Town of Westford annual report 1920-1926, Part 8

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 876


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From the Westford Grange From The Publishers From Miss Edith A. Wright From Mr. Charles O. Prescott From Mr. Julian A. Cameron From The Publishers


The Congregationalist Dearborn Independent International Conciliation Ladies' Home Journal


Magazine of Wall Street Mexican Review


John Martin's Book Life Literary Digest


Popular Science Monthly


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NAMES OF DONORS, 1920.


Abbot, Mr. Abiel J., books and pamphlets on the Carnegie Foundation. American Library Association, twenty-five volumes from France.


Brownsey, Rev. O. L., two volumes.


Cameron, Mr. Julian A., forty-five volumes.


Carkin, Mr. Warren, one volume.


Cavanaugh, Mr. Charles, one volume.


David, Mr. E. J., one volume.


Doubleday, Page & Co., one volume.


Fletcher, Miss Emily F., two curios.


Friends of Irish Freedom, one volume.


Frost Estate, drawing of Westford, 1886.


Munsey, Frank A., one volume. O'Connell, Mrs. John, three volumes.


Royal Italian Embassy, one volume.


Savage, Mr. John, twelve postcard views.


Socorelis, Mrs. Pauline, one hand woven towel.


Sutherland, Mrs. Alonzo H., one curio.


Wright, Mrs. Walter P., thirty-one volumes.


CIRCULATION.


Total circulation of bound volumes 12,980


Volumes lent at the Library


8,391


Volumes sent to Graniteville.


2.861


Volumes sent to Forge Village


1,023


Volumes to Parkerville.


705


Circulation in Children's Department.


5,092


Volumes lent through the schools


830


Periodicals lent 2,725


ACCESSIONS.


Volumes added by purchase. 196


Volumes by gift ..


157


Volumes received from the State.


14


Volumes received from the United States


10


Total number of volumes added.


377


Number of volumes in the Library


17,411


FINES. !


Cash on hand from last year. $42.77


Fines received


55.97


$98.74


Paid for Supplies


42.14


Balance


$56.60


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LIST OF BOOKS ADDED, 1920.


CLASSIFIED BOOKS.


Agee. Alva-Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement. . 631-A1 Bennett, Ida D .- Making of a Flower Garden. 716-B2


Bloomfield. Daniel, ed .- Selected Articles on Employment


Management. 331.8-B1


Bullock. Edna D .- Selected Articles on Single Tax. .336-B1 Burroughs. John -- Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt. B-R781.8 Cameron. Margaret-Seven' Purposes ; an Experience in Psychic Phenomena. 133-C3


Camp, Walter C .- Handbook on Health and How to Keep It. 613.7-C Carrick. Alice V .- Collector's Luck. 749-C1 Chapman. Mrs. Woodallen-How Shall I Tell My Child? 612-C1


Chase, Joseph C .- Decorative Design 745-C


Chatham. Dennis and Marion-Cape Coddities 917.44C


Cook, Charles G .- A Practical Chemistry for High School Students. . 540-C1 David. Evan J .- Leonard Wood on National Issues. 320-W2


Davis, Ozora S. and Drake, Emma F. A .- Parents' Guide . 612-D


Defenders of Democracy 808.8-12


Dewey, John and Chapman, Alice-Letters from China and Japan . . 915.1-D1 Dillon. Edward J -- Inside Story of the Peace Conference. 940.9-D5


Dillon, Philip R .-- American Anniversaries. 973-D2


Drinkwater, John-Abraham Lincoln. 822-D1


Dunne, Finley P .-- Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and Other Necessary Evils. 817-D6


Edelman. Philip E .- Inventions and Patents. 608-E


Ellsworth, William W .- A Golden Age of Authors 920-E


Elsom. James C. and Trilling. B. M .-- Social Games and Group Dances.793-E Exner. Max J .-- Rational Sex Life for Men. . 612-F


Fisher, G. J. and Berry, Elmer-Physical Effects of Smoking. 613-F3


Fisk. James W .- Retail Selling. 658-F Gibbons, Herbert A .- New Map of Europe 940.9-G7


Grant, Elihn -- Orient in Bible Times.


930-G1


Grenfell, Anna E. C. and Spalding. Katie-Le petit Nord. 917.19-G2 Guerard. Albert L .- French Civilization in the 19th Century . 944-G2 Gulick, Luther H. and Ayres, L. P .- Medical Inspection of Schools. . 371.7-G Hall, Winfield S .- Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction. 612-H3 Hartshorn, William N .- An Era of Progress and Promise . 371-H5


Hazlitt, Henry-Thinking as a Science 150-H4 Hodgson, Fred T .- Modern Carpentry, Vol. 1. 694-H1 Holine, John G .- Life of Leonard Wood B-W876


Huntington. Ellsworth -- Pulse of Asia. 915-H2


Jebb, Richard C .- Greek Literature 880-J Jenkins. MacGregor-Literature with a Large L and Fellow Travelers 814-J4


9


Johnson, Clifton-What to See in America. 917.3-J Jones, Elias H .- Road to Endor. 940.9-J2 Kahlenberg. Louis and Hart, E. B .- Chemistry and Its Relations to Daily Life. 540-K


Keynes, John M .- Economic Consequences of the Peace. .330-K Kipling, Rudyard -- Letters of Travel, 1892-1913. 917-K2


Koch, Theodore W .- Books in the War 027-K


Lavell, Cecil F .- Italian Cities . 914.5-L


Lodge, Oliver J .- Raymond or Life and Death 133-L1


Long, William J .-- How Animals Talk. 591-L2


Lovell, John H .-- Flower and the Bee ; Plant Life and Pollination. 581-1.


Lowry, Edith B .- Woman of Forty 613-L2


Lusk, Hugh H .- Social Welfare in New Zealand. 338.9-1. Maeterlinck, Maurice-Life of the Bee. 595-M2


Mayorga, Margaret G., ed .- Representative One Act Plays by American Authors 812-M


Mill, Hugh R., ed .- International Geography .910-M6 Miller, Edward -- Letters of Donald Hankey B-H241


Morley, Christopher-Mince Pie. . 814-M17 Morris, Elizabeth W .- Jonathan Papers . 814-M16


Moton, Robert R .- Finding a Way Out B-M920


Munroe, James P .-- Human Factor in Education. 370-M6


Murray, Gilbert-Faith, War and Policy 940.9-M7


Ogg, Frederic A .- Economic Developments of Modern Europe. 330.9-01


Governments of Europe 354-0


Social Progress in Contemporary Europe. 330.9-0


Overlock, M. G .-- The Working People, Their Health and How to Protect It. 614-0


Packard, Winthrop -- Old Plymouth Trails. 917.44-P1


Palmer, Claude I .-- Practical Mathematics for Home Study. 510-P


Palmer, Luella A .- Play Life in the First Eight Years .. 371.7-P Park, John E .- Bad Results of Good Habits and Other Lapses .814-P9


Paton, Lucy A .- Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. B-A2622


Patri, Angelo -- A Schoolmaster of the Great City .371-P7 Paxson, Frederic L .- The Civil War. 973.7-P7


Pirsson, L. V. and Schuchert, C .- Text-book of Geology, 2 Vol .. 550-P Pons, Amilda A .- Holocaust, Italy's Struggle With the Hapsburg 945-P Robinson, Albert G .- Old New England Doorways. 721.8-R


Robinson, J. H. and Beard, C. A .- Development of Modern Europe, Vol. 1. .940-R1


Ruoff, Henry W., ed .- Circle of Knowledge. . 031-R Sanchez, Nellie V .- Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson B-S8482 Simmons, James R .- Historic Trees of Massachusetts .582-S1 Slosson, Edwin E .- Creative Chemistry 540-S1


Spargo, John-Psychology of Bolshevism 335-S Spears, John R .- Story of the American Merchant Marine. 387-S Standard Dictionary of Facts and Question Book, 2 Vols. .031-S


Stevenson, Robert I .- Learning to Write. 808-S Swan, Carroll J .-- My Company. 940.9-84 Thy Son Liveth. 133-T


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Trevelyan. George O .-- George the Third and Charles Fox, 2 Vols. .942-12 Tucker, Wm. J .- My Generation. B-T895 Walton, George L .- Flower-finder 580-W2 Warner, Frances L .- Endicott and I. 814-W9 Weed, Henry T .- Chemistry in the Home 540-W Wilkins, A. S .- Roman Antiquities. 913-W1


Wilkinson, Marguerite O .- New Voices. 808.1-W4


Wright, Jack M .- A Poet of the Air. 940.9-W12 Wright, Wilmer C .- Short History of Greek Literature 880-W


Yard, Robert S .- Book of National Parks. 917.3-Y


FICTION.


Adams, Samuel H .- Wanted : A Husband. A217.6 Akins, Zoe-Cake Upon the Waters. A313.2


Andrews, Mary R. S .- Joy in the Morning A568.6


The Militants A5GS.5


The Three Things A568.7


Arnim, Mary A .- Christopher and Columbus. A749.5


Ashford, Daisy-The Young Visitors. A824.2


Bacheller, Irving A .- A Man for the Ages B121.11


Barclay, Florence I .-- Returned Empty


B244.6


Bassett, Sara W .- Harbor Road.


B319.3


Bennet, Robert A .- Bloom of Cactus .B472.3


Benson, Edward F .- Robin Linnet. B4745.12


Bowman, Earl W .- Rambling Kid. B787.2


Brady, Cyrus T .- Waif-o-the-sea, a romance of the deep. B812.9


Brown, Edna A .- That Affair at St. Peter's B8782.2


Buckrose, J. E .- Silent Legion. B926.6


Burt, Katherine N .- Branding Iron.


B973.2


Castle, Agnes S. and Edgerton-New Wine.


C353.10


Cobb. Irvin S .- From Place to Place.


C6528.4


Cohen, Octavus R .- Gray Dusk. C678.2


Conrad, Joseph- The Rescue. (7538.5


Cutler, Robert- Louisburg Square.


C989.2


Cutting. Mary S .- Some of Us are Married.


. C991.5


Davis, Mary F. M .- Little Chevalier.


D2615.3


Dillon, Mary C .- Farmer of Roaring Run


D579.4


Dingle, A. E .- Gold Out of Celebes.


D584.2


Diver. Katherine H. M .- Strong Hours. D618.2


Doyle. A. Conan-Firm of Girdlestone D754.23


Evans. Larry-His Own Home Town. E925.2 Farnol, Jeffery-My Lady Caprice. F2365.6 Ferber. Edna-Half Portions. F346.4 Galsworthy, John-Saint's Progress G1785.3


Glasgow, Ellen -- The Builders. . G548.10


Glyun. Elinor- His Hour. . G568.4


Grant, Douglas -- The Single Track. G761.2


11


Graves. Clotilde I. M .-- That Which Hath Wings. G776.3


Grey, Zane-Desert Gold. GS45.12


Man of the Forest G845.11


Young Forester G845.10


Hannay, James O .- Up, the Rebels ! H243.6


Harker, Lizzie A .- Allegra. . H282.4


Hay. James, Jr .- Melwood Mystery. H413.3


The Winning Clue. H413.2


Hrbkova, Sarka B., ed .- Czechoslovak Stories H873.2


Ibanez, Vicente Blasco-Luna Benamor. I121.3


Johnson, Owen-Making Money J686.6


Johnston, William-Apartment Next Door J739.2


Mystery in the Ritsmore. J739.3


Kauffman, Reginald W .- Victorious K213.2


King, Basil-Thread of Flame K522.9


Knibbs. Henry H .-- Ridin' Kid from Powder River K693.5


Kyne, Peter B .- Green-pea Pirates K995.4


Lewis, Sinclair-Free Air. L676.3


Lincoln, Joseph C .- Portygee.


L738.19


Lincoln, Natalie S .-- The Red Seal.


L815.12


House of Baltazar


L815.13


Lombardi, Cynthia-Cry of Youth. L842.2


Lynde, Francis -- Scientific Sprague L988.7


The Wreckers L988.8


Mccutcheon, George B .- Hollow of Her Hand. M133.9


MacGrath, Harold-Man with Three Names M147.9


Mackenzie, Compton-Poor Relations M156.2


Marshall, Archibald- Many Junes M3665.13


Maugham, William S .-- Mrs. Craddock M449.2


Merrick, Leonard-The Worldlings.


M568.5


Morley. Christopher D .- Haunted Bookshop. M864.2


Morton. L. Curry-Hero and the Man.


M891.2


Nesbit, E .- Incredible Honeymoon N458.2


Nicholson, Meredith-Blacksheep ! Blacksheep . N627.8 Norris. Kathleen-Harriet and the Piper. N856.9


O'Brien Edward J., ed .- Best Short Stories of 1919. 0134.4


Oemler. Marie C .-- A Woman Named Smith 0287.3


Oldmeadow. Ernest J .-- Coggin. 0445.2


Onions, Berta R .-- Boy with Wings 0585.2


Oppenheim. Edward P .- Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton. 0624.13


The Great Impersonation. 0624.12 Packard, Frank L .- From Now On. P119.4


Pelley, William D .-- The Greater Glory P389.2


Porter, Eleanor H .- Across the Years P845.9


Mary-Marie P845.10


Tangled Threads P845.8


The Tie that Binds. P845.7


Rain-girl X89.79


Raine. William M .- Oh, You Tex ! R155.4


. L739.5


Locke, William J .- Far-away Stories


12


Raymond, Clifford S .- One of Three R268.2


Reeve, Arthur B., ed .- Best Ghost Stories. R331.9 Reid. Forrest-Pirates of the Spring R355.2 Sedgwick, Anne D .- The Nest S447.6


Third Window S447.5


Shute, Henry A .- Real Diary of the Worst Farmer S562.4


S6156.3


Sinclair, Bertrand W .- Burned Bridges. S617.2


Singmaster, Elsie-Basil Everman. S669.6


Snaith, John C .- Adventurous Lady . Undefeated S669.5


Spofford, Harriet P .- The Elder's People S762.2


Stephens, Robert N .- Road to Paris.


S835.5


Sterrett, Frances R .- Rebecca's Promise


S838.2


Street, Julian-After Thirty. S915.2


Thurston, Mabel N .- Sarah Ann. T546.2


Turner, John H .- Simple Souls.


.T948.2


Vachell, Horace A .-- Whitewash.


V118.2


Vane, Derek-Ferrybridge Mystery. V249.2


Walpole, Hugh-Jeremy


W219.4


Walton, George L .- Oscar Montague-Paranoiac. . W239.2


Ward, Mrs. Humphrey --- Harvest Helena W259.22


W259.13


Wells, Carolyn-Raspberry Jam W4524.3


White, Stewart E .- The Killer . W 588.9


White, William P .- Owner of the Lazy D. W5895.2


Wiggin, Kate D .- Ladies-in-waiting W655.18


Williams, Ben A .- All the Brothers were Valiant. W721.2


Williamson, C. N. and A. M .- Port of Adventure . W729.10


Set in Silver .. W729.9


Willsie, Honore M .- Forbidden Trail W741.5


Wilson, Harry L .- Ma Pettengill W749.7


BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.


Adelborg, Ottilia-Clean Peter and the Children of Grubbylea. .j811-A3 Altsheler, Joseph A .- Great Sioux Trail. j1016-e Arnadottir, Holmfridur-When I was a Girl in Iceland. j914.91-A Ashmun, Margaret E .- Stephen's Last Chance j2013b Austin, Mary H .- The Trail Book. j2046 Bassett, Sara W .- Story of Lumber. j582-B Beard, Patten-Jolly Book of Funcraft. j790-BS Bergengren, Ralph W .- Jane, Joseph and John j811-B5


Bertelli, Luigi-The Prince and His Ants. .j595.7-B


Beston, Henry B .- Firelight Fairy Book. . j823-B28


Brown, Edna A .- At the Butterfly House . j1062d


Rainbow Island j1062g


Spanish Chest . j1062f


Bryant, Sara C .- I Am an American. j342-B2


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Burgess, Thornton W .- Mrs. Peter Rabbit. j823-B29


Mother West Wind "How" Stories j823-B30 Burton, Charles P .- Trail Makers. .j2028a


Chutter, Frances E .- Art-literature Reader, Book 2. j372.4-C3 Clarke, Charles R .- Boys' Book of Chemistry j540-C1


Cyr, Ellen M .-- Children's Primer. j372.4-C2 Davis, Eben H .- Second Reading Book. . j372.4-D


DeGroot, Cornelia-When I was a Girl in Holland. .j914.92-D


Dodge, N. E .- Stories of American History . .. j973-D1


Eastman, Charles A .- Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains j970.1-E2


Eggleston, Edward-First Book in American History j973-E2


Fabre, Jean H. C .-- Field, Forest and Farm. .j630-F1


Frentz. Edward W .- Uncle Zeb and His Friends. j2052


Gaines, Ruth L .- Treasure Flower, A Child of Japan


. j2048


Gilchrist, Beth B .- Camerons of Highboro . j2038a


Gray, Joslyn-Rusty Miller .j2039a


Holland, Rupert S .- Blackbeard's Island. j2003b


Lafayette, We Come jB-L161.3


Hudson, William H .- A Little Boy Lost. j2045


Knipe, Emilie B. and Alden A .- Girls of '64. . j2016b


Kummer, Frederic A .- Battle of the Nations, 1914-1918. j940.9-K3


Lamprey, L .- In the Days of the Guild. . j398-L


Lindsay, Maud-Bobby and the Big Road. j2017a


Macaulay. Fannie C .- Camp Jolly. . j2049


McGuffey-Alternate Second Reader . j372.4-M2


Mirza, Youel B .- When I was a Boy in Persia. j915.5-M


Moore, Annie E .- Pennies and Plans. .j372.4-M3


Morgan, Alfred P .- The Boy Electrician j537-M1


Perdue, H. Avis -- Child Life of Other Lands . j910-P3


Pier, Arthur S .- Hilltop Troop .j950f


Potter, Beatrix -- Tale of Squirrel Nutkin j823-P12


Tale of Tom Kitten. j823-P13


Poulsson, Emilie-Father and Baby Plays . j793-P1


Putnam, Edward H .--- Watty and Co. .j2051


Riis, Jacob A .- Hero Tales of the Far North .j920.04-R


Rolt-Wheeler, Francis W .- Boy With the U. S. Explores. .j630-R


Boy With the U. S. Trappers j639-R


Wonder of War at Sea . j940.9R4 Wonder of War in the Air. j940.9-R5


Rowell, Cora W .- Leaders of the Great War j920-R


Schultz, James W .- In the Great Apache Forest. j2047 Sinopah, the Indian Boy. . j970.1-84 Seaman, Augusta H .- Slipper Point Mystery j2021b Seton, Ernest T .- Two Little Savages j575c


Skinner, E. L. and A. M .- Nursery Tales from Many Lands. j372.4-812


Smith, Elmer B .- Chicken World. .j1058b


Smith, Elva S. and Hazeltine, A. I .- Christmas in Legend


and Story j808.8-811


Steiner. Edward A .- Uncle Joe's Lincoln. .j2043 Stevenson, Burton E .- Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. . j821.08-8


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Stickney -- A Second Reader. j372.4-S11 Stuart, Florence P .- Adventures of Piang, the Moro Jungle Boy j2050 Usher, Roland G .- Story of the Pilgrims. j973.2-U Wells, Margaret E .- How the Present Came from the Past-The Seeds in Primitive Life. j573-W1 How the Present Come from the Past -- The Roots in Oriental Life j930-W2 White, Eliza O .- The Blue Aunt. .j699c Wright, Julia M .- Seaside and Way-side. j590-W9


Zwilgmeyer, Dikken-What Happened to Inger Johanne . j2044


Respectfully submitted,


MAY E. DAY.


Librarian.


Index


Annual Town Meeting.


16


Assessors' Report


45


Auditor's Report


72


Births


8


Board of Health.


36


Deaths


11


Fires in Town of Westford.


List of Fire Extinguishers in Westford in 1921.


List of Jurors ..


Marriages


10 3


Officers of the Town of Westford, 1920.


Report of Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.


54


Report of Committee in Charge of Whitney Playground. . 53


Report of Demonstration Work in Agriculture and Home Economics


39


Report of Engineers of the Fire Department.


50


Report of Finance Committee ..


76


Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures


49 35


Report of Forest Warden.


47


Report of the Overseers of the Poor.


42


Report of Town Fish and Game Warden.


62


Selectmen's Report


23


State Election 20


41


Town Clerk's Report on Dogs


13


Treasurer 's Report


70


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.


79


Welcome Home Celebration 63


Westford Water Company . ..


40


SCHOOL REPORT


Financial Statement 6


Organization, School Committee.


3


Registration of Minors.


19


Report of Domestic Science Teacher 16


Report of Superintendent.


8


Report of Supervisor of Drawing.


18


Report of Supervisor of Music.


17


Report of Truant Officer


19


Report of Westford Academy


12


School Calendar, 1921


4


School Membership


19


Special Exercise Days and Holidays, 1921. . .


4


Teachers in Service, Sept., 1920-1921 . .


5


J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY REPORT


Financial Statement 4


Library Report


3


List of Books added 1920. . .


8


Report of Librarian ....


5


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49 47 34


Report of the Tree Warden.


Tax Collector's Report.


ANNUAL REPORT


Town of Westford


For the Year Ending December 31 1921


ALSO WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 13, 1922


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1921 ALSO


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting


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Officers of the Town of Westford, 1921.


Town Clerk


Charles L. Hildreth


. Term expires February, 1924


Selectmen


Sherman H. Fletcher, Chairman .Term expires February, 1922


Oscar R. Spalding Term expires February, 1923


Frank L. Furbush, Secretary. Term expires February, 1924


Assessors


J. Willard Fletcher


Appointed to fill vacancy, April 27, 1921


(Term expires February, 1922) James W. Rafter. Resigned March 17, 1921, (Term would have expired Feb., 1922) William E. Wright, Chairman and Secretary. Term expires February, 1923


Elbert H. Flagg. . Term expires February, 1924


Overseers of the Poor


Samuel H. Balch. . Term expires February, 1922


Wesley O. Hawkes, Chairman . Term expires February, 1923


Fred R. Blodgett, Secretary Term expires February. 1924


Treasurer


Harwood L. Wright, resigned May 5, 1921 Leonard W. Wheeler, appointed by Selectmen to fill vacancy, July 15, 1921


Collector of Taxes


Leonard W. Wheeler


Constable


William L. Wall


School Committee


Frank L. Furbush. Term expires February, 1922 William R. Taylor, Chairman Term expires February, 1922


George D. Wilson Term expires February, 1923 Arthur E. Day .Term expires February, 1923


A. Mabel Drew . Term expires February, 1924 Arthur G. Hildreth, Secretary . Term expires February. 1924


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Trustees of J. V. Fletcher Library


Charles O. Prescott, Secretary . Term expires February, 1922 Alice M. Howard. .Term expires February, 1923


Julian A. Cameron, Chairman Term expires February, 1924


Librarian


May E. Day


Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds


David I .. Greig. Term expires February, 1922 Charles O. Prescott, Chairman and Secretary. Term expires February, 1923 Wesley O. Hawkes . Term expires February, 1924


Board of Health


Edward T. Hanley . . Term expires February, 1922


Alexander A. Cameron, Chairman. . Term expires February, 1923 P. Henry Harrington. Term expires February, 1924


Secretary Board of Health


Eva M. Lord


Tree Warden


Harry L. Nesmith


Finance Committee


Julian A. Cameron Elbert H. Flagg


George F. White William R. Taylor, Secretary


Herbert V. Hildreth, Chairman


Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber


Samuel H. Balch William H. Beebe


*David Desmond Frank L. Furbush *Frank L. Haley *Isaac L. Hall P. Henry Harrington


J. Austin Healy John A. Healy William W. Johnson


Joseph E. Knight


*Frank J. Shea Oscar R. Spalding Alonzo H. Sutherland


Eldon A. Turner


Field Drivers


Fred R. Blodgett


J. Austin Healy


*Charles S. Ripley


*Failed to Qualify.


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Fence Viewers


Charles A. Blodgett


Alec Fisher


William E. Wright


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Albert A. Hildreth


Inspector of Animals


Charles A. Blodgett


Inspectors of Meat


Samuel H. Balch


Emory J. Whitney


Police Officer


Harry E. Whiting


Special Police Officer:


Samuel Blowey Albert A. Hildreth Daniel H. Light F. Everett Miller


George C. Moore


Charles W. Robinson


Alonzo H. Sutherland


Leonard W. Wheeler


Forest Warden


Harry L. Nesmith


Deputies Appointed by the Warden


Fred R. Blodgett Charles A. Blodgett David Desmond Charles Edwards


Fred L. McCoy


John O'Brien


Ebenezer Prescott


Edwin H. Gould


Robert Prescott Charles S. Ripley William E. Wright


Superintendent for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths


Harry L. Nesmith


Engineers of the Fire Department


Edward M. Abbot, Chief .John Edwards, Clerk


Frank L. Furbush Alonzo H. Sutherland, Assistant Chief


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Weighers of Coal


Etta W. Fletcher (deceased) J. Willard Fletcher


Sherman H. Fletcher Ella F. Pyne Harwood L. Wright


Public Weighers


Albert J. Burne J. Clarence Burne Ralph A. Fletcher


Frank L. Furbush Rudolph Haberman, Sr.


Fred A. Healy J. Austin Healy


John A. Healy


Dora Elsie Ryan


William R. Taylor


Edward T. Hanley Arthur L. Healy


Arthur G. Walker Emory J. Whitney


Frank Willey


Superintendent of Street:


Alexander McDonald


Agent for Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors


Herbert V. Hildreth


Agenti of Board of Health


Samuel H. Balch Albert A. Hildreth


Eva M. Lord, Public Health Nurse Fabyan Packard, M. D.


Registrars of Voters


Leon F. Hildreth. Term expires March 31, 1922


Robert J. McCarthy Term expires March 31, 1923 Albert R. Wall. .Term expires March 31, 1924 Charles L. Hildreth, Clerk Ex-Officio


Town Accountant


Harold W. Hildreth


Town Counsel


Edward Fisher


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Precinct Officers


PRECINCT 1 .- Warden, Alonzo H. Sutherland ; Deputy Warden, Arthur G. Hildreth; Clerk, John M. Fletcher; Deputy Clerk, John Feeney, Jr .; 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, Arthur J. Charlton ; Inspectors, John R. Greene, Joseph Wall; Deputy Inspectors, Charles A. Blodgett, John A. Healy.


PRECINCT 3 .- Warden, Fred Shugrue ; Deputy Warden, William J. Donnelly ; Clerk, Ralph A. Fletcher; Deputy Clerk. Houghton G. Osgood ; Inspectors, Walter A. Whidden, Bernard J. Flynn; Deputy Inspectors. Swan G. Swanson. James H. O'Brien.


PRECINCT 4 .- Warden. John B. Gray; Deputy Warden, Joseph F. Costello ; Clerk, John Edwards; Deputy Clerk. Edward T. Hanley ; Inspec- tors, John W. Spinner, Richard D. Prescott; Deputy Inspectors, Mathew Elliott, Edmund J. Hunt.


Superintendent of Westford Home Charles S. Ripley Keeper of Lockup Charles S. Ripley


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 Samuel H. Balch


Director for Demonstration Work in Agriculture and Home Economics


W. Otis Day


Appraisers of Property at Town Farm


W. Otis Day


Robert Prescott


William E. Wright


Committee in Charge of Whitney Playground Herbert V. Hildreth


Charles L. Hildreth Oscar R. Spalding


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Births


RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1921


DATE


OF BIRTH 1921


NAME


PARENTS


Sept. 18 Barnes, Elaine Murray .


Gordon and Mary Diatha (Murray)


Dec. 11 Bellitsky, Antony


Dieman and Sofie (Bellida)


Oct. 31 Blanchard, . Walter L. and Hilda (Sugden)


July 21 Boichenko, Makary and Ella (Wilson)


May 24 Borodafka, John


. Michael and Annie (Loppa)


Dec. 2 Boucher, Isolande


Eugene and Bertha (Milot)


June 6 Brouillard, Lorette


Aug. 12


Brule, Mary Ann


Joseph P. and Adolphin A. (Socha)


Apr. 19


Cote, Mary Pearl Roma


Henry and Rose ( Provost)


June 4


Daley, Francis


John and Margaret (May)


Oct. 15


Davis, Helen Louise


. Wesley H. and Ruby I. (Willett)


Oct. 21


Denesevitch, Annie


Joseph and Vanara (Bilida)


Aug. 26


Doucette, Manfred Hazen


John and Rachel (Perkins)


Aug. 29


Dubey, Dorothy


Joseph O. and Alexandrine (Duchesneaux)


Sept. 5


Dubey, Ralph Henry


Peter Dubey and Clara J. (Levine)


Nov. 30°


Flagg, John


Webster E. and Mary E. (Sullivan)


Dec. 6 Fletcher, Joseph Willard


Walter W. and Grace (Taylor)


Dec. 6


Fletcher, Rowland Taylor


Walter W. and Grace (Taylor)


June 17


Gagnon, Francis


Fred and Belle ( Provost)


Sept. 29


Grabosky, Boleslaw


Julius and Mary (Macnovitch)


Sept. 22 Grebofski, Sohia


Charles and Bronislawa (Pochanka)


Sept. 22


Green, Leslie Earle


Edmund and Maie (Fisk)


Apr. 11 Greenwood, Marianne Simone


Edward and Alice (Dumont)


May 10


Grenier, Armand


Alberic and Elodia (Lamy)


Mar. 9


Gubelis,


Stathis and Katherine (Papokalos)


Nov. 3 Guolla, Victoria Antoinetta


Peter and Flora (Colletti)


Sept. 30


Halko, Sofie


Wasil and Dora (Chyschenko)


Apr. 9 Hanson, Richard Erwin


Carl H. and Esther F. (Johnson)


Dec. 6 Harachka, Sadie .


Stefan and Dominica (Bellida)


July 9 Harrigan, Margaret Mary


Edwin and Rose (Dare)


Jan. 11


Healy, Mary Barbara


John A. and Mary E. (Driscoll)


June 13


Hildreth, Mary


Harold W. and Edith (Lawrence)


Apr. 6


Hitchcock, Viola Nettie


Wade and Nettie (Hannig)


Mar. 5


Holmes, John


James and Annie (Walsh)


Sept. 19


Johnson, Marion




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