Randolph town reports 1944-1949, Part 1

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One Hundred and Ninth


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For the Year Ending December 31


1944 8531


One Hundred and Ninth ANNUAL REPORT


of the


Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare, Town Clerk and Treasurer, Assessors, Board of Health, School Committee, Tax Collector, Fire Department, Highway Surveyor, Police Department


of the


TOWN OF RANDOLPH


Together with the Reports of


Town Accountant, The Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, The Trustees of the Turner Free Library, Water Com- missioners, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Animal Inspector, Milk Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, Inspector of Slaughtering, Public Safety Committee, Emer- gency War Board, Tree Warden


for the


Year Ending December 31, 1944


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Annual Report of the Town of Randolph


TOWN OFFICERS, 1944


Elected


Moderator (elected annually)-Walter F. Stephens.


Town Clerk and Treasurer (elected annually)-Marion L. Bailey.


Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare (elected an- nually)-Charles F. Blakely, Theodore S. Luddington, Ralph H. Hutchinson.


Assessors (elected for 3 years)-Theodore S. Luddington, term expires 1945; Frank F. Teed, term expires 1946; James P. Duffy, term expires 1947.


School Committee (elected for 3 years)-Philip L. Boyle, term expires 1945; John E. Kelley; term expires 1945; William G. Billingham term expires 1946 (resigned); Sidney Fletcher, appointed for remainder of year; Ralph H. Hutchinson, term expires 1946; Frank H. Linfield, term expires 1947.


Trustees of Stetson School Fund (elected for 3 years) Philip L. Boyle, term expires 1945; Ralph H. Hutchinson, term expires 1946; Frank H. Linfield, term expires 1947.


Board of Health (elected for 3 years)-Fred A. Diauto, term expires 1945; Frederick J. Driscoll, term expires 1946; George H. Heney, term expires 1947.


Tax Collector (elected annually)-Clara F. Kennedy.


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Water Commissioners (elected for 3 years)-Frederick D. Driscoll, term expires 1945; Richard F. Smith, term expires 1946; William F. Maguire, term expires 1947.


Highway Surveyor (elected annually)-John A. Frederick- son.


Tree Warden (elected annually)-John T. Moore.


Planning Board (elected for 3 years)-Carroll L. Paine, term expires 1945; Harry Williamson, term expires 1945; Russell W. Bennett, term expires 1946; Eugene L. McAuliffe, term expires 1946; Walter B. Downs, term expires 1947.


Constables (elected annually)-Russell W. Bennett, Herman H. Bertram, Russell W. Dixon, Ralph H. Hutchinson, Frank H. Linfield, William H. Mahoney, Russell L. Towns.


Appointments by Selectmen


Town Accountant (appointed for 3 years)- William J. Mclaughlin, term expires 1945.


Registrars of Voters (appointed for 3 years)-Dennis J. Murphy, term expires 1945; Elizabeth Cunningham, term expires 1946 ; Mrs. Mildred B. Taber, term expires 1947; Marion L. Bailey, Town Clerk ex-officio.


Chief of Police-Patrick T. McDonnell (Chapter 31, Sec- tion 49.)


Chief of Fire Department-Harold L. Bailey (Chapter 48, Section 42.)


Forest Fire Warden-Harold L. Bailey.


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Inspector of Buildings-Harold L. Bailey.


Keeper of the Lock-up (appointed annually)-William H. Mahoney.


Fence Viewers-Frank Esposito, Joseph O'Mahoney and Frank C. Wales.


Surveyors of Wood and Bark-John T. Moore, Edwin Soule, and Charles H. Truelson.


Field Drivers-William Carroll, William Corrigan, Timothy Lyons, Jr., and Michael J. Kiley.


Sealer of Weights and Measures-Daniel P. Lyons.


Public Weighers-Frank Diauto, Michael Diauto, Ruth Diauto, Fred Kennedy, Francis Leahy, Dennis Murphy, John White and Arthur Doody.


Inspector of Milk-Henry W, Merrill.


Inspector of Animals-Charles H. Truelson.


Inspector of Slaughtering-Weston L. Mann.


Moth Superintendent-John T. Moore.


Dog Officer-Herman H. Bertram.


Board of Appeals, Zoning Laws-George H. Chase, term expires 1945; William S. Condon, term expires 1945; John E. Kelley, term expires 1946; George A. Franken- berger, term expires 1947; Edgar B. Cole, term expires 1947, Eugene L. McAuliffe, associate member.


Emergency War Board-Walter J. Good, James D. McKin- non, Attorney George N. Welch, Albert C. Wilde and Martin E. Young.


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


Special Officers (to serve without pay) -Francis N. Belcher, Russell Bennett, Herman Bertram, Ernest J. Beswick, Frank W. Billingham, William Billingham, William Blake, Gansevoort Boyd, Edmund J. Brady, Chester Claff, C. Lloyd Claff, Clifford G. Clapp, George Condon, William S. Condon, Leo H. Connors, Merrill Coombs, James Cotter, Edmund Derocher, Russell Dixon, Lau- rence Doherty, Harry Dolan, Myles Dupras, Harold B. Emery, Perley Evans, Daniel Evans, Emery Erickson Edward Fahey, Emery Ferris, Thomas G. Fogo, Charles Forrester, George Frawley, John Frederickson, Thomas H. Good, Kenneth Gray, Howard Harris, Stephen J. Hart, George Heney, Irving Hill, Ralph Hutchinson, Lester Hattenburg, Albert Hoxie, Robert Imrie, Silas Jameson, John Jablonski, Albert Johnson, William R. Leavitt, Frank Linfield, Raymond E. Lyons, Daniel P Lyons, Culbert Macy, William Mahoney, Charles Main, Herbert Mixer, Howard C. P. Morgan, Eugene Mc- Auliffe, John A. McLeod, Patrick T. McDonnell (Con- stable), Alfred Nelson, James O'Kane, Thomas O'Riley, Ainslie K. Payne (Constable), E. Clifton Payne (Con- stable,), Joseph Rowe, Marshall Roth, Albert Schmidt, Henry Schultz, James Shea, Herman Smith, Alexander Squire, Florence Sullivan, Benjamin Schifino, Clifford Sampson, Percy Thomson, Robert Torrance, John M. Wade, Walter Wells, Clarence Whynot, Elmer Whynot, Wallace Whynot, Edward Willis, Frank Yundt.


Committees Appointed by Moderator


Committee of nine to serve on Finance Committee-George H. Chase, Frank J. Curran, Irwin T. Dorch, terms expire 1945; Edmund R. Flaherty, Ernest C. Martin, Carl E. Reichert, terms expire 1946, Sidney Fletcher (resigned), Edward Fahey, Walter H. Billingham, terms expire 1947.


Building Laws Committee


Russell W. Bennett, Helen M. Haney, Olga C. Howard, Wal- ter B. Downs, William J. Leahy, Theodore S. Luddington,


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Isaac R. Mann, Royal E. Mann, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Carroll L. Paine, G. Henry Tangen, Harry Williamson.


Rehabilitation Committee


Russell W. Bennett, Charles F. Blakely, Dr. William E. Buck, Lawrence Chatfield, Edgar B. Cole, William S. Cole, John J. Collins, William S. Condon, Arthur L. Doody, Frank M. Downes, Girard A. Essiembre, Perley R. Evans, Edmund R. Flaherty, Frank R. Gaffney, Walter J. Good, Herman H. Heim, Francis S. Hicks, Dr. George V. Higgins, William L. Hurley, John W. Hurry, Ralph H. Hutchinson, John E. Kelley, Murray Lewis, Theo- dore S. Luddington, Roland H. Marden, Ernest C. Mar- tin, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Arthur V. McKenna, Eliza- beth Merrikin, Herbert L. Mixer, Carroll L. Paine, Alice W. Randall, Ellsworth Randall, Mae V. Scott, Richard F. Smith, Mrs. Bertha E. Soule, Walter F. Stephens, Albert C. Wilde, Harry Williamson, George N. Welch, Martin E. Young.


Victory Committee


Mrs. Una Belcher, Charles F. Blakely, Edmund Brady, Philip Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Byron, Ethel Chatfield, C. Lloyd Claff, Edgar B. Cole, William S. Cole, Thomas J. Collins, Marie Cormey, Eileen Courtney, Lou Courtney, Benjamin P. Crowell, John Deitrick, Elmer Delorey, Ed- mund Derocher, Charlotte Diauto, Michael Diauto, Frank Dillon, Helen E. Donovan, James V. Donovan, Marguerite Donovan, Frank Downes, Violet Downs, George H. Eldridge, Rea Forrest, George Frawley, John A. Frederickson, Herman W. French, Frank R. Gaffney, Hubert Gilgan, Anna Good, Walter J. Good, Glenda Har- kins, Jean Harkins, J. Frank Harkins, Virginia Harkins, Frank Hess, Waldon Hezlitt, Joseph Hurley, J. Frank Higgins, Ralph Hutchinson, Harry C. Isaac, Mary G. Jones, Walter Kane, Alice Kelley, Clara Kennedy, Doro-


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


thy LaBelle, William J. Leahy, Murray Lewis, Theodore S. Luddington, Timothy Lyons, Jr., James D. Mckinnon, Charles Main, Roland H. Marden, Mrs. Elizabeth Mer- ricken, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Charles H. McGrath, Ar- thur McKenna, Maude McQuarry, Clara M. Nickerson, Mary S. O'Riley, Thomas O'Riley, Chester W. Payne, Edward Pelissier, Alice W. Randall, Orrin E. Reynolds, Viola Ruggles, Bertha Salamone, Thomas Scannell, Isa- belle Schulz, Mae Scott, Alice Shea, Joseph Simmons, Richard Smith, Bertha E. Soule, Walter F. Stephens, Augustus H. Sullivan, Helen Sullivan, Marie Sullivan, Arthur Trinque, George N. Welch, Mildred Welch, Sal- ly Williamson, Ruth Wright and Martin E. Young. Representatives to General Court from Fourth


Norfolk Representative District


Josiah Babcock, Milton, Mass .; Roy C. Smith, Holbrook, Mass.


Representative to Congress from Thirteenth Congressional District


Richard B. Wigglesworth, Milton, Mass.


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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1944


Article 1. Voted unanimously: That the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan- uary 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 2. Voted to raise and appropriate money to defray the General Town Expenses for the current year, under the following headings:


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Moderator :


Salary


· $65.00


Selectmen:


Salaries


$1,600.00


Expenses (General)


500.00


Election Expenses


1,500.00


Street Lighting


10,910.92


Expense Rehabilitation Committee


200.00


14,710.92


Accountant :


Salary


2,070.00


Expenses


100.00


2,170.00


Treasurer :


Salary


$1,437.50


Expenses for Clerks


1,040.00


General Expense (including premium on bond)


600.00


Tax Title Expense


1,000.00


4,077.50


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


Town Clerk: Salary


862.50


150.00


Expenses Vital Statistics


50.00


1,062.50


Tax Collector :


Salary (with no fees)


2,300.00


Expenses (including premium on bond)


800.00


Tax Titles


500.00


Clerk


1,053.32


4,653.32


Assessors :


Salaries :


Chairman


$700.00


Associate, each, $600.00


1,200.00


Clerk


1,092.20


General Expenses


200.00


Transcript of Deeds


200.00


3,392.20


Law Department: Costs and Claims


500.00


Finance Committee :


Clerk


65.00


Expenses


150.00


215.00


Registration :


Salaries of Registrars


150.00


Printing of Poll Book


230.00


Miscellaneous Expenses


120.00


Expenses Listing of Streets


600.00


1,100.00


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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


Town Office Expense :


Salary of Janitor


1,104.00


Expenses Fuel and Light


150.00


1,650.00


2,904.00


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police Department:


Salaries


16,330.00


Expenses


6,515.70


22,845.70


Lockup Department:


Salary of Keeper


125.00


Expenses


100.00


225.00


Fire Department:


Salaries


14,600.00


Expenses


3,708.00


18,308.00


Dog Officer:


Salary


300.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures:


Salary


250.00


Expenses


60.00


310.00


Inspector of Buildings :


Expenses


100.00


Tree Warden:


Salary


300.00


Expenses


500.00


Gypsy Moth


700.00


1,500.00


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Salary


650.00


Expenses


300.00


County Hospital Assessment


2,561.35


Hospitalization


6,000.00


Diphtheria Clinic


50.00


Town Dump


350.00


Inspector of Slaughtering, salary


150.00


Inspector of Plumbing, salary


300.00


Inspector of Milk, salary


200.00


Dental Clinic


1,000.00


Clean-up Week


400.00


Inspector of Animals


150.00


Clerk


300.00


12,411.35


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Salary


2,300.00


Maintenance, General


13,500.00


Snow Removal


4,000.00


Chapter 90 Roads


1,000.00


20,800.00


CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS


Veterans' Benefits


5,000.00


Public Welfare Assistance


16,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children


5,700.00


Old Age Assistance


52,000.00


Town Physicians


500.00


Outside Relief Administration


1,600.00


A. D. C. Administration


825.00


Old Age Administration


3,570.00


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85,195.00


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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


SCHOOLS


Salaries


127,074.12


Expenses


28,136.80


Less Dog Tax and


Coddington Fund


1,116.14


27,020.66


Teachers' Retirement Fund


(1944) 120.88


- 154,215.66


TURNER LIBRARY


General Expense 1,500.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Memorial Day Expense


300.00


Insurance


4,500.00


State Guard


300.00


Printing and Distributing Town Reports 908.00


Rationing Board


2,500.00


8,508.00


PUBLIC SERVICE


Water Department:


Commissioners' Salaries


$525.00


Maintenance and Service Construction


5,000.00


Joint Account


6,500.00


Meter Reader's Salary


400.00


Superintendent's Salary


2,300.00


Clerk Salary


840.00


15,565.00


MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST


Maturing Debt


20,000.00


Interest and Discount


5,000.00


25,000.00


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


Article 3. Voted unanimously: That the following sums be raised and appropriated for Unpaid Bills of pre- vious years.


Public Welfare $1,314.76


Old Age Assistance 91.69


Randolph Maintenance Acc't 78.65


Water Joint Acc't


1,006.08


School Department 79.00


Article 4. Voted: That $3,162.50 be raised and ap- propriated for Salaries of District Nurses.


Article 5. Voted: That the pay of Town Laborers and others remain the same as in 1943.


Article 6. Passed.


Article 7. Voted: That a Rehabilitation Committee be appointed by the Moderator to include the members ap- pointed by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to this date; the Planning Board to be included in this Committee.


Article 7. Voted: That the Moderator be instructed to reappoint the Randolph Victory Committee.


Article 8. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a Special Officer or Officers to enforce the laws, with the approval of the Chief of Police.


Article 9. Voted: That the Water Commissioners be authorized to appoint any of their members to another office or position under their control, and fix the salary of each office or position, as appropriated under Article 2.


Superintendent $2,300.00


Meter Reader 400.00


Article 10. Voted: That $20.00 be raised and appro- priated for the maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Congregational Church.


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Article 11. Voted: That $300.00 be raised and appro- priated for Memorial Day Expenses, to be expended under the direction of Lieut. Thomas W. Desmond Post 169, Amer- ican Legion. Appropriation made under Article 2.


Article 12. Voted: That $400.00 be raised and appro- priated for administration and other expenses of the Com- mittee on Public Safety.


Article 13. Voted: That $1,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated for upkeep and repairs of the Town Hall and Grounds.


Article 14. Voted: That $3,000.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the collection of garbage, under the direction of the Board of Health, the bidder to whom the contract is awarded to furnish bond for the faithful performance of his duties.


Article 15. Voted: To adopt the following By-Law: There shall be an annual audit of the town's accounts under the Supervision of the Director of Accounts of the Depart- ment of Corporations and Taxation in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 16. No action taken.


Article 17. Voted: That $250.00 be raised and appro- priated for compiling a program of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Town of Randolph.


Article 18. No action taken.


Article 19. Voted: That the Town accept Chapter 40, Section 6B, of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 351, Acts of 1930.


Article 20. Voted: That $400.00 be raised and appro- priated for uniforms for the Police, and not more than


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


$50.00 be expended per regular member and one regular substitute.


Article 21. Voted: That $250.00 be raised and appro- priated for uniforms for the Firemen, and not more than $50.00 be expended per regular member.


Article 22. Voted: That the balance ($427.13) be transferred from the Honor Roll account to the Victory Committee, same to be used on Honor Rolls or any other expense to the committee.


Article 23. Voted: That $500.00 be raised and ap- propriated as this town's share of appraisal of the personal property of the Brockton Gas Light Company and for Legal Expense in connection therewith.


STREET ACCEPTANCES


Article 24. Voted: That the Town accept Bossi Ave- nue as laid out by the Selectmen.


Article 25. Voted: That the Town accept Mitchell Street, for a distance of 700 feet from North Main Street, as laid out by the Selectmen.


Article 26. Voted: That the Town accept Bennington Street as laid out by the Selectmen.


Article 27. No action.


STREET CONSTRUCTION


Article 28. Voted: That $1,000.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the resurfacing and finishing of Vine Street.


A true record,


Attest: MARION L. BAILEY,


Town Clerk


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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,


MARCH 13, 1944 Election of Officers


Total number of votes for Precinct 1 1422


Total number of votes for Precinct 2


428


Total votes cast in both Precincts


1850


MODERATOR (1 year)


Prec. 1


Prec. 2


Total


Walter F. Stephens


1096


347


1443


Blanks


326


81


407


TOWN CLERK (1 year)


Marion L. Bailey


1157


364


1521


Blanks


265


64


329


TOWN TREASURER (1 year)


Marion L. Bailey


1142


353


1495


Blanks


280


75


355


SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE


(1 year)


John E. Beach


554


136.


690


Charles F. Blakely


801


299


1100


Frederick Diauto


572


147


719


Ralph H. Hutchinson


846


192


1038


Theodore S. Luddington


853


280


1133


Blanks


640


230


870


ASSESSOR (3 years)


Elmer J. Delorey


474


151


625


James P. Duffy


865


246


1111


Blanks


83


31


114


SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years)


Frank H. Linfield


79.5


233


1028


Patrick O'Gorman


527


151


678


Blanks


100


44


144


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


TRUSTEE STETSON SCHOOL FUND (3 years)


Frank H. Linfield


777


230


1007


Patrick O'Gorman


533


149


682


Blanks


112


49


161


BOARD OF HEALTH (3 years)


L. George Bennett


537


178


715


George H. Heney


807


211


1018


Blanks


78


39


117


TAX COLLECTOR (1 year)


Clara F. Kennedy


1088


316


1404


Blanks


334


112


446


WATER COMMISSIONER (3 years)


Carl S. Gove


595


153


748


William F. Maguire


689


226


915


Blanks


138


49


187


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (1 year)


Daniel F. Elliott


329


119


448


John A. Frederickson


841


219


1060


Clarence M. S. Lind


199


75


274


Blanks


53


15


68


TREE WARDEN (1 year)


John T. Moore


908


259


1167


John V. Roberts


448


132


580


Blanks


66


37


103


PLANNING BOARD (3 years)


Walter B. Downs


920


287


1207


Blanks


502


141


643


CONSTABLES (1 year)


Russell W. Bennett


790


228


1018*


Herman H. Bertram


675


263


938*


Russell W. Dixon


828


211


1039*


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Ralph H. Hutchinson


916


240


1156*


Frank H. Linfield


887


238


1125*


Culbert F. Macy


541


247


788


William H. Mahoney


714


183


897*


John E. Scannell


511


146


657


Russell L. Towns


735


203


938*


Blanks


3357


1037


4394


A true record,


Attest:


MARION L. BAILEY,


Town Clerk


PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 25, 1944


Total number of votes for Precinct 1:


Republicans


66


Democrats 62


- 128


Total number of votes for Precinct 2:


Republicans


27


Democrats 20


-


47


Total votes cast in both precincts


175


REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION


Group Del.


Prec. 1


Prec. 2


Total


Leverett Saltonstall


59


26


85


Joseph W. Martin, Jr.


57


23


80


Sinclair Weeks


58


25


83


Louise M. Williams


54


23


77


George B. Rowell


54


22


76


Margaret A. Green


54


21


75


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ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


George F. Booth


54


22


76


Group Alt.


Katherine G. Howard


53


21


74


Laurence Curtis


52


21


73


Doris M. A. Kundig


53


21


74


Tosa M. Levis


52


20


72


Horace E. Handford


52


22


74


Carolyn L. Purcell


52


20


72


J. Edward Lajoie


52


21


73


Blanks-Delegates


72


27


99


Blanks-Alternates


96


43


139


DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION AND ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION - REPUBLICAN


Group Del.


J. Thomas Baldwin


52


25


77


Leslie B. Cutler


52


24


76


Group Alt.


Harold R. Allen


49


23


72


Charles L. Gibson


48


24


72


Blanks-Delegates


28


5


33


Blanks-Alternates


35


7


42


REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE - MAN


Frederick H. Lutz


43


18


61


Blanks


23


9


32


REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE - WOMAN


Josephine E. Clark


36


13


49


Blanks


30


14


44


REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE


William Billingham


45


8


53


Charles F. Blakely


45


9


54


Edgar B. Cole


44


8


52


Frederick Driscoll


41


8


49


James P. Duffy


43


8


51


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John A. Frederickson


46


8


54


Carl S. Gove


42


8


50


L. Vernon Hall


44


7


51


Ralph H. Hutchinson


44


8


52


May Jones


45


8


53


John E. Kelley


49


7


56


Alice M. Martin


47


7


54


Herman H. Smith


43


7


50


Richard F. Smith


43


7


50


Walter F. Stephens


47


8


55


Mildred Taber


40


7


47


Edwin Weddall


13


1


14


Harold B. Whitehouse


49


8


57


George W. Condon


34


7


41


Blanks


384


346


730


DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES AT LARGE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION


Group Del.


David I. Walsh


46


11


57


William J. Foley


39


8


47


Joseph E. Casey


42


4


46


James M. Curley


43


10


53


William H. Burke, Jr.


39


4


43


Frank W. Tomasello


38


5


43


John W. McCormack


42


7


49


Maurice J. Tobin


43


11


54


Joseph B. Ely


42


11


53


Margaret M. O'Riordan


39


5


44


Charles F. Hurley


44


6


50


Mathias LaPierre


36


4


40


Group Alt.


Elizabeth L. McNamara


37


4


41


John Zielinski


34


4


38


Joseph K. Zemaitis


33


4


37


21


ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


Joseph M. McDonough


37


5


42


Samuel Michelman


33


4


37


Charles Kaplan


34


5


39


Mary Maliotis


35


4


39


Paul V. McDonough


34


5


39


Clementina Langone


34


4


38


Silas F. Taylor


34


4


38


Bernard J. Killion


36


5


41


Catherine E. Hanifin


37


4


41


Blanks-Delegates


251


154


405


Blanks-Alternates


326


188


514


DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION AND ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION - DEMOCRATIC


Group 1 Del.


Prec. 1


Prec. 2


Total


John W. Savage


33


5


38


Edward P. Neafsey -


36


6


42


Joseph H. Downey


37


9


46


Clement A. Norton


33


10


43


Group 2 Del.


Michael Paul Feeney


16


12


28


Clement A. Riley


15


9


24


Francis J. Carroll


16


10


26


Alice M. Durst


14


9


23


Group 1 Alt.


Theodore S. Luddington


50


12


62


Joseph S. Crowley


32


6


38


Helen J. Fay


32


6


38


Henry C. Gill


35


8


43


Group 2 Alt.


John J. Steele


14


9


23


John H. Burke


14


9


23


Elizabeth L. Dowling


17


10


27


William A. Wall


12


8


20


Blanks-Delegate


48


10


58


Blanks-Alternate


42


12


54


22


TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE - MAN


Edward A. Sheehan


29


6


35


Blanks


33


14


47


DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE


- WOMAN


Helen L. Buckley


29


5


34


Blanks


33


15


48


DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE


John Banahan


28


28


William Corrigan


26


26


Louis J. Courtney


27


27


Frederick Diauto


26


26


George Heney


27


27


Elizabeth Linnehan


27


27


Theodore S. Luddington


29


29


Timothy Lyons, Jr.


26


26


Mary S. O'Reilly


27


27


Martin E. Young


30


30


Edmund J. Flaherty


2


...


1


James G. Hoye


1


1


Edward F. Murphy


1


....


1


Lawrence P. Guidice


1


....


1


Edward F. Fahey


1


1


Blanks


340


200


540


A true copy of the record :


Attest :


MARION L. BAILEY,


Town Clerk.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Randolph, Mass., March 6, 1944


VOTED: To adopt the following By-Law. There shall be an annual audit of the town's accounts under the supervision of the Director of Accounts of the Department


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. .


2


George A. Frankenberger


1


...


ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT


of Corporations and Taxation, in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws.


A true copy, Attest :


MARION L. BAILEY, Town Clerk.


Boston, Mass., March 31, 1944


The foregoing by-law is hereby approved.


ROBERT T. BUSHNELL, Attorney General.


Randolph, Mass., April 28, 1944


I hereby certify that the foregoing by-law was pub- lished in the Tri-Town Weekly on April 13, April 20 and April 27, 1944.


MARION L. BAILEY, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 1944


May 22, 1944


ARTICLE 1-VOTED: That $110.00 be raised and appropriated for expenses of the Women's Defense Corps up to March 1, 1945.


ARTICLE 2-VOTED: That the town accept a gift of $500.00 to be used toward general expenses, or any worthy cause, disbursement to be made by the official in charge of Welfare Administration, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to send to the donor, a letter of appreciation and thanks.


VOTED: To take up Article 11.


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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


ARTICLE 11-VOTED: That the town accept this gift of a certain parcel of land on the northerly side of Adams Street and no further action be taken until the next Annual Town Meeting.


ARTICLE 3-No action taken.


ARTICLE 4-No action taken.


ARTICLE 5-No action taken.


ARTICLE 6-VOTED: That $22.50 be raised and appropriated to install one street light on Hills Street.


ARTICLE 7-VOTED: That $22.50 be raised and appropriated to install one street light on Soren Street.


ARTICLE 8-VOTED: That the town raise and ap- propriate $100.00 for Memorial Day expenses to be ex- pended under the direction of the Lieutenant Thomas W. Desmond Post No. 169, American Legion; this being in addition to the $300.00 raised and appropriated at the An- nual Town Meeting of March 6, 1944.


ARTICLE 9-VOTED: That $650.00 be raised and appropriated for rental of Headquarters and expenses of the Randolph Unit of the Massachusetts State Guard.


ARTICLE 10-VOTED: Indefinite postponement, 115 affirmative, 89 negative.


ARTICLE 12-VOTED : £ That the Town instruct the Selectmen to lay out Adams Street.




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