The Westford Wardsman, September, 1906

Saturday, September 15, 1906

About Town. Thomas H. Elliott, real estate broker at Lowell, reports the sale of the Nashoba farm, situated in the southerly part of the town [corner of Hildreth St. & Concord Rd.], the property of Allan C. Emery of Boston, and formerly owned by Mr. Whittier. The farm in question was sold to O. A. Foster, the purchaser of the B. F. Day place, also sold through the same office. Mr. Foster will develop the Nashoba farm into a high grade stock farm. Mr. Elliott also sold the farm, the property of Mrs. Lucy A. Morse, situated in the northerly part of town, to Mrs. Fred W. Swain of Tyngsboro. Mr. Elliott reports the sale for farm property as good, with every sign of being still better another season.

The republican district committee for the eleventh representative district, including the towns of Ayer, Acton, Chelmsford, Carlisle, Littleton and Westford, will meet at town hall, Ayer, this Saturday afternoon, to decide the time and place for holding the representative convention.

Work on the construction of the spur track is steadily advancing westward and Westford way, and applications are numerous in the Stony Brook valley for the use of barn room for the horses used in the construction of the new line.

The ballgame last Saturday between the Westford A.A. and the Lowell Americans, at Graniteville, was 13 to 12.

John Adams Taylor left Friday for Mercersburg, Penn. He has the position of instructor in English and oratory in Mercersburg academy, a preparatory school for Princeton university, with an enrolment of four hundred and a faculty of twenty-five.

We are glad to welcome to Westford this week our town clerk, Edward Fisher, and his bride [nee Helen Isabella Gardner, married Aug. 22, 1906, Swampscott], who are to live in the house owned by Mrs. Buckshorn.

S. L. Taylor and family were in Lancaster Tuesday for the wedding of Nahum A. Maynard and Miss Jennie F. Scott, in the Congregational church.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whidden, who were married in June, came from their home in Rutland this week to visit his parents at Westford depot.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. James of Portsmouth, N.H., have a daughter, Ruth Butterfield James, born Aug. 31. Mrs. James was formerly Ida Butterfield of Dunstable, who graduated at our academy.

Graniteville. The ladies of the M.E. church met with Mrs. Lucy A. Blood on last Thursday afternoon. Several important subjects were fully discussed at this meeting, followed by a social hour which was pleasantly spent.

There is some talk here of forming a football team to represent Graniteville on the gridiron this fall. A meeting will be held here shortly for the purpose and arrangements made for games with Westford and Littleton.

A son [Patrick McCarthy] was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCarthy on last Tuesday [Sept. 11, 1906].

A social dance was held in Healy’s hall on last Wednesday evening and was very well attended. Shea’s singing orchestra of Fitchburg furnished excellent music for dancing and all present had a very enjoyable time. Quite a number were present from out of town.

The household furniture of Oliver Byron at West Graniteville will be sold by public auction on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 2:30 p.m. Joe Wall, auctioneer.

September 10 has come and gone and still there are no signs of making a start on the widening of Main st. near Greig’s corner [intersection of N. Main, River, Beacon and North Streets in Graniteville]. The contract has been awarded, the papers signed and everything made clear for Mr. Tarbell, the Lowell contractor, to commence operations. It is thought that a start will be made toward the last of the week. The people here are much interested in this bit of work and are anxiously waiting to see it commenced. There is not the least doubt but that it will be a great improvement, the only regret being that we do not all think alike on this subject. The majority rules, however, and the wheels of progress (also carriages and cars) must have their sway.

Forge. Wilfred Normington severed his connection with the Abbot Worsted Co., Saturday last, after many years of faithful service. He had many kind remembrances from his friends. He has a position in Worcester and will move his family there in the near future. They will be greatly missed in the village, for they were always ready to assist in every good work, especially in church work. They have the best wishes of all for their future success.

The dance last Saturday evening was a decided success. There were a large number present from many of the adjoining towns.

Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Lyons of Melrose have come to her father’s cottage for a few weeks in September. Many people prefer camp life in September and there are a number of cottages still occupied.

Mr. and Mrs. Anson Purdy of East Providence, R.I., visited Mr. and Mrs. Parsons for a few days, leaving Monday morning for Moultonborough, N.H.

Center. The W.C.T.U. held its annual meeting at the home of the president, Mrs. Jennie Hildreth, Tuesday afternoon and transacted routine business.

Mrs. A. E. Leavitt of Gorham, N.H., a sister of Mrs. Marshall, has been a guest at the Congregational parsonage the past two weeks.

Miss Edna L. Ferguson has gone to South Dartmouth to teach.

George Bennett, teamster for O. R. Spaulding, is suffering with a broken arm. Charles Robey is also afflicted likewise.

The agricultural fair at the Congregational church will be held Friday, Sept. 21.

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Spaulding, Mrs. Fannie Prescott, Waldo Prescott and Miss Charlotte Prescott are enjoying a vacation at Lincolnville, Me.

Among the teachers who returned to their duties this week were Miss Julia Hall, Miss Jennie M. Chandler, to Boston; the Misses Clara M. and Edith A. Wright to Reading. Among those to resume student work were Miss Eva M. Payne, to Lowell normal school; Miss Blanche Waller to Bates college; Miss Nathalie Sleeper, Miss Amelia M. Lambert, Miss Mattie and Miss Mabel Symmes to Northfield seminary.

Miss Dorothy Sleeper entertained a merry party of young people at “The Treetops,” Forge pond, the past week.

Miss Mabel Stewart of Lansing, Mich., has been a recent guest of Miss Emily F. Fletcher.

George Leighton of Haverhill was a weekend guest at Mrs. Charles H. Fletcher’s.

Wm. R. Taylor was best man at the wedding of his friend, Nahum A. Maynard, at Lancaster on Wednesday. The wedding was a very pretty affair, taking place in the Congregational church, followed by a reception in the church parlors. We hope our popular Reuben may become a benedict 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":1848,"page":1},"signature":"3b6752b4a738e0eeda55c45d18f162cb"} } const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest() xhr.open("POST", url, true) xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8") xhr.send(JSON.stringify(body)) }) })();