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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY, MASS. 3 4864 00275 4785
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN FOR THE YEAR 1920
ALSO THE REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL AND OTHER COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1920
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1920-1921
Town Clerk. WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
CHARLES S. SMITH
Term expires 1921
JOHN F. FARRAR
1922
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
66 1923
Board of Health.
CHARLES E. CLARK
Term expires 1921 66
MARTIN M. WELCH
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66
66 1923
Assessors.
CHARLES S. WHEELER
Term expires 1921
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
1922
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
66
66 1923
Treasurer. C. LEE TODD
Collector of Taxes. THOMAS L. GILES
Auditor. JAMES W. LENNON
1922
ROBERT D. DONALDSON .
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Constables. GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM JOHN J. KELLIHER
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
CHARLES S. SMITH C. LEE TODD
Term expires 1921
66 66 1922
DONALD GORDON
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Tree Warden. JOHN J. KELLIHER
Trustees for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
EDWARD F. FLINT
Term expires 1921
C. LEE TODD
66 1922
DONALD GORDON
66 1923
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CONRAD P. HATHEWAY JOHN T. CLARK
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
GEORGE G. TARBELL JOHN F. FARRAR
C. ,LEE TODD
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman School Committee, ex-officio
Registrars
CHARLES S. SMITH ROBERT D. DONALDSON
JOHN F. FARRAR WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
66
1923
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School Committee.
CONRAD P. HATHEWAY
Term expires 1921 66 1922
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY
GEORGE G. TARBELL
66 1923
Water Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Term expires 1921
JOHN J. KELLIHER
66 1922
SUMNER SMITH
66 1923
Field Drivers.
JOHN J. CONNAIR
RALPH H. GOODNO
Fence Viewers.
JOHN F. FARRAR
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Surveyor of Lumber. ELMER A. ROLLINS
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
JOHN F. FARRAR ELMER A. ROLLINS
Cemetery Commissioners.
CHARLES S. SMITH
Term expires 1921
EDWARD F. FLINT · .
1922
FRITZ CUNNERT
66 1923
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Proceedings of a Town Meeting held March 1, 1920
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County :
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln qualified to vote at Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lincoln on Monday, the first day of March next, at 11.30 o'clock A. M., by posting a copy of this Warrant by you attested, in each of the Post Offices and in some other public place in said Town, seven days at least before the first day of March, then and there to act on the following Articles :
The polls for voting the Australian ballot will be open at 12 o'clock noon and may be closed at 6.30 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers, and any other officers required by law to be elected
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by ballot or otherwise, also any committees, commissioners and trustees.
One Town Clerk for one year.
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Collector of Taxes for one year.
Two Constables for one year.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three . years.
One member of Trustees for Free Public Lectures for three years.
One member of the School Committee for three years.
One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 4. To appropriate money for necessary and ex-
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pedient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1, 1920, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment therefor payable in one year from the date thereof ; all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will take any action to pro- vide additional school facilities.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will extend the street lights from Haynes' Crossing to the Weston line and appropriate money therefor.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
And make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time of the meeting aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
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The following return is on the back of the Warrant :
Lincoln, February 23, 1920.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order at 11.30 A. M., by the Town Clerk who read the War- rant.
ARTICLE 1. Sumner Smith was chosen Moderator of the meeting. The Moderator appointed Thomas J. Dee, Ballot Clerk. (Sworn.) Robert R. Hunter and Herbert G. Farrar, Tellers. (Sworn.)
Voted: That when this meeting adjourns, it do so to meet at 1.30 P. M. Saturday next.
The polls were opened at 12 o'clock noon; at 6.50 o'clock P. M. it was voted to close the polls.
There were 160 Ballots cast, 6 being Special School Com- mittee ballots. The result of the Ballot was as follows :
ART. 2.
Town Clerk .-
William C. Peirce (Sworn) 142 votes 12 «
Blanks
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Selectman, for three years .-
Robert D. Donaldson (Sworn) Blanks
138 votes 16
Assessor, for three years .-
William H. Sherman (Sworn) Howard Snelling Blanks 3
81 votes 70
Treasurer .-
C. Lee Todd (Sworn)
137 votes 1 66
William J. Conway Blanks
16
Collector of Taxes .-
Thomas L. Giles (Sworn)
139 votes
Blanks
15 "
Auditor .-
James W. Lennon (Sworn)
145 votes 9 "
Blanks
Constables .-
George E. Cunningham (Sworn)
135 votes
John J. Kelliher (Sworn) 138 “
School Committee, for three years .-
George G. Tarbell (Sworn) 125 votes
Amos R. Little 28 “
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Water Commissioner, for three years .-
Sumner Smith (Sworn) Thomas L. Giles Patrick Craven Blanks
123 votes
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29 66
Board of Health, for three years .-
Robert D. Donaldson
130 votes
Frank J. Kidder Blanks
3 “
21 6%
Tree Warden .-
John J. Kelliher Blanks
136 votes 18 “
Cemetery Commissioner, for three years .-
Fritz Cunnert George Jones Blanks
131 votes 1
22 “
Commissioner of Trust Funds, for three years .-
Donald Gordon 128 votes 1 66
William C. Peirce Blanks 25 66
Trustee for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures, for three years .-
Donald Gordon 133 votes 1 66
William C. Peirce Blanks 20 66
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Question .-
Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town:
Yes 73 votes
No
62 “
Blanks
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March 6, 1920.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 1.35 o'clock P. M. The result of the ballot was then read by the Moderator. Voted to adjourn for one-half hour: Meeting called to order at 2.20 o'clock P. M. The following officers were then chosen :
Field Drivers .-
John J. Connair
Ralph H. Goodno
Fence Viewers .-
John F. Farrar (Sworn)
William H. Sherman (Sworn)
Surveyor of Lumber .-
Elmer A. Rollins (Sworn)
Measurers of Wood and Bark .-
John F. Farrar (Sworn) Elmer A. Rollins (Sworn)
Trustees of Grammar School Fund .-
Conrad P. Hatheway John T. Clark
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ART. 3. Voted: That the Reports of Town Officers, Committees and Trustees as printed in the Town Report be accepted.
ART. 4. Voted: That the question of wages for Highway employees be left with the Selectmen and Highway Superin- tendent. .
Appropriations .-
For Schools $15,500.00
For Transportation of Children 4,500.00
For Support of Poor 500.00
For Highways and Bridges 17,500.00
For continuing work on South Great Road in con-
junction with money to come from State and County, to be taken from money in the Treas- ury
7,500.00
Of all sums already appropriated $3,000.00 ad- ditional be taken from money in the Treasury. For Library, Dog Tax and .
700.00
For Cemeteries (Taken from Cemetery Fund) . . For Board of Health 200.00
500.00
For Tree Warden
2,500.00
For Miscellaneous Expenses
6,000.00
For Hydrants and other Water Service
2,400.00
For Waltham Hospital Free Bed
300.00
For Street Lamps
1,800.00
For Fire Department
200.00
For Payment of Water Bonds ( from Water Works Income)
1,000.00
For Water Works Sinking Fund (from Water
Works Income) 1,500.00
ART. 5. Voted: That the taxes be collected in the same manner as last year.
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ART. 6. Voted : That the compensation of the collector of taxes be 13/4%.
ART. 7. Voted : That the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1, 1920, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, payable in one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. Voted : That the School Committee and the Select- men and Charles F. Eveleth act as a Committee to investigate and report to the Town.
Voted : That the Selectmen and the Commissioners of Sink- ing and Trust Funds be a Committee and be directed to take all necessary steps to bring about a change in the object of the Trust known as the "Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Town Hearse," so that said fund may be applied to the general fund for the Lincoln Library.
ART. 9. Voted: That it be left with the Selectmen to put necessary lights on the road from Blodgett's corner to Bent's corner, so called, also from Wheeler's lane to the Stone Crusher.
ART. 10. Voted to pass over.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of the Presidential Primary, held April 27, 1920
The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock P. M. by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant and administered the oath to Thomas J. Dee as Ballot Clerk and to Herbert G. Farrar as Teller. The polls were then declared open. The polls were closed at 6.15 o'clock P. M. A total of 40 votes were cast. The result of the ballot was as follows :
Republican Ballot .-
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE .-
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Nahant
30 votes
Frederick H. Gilbert, of Springfield
26
66
W. Murray Crane, of Dalton
30
Edward A. Thurston, of Fall River
22
66
Louis A. Frothingham, of Easton
10
Alvan T. Fuller, of Malden
4
66
Thomas W. Lawson, of Scituate
3
66
Samuel W. McCall, of Winchester
12
Russel A. Wood, of Cambridge
3
66
ALTERNATE DELEGATES-AT-LARGE .-
Butler Ames, of Lowell
21 votes
Chandler Bullock, of Worcester
19
Gurdon W. Gordon, of Springfield
20
Butler R. Wilson, of Boston
19 66
DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTH DISTRICT .-
Frank E. Dunbar, of Lowell
22 votes
Gardner W. Pearson, of Lowell
13
- Louis Pfeiffer, of Bedford
10
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ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES,
FIFTH DISTRICT .-
Kimball G. Colby, of Methuen 12 votes
Wilford D. Gray, of Woburn
16
Louis Ellenwood, of Reading
8
Democratic Ballot .-
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE .-
David I. Walsh, of Fitchburg 3 votes
Richard H. Long, of Framingham
3
66
Joseph C. Pelletier, of Boston
3 66
Daniel F. Doherty, of Westfield
3 66
ALTERNATE DELEGATES-AT-LARGE .-
Susan W. Fitzgerald, of Boston 3 votes
Mary A. Carson, of Pittsfield
3
Mary Keegan Shuman, of Boston
3
66
Helen G. Thayer, of Worcester 3
66
DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTH DISTRICT .-
Humphrey O'Sullivan, of Lowell 3 votes
Joseph P. Donahue, of Lowell
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES,
FIFTH DISTRICT .-
Katherine F. McCarthy, of Lowell 2 votes
Anna Loretto McGowan, of Woburn 2 «
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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May 15, 1920.
William M. Hilliard has this day been sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
May 15, 1920.
Lorenzo E. Brooks has this day been sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
May 17, 1920.
Isaac Langille has this day been sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk. May 22, 1920.
Winslow A. Eaton has this day been sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
May 29, 1920.
John Campbell was this day sworn as Special Police Officer for the Town of Lincoln by Albert H. Beal, Notary Public, for the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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July 9, 1920.
John F. Farrar was this day sworn as weigher of stone and other commodities for the South Great Road construction by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE.
Town Clerk.
July 9, 1920.
John J. Connair was this day sworn as Deputy to John F. Farrar as weigher of stone and other commodities by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
August 2, 1920.
Edward J. Hogan was this day sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
August 14, 1920.
The following men have this day been appointed Special Police by the Board of Selectmen of Lincoln :
William Craig, of Concord
James W. Craig, of Concord
David B. J. Feeham, of Concord.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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JURY LIST FOR 1920
As prepared by the Selectmen of Lincoln
Name
P. O. Address
Occupation
Adams, John
So. Lincoln
Business Man
Bamforth, Fred J. D.
Lincoln
Farmer
Brooks, Lorenzo E.
Concord, R. D.
Farmer
Codman, Thomas N.
So. Lincoln
Retired
Crook, Russel G.
So. Lincoln
Sculptor
Dougherty, Matthew F.
Waltham, R. F. D.
Carpenter
Eaton, Winslow A.
Waltham, R. F. D.
Farmer
Farnsworth, Charles P.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, Herbert W.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, John F.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Flint, Ephraim B.
Lincoln
Farmer
Foreman, Charles F.
So. Lincoln
Carpenter
Giles, Thomas L.
So. Lincoln
Painter
Gordon, Donald
So. Lincoln
Lawyer
Hamilton, D. Lincoln
Lincoln
Farmer
Harding, William A.
So. Lincoln
Carpenter
Lennon, James W.
So. Lincoln
Clerk
Little, Amos R.
So. Lincoln
Lawyer
Martin, Owen E.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
MicHugh, John E.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Neville, James M.
Concord, R. F. D. Lincoln
Farmer
Peck, Chester G.
Farmer
Sherman, Chester H.
So. Lincoln
Clerk
Tarbell, George G.
Lincoln
Farmer
Welch, Martin M.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
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Proceedings at the Primaries, held September 7, 1920
The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock P. M. by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant and administered the oath to George G. Tarbell and Thomas J. Dee as Ballot Clerks and to Thomas L. Giles as Teller. The polls were closed at 8.15 o'clock P. M. A total of 169 votes were cast, 66 women having voted. The result of the ballot was as follows :
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Channing H. Cox, of Boston (R.) 131 votes
Richard H. Long, of Framingham (D.) 1 66
John J. Walsh, of Boston (D.) 1
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Charles L. Burrill, of Boston (R.) 46 votes
Alvan T. Fuller, of Malden (R.)
20
Albert P. Langtry, of Springfield (R.)
18
Joseph E. Warner, of Taunton (R.)
58
James Jackson, of Westwood (R.) Michael A. O'Leary, of Cambridge (D.)
2 66
3
66
FOR SECRETARY .-
James W. Bean, of Cambridge (R.)
18 votes
Frederic W. Cook, of Somerville (R.)
22
Samuel W. George, of Haverhill (R.)
8 66
James G. Harris, of Medford (R.)
47 66
Russel A. Wood, of Cambridge (R.)
26
66
Charles H. McGlue, of Lynn (D.)
3
66
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FOR TREASURER .-
Fred J. Burrell, of Medford (R.)
James Jackson, of Westwood (R.) Patrick O'Hearn, of Boston (D.)
12 votes 135 3 66
FOR AUDITOR .-
Walter P. Babb, of Lynn (R.)
35 votes
Alonzo B. Cook, of Boston (R.)
Alice E. Cram, of Boston (D.)
96 “ 3 66
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
J. Weston Allen, of Newton (R.)
Michael L. Sullivan, of Salem (D.)
141 votes 3
FOR CONGRESSMAN, (Fifth District) .-
John Jacob Rogers, of Lowell (R.) 105 votes
FOR COUNCILLOR, (Sixth District) .-
Smith J. Adams, of Lowell (R.)
0 votes
Edward W. Berry, of Winchester (R.) 0 “
Edward B. Eames, of Reading (R.)
22
66
Fred O. Lewis, of Lowell (R.)
1
Charles Sumner Smith, of Lincoln (R.)
137
FOR SENATOR (Fifth Middlesex District) .-
John M. Gibbs, of Waltham (R.) 137 votes
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT .-
Benjamin Loring Young, of Weston (R.)
146 votes
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER .-
Arthur W. Colburn, of Dracut (R.) 14 votes
Alfred L. Cutting, of Weston (R.) 124
George A. Goodwin, of Somerville (R.)
12
Walter C. Wardwell, of Cambridge (R.)
114 66
FOR SHERIFF, (Middlesex County) .-
John R. Fairbairn, of Cambridge (R.) 131 votes
FOR STATE COMMITTEE, (Fifth Middlesex District) .-
Raoul H. Beaudreau, of Marlborough (R.) 111 66
FOR DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION .-
John F. Farrar, of Lincoln (R.) 112 votes
FOR TOWN COMMITTEE .-
John F. Farrar
122 votes
Robert D. Donaldson
122
66
Chester H. Sherman
125
66
Charles Sumner Smith
124 66
William C. Peirce, Jr.
15
66
Lucy Denio
8
Marion L. Snelling
4
Edith Farrar
2
Emma M. Eldredge
2
Hope Hunt
2
Eleanor Tarbell
2
66
Mabel W. Hatheway
2
Mary B. Farrar
1
Henrietta Warner
1 66
George G. Tarbell
1
66
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Tozen Clerk.
66
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October 21, 1920.
Thomas L. Giles was this day sworn as measurer of hay by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
Proceedings at the State Election, held November 2, 1920
The Warrant was read by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Polls were opened at 7 o'clock A. M. The oath was administered to George G. Tarbell and Thomas J. Dee as Ballot Clerks and to Thomas L. Giles and Jennie B. Bent as Tellers. At 8.30 o'clock P. M. the polls were closed. A total of 419 votes were cast, 189 being women votes and 230 men votes. The result of the ballots was as follows :
ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENT .-
Cox and Roosevelt (D.) 104 votes
Cox and Gilhaus (S. L.)
0
Debs and Stedman (S.)
2 66
Harding and Coolidge (R.)
299
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Channing H. Cox, of Boston (R.) 309 votes
Walter H. Hutchins, of Greenfield (S.)
2
Patrick Mulligan, of Boston (S. L.)
0
John J. Walsh, of Boston (D.) 80 66 Blanks 28 66
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FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Marcus A. Coolidge, of Fitchburg (D.) 85 votes 1
66 David Craig, of Milford (S. L.) Alvan T. Fuller, of Malden (R.) 201 66 Thomas Nickolson, of Methuen (S.) 3 66 Robert M. Washburn, of Boston (I.) 98 Blanks 31
FOR SECRETARY .-
Frederick W. Cook, of Somerville (R.) Edward E. Ginsburg, of Brookline (D.)
297 votes
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1 66 Anthony Houtenbrink, of Boston (S. L.) Edith M. Williams, of Brookline (S.) 3 Blanks 53 66
FOR TREASURER .-
George H. Jackson, of Lynn (C.) 2 votes
James Jackson, of Westwood (R.) Louis Marcus, of Boston (S.) 1 Patrick O'Hearn, of Boston (D.) Albert L. Waterman, of Boston (S. L.) 1
312
69 66
Blanks 34 66
FOR AUDITOR .-
Alonzo B. Cook, of Boston (R.) 263 votes
Alice E. Cram, of Boston (D.) 104
Stephen J. Surridge of Lynn (S. L.)
1 66
Herbert H. Thompson, of Haverhill (S.) 2
Blanks 49 66
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FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
J. Weston Allen, of Newton (R.) 298 votes
Morris I. Becker, of Boston (S. L.) John Weaver Sherman, of Boston (S.) Michael L. Sullivan, of Salem (D.) Blanks
1 66
3 66
73
44 66
FOR CONGRESSMAN (Fifth District) .-.
Jackson Palmer, of Lowell (D.)
113 votes
John Jacob Rogers, of Lowell (R.) 268
Blanks 38
FOR COUNCILLOR, (Sixth District) .-
Charles Sumner Smith, of Lincoln (R.)
346 votes 4 "
Scattering Blanks 69
FOR SENATOR .-
John M. Gibbs, of Waltham (R.)
326 votes
Blanks 93
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, (Thirteenth District.)-
George Albree, of Concord (D.) 42 votes
Benjamin Loring Young, of Weston (R.) 331
Blanks 46
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Middlesex County) .-
Alfred L. Cutting, of Weston (R.) 301 votes
Walter C. Wardwell, of Cambridge (R.) 241
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FOR SHERIFF, (Middlesex County) .-
John R. Fairbairn, of Cambridge
298 votes 291 6 Blanks
Question .-
Shall an act entitled, "An act to regulate the manufacture and sale of Beer, Cider and Light Wines" be approved :
Yes-149 No-185 Blanks-85
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the Thirteenth Repre- sentative District of Middlesex County, held at Concord, November 12, 1920, the vote for Representative in the General Court was determined as follows :
Concord
Lincoln
Sudbury
Wayland
Weston
Total
George Albree, of Concord.
438
42
39
87
10
616
Benjamin Loring Young, of Weston .. 1514
331
329
595
872
3641
Blank
205
46
35
108
27
421
Total
2157
419
403
790
909
4678
Two certificates of the election of Benjamin Loring Young of Weston were prepared and signed by the Clerks for trans-
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mission to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and to the Representative elect.
William D. Cross, Town Clerk of Concord.
William C. Peirce, Town Clerk of Lincoln.
Frank F. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury. Warren L. Bishop, Town Clerk of Wayland.
Brenton H. Dickson, Jr., Town Clerk of Weston.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
December 20, 1920.
Rollins Bros. have this day been registered in the Town of Lincoln to sell Oleomargarine at retail.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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There have been recorded during the year ending December 31, 1920, 13 Marriages, 32 Births, 12 Deaths.
Marriages Registered
Date of Marriage
Name
Residence
Jan.
25, 1920
2
Tohn Thomas O'Brien Monica Mary Norris
Concord Lincoln
Jan.
28, 1920
2
Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin
Lincoln Fitchburg
April
7, 1920
2
James Thomas Ryan Mary Josephine Norris
Lincoln Lincoln
June
2, 1920
1
William Joseph Fitzpatrick Helen Felicitas Gately
Brookline Lincoln
June
5, 1920
1
Arthur Stuart Eldredge Josephine Sturgis
Lincoln Boston
July
26, 1920
1
Jeremiah Joseph Moynihan Katherine Helena Casey
Lincoln Waltham
Sept.
1, 1920
7
Emma Margaret Eldredge
Wellesley Hills Lincoln
Sept.
, 1920
2
Joseph A. Domenichello Mary Alice Maud Burbridge
Lincoln Lexington
Sept.
14, 1920
1 2
Howard Snelling Amy V. Smith
· Lincoln Lincoln
Oct.
12, 1920
1
Thomas Barnes
Mary Duncan
Lincoln Lincoln
Nov.
28, 1920
S
Gaetano Damico Louise Domenichello
Watertown Lincoln
Dec.
9, 1920
1
Hubert George Hutton Eleanor Frances Harrington
Lincoln Lincoln
Dec.
13, 1920
John O'Leary Delia Casey Cook
Lincoln Lincoln .
2
Edward Francis Boyce
7
Percival Dudley Shepherd
2
1
31
Births Registered
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Sept. 18, 1884
Julius Malcolm Eveleth
Julius E. and Mary Adeline (Reed)
Aug. 31, 1900
Adeline Reed Eveleth
Charles F. and Frances Swift (Todd)
Nov. 15, 1916
Florence Harriet Coburn
Edward S. and Minnie E. (Meyer)
Jan. 15, 1919
Richard Keith Conant
Richard K. and Lily (Roberts) Jacob and Bessie (Keen)
Aug. 8, 1919
Dora Kapplan
Edwards W. and Gladys DeY. (Field)
Jan. 12, 1920
Allan Anthony Rooney
Jan. 21, 1920
Charles Edward Naff
Jan. 28, 1920 Fiore Carmino Di Meo
Feb. 24, 1920
Harold Lancelot Dean
Geo. E. and Elizabeth M. (Mckinley)
Mar. 1, 1920
James Lewis Cunningham
Nicholas and Carolina (Monica)
Mar. 3, 1920
John Catona
Sumner and Alice Paul (Wiggin)
April 2, 1920
Honor Kennedy
April 10, 1920
Mary. Silva
Herbert G. and Edith (Biggs)
April 13, 1920
James Raymond Oreicha
May 8, 1920
Edward Filene Little
June 13, 1920
Lincoln Flint Hanson
June 16, 1920
Mary Perry Perelli
Antonio and Rosa (Yanetti)
July
4, 1920
Ann Demeo Guland Campobasso
Juisseppi and Genie (DiMeo)
July
15, 1920
George Uberto Browning, Jr.
George U. and Isabelle Frances (Smith)
July 29, 1920
Edward Francis Boyce, Jr.
Edward F. and Mary E. (Laughlin)
Aug. 7, 1920
Ann Elizabeth Nielsen
Peter and Margaret (Jensen) 1
Aug. 10, 1920
Mary Katherine Connair
John J. and Margaret J. (Casey)
Aug.
27, 1920
Helen Pickering Bradley
Oct. 1, 1920
Francis Joseph Davis
Oct. 14, 1920
Elizabeth Mary Ryan
Oct. 25, 1920
Marion Coburn
Nov. 14, 1920
Wilma Hogg
William and Nellie (Powlsen)
Nov. 28, 1920
Helen Marie Pederson
Andrew and Sarah (Holmes)
Dec.
2, 1920
Stillborn Worleigh
William S. and Mary A. (Jones)
Nov. 28, 1919
Elizabeth Herman
John W., Jr. and Mary C. (Shelby) Fred and Mary Ann (Flodd)
Sabatino and Maria (Gramfelico) Harold S. and Emma W. (Burn)
Mar. 15. 1920
Sumner Smith, Jr.
John and Honor (Cole) Manuel and Mary (Vilden)
Priscilla Farrar
George and Mabel (Withrow)
April 24, 1920
Amos R. and Edna M. (Hilburn)
Charles L. and Bertha W. (Flint)
Phillips and Rebecca (Pickering) William H. and Alice M. (McPhee) James T. and Mary J. (Norris) Edward S. and Minnie E. (Meyer)
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