The Westford Wardsman, September 2, 1916
Center. William A. Woodward, a former academy teacher [1908-1910], and Mrs. Woodward were visitors in town on Friday of last week.
John P. Wright has been enjoying a week of his vacation this week with his family, enjoying his new Studebaker automobile.
Mrs. Nellie E. Carkin and her son Warren are moving into the Frank C. Drew house on Main street [probably the house at 72 Main St. once owned by Frank’s father, Greenleaf Drew; Frank lived on Lowell Rd.], recently vacated by Walter L. Cutter and family.
A little daughter, who has been named Elizabeth, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bosworth last Saturday at the Coram hospital in Lowell. This event confers upon Mrs. Phonsie Isles the honor of grandmother, and to Mrs. Joseph Morin that of great-grandmother. Both mother and baby are doing nicely and hope to be back in Westford by the end of next week.
Mrs. Orion V. Wells and three children are spending a week or ten days’ vacation at Juniper Point [in Salem].
Regular services after the summer vacation will be resumed at the Congregational church on Sunday. Mr. Wallace will occupy his pulpit and it is hoped a good congregation will be out to greet him.
Alfred Tuttle is acting as conductor on the branch line electrics.
Mrs. H. V. Hildreth and Mrs. A. W. Hartford will entertain and chaperon a party of young people at the Hildreth camp at Forge pond from Saturday to Monday. Those making up the party are Misses Hazel Hartford, Dorothy Jacques, Hathaway and Leavitt, Leon F. Hildreth, John Draper, Wesley Hawkes and Seth Bannister. The party will return in time for the dance at the town hall on Monday evening.
The fall term of the schools will open on Tuesday and both the academy and the Frost school buildings are in readiness. Both buildings have had a thorough cleaning and renovation with minor repairs. At the academy, Principal Roudenbush will have for his assistants one new teacher, Miss Helena Denfield, of Westboro, who comes with a fine equipment of training and experience. Miss Mabel I. Osborne returns as the other member of the teaching force. At the Frost school Miss Martha Grant is the principal and the other teachers are Misses Mattie Crocker and Edith A. Wright. Miss Clara A. Smith teaches for a few weeks to complete her eligibility for the teachers’ pension. The other teacher is expected to be Miss McCoy. Edmund Baker is to act as janitor for both buildings.
Mrs. Charles H. Wright is spending the week at the camp meeting in Sterling.
Harry Ericson has entered Mt. Hermon school for the fall term.
The summer reading circle of the Tadmuck club met at the home of Mrs. A. E. Loveless on Thursday afternoon of this week.
Miss Beatrice Sutherland and Miss Grace Robinson are in charge of the cotton party and social dance on Labor evening at the town hall. Neyman’s orchestra, of Lowell, will furnish the music and a pleasant affair is being planned for.
Mr. Gumb and family are occupying their newly build home on Boston road.
Peter E. Wright is transporting large shipments of apples and other fruit and produce every day with his auto trucks.
About Town. Nearly 1000 people attended the picnic party at Nabnassett [sic] lake Sunday. Lowell and other cities were chief contributors. Among the attractions were baseball and beer kegs. At the [West Chelmsford] village church, not far distant, there was an attendance of forty-nine.
Fred C. Malloy, of Chelmsford, has hired a part of some of the outward edges of the H. E. Fletcher & Company stone quarry on Oak hill. He formerly worked the Merrill quarry not far from his present site.
David L. Greig recently lost a valuable cow from the effects of swallowing a piece of wire which finally worked into the heart.
Frank Drew has over 100 bushels of field corn raised in 1915 and prospect is good for several of these 100 bushels this year.
The Fred A. Snow and a few staves of the Old Oaken Bucket farm folks motored to Lynn last Saturday to see the sea breezes.
The next meeting of Westford Grange will be held on Thursday evening, September 7. The lecturer’s hour will be in charge of Ceres, Pomona and Flora.
The after vacation of the Unitarian church will be past history on Sunday, September 10, when the church will open for the transaction of spiritual business.
The annual fair of Middlesex-North Agricultural society will be held at Golden Cove, Chelmsford, September 14, 15 and 16. Friday will be governor’s day, when Gov. McCall will be present, and the Boy Scouts will act as escort and give exhibitions of scout activities, wireless telegraphy, signaling, first aid to the injured and scout games, and visiting the exhibits.
Oliver Desjardins has bought all the standing and laying grass on the Daniel H Sheehan farm and Pigeon hill is as active as a baby volcano.
There will be a tennis tournament on the Whitney playground this Saturday afternoon at 1:30 between Westford and Tyngsboro. Matches in men’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles. This is a return match from last year.
At the meeting of Westford Grange on September 21 Mrs. George S. Ladd, lecturer of the State Grange, will be present. It will be an open meeting. The school teachers of the town will be present and an address will be given by a member of the State Board of Education.
Graniteville. Joseph Prackneck, a boy about twelve years of age, while riding a bicycle down a steep inclined on Bridge street last Sunday, struck little Alexander Forsan knocking him to the ground and falling with the bicycle on top of him. Young Forsan was picked up and taken to a nearby house and a doctor summoned. Upon examination it was found that the Forsan boy had a broken collar bone and a severe injury to his head. He is getting along as well as can be expected. The Prackneck boy was uninjured.
James H. Payne, while at work in the carding room of the Abbot Worsted mill on last week Thursday, had the index finger of his right hand caught in the machinery of the card, and it was found necessary to amputate the finger at the second joint.
Miss Lilley Mae Moran is spending a part of her vacation with relatives in Salem.
J. Omer LeDuc, who was operated upon for appendicitis at the Lowell General hospital a few weeks ago, has returned to his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Billson and daughter Helen of Milford, N.H., with Mr. and Mrs. George Billson, of West Chelmsford, visited friends here recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Blood and son Donald, of New York, have been recent guests of Mrs. Lucy A. Blood [60 Broadway St.; mother of Percy].
Picnic. The members of Court Graniteville, F. of A. [Foresters of America], held their first annual picnic at Lake Nabnassett on last Saturday afternoon and evening with fine weather conditions. The crowd was not so large as was expected, but nevertheless the affair proved to be very enjoyable for the many who were present, for the committee in charge had arranged a very attractive program. The Middlesex Training school band, under the direction of James P. Larkin, gave an excellent concert during the afternoon that was entirely pleasing. The ball game between the Graniteville club and the St. Johns of North Chelmsford started off with every appearance of an interesting game, but after the second inning the St. Johns got their batting eye and aided by a few errors by the Graniteville club got a commanding lead and were never headed. The final score was St. Johns 10, Graniteville 4. The Sullivan brothers did the battery work for Graniteville, while Sturtevant and Bird were on the firing line for the St. Johns.
After the ball game a list of sports were run off with the following results: 100-yd. dash, Francis Gower 1st, M. Sullivan 2nd; hop, step and jump, Ed. Brick 1st, M. Scollan 2nd; broad jump, J. White 1st, Ed. Riney 2nd. There was a special [standing] broad jump contest between J. Burns and Ed. Riney that resulted in a win for Burns who jumped 8 ft. 9 in.
After the sports the time was pleasantly spent in boating, bathing and visiting the various attractions on the midway. At six o’clock a regular supper was served in the dining hall.
At seven o’clock dancing was commenced and continued until eleven o’clock, with excellent music by Minter’s orchestra of Lowell. The dance was well attended.
The Foresters certainly had a very enjoyable day and are deeply grateful to all who helped make the picnic a success.