston M. Ford at St. Andrew’s mission came to a close on last Saturday evening. [rest of paragraph is illegible]
The Social club held their regular meeting in Recreation hall on Thursday evening. Miss Ethel Sleeper of Lowell gave a demonstration on cooking.
Two new cottages are to be erected soon[?] by the Abbot Worsted Co. One is to be on Pine street and the other on Prescott street.
The two[?] new cottages on Orchard street have been completed. Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley[?] occupy one and Mr. and Mrs. Mason[?] of Bradford street have moved into one.
Patriots’ day was quietly observed [illegible]. The mills of Abbot & Co. were in operation for all who wished to work.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Healey are entertaining Mr. Healey’s mother, Mrs. Fred[?] Emerson, of Dedham[?].
Rev. Sherrard Billings, of Groton School, conducted the services at St. Andrew’s mission on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance.
Special Easter music is being rehearsed by the members of St. Andrew’s mission choir under the direction of Miss Mary B. Raynes.
Palm Sunday was fittingly observed at St. Andrew’s mission. A large congregation was present and all received palms in honor of the occasion. Special music by the vested choir was sung. On Easter Sunday services will be held at ten[?] in the morning, Sunday school at 3:30 in the afternoon, evening, at 6:30, the sacrament of baptism will be administered.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McDonald[?] and [illegible] have rented out the Hart[?] homestead, formerly known as the [illegible] farm. Mr. McDonald[?] intends to start a poultry farm.
The engagement is announced of John Mann and Miss Margaret Conroy, both well-known young people of this village.
Graniteville. Owing to the annual conference there were no services held in the M.E. church here on last Sunday.
The members of the Graniteville W.C.T.U. met with Mrs. Barnes at the town farm on Thursday afternoon.
Rev. Alonzo Fite, with Mrs. Fite and twin girls, Vivian and Virginia, spent Sunday with friends in Worcester.
The Graniteville and Westford bowlers met for the third time in Lowell on Thursday night.
The mills of the Abbot Worsted Company were run here on Wednesday [Patriots’ Day] for all those who desired to work.
M. J. Rafferty, of Cambridge, has been a recent visitor here.
Work on the new ball park is still going on, but there is considerable to be done yet. The grandstand has already been moved to a more suitable position to conform to the new playing field and it is thought that a roof will be placed over it before the playing commences. As the whole field will be sown down to grass it is thought that the ground will not be available for the playing until the latter part of the summer.
The Graniteville baseball club will meet in the near future for the purpose of deciding just what will be done in regard to putting a club on the diamond this summer.
The fine weather of last Sunday brought out the autos in great shape, many being out for the first time this season. Albert Reeves has purchased a new Ford touring car and was trying it out Sunday.
George F. Irish, of North Westford, is certainly getting some fine large eggs from his flock of Rhode Island Reds. He showed a hen’s egg to the writer a few days ago which is the largest being exhibited by any of the local bird fanciers. It measured 9 ¼ x 7 ½ inches and weighed seven ounces.
Mrs. Frank Gainor, of Lowell, has been a recent visitor here.