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From Mrs. Lucy Keyes
From the Publishers
Christian Register
From the Publishers
Federation Topics
From the Tadmuck Club
How to Sell Ladies' Home Journal
From Mrs. Leonard W. Wheeler
National Geographic Magazine Our Dumb Animals Our Message
From Miss Edith A. Wright
Outlook The Starry Cross '
From Mr. Wm. C. Roudenbush
From the Publishers
PICTURE EXHIBITS FROM THE LIBRARY ART CLUB
Flags of the U. S .; Pictures for children by Jessie Willcox Smith : French war artists; Islands of Madeira; Pictures in the Art Institute of Chicago ; French Cathedrals ; Italian posters ; Pocahontas and Captain John Smith ; Wonderland of Peru two sets ; Monuments of Belgium ; British and American masters of color ; Little people and songs, illustrated by Henriette W. LeMair; Scenes in Surrey, England.
NAMES OF DONORS, 1924
Boni and Liveright, one volume. Cameron, Mr. Julian A., forty-six volumes. Fletcher, Miss Eva ES., one curio. Friend of World Peace, one volume. George H. Doran Co., one volume. Hamlin, Miss Edna M., one volume. Howard, Miss Alice M .. one volume. Lambert, Mrs. Alice K., one framed picture. Macmillan Co., one volume.
Newcomb, Mrs Amelia E., four daguerreotypes.
Saint Nicholas
House Beautiful International Book Review Library Journal Munsey
From the Publishers
From Mrs. M. W. McDaniels From the Publishers
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O'Connor, Miss Ellen F., two volumes.
Skidmore, Mrs. Gertrude, five volumes. Taylor, Mr. Albert D., one pamphlet. U. S. Shipping Board, one volume and pamphlets. Wheeler, Mr. Leonard W., one volume.
CIRCULATION
Total circulation of bound volumes 13,969
Volumes lent at the Library
8,980
Volumes lent at Graniteville
1,023
Volumes lent at Forge Village
1,694
Volumes lent at Parkerville 577
Volumes lent at Brookside
1,695
Circulation in Children's department
6,098
Volumes lent through the schools.
2,181
Periodicals lent
3,567
Pamphlets and clippings lent
77
Pictures lent
851
ACCESSIONS
Volumes added by purchase
323
Volumes added by gift 142
Volumes received from the State 12
Volumes received from the United States
3
Total number of volumes added
480
Number of volumes discarded 424
Number of volumes in the Library
17,950
REGULATIONS
The J. V. Fletcher Library is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (legal holidays excepted ) from 1.30 till 5, and from 6.30 till 9 P. M.
The Graniteville deposit station at the home of Mrs. Carroll M. Sawyer is open Monday from 6 to 8.30 P. M. and Thursday from 2.30 to 5.30 P. M.
The Forge Village deposit station at the Girls' Club House in charge of Miss Eva M. Lord is open Monday evenings.
The Brookside deposit station at Community Hall in charge of Mrs. M. E. Swanson is open Tuesday evenings.
The Parkerville deposit station is at the home of Mrs. William P. Williams.
New books of fiction can be kept only one week; but there may be one renewal. Old books may be kept four weeks.
For each day that a book is kept beyond the prescribed time a fine of one cent is charged.
Borrowers finding books mutilated or defaced should report the fact to the librarian.
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List of Books Added, 1924
CLASSIFIED BOOKS
Andrews, Nelson-Finding youth. A569
Atkinson, Wilmer-An autobiography B A878
Atlantic Monthly Press-Notion counter .817 A
Ball, Francis K .- Constructive English . 425 B
Beatly, Clara B., ed .- Apples of gold. 808.1 B1
Beck, James M .- Constitution of the United States. .342.7 B
Becker, May L .- A reader's guide book. .0 28.8 B
Bell, Malcolm-Old pewter .739 B
Bianchi, Martha D .- Life and letters of Emily Dickinson B D553
Bradford, Gamaliel-Damaged souls 920.07 B3
Brown, Charles R .- What is your name? 252 B2
Brown, Irving H .- Gypsy fires in America .397 B
Butt, Archibald W .- Letters of Archie Butt. B B988
Byron, George G .- Childe Harold's pilgrimage. 821 B8c
Capek, Karel-R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) 891.8 C
Cheley, Frank H .- The job of being a dad. .173 C
Clark, John S .- Life and letters of John Fiske (2 vol.) B F541
Clemens, Samuel L .- Mark Twain's autobiography . B C625.3 Cross, Ethan A .- The little grammar. 425 C
Crothers, Samuel McC .- Oliver Wendell Holmes, the autocrat and his fellow boarders B H752.1
Davidson, Jay B .- Agricultural engineering
.631 D2
Davis, James J .- The iron puddler
.B D262
Dexter, Elizabeth W. A .- Colonial women of affairs.
396 D4
Dixon, Winifred H .- Westward hoboes
.917.6 D
England. George A .- Vikings of the ice .639.1 E
Farrar, Frederic W .- Life and work of St. Paul. 225.9 F
Farrington, Charles C .- Paul Revere and his famous ride. .973.3 F4
Flaherty, Robert J. and F. H .- My Eskimo friends 917.12 F Fitzpatrick, Benedict-Ireland and the making of Britain. .941.5 F1
Garland. Hamlin-Book of the American Indian pictured by Frederic Remington 970.1 G1
Geister, Edna-Fun book, stunts for every month in the year 793 G
Gilder, Rosamond, ed .- Letters of Richard Watson Gilder B G468
Goethe, Johann W .- Autobiography of Goethe, 2 vol. B G599.1
Griffis, Wm. E .- Story of the Walloons .973.2 G
Grimm, Herman-Life and times of Goethe. B G599.2
Life of Raphael B R217.2
Hall, Eliza C .- A book of hand-woven coverlets 745 H1
Hanaford, Phebe A .- Life of George Peabody. B P352
Harris, Corra M .- My book and heart B H313
Hayward, Arthur H .- Colonial lighting .745 H
Hill, Caroline M .- World's great religious poetry 808.1 H
Howe. M. A. De Wolfe-Barrett Wendell and his letters B W470
Hungerford, Edward, ed .- Planning a trip abroad 910.2 H
Jackson, Josephine A .- Outwitting our nerves 612.8 J
Jessup, Elon-Snow and ice sports .796 .J
Johnson. Martin E .- Camera trails in Africa 916.7 J1
Kelly, Albanis A .- The household painter .698 K Kennedy, W. Sloane-Life, genius, writings of John Greenleaf
Whittier B W625.4
S
Lagerlof, Selma O. 1 ..- Marbacka. B L174 Lessing, Gotthold E .- Dramatic works .832 12 Nathan the wise .832 11
Longfellow, Henry. W .- Evangeline 811 L12e
Longstreth, Thomas M .- The Adirondacks .917.47 L
The Catskills 917.47 L1
Lowndes, Mary E .- Michel de Montaigne B M761
MacManus. Seumas-Story of the Irish race . 941.5 M
Mackenzie, Jean K .- African clearings. 916.7 M
Munroe, James P .- Life of Francis A. Walker B W179
Nutting, William W .- Track of the "Typhoon' 797 N
Paine, Ralph D .- Joshua Barney . B B2615
Parker. Cornelia S .- Ports and happy places .914 P3
Peabody, Josephine P .- Marlowe, a drama. 812 P1
Petrie, Wm. M. F .- Social life in ancient Egypt 913.32 P
Richards, Gertrude M., comp .- High tide .808.1 R
Melody of earth 808.1 R1
Star points . 808.1 R2
Schultz, James W .- Friends of my life as an Indian
970.3 S5
Scoville, Samuel, Jr .- More wild folk
.591.5 S1
Sears. Clara E .- Days of delusion
289.3 S
Shaw. G. Bernard-Saint Joan
822 S3
Slosson. Edwin E .- Chats on science .504 S1
Stearns. Alfred E .- Challenge of youth 173 S4 Steele, Fletcher-Design in the little garden 716
Van Dyke, Henry-Toiling of Felix 311 V3
Wagner, Richard-Parsifal, a mystical drama. . 831 W
Wardlaw, Charles D .- Fundamentals of baseball. .797 W
Werner, Morris R .- Barnum B B263.1
Whittier, John G .- Snow-bound 811 W10s
FICTION
Alexander, Grace C .- Prince Cinderella A 376.2
Bailey. Temple-Peacock feathers . B 156.6
Beith, John H. (Ian Hay)-"The Liberry" H 412.6
Bennett, E. Arnold- Elsie and the child B 470.12
Riceyman steps .B 470.11
Bercovici, Konrad-Iliana . B 486.2
Bindloss, Harold-Green timber B 612.9
Bridges, Victor-The Red Lodge . B 851.5
Burt, Maxwell S .- Interpreter's house. B 9733.2
Chamberlain, George A .- The lantern on the plow
. C 443.6
Cochran, Jean C .- Bells of the blue pagoda : 712.2
7538.8
Conrad, Joseph-The rover
. C 982.6
Curwood. James O .- Grizzly King
Valley of Silent Men . C 982.7
Davis, William S .- Beauty of the Purple. . D 266.6
Dawson, Coningsby W .- Coast of Folly. D 2713.6
Deland, Margaret W .- New Friends in Old Chester. . D 337.17
Dell, Ethel M .- Lamp in the Desert . D 357.6
Ertz, Susan-Nina E 738.3
Farnol, Jeffery-Sir John Dering .F 2365.11
Ferber, Edna-So Big F 346.5
F 544.2
Fitch, Albert P .- None so Blind
. C 663.2
Collins, Dale-Ordeal
9
Fletcher, Joseph S .- Mazaroff Mystery F 6132.8
The Time-worn Town F 6132.9 France, Anatole-Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard F 815.2 Friel, Arthur O .- King of No Man's Land . F 912.3 Galsworthy, John-White monkey .G 1785.8 Garstin, Crosbie-Owl's house G 2438.2
Gordon, Charles W. ( Ralph Connor )-Gaspards of Pine Croft. G 622.14
Grenfell, Wilfred T .- Northern Neighbors .G 826.2 Grey, Zane Call of the Canyon G 845.17
Hamilton, Cosmo-Another Scandal H 2176.2
FICTION
Harris, Corra M .- Circuit rider's wife H313.2
Hart, William S .- Allighter of flames H326.2
Hegesheimer, Joseph-Balisand H5-15.3
Hough, Emerson-Mother of gold. H838.7
North of '36 H838.6
Howard, George B .- Black book H849.2
Lincoln, Joseph C .- Rugged waters L738.23
Locke, William J .- Coming of Amos L815.17
MacFarlane, Peter C .- Tongues of flame. M1428.3 McFee, William-Race M143.3
McNeile H. Cyril-Bull-dog Drummond's third round. M1702-2
Marsh, George-Valley of voices M365.3
Marshall. Archibald-Anthony Dare's progress. M3665.20
Education of Anthony Dare M3665.19
Masefield, John-Sard Harker M396.2
Mason. Alfred E. W .- House of the arrow. M373.8
Merwin, Samuel-Silk M576.6
Miln, Louise J .- In a Shantung garden. M659.2
Mulford, Clarence E .- Hopalong Cassidy
. M955.4
Newton, W. Douglas-Green ladies N567.3
Norris, Kathleen-Butterfly N856.11
O'Brien, Edward J .- Best short stories of 1923. 0134.6
Oppenheim, E. Phillips-Passionate quest. 0624.19
Packard, Frank L .- Locked door P119.7
Phillpotts, Eden-Cheat-the-boys . P564.17
Redcliff . P564.18
Raine, William M .- Desert's price R155.6
Man size
R155.7
Yukon trail R155.8
Rath, E. J .- The dark chapter
R234.3
Richmond, Grace L .- Red of the Redfields. R532.12
Second violin R532.11
Rinehart, Mary R .-- Breaking point. R580.9
Dangerous days R580.10
Roche, Arthur S .- Find the woman R673.6
Uneasy street R 673.5
Sabatini, Rafael-Banner of the bull. $113.6 Saint Martin's summer S113.7
Schreiner, Olive -- Story of an African farm. $378.3
Sedgwick, Anne D .- Little French girl. S447.8
Seltzer, Charles A .- Way of the buffalo.
$469.2
10
Shute, Henry A .- Plupy and old J. Albert S562.5
Sinclair, Bertha M .- Jean of the Lazy A. S6155.4 Sinclair, May-Cure of souls S6158.5
Straus, Ralph- Unseemly adventure S912.2
Streckfuss, Adolf-The lonely house S914.5
Suckow, Ruth-Country people S942.2
Tarkington Booth-The midlander T186.15
Tolstoi, Lyof N .- Russian proprietor T654-5
Train Arthur C .- Needle's eye T768.7
Waller, Mary E .- Deep in the hearts of men. W198.8
Walpole, Hugh S .- The old ladies
W219.7
Wharton, Edith N .- Old New York series :
False dawn (the 'forties ) W553.11
The old maid ( the 'fifties ) W553.12
The spark (the 'sixties) . W553.13 New Year's day (the 'seventies) W553.14
Wiggin, Kate D .- Creeping Jenny W655.19
Wilson, Harry L .- Professor, how could you ! W749.10
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Abbott, Jane-Laughing last .j A132L
Adams. Katherine-Mehitable j A214me
Midsummer .j A214m
Red Caps and lilies .j A214r
Silver tarn
j A214s
Wisp, a girl of Dublin j A214w
Adams, Sherred W .- Five little friends j 372.4A1
Ahmed. Sabri Bey-When I was a boy in Turkey. j 914.96 A
Allen, Nellie B .- Africa, Australia and the islands of the Pacific. .j 916A
How and where we live .j 910A
Altsheler, Joseph A .- Lost hunters j A469L Shades of the wilderness .j A 469sa
Shades of the north j A469sh
Andress, J. Mace and A. T .- Journey to health land. .j 613A
Boys and girls of Wake-up town. .j 613 A1
Ashmun, Margaret-Marian Frear's summer. .j A827m
Bailey, Carolyn S. and M. E .- Boys' make-at-home things. 790 B11
790 B10 Girls' make-at-home things
Barbour, Ralph H .- For the honor of the school. .j B240f
Bigham, Madge A .- More Mother Goose village stories.
j B592m
Blaisdell, Mary F .- Cherry tree children j 372.4 B5 Pretty Polly Flinders .j B635pr Bond, A. Russell-Scientific American Boy at school. j 790 B9
Boutet. de Monvel, Louis M .- Susanna's auction .jB 778%
Branch. Mary L .- Guld the cavern king .j 823 B36
Brooks, Elbridge S .- Stories of the old Bay State. j 974.4 B1 True story of Benjamin Franklin jB F831.2
Bryant, Sara C .- Story readers, 2 vol. j 372.4 B6 Caldecott, Randolph-Hey diddle, diddle picture book. .j821 C14 Carpenter, Frank G .- How the world is housed. .j 910 C10 Catherwood, Mary H .- Rocky Fork. .jC 363r
Craik, Georgiana M .-- So-fat and mew-mew. .j 372.4 C7 Crownfield. Gertrude -- Little tailor of the winding way. jC 953 L Crump, Irving-Boys' book of mounted police. j 352.2 C
11
Curtis, Alice T .- A little maid of Bunker Hill. jC 979b
Dickens. Charles-A Christmas carol. j D548c
Dopp, Katharine E .- Early cave men.
.j 573 D3
Tree-dwellers .j 573 D-4
Dorrance, John G .- Story of the forest. j 634.9 D
Duganne, Phyllis-Ruthie .j D866r
Dutton, Maude B .- In field and pasture .j 910 D
Eliot, Ethel C .- Little black coal 553.2 E Elson, Wm. H. and Runkel, L. E .- Elson reader, book 2. j 372.4 E
Faris, John T .- Makers of our history .j 920.07 F Real stories from our history. j 973 F4
Faulkner, Georgene-Christmas stories .jF 263c
Field. Walter T .- Advanced second reader j 372.4 F5
Third reader j 372.4 F6
Francis, Joseph G .- Book of cheerful cats j 740 F
Gate. Ethel M .- Punch and Robinetta
j 823 G6
Giddings, Thaddeus P-Elementary music .j 784.8 G2
Greenaway, Kate-Marigold garden .j 821 G
Greene, Frances N-Legends of King Arthur and his court. j 398.2 G3
Grinnell, George B .- Blackfoot Lodge tales j 398.2 G4
Grover, Eulalie O .- Kittens and cats .j 372.4 G6
Overall boys in Switzerland j 914.94 G
Sunbonnet babies in Italy .j 914.5 G
Hall. Albert N .- Handicraft for handy boys. .j 680 H
Harris, Alice L-Eugene Field reader j 372.4 H3
Harris, Ada V. and Waldo, L. M .- Toy shop. j 372.4 H4 Howard. Constance-The twins and Tabiffa. H597t Hewes, Agnes D .- A boy of the lost crusade. .j H598b
Hewins, Caroline M .- A traveler's letters to boys and girls
.j 910 H]
Hill, Helen and Maxwell, V .- Charlie and his kitten Topsy .j H6468ch
Holbrook. Florence-Hiawatha primer
970.1 H4
Hooker, Forrestine C .- Prince Jan. St. Bernard.
.j H783p
Hopkins, William J .- Doers j H7965d
Horn, Ernest-Learn to study readers. 2 vol.
.j 372.4 H5
Hunt, Clara W .- Peggy's playhouse. jH 939p
Irving. Washington-Rip Van Winkle
j 817 19
Jackson, Helen H .- Nelly's silver mine .j J133n Jacobs. Joseph-Fables of Aesop .. .j 888.6 J Johnson. Margaret-Polly and the wishing ring.
Kellogg. Vernon L .- Nuova or the new bee. .j J685p
.jK 299n Knipe. Emilie B. and A. A .- Diantha's quest j K717d Lamprey, Louise-Days of the colonists. .j L239d
Learned. Ellin C .- Good manners for boys and girls .j 395 L
Lee, Yan Phou-When I was a boy in China. j 915.1 L
Lucas, Edward V .- Four and twenty toilers j 821 L4
Lutz, Edwin G .- Drawing made easy .j 741 L
Magee, Anna F .- Magee intermediate reader. j 372.4 M5
Marsh. Lewis-The British Isles
j 914.2 M2
Martineau. des Chesnez. Elizabeth-Lady Green Satin and her
maid, Rosette.j M3859 L
Meigs, Cornelia-Helga and the white peacock. j 812 M1
Windy hill
j M512w Mirick, George A .- Home life around the world. .j 910 M7
12
Mirriam, Ida C .- Knowledge primer games. .j 372.4 M
Washington's boyhood .j B W318.15 Moffett, Cleveland L .- Land of mystery. .j M 695 L Nordhoff, Charles-The pearl lagoon .j NS32p Parrish, Anne and Dillwyn-Knee-high to a grasshopper j 823 P15
Pearson, Edmund I .- Voyage of the Hoppergrass. .j P362v
Perkins, Lucy F .- Cave twins. .j P558b
Phillips. Ethel C .- Black-eyed Susan Story of Nancy Hanks .j P558n
Price, Edith B .- Blue magic
j P946b
Pyle, Howard-Book of pirates
P996b
Robinson, Mabel I .- Little Lucia and her puppy
j R663 L
Shepherd, William G .- Boys' own book of politics.
j 353 S1
Singmaster, Elsie-Boy at Gettysburg jS 617b
Smith, Mary E. E .- Eskimo stories. j 372.4 S14
Smith, Mary P. W .- Young Puritans in King Philip's war .j S655yo
Spyri, Johanna H .- Heimatlos Mazli S772m
.j S772h
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur-Kak, the copper Eskimo.
.j S816k
L
Thomas, Charles S., ed.,-Atlantic book of junior plays. j 808.2 T
Tileston, Mary W., ed .- Sugar and spice and all that's nice .j 808.1T1
Treadwell, Harriette T .- Reading-literature, first reader. j 372.4 T
Wallace, Dillon-Wilderness castaways j W188w Wiggin, Kate D. and Smith, N. A .- Tales of laughter j 823 W7
Wiltse, Sara E .- Folklore stories and proverbs. .j 823 W14
Respectfully submitted,
MAY E. DAY,
Librarian.
.j P450c
Index
Accountant's Report 29
Amounts Received for Care of Cemetery Lots.
46
Annual Town Meeting, February 11, 1924. 17
Assessors' Report 50
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1924.
40
Births
Board of Health Report.
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Deaths
Forest Fires
List of Fire Extinguishers in Westford.
List of Jurors
Marriages
Officers of the Town of Westford, 1924.
Report of Demonstration Work in Agriculture and Home Economics ..
Report of the Overseers of the Department of Charity .
Report of Engineers of the Westford Fire Department. 68 Report of Finance Committee. 69 Report of Forest Warden 65 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures 64 Report of the Tree Warden 62 Report of Town Fish and Game Warden 61 Report of the War Memorial Committee. 58 Selectmen's Report 24 Special Town Meeting, April 14, 1924. 22 23
Special Town Meeting, May 26, 1924.
State Election 25 57
Tax Collector's Report.
Town Clerk's Report on Dogs 14
Treasurer's Report 49
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 72
Westford Water Company 56
8 53 42 12 67 65 52 10 3 55 63
School Report Index
Graduation Exercises, Westford Academy, June 18, 1924 12
Organization, School Committee 3
Registration of Minors. 17
Report of Night School.
15
Report of School Committee
4
Report of School Nurse
16
Report of Superintendent.
7
Report of Supervisor of Music
15
Report of Westford Academy
9
Roll of Honor 18
School Calendar
5
Special Exercise Days and Holidays. 1925 5
6
Teachers in Service, 1925.
J. V. Fletcher Library Report Index
Library Report 3
List of Books added, 1924. 7
Report of Librarian. 4
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Westford
For the Year Ending December 31 1925
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ALSO WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 8, 1926 AND
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 15, 1926
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925 ALSO
Warrant for Annual Town Election
TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 8, 1926 AND
Annual Town Meeting
TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 15, 1926
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Officers of the Town of Westford, 1925
Town Clerk
Charles L. Hildreth Term expires February, 1927
Selectmen
Arthur G. Hildreth, Secretary Term expires February, 1926
Frank L. Furbush, Chairman Term expires February, 1927
Burton D. Griffith Term expires February, 1928
Assessors
Leonard W. Wheeler, Chairman and Secretary . Term expires February, 1926 Elbert H. Flagg Term expires February, 1927
J. Willard Fletcher Term expires February, 1928
Overseers of the Poor
Wesley O. Hawkes, Chairman
Term expires February, 1926
Charles A. Blodgett . Term expires February, 1927
Perley E. Wright, Secretary Term expires February, 1928
Treasurer
Warren K. Hanscom, Resigned Eva F. Wright, Appointed
Collector of Taxes Leonard W. Wheeler
Moderator
Herbert E. Fletcher
Constable John F. Sullivan
School Committee
Eva F. Wright, Secretary . Term expires February, 1926
Edward G. Spinner . Term expires February, 1926
Arthur G. Hildreth, Chairman Term expires February, 1927
Martha G. Whiting Term expires February, 1927
Axel G. Lundberg Term expires February, 1928
Minnie A. Palmer Term expires February, 1928
Trustees of J. V. Fletcher Library
Alice M. Howard, Secretary Term expires February, 1926
Julian A. Cameron Term expires February, 1927
William C. Roudenbush Term expires February, 1928
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Librarian May E. Day
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds
Sebastian B. Watson
Term expires February, 1926
Fred R. Blodgett Term expires February, 1927
David L. Greig, Chairman and Secretary Term expires February, 1928
Board of Health
Alexander A. Cameron, Chairman Term expires February, 1926
P. Henry Harrington Term expires February, 1927
Cyril A. Blaney Term expires February, 1928
Secretary Board of Health Ruby A. McCarthy Agents of Board of Health
Samuel H. Balch Albert A. Hildreth Ruby A. McCarthy, Public Health Nurse Charles L. Hildreth, Agent to issue Burial Permits
Tree Warden Harry L. Nesmith Finance Committee
Arthur H. Burnham Julian 'A. Cameron
P. Henry Harrington William R. Taylor, Secretary
Herbert V. Hildreth Sherman H. Fletcher, Chairman
Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber
Frank L. Furbush Edwin H. Gould
*Isaac L. Hall P. Henry Harrington J. Austin Healy *John A. Healy *Frank J. Shea
*David Sherman
*Frank P. Shugrue Oscar R. Spalding Alonzo H. Sutherland
*Eldon A. Turner
*Perley E. Wright
Field Drivers
*Austin D. Fletcher
*Robert J. Orr
*Fred A. Pickering Fence Viewers
*Alec Fisher
*Charles A. Blodgett
*William E. Wright
*Failed to qualify by being sworn in.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Albert A. Hildreth
Inspector of Animals John A. Healy
Inspector of Meat
Samuel H. Balch
Chief of Police
Frank L. Furbush
Special Police Officers
Samuel H. Balch Frank Carl
Charles E. Dudevoir
*Henry A. Fletcher
*Roy L. Keizer *Daniel H. Light
*Robert J. Orr
*Joseph Perkins
*Charles V. E. Robey John W. Spinner John F. Sullivan Edward Verdy
*Joseph G. Walker William L. Wall
Special Police Officers for H. E. Fletcher Co.
*Ernest A. Bokien *Harold H. Fletcher *Ralph A. Fletcher
Jesse B. Gill Edward C. Harris
Earl C. MacAnanny
Forest Warden Harry L. Nesmith
Deputies Appointed by the Warden
Fred R. Blodgett
Fred L. McCoy John O'Brien
Charles A. Blodgett
David Desmond
E. Clyde Prescott
Charles Edwards
Robert Prescott
Edwin H. Gould
William E. Wright
Superintendent for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
Harry L. Nesmith
Engineers of the Fire Department
John Edwards, Clerk Alfred T. W. Prinn, Assistant Chief Alonzo H. Sutherland, Chief
*Failed to qualify by being sworn in.
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Public Weighers
E. A. Bokien Florence M. Breen
*George C. Brickett Ethel M. Burne *J. Clarence Burne Mary Clegg J. Willard Fletcher Ralph A. Fletcher
Edward T. Healy Fred S. Healy J. Austin Healy John A. Healy Mary C. Healy
Clarence E. Hildreth
Alfred Lescard
James Lord Earl C. MacAnanny
*Walter W. Fletcher Frank L. Furbush Rudolph Haberman, Jr.
*Lewis B. Palmer
*Mark A. Palmer
*Thaddeus W. Parke William R. Taylor
*Failed to qualify by being sworn in.
Superintendent of Streets J. Austin Healy
Agent for Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors Herbert V. Hildreth
Registrars of Voters
Robert J. McCarthy Term expires March 31, 1926
Albert R. Wall Term expires March 31, 1927
Leon F. Hildreth Term expires March 31, 1928
Charles L. Hildreth, Clerk Ex-Officio
Town Accountant Harold W. Hildreth
Town Counsel Edward Fisher
Precinct Officers
PRECINCT 1 .- Warden, Alonzo H. Sutherland; Depty Warden, Arthur G. Hildreth; Clerk, John Feeney, Jr .; Deputy Clerk, Alec Fisher; Inspectors, T. Arthur E. Wilson, William O. McDonald; Deputy Inspectors, Albert A. Hildreth, John Feeney.
PRECINCT 2 .- Warden, Frank L. Haley; Deputy Warden, Frank P. Shugrue; Clerk, Alfred T. W. Prinn; Deputy Clerk, William L. Wall; Inspectors, John R. Greene, Joseph Wall; Deputy Inspectors, Charles A. Blodgett, John A. Healy.
Edward T. Hanley
Arthur L. Healy
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PRECINCT 3 .- Warden, Fred Shugrue; Deputy Warden, William J. Donnelly; Clerk, Orrin Treat; Deputy Clerk, John M. Kemp; Inspectors, Walter A. Whidden, Bernard J. Flynn; Deputy Inspectors, Swan G. Swan- son, Arthur J. O'Brien.
PRECINCT 4 .- Warden, John W. Spinner; Deputy Warden, Joseph F. Costello; Clerk, John Edwards; Deputy Clerk, Edward T. Hanley; In- spectors, Joseph Thompson, Richard D. Prescott; Deputy Inspectors, John B. Gray, Edmund J. Hunt.
Superintendent of Westford Home Herbert M. Kendall
Keeper of Lockup Herbert M. Kendall
Town Fish and Game Warden Joseph Wall
Janitor of Town House Samuel H. Balch
Janitor of Library Building Frederick A. Hanscom
Workmen's Compensation Agent Harold W. Hildreth
Director for Demonstration Work in Agricultural and Home Economics Clifford F. Johnson
Committee in Charge of Whitney Playground
Herbert V. Hildreth
Oscar R. Spalding
Charles L. Hildreth
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Births
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, 1925
Date of Birth
1925 Name
Parents
Sept. 3 Anderson, Donald Earl
Aug. 17 Belida, Sofia. .
June 26
Bellemore, Gerald Maurice.
Arthur and Mary A. (Isabelle)
Romeo and Mary F. (St. Pierre)
Feb. 23
Brisson, 2nd, Arthur William .
Arthur W. and Corine C. (Lanctot)
July 26 Britko, Andrew
Jacob and Julia (Posnick )
June 16 Brouillard Joseph George Marcel
Nov. 2 Brule, Marie Berthe Therese
Oct. 4
Brule, Marie Therese Monica .
Oct. 31
Burnham, James Elwin .
April 3
Caless, Dorothy Louise
Thomas W. and Sybell (Lawrence)
Feb. 22
Cantin, Mary Yvonne Mildred
Wilfred and Alice (Denocourt)
Elmer W. and Bridget (Downey)
Harold F. and Josephine M. (Socha)
Mar. 18 Cote Eret Doris
Ludger and Delia (Larochelle)
June 8 Cote, Lillian.
Sept. 25 Cote, Marie Armande Claire
Feb. 15 Crocker, Alan Newell .
Dec. 17 Delaney, Catherine.
Mar. 16
DeMartino, Michael .
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