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WATSON PARK BRANCH Braintree
ANNUAL REPORT
QUINCY
RIVER
FORE
EAST
BRAINTREE
SOUTHO BRAINTREE
HIGHLANDS
OLPH
HOLBROOK
WEYMOUTH
1951
1
ANNUAL REPORT of
THE TOWN OF
BRAINTREE
MASSACHUSETTS
BR
REE
1640.
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For The Year
1951
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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 financial 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 required 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 Select- men on their doings during the preceding calendar 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 distributed 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 regis- tered 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 17
Special Town Meetings
27
Board of Selectmen 28
30
Department of Veterans' Services
35
Town Accountant
40
Town Treasurer
80
Tax Collector
84
Board of Assessors 87
Planning Board
89
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Civil Defense Agency 91
Fire Department 93
Police Department
97
Building Inspector
101
Zoning Board of Appeal.
101
Tree Warden
102
Sealer of Weights and Measures
103
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health 104
Sewer Department 107
PUBLIC WORKS
Highway Department 110
Moth Department 114
Electric Light Commissioners 115
Water Commissioners 119
Engineering Department 121
Braintree Housing Authority 123
Airport Commission 124
Harbor Master's Report 126
Park Department 126
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
School Committee 129
Thayer Public Library 141
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Board of Public Welfare
Jury List
Town Officers 1951
Moderator E. Curtis Mower, Jr., 1952 Town Clerk Town Treasurer John W. Harding, 1952
Ernest C. Woodsum, 1952
Selectmen Albert E. Roberts, Chairman, 1953 Herbert B. Hollis, Clerk, 1954 Raymond P. Palmer, 1952
Board of Public Welfare Herbert B. Hollis, Chairman, 1954 Albert E. Roberts, Clerk, 1953 Raymond P. Palmer, 1952
Assessors Norris H. Pinault, Chairman, 1952 Chester W. Nelson, Clerk, 1954 Arthur E. Boynton, 1953
Water Commissioners Thomas E. Sears, Chairman, 1952 Willard P. Sheppard, 1953 Joseph Landers, 1954
School Committee Gordon W. Bryant, Chairman, 1952 Archie T. Morrison, Secretary, 1954
Ovidio D. Chiesa, 1953 Sophie G. Blunt, 1953
Helen M. Harmon, 1952 Roger W. Arnold, 1954
Municipal Lighting Board Norton P. Potter, Chairman, 1953 Frank P. Lord, Secretary, 1952 Shelley A. Neal, 1954
Board of Parks and Playgrounds Commissioners
Earl C. Hollis, Chairman, 1953
Charles F. Abell, 1952 Harry F. Vinton, Jr., 1954
Elmer E. Raymond, 1952 Harold F. Robinson, 1952
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz, 1952 Edgar L. Copp, 1953
Sewer Commissioners Bernard R. Andrews, Chairman, 1954
Charles C. Temple, 1952 Earl D. Gilliatt, 1953
Board of Health Herbert B. Hollis, Chairman, 1952
Harrison T. Smiley, 1954 John J. Atkinson, 1953
Collector of Taxes George H. Gerrior, Jr., 1952
Tree Warden John F. Leetch, 1952
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Planning Board A. Winton Caird, Chairman, 1953 John J. Drinkwater, Town Engineer, Ex-officio Joseph M. Magaldi, Clerk, 1952 Edward J. Rose, 1952
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz, 1956 Ralph M. Soule, 1955
Braintree Housing Authority Frank L. Heaney, Chairman, 1954 Ernest J. Janssen, Vice-Chairman, 1953 George A. Hitchcock, Treasurer, 1955 John E. Maloney, Asst. Treas., 1956 Appointed by State Housing Board William H. Gustafson, 1956 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 Ralph B. Woodsum, Chairman, 1952
Joseph H. Bramble, Clerk, 1952 Charles G. Jordan, 1952
H. Irving Charnock, 1952 Arthur L. Hale, 1952
Robert P. Gray, 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
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 Charles W. Hedges 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, 1955 Russell T. Bates, 1953 Clayton W. Nash, 1953
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Town Meeting Members
Precinct 1
Harvey J. Annis
1954
George H. Cain
1952
John J. Foley, Deceased
1954
Vito D'Acci
1952
Milton B. Hallett
1954
William J. Dignan
1952
Carl W. R. Johnson
1954
Knute Ingmanson
1952
Alfred M. Legg
1954
Archie T. Morrison
1952
Joseph M. Magaldi
1954
Merton L. Pratt
1952
B. Joseph Rizzo
1954
Raymond J. Brickley
1953
Kenneth G. Dyer
1954
George E. Bowker
1953
Ernest J. Janssen
1954
Robert G. Hobart
1953
Nahum R. Pillsbury
1954
Arthur F. Lucas
1953
Robert White
1954
George L. Novelline
1953
Roland H. Whitman
1954
Margaretta E. Rizzo
1953
John Alden
1952
Cornelius L. Sullivan
1953
H. Irving Charnock
1952
Ira R. Young
1953
Elmer G. Derby
1952
J. Dudley Gannon
1953
Earl R. Grant
1952
Henry C. Lake
1953
John F. Leetch
1952
Arthur H. McGibbon
1953
Earl A. Prario
1952
John F. O'Rourke
1953
Harry T. Sears
1952
H. Winthrop S. Roberts, Jr. 1953
Precinct 2
Felix H. Atkinson
1954
Henry B. Fall
1952
Joseph C. Avitabile
1954
Arthur L. Hale
1952
Daniel F. Caskin
1954
Joseph Landers
1952
Charles R. Cummings
1954
Harrison T. Smiley
1952
A. Wendell Drollett William D. Ewing
1954
George T. Woodsum
1952
Walter Hennessey
1954
William G. Brooks
1953
James L. Jordan
1954
Gordon W. Bryant
1953
Roger Lakin
1954
Chester W. Dailey
1953
Otis B. Oakman
1954
Earl D. Gilliatt
1953
Norton P. Potter
1954
Earl C. Hollis
1953
Russell B. Rae
1954
Nelson A. Haviland
1953
John I. Ryan
1954
Clarence S. Cassidy
1953
Robert A. Tenney
1954
William Gray
1953
J. Paul Benson
1952
John O. Holden
1953
John R. Dallinger
1952
Edward P. Long
1953
Leo J. Hart, Jr.
1952
Frederick J. Klay
1953
Joseph C. Landrey
1952
Richard L. McMaster
1953
Stanley T. Plumer
1952
James H. Starkey
1953
Stacey B. Southworth
1952
Raymond L. Strangford
1953
John Q. Wentworth
1952
Precinct 3
A. William Albert
1954
Shelley A. Neal 1954
Chester A. Belyea
1954
Samuel H. Ripley
1954
William J. Connell
1954
George E. Warren
1954
Henry G. Galebach
1954
Sophie G. Blunt
1954
Herbert B. Hollis
1954 Helen M. Ellsworth
1954
1954
Gordon O. Thayer
1952
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Kenneth N. Gould
1954
Earle B. Terrey
1952
Mortimer N. Peck
1954
Austin E. Wynot
1952
Ruth C. Scott
1954
Marjorie Bates 1953
Albert E. Wynot
1954
William B. Belcher
1953
Alfred W. Beck
1952
Joseph A. Carson
1953
Roland G. Belyea
1952
Edwin L. Emerson
1953
Earle S. Bucknam
1952
Leo J. Hart
1953
Mary T. Ellis
1952
George A. Hitchcock
1953
Richard A. Hunt
1952
Will R. Minchin
1953
Hugh B. Snow
1952
Lucius A. Qualey
1953
Howard C. White
1952
Charles D. Curtis, Jr.
1953
Gordon L. F. Belyea
1952
Frank A. Ewart
1953
Clarence R. Bestick
1952
John Marr
1953
Charles M. Copeland
1952
Hugh L. Opie
1953
William J. Hayden
1952
Albert E. Roberts
1953
William F. Lammers
1952
Robert B. Wickwire
1953
Precinct 4
Roger W. Arnold
1954
Harold F. Robinson
1952
A. Winton Caird
1954
Hiram C. Towne
1952
Charles C. Parker
1954
Richard W. Farnsworth
1952
Minnie C. Lawley
1954
William H. Gustafson
1952
William F. Rogers
1954
Edward E. Palmer
1952
Seward W. Taber
1954
Robert J. Stalker
1952
Harold W. Cairns
1954
Calvin E. Young
1952
Matthew W. Hanscom
1954
Joseph P. Barrett
1953
Robert B. Ladd
1954
J. Frank Dings
1953
Ernest G. Becker
1954
Margaret M. Duffee
1953-
Alva M. Dow
1954
Frank J. Kenna
1953
James H. Jenkins
1954
William H. Low
1953
Arthur I. Knowles
1954
Chester W. Nelson
1953
Frank T. Maguire
1954
Laurence A. Trainor
1953
Arthur E. Boynton
1952
Allen C. Emery, Jr.
1953
Walter M. Brock
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
J. Stanley McLaughlin
1952
Lawrence L. McCarthy
1953
Precinct 5
G. Vinton Jones
1954
William A. Reed
1952
Daniel A. Maloney
1954
Percy T. Richards
1952
Harry E. Williams
1954
W. Edwin Skinner
1952
Edward O. Long ..
1954
William B. Taylor
1952
John T. Davis
1954
Harold R. Graham
1952
Everett A. Buker
1954
William J. Burns
1952
Kathleen A. Bjorkman
1954
Ray M. Leavitt
1952
Robert B. Hill
1954
Albert L. Rice
1952
Carl H. Bjorkman
195
Simon B. Rideout
1952
Joseph W. Cuff
1954
John M. Southwick
1952
Joseph A. Haley
1954
William Walker
1952
Frank P. Lord
1954
Charles W. Baldwin
1953
George E. Pitts
1954
John J. Canavan
1953
Louise E. R. Alexander
1952
Henry A. Cahoon
1953
Robert M. Hutton
1952
George W. Garland
1953
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Charles G. Jordan
1953
Alice Davenport
1953
Jessie Macgregor
1953
Frank D. Learned
1953
Harold R. Walsh
1953
J. Arthur Stone
1953
Edward D. Cahill
1953
Henry H. Storm
1953
Joseph P. Cassidy
1953
Precinct 6
Jack R. Ainsleigh
1954
Mae K. Cannon
1952
George F. Creehan
1954
Elliott C. Jernagen
1952
Frank H. Dickmeyer
1954
George A. Lydon
1952
Helen M. Harmon
1954
Edward J. Rose
1952
Raymond P. Palmer
1954
Charles E. Timmons
1952
John E. Cannon
1954
Robert J. Whitehouse
1952
Walter E. Delory
1954
Carl P. Andre
1953
Reuben H. Frogel
1954
Paul F. Bailey
1953
Emilio Libertine
1954
John F. Harkin
1953
John A. Libertine
1954
Harriett B. W. Kimball
1953
John J. Roumeles
1954
Margaret C. Palmer
1953
George H. Young
1954
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
Leo J. Hart, Jr., Lieutenant
John W. Illingworth, Sergeant
Albert R. Klay, Lieutenant
Earle A. Prario, Sergeant
Francis T. Maguire, Lieutenant
John F. O'Rourke, Sergeant
Patrolmen
Harvey J. Annis Henry A. Cohoon
Thomas A. Littlejohn Edward P. Long Matthew F. McCusker
John J. Donovan
James H. Driscoll
John S. Mclaughlin
Herbert H. Eno
George L. Novelline
George H. Faustini
Joseph W. Flaherty
John V. Polio Edward N. Sharon
James P. Smith
Joseph A. Solimini
Nofri C. Solimini
Joseph J. Starkey
Cornelius L. Sullivan
William J. Hayden
George E. Wilson Albert E. Wynot
Reserve Patrolmen Andrew E. Maguire
Thomas H. Walsh
Fire Department
Harry T. Sears, Chief Edward A. Hennebury, Deputy Chief Walter Hennessey, Deputy Chief Frank B. Thompson, Deputy Chief
Board of Registrars
Kenneth R. Lingley (Chairman) 1952 Thomas F. Mulligan 1953
Lillian M. Drinkwater 1954 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. Mathews
Inspector of Plumbing
Israel P. Weston
Arthur F. Sullivan
Board of Appeal Under Zoning By-Law
Frank A. Ewart, Chairman Earl R. Grant, Clerk Herbert J. Redman, Alternate
Ralph B. Woodsum
10
Vincent J. Foti Joseph C. O. Gagne William A. Gallivan John D. Gannon Frank E. Hull
Pasqualino A. Leo
Everett A. Buker, Sergeant
Board of Appeal Under Building Code Ovidio D. Chiesa Joseph M. Duffy Ralph H. Marstin
Airport Commission
William G. Brooks, Chairman 1953
John W. Murphy 1952
George T. Woodsum 1952
William Stewart 1953
Thomas C. Currier 1954
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
BURIAL AGENT
BUILDING INSPECTOR
DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR
Daniel A. Maloney
WIRE INSPECTOR
Harry G. Barnes
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
George A. Shortle
WELFARE AGENT
TOWN COUNSEL
Richard A. Hunt John J. Drinkwater
TOWN ENGINEER
SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
SUPT. OF INFIRMARY
SUPT. OF STREETS
John Q. Wentworth
SUPT. OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
Ernest T. Fulton George N. Watson
SUPT. OF WATER DEPT.
SUPT. OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPT. OF PLAIN STREET CEMETERY
Albert A. Drollett
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
HEALTH AGENT
Deane R. Walker
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
INSPECTOR OF MEATS & PROVISIONS
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
FOREST WARDEN
James F. Mattie John Q. Wentworth Harry T. Sears
MILK INSPECTOR
Deane R. Walker
DOG OFFICER
Cornelius L. Sullivan
SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
James F. Mattie
HARBOR MASTER
Seward W. Taber
ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER
Earl T. Connors
Finance Committee
Roger C. Noyes, Chairman
1953
Harry E. Williams, Secretary
1952
Elliott C. Jernagan
1952.
J. Clark Settles 1953
John O. Holden
1952
Gordon O. Thayer
1954
Gordon A. McGill
1952
Carl W. R. Johnson
1954
Harry J. Aitken
1952
E. Harrison Keith
1954
Mortimer N. Peck .
1953
George R. Allen
1954
Wallace B. Strathdee
1953
William F. Dugan
1954
Arthur L. Whitten
1953
Ralph W. Maglathlin George A. Shortle John C. Pafford
Henry J. Gaffney
Harry T. Sears Patrick T. Donahue
George F. Brousseau
Calvin E. Young
James F. Mattie ,
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Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum-Town Clerk
Receipts Dog Licenses Sporting Licenses
1950 $3,018.40
1951
2,073.25
$3,069.40 1,973.00
Vital Statistics
1950
1951
Births
505
524
Marriages
274
269
Deaths
281
281
Town Election
Number of ballots cast-6215
Precinct
1A
399
Precinct
1B
748
Precinct
2
1072
Precinct 3
1125
Precinct 4
1217
Precinct 5
939
Precinct
6
715
For Moderator
1A
1B
2
3
4 1015
5 769
6
Total
E. Curtis Mower, Jr. Blanks
56
199
66
141
202
170
135
969
For Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum
368
607 1024 1028
1030
803
615
5475
Blanks
31
141
48
97
187
136
100
740
For Town Treasurer
John W. Harding
349
566
1001
995
1029
764
576
5280
Blanks
50
182
71
130
188
175
139
935
For Selectman (For Three Years)
John M. Corcoran
121
259
238
242
305
320
339
1824
Eugene E. Hayden
13
21
37
32
33
9
9
154
Herbert B. Hollis
149
220
457
559
443
340
206
2374
John W. Mahar
107
233
316
277
414
258
153
1758
Blanks
9
15
24
15
22
12
8 105
343
549
1006
984
580
5246
12
For Board of Public Welfare (For Three Years)
John M. Corcoran
112
210
217
226
271
283
262
1581
Eugene E. Hayden
13
22
45
45
47
22
10
204
Herbert B. Hollis
136
197
412
535
449
335
191
2255
John W. Mahar
87
201
275
258
383
225
137
1566
Joseph F. Riley
45
90
97
47
47
60
105
491
Blanks
6
28
26
14
20
14
10
118
Assessor
(For Three Years)
Edward W. Jennings
79
244
353
194
239
164
142
1415
James F. Mattie
27
65
106
136
225
210
107
876
Chester W. Nelson
137
142
293
431
449
313
238
2003
Vincent Sorgi
75
178
126
50
47
61
74
611
Robert B. Wickwire
68
84
155
280
220
156
99
1062
Blanks
13
35
39
34
37
35
55
248
Water Commissioner (For Three Years)
Joseph Landers
334
555
997
974 1052
760
573
5245
Blanks
65
193
75
151
165
179
142
970
For School Committee (For Three Years)
Roger W. Arnold
262
349
594
806
903
584
428
3926
Paul P. Foley
141
359
445
303
372
330
252
2202
Archie T. Morrison
258
366
631
777
774
612
430
3848
Blanks
137
422
474
364
385
352
320 2454
For Board of Health (For Three Years)
Leroy C. Bestick
40
47
75
115
119
119
118
633
Andrew E. Maguire
31
48
79
74
115
264
204
815
Robert Ormston, Jr.
14
15
15
18
60
27
41
190
B. Joseph Rizzo
165
449
402
240
255
146
151
1808
Harrison T. Smiley
134
164
466
636
617
339
159
2515
Blanks
15
25
35
42
51
44
42
254
For Sewer Commissioner (For Three Years)
Bernard R. Andrews
336
526
1006
968 1042
757
568 5203
Blanks
63
222
66
157
175
182
146
1011
Scattering
1
1
For Municipal Lighting Board (For Three Years)
Carl W. R. Johnson
156
330
379
348
456
321
263
2262
Shelley A. Neal
215
295
556
684
647
521
363
3281
Blanks
28
123
137
93
105
97
89
672
For Park Commissioner (For Three Years)
Harry F. Vinton, Jr.
337
547
1009
951
1039
754
571
5208
Blanks
62
201
63
174
178
185
144 1007
13
For Tax Collector
George H. Gerrior, Jr.
347
570 1012
996
1034
790
606
5355
Blanks
52
178
60
129
183
149
109
860
For Tree Warden
John F. Leetch
346
581
1019
965 1029
759
567
5266
Blanks
53
167
53
160
188
180
148
949
For Planning Board (For Five Years)
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz 317
499
1004
907
1016
710
535 4988
Blanks
82
249
68
218
201
229
180
1227
For Planning Board (For Two Years)
A. Winton Caird
227
267
521
740
725
467
334
3281
Francis P. Reardon
124
335
371
259
314
326
252
1981
Blanks
48
146
180
126
178
146
129
953
For Braintree Housing Authority (For Five Years)
William H. Gustafson
328
513
1003
936
1030
737
546
5093
Blanks·
71
235
69
189
187
202
169
1122
Precinct 1 Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Harvey J. Annis
562
*Alfred M. Legg
564
Angelo M. Carlino
350
*Joseph M. Magaldi
403
Charles F. Crowley
330
Edward M. McMahon
391
*Kenneth G. Dyer
600
Marion C. Osborne
349
*John J. Foley
597
Charles J. Pazaree
118
*Nicola A. Galotti James F. Gardner
536
*Nahum R. Pillsbury Donald Prouty Francis P. Reardon
349
*Milton B. Hallett M. Joseph Healy
394
*B. Joseph Rizzo
659
Frank E. Hull
334
Wallace B. Strathdee
390
*Ernest J. Janssen
529
*Robert White
404
*Carl W. R. Johnson
430
*Roland H. Whitman
567
*Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years)
Edgar C. Fournier
299 *H. Winthrop S. Roberts, Jr. 314
Ernest S. Reynolds
291
Scattering 1
*Elected
Precinct 2 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Felix H. Atkinson
742
* A. Wendell Drollett, Jr. 605
*Joseph C. Avitabile
654
*William D. Ewing 674
*Daniel F. Caskin
700
John W. Hadley 502
*Charles R. Cumming's
688
*Walter Hennessey 624
529
384
356
475
14
*James L. Jordan
700
*Norton P. Potter 723
*Roger Lakin
649
*Russell B. Rae 610
R. Stanley McConnell
558 *John I. Ryan 604
*Otis B. Oakman
729
*Robert A. Tenney 647
*Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) *John O. Holden 975
*Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year)
*Henry B. Fall
973
*Elected
Precinct 3 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*A. William Albert
679
* Shelley A. Neal 783
*Chester A. Belyea
826
*Mortimer N. Peck 815
*Sophie G. Blunt 746
* Samuel H. Ripley
769
Hyman H. Borax
324 Alfred N. Sarno
308
*William J. Connell
766
*Ruth C. Scott
712
*Helen M. Ellsworth
764 Harry F. Vinton, Jr.
620
*Henry G. Galebach
759
*George E. Warren
805
*Kenneth N. Gould
793
Albert E. Wynot
826
*Herbert B. Hollis
848
* Elected
Precinct 4 Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Roger W. Arnold
903
Robert T. Jones 421
*Ernest G. Becker
806
*Arthur I. Knowles 760
* A. Winton Caird 875
*Robert B. Ladd
813
*Harold W. Cairns
786 *Minnie C. Lawley
685
* Alva M. Dow
750
*Frank T. Maguire
711
Paul P. Foley
452 William H. Mitchell
463
*Matthew W. Hanscom
733 *Charles C. Parker
717
*James H. Jenkins
758 *William F. Rogers
737
Carl R. Johnson, Jr.
530
Seward W. Taber
696
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) *Lawrence L. McCarthy 1027
*Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year)
*J. Stanley McLaughlin 91
Scattering 24
Edward Mclaughlin 55
*Elected
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Precinct 5
Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Carl H. Bjorkman
643
*Edward O. Long 605
*Kathleen A. Bjorkman
516
*Frank P. Lord 616
*Everett A. Buker 590
*Daniel A. Maloney
532
*Joseph W. Cuff
597
Edna M. Maxham
479
*John T. Davis
491
*George E. Pitts Orrin W. Taber
565
*Joseph A. Haley
569
*Robert B. Hill
623
*Harry E. Williams Scattering
617 4
Charles W. King, Jr.
480
*Elected
Precinct 6 Twelve Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Jack R. Ainsleigh
496
*Emilio Libertine
508
*John E. Cannon
528
*John A. Libertine
437
*George F. Creehan
509
Frederick R. Maitland
433
*Walter E. Delory
538
*Raymond P. Palmer
450
*Frank H. Diekmeyer
500
*John J. Roumeles
435
"Reuben H. Frogel
499
*George H. Young
474
*Helen M. Harmon
514
*Elected
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447
*G. Vinton Jones 638
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 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 January 1, 1951, 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 pro- visions 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 beginning January 1, 1952, 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 pro- visions 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 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 Article 7.
ARTICLE 7. To see what sums the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds to pay interest and maturing debt, and for charges, expenses and outlays of the several Town Departments and for a Reserve Fund for the ensuing year. (For amounts appropriated, see Town Accountant's Report, Recapitulation. )
ARTICLE 8. 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 .- So voted.
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ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept General Laws Chapter 41 Section 97A as amended by Chapter 595 of the Acts of 1948 for the purpose of establishing regular organization regulation and control of the police department .- So voted.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 783 of the Acts of 1950 entitled, "AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE INCREASES IN RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES TO THOSE PER- SONS RETIRED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1946 WITH A MINIMUM ALLOWANCE."-So voted.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 820 of the Acts of 1950 entitled, "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS OF CERTAIN PEN- SIONS, RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES, ANNUITIES AND OTHER BENEFITS PAYABLE BY THE COMMONWEALTH AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO CERTAIN FORMER EM- PLOYEES AND PERSONS CLAIMING UNDER THEM."-So voted.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to regulate and control Shell Fisheries within the Town under the provisions of General Laws Chapter 130 Section 52 .- So voted.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to assist in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day or take any action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money 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 action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 15. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for Civilian Defense, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $5,574.00 for Civilian Defense, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Director of Civilian Defense.
ARTICLE 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for Hydrant maintenance and service, or take any action relative thereto.
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