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town BRAINTREE
Annual Report
1949
ANNUAL REPORT of THE TOWN OF
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1949
Table of Contents
General Government :
Town Officers 5
Town Clerk
12
Annual Town Meeting
17
State Audit
36
Board of Selectmen 39
Board of Public Welfare
41
Department of Veterans' Services 45
Town Accountant 46
Town Treasurer 79
Tax Collector 83
Board of Assessors 85
Planning Board 87
Jury List 89
Protection of Persons and Property
Fire Department 93
Police Department 95
Building Inspector 97
Zoning Board of Appeal 97
Tree Warden
98
Sealer of Weights and Measures . 99
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
101
Sewer Department
103
Public Works
Highway Department 105
Electric Light Commissioners 109
Water Department 114
Engineering Department 117
Braintree Housing Authority
117
Airport Commission 120
Harbor Master's Report 123
Schools and Libraries
School Committee 124
Thayer Public Library 141
Town Officers 1949
Moderator E. Curtiss Mower, Jr., 1950 Town Clerk Ernest C. Woodsum, 1950
Town Treasurer John W. Harding, 1950
Selectmen John W. Mahar, Chairman, 1951 Raymond P. Palmer, Clerk, 1952 Albert E. Roberts, 1950
Board of Public Welfare Raymond P. Palmer, Chairman, 1952
John W. Mahar, Clerk, 1951. Albert E. Roberts, 1950
Assessors Arthur E. Boynton, Chairman, 1950
Charles R. Furlong, Clerk, 1951 Norris H. Pinault, 1952
Water Commissioners Thomas E. Sears, Chairman, 1952
Willard P. Sheppard, 1950 Joseph Landers, 1951
School Committee
Ovidio.D. Chiesa, Chairman, 1950 Archie T. Morrison, Secretary, 1951
Gordon W. Bryant, 1952 Sophie G. Blunt, 1950 Helen M. Harmon, 1952 Roger W. Arnold, 1951
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Municipal Lighting Board Norton P. Potter, Chairman, 1950 Frank P. Lord, Secretary, 1952 Shelley A. Neal, 1951
Park Commissioners Earl C. Hollis, Chairman, 1950 Charles F. Abell, Clerk, 1952 Harry F. Vinton, Jr., 1951
Sewer Commissioners Bernard R. Andrews, Chairman, 1951 Charles C. Temple, 1952 Clinton I. Bates, 1950-Resigned Earl D. Gilliatt, 1950, Appointed :
Board of Health Herbert B. Hollis, Chairman, 1952
Deane R. Walker, Clerk, 1951 John J. Atkinson, 1950
Collector of Taxes George H. Gerrior, Jr., 1950
Tree Warden John F. Leetch, 1950
Planning Board · Frank L. Heaney, Chairman, 1950 John J. Drinkwater, Town Engineer, Ex-officio Joseph M. Magaldi, Clerk, 1952 Edward J. Rose, 1952
Helen M. Ellsworth, 1951 A. Winton Caird, 1951
Braintree Housing Authority Frank L. Heaney, Chairman, 1954 Ernest J. Janssen, Vice-Chairman, 1953 William H. Gustafson, Treasurer, 1951 William M. Gustin, Jr., Asst. Treas.,. Appointed by State Housing Board, 1952 George A. Hitchcock, Temporary Secretary, 1950
Trustees of Thayer Public Library Stacy B. Southworth, Chairman, Life Member Morrill R. Allen, Life Member Ralph B. Woodsum, Life Member
Mabel S. Rogers, 1950 Clara G. Wetherbee, 1950
Trustees of School Fund
Arthur L. Hale, Chairman, 1952
Joseph H. Bramble, Clerk, 1952 Morrill R. Allen, 1952
H. Irving Charnock, 1952 Charles G. Jordan, 1952
Carroll D. Welch, 1952 Ralph B. Woodsum, 1952
Contributory Retirement Board Ralph W. Maglathlin, Chairman Jonathan W. French, Clerk Lowell Holbrook
Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay Willard P. Sheppard
Matthew McCusker George A. Williams
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Measurers of Lumber John C. Pafford
Shelley A. Neal
Daniel A. Maloney
OUR NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS United States Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
United States House of Representatives Richard B. Wigglesworth
Massachusetts Legislature
Senator John D. MacKay Representative Raymond P. Palmer
Representative John L. Gallant Representative Albert E. Roberts
Governor's Council Clayton L. Havey
Norfolk County Commissioners Frederick A. Leavitt Chairman, Jan. 1, 1951 Russell T. Bates, Jan. 1, 1953 Clayton W. Nash, Jan. 1, 1953
Town Meeting Members
Precinct 1
George E. Bowker
1950
J. Dudley Gannon 1950
Robert G. Hobart
1950
Henry C. Lake
1950
Arthur F. Lucas
1950
Arthur H. McGibbon
1950
George L. Novelline
1950
John F. O'Rourke
1950
Margaretta E. Rizzo
1950
H. Winthrop S. Roberts
1950
Cornelius L. Sullivan "
1950
Russell White 1950
Ira R. Young
1950
Kenneth G. Dyer
1951
John J. Foley
1951
Nicola A. Galotti
1951
Milton B. Hallett
1951
Ernest J. Janssen
1951
Alfred M. Legg
1951
Charles G. Lord
1951
Joseph M. Magaldi
1951
Edward M. McMahon
1951
Horace S. Miles
1951
Nahum R. Pillsbury
1951
B. Joseph Rizzo
1951
Roland H. Whitman
1951
John Alden
1952
George H. Cain
1952
H. Irving Charnock
1952
Vito M. D'Acci
1952
Elmer G. Derby
1952
William J. Dignan
1952
Earl R. Grant
1952
Knute Ingmanson
1952
John F. Leetch
1952
Archie T. Morrison
1952
Earl A. Prario
1952
Merton L. Pratt
1952
Harry T. Sears
1952
Precinct 2
William G. Brooks
1950
Benjamin A. Brownell
1950
Gordon W. Bryant
1950
Clarence S. Cassidy
1950
Chester W. Daily
1950
Charles W. Furlong
1950
Earl D. Gilliatt
1950
William Gray
1950
Earl C. Hollis
1950
Harry J. Joyce
1950
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Frederick J. Klay
1950
J. Stanley McLaughlin 1950
Harold E. Norris
1950
Raymond L. Strangford 1950
Felix H. Atkinson
1951
Daniel F. Caskin 1951
Joseph C. Avitabile
1951
Charles R. Cummings 1951
William D. Ewing
1951
James L. Jordan
1951
Roger Lakin
1951
R. Stanley McConnell
1951
Otis B. Oakman
1951
Norton P. Potter
1951
Russell B. Rae
1951
Walter Hennessey
1951
John I. Ryan
1951
Robert A. Tenney
1951
Harvey J. Annis
1952
J. Paul Benson
1952
John R. Dallinger
1952
Arthur L. Hale
1952
Leo J. Hart, Jr.
1952
Joseph Landers
1952
Joseph C. Landrey
1952
Harold T. Lingham
1952
Stanley T. Plumer
1952
Harrison T. Smiley
1952
Stacy B. Southworth
1952
Gordon O. Thayer
1952
John Q. Wentworth
1952
: George T. Woodsum
1952
Precinct 3
William B. Belcher
1950
Harry W. Bond
1950
Joseph A. Carson
1950
Charles D. Curtis, Jr.
1950
Edwin L. Emerson
1950
Frank A. Ewart
1950
Leo J. Hart
1950
Frank L. Heaney
1950
George A. Hitchcock
1950
John Marr
1950
Will R. Minchin
1950
Hugh L. Opie
1950
Lucius A. Qualey
1950
Albert E. Roberts
1950
Chester A. Belyea
1951
Sophie G. Blunt
1951
William J. Connell
1951
Helen M. Ellsworth
1951
Henry G. Galebach
1951
Kenneth N. Gould
1951
Herbert B. Hollis
1951
William G. Iliffe
1951
Shelley A. Neal
1951
Mortimer N. Peck
1951
Samuel H. Ripley
1951
Ruth C. Scott
1951
George E. Warren
1951
Albert E. Wynot
1951
Alfred W. Beck
1952
Gordon L. F. Belyea
1952
Roland G. Belyea
1952
Clarence R. Bestick
1952
Earle S. Bucknam
1952
Charles M. Copeland
1952
Mary T. Ellis
1952
William J. Hayden
1952
Richard A. Hunt
1952
William F. Lammers
1952
Hugh B. Snow
1952
Earle B. Terrey
1952
Howard C. White
1952
Austin E. Wynot
1952
Precinct 4
Joseph P. Barrett
1950
Thomas H. Collins 1950
Margaret M. Duffee
1950
Andrew W. Gordon
1950
Drew B. Hall
1950
Thomas R. Huleatt
1950
Frank J. Kenna
1950
Thomas H. Matthews
1950
Chester W. Nelson
1950
Victor S. Petterson
1950
Mabel S. Rogers
1950
William J. Stevenson
1950
Laurence A. Trainor
1950
Gordon E. Trask
1950
Roger W. Arnold
1951
Ernest G. Becker
1951
A. Winton Caird
1951
Alva M. Dow
1951
Atherton N. Hunt
1951
James H. Jenkins
1951
Harlan W. Kingsbury
1951
Arthur I. Knowles
1951
Minnie C. Lawley
1951
Frank T. Maguire
1951
William F. Rogers
1951
Nelson H. Seaver
(Deceased) 1951
Seward W. Taber
1951
John T. Trefry, Jr.
1951
Arthur E. Boynton
1952
Walter M. Brock
1952
Philip J. Cardarople
1952
Francis S. Carter
1952
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Ovidio D. Chiesa
1952
Richard W. Farnsworth
1952
Francis L. Gleason
1952
William H. Gustafson
1952
Walter E. Morrison
1952
Edward E. Palmer
1952
Harold F. Robinson
1952
Robert J. Stalker
1952
Hiram C. Towne
1952
Calvin E. Young
1952
Precinct 5
Charles W. Baldwin
1950
Clarence N. Blair
1950
Amos S. Buker
1950
Edward D. Cahill
1950
John J. Canavan
1950
Joseph P. Cassidy
1950
Henry A. Cohoon
1950
Alice Davenport
1950
Charles G. Jordan
1950
Frank D. Learned
1950
Jessie Macgregor
1950
Walter B. Skinner
1950 .
Harold R. Walsh
1950
Morrill R. Allen
1951
Fred Belyea
1951
Carl H. Bjorkman
1951
Thomas F. Cassidy
1951
Joseph W. Cuff
1951
John Goodhue
1951
Joseph A. Haley
1951
G. Vinton Jones
1951
Frank P. Lord
1951
Daniel A. Maloney
1951
George E. Pitts
1951
Harry E. Williams
1951
George E. Wilson, Jr.
1951
Louise E. R. Alexander
1952
William J. Burns
1952
Robert M. Hutton
1952
Ray M. Leavitt
1952
William A. Reed
1952
Albert L. Rice
1952
Percy T. Richards
1952
Simon B. Rideout
1952
W. Edwin Skinner
1952
John M. Southwick
1952
William B. Taylor
1952
William Walker
1952
William R. Wilder
1952
Precinct 6
Paul F. Bailey
1950
Howard R. Beaver
1950
Joseph J. Carty
1950
R. Alden Elliott
1950
Alfred O. Fitch
1950
Christopher M. Garland
1950
John F. Harkin
1950
Ruby Keigan
1950
Harriet B. W. Kimball
1950
Alan C. Litchfield
1950
Margaret C. Palmer
1950
John H. Stenberg
1950
Jack R. Ainsleigh
1951
John E. Cannon
1951
George F. Creehan
1951
Walter E. Delory
1951
Frank H. Diekmeyer
1951
Reuben H. Frogel
1951
Helen M. Harmon
1951
Emilio Libertine
1951
Frederick R. Maitland
1951
W. Homer Melville
1951
Raymond P. Palmer
1951
Mae K. Cannon
1952
William R. Cline
1952
Elliott C. Jernagen
1952
Edward P. Long
1952
George A. Lydon
1952
George W. Nelson
1952
Edward J. Rose
1952
Arthur E. Stenberg
1952
Charles E. Timmons
1952
Ernest M. Wells
1952
Robert J. Whitehouse
1952
E. Chester Wright
1952
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Appointed Officers and Committees
Police Department
Edward D. Cahill, Chief and Keeper of the Lock-up N. Eric Nelson, Deputy Chief Albert R. Klay, Lieutenant
Everett A. Buker, Sergeant
Leo J. Hart, Jr., Sergeant
John W. Illingworth, Sergeant
John F. O'Rourke, Sergeant
Earl A. Prario, Sergeant
Patrolmen
Harvey J. Annis
Henry A. Cohoon George H. Faustini
Herbert H. Eno
Joseph W. Flaherty
Vincent J. Foti
William Gallivan
J. Dudley Gannon
Christopher M. Garland
Frank E. Hull
Edward P. Long
J. Stanley McLaughlin
George L. Novelline
Edward N. Sharon
James P. Smith
Cornelius L. Sullivan
Russell White
George E. Wilson, Jr.
Albert E. Wynot
John J. Donovan Thomas A. Littlejohn Joseph J. Starkey
Reserve Officers Joseph C. O. Gagne Andre v E. Maguire Thomas H. Walsh
Fire Department
Harry T. Sears, Chief Joseph L. Dennehy Edward A. Hennebury
Deputy Chiefs
Board of Registrars 1
Kenneth R. Lingley (Chairman) 1952 Thomas F. Mulligan 1950
Lillian M. Drinkwater 1951 Ernest C. Woodsum, Clerk, ex-officio
Field Drivers
Walter J. Mattie Mansfield A. Belyea Felice Zampine Fence Viewers W. Homer Melville Thoma's H. Matthews
John A. Rogers
Inspector of Plumbing
Israel P. Weston
Arthur F. Sullivan
Board of Appeal Under Zoning By-Law
Frank A. Ewart, Chairman Earl R. Grant, Clerk
Ralph B. Woodsum Herbert J. Redman, Alternate
Board of Appeal Under Building Code Ovidio D. Chiesa Joseph M. Duffy Ralph H. Marstin
10.
Francis T. Maguire, Lieutenant
Airport Commission
William G. Brooks, Chairman 1950 Robert B. Hill 1950
Harlan W. Kingsbury, Sec. 1951
John W. Murphy 1952
George T. Woodsum 1952
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Ralph W. Maglathlin
BURIAL AGENT
George A. Shortle
BUILDING INSPECTOR
John C. Pafford
DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR
Daniel A. Maloney
WIRE INSPECTOR
Harry G. Barnes George A. Shortle
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
WELFARE AGENT
Henry J. Gaffney
TOWN COUNSEL
Jonathan W. French
TOWN ENGINEER
John J. Drinkwater
SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Harry T. Sears Patrick T. Donahue
SUPT. OF INFIRMARY
SUPT. OF STREETS
John Q. Wentworth
SUPT. OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
Ernest T. Fulton
SUPT. OF WATER DEPT.
George N. Watson George F. Brousseau
SUPT. OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPT. OF PLAIN STREET CEMETERY
Albert A. Drollett
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
HEALTH AGENT
Frederick C. Johnson
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
James F. Mattie
INSPECTOR OF MEATS & PROVISIONS
James F. Mattie
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
John Q. Wentworth
MANAGER UNION VILLAGE
Fred E. Hanson
FOREST WARDEN
Harry T. Sears
MILK INSPECTOR
Frederick C. Johnson
DOG OFFICER
Cornelius L. Sullivan
SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR®
James F. Mattie
HARBOR MASTER
Seward W. Taber
ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER
Earl T. Connors
Finance Committee
· John J. Canavan, Chairman 1952
Harry E. Williams, Secretary 1952
Raymond J. Brickley 1950 William F. Dugan 1950
Harry J. Joyce, Resigned 1950 Arthur L. Whitten
Appointed 1950
Roger C. Noyes 1950
J. Clark Settles 1950
Joseph J. Carty
1951
Horace S. Miles 1951
Seward W. Taber
1951
Gordon O. Thayer 1951
Carroll D. Welch
1951
John O. Holden 1952
Elliot C. Jernagan
1952 Gordon A. McGill
1952
Roy W. Lawson, Ex-officio
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Calvin E. Young
Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum-Town Clerk
No. of Employees
Budget
Expenditures
1948
2
$5,770.00
$5,767.05
1949
2
5,537.00
5,535.28
Receipts
1948
1949
Dog licenses
$3,089.00
$3,097.40
Sporting licenses
2,255.00
1,984.00
Vital Statistics
1948
1949
Births
510
404
Marriages
291
257
Deaths .
256
220
Town Election
Number of ballots cast - 4947
Precinct 1A
287
Precinct 1B
585
Precinct 2
907
Precinct 3
954
Precinct 4
965
Precinct 5
705
Precinct 6
544
For Moderator
1-A
1-B
2
3 835
4 917
5
6
Total
E. Curtiss Mower, Jr. Blanks
48
148
197
119
48
135
91
786
For Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum
263
473
760
877
942
598
482
4395
Blanks
24
112
147
77
23
107
62
552
For Town Treasurer
John W. Harding
249
437
740
859
920
582
467
4254
Blanks
38
148
167
95
45
123
77
693
For Selectmen (For Three Years)
John M. Corcoran
144
335
471
359
470
365
252
2396
Raymond P. Palmer
139 :238
421
580
480
330
286
2474
Blanks
4
12
15
15
15
10
6
77
For Board of Public Welfare (For Three Years)
John M. Corcoran
146
331
467
352
473
366
256
2391
Raymond P. Palmer
133.
234
415
573
466
326
278
2425
Blanks
8
20
25
29
26
13
10
131
239
437
710
570
453
4161
12
For Assessor (For Three Years)
Norris H. Pinault
108
242
334
373
495
288
254
2094
Vincent Sorgi
107
178
189
120
106
134
101
935
Deane R. Walker
69
147
367
446
350
262
171
1812
Blanks
3
18
17
15
14
21
18
106
For Water Commissioner (For Three Years)
Thomas E. Sears
244
446
750
833
921
565
456
4215
Blanks
43
139
157
121
44
140
88
732
For School Committee (For Three Years)
Gordon W. Bryant
226
415
777
816
914
502
395
4045
Helen M. Harmon
217
407
766
731
898
534
431
3984
Blanks
131
348
271
361
118
374
262
1865
For Board of Health (For Three Years)
William J. Burns
62
191
246
170
238
324
160
1391
Herbert B. Hollis
200
335
601
727
668
355
340
3226
Blanks
25
59
60
57
59
26
44
330
For Sewer Commissioner (For Three Years)
Charles C. Temple
237
459
752
813
922
563
450
4196
Blanks
50
126
155
141
43
142
94 .
751
For Park Commissioner
(For Three Years)
Charles F. Abell
163
385
629
587
580
466
338
3148
William J. Hayden
89
134
206
278
293
176
160
1336
Blanks
35
66
72
89
92
63
46
463
For Municipal Lighting Board (For Three Years)
Frank P. Lord
233
441
742
818
923
567
448
4172
Blanks
54
144
165
136
42
138
96
775
For Tax Collector
George H. Gerrior, Jr.
243 455
752
841
925
589
472
4277
Blanks
44 130
155
113
40
116
72
670
For Tree Warden
Clarence R. Bestick
130
160
288
419
396
353
260
2006
John F. Leetch
142
391
584
509
531
315
253
2725
Blanks
15
34
35
26
38
37
31
216
For Planning Board (For Three Years)
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz
69
165
278
262
213
205
167
1359
Joseph M. Magaldi
161
369
479
583
603
419
334
2948
Edward J. Rose
196
353
595
748
712
484
386
3474
Blanks
148
283
462
315
402
302
201
2113
Braintree Housing Authority (Candidate receiving highest vote for 5 years, second highest for 4 years, third highest for 2 years, and fourth highest for 1 year.)
William H. Gustafson
192
355
584
710
742
477
382 404
3442
Frank L. Heaney
194
379
618
728
739
491
3553
George A. Hichcock
197
345
595
729
692
466
379
3403
Ernest J. Janssen
194
402
628
694
681
469
392
3460
Scattering
7
7
Blanks
371
859 1203
955 1006
910
619
5923
13
Question #1-Increased Pensions of Former Employees
YES NO
84 196 358 360 357
282 .
162
1799
86 121 253
286
286
209
127
1368
Blanks
117 268
296
308
322
214
255
1780
Precinct 1
Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*John Alden
556 *George H. Cain
596
*H. Irving Charnock
521
*Vito M. D'Acci 454
*Elmer G. Derby
540
*William J. Dignan 497
*Earl R. Grant
513 Frank E. Hull
418
*Knute Ingmanson
484
*John F. Leetch
583
* Archie T. Morrison
478 James E. Murphy
355
*Earl A. Prario 484 *Merton L. Pratt
438
*Harry T. Sears
586
Vincent Sorgi
339
Scattering
5
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy)
*Margaretta E. Rizzo
36 Scattering 18
Precinct 2
Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Harvey J. Annis
476
*J. Paul Benson 434
Stanley E. Brackett
289
*John R. Dallinger
397
Henry B. Fall
209
John T. Finnegan 392
* Arthur L. Hale
412
*Leo J. Hart, Jr. 457
John R. Hill
200
John O. Holden
233
*Joseph Landers 451
*Joseph C. Landrey 436
*Harold T. Lingham
407
Moses P. Marsh
373
Charles H. Mundt
321
Franklin B. Nickerson
232
*Stanley T. Plumer
472 *Harrison T. Smiley
518
*Stacy B. Southworth 513
*Gordon O. Thayer 395
*John Q. Wentworth
499
*George T. Woodsum 506
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years)
(To Fill Vacancy)
734
Precinct 3
Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Alfred W. Beck
671 *Gordon L. F. Belyea 666
*Roland G. Belyea
636
*Clarence R. Bestick 515
Hyman H. Borax
239
*Earle S. Bucknam 644
*Charles M. Copeland 625
*Mary T. Ellis 569
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz
332
*William J. Hayden
514
*Richard A. Hunt
644
*William F. Lammers Rodger G. Shultz
563
Warren C. Scott
437
*Hugh B. Snow
526
*Earle B. Terry
445
*Howard C. White
647
Robert B. Wickwire
343
* Ausin E. Wynot
625
Scattering 1
Three Town Meeting Members (For One Year)
(To Fill Vacancy)
*Charles D. Curtiss, Jr.
652 *John Marr 625
*Hugh L. Opie
606 George C. Wanzer, Jr. 252
395
*Joseph C. Avitabile
14
Precinct 4 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Arthur E. Boynton
720 * Walter M. Brock 682
* Philip J. Cardarople
647
*Francis S. Carter 615
*Ovidio D. Chiesa 692
*Richard W. Farnsworth 671
*William H. Gustafson
655
*Walter E. Morrison .
648
*Edward E. Palmer
662 *Harold F. Robinson
662
*Robert J. Stalker
633 *Calvin E. Young
632
*Hiram C. Towne 95
55
Edwin N. Richardson
15
*Francis L. Gleason Scattering
34
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) (To Fill Vacancy)
* Alva M. Dow
310 Robert B. Ladd 243
William H. Low
191
Robert Ormston, Jr. 92
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year)
(To Fill Vacancy)
William M. Gustin, Jr.
211 Richard B. Keefe 141
*Thomas H. Matthews
369
Scattering 1
Precinct 5 Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Louise E. R. Alexander
479 *William J. Burns 484
C. Willard Dahlbom
367
* Robert M. Hutton 391
Jerome V. Johnson
329
* Ray M. Leavitt 450
*William A. Reed
403
* Albert L. Rice 406
*Percy T. Richards
472
*Simon B. Rideout 473
*W. Edwin Skinner
467
*John M. Southwick 427
*William B. Taylor 427
*William R. Wilder.
464
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years)
(To Fill Vacancy)
Harold J. Clancy 220 * George E. Pitts 367
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy) 528
*Harold R. Walsh
Precinct 6 Twelve Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Mae K. Cannon
396
* William R. Cline 381
*Elliott C. Jernagan
395
*Edward P. Long 391
*George W. Nelson 388
*Edward J. Rose 381
* Arthur E. Stenberg
399 *Charles E. Timmons
367
*Ernest M. Wells 387 ** Robert J. Whitehouse 397
*E. Chester Wright
387
*George A. Lydon 11 Scattering 35
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) (To Fill Vacancy) 39
Scattering
15
** William Walker 456
RECOUNT
March 16, 1949
Total Number of Ballots Cast
Original
4947
Recount
4947
Precinct Officers' Returns
SELECTMAN
1-A
1-B
2
3
4
John M. Corcoran
144
335
471
359
470
5 365
6 252
2396
Raymond P. Palmer
139
238
421
580
480
330
286
2474
Blanks
4
12
15
15
15
10
6
77
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
John M. Corcoran
146
331
467
352
473 466
326
278
2425
Blanks
8
20
25
29
26
13
10
131
Recount by Board of Registrars SELECTMAN
John M. Corcoran
144
337
473
360
467 490
365
253
2399
Raymond P. Palmer
139
237
417
579
Blanks
4
11
17
15
8
9
6
70
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
John M. Corcoran
145
331
463
353
486
366
252
2396
Raymond P. Palmer
133
234
418
572
468
326
281
2432
Blanks
9
20
26
29
11
13
11
119
366
256
2391
: Raymond P. Palmer
133
234
415
573
331
285
2478
Total
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Annual Town Meeting
ARTICLE 1. To choose all Town Officers, except those elected by ballot.
Voted: To elect three Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay: George A. Williams, Matthew McCusker and Willard P. Sheppard.
Voted: To elect three Measurers of Lumber: John C. Pafford, Shelley A. Neal and Daniel A. Maloney.
Voted: To elect seven Trustees of School Fund for a term of three years: Arthur L. Hale, Ralph B. Woodsum, Morrill R. Allen, Joseph B. Bramble, Charles G. Jordan, Carroll D. Welch and H. Irving Charnock.
ARTICLE 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and committees, and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Voted: That Article 2 be taken up in conjunction with all other articles.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1949, 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 the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws .- Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1950, 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 the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws .- Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general munici- pal purposes under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as amended, or take any action relative thereto .- Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take to establish the salaries of the elective Town Officers.
Voted: That Article 6 be considered in conjunction with Article 7.
ARTICLE 7. To see what sums the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to pay interest and maturing debt, and for charges, expenses and outlays of the several Town Departments for the ensuing year and to appropriate the same. (For amounts appropriated, see Town Accountant's Report, Recapitulation. )
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ARTICLE 7-A. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 100-A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Section 1 of Chapter 391 of the Acts of. 1945 permitting the indemnification of Officers or Employees for Damages, etc., Incurred on Account of Injuries Arising out of Their Operation of Publicly Owned Vehicles or Vessels .- So voted.
ARTICLE 8. To determine if any or all public offices in the Town may remain closed on any or all Saturdays in addition to the Saturdays heretofore voted upon affirmatively under Article 9 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1948 .- No action.
ARTICLE 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the Braintree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for rent of a Hall to conduct meetings and other functions of the Post, or take any other action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $600.00 to assist the following organizations in defraying the expences of Memorial Day in the amounts set against their names, namely, $250.00 for Braintree Post No. 86, Ameri- can Legion; $250.00 for Braintree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars; $100.00 for Antietam Camp No. 3, Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, or take any other action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, installation, maintenance and operation of parking meters in the Town, or any part thereof, as they deem proper and expedient for the control of parking on the highways and to raise and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto .---- Not carried.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Water Department for the salaries' of the Water Commissioners .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance and operation of the Water De- partment, the same to be taken from the revenue of the Department and the unexpended balance of 1948, or take any action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department, the sum of Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars for the salaries of the Electric Light Commissioners .---- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to include in the tax levy for electricity used for street lighting, the sum of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred ($11,500) Dollars as appropriated under Article 7 of the Warrant for the year 1949 Annual Town Meeting, and that said sum to- gether with the income from sales of electricity to private consumers or for current supplied to Municipal buildings or for Municipal power, and from the sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year be
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