The Westford Wardsman, January 25, 1919
Center. The all-day Red Cross sewing meeting at Library hall on Wednesday proved a success in attendance and in work accomplished. There were about twenty-five sewers present and this number was increased in the afternoon. Shirts, gingham aprons and serge dresses for children were the relief garments worked on. The lunch at noon proved pleasant and successful and a time saver. Each member brought her own cup and spoon and sliced bread with butter, chicken and ham fillings with salad dressing and a kettle of hot coffee, sugared doughnuts and fruit was set out and each member helped themselves, reducing service and dishwashing to a minimum. These all-day Wednesday meetings will be continued until the quota of work is accomplished. The same good response is hoped for until further meetings are unnecessary.
Mrs. Charles H. Pickering has been sick all this week.
Gordon Seavey, who recently won the first prize in Middlesex county in a contest under the auspices of the Middlesex County Farm Bureau in raising pigs in which both boys and girls competed, was present at the Farmers’ Institute at Dracut, Wednesday by special request to tell of his experience and methods with his prize porkers. The main points were regular and intelligent feeding and care. Gordon sums it up about like this, “The only way I can state how to raise pigs is to feed them nutritious food and plenty of it, not too thin with water. Plenty of sunshine and green food and by keeping their quarters clean. Pigs make nice pets when looked after and I drove mine with harness. They liked me for they never tried to bite me. I had doubts that I would get a prize, but worked hard for it.”
Gordon Seavey with pet pig harnessed to his sled, circa 1918.
At the Congregational church Sunday Rev. O. L. Brownsey’s morning subject will be “The business of religion” and in the evening “The church in the community.” Church school at noon. In the Men’s class the first half-hour will be devoted to current events. The annual men’s social in charge of Mr. Hanscom is scheduled for Friday evening, January 31. An attractive program and a good supper is being planned for.
Westford friends of Mrs. Edna Ferguson have been sorry and anxious this week concerning her serious illness with pneumonia, following influenza, at her home in Winter Hill, Somerville.
Robert Simpson, of Lowell, has been a recent weekend guest of John G. Fletcher. The Simpson family are pleasantly remembered as occupying the Luce homestead [25 Main St.] for some time.
Dr. Henry L. McCluskey, of Worcester, who has recently undergone a serious surgical operation at the Deaconess hospital, Boston, is spending part of the time of convalescence before resuming his practice with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Day. Mrs. McCluskey is with her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher have purchased a new Dodge touring car.
Mrs. O. V. Wells’ little eight-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was taken to the Lowell General hospital on Monday and underwent an operation for appendicitis. She has been a pretty sick little girl, but is now resting comfortably and she, with her mother, have the sincere sympathy of many friends in having to meet this added ordeal.
Little William Sargent, a patient in a Boston hospital, resulting from a bad coasting accident, is reported as making a good recovery.
The republican caucus will be held on Monday evening, January 27, at eight o’clock and notices have been posted in the four precincts.
Notices have been posted by Charles L. Hildreth, clerk of the board of registrars, that the board of registrars of voters will be in session at Brookside Worsted mills, Friday evening, January 24, from 7:30 to 9 o’clock; Abbot hall, Forge Village, Thursday evening, January 30, from 7:30 to 9; Healy’s hall, Graniteville, Friday evening, January 31, from 7:30 to 9; and town hall, Westford Center, on Saturday, February 1 from 12 noon until 10 o’clock in the evening.
Word has been received by Westford relatives of Mrs. Helen Smith Roberts’ death [Jan. 15, 1919, in Bourne] by pneumonia, following influenza. She lived at Buzzards Bay and leaves besides her husband, two young children, about eight and ten years old. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. [James Frederick] Smith, formerly of Westford, and was born here [April 20, 1889,] and spent her childhood here, and had a number of relatives in this town.
The electric car, beginning last week, leaves Westford at seven in the morning, and the following car at eight o’clock, the remaining schedule for the day remaining the same.
The new kindergarten class has been of interest this week, starting on Wednesday, and comprising an interesting group of little people, and meeting among pleasant surroundings at the home of Mrs. Gretchen Kibler Sargent. It is called the Sargent kindergarten class and meets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:45 to 11:45. Miss Mabel Drew has the group in charge and they are as follows: Betty Sargent, Harold Wright, Huntington and Richard Wells, Edgar Peterson, Howard Anderson, Richard Hildreth, Evelyn Millis and Inez and Cyril Blaney.
In a long and interesting letter to Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, received this week from Leon F. Hildreth, with the A.E.F. in France, he tells of being well and of some experiences since last September, of how they celebrated the signing of the armistice and much else of interest. The only regret expressed in the letter is that he has not yet seen Harold. It is hoped by this time that the two brothers may have met. Leon tells of earlier in December a lot of lost mail coming of twenty-two sacks of letters in which there were twenty-four letters for him and a bunch of home papers.
Tadmuck Club. The second meeting of the Tadmuck club at Library hall, Tuesday afternoon, was a war relief and home talent meeting and proved most successful. The report of the secretary was given and a pleasant letter of appreciation from Mrs. Houghton G. Osgood at the Lowell General hospital for flowers received. Mrs. Osgood was reported as doing nicely and able to sit up and go about some in a wheel chair. The president, Mrs. Roudenbush, explained that the speaker at the previous meeting failed to appear through a mistake of his secretary giving the date January 9, instead of January 7. John A. Lowe was to have spoken on “The soldier and his books.” He came January 9 and was much troubled at the disappointment to the club members in their program.
The name of Mrs. Martha A. Caldwell was proposed for membership. Notice was given of the sale on February 18, in charge of the home economics committee, Mrs. William R. Carver, chairman. There will be two sales tables, one for food and candy and one for useful and fancy articles. Each member is expected to contribute one article to each; proceeds to help the club treasury.
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