The Westford Wardsman, July 22, 1916
Center. The tax rate for this year is $15.50. The assessors are about finishing their work and the bills will soon be sent out. The rate last year was $15.00.
Charles H. Bicknell has added to the attractiveness of his home [7 Main St.] by the addition of a large, screened-in piazza. His brother, Ai Bicknell, has been having his house [formerly at 2 Main St.] shingled.
Charles D. Colburn and J. Henry Colburn attended the funeral of their half-brother, James C. Colburn, of Nashua, on Friday of last week. Mr. Colburn, who was in the prime of life, died after a very brief illness of pneumonia.
John M. Fletcher has returned from a week’s visit with relatives in Farmington, N.H.
Word comes to the Westford friends from Walter J. Sleeper that he has enlisted to go to the Mexican border, going with others from Duluth, Minn., where his home has been with his uncle since the death of his parents [Dr. & Mrs. Walter J. Sleeper, Sr.]. We all regard Walter as a Westford boy even though he has been absent for a few years [his mother died in in 1907 and his father in 1908], and it is hoped that friends in his home town will write to him.
Westford A.A. were the victors in the game with the T.R. & T. team of North Billerica by the score of 7 to 3 at Whitney playground last Saturday afternoon. Much interest centers in the game for this Saturday afternoon when Westford meets Townsend A.A. at Whitney playground. This promises to be one of the hot games of the season and a large attendance from both sides is looked for.
The annual picnic of the Congregational Sunday school took place Wednesday and proved a success in every way. The weather, while warm, was much more endurable than some days recently, and no showers marred the day. Perley E. Wright started from the common about nine o’clock for Lakeview, with his new auto truck and fully forty passengers, bringing the party home again at the close of the day. A more careful and competent charioteer for the young people would be hard to find. Quite a few others went in their own conveyances. The day was spent enjoying the attractions of the place, the picnic dinner at noon and the children returned at night tired but happy, while their elders and caretakers were also tired but thankful that the day passed off pleasantly and without mishap.
Mrs. Edmund Day, who was quite seriously sick earlier in the week, is very much improved and combined with good sense and good constitution and eighty-three years, is getting back to normal each day.
Rev. James M. Kyle, of Lowell, was the preacher at the Congregational church last Sunday. Dr. Kyle superintends the Portuguese work of the Home Missionary society and was an interesting speaker. “Helps to faith” was the topic at the meeting service, and at the mid-week C.E. meeting Mrs. Clarence was the leader; subject, “Enthusiasm.”
Most of the farmers are still at work with their belated and luxuriant hay crop. So much unsettled weather and help being hard to get makes the work drag. Strawberry raisers have had a splendid harvest and raspberry picking is well under way and of good quality. Blackberries, owing to winter killing, will be a short crop. Perley E. Wright makes his first Boston trip Sunday night.
Mrs. Helen K. Frost is visiting relatives in Providence, R.I.
Mrs. Georgie Stilphen[?] is visiting at the home of her cousin Emory J. Whitney.
Mrs. Walter L. Cutter is staying with relatives in Roxbury.
Some good games of tennis have taken place at Whitney playground this week; also, some of these warm afternoons some pleasant afternoon needlework parties have been held.
The reading circle of the Tadmuck club met with Mrs. Goldsmith Conant on Thursday afternoon at her home in Parkerville. Mrs. L. W. Wheeler reviewed some of the chapters of Louise Closser Hale’s charming auto story “We discover New England,” 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":1512,"page":1},"signature":"13933a3c6f4f1d4497ac80345cb1a806"} } const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest() xhr.open("POST", url, true) xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8") xhr.send(JSON.stringify(body)) }) })();