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To the People of Chelmllfordr

we extend our congratulations to the people of Chelmsford as they celebr ate the three hundredth anniver sary of their existence as a community. This is an occasion for rejoicing and thanksgivine. We look back over a vast span of 300 years . Out of scores of scat­ tered, t iny conununiti es such as Chelmsford then was , America has grown into a vast and powerful nation, dedicated to high ideals. CHURCH AFFAIRS COMMITTEE---Front, ltor, Mrs. Harold Clayton, Chalr,nan '!be pioneers of 300 years ago, were f ollowed over the cent uries by other pioneering spirits who came here from various lands, Arnaud Bla~kadar, Mrs. Gordon oe~olf, Mrs. Jessie Stewart; rear, 1 to bringing to .voorica. their gifts of heart and hand, of mind and r, Daniel Haley, Rev. Landon Lindsay, Maxwell carter, Bernard McGovern. spirit, all contributing to America' s cultural heritage.

How meaningful this three hurxiredth anniversary celebratioP must be to the people of Chelmsford I personally can fully ap­ CHURCHES - JOHN FISKE preciate, because another segment of America, the Jewish people, has just completed its own cel ebr ation marking the three hundredth The Rev. John Fiske was 54 years old when he anci some of the Wenh am anniversary of the establishment of the first Jewish community in church members came t.o

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REV, A. L . TEIKMANIS, PH. 0. 37 HAWTHORNE BTRE E: T LOWE LL, MA9 S ACHU 8 l:TT8

ARCHBISHOP'S RESIDEN CE 2101 C O MMONWEALTH AVENUE BRIGHTON 3!5, MASS.

r.:y heart1e.st c on3r a tula tions to y ou, citizens of Chelmsford, on your 300th It is, indeed, a pleasure to extend greetings to the people Anniversary celebration. of Chelmsford on their 300th Anniversary as an Incorporated Township. The spiritual growth of the Town, as well as its Kay this be a truly j ::>yous occasion increasing population of over eleven thousand, are indicative for everyone of you and may God bless you of the confidence of its founders. also in the future witb success and prospe­ All must humbly thank God for the blessings and benefits rity and cr::>wn it all with the spirit of bestowed on Chelmsford. In this hour of joyful celebration, brotherh::>od and cooperation. there must be a renewal of faith and courage. Judged by the glorious accomplishments of the past three centuries, Chelmsford can look forward, under God, to even greater t hings in the years to come. Rev. Arthur L. Te 1kman1s,Ph.D., Pres 1dent ,Greater L::>we ll !-:1n1stere Association. ~n old picture of the Unitari~n church mi·nus h « t e c urbing and the heauti fut bushes it now has, the spire of the Baptist church can be ~een to the riAht of the Unitarian church. Pictures were submitted by Arnofd Perham.

Aid' of the great 'Chicago From 1880 to 1886 the ladies A. Fletcher, Mrs. Harriet Fire• in 1871. These societies, met during t he winter in the Bartlett, Mrs. Emma Buzzell having some definite obj ect lower town hall or more proper­ and Mrs. Louise C. Howard, in after the time of need. usually ly named, the supper room. connection with the Parish passed out of existence. During the year of 1886 the Committee. The present society, which old town hall was purchased Through the efforts of Mrs. was probably organized some­ from the town by the standing Buzzell and Mrs. Fletcher the time between 1866-1868, has no committee of the Unitarian larger part of the money was existing reco rds but presum­ Society. Mr. Perley Perham and raised by subscriptions; the First Parish Unitarian, Ctielmsford Center ably came to life in the latter Mr. Adams Bartlett acted for impetus sermon by their pastor, part of the fall of 1868. the Parish. Reverend Joseph A. Chase was 1677-1704; Rev. Sampson Stod­ The Freedman' s Aid Soci.ety At the Annual Meeting of the followed by the earnest and First Congregational dard, 1708-1740; Rev. Ebenezer was about to disband. A social Ladies' Society on November 3, indefatigable efforts of Mrs. (Unitarian) Society Bridge, 1741-179 2\1: Rev. He z­ ~nd supper was held at Park­ 1886 at the home of the presi­ Bartlett. The church was re­ ekiah Packard, 1793-1802; Rev . hurst' s Hall (then standing dent, Mr s. Joseph Fletcher, it dedicated November 21, 1888. As the first and for many Wilks Allen, 1803-1832; Rev. where the flagman's house now was voted to engage a carpen­ nie prosper! ty of the Parish years the only chu rch in town, William Andrews , 1836-1838; is). ter to look over the hall to commenced at that time and the First Congregational (Uni ­ The ladies had been in the continued to the present date. Rev. John Lewis Russell, 1840- see what the cost of fitting tarian) Church has a long his­ habit of meeting regularly and it up as a vestry would be, The hard work of the society 1842. felt the need of some social tory inextricably connected Rev. Darius Forbes, 1844- within their means. Mr. Al mon commenced with their first with that of the to wn . After organization. Mrs. Joseph Reed Holt was eneaged to do the fair, which was held October 1845; Rev. Frederick F.Thayer, suggested that the ladies of t his year, only the members of 18 45- 1847; Re v. Charles W. work, and on April 13, 1887 31, 1883, netting the society the Society contributed toward Mellen, 1849-1853; Rev. 1'11 - the Unitarian Society should the Ladies' Parlor and Vestry $119. 42. In addition to fairs, the support of the ministry. have a society of their own. was dedicated; the entire cost there were rummage sales, liam Morse, 1854-1856; Rev. socials, dinners, etc. Previously, every inhabitant Russell A. Ballou, 1856-1858; The matter was talked over, being about $519. 62. 'nle money was I will mention a few of the expected to pay his 'min­ Rev. Horace W. Morse, 1860- and being favorably received, was raised by fairs, enter­ interial tax.' a meeting wa s called to b~ tainment and by private dona­ most important donations of 1867; Rev.Fiske Barrett, 1867- the circle: The present building is the 1869; Rev. Freder ick W.Webber, held at the hou se of Dr. Bart­ tions. To the Sunday School Library, fourth to stand on this site 1870- 1872; Rev. Duane V.Bowen, l ett. nie result of this meet­ Mrs. Joseph Fletcher had a $50.00; Piano for vestry, and was constructed in 1842. 1872-1874; Rev. Ezekiel Fitz­ ing was the formation of the large part of the care of the $285. 00; To Chur ch Organ Fund The town built the brick base­ gerald, 1874-1876; Rev. James pr esent Ladies' Circle, with work and other troubl es inci­ in 1906, $100. 00; Toilet room ment of the building and until J. Twiss, 1876-1879; Rev. An­ Mrs. Maria Bartlett a.s presi­ dent to such responsibility. the Town Ha l l wa s built in drew M. Sherman, 1879-188 1; dent, Mrs . Emma L. Buzzell, To her, due credit should be and other repairs, $196. 62; 1879, this basement was used Rev. Daniel F. Goddard, 1882- vice president, and Mrs. Clor­ given for our now very enjoy- and lastly, in 1913, repairing for town meetings and various 1883; Rev. Joseph A. Chase, inda H. Parkhurst, secretary able vestry. · church, $750. 00. 1,ublic gatherings. It i s in­ 1883-1891; Rev. Granville and treasurer, which had a Previous to this, t wo fur­ Many years the ladies fur­ teresting to find that in 1876 Pierce, 1892-1901; Rev. Alfred large membership. nie original paces had been placed in the nished flowers for the church, the steeple blew do wn and D. K. Shu rtleff, 1901-1907; object of the society was to basement at a cost of $406.00. commencing in 1892. about 1910 it was struck by Rev. Lorenzo L. Greene. 1907- work for any deserving charity One important feature not In 1895 through the efforts lightning ~hich followed the 1927; Rev. LYman M. Greenman, which might be presented and directly connected with the of Miss Emma J, Stevens, then chain and weight of the clock' 1928, Rev. Floyd J. Taylor, also to hold socials. The Ladies' Circle was remodeling president, the Ladies Sewing --an accident whi ch recurred Rev. Edward Cahill, Rev. Kar l money went toward fitting up of the church in 1888. The Circle Joined the National on June 13, 1955. Plans are Bach, Rev. Percy Brayton, Rev. the town hall for a vestry, committee included Mrs. Eliza Continued On Fourteenth Page now completed for r estoring J oseph Giunta, Re v. Philip wheneve r the Parish Committ ee the steeple and for building Larson. could ourchase it from the a parish at the r ear of the town. church building. Work i~ ex­ Meetings of the society were pected t o begin in October. held on Wednesday afternoons Several years ago the former Women's Alliance once every two weeks, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter First Parish Unitarian home of some member. Attend­ J . E. Martel at Putnam Avenue ance was always large. and First Street was purchased During the winter suppers as a parsonage but sold when Before the War of the Rebel­ were held. The gentlemen in­ Miss Susan s. McFarlin be­ lion there was a society known vited and accepted and with a queathed her home in 1950 for as the Ladies Charitable So­ general social in the evening, that purpose. This too wa s ciety, composed of the ladies a very good time was enjoyed later sold, and the present of all denominations; the ori­ until nine or ten o'clock. parsonage at 43 Acton koad ginal object was to work for These socials are looked back purchased. Man y chan ges have any worthy causes presented by to with a great deal of pleas­ been made through the years in any of the ladies. ure by the ol der membersof both the church auditorium and When it passed out of exist­ the parish. the ves try. Among recent gifts ence is not really certain - In the latter part of the to the Society is the Wurlit­ but there had been a Ladies year 1875 it was voted to take zer organ, given by Gerald M. Soci ety for many years. There the funds of the charitable Kennedy in memory of his wife, was one connected with the society and purchase crockery. the late Doro tlzy Kennedy Emer­ Unitarian church that met once This was done in February, son, in 1950. a year to elect officers to 1876, at a cost of somewhere Active organizations of the enable it to hold trust funds. over $100.00. The charitable Society are the Evening Alli­ These funds were drawn out and society.having met once a year ance, the Women's Alliance, the Society di sbanded in 1876. to elect officers, was then the Liberal Religious Youth During the war of the Rebe l ­ disbanded. n its crockery, with group, the Men's Club and the lion (1860), there was a additions since made, is still Unitarian Players, a dramatic Soldiers Aid Society composed in use. group. of members of the different After purchasing the crockery Pastors of the ancient church religious societies. Later socials were held in the t own have been: Rev. John Fisk, there was a 'Freedman's' Aid, hal l until 1880, when the Fl oat of Rev . John Fisk and c-on:ire~a t ion r ep resented.by 1655- 1676; Rev. Thomas Clark, and still later a 'We stern present town hall was built. First Con gre gational (Unitarian) church. I '

Congregational Church, Horth Chelmsford who was ordained and installed North ·Chelmsford No v. 21. 1827. Three years Congregational Church afterward the courts of Massa­ chusetts held that the major­ Congregational Church float• In 1821, members of the Con­ ity vote of the pew-h older s gregational church at the Cen­ could determine the denomina­ improvements have been marle Rev. Clement Hahn, 1925- 1930; business affairs as well as in ter who were 11 ving in the tion of a church society, and, since that time. The Johnson Rev. Herman Van Lunen , 1930- t heir own special field of vicinity of Middlesex Village the majority of this being or gan, for example, was elec­ 1943; Rev. Lawrence W. Fair­ religion and morals. In their requested tlrat they be permit­ then Unitarian, those who clung trified in 1950. At present child, 1943-1946; Rev. John early zeal t o establish and ted to build a church there to the old Congregational be­ the active organizations of the Logan Findlay, 1947- 1950; Rev. perpetuate a Bible Coaaon­ and that the then-minister, l ief l eft them and held their church are the Women's Guild, Kermit E. Wh ite, 1950-1954 ; wealth, clergy and laymen Wilkes Allen, and his success­ services in Wood's Hall, near­ the Pilgrim Fellowship, the Rev. Wm. J. Co x, J r . , 1951- alike were stern and uncom­ or be permitted to preach by. Mr. Al bro continued as Couples• Club, and the Mis­ 1952; (interim); Rev. Marshall promising toward those who did there 'one Sabbath in three. • their pastor until 1832 and sionary Society. The society Jenkins, 1954- (i nt eri m) . not hold their beliefs. Later, Thi s was agreed to, and a was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. now had 270 members. little by little, their at­ building was erected next to Noyes and other s. In 1836, the The pastors have been: Rev. The Massachusetts Bay set­ titude toward other peoples the Middlesex Tavern, on the Uni tar ian group disbanded and B. F. Clark, 1839-1869; Re v. tlers were Pu ritans, largely and other beliefs changed and corner of Baldwin and Middle­ the building was sold, some 20 Dan iel Phillips, 1870- 1874; but not exclusively believers became more olerant and help­ sex streets. years later to the Roman Cath­ Rev. L. J. Merrill, 1876-1878; in the doctrines of John Cal­ ful. tbree years later.the Second ol ics. The Cong regational So­ Rev. J. H. Vincent, 1878-1880; vin, with the Congr egational Congregational Chu rch was or­ ciety, meanwhil e , had l e ft Rev. H. L. Hurchins, 1884-1889; form of church organization. 1893 ganized and consisted of 13 Wood's Ha ll in 1836 and es­ Rev. L.I. Bryant, 1889-1897; The early minist ers were high­ It will be a rare opportun­ members , al l from the Fi r st tablished itself in the old Rev. R.W. Dunbar, 18 98-1904; ly educated--graduates of Ox­ ity to hear Bishop Phillips Church, Chelmsford. Mr. Allen red schoolhouse at No rth Rev. Dorr A. Hu dson, 1904- fo rd of Cambridge at first, Brooks at the EPiscopal church supplied the pulpit r egu l arly Chelmsford. This was destroyed 19 10; Rev. William C. H. Moe, then of Harvard Co llege. They next S&turday afternoon at 3 for nearly two years, dividing by fire in 1893, and the next 1910; 1912; Rev. Franklin H. were the acknowledged leaders o'clock. All Saints church his time equally between the year on April 26, 1894, the Reeves, 19 12-19 17; Re v. E. of the com munity and for a cordially invites all other two churches. The first minis­ pr esent church building was Ambrose Jenkins, 19 17-1923; long time maintained close denominations of the town with ter was the Rev. John A. Albro, dedicated. Various changes and Rev. W.D. 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ROCKWELL OF RANDOLPH, INC. WOODCO CORPORATION E-ZEE Loe Awning (Wholesole Millworlc Div.) Distributing Divisions Window Div. RANDOLPH, WISC. North Bergen, N. J. - Schenectady 3, N. Y. - Lowell, Mass. MIAMI 47, FLA. to withdraw, she being one of began its existence illustra­ ister wh o had graduated fro1 the followers of Hyde, the Se­ ting the severe simplicity of Ha rvard College, a large con· paratist speaker.' 'At Boston. Baptist church policy, and the gregation and an invit ing Met with Mr. Whitefield wh o absolute independence of Bap­ future. had been preaching about con­ tist churches . ., A year later, the first Bap­ The present membership of siderable and this morning tist meeting house was l ocated this church is 37. The first preached a farewell sermon in the south we s t corner of minister to receive a stated to the Town of Boston.' 1757: wh at is now Heart Pond Ceme­ salary (i,30 yearly) was the 'Conversed with John Blaisdell tery, near the junction o~ Rev. J ohn Peckens, and also and wife about o wn ing the Hunt Road and Park erv i 11 e Road. during his pastorate, a farm covenant. She can't say that Meetings had previously been was purchased for his use at a she wi ll s ubmit to the disc i­ held at private ho111es. This cost of i,200. This farm at 19 pline of t his ci1urch. being 1772 meeting house had been Elm Road is now owned by Al­ considerably attached to Hyde, built as the first Congrega­ be rt R. Simpson . In 1847 a the Separate speaker at t he tional chur ch in Westford parsonage was acquired at the South end.' 1758: 'Discour sed about 1724, and stood near the corner of Maple Road and Acton at night with Jno. Spaulding, site of the present Pirst Road. Its first occupant was Jr., about his turning to ye Parish Church in that town . the Rev. J.C. Boomer. It was antipedobaptists, and his In 1768, Westford voted not to destroyed by fire in 192 1 and being about to be rebaptized, repair this building again but has not been rebuilt. Tile land but I fear to little o r no to construct a new one, which for the present chu rch build­ purpose.' 1770: 'Nathan Crosby was first occupied in December ing was given by William Byam. turned bapti~t. and was bap­ 1771. The old church was sold The horse sheds on the west tized by plunging, when one of to Aaron Parker. Jr., for whose side of the property have long their preachers preacned at family the Parker Village sec­ since been torn down and the Jno. Spaulding' s.• tion ot Westford is named. He hearse horse wa s moved to It is possible t o · read a apparently acted on behalf of heart Pond Cemetery and serves first Baptist Churc~, South Chel~sford good deal into these notes. the Baptists of the South End as a tool house. The interior and religious elements would We may find, for example, the in Chel111sford,and the purchase of the building has undergone lhe First Baptist Cliurcb be so combined as to become distaste of a college bred. cr eated such excitement 'That many changes. The pulpit was actually two aspects of the properly ordained minister of the building was enter ed and originally much higher, with a 'Some few of the first set· same method of regulating in­ the Standing Order who held a robbed of its pews and finish. sounding board over it. The tlers in New England were dividual lives for the purpose position of the highest influ­ The house was hastily taken t o galler y at the rear ( 'the persons inclined to the senti· of bringing them into harmony ence, for a man who is a lay pieces by the purchaser, and singing seats') was also high­ ments of the Baptists, an

All God's Children was subject of St. John's church float showin g variety of occu­ pations.

St. John the Evangelist Church, North Chelmsford resided in the northern part St. John's Parish of the town and vicinity. The remainder belonged to the re­ The parish was founded in mote portion of the parish 1893. Up to that date all which includee the town of Catholics in Chelmsford, West­ Westford and adjacent terri­ ford, Carlisel, Tyngsboro and tory. Notwithstanding the fact Dunstable were counted members that there were no convenient of old St.Patrick's in Lowell. means of travel in those days, There were few it any Catholics the members of this parish S~ John's church float. in these towns in the early faith fully and zealously at­ 19th century. In the 1 ate tended to their weekly reli­ many minutes had not elapsed watch upon their undertaking. Congregational Meeting House 'SO's, as far back as any re­ gious duties, but a feeling ere Mr. Morrison, with con­ Among the older residents who at Middlesex Village was going cords take us, there were pos­ made itself manifest that they siderable astuteness, had were directly concerned in to be sold at auction. A com­ sibly fifty families. should possess a church of stopped the tearing down oper­ this movement mi ght be men­ mittee of Catholics was quickly The Second Congregational their own, more conveniently ations until he had discussed tioned: Patrick Ward , Anthony sumrooned and unanimously voted Church of Chelmsford had dis­ located for their needs. the idea of purchasing the Ward, William Quigley, Henry to purchase the building for a banded. Their raeeting house on The opportunity came about building as it stood, with his McCabe, John McNally, Patrick Catholic Church. The Know Middlesex street at the corner the year 1860, and was quickly co-parishioners. This was McManomin, F.dward Fox, Michael Nothing Movement was rife at of Baldwin street was empty grasped by one of the older quickly decided upon, every­ Holland, Arthur McEnaney, Owen this time, and the Catholics nearly twenty-five years. In members of the parish, named body being enthusiastic over McEnaney, John McCoy, Owen realized that if their inten­ 1859 it was purchased by the John Morrison, a farmer by oc­ this proposition. The price o• Donnell and George Brennan.• tions were made known to -the Catholics of North Chelmsford cupation, who resided at the agreed upon was about $400, News had spread that the Continued On Seventh Page and vicinity. What their own place long popularly known as which was then partly subscrib­ house of worship meant to our the Brick Tavern, and the ed by the heads of the fami­ forefathers in the faith is father of the Hon. John H. lies and the balance obtained told in the words of a non­ Morrison, whose reputation on a mortgage. It meant many a Catholic Middlesex County among the legal fraternity of hard-earned dollar for a good Hi sto ri an: number, but the money was C9ongratulations his day has not yet been for­ cheerfully given, as it pro­ 'Up to 1860, those who pro­ gotten. While on the way to fessed the Roman Catholic Paith Lowell wi th a load of market mised the realization of a had to Journey to Lowell to gardening John Morrison noticed project long cherished. The at tend mass every Sunday, as a number of men who were on task of moving the building to to the TOWN OF CH~LMSFORD well as for the performance of the point of starting to tear its present location was their other religious duties. down the building known as the undertaken and eventually ac­ The number of families includ­ Middlesex Village O>ngregation­ complished with more or less on its 300th ANNIV~RSARY ed in this parish which formed al Church. The thought sudden­ of a strenuous struggle, The part of St. Patrick's parish ly struck him that this was feeling that existed among the of Lowell numbered then about Just what was wanted for the followers of the various de­ fifty families, thirty of whOII members of his parish, and nominations caused a close

GOVERNOR

st. John's Church Holy Name Society. CHRISTIAN A. HERTER Catholicity in Lowell. His usual Sunday routine was Patrick McEnaney, Peter McMa­ Masses were said regularly to say mass here at North hon, John Hogan, George O'Neil, each Sunday and holy da.y, and Chelmsford at nine o'clock, James P. Dunigin, and Peter P. the Sacraments were adminis­ then take his horse and car­ Cummings. After the mass, a tered under very trying con­ riage, or sleigh, and drive t.o lunch was given to the choir, ditions a;:d often at very Graniteville, a distance of which was from St. Patrick's in Lowell, and to newspaper great dflstances. Following the eight miles, where he would men. The following young lad­ old Irish custom of saying say another mass at ten-thirty. ies of the Parish acted as mass et the stations or indiv­ He 110uld then baptize whatever infants re(JUired the Sacr11111ent waitresses: Misses Maggie Horan idual homes, mass was said at Kate McKay, Kate McQ.lade, Mary certain times in the houses of and return to North Chelmsford Catholic famU ies in Westford. at about twelve or twelve­ lard, Josie Hogan, Maggie Later on mass was celebrated thirty. It was the power of McDonough, and Mrs. Rose Duni­ in one of the local hal 1 s in his good example and his devo­ gan. The Archbishop remained Westford and finally a mission tion to his religious duties for Solemn Vespers in the church was established there. that endeared him to all his evening, which was sung by Visits to this Westford mis­ parishioners. Among his fellow­ ~ev. William O'Brien. Other sion church, known as St. priests Father Shaw was looked priests present on this occa­ Catherine' s, were made about up to and admired. They under­ sion were Father McManus of once every three months. stood the hardships he gladly a>uth Lawrence, Father Gil day A few words about the church endured. Morethan once he of st. Michael's, and Father structure. Some might have risked serious injury from ex­ Burke of st. Patrick' s. Sever­ doubts about the solidity and posure, driving for hours in '1 or the Zanveri.an brothers Sacra­ were also present. The sermon St. John's Hall on Quigley Avenue in North Chelmsford. security of the building after bitter cold to bring the all these (122) years and ments to parishioners in dan­ on t.his occasion was delivered present position, it was found particularly after its long ger of death. His parish by Bishop Walsh. St. John's Parish that there was no site provid­ haul from Middlesex Village. stretched over all Westford After seven years of valiant Continued From Sixth Pa2e ed for it. The Committee ·then Any doubts of the solidity of and Chelmsford up to the New effort here, Father Shaw was owners, they would never re­ went to Thomas Adams. who liv­ the church are di Ill) ell ed by an Hanpshire state line. promoted to the Pastorate of lease the property. According­ ed in the section of the town inspection of its inner struc­ Through the years, what had the vigorously growing Parish ly, one of their number, John now known as Vinal SQUare. He ture. Huge hand-hewn beams are been a bare-walled, unadorned of St. Michael in Lowell. He Morrison, was selected by the owned considerable property bound together by a:>oden pegs. meeting house was converted remained there until his death committee to effect the pur­ around here at the time and The tower, remember, once into a house of God. There was in 1939. chase. He was a farmer from was asked to sell the present supported a bell weighing 1681 the al tar with its tabemacl e In November. 1900, Rev. Rich­ Westford, and lived at a place p~el of land. At first he pounds. The original clap­ where now dwelt permanently ard Burke, • curate at St. known as tht! Brick Tavern near r~sed, but later changed his boards have clung throughout a the 'King of Kings. • It was Patrick's in Lowell, bec ..e Long Sought For Pond. John mind and sold it to the Catho­ century and more, -- hand-hewn flanked by the images of Our past.or of St. John's. Father Morrison attended the auction lics for a very nominal sum to and fitted boards fastened by Lady and St. Joseph. The Burke continued the good wort and bid in the church for the make the transaction 1 egal. - the original hand-wrought statues of other Saints were of his predecessor and con­ sum of $400. The owners pre­ The trouble was not over nails. there, and the Stations of the structed the annex or side suming he wanted it for a yet. It was found that the North Chelmsford grew through Cross. The whole interior was Chapel of the Blessed Virgin. barn, laughed at the notion of pqrchased site was nothing but the years and the number of renewed so that the faithful At the rear of this annex he aoving the building so far. a solid ledge of rock. This Catholics had grown sufficient­ felt at home within. Their erected aabeantiful shrine in They reckoned without Mr. reQUired many hours of blast­ ly so that on Jan. l, 1893, minds turned easily to the honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. llorrison' s neighbors. ing, which was very tedioue Archbishop Willi8111s establish­ things of God, and to the The contractor for this work It is in this work particu­ and costly. The men excavated ed in this village the new friend s of God, His closest was Patrick McMahon, the son­ larly that the courage, zeal, as far as their means would parish of St. John the Evange­ Saints. The Church was at last in-1 aw of Mrs. Catherine and sacrifice of the earl3 pennit and finally placed the list. in some way worthy of the tre­ McO>y, then one of the oldest pioneers stands out. As far as building on a rock foundation. Rev. John J. Shaw was ap­ mendous action to which it was living members of the parish. ,e have i>een able to ascertain, This explains why the main pointed the first pastor. now dedicated - the offering Devotions in honor of Our Lady no contractor was employed body of the Church rests so Father Shaw was very familiar of the Body and Blood of of Lourdes which attracted !or this very arduous work. A high above the surface of the with his new assignment, inas­ Christ in the sacrifice of the people from Lowell and the group of Catholic men, after a ground. St. John's is in fact much as he had often gone Mas& surrounding towns, were held hard day• s work, assembled a church built upon a rock. there to say mass, while serv­ Thus dawned what was perh8')s each Sunday and Wednesday each evening and with the aid The first priest who said ing as an assistant at St. the proudest day in Father afternoon. Many cures of the of horses and log rollers •ass here was a Father Barrett! Patrick's in Lowell. His first Shaw's Priesthood - the day of sick and crippled were at­ struggled to move the large from St. Patrick's, Lowell. task was to build himself a the Rededication of the Church tributed to these devotion&. building a few yards at a He was not known very well, rectory, and this he accom­ of st. John the Evangelist by Father Burke was also respon­ time. This task was very di!­ possible because he was here plished a few months after his Archbishop John J. Williams, sible for installing electric ticul t indeed, but other un­ only a short time. The priest appointment. The rectory was September 29, 1895. The cere­ chandeliers and other lighting looked for obstacles soon be­ who was best known at this built by William C. Edwards of mony began with the sprinkling fixtures in the church. His gan to appear. The Church, as time by many of the old par­ West Chelmsford, en old time of the Church on the outside pastorate 1 asted only t11> years you doubtless realize, had to ishioners was Father John builder. One of the men who with holy water. This was done and he was followed by Father be moved from Baldwin Street, O'Brien. a native of Ireland. worked with him on this pro­ by the Archbishop himself. A Michael Callahan. along Middlesex Street, to its pastor of St. Patrick' s Par- ject was Captain John Monahan, procession followed into the Father Callihan took charge present location. This involved ish. It is his benign counten­ a member of this parish who Church and a solemn high mass of t.he parish on January 16, a distance of one and one-half ance that is so familiar all still resides at West Chelms­ was offered. Rev. Father Louis 1902. It was during his pas­ miles. Necessarily, property over America from its presence ford. Among the other improve­ Walsh of St. John's Seminary, torate that the parish had its rights had to be invaded. Some on the bottle of the cough ments made during the pastor­ Brighton, who later became first assistant, Rev. Philip o! the people were very friend­ medicine named after him. He ship of Father Shaw was the Bishop Walsh of Portland, Sexton. He c&111e to the parish ly and offered no opposition, c1111e here regularly each Sun­ addition of the outer front Maine, was the celebrant of in June, 1902. The records while others, resenting the day in a horse and carriage in vestibule. Also the present the mass; Father Gleason, dea­ show that Father Callihan re- !act that the building was to good weather, and in a sleigh sanctuary and sacristy were con; Father Joyce, subdeacon; 11ained only a very short ti•e. be used for a Catholic Church, in the winter. He vested for added, thus lengthening the Father Shaw was master of cere­ He in turn was succeeded by voiced their objections vigor­ mass usually on the left side body of the church. A new monies. Rev. Father Edmund T. Scho­ ously. This resulted in an in­ of the altar, since there was al tar was erected and new pews Other priests present were field, appointed pastor Novem­ junction against the Catholic no sacristy e rected at the installed t o accommo date Rev. Fathers Leonard, William ber 14, 1902, who retnained un­ Committee of Men and was taken time. The vestment case was seven hundred people. These O'Brien, and Michael O'Brien. til his death in 1916. Father into Court. Judge Crosby, the simply a common pine chest of added church rep a1 rs were al so The sermon was delivered by Schofield was a vigorous, en­ presiding Justice at the time, drawers. He tied his horse in made by Mr. Edwards. Father McDonough of st. Peter' s ergetic type of priest, whose ruled against the injunction, an old carriage shed which Father Shaw was an indefat­ Church, Lowell. The Archbishop interest was in generating a provided the Catholics complied stood down to the left of the igable worker for the cause of made some brief remarks at the strong spirit of faith. He was with the laws for a right of church, as you face from Mid­ Christ and His Church. He was conclusion of the mass. The assisted in his duties by Rev. way for traveling. The men dlesex Street. The church, at alone here as parish priest ushers on tbllt occasion were; Father John McNamara of the were thus obliged to tear down the time, was comp letely sur­ for seven years. He had under chief usher, William J. Quig­ Manchester diocese, who was large portions of stone walls rounded by pine trees. In fine his Jurisdiction, at the time, ley; assistants, John J. Mona­ loaned t.o the doicese of Bos­ before beginning the moving weather the men would gather the towns of Chelmsford, West­ han, John McManiman, John Sey­ ton bec11 \Se of his know! edge operations, and afterwards re­ in the shade and discuss the ford, Dunstable, Tyngsboro and mour, Samuel Seymour, John F. of French. There were a great build them. This naturally was problems of the day. In the part of the City of Lowell. Crowley, Michael Gallagher, Continued On Eleventh Page a very tiresome and slow pro­ light ot this an amusing cus­ cess. tom arose. Just before the During the actual moving mass the al tar boy wou 1 d go S0111e threats were made by mem­ around the church with a hand bers of the Know Nothing Move­ bell, ringing it loudly to ment to destroy the b•1il ding. warn the men that mass was These threats, however, failed about to begin. to materialize due to the vi­ For thirty-three years St. gilance and sacrifice of these John's Mission was served by hero i c Catholic men. Each the priests of St. Patrick's night at least four of the Church in Lowe! 1. Notable men, armed with shot guns, among the priests in these would guard the Church from early years were t he following: sunset until midnight. They, Father John O'Brien; Father in turn, would be relieved by Timothy O' Brien, a brother; another group of four from Father Michael O'Brien, a 1idnight until daylight. Dur­ nephew; and Father William ing the day there was no need O'Brien, a relation who later for a guard. became Monsignor O'Brien At length, when the building These were the famous O'Brien was almost within reach of its clergymen who did so much for Knights of Columbus CJongr

TOWN OF

0 300th ST. JOSEl'N'S HOSPITAL

DENTISTS

Or. Steve E. C. Belkakis Dr. Kenneth A. Cooke Dr. L. Rodger Currie Dr. R. W. Cushing Dr. Matthew Czyzycki Dr. Walter R. Drapeau Dr. Charles C. Farrington Dr • Don a I d W. Fa r r i n gt on Dr. John P. Mahoney Or. Harold Soreff Or. Richard A. Stroud Dr. Arthur C. Vurgaropulos Dr. Charles M. Yarid

PSYCHIATRIST

Dr. Salvatore LaCerva

OPTOMETRISTS Dr. Ralph H. Clements Dr. Dexter Laton Dr. Wil I iam Porter Dr. Paul E. Tucker

CHIROPODIST Dr. Edna E. Briggs LOWELL fJEM ,lations

IELMSFORD rs intversary• ST. JOHN'S NOSl'ITAL

PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS

Dr. Herbert Abrams Dr. C. Stoyle Baker Dr. John J. Barry Dr. Dona.Id R. Berman Dr. Ph i I i p G. Berman Dr. J. Edmund Boucher Dr. Charles L. Brennan Dr. Richard J. Broggi Dr. Raymond Capers Dr. John Cappi Dr. George C. Carrie! Dr. Leonard C. Dursthoff Dr. Gertrude Frisbie Dr. Wi I I i am R. Green Dr. Frank M. Heifetz Dr. Raymond A. Horan Dr. Robert Kaldeck Dr. Leo F. King Dr. H. M. Larrabee Dr. David A. Latham Dr • Ern est H• Lat ham Dr. Hugh F. Mahoney Dr. Abraham J. Meister Dr. Phi I i p E. Mu I I an e Dr. Laval U. Peloquin Dr. George A. Ryan Dr. William F. Ryan Dr. Vernon E. Strobl Dr. Edward D. Sullivan Dr. Walter L. Twarog Dr. Albert W. Willis

It NOSl'ITAL A11 Saints Episcopal Chu-rch, Chelmsford Center ment of the Unitarian church-- A 11 Saints' the parish of All Saints, at Episcopal Church first called St. Anne' s--was orp.nized. The officers elect- Al though the Puri tan found- ed were: samuel c. Hunt, senior ing-fathers sought by estab- warden; Albert c. Harris, Jun­ lishing Congreptional cburches ior warden ; John H. Hunt, in America to change or purify clerlt and treasurer. The ves­ ALL SAINTS PARISH HOUSE ce rtai n principles of the trymen were: Geo. A. Howard, Church of England, they were Geo. w. Gaymonds, Samuel L. not al together hostile toward Byam, Everett E. Lapham, Thos. it or its ministers. The Rn. 11. Gerrish. Ebenezer Bridge writes pleaa- In 1868, property belonging antb of entertaining several to the Rev. and wrs. Horace w. aen who were ordained in or Morse, then the Unitarian min­ sympathizers with the Anglican ister, was purchased at the Church while be also expresses corner of Chelmsford and Bil­ oonsiderable ·distaste for the lerica Streets. In their for­ lay preachers of 'the Ne• mer bolle, now the rectory, was Li&hts', for example, who were set up Elamanuel Chapel, where beginning to attract a rather services were held until the sizeable following in Chelms- present church building was ford and elsewhere. consecrated in 1882.This chap- About 1850--nearly 25 years el occupied the two downstairs after st. Anne's Church had rooms on the side of the house been built by the Merrimack toward Lowell. The floor was Manufacturing Co. in what is carpeted in red and there were now Lowell for the benefit of yellow settees for the con­ workers in its mills in East gregation. The choir was dir­ Chelmsford--Miss Anna Eliza ected for a time by Mrs. Hunt attempted to spread re- Elizabeth (Byam) Mansfield, 11g1ous education among the who played the small parlor young people of the town by organ; and she was followed by starting a Bible class which Miss Elnma Paasche as organist. aet at the Proctor house (47 The tower was completed in Dedication of All Saints Parish Hall in Noved>er 1952, Shown adding articles to con­ Proctor Road) in south Chelms- 1888, in memory of Dr. FAson. tainer for placement in the cornerstone are, l tor, David Mason, W, Pollard Bart­ ford, at Mrs. Eliza Fiske's The stained glass window in lett, J. Walter Malloy, George Peterson, Yen. Artnur O. Phinney, Archdeacon of the in Central Square, and then the sacristy depicting the Re­ Lowell Diocese; Rector John M, Balcom of All Saints church. in the old brick schoolhouse turn of the Prodigal son was in Forefathers' Cmetery,still exhibited at the Philadelphia 1877-1907, and of his wife, a Parish House and this build­ 1954; The Rev. Paul D. Twelves, standing. There, in 1860, Dr. Exposition in 1876 and 1 ater Charlotte Clark. At the same ing was dedicated in November, 1954-. Theodore FAs~n of St. Anne's purchased for the church by time a new reredos was given 1952 during the rectorship of Organizations: Men' s Club, held the first ~iscopal ser- Dr. waters. In 1897, through by members of the parish and the Rev. John Balcom. Its de­ Women's Guild, Young Peopl e's vice on July 15,and thereafter his efforts, the cloister and friends of Dr. Waters, the signer was J. Walter Malloy, Fellowship, and couples' Club. aenices continut,d quite re- Old Study were added. Two late rector, in his memory, and and the engineer, FAward Hoyt, gularly by various clergymen years later, the organ was the c redence table was given both members of the church. 1893 among who• was the Rev . N.G. built, the gift of Mr. Fred- by Ida and Araminta Paasche in Rectors of All Saints' Sunday All Saints Church Allen, son of the Rev. Wilkes erick Fanning AYer of Lowell. memory of their father, Alex­ Church: The Rev. Benjamin F. •111 be suitably draped in Allen, first historian of the In 1939, a new al tar and rere- ander B. Paasche, who was Jun­ Cooley, 1875-1880; The Rev. mourning for the lat e Bishop town and minister of the First dos were installed, given in ior warden (1876-7) and senior J. J. Cressy, 1881-1887; The Brooks according to the re· Parish Congregational Church. aemory of Charles Danforth warden ( 1897-1909) · The Men' s Rev. A. D. Davis, 1888-1892; quest of the standing com· In 1867, at a meeting in the Clark, clerk, treasurer and Club rebuilt the Guild Room The Rev. Wilson Waters, D.D. mittee of the diocese. Hi s Old Town Hall--tben the base- warden of All Saints' Church, in 1945 and completed a new 1892-1933; The Rev. David w. death comes home t o the peo· ------kindergarten room in 1951. In ple of this parish, which he the early 1930'8, the Women's Norton, 1934-1937; The Rev. Charles w. Henry, 1937-1947; was expected to visit on Sat­ Guild had begun planning and urda.y 1 ast. working toward the erection of The. Rev. John M. Balcom, 1948-

ALL SAINTS PARSONAGE - Th is familiar town landmark was bui l t in 1767, It was moved Andrew Peterson portrays flev. Wilson Waters , late rector from its original location on the old turnpike (now Turnpike Road) near Bil l erica of All Saints• church, 11t the fireplace also showing Street, to itR present location on t he corner of Billerica anrl Chelmsford Streets, the history book which was pne of Rev. Waters works. in 1810. G:eene, D.D., of Lowell, sup­ piled during the winter ; Rev . Al bert F. Earnshaw, 1904-1908; Rev. Tilton C. H. Bouton, 1908- 19 10; Rev. Earl A. Roadman 1910-1913; Rev. Edward A. Rob~ inson, 1913-1919; Rev . John G. Lowell, 1919-1932; Rev. Eve r ett Lesher, 1932-1935; Rev. Howard Page, 1935- 194 1; Rev. Lloyd IH 11 i ams, 194 1- 1944; Rev. El ton Brown, 1944-1946; Rev. Wa rren Chandler, 1946-1955. Central Congregational Church Woaen's Assoc. On Jtlly 26th, 1887, the fast growing group of congrega­ tionalists which had held their services and meetings in the town hall and other churches of the town voted to build a church. The task of raising money for this worthy purpose was begun at once and the women Gospel Hall, Horth Chelmsford did a large share of the work. This group of women was Gospel Hall and discussion. The following first known as The Ladies poem, given only in part, de­ scribes with considerable ex­ Circle and later as The Ladies Gospel Hal l holds its ser­ Benevolent Society. actness the principles upon vices i n a building of the which Gospel Hal 1 is based: Entertainments and sales same name on Mission Road, were held almost weekly and on North Chelmsford. It has been There is a plainly furnished Dec. 1st. 'The Grand Pair' in existence about 50 years, Central Congregational Chun.:h, Chelmsford Center was held in the town hall and room, and has no fixed ministry but 'Tis in a village street, netted $490 . 02. Th i s made a relies on lay preachers in the fine start toward the pledge And to the saints that love vestry built in 189 2. In 1918 belief that all the members His Name The Ceo tral t he church was enlarged and a of $600, which Miss Kate Du­ come together as Christian pee had assumed for the Circle It seems a place most sweet; Congregational Church new organ purch ased from the disciples under the Lord's For 'tis the place where He First Unitarian Church o f of which she was president. direction and inspiration. The Another group known as the has set This church was or ganized on Lowell which had reunited with group has a membership of about 1be N1111e to which we meet. April 13, 1874 at a meeting the First Congregational Women's Board of Missions at­ 50 and is affiliated with held at the home of the Misses Church. Mrs. Margaret Wri ght tended to missionary projects. other Gospel Halls in Law­ These faithful women carried Each Lord' s day aorn we gather linn, ti 1 Academy Street. The left her home at /1 54 Boston rence, Boston, and other large there twenty original members were: Road to the church and it was on their work for many years. cities of New England. Mr. Wm. The Missionary Board was made Remembering His plea; Amos A. Byam ; Mary A. Byam; used for a parsonage for sev­ J. Warley of North Chelmsford 'As oft as ye do this, in love up of the older women and mem­ has been the local treasurer Panny Byam; Martha Calhoun; eral years. About 1945, how­ Ye do remember lie- Ed mu nd F. Dupee; Martha A. ever, Miss Carrie El liott also bership became greatly re­ and corresponding secretary duced. Finally it was voted MY broken body and My blood Dupee; Emma O. Dupee; Esther left her house, Il l Worthen for nearly 50 years. The Sun­ Poured out in death for thee. Hayward; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Street, to the church. The to merge the two groups which da,y School meets each Sunda,y; Metcalf; Sewall Parkhurst; Wright house has been sold and would henceforth be called there are weekly meetings for The Women' s Association. This There is no pulpit in the Martha M. Pinney; Alden Pinney; the Elliott house is the pre­ the young people in the win­ pl ace, P. W. Robinson ; Rebecca Tufts; sent parsonage. A few years Association carries on spir­ ter, and the Woman's Mission­ itual, social and missionary r-.c> organ, choir, or priest, Eliza F. Winn; Marcia H. Winn; ago , Miss Clare Smith gave the ary Society also meets regu­ But our dear Lord is there to Mary J. Winn; Sarah E. Winn. church the land between the activities and the present larly. Camp Berea at New Found membership averages 35 and bless Services were held on SUnday church building and the par­ Lake, Bristol, N.H., offers His own memorial feast; afternoons. first in the Bap­ sonage and it is now usedas represents the older women. CIIIJI) experience in 2-week per­ The present officers are And all we need in Him we tist church and 1 ater in the a parking lot. iods each for boys' and girls' find-- Ministers: Rev. F. M. Sprague, Pres. Mrs. Arnold C. Perham, Unitarian church. After a few groups regard! ess of religious Our Sacrifice and Priest. years services we re held on 1877-1879; Rev. C.C. Torrey; V.Pres. Mrs. Birger Petterson, affiliation, and the balance Sunday forenoons in the Town 1880-1883; Rev. J. N. Vincent, Secretary Mrs. Joseph Nad­ of the summer is given over to womey, Treasurer, Miss Kath­ Around the table of His grace, Hall { 1883). The church was 1883-1887; Rev. W.A. Anderson; an adult and a general confer­ Spread with His feast of inco rporated by the 1 egi sla­ 1887-1888; Rev. Charles B. erine Kilbourne. ence emphasizing Bible study Among the well known women love, ture on May 28, 1886. The pre­ Wathen, 1888-1890; Rev. Frank We muse in calm and quiet sent church building was erect­ E. Ramsdell, 1890- 1891; Rev. who served as officers, lea­ parish orcanizations and en­ ders, and willing workers in deared himself to·theparish­ peace ed in 1884 on land given by A.Lincoln Shear, 1891 June to on our High Priest above; the Misses Winn and thei r bro­ December; Rev. Joshua Foster the past are: Mrs. Adams Bart­ ioners. He was transferred to lett, Mrs. Ernest c. Bartlett, the Holy Rosary Parish in 11th praise and gratitude we ther, Mr. George Winn. The Tucker, 1893-1894; Rev. E.C. trace church was r emodelled and the Bartlett, 1894-1903; Rev. J.M. Mrs.Orrin Bachelder, Mrs. Eben South Boston in 1912. T. Adams, Miss Kate Dupee, Father F.dward c. Mitchell, 1 1be wonders of His love-- Mrs. William Dupee, Mrs. Wil­ curate fro• Malden, caae to li am Mitchell, Mrs. Samuel succeed Father Doherty in The love that bore our sin and Hagerman, Mrs. Isiac Stewart, 1912. It was during Father shme, Mrs. Paul Dutton, Mrs. Eben Mitchell' s time that a company And brought us nigh to God. Marshall, Mrs. E.H. Russell, of st. John's Cadets waa fol'll­ Made pure and clean from every Mrs. Artemas Woodworth, Misses ed. These cadets went through stain, Lillian& Katherine Kilbourne, the manual of arms and 11111- By faith in Jesus' blood, Misses Elizabeth and Margaret tary drill. They were modeled Each blood-washed sinner, Ashworth and Miss Carrie Elli­ on the famus 0.11. I. Cadets of saved by ,race, ot. Many others could be men­ Lowell and participated in Is now a priest to God. tioned and those familiar with parades both in Olelmsford and town history will note that Lowell. Father Mitchell is also The prayer, or psalm, or some of these women are still responsible for the f i ne base­ scripture read, active in the church and de­ ment that supports st. John's Repeats the joyful strain; cendants of many of them are Hall. He, himself, worked hard All praise and glory to the parishioners toda,y. Lamb-- to make this buildin& solid The Lamb for sinners slain. and secure. The bowling alleys 'For us He died, for us He St. John's Parish and pool tables were installed lives, Continued From Seventh Page in the club under his direc­ For us He' 11 come again I' many French speaking catholics tion. Father Iii tchell has since in the parish at the time. gone to his reward. His last The room seems now a holy assignment was asParish Priest Father McNamara remained in place-- the Parish fro• the year 1903 of st. Francis church in south A Bethany most dear, until 1909. He was then trans­ Weymouth. Where we can sit at Jesus' ferred back to Salem, New In August, 1915, Father feet, H11111>shire, in his own diocese. Henn L, Scott of Cochituate Forcetting every care. A little more than a year ago was sent here as an assistant Great peace have they which he died while serving aspastor to succeed Father Mitchell. He love Thy law; of the Catholic Church in remained here until September, No foe that peace can mar. Rochester, New Hampshire. 1918. He died while serving as Father Michael Doherty, now pastor of St. Aloysius Church Oh, may no snare of earth in­ pastor of St.llonica' s in Sooth in Newburyport. trude, Boston,then cane to the parish Father Schofield died on Or keep us from our place as an assistant to succeed Sunda,, September 10, 1916, Before the table of the Lord, Father McNamara. He was a new­ and was succeeded by ~ev. The emblems of His grace. ly ordained priest, full of Charles P. Hearney, who came Each Lord's day morn may be the zeal and youthful earnestness. here from st. Gregory' s Church last Central Congregational church before it was remodeled. He succeeded in fonning many Con tin md on Thirteenth Page Ere we shall see His face Methodist Church, West Chelmsford bur E. Goist, 1934; Rev . Chas. \\est Chelmsford W. Hamil ton, 1937; Rev. Owen E. Osborne, 1938; Rev. Chas. ~le tho dist W. Co x, 1941; Rev. Francis J . Episcopal Chu rch Mazzeo, 1941; Rev. Ernest R. World-wi •fo christianity was the theme u5.ed in t he float of the ~lethodist church of Case, 1943; Rev. Warren M. The ~est Chelmsford Union the West section. Church was composed of fami­ Roberts, 1945; Rev. Sidney lies from that vill age as an Lawson, 1948; Rev. J. Carleton Green, 1949; Rev. T. Landon 1885 Chelmsford was immersed in afternoon by Rev.N.C.Saunders. outgro wth of the increase in :,tiss Ce lia Battles of South Dutton Bros.' pond last Sunday manufacturing establishments Lindsay. and the consequent growth of the community. Its meeting house was built in 1848. Grad­ ually the Methodists came to FOR THE PERFECT TOAST TO CHELMSFORD be in the majority and in 18 70, the Rev. M. H.A. Evans of Gran­ iteville, wh o had also been preaching at West Chelmsford, was as ked to organize a Metho­ dist church there. He did so, and a new church building was dedicated in 1888 which burned in 1920. 9n the evening of this occurrence, a meeting was held at the home of Mr . and Mrs. Frederick A. Snow to plan for rebuilding, and t wo years later, another structure was completed and dedicated. In 1941, a building and land were bought for a parsonage, and extensively altered and im­ QUALITY BEVERAGES proved for that purpose by the voluntary work of members. In 1954, the present parsonage was purchased. 238 Main St. The present o rganizations of the church are: V.Oman's Society of Christh.n Service, Metho­ dist ~ten, Methodist Youth Fel­ lowship for Young People, and last year a Couples' Club was or gan i zed. The pastors of the church have been: Rev. M.H.A. Evans, 1870; Rev. G. C. Osgood, 1871; Rev. F. M. Miller, 1873; Rev. John Wesley ~alker, 1874; Rev. J. ¥,infield hlker, 1875; Rev . John E. Jubb, 1876; Rev. James Walker, 1877; Rev.W.N. Groome, 1879; Rev. M. H. A. Evans, 1880; Rev. A. R. Sichi bald, 1882; Rev. Luther Freeman , 1885; Rev. Chas. G. Sp aulding, 1886; Rev. L.M. Hale, 1889; Rev. F.u. Highway, 1890; Rev. Geo. E. McLlwain, 1890; Rev. Frank G. McConnell, 1894; Rev. W.C. Guyer, 1897; Rev. Wm. W. Guth, 1900. Rev. Chas. C.P. Hiller, 190 l; Rev. Vincent Ravi, 1903; Rev. Fred w. McConnell, 1904; Rev. F.D. Taylor, 1906; Re v. George L. Coll i er, 1908; Rev. Harry Hess, 1909; Rev. Frank Hargran, 1910; Rev. Roy P. Crawford, 1911; Rev. Ephraim Leese, 1914; Rev . Thomas Han ­ cock, 1915; Rev . 11. H. Lip­ pincit t, 1916; Rev. Ra l ph Brown, 1918 ; Rev. Chas. D. Maurer, 1919; Rev. II'. A. Moor e, 1919; Rev . John H. Parker, 1920. Rev. E. E. Jackman, 1922; Rev. B. A. Gressner, 1924; Rev. Edward L. Boetticher, 1927; Rev . Horatio F. Robbins, 1928; Rev. L.Burl in Main, 1929; Rev. Harley II . Zeigler, 1931; Rev. Donald Wright, 1933; Rev. Wil- IN CANS AND BOTTLES IT'S COTT TO BE GOOD St. Mary's Church, Chelmsford Center weekly under the supervision of Rev. Fr. Thomas. St. Mary's Church Its pastors to the present have been: Rev. Fr. Daniel F. St. Mary• s Roman Catholic Goman, 1931-1934; Rev. Fr. Church at the Center was founded Walter A. Quinlan, 1934-1940; as a mission of St. John's Rev. Fr. Cornelius A. Foley, Living statue honors Our Lady of Fatima, a float from St. t~ary's church. Church of North Chelmsford. 1940-1942; Rev. Fr. Daniel J. The movement to organize a league. 1955 Championship • a hall there on an al tar set Golden, 1942-1944; Rev . Fr. basketbal 1 won by 'Inter­ St. John's Parish on casters with sometimes mission here started about Joseph J. Leonard, 1944-1947; 1921 when less than 100 par­ mediate boys' div. • bunting and streamers hanging Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Dixon, Youth Council: C. Y. 0. 'Girls' Continued Prom Eleventh Page' from the walls, the afteniath ishioners who would properly 1947- 1955. belong to the new parish at­ division', membership 85. in Dorchester. Rev. Father or a party held tbe night be­ The assistant pastors, as­ Counselor, Miss Maureen Bis­ Emile J. Dupont succeeded fore. tended .the opening services signed for indefinite periods and the celebration of Mass in hop. Sponsor softball team, Father Scott in 1918. In De- Rev. Francis J. Kenney suc­ during this time have been: cember, 1919, Path er Heaney ceeded Father Heaney in 1922. Odd Fellows Hall , Central sponsor basketoall team, spon­ Rev. Fr. Frederick Burke, Rev. sor bowling league. 1955 soft­ found that due to the growth He remained here only two Square, made available by its Fr. Arthur Dunnngan, Rev. Fr. owner, Patrick Haley. In less ball championship of 'Northern of the Parish he needed the years, but endeared himself to John Zuromskis, Rev. Fr. Wm . Middlesex Deanery' won by services of a seoond assistant. the people in that brief in­ than four years (May, 1924) Roche, Rev. Fr. Thos. J. Fin­ final papers were passed for Girls' junior division. All Rev. John J. Linnehan, wbo had terval by his kindly S,Ympathet­ negan (now Assistant Chancel­ C.Y. O. members both boys and been serving as assistant at ic disposition. the purchase of the Lottie L. lor of the Archdiocese of Bos­ Adams estate at the corner of girls receive Holy Communion st. Peter and Paul Parish in Rev. John J. Crane succeeded ton), Rev. Fr. Robert h. Caro­ in a body once a month, and South Boston for six months Father Kenney. He enjoyed an Fletcher Street and North Road lan, and Rev. Fr. John E. which was to be used as the they hold a regular Communion since his ordination, was sent active six years here; was re­ Tlromas. breakfast twice a year at a here to fill tbe required need. cognized as an able adainis- site for a mission church. Parish organizations.Women's During this period, the number local restaurant. The two Mission Churches at trator. Division: St. Mary's Blessed Holy Name Society has a Granitev 11 le and Chel•s ford Rev. Joseph CUrtin came iu of active workers increased Virgin Sodality reorganized by nearly five-fold and many membership of 250. President, Center required the a.ssish1:cte 1930. His ability was quickly Rev. Fr. Arthur Dunnigan in Alfred Gorh•. Past Presidents: of two curates besides the recogniud and after two years activities such as lawn par­ 1948. 325 membership to date. ties were undertaken to make Daniel Haley, Bert Rousseau, Pastor. The schedule for sun- be was sent to the new rapidly Past Prefects: Mrs. Mary Davis, Justin McCarthy, Ernest Thi­ days at each or these Missions growing young parish of the possible this purchase. 1948-1951; Miss Mary Cone, beau! t, William Burke, Leo Mar­ is worth recording. The priest Little Plower in Everett. The priests of No rth Chelms­ 1952; Mrs. Dorothy Ayotte, ford as well as the people of chand. Sponsoring: Holy Name who said mass in Chelasford Rev. Jeremiah Driacoll c ..e 1953; Mrs. Ann White, our pre­ Bowli ng League and Decent Lit­ the Center were actively en­ sent Prefect. Center drove to Odd Fellows in 1932 to succ~ Father CUr­ gaged in the drive for the new erature Comm. headed by Al Hall, where he said mass at tin. He endeared hiaself to Our Sodality members receive Gori1am. They receive Holy Com­ Mi ssion. The Rev. Charles P. Holy communion in a body on 7 o'clock. Confessions were bis parishioners by bis kindly Heaney, while pastor at St. munion in a body on the second beard before mass. He returned generosity; but died after the first Sunda.r of each month SUnday of each month, followed John's, started the drive for through the year, with a here about eight-thirty and only four years here. funds which was carried on by with a business meeting and sang a high mass at ten-thirty. Rev. Tiaotby J . Donovm sue­ Spiritual meeting once a month informal breakfast at a local his successors, the Rev. followed with a Social in a After this, a session in sun- ceeded Father Driscoll in 1936 Francis J. Kenney and the Rev. restaurant with their spiri­ day School would be held for and labored earnestly here for local hall. A general Commun­ tual director, Rev. Fr. John E. John J. Crane. Thanks to the ion breakfast is held in the the boys from the Middlesex 5 years after which he becaae Thomas. An annual communion O:>unty Training School. In the penianent pastor of st. J•es' untiring efforts of all con­ month of May . with the election cerned, the property was pur­ breakfast and election of of­ afternoon, SUndPJ School would parish in Haverhill. of officers for the following ficers are held in the month chased and the new building year. Our Spiritual director again take plac f' from twci Rev.'11I011as O'Toole 1R1cceeded was begun in the autumn of of June. o• clock until tbree-thirt.~ 1c ,r Father Donovan in 1941. Like is Rev. John E. Thomas. National Council of Catholic 1924. St. Mary's was estab­ National Council of Catholic the boys and girls or st. his more iamediate predeces­ lished as an independent par­ Men, Parish Council organized John's Parish. This was fol- sors, he tried to keep alive Women;Parish council organized 1950. Past president, Bert ish in 1931. Its affiliated in 1950. Sponsor Catholic Ac­ lowed by Benediction of the and glowing the faith so de­ organizations are at present: Rousseau; present president, Blessed Sacrament. After the votedly tended by tbe earlier tion in our parish, sponsor Paul Desmond. Sponsor discus­ St. Mary's Blessed Virgin So­ Catholic literature, sponsor Blessed Sacr111ent was put UPJ, priests, and to keep tbe parish dality; Parish Councils, Nat. spiritual dev_elopment, spon­ sion clubs, spiritual develop­ tbe priest would go over to property in repair as well. ment, and organization and de­ Council of Catholic Women and sor discussion clubs, sponsor the Shrine of the Blessed Vir- Father O'Toole was followed Nat. Council of Catholic Men; religious ins~ructions. Presi­ velopment. gin, where be would recite by Father Roarke, Patber Mur­ Yo uth Council, Catholic Youth dent, Mrs. Mary Davis; Vice St. Vincent dePaul Society pra,yers in honor of Mary and phy, and the present pastor, Organization (Girls and Boys' Pres.• Miss r.tary Cone; Secre­ was directed by the late Rev. st. Anne. After these prayers, Father Finn~an. OUring Father Divisions); Holy Name Society; tary, Mrs. Kathleen Harring­ Fr. Thomas Dixon until his he would present the relic of Murphy' a pastorate, the con­ St. Vincent de Paul Society. ton; Treasurer, Mrs. Jenny· death. St. Anne to the people for vent of the Sisters of Divine Rev. John J. McGinley was their veneration. A great deal Providence cue to occupy tbe The Sisters of Divine Pro­ Kelly. appointed pastor of St. Mary• s vidence (North Chelmsford) Youth Council: C. Y. 0. 'Boys' of faith and devotion was foe- former ~igley home at 83 Mid­ Church the latter part of te red by the Shrine during dlesex Street and a kinder- provide religious instruction division' ,membership 100 . September, 1955. Father ~lc­ twice a week for g rammar these years. garten was also organized. Counselor, Alfred Gorham; Ginley came from St . Andrew's school children, and a Christ­ Pres., Thomas St.Germain.Spon­ nie priest who went to Gran- Some of tbe curates of St. church in the Forest Hills iteTille would pack his suit- John's haTe been: Fathers ian Doctrine classes for high sor basketball team, sponsor section of boston. He is a school boys and girl s meet softball team, sponsor bowling case with a chalice, ciborilDI, Dupont, Linnehan, Hue~, SUlli­ native of Gloucester. al tar linens, etc., together Tan, Kelly, Mullin, O Rourke, with a light lunch. He would McAndrews, Morley, Galvin, .. . th~n go up to the center of Kelleher, Connors and &lpple• the town and board a street As tbe catholics of North car for Gr1&ni teville. His Chelmsford continued to grow first mass there was at 8:45. in n1111ber, the young men felt This was followed by sundPJ the need of some organization. s hool and the bapti am of They formed a Club, known as ~ildren. A high mass was then tbe Young Men' s Lycew:i. This sung at 10 : 30 or thereabouts. was organize~ in 1887. It was Thus not until afternoon would purely a socl ,..1 club and meet­ the priest return to busy him- ines were held in a room in self with Sunday school and the basement of the Church. other duties. This little club was the nu- Father Heaney' s was a vigor- cleus for tha.t larger and more ous pastorate and the two faaous organization, known as zealous young ~urates enjoyed the St. John's Catholic Tota~ the activity under him as they Abstinence Socie.ty. This So did with both Path er Kenney ciety was organ1 zed in 1889 and Father crane who later and its first president was succeeded him in turn. It was. William J.QJigley. The objects Father Heaney who opened the of this Society, according to Mission at the Center. Por its constitution, shall be to Lowell Knights of Columbus years the priests said mass in Continued On Fourteenth Page Unitariaa Claareb A.M.Blaisdell' steam.which was Opea standing in one of the church Hoaae sheds. There can be but a very The unitarian Cburcb held small element of fun in su~ open bouae 111th a spechJ fea­ an outrage, but there is a ture on each day planned by a lar ge possibility of serious C011111ittee beaded by Mrs. Gordon injury to the occupants of the Delolf, assisted by Mrs. Wall­ vehicle should the mutilation ace Butterfield, Mrs. Levi of the harness not be discov· Howard, Mrs. Uavid Kydd and ered in season. Such offenders Mrs. Grace ltittridge. On Pri­ deserve a severe punishment. da,, a table and chair belong­ ing to the Rev.Ebeoezer Bridge St. John's Parish were displayed, with a pic­ ture o! the interior of the Continued From Thirteenth Pap church in 1905 and various aid our Pastor or Assistant in other church documents and augmenting total abstinence in pictures. On Saturday.an organ the community, to disseminate recital by Mrs. Marjorie Mar­ correct Catholic views among shall Pield o! Pitchburg, for­ its members regarding tot~ merly o! Cbel•s!ord and daugh­ abstinence principles through ter o! Mr. and Mrs. Josiah the instrumentality of Catho· Marshall o! North Road, was lic total abstine.nce practice; enjoyed by many visitors. On to secure to its members the Sunday, the Rev. 6&111son Stod· privileges of being received into any society connect~ dard' s silver tankard, his Arts and Crafts Exhibit at Unitarian Church Vestry, gi!t to the church in 1740, with the Catholic Total A~ and a silver caudle cup, lega­ stinence Union of America. cy o! John Piske, Jr., to tbf The Temperance Hall, knoWD church, were on display. Tbe6e tode.v as St. John's Hall, was two articles are a part o! originally owned by George c. the American silver collection ~oore, the founder of the 111111 on loan to the Boston Museum which bears his name. He pur­ o! Pine Arts and are fine ex­ chased the tiuilding from tbe aapl es o! early silversmith Congregational Soci1,ty for a work . club house. The land on which A !ood stand was in charge the hall is located was !or­ o! Mrs. Carleton Gardner on merly owneci b;J George T. She!· Frida, and Saturday. On Sunday don, President of the Chelms­ a oo!!ee hour was enjoyed a!ter ford Iron Foun'dry Company. the •orning service, directed He very generously gave tbe by Mrs . Clarence Woodward. land to this r&Didly growin1 Pourers were Mrs. Ralph W. Society.The Teng>erance SocieQ &aeraoo, and Mrs. Levi Howard. will long be remembered by its Mrs. Chester Russell beaded members for 1ts many fine actl the following waitresses: of charity, as well as for itl Miss Beverly Bell, Miss Janet watchful guidance over tbe Bell, Mrs. Edward Bell, Mrs . youth of its time. The genero­ I•. Hennessy, Mrs. Robert sity of the Society is openly Clouch. Miss Shirley Gould. manifested in the stained glaaa Mrs. Howard Brow was in charge During Ladies Day, the Arts and Crafts Exhibit. windows which decorate our o! the !ood and Mr. and Mrs. Church. Twelve of these win• Robert Clough in charge o! the also for the needy. At one siastic,special mention should and other Liberal Christian dows are the gifts of the St. co!!ee. Mrs. Sidney Perham time, bags of clothing went to be made of several of the Women. John's Total Abstinence So· aade the table arrangements, Morgan Memorial in Boston and earlier members who gave their In 1954 the church dropped ciety. The Society, at one while Mrs. Eustace Fi8ke barrels of clothing to the time and energy until well the name o! Congregational time, numbered over 100 me~ arranged flowers !or the morn­ colored schools in the South; along in years: Mrs. Joseph L. except for all legal purposes bers. The custodian of St, ing service in a replica o! the expenses being too great and is now called the First John's Hall, during the" Fletcher, Mrs. Eliza A. Flet­ early years, was Perley~ the large silver Paul Revere to be continued. cher, Mrs. Mary E. Richardson, Parish Uni tartan of Chelmsford. bowl. For a number of years a sum Mrs. Harriet Bartlett, Mr s. Today, September 1955, the Constantineau, and 1 ater, the o! noney has been sent to the Emma Buzzell, and also Mrs. women's organization has a late Patrick J . Welch. Woaan'a Alliance American Unitarian Association. Julia E. Warren who for many membership of some !ifty mem­ fi'or SJJme ten years, fro1 Continued Pro• Second Page At one time, each lady at­ years held some important of­ bers, with an evening branch Father iii tchell' s time until 1932, the ball was a busy Alliance. tending the meetings paid five fice in the work of the church. of over twenty five members of cents, with twenty five cents center o! the parish soci~ Io 1909 a very substantial While mention is made o! these the young married group. life. Parties were frequent, donation was received !rom the annual dues; later, it was workers for their church, The activities of each group twenty five cents dues, and consist of working for the the bowling alleys or po~ will of Miss Mary Reed; the there were many more that tables of the lower hal 1 wen interest to be used for church !ive cents for every absentee. should never be forgotten. benefit of the church and also purposes. The larger part of Neither rule being very popu- Large sums of money have helping the General Alliance busy afternoon and evening, the work o! the Society has 1 ar, both were soon discarded. toward the cause of Liberal and many of our ~erried mH been contributed at different look back fondly to the fine been the aaking of articles To the early me11bers, much times for repairs and many religion. Each group has its !or fairs held annually. is due !or the present pros­ other purposes from entertain· own set of officers. They work free evenings spent there. Outside o! Parish work, they perity of the church as well ment, which was paid to the separately and also join to­ St. John's Hall has bett made ganients for the \linis­ as that of the Ladies' Circle. Parish treasurer. The condi­ gether in many of the larger completely rer,ovated and hou&e1 try at Large' in Lowell and While all members were enthu- tion of the Parish in the projects. the kindergarten, under the 'eighties' demanded the loyal­ The annual May Breakfast was direction of the Sisters of ties o! the ladies as well as started in 1926, and since Divine Providence. The Ladies' the men, and to them credit is 1938 has been composed of all Sodali ty meets here and the due !or the interior and vestry the women in the church and monthly breakfasts of the Hoh repairs and redecorating from the men from the Men' s Club. Name Society are al so held ii time to time. In the earlier 1900' s May this hall. Parties were held in one o! Court Wann al anci t, No. 17~ REPORT OP SARAH L. PUTNAM, the money making features. M.C.O .F., Catholic Order~ SECRETARY (1914) These were held in Warren's Fbresters, an insurance organ!• Grove, and also in the vacant zation, continues in existen~ The General Alliance is an lot adjoining the back of the with the following officer~ out-growth of the Women's church building.Light refresh­ Michael J. Scollan, Chie! Auxiliary Conference organized ments were sold, and the en­ Ranger; Mary K. Daley, Treaa­ on September 23, 1880, to tertainment consistdd usually urer; Margaret McEnaney, R• enable women to serve more o! a pageant in which Rll the cording secretary; Ruth Welch, definitely the course of lib­ children o! the parishioners Financial Secretary. eral religion. Finding the took part. There was a small The Academy of Notre Due, tee of admission. Tyogsboro, st. Joseph' s Junior­ need of new and enlarged meth­ ate, also in Tyngsboro, ani ods, a new organization was These affairs were largely for~ed on October 24, 1890 attended and very popular for Camp Cardinal o• Connell ii under the name ot the National many years. Dunstable on Lake Massavo1, Alliance of Unitarian and This part of the history of are also lnciuded in st. Johii•i otheP Liberal Christian Women. the First Parish Unitarian parish. On May 26, 1913 the word church of Chelmsford was com­ St. John's is proud also of General was inserted, making piled by the present secretary the fact that from it ban the name The General Alliance of the General Alliance, Mrs. already come 4 priests and I of Unitarian and other Liberal Karl M. Perham o! Dal ton Road, sisters. They are: Fr. Francil Christian Women. This was so Chelmsford. Curry, OMI.; Fr. Daniel E. organized on October 24, 1890 Ready. 0. s. B.; Pr. Charles P. and incorporated on January 1891 Tucke, o. s. B.; Fr. Willi• Snith, M. I. ; Sister Mary of Picture of the Unitarian church before 1900 showing the 31, 1902. Whil e the meeting of the o. In 1895 the present Women's Baptist society was in pro­ Lourdes, Sister Mary Ellen, cl rcu1ar drive In front of the church and a 1so the horse Alliance o! the Chelmsford gress Tuesday evening, some O.P., Sister IAary Catherine, sheds at the rear of the church as well as the short Unitarian church joined the reckless scamps badly cut the Sister Gabriel Marie, and Si• street that ran froa LI tt1eton Road to Westford Street, General Alliance of Unitarian harness and carriage of Mr. ter Stephen. mon weal t n ! ' As pastor of t he BURYING GROUNDS Sal em chu rch, 1636- 41, he was Forefathers noted for h i s str ict disci ­ pline. ~.e was an active prose­ ChELl'SfORO Cl!NTRE I t was probably some year s cuto r in the t r ial of Anne Hutchi nson, whose views seemed after the settl emen t ot the t o thr eaten t he clergy's dom­ To ~n l>efore the r e was any 1 i nation o f the col ony's af­ established bu r ial place. \;~ f airs. Wh en Ha rva r d col lege The fi r st gr ave is said to ,.,,,,,:, was founded ( 1636), Mr. Pe t e r have been upon the 1 and o f '" ···l1 11 m::.;;;Tw;p,,.T;-'::ri::;'El'JT;'i;rn'~m:;;,.,"""'"~= ~-lll., was one of its ove r seer s , and Thomas ltenchman, 1 ater o wn ed the next year was avpo i nted to by Mr . E. H. Wa rren. A f e w the comission on re vision an d uninscr ibed stones of rough compilation o f co lonial l aws surface appear to mar k the whi ch became ( 1641 ) t he Body earliest gr aves i n Fo r efathe r s' ~ Liberties--fi r st f un dam en­ bury i ng ground, but the year tal 1 aw 'Of Massachusetts. To 1690 is the dat eo f the fi r st the d ist r ess o f the Sal em stone bearing an i nscription. people, wh o di s l iked being In 1702, a 'rough fence,' and deprived o f thei r pas t o r fo r in 1708, a 'boar d fence,• was polit i cal errands , Mr. Peter, placed a r ound t he bu r y i ng Re v. Thomas We ld of Ro xbury ground. Th is was r ep 1 aced i n and Mr. Hibbins o f aos t on wer e 17 li t,y a stone wal l, an d se lec t e d ( 1641) by the Co urt in 1790 one o f mo re permanent of Assi stants to di scuss col on­ char acter was bu ilt; t hi s was ial affair s wi th Puritan repair ed in 1193. forefather, B urying Groun d . leaders in En gland. ( Mr. llfeld, In 18 13, and the three suc­ Che/m$ford, inciden t ally, was the autho r ceeding years, tlie t ombs we r e MaJ.S. of t he Bay Ps alm Book ( 1640) buil t at tne top o f t he ris i ng and one ot Yrs. Hutc hinson's ground. bitte r es t foes. Hi s grandson,

I n 18 11, a piece o f •land PLAN S HOWING GRAVES OP R F.VOLUTIONARY SOl.,D'ERS, E ARLY MINISTERS, AND SOME OP THE OLDEST REMAINING UEADSTON&S. Thom as III. wa s Dunsta b l e' s owned by Mo ses Hale, o n the fi rst mi niste r an d his gr ea t ­ southerly side of the burying grandso n, Thomas I V. wa s an ground wa s added to it. This Town was chosen to s elec t a one familiar withtheold hall, burst and Prank A.Ellerson, earl y Ch e lmsfor d schoolm aster. new part is said, in the re­ piece o f ground fs)r a burying with its bare walls, meagre Mrs. Harry L. Parkhurst a nd lirace Wel d, who married Olive r co rds, to i n clude the graves place in the North part of the furnishings and generally Miss Carrie Proctor. Two poems, Fl etcher, Esq. , o f Ol el msfo r d of Rev. John Fiske and two of Town. The land was purchased grimy appearance, would fail written for the occasion, in 1766, wa s a descendan t o f his famil y. o f Benj amin Blood and Samuel to reco gnize i n the neat and were read, one composed by Jo seph, t he Rev. 1bomas weld's In 18 30 , th e burying ground F. 'tlood, 'between North Olelms­ Mrs. Martha L. Emerson of Box­ brother, said t o be the weal th­ attractive rooms the dingy re­ i est merchant in the col ony in was 'rep aired,• and in 1838, ford and Middlesex Village. ' sort not inaptly termed 'the ford, a native o f Chelmsford, an add i tio n wa s made on the Th is ceme tery was enl a r ged and effectively read by Miss t he 1640' s . Mr s. Hu tchinson cellar' where for nearly forty was co nf i n e d t o his ho use we st side, a parc el of land in 1890. years the citizens met in an­ Celia Rich ardson, the other being purchased o f Davi d Dick­ read by its author, Mr. Geo. A. under Thomas Weld' s guardian­ West. Chelasford nual town meeting to fight ship until he r exile. ) inson for $100. their municipal battles. Want Parkhurst. At the conclusion I n 18 39, t he s tone steps WS1' OIELMSFORD CDIETERY. of the programme a collation Mr. Pet er ne ver returned to o! space ' will permit but a Salem, but took an active part were built on t he s l op e near In 18 52, a burying gr o und brief description of the trans­ was served which terminated a the centre of t he old part o f for west Cl1elmsford was bought most enjoyable evening. in the Puritan rebellion or f o rmation which has been Civil War. He became a friend the burying ground. Th e upper of John Farrar. The receiving brought about by the labors of flight o f the steps was built t omb was built in 1815. the carpenter, painter and of Cromwell, John Milton and ab out 1853, wh e n the upp e r other leaders, a. 'fighting Pine Ridge paper hanger, supplemented by John Fiske chaplain' with the Parliamen­ row o f t om bs was bu ilt. the tasteful adornments pro­ Continued Pro• Pint Page I :i 1811, a r ec eiving tomb PINE RIDGE CEMETERY, NF.AR TiiE tary forces, and by his e l o ­ vided by the ladies of the Becoming ~r. Peter·s assist­ quence exerted so mu c h in­ was bu i 1 t in t h i s bu r y in g CENTER VILLAGE. society. While t he original ant at Sal em and later the gr ound. Land f o r this cemete ry was entrance to the hall has been fluence Sill.inst King Charle s pastor at \\ enham meant more that when Charles II c ame to In accordance with an c i en t laid out i n 1888, being part retained, a new one has been for Mr. Fiske than a return custom, the bodies in the ol­ o f the town Fann Land, owned made by a stairway from the the t h rone after Cromwell's .to the work he had given up in death, he was arrested, tried der p art of t h e cemetery are by t h e town. An enlargem e nt c hurch. Descending this one F)l gland t o become a physician buri ed wi th their faces toward was made in 1899. and executed as 'a notorious lands in the kitchen, which is because of t he opposition to rebel'. the east, as t hough l ookin g the former selectmen's rooa, Puritan sympathize rs. He was for t he pro mised coming of St. Joseph's While in the Tower of London enlarged, and with its com­ taking a pl ace i n the lin e of he wrote 'A Dying Fathe r's Chris t and the r e surrection ROMAN CA'rnOLIC CEMETERY modious pantry, dish closets, Salem c lergymen headed by of the dead. Last Legacy to an Only Child: In 1894, 1be Oblate Fathers numerous drawers and other ap­ Franci s Higginson and Samuel or, Mr. Hugh Peter' s Advi ce t o were granted pennission to use pointments, is the pride of Skelton--a pl ace very close in His Daughter'. This little Heart Pond a lot in the eastern part of our thrifty housekeepers. Upon time t o Roger \\'illiams' flight book of religious and personal the Town as a burying ground. the right of the main entrance HEART PONO CEMETERY, SOUTii the year befo r e and even closer instruc tion, remarks on Olris­ This i s known as st. Joseph's to the hall is an ample cloak to the Anne Hutchinson affair, ti ani ty, etc., was published CHELMSFORD Cemetery. ADAMS , SAM UEL, LIEUT. room. The auditorium, with its fot Mr. Pete r was Williams' in both London and Bo ston , ADN.!S, TIMOTii'( BROWN, SAMUEL . papered ceiling and walls, new imm ediat e s uc c ess or and a and contained a po em c all e d llarker s of th e son s o f tfie Teaple Beth-El chandeliers and handsomely­ l eade r in the butchinson t ria l 'Wishes'. One ve rse reads: framed pictures (two o f the held duri ng Mr. Fiske's f i r s t ~ wish you neither Poverty, Aaeri can Re v o lu t i on wer e latter being the gift of the pl aced at the graves of t hese 1bis cemetery originated in year in Salem. In addition to nor Riches, 1916 with the B' rith Abraham Misses Richardson) is a very being surrounded by such stonny But Godliness, so gainful, soldier s i n t he Town o f Ole lm s­ Lodge of Lowell, a mutual aid cosy and attractive room and fo rd, i n 1901, a t the expense rel gious currents , Mr. Fi ske' s with content; society of the Hebrew faith, will comfortably seat 200 per­ associat i o n with Mr. Pe ter No P-ainted Pomp, not Glory of the To wn, Rev. Wil son wat­ sons. At the north end is a ers, Henry s . Per ham and Dan­ to provide a suitable burial brought him into contact with t h at bewi t ches ; pl ace for its members. In raised platform with folding one whose controve r s ial career iel P. Sy am being t he commit­ A Blameles s Life i s the best 1945,the trustees of Merrimack doors which is designed prim­ can r epresen t fo r u s some Momnent; tee. Lodge, Order of B' rith Abra­ arily for the ladies' parlor, In 1114, t hi s burying ground e vents on bo th sides of the And such a soul that soars hllD, deeded it to the trustees and with its handsome carpet Atlantic in 1660. above the Skie, was given to the Town by or. of the Lowell Hebrew CO:miuni ty and drapery curtains presents J ohn Betty . In 119 2, the Town Like Mr. Fiske, but s ligh tly \\ ell pl e as' d t c, l i ve, bu t Center, every member o! which a very homelike appearance. o l der, Mr. Peter was a Cam­ built a wall around it, an d better p leas' d to die. ' is aitom11.tically 11. member also The formal opening o f dedi­ bridge graduate, o r dained i n On Octobe r 16, 1660 , Mr. this was r epaired i n 18 36. of the cemetery corporation. cation occurred Wednesday t h e Church of F)lgl and, and o f In 1813, J ohn Adams was allowed Pe t e r , havi ng sec re tly sen t During the last two years many evening and was attended by Puri t an persuasion. 1be preach­ h i s daughte r a go ldpiece by a to build a t omb he r e . The improvements have been made on representatives o! t he several ing o f Thom as hooke r , l a ter burying growid was enlarged in f r iendl y bystande r.was public­ the grounds: the roads have religious societies in the founder of Co nnect i cut, was l y han &e d, drawn and qua r­ 1852. an d again in 1870 and been hot- topped, the fence and village. Mr. J.A.Bartlett pre­ 1892. In 1874, t he r eceilling i nstr umen t ~! in turning him t er ed, and his head displayed t omb was built. a gate erected, the land i t­ sided and after a brief review t owards Puritanism. In 1623, on LOn don Br idge . self has been griµled, seeded, of the history of the ancient he we n t to p reach at the same .may vi ew him as a bril­ School Street and loamed, and a sprinkling parish, happily introduced the En glis h ·congr egational church liant mini s t e r, an e l o que nt system installed so that the speakers, Revs. J.A.Olase,pas­ School str eet Ceme t ery (No. 1) i n Hotterdam with or. William and abl e man , public-spiri ted grass can be kept green even tor of the society, C.C. Hussey Am es, int im ate frien d o f and ze alous. Othe r s , po i nting Lo well. during severe droughts. o f Billerica, J ames Danforth BUTTERFHLO, SENJ A\I IN • Re v. John Rob i nson wh o had t o his fre qu ent i 11 ness, fits The present officers are: of Tyngsborough, J . L. Seward of done so mu ch f o r t he En gl i sh of melancholy, ne rvousness and DUT10N, STEPHEN - FLl!.iCHER, LEVI Allan L. Levine, p resident; Lowell and Mr. E.H.Warren of MELVli'< , 88N J AMIN • PARKER, church peopl e in Leyden. Mr. vo lubl e speec h, may c all him Morris Palefsky, treasurer; Chelmsford. The remarks of the Peter c ame to Sal em fo r r eason s a hypochondriac an d t ypical SH.10N Eli Rostler, cle rk. speakers were quite felicitous I n 18 10 , a bu r y i ng p lace of heal t h and safe t y in 1635. Puritan fanatic-preache r. But and deservedly complimentary At firs t hi s chi ef aim wa s to r em em bering t he many hardships ~ n the Nortn p art o f To wn' Apr 11 18 8 7 to the ladies. A j ust tribute was bought o f Joel Spaldi ng. build up the coastal fisheries and misf o rtunes o f hi s life Since t he rel i nquishmen t by was also paid by Mr. Seward t o an d th en to e n courage ship and t he c ruel ty and bitteI11es s Th i s was lai d ou t in 18 14 t he admirable work which in 'n ear Pawtucket fall s, ' and in t he town in 1885 of its inte r­ building t o provide the col on­ o f the t i me, other s may see est in t h e o ld town hall, various directions is being i sts wi th a stabl e expor t com­ him 1 ess as ·either ene r getic 18 16, tombs we r e built in this which i s the basement o f the done by Rev. Mr. Chase. Ex­ cemetery. modity an d a comme r ce of t hei r or hyperactive, eloquent or Unitarian church, the ladies cellent i nstrumental music was o wn. He urged speci a l measur es volubl e, zealous or f anatic, Riverside o f t he society have been as­ furnished by Dr. A.Howard and t o keep e ve ryone busy--women and mo r e simp l y as a Puri t an siduously working t o o btain Miss Mabel P. Emerson, and a and c hil dr en especially- - in of the Pu ritan Age, whose last RI VERSIDE CEMETE RY .NORTH means by fairs and entertain­ vo cal s electio n, 'Curfew the win te r time: 'he fea r ed wish fo r h is d aughter wa s a CHELMS~'ORO ment s to r emode l t he room and Bells' by a quartette consist­ t hat i d l e n ess woul d be the godly l i fe an d h is last gift In 1841, a comrni t tee o f t he fit i t up for parish ourooses. ing o f Messers . Harry L.Park- ruin o f both ch urch and com - a gold piece. Congratulations, Chelmsford, on your 300th Anniversary

Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, 101 years old, is happy to have this opportunity lo salute Chelmsford on the 300th Anniversary d f the town's founding.

From the Che\msf ord Q{{ice

o{ ll Five Cent The Lowe Savings Bank

Roy A. Morgan. Man ager Erl e F. Farnh am

Beverly Snook Ml!rpret S. Thoason

1854 THE LOWELL FIVE CENT SAVINGS BANK 1955 CENTRAL SQUARE CHELMSFORD