WINCHESTER WOMAN'S MOTHER CELEBRATES 98TH BIRTHDAY
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Mrs. Thomas P. Dotten Assists at
Mother's Observance
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Mrs. Thomas P. Dotten of Winchester is taking great pride in the fact that her mother, Mrs. Jane E. Taylor of Methuen St., Lowell has successfully attained her 98th birthday and is still as active and clear in her faculties as she was when she was much younger. The birthday observance was held Sunday afternoon, and the Lowell-Courier-Citizen speaks of it as follows:
Still possessing a keen mind and active mentality and enjoying remarkably good health, Mrs. Jane E. Taylor of 151 Methuen street has but two more milestones to pass before she attains the century mark in age, for yesterday she celebrated her 98th birthday anniversary. Mrs. Taylor makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. E. A. Robinson, and every year for the past several years her birthday anniversaries have been marked by pleasant calls and remembrances. Yesterday, fully 50 friends called in the afternoon and she received many gifts of flowers and candy as well as cards and letters of congratulation.
Although Mrs. Taylor has come down to the sunset of life and has passed the four-score-and-ten mark, her years are neither labor nor sorrow. Although as a rule she does not venture from her room, she came downstairs yesterday to receive callers and her pleasure in welcoming them was evident. Mrs. Taylor's mind is keen and clear and she reads the daily paper diligently. To many people her beautiful fancy needlework is well known and she sews on it daily.
Mrs. Taylor was born on Sept. 17, 1818, in New Portland, Me., and for 86 years lived in the farmhouse in which she was born. She came to Lowell 12 years ago to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Taylor is the oldest of four generations. Besides Mrs. Robinson, she has another daughter, Mrs. Thomas P. Dotten of Winchester, and a grandson, Charles E. Robinson, and a great grandson, Howard E. Robinson, both of Hamilton, Ont. |
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AHEARN APPEALS FINE OF $50 ON LIQUOR CHARGE
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Appeared in Court this Morning for Formal Hearing
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David Ahearn of 74 Main street pleaded not guilty to the charge of exposing and keeping liquors illegally for sale, in court this morning, and when Patrolman Timothy E. Walsh testified that he and other officers of the Woburn police had found 32 packages, each containing sixteen half pints of whiskey in the house occupied by Ahearn, together with a quantity of barreled liquor, Judge Johnson found Ahearn guilty and fined him $50. Ahearn appealed and Judge Johnson permitted him to go without bonds for trial in the Superior Court.
Ahearn told Judge Johnson before the court that he desired to have a formal hearing and have the case go to the higher court, and he offered no evidence and he was not represented by counsel. Patrolman Walsh was the only witness examined by Chief McDermott and Ahearn asked no questions. Patrolman Walsh testified that Ahearn gave the officers the keys to the room in which the liquor was found, after they had threatened to break down the door. |
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