The Westford Wardsman, January 15, 1916
Center. Wallace Johnson started Wednesday of this week cutting ice on Burgess pond. The ice is between eleven and twelve inches thick and of good quality.
Miss Nellie Gill, of Boston, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher.
Miss Hilda Isles, who has been ill, is improving and able to sit up a part of each day.
Mr. Foster, living in Mr. Seavey’s tenement, is convalescent after a two-week’s siege with the grippe, as is also J. Henry Colburn after a briefer stay indoors.
A hearty appreciation goes to Mr. Pickering for so efficiently repairing the town pump. When the drinking fountain is out of commission during the cold months the old pump fills a need and is a satisfaction to those who use it for their horses to find it in good repair.
J. H. Fletcher, postmaster, was in attendance this week at the annual meeting of the New England Fox Hunt club with banquet on Wednesday evening.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Heywood [nee Mulhern] took place from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles L. Hildreth, Thursday afternoon of last week at two o’clock. There was a large gathering of sorrowing relatives, neighbors and friends present. Rev. L. H. Buckshorn conducted the services with wise words of sympathy and comfort, closing with the reading of “Crossing the bar” and “The friend’s burial.” The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful. The bearers were H. L. Wright, J. Herbert Fletcher, Alfred Tuttle and Edward Fisher. Interment was in the family lot at Fairview cemetery.
Emory J Whitney is reported gaining each day, although still confined to his bed.
The new arrangement at the postoffice which J. H. Fletcher, postmaster, has been instrumental in securing for its patrons whereby the morning mail is ready for delivery fully an hour earlier, is proving a much-liked change. For many years the morning mail has arrived on the 8:10 down train, but arrives on the 7:21 up train, giving people their morning papers and letters appreciably earlier in the day. This arrangement gives Frank C. Wright, R.F.D. carrier, a chance to get his mail sorted and started on the route much earlier in the day, and with an extra long route this is much of an advantage.
The annual meeting of the Boy Scouts was held at the Congregational church Friday evening of last week and the following officers elected: Otis Day, troop pres.; Artemas Griffin, George Perkins, patrol leaders; Charles Robey, treasurer. Meetings have been arranged every two weeks throughout the winter.
At the close of the morning service last Sunday morning at the Congregational church the communion service was held. At the evening service Mr. Wallace gave an interesting account of the work of the late Anthony Comstock and his long fight against impure literature.
Graniteville. The election of the officers of the Holy Name society was held last Sunday with the following results: John F. Kavanaugh, pres.; James O’Brien, fin. sec.; Albert R. Wall, rec. sec.; J. A. Healy, treas. It was voted to hold the regular meetings of the society on the second Sunday of every month after the first mass.
The little daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer P. Hersey, of Dorchester, at the Emerson hospital in Jamaica Plain on December 22 has been christened Virginia Emma Hersey. Mrs. Hersey was formerly Miss Engla Mattson, of this village.
The news of the sudden death of John F. Callahan, who passed away early Sunday morning in North Chelmsford, came as a severe shock to his many friends here. Mr. Callahan was a former resident of this village and well and favorably known. The deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved family in their affliction.
Miss Margaret Healy has recently returned from a pleasant visit spent with friends in Boston.
Ice cutting has commenced on Forge pond and many men from this village are at work there. The ice is of the usual good quality and about ten inches thick.
Mrs. John Donahue, with her little daughter, Ursula, of North Chelmsford, have been recent visitors here.
Mrs. Maria Wall visited with friends in Fitchburg recently.
Mrs. Peter Healy left here for Chicago recently, where her mother is lying critically ill.
The members of Cameron circle, C.F. of A., held their regular meeting on Tuesday evening with a good attendance.
Many from here attended the “gentlemen’s night” given under the auspices of the Tadmuck club in Westford Center on Tuesday night.