The Westford Wardsman, September 9, 1916
Center. The Edward M. Abbot hose company held their regular monthly meeting and try-out Tuesday evening. Hydrants at the common and on Hildreth street were opened and tested. At the business meeting three new members, Bert and Arthur Walker and John S. Greig, were added to the company. A committee consisting of Alec Fisher, William E. Wright and Robert Prescott was appointed to arrange for the regular monthly suppers to be held during the winter.
Perley E. Wright has had electric lights installed at his residence. The lighting of barn and garage will greatly facilitate the loading of the auto trucks that make their regular trips to the Boston markets.
Mrs. Charles H. Pickering has been quite seriously ill with an attack of heart trouble this last week, but is now very much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher and son John and Mrs. G. H. Holt returned on Tuesday from a three-days’ automobile trip to Ludlow, Vt. They report a very pleasant trip and an enjoyable gathering of kinspeople at Ludlow.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Elliott were at Oak Bluffs over the holiday and are spending the remainder of the week at Nantucket. With them are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed, formerly of Graniteville.
Miss Julia Hall, of Weston, has been a recent guest at Miss Mabel Drew’s and was present at the summer reading circle of the Tadmuck club at Mrs. A. E. Loveless’ on Thursday afternoon of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn H. Gates have moved from their Minot’s corner farm to Lowell, where they are conducting a boarding house.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sutherland and Alfred Sutherland enjoyed a pleasant auto trip to historic Plymouth and other interesting points on the South Shore over the holiday. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarke in the new Dodge car. Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Sutherland are sisters.
Miss Mary G. Stevens, of Lowell, has been a guest of Miss Loker and Miss Bunce during this week.
Mrs. Lillian Lumbert, who has been spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. Ivan Kenney of Arlington, has returned to Westford.
Miss Lottie L. Dunn, of Pembroke, is the new teacher at the Frost school, having in charge the seventh and eighth grades.
A pretty dancing party ended the holiday, taking place at the town hall on Monday evening. Neyman’s orchestra, of Lowell, furnished music for the dancing from eight to one o’clock. Refreshments were served at intermission. Miss Beatrice Sutherland and Grace Robinson were in charge of the arrangements.
Miss Gertrude Hamlin is a guest of Mrs. A. W. Hartford.
Among our young people going to other places to teach are Miss Ruth Tuttle to Winthrop, Miss Lillian Sutherland to Wilmington, Miss Jennie Ferguson to Springfield, Miss Margaret Sullivan to State Line and Miss Stella Hartford to Attleboro.
Regular services took place at the Congregational church last Sunday after the summer vacation. Mr. Wallace preached in the morning and conducted the services in the evening. The annual church fair takes place on September 20 and the various committees are busy with preparations for the event.
Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Spalding and Mrs. Frances B. Prescott with Edward Roby as chauffer returned on Friday of last week from their ten-days motor trip to Niagara Falls. In the 1140 miles of travel, very little tire or engine trouble was experienced and with good weather and much beautiful scenery the trip was very much of a success.
Mrs. L. H. Buckshorn and Miss Elizabeth Kittredge have returned from a pleasant stay at Vineyard Haven. Miss Kittredge returned for the opening term of schooling in Cleveland, Ohio.
About Town. Rev. Louis H. Buckshorn and family have returned from their summer vacation in Vineyard Haven and services will be resumed at the Unitarian church on Sunday.
At the tennis tournament at Whitney park last Saturday between Westford and Tyngsboro Westford won being represented by W. R. and J. A. Taylor, who won in doubles from Norman Sherburne and J. T Shepley[?], of Tyngsboro. Morton Seavey and Marjory Seavey of Westford won in mixed doubles from C. P. Latteman[?] and Miss Sherburne of Tyngsboro. The only defeat Westford sustained was in singles, Norman Sherburne winning from Marden Seavey. By this play Westford won two of three matches.
The annual fair of Middlesex North Agricultural society will be held at Golden Cove, Chelmsford, next week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The fair will be held in connection with the Lowell Driving club. Thursday will be governor’s day and Gov. Samuel W. McCall will be present. There will be $1000 offered in premiums [i.e., prizes to exhibitors]. Music, dinner, speeches, horse racing and a variety of good stirring enjoyments.
The W.C.T.U. held its annual meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. John McMaster on the Chamberlain road. At the election of officers Mrs. Janet Wright was elected president; Miss Louise Crosby and Mrs. S. L. Taylor, vice pres.; Mrs. Daisy Coburn, sec.; Mrs. George Walker, treas.; Mrs. Janet Wright and Mrs. Daisy Coburn, press correspondents. By request John A. Taylor gave an address on the working of prohibition in North Dakota and the outlook for national prohibition. The report read for last year showed the work was satisfactory and the numerous meetings and addresses kept the cause of cold water beverages an always welfare issue. Much of this was due to the overflow enthusiasm of the president. Refreshments were served and twenty-five responded to this recipient service.
The next meeting of West Chelmsford Grange will be held on Thursday evening, September 14, in charge of Mrs. James Peck. There will be readings by Warren A. Sherburne, past master, of Tyngsboro.
A light frost last Saturday night infringed on the rights of tender crops around Westford station, following the Stony Brook valley as far east as the Charles W. Whitney farm. Here it laid by for repairs.
Our own ever efficient congressman, John Jacob Rogers, voted against the hand of bull dozing being applied to the United States. He didn’t have to spend any time cranking up a great light to see whether it would cost him any votes to vote his conscience.
The Amos Polley Prairie farm have cut ten tons of second crop [hay], which with some of the first crop is stacked in the open on account of the liberality of the Lord with his water sprinkler.
Houghton G. Osgood and Rev. David Wallace were captains of a Sunday school baseball match at Whitney playground on Labor day. They also served as umpires by exchange of viewpoint.
The Fred A. Snows of West Chelmsford and two-thirds of the Old Oaken Bucket motored to Groton Sunday afternoon, calling on the William A. Lawrence family on Main street.
Gerald H. Decatur is in New York on business. He appointed S. L. Taylor as caretaker of his tame crow while he is away from home.
Blodgett Bros., Milestone hill, have returned with a [train?] carload of cows from Canada.
Mrs. F. W. Bannister is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Crosby in Arlington.
Josiah Crosby, of Arlington is visiting with his aunt, Mrs. F. W. Bannister.
The Old Oaken Bucket and Tadmuck farms are threshing home-grown Westford wheat. Look out for a downward rise.
F. W. Bannister attended the First Baptist church in Lowell on Sunday and attended the market garden farm of Charles Crosby, of Arlington, in the afternoon.
The Prairie farm is raising Guinea chicks. They make a lot of noise to scare off hawks, but the foxes still do business with them and other less noisy poultry.
Graniteville. T. A. Riney, a former resident here, came on from Camden, N.J., to attend the funeral of the late Hyacinth LeDuc, and will spend the next few days in this vicinity visiting relatives.
Many from here attended the motorcycle races that were held in Nashua, N.H., Labor day. Lawrence Holbrook a local boy, took first prize in the twenty-mile free-for-all, and won second money in the twenty-five mile race.
All the schools opened here at the usual time on Tuesday morning for the beginning of the fall term. The following teachers are in charge: Miss Issie Parker principal; Miss Lillian Wright, Miss Esther Smith, Miss Mary A. Dunn.
Miss Catherine Denlinger, a former teacher here has been a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. L Furbush and other friends.
Edward M. Abbot, with his horse, Dupree, won the blue ribbon for the running broad jump at the Oxford fair on Thursday, August 31. There was a large field of jumpers, but Dupree showed his heals to all by winning first prize and clearing the distance for the broad jump with 21 ft. 9 in. to his credit.
Mrs. Ellen Murphy and Miss Mary F. Daley, of Manchester, N.H., have been recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Healy.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Richard and family made an automobile trip to Canada recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carpentier, with Mr. Carpentier’s parents, of Lowell, spent the holidays with relatives in Bridgewater, the trip being made in the Carpentier automobile.
Death. Hyacinth LeDuc, a well-known and highly respected resident of this village, died at his home here on Monday morning after a long illness. His age was sixty-six years. He was a devout member of St. Catherine’s church and the Holy Name society, and always attended divine worship and the meetings of the society until sickness prevented. He leaves to mourn his loss four sons, Gideon P., Ferdinand J., Henry E. and J. Omer LeDuc, and four daughters, Mrs. James H. Payne, Mrs. T. A. Riney of Camden, N.J., Dora and Rebecca LeDuc
The funeral took place on Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock. At nine o’clock a funeral mass was celebrated at St. Catherine’s church by Rev. H. L. Scott and was largely attended by relatives and friends. The regular choir was in attendance and under the direction of Miss Mary F. Hanley sang the Gregorian chant. At the offertory the “Pie Jesu” was sung as a solo and as the body was being taken from the church the “De Profundis” was sung by the choir. There were numerous floral tributes from friends and relatives. The bearers were Jack? Fisher, Philip Cantin, Herminigle Brule, Almede Cote, C?? ??, and Alfred Lafrance?. Burial was in St. Catherine’s cemetery.
Forge Village. St. Andrew’s mission will reopen for services on Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock. The vicar Rev. Williston M. Ford, who has been on vacation for the past month, will preach. Sunday school will reopen at a later date.
Mr. and Mrs. William Blodgett, of the Ridges, and children, were guests during the holidays of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mason, of Lowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Collins returned home recently from a trip to Old Orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Andrews, of Nashua, N.H., have welcomed a little son into their home. Mrs. Andrews was formerly Miss Eva Blodgett of the Ridges.
Miss Josephine Socha, who has spent the larger part of the summer with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Connell, of Woburn, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. George Messey and family, of Cedar street, Lowell, with their niece, Miss Hazel Ashton, spent Labor day at Forge pond.
Cameron school reopened Tuesday morning with an extra large attendance. The principal, Miss Letitia V. Ward, who has been absent for several months, owing to illness, has returned. Her assistants are the Misses Garvey, Blaisdell and Pyne, the same as last year.
Mrs. Chester Blodgett returned last Saturday from a very pleasant visit spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Wyman, of Camden, N.J.
Mrs. William Burnett spent the holiday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chester Blodgett, at the Ridges.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrick, of Pond street, have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, of Lawrence.
Miss Anna Lyons and Miss Katherine Meehan, of Lawrence, who have been entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Merrick during the past week, have returned home.
Miss Mary H. Sherry, who has spent the summer with her sister, Mrs. Percy Hargreaves, of Somerville, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Hargreaves returned with her and remained over Labor day.
The Misses Mary Merrick and Margaret Kavanaugh are guests this week of relatives in Philadelphia, Pa.
A large number of the summer residents have returned home. A few are still enjoying camp life on the pond, but expect to leave the last of the month.
The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family of the late Hyacinth LeDuc of Graniteville in the loss of their father.
The mills of Abbot & Company resumed operations on Tuesday morning.
Miss Mary E. Flynn, of Pond street, attended the wedding of Miss Mamie Neagle, of Littleton to Archibald Archambault, which took place in Lowell on Monday.
Edward Dufort, of Leominster, is visiting at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Daly, Pleasant street.
William Davis, of Amsterdam, N.Y., is spending his vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis, of Pleasant street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker and daughter Ethel of Amsterdam, N.Y., are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Daly, of Clinton, spent Labor day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Daly.
Mr. and Mrs. William Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis and son William, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker and daughter Ethel spent Saturday at Revere Beach.
A very pleasant party was given at the Hildreth camp over the holiday. Leon F. Hildreth entertained the following young people: Seth Bannister, John R. Draper, Wesley E. Hawkes, Marion Hathaway, Grace Leavitt, Hazel B. Hartford and Dorothy Jacques. Herbert V. Hildreth and Mrs. A. W. Hartford acted as chaperones.
Clifford Prescott, of Lawrence, a former resident here, spent Sunday and Monday renewing old acquaintances.