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Annual Report 1950
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Mid-Century
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ANNUAL REPORT
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For The Mid-Century Year 1950
Preface
"The selectmen, before the annual town meeting, shall at the expense of the town print the annual town report, for the use of the inhabitants, containing the report of the selectmen for the finanical year preceding said meeting, the report of the school committee, and, except as otherwise provided by vote or by-law of the Town, of such other officers and boards as consider it expedient to make a report, the jury list as re- quired by chapter two hundred thirty-four, and such other matters as the law, or the town by vote or by-law, requires, or as the selectmen consider expedient. If the selectmen neglect or refuse to make the annual town report, they shall severally forfeit fifty dollars." General Laws: Chapter 40, 49.
Sect. 1. "The head of each Town department and every committee or board appointed or elected shall on or before the 15th of January report in writing to the Selectmen on their doings during the preceding calender year and their recommendations for action by the Town. These reports shall be in such form as the Selectmen shall prescribe.
Sect. 2. The Selectmen shall cause to be printed and dis- tributed before the annual Town Meeting the reports of the various Town officers, boards and committees, and shall cause copies of said report to be distributed to each registered voter of the Town who shall apply therefor at the office of the selectmen."
Town By-Laws : Article V as amended.
Table of Contents
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Officers
5
Town Clerk
12
Annual Town Meeting 15
State Audit 34
Board of Selectmen 37
39
Department of Veterans' Services
43
Jury List
44
Town Accountant
48
Town Treasurer
84
Tax Collector
88
Bcard of Assesso:s 90
Planning Board
92
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire Department 93
Police Department 95
Building Inspector 97
Zoning Board of Appeal
97
Tree Warden
97
Sealer of Weichts and Measures
98
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
99
Sewer Department 101
PUBLIC WORKS
Highway Department 105
Moth Department 111
Electric Light Commissioners 112
Water Department 116
Engineering Department 119
Braintree Housing Authority 120
Airport Commission
122
Harbor Master's Report 124
Park Department
134
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
School Committee 124
Thayer Public Library 135
Board of Public Welfare
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TOWN OFFICERS 1950
Moderator E. Curtiss Mower, Jr., 1951 Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum, 1951
Town Treasurer John W. Harding, 1951
Selectmen John W. Mahar, Chairman, 1951 Raymond P. Palmer, Clerk, 1952 Albert E. Roberts, 1953
Board of Public Welfare Raymond P. Palmer, Chairman, 1952
John W. Mahar. Clerk, 1951 Albert E. Roberts, 1953
Assessors Arthur E. Boynton, Chairman, 1953
Charles R. Furlong, Clerk, 1951 Norris H. Pinault, 1952
Water Commissioners Thomas E. Sears, Chairman, 1952
Willard P. Sheppard, 1953 Joseph Landers, 1951
School Committee Ovidio D. Chiesa, Chairman, 1953 Archie T. Morrison, Secretary, 1951
Gordon W. Bryant, 1952 Sophie G. Blunt, 1953
Helen M. Harmon, 1952 Roger W. Arnold, 1951
Municipal Lighting Board Norton P. Potter, Chairman, 1953
Frank P. Lord, Secretary, 1952 Shelley A. Neal, 1951
Park Commissioners Earl C. Hollis, Chairman, 1953 Charles F. Abell, 1952 Harry F. Vinton, Jr., 1951
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Sewer Commissioners Bernard R. Andrews, Chairman, 1951 Charles C. Temple, 1952 Earl D. Gilliatt, 1953
Board of Health Dean R. Walker, Chairman, 1951 Herbert B. Hollis, Clerk, 1952 John J. Atkinson, 1953
Collector of Taxes George H. Gerrior, Jr., 1951
Tree Warden John F. Leetch, 1951
Planning Board A. Winton Caird, Chairman, 1951 John J. Drinkwater, Town Engineer, Ex-officio Joseph M. Magaldi, Clerk, 1952 Edward J. Rose, 1952
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz, 1951 Ralph M. Soule, 1955
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, 1955 F. Ernest Hanson, Secretary, Ex-officio
Trustees of Thayer Public Library Stacy B. Southworth, Chairman, Life Member Gordon W. Bryant, Life Member Ralph B. Woodsum, Life Member
Mabel S. Rogers, 1952 Clara G. Wetherbee, 1952
Trustees of School Fund Arthur L. Hale, Chairman, 1952 Joseph H. Bramble, Clerk, 1952 Charles G. Jordan, 1952 H. Irving Charnock, 1952 Ralph B. Woodsum, 1952 Carroll D. Welch, 1952
Contributory Retirement Board Ralph W. Maglathlin, Chairman
Jonathan W. French, Clerk Joseph W. Cuff
Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay Willard P. Sheppard
Matthew McCusker George A. Williams
Measurers of Lumber John C. Pafford
Shelley A. Neal
Daniel A. Maloney
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OUR NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS United States Senate Senator Leverett Saltonstall Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
United States House of Representatives Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth
Massachusetts Legislature
Senator John D. MacKay Representative Raymond P. Palmer
Representative John L. Gallant Representative Albert E. Roberts
Governor's Council Councillor Clayton L. Havey
Norfolk County Commissioners Frederick A. Leavitt, Chairman, Jan. 1, 1951
Russell T. Bates, 1953 Clayton W. Nash, 1953
Town Meeting Members
Precinct 1
John J. Foley
1951
George H. Cain
1952
Milton B. Hallett
1951
Vito D'Acci
1952
Alfred M. Legg
1951
William J. Dignan
1952
Joseph M. Magaldi
1951
Knute Ingmanson
1952
Horace S. Miles
1951
Archie T. Morrison
1952
B. Joseph Rizzo
1951
Merton L. Pratt
1952
Kenneth G. Dyer
1951
Raymod J. Brickley
1953
Nicola A. Galotti
1951
George E. Bowker
1953
Ernest J. Janssen
1951
Robert G. Hobart .
1953
Charles G. Lord
1951
Arthur F. Lucas
1953
Edward M. McMahon
1951
George L. Novelline
1953
Nahum R. Pillsbury
1951
Margaretta E. Rizzo
1953
Roland H. Whitman
1951
Cornelius L. Sullivan
1953
John Alden
1952
Ira R. Young
1953
H. Irving Charnock
1952
J. Dudley Gannon
1953
Elmer G. Derby
1952
Henry C. Lake
1053
Earl R. Grant
1952
Arthur H. McGibbon
1953
John F. Leetch
1952
John F. O'Rourke
1953
Earl A. Prario
? 1952
Russell White
1953
Harry T. Sears
1952
Precinct 2
Felix H. Atkinson
1951
J. Paul Benson 1952
Joseph C. Avitabile
1951
Arthur L. Hale
1952
William D. Ewing
1951
Joseph Landers
1952
R ger Lakin
1951
Harold T. Lingham
1952
Otis B. Oakman
1951
Harrison T. Smiley
1952
Russell B. Rae
195]
Gordon O. Thayer 1952
John I. Ryan
1951
George T. Woodsum
1952
Daniel F. Caskin
1951
William G. Brooks
1953
Charles R. Cummings
1951
Gordon W. Bryant
1953
James L. Jordan
1951
Chester W. Dailey
1953
R. Stanley McConnell
1951
Earl D. Gilliatt
1953
Norton P. Potter
1951
Earl C. Hollis
1953
Walter Hennessey
1951
Nelson A. Haviland
1953
Robert A. Tenney
1951
Clarence S. Cassidy "
1953
Harvey J. Annis
1952
William Gray
1953
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John R. Dallinger
1952
Edward P. Long 1953
Leo J. Hart, Jr.
1952
Frederick J. Klay 1953
Joseph C. Landrey
1952
Richard L. McMasters
1953
Stanley T. Plumer
1952
James H. Starkey
1953
Stacey B. Southworth
1952
J. Stanley McLaughlin 1953
John Q. Wentworth
1952
Raymond L. Strangford
1953
Precinct 3
Chester A. Belyea
1951
Gordon L. F. Belyea
1952
William J. Connell
1951
Clarence R. Bestick
1952
Henry G. Galebach
1951
Charles M. Copeland
1952
Herbert B. Hollis
1951
William J. Hayden
1952
Shelley A. Neal
1951
William F. Lammers
1952
Samuel H. Ripley
1951
Earle B. Terrey 1952
George E. Warren
1951
Austin E. Wynot
1952
Sophie G. Blunt
1951
Marjorie Bates
1953
Helen M. Ellsworth
1951
William B. Belcher
1953
Kenneth N. Gould
1951
Joseph A. Carson
1953
William G. Illiffe
1951
Edwin L. Emerson
1953
Mortimer N. Peck
1951
Leo J. Hart
1953
Ruth C. Scott
1951
George A. Hitchcock
1953
Albert E. Wynot
1951
Will R. Minchin
1953
Alfred W. Beck
1952
Lucius A. Qualey
1953
Roland G. Belyea
1952
Charles D. Curtis, Jr.
1953
Earle S. Bucknam
1952
Frank A. Ewart
1953
Mary T. Ellis
1952
John Marr
1953
Richard A. Hunt
1952
Hugh L. Opie
1953
Hugh B. Snow
1952
Albert E. Roberts
1953
Howard C. White
1952
Robert B. Wickwire
1953
Precinct 4
Roger W. Arnold
1951
Harold F. Robinson
1952
A. Winton Caird
1951
Hiram C. Towne
1952
Harlan W. Kingsbury
1951
Richard W. Farnsworth
1952
Minnie C. Lawley
1951
William H. Gustafson
1952
William F. Rogers
1951
Edward E. Palmer
1952
Seward W. Taber
1951
Robert J. Stalker
1952
Harold W. Cairns
1951
Calvin E. Young
1952
Matthew W. Hanscom
1951
Joseph P. Barrett
1953
Robert B. Ladd
1951
J. Frank Dings
1953
Ernest G. Becker
1951
Margaret M. Duffee
1953
Alva M. Dow
1951
Frank J. Kenna
1953
James H. Jenkins
1951
William H. Low
1953
Arthur I. Knowles
1951
Chester W. Nelson
1953
Frank T. Maguire
1951
Laurence A. Trainor
1953
Arthur E. Boynton
1952
Allen C. Emery, Jr.
1953
Walter M. Brock
1952
Andrew M. Gordon
1953
Philip J. Cardarople
1952
F. Howard Hallett
1953
Francis S. Carter
1952
Thomas R. Huleatt
1953
Ovidio D. Chiesa
1952
Thomas H. Matthews
1953
Francis L. Gleason
1952
William J. Stevenson
1953
Walter E. Morrison
1952
Gordon E. Trask
1953
Precinct 5
Fred Belyea
1951
William J. Burns
? 1952
Thomas F. Cassidy
1951
Ray M. Leavitt
1952
G. Vinton Jones
1951
Albert L. Rice
1952
Daniel A. Maloney
1951
Simon B. Rideout
1952
Harry E. Williams
1951
John M. Southwick
1952
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Robert B. Hill
1951
William Walker
1952
Carl H. Bjorkman
1951
Charles W. Baldwin
1953
Joseph W. Cuff
1951
John J. Canavan
1953
Joseph A. Haley
1951
Henry A. Cohoon
1953
Frank P. Lord
1951
George W. Garland
1953
George E. Pitts
1951
Charles G. Jordan
1953
George E. Wilson, Jr.
1951
Jessie Macgregor
1953
Louise E. R. Alexander
1952
Harold R. Walsh
1953
Robert M. Hutton
1952
Edward D. Cahill
1953
William A. Reed
1952
Joseph P. Cassidy
1953
Percy T. Richards
1952
Alice Davenport
1953
W. Edwin Skinner
1952
Frank D. Learned
1953
William B. Taylor
1952
J. Arthur Stone
1953
Harold R. Graham
1952
Henry H. Storm
1953
Precinct 6
Jack R. Ainsleigh
1951
Mae K. Cannon
1952
George F. Creehan
1951
Elliott C. Jernagen
1952
Frank H. Diekmeyer
1951
George A. Lydon
1952
Helen M. Harmon
1951
Edward J. Rose
1952
Frederick R. Maitland
1951
Charles E. Timmons
1952
Raymond P. Palmer
1951
Robert J. Whitehouse
1952
John E. Cannon
1951
Carl P. Andre
1953
Walter E. Delory
1951
Paul F. Bailey
1953
Reuben H. Frogel
1951
John F. Harkin
1953
Emilio Libertine
1951
Harriet B. W. Kimball
1953
W. Homer Melville
1951
Margaret C. Palmer
1953
Henry R. Davies
1951
John J. Barrows
1953
William R. Cline
1952
Howard R. Beaver
1953
George W. Nelson
1952
R. Alden Elliott
1953
Arthur E. Stenberg
1952
Christopher M. Garland
1953
Ernest M. Wells
1952
Ruby Keigan
1953
E. Chester Wright
1952
John H. Stenberg
1953
Russell H. Wright
1952
Joseph J. Carty
1953
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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
Francis T. Maguire, Lieutenant
Everett A. Buker, Sergeant
Leo J. Hart, Jr., Lieutenant
John W. Illingworth, Sergeant
John F. O'Rourke, Sergeant
Earl A. Prario, Sergeant
Patrolmen
Harvey J. Annis John J. Donovan
Albert E. Wynot Henry A. Cohoon
Herbert H. Eno
George H. Faustini
Joseph W. Flaherty
Vincent J. Foti
Joseph C. O. Gagne
William Gallivan
J. Dudley Gannon Frank E. Hull Matthew F. McCusker
Christopher M. Garland (Retired )
J. Stanley McLaughlin John V. Polio
Thomas A. Littlejohn
Edward P. Long
Edward N. Sharon
George L. Novelline
Joseph J. Starkey
James P. Smith
Cornelius L. Sullivan
Russell White ( Retired)
George E. Wilson, Tr.
Reserve Officers
Andrew E. Maguire Thomas H. Walsh
Fire Department
Harry T. Sears, Chief Joseph L. Dennehy, Deputy Chief ( Retired) Edward A. Hennebury, Deputy Chief Walter Hennessey, Deputy Chief (Appointed )
Board of Registrars
Kenneth R. Lingley (Chairman) 1952
Thomas F. Mulligan 1953
Lillian M. Drinkwater 1951 Ernest C. Woodsum, Clerk, ex-officio
Field Drivers
Walter J. Mattie
Mansfield A. Belyea
Felice Zampine
Fence Viewers
John A. Rogers
W. Homer Melville Thomas H. Matthews
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
Airport Commission
William G. Brooks, Chairnian 1953 Robert B. Hill 1953
Harlan W. Kingsbury, Sec. 1951 John W. Murphy 1952
George T. Woodsum 1952
Inspector of Plumbing
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT BURIAL AGENT BUILDING INSPECTOR DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR WIRE INSPECTOR
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES WELFARE AGENT TOWN COUNSEL
TOWN ENGINEER
SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
SUPT. OF INFIRMARY
SUPT. OF STREETS
SUPT. OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
SUPT. OF WATER DEPT.
SUPT. OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPT. OF PLAIN STREET CEMETERY
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
HEALTH AGENT
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
INSPECTOR OF MEATS & PROVISIONS
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
John Q. Wentworth
FOREST WARDEN
Harry T. Sears
MILK INSPECTOR
Frederick C. Johnson
DOG OFFICER
Cornelius L. Sullivan
James F. Mattie
Seward W. Taber
Earl T. Connors
Finance Committee
Roger C. Noyes, Chairman Harry E. Williams, Secretary 1952
Joseph J. Carty 1951
J. Clark Settles 1953
Seward W. Taber
1951
Horace S. Miles 1951
Carroll D. Welch
1951
Gordon O. Thayer 1951
Elliott C. Jernagan
1952
John O. Holden
1952
Mortimer N. Peck
1953
Gordon A. McGill 1952
Wallace B. Strathdee
1953
Harry J. Aitken 1952
Arthur L. Whitten
1953
Ralph W. Maglathlin George A. Shortle John C. Pafford Daniel A. Maloney Harry G. Barnes George A. Shortle Henry J. Gaffney
Richard A. Hunt
John J. Drinkwater Harry T. Sears
Patrick T. Donahue
John Q. Wentworth
Ernest T. Fulton
George N. Watson
George F. Brousseau
Albert A. Drollett
Calvin E . Young
Frederick C. Johnson
James F. Mattie
James F. Mattie
SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
HARBOR MASTER
ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER
1953
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Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum-Town Clerk
Receipts Dog Licenses Sporting Licenses
1949 $3,097.40
$3,018.40
1,984.00
2,073.25
Vital Statistics
1949
1950
Births
467
443
Marriages
257
272
Deaths
229
274
Town Election
Number of ballots cast-4027
Precinct
1A
213
Precinct 1B
567
Precinct
2
766
Precinct 3
775
Precinct 4
793
Precinct 5
491
Precinct 6
422
For Moderator
1A
1B
2
3
4 720
5 398
6 .
Total
E. Curtiss Mower, Jr. 175
426
622
662
342
3345
Blanks
38
141
144
113
73
93
80
682
For Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum
190
450
672
702
724
429
359
3526
Blanks
23
117
94
73
69
62
63
501
For Town Treasurer
John W. Harding
185
419
662
690
710
403
348
3417
Blanks
28
148
104
85
83
88
74
610
For Selectman (For Three Years)
Raymond J. Brickley
45
191
195
86
83
81
117
798
Thomas H. Matthews
47
19
56
143
301
108
71
745
Albert E. Roberts
106
326
463
489
371
244
186
2185
Richard Williams
10
12
23
35
23
46
28
177
Blanks
5
19
29
22
15
12
20
122
For Board of Public Welfare
(For Three Years)
Raymond J. Brickley
51
199
202
89
88
79
112
820
Thomas H. Matthews
47
19
67
147
297
108
69
754
Albert E. Roberts
98
311
444
475
365
239
188
2120
Richard Williams
11
13
25
36
25
49
30
189
Blanks
6
25
28
28
18
16
23
144
12
1950
Assessor (For Three Years)
Arthur E. Boynton
133
333
544
677
665
380
338
3070
Vincent Sorgi
72
207
175
67
93
103
65
782
Blanks
8
27
47
31
35
8
19
175
Water Commissioner (For Three Years)
Willard P. Sheppard
178
418
661
660
702
410
349
3378
Blanks
35
149
105
115
91
81
73
649
For School Committee (For Three Years)
Sophie G. Blunt
110
249
387
425
409
258
228
2066
Ovidio D. Chiesa
133
306
462
500
597
287
243
2528
Robert B. Wickwire
118
273
362
407
387
250
215
2012
Blanks
65
306
321
218
193
187
158
1448
For Board of Health (For Three Years)
John J. Atkinson
106
194
431
564
508
348
283
2434
B. Joseph Rizzo
96
354
305
175
250
120
114
1414
Blanks
11
19
30
36
35
23
25
179
For Sewer Commissioner (For Three Years)
Earl D. Gilliatt
173
423
667
636
684
393
337
3313
Blanks
40
144
99
139
109
98
85
714
For Municipal Lighting Board (For Three Years)
Norton P. Potter
176
419
660
656
712
396
336
3355
Blanks
37
148
106
119
81
95
86
672
For Park Commissioner (For Three Years)
Earl C. Hollis
174
416
682
656
710
393
335
3366
Blanks
39
151
84
119
83
98
87
661
For Tax Collector
George H. Gerrior, Jr. 177
440
699
669
719
408
350
3462
Blanks
36
127
67
106
74
83
72
565
For Tree Warden
John F. Leetch
176
461
675
648
706
394
333
3393
Blanks
37
106
91
127
87
97
89
634
For Planning Board. (For Five Years)
Ralph M. Soule
169
415
665
629
675
373
322
3248
Blanks
44
152
101
146
118
118
100
779
Braintree Housing Authority (For Five Years)
Andrew M. Gordon
64
173
241
156
249
139
141
1163
George A. Hitchcock
115
257
378
529
466
276
227
2248
Blanks
34
137
147
90
78
76
54
616
Trustees Thayer Public Library (For Two Years)
Mabel S. Rogers
165
372
685.
635
721
374
328
280
Clara G. Wetherbee
160
360
696
617
711
362
318
3224
Blanks
101
402
151
298
154
246
198
1550
Precinct 1 Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*George E. Bowker
340
*Raymond J. Brickley
374
Charles F. Crowley
202
*J. Dudley Gannon
389
* Robert G. Hobart Evelyn M. Legg
436
*Henry C. Lake
33.2
292.
* Arthur F. Lucas
384
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* Arthur H. McGibbon 335
Helen A. McMahon 200
*George L. Novelline 334
*John F. O'Rourke 433
Joseph W. Parker 257
Lewis W. Pollard 190
Ernest S. Reynolds
253
* Margaretta E. Rizzo 363
H. Winhrop S. Roberts
324
Frank Santosuosso
238
Vincent Sorgi
269
Wallace B. Strathdee 247
*Cornelius L. Sullivan 380
*Russell White 404
*Ira R. Young
381
* Elected
Precinct 2 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* William G. Brooks
469
*Gordon W. Bryant 442
* Clarence S. Cassidy
361
*Chester W. Daily 440
Henry B. Fall
314
*Earl D. Gilliatt 401
* William Gray
383
*Nelson A. Haviland 338
* Earl C. Hollis
482
*Frederick J. Klay
424
*Edward P. Long
366
*J. Stanley McLaughlin Bert S. Richards, Jr.
311
* James H. Starkey
357
*Raymond L. Strangford 464
Alfred J. Thomas, Jr.
307
John T. Trefrey, Jr.
290
* Elected
Precinct 3 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
A. William Albert
329
* Marjorie Bates 364
*William B. Belcher
461
Hyman H. Borax
111
* Joseph A. Carson
437
*Charles D. Curtiss, Jr. 417
*Edwin L. Emerson 435
*Frank A. Ewart 456
Dwight A. Griggs
244
*Leo J. Hart
443
Frank L. Heaney
348
*George A. Hitchcock 458
Donald A. Hollis
323
Charles W. Mann
332
* John Marr
375
*Will R. Minchin
460
*Hugh L. Opie
403
Rodney C. Powers
300
*Lucius A. Qualey Ruth W. Shuster
323
* Robert B. Wickwire 435
* Elected
Precinct 4 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Joseph P. Barrett
458
*J. Frank Dings 437
*Margaret B. Duffee
459
* Allan C. Emery Jr. 396
Paul B. Foley
205
Ora N. Fuller 314
*Andrew M. Gordon
439
*F. Howard Hallett 402
*Thomas R. Huleatt
498
Robert T. Jones 201
*Frank J. Kenna
396
*William H. Low James F. Mattie
297
*Chester W. Nelson Vera K. Robinson
359
Herbert A. Rowell
230
* William J. Stevenson
505
*Laurence A. Trainor
467
*Gordon E. Trask
521
* Elected
Three Town Meeting Members (For One Year)
*Harold W. Cairns
45.7
*Matthew W. Hanscom 453
Lillian E. Killam 400
*Robert B. Ladd 459
* Elected
14
361
*Thomas H. Matthews
495
412
George W. Perkins
312
480
* Albert E. Roberts
491
450
* Richard L. McMaster
454
Precinct 5
Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Charles W. Baldwin
319
*Edward D. Cahill 353
*John J. Canavan
281
*Joseph P. Cassidy 295
Harold J. Clancy
186
*Henry A. Cohoon
302
* Alice Davenport
300
David B. Flockhart
233
*George W. Garland.
288
* Charles G. Jordan
346
*Frank D. Learned
279
*Jessie Macgregor
306
*J. Arthur Stone
259
*Henry H. Storm Richard Williams
255
Scattering
3
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years)
*Harold R. Graham Scattering
239
Jerome V. Johnson 135
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* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year)
* Robert B. Hill
41 Scattering
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Elected *
Precinct 6 Twelve Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Carl P. Andre
241
* Paul F. Bailey
296
* John J. Barron
227
*Howard R. Beaver
308
*Joseph J. Carty
289
*R. Alden Elliott
264
*Christopher Garland
254
* John F. Harkin
306
*Ruby Keigan
316
*Harriet B. W. Kimball William Smith
248
* Margaret C. Palmer
304
John K. Symons
194
161 * Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years)
* Russell H. Wright
331
*
Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year)
* Henry R. Davies 330
218
*John H. Stenberg Frank Yakola
:
265
303
* Harold R. Walsh
277
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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.
ARTICLE 2. To hear and act upon the reports of 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 Jan. 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 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 be- ginning January 1, 1951, and to issue a note or notes therefor pay- able 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 Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general municipal 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 Arti- cle 8.
ARTICLE 7. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to ac- cept the provisions of Section 111D of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as inserted by Chapter 384 of the Acts of 1949 entitled: "AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE GRANTING OF VACATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE REGULAR OR PERMANENT POLICE AND FIRE FORCES IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS."-No action.
ARTICLE 8. To see what sums the Town will raise and appropri- ate or transfer from available funds to pay interest and maturing debts, and for charges, expenses and outlays of the several Town De- partments and for a Reserve Fund for the ensuing year. (For amounts appropriated, see Town Accountant's Report, Recapitulation.
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ARTICLE 9. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote that any Public Office in the Town may remain closed on any or all Saturdays, subject to the provisions of Section 110A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That any Public Office in the Town may remain closed on any or all Saturdays during the months of June, July, August and September.
ARTICLE 10. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to lease to Braintree Post No. 86 American Legion and/or Braintree Post No. 86 American Legion Incorporated, the Legion Building, so-call- ed, for a term of five years beginning January 18, 1951 at a rental of One Dollar per year, the Town reserving the right to use one room therein for polling purposes, or take any other action relative there- to.
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to lease to Braintree Post No. 86 American Legion and/or Braintree Post No. 86 Ameri- can Legion, Incorporated, the Legion Building, so-called, for a term of five years at the rental of $1.00 per year, the Town reserving the right to use one room therein for polling purposes, said lease to pro- vide that it may be cancelled at the direction of the Selectmen in the event the building be required for other public purposes.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer from available funds the sum of $600.00 to assist the following organizations in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day in the amounts set against their names, namely: $250. for Braintree Post No. 86, American Legion; $250. for Braintree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars; $100. for Antietam Camp No. 3, Sons of Union Veterans of Civil Wars, or take any other action relative thereto including the appropriation of a larger sum .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 12. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, instal- lation, maintenance and operation of parking meters in the Town, or any part thereof, as they deem proper and expedient for the con- trol of parking on the highways and to raise and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto .- So voted.
ARTICLE 13, To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the water Department for the salar- ies of the Water Commissioners .- No action necessary.
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