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THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY BRAINTREE, MASS.
WATSON PARK BRANCH
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Annual Report
Of The Onun of Braintree MASSACHUSETTS
For The year 1954
ANNUAL REPORT
of
THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE
MASSACHUSETTS
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For The Year 1954
Town Officers, 1954
Moderator E. Curtis Mower, Jr., 1955
Town Clerk Town Treasurer John W. Harding, 1955
Ernest C. Woodsum, 1955
Selectmen John W. Mahar, Chairman, 1956 Herbert B. Hollis, Clerk, 1957 Fred A. Tenney, 1955
Board of Public Welfare Harrison T. Smiley, Chairman, 1956
Fred A. Tenney, Clerk, 1955 Herbert B. Hollis, 1957
Assessors Norris H. Pinault, Chairman, 1955 Chester W. Nelson, Clerk, 1957 Arthur E. Boynton, 1956
Water Commissioners Thomas E. Sears, Chairman, 1955
Willard P. Sheppard, 1956 Joseph Landers, 1957
School Committee Ovidio D. Chiesa, Chairman, 1956 Almeda Walker Cain, Secretary, 1955
Charles W. Baldwin, 1955 Roger W. Arnold 1957
James L. Jordan, 1956 Robert J. Barrett, 1957
Municipal Lighting Board Norton P. Potter, Chairman, 1956
Frank P. Lord, Secretary, 1955 Shelley A. Neal, 1957
Board of Parks and Playgrounds Commissioners George F. Leben, Chairman, 1955
Edgar L. Copp 1955 Earl C. Hollis 1956
William G. Dyer 1955 George H. Snyder, Jr. 1956
Elmer E. Raymond 1955 Harry F. Vinton, Jr. 1957
Sewer Commissioners Bernard R. Andrews, Chairman, 1957 Charles C. Temple, 1955 Earl D. Gilliatt, 1956
Board of Health B. Joseph Rizzo, Chairman, 1955 Harrison T. Smiley, Clerk, 1957 John J. Atkinson, 1956
Collector of Taxes George H. Gerrior, Jr., 1955
Tree Warden John F. (Leetch, 1955
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Planning Board Joseph M. Magaldi, Chairman, 1959 John J. Drinkwater, Town Engineer, Ex-officio, Retired Ralph M. Soule, Clerk 1955 Edward J. Rose 1957
Mitchell W. Gawlowicz 1956 William G. Dyer 1958
Braintree Housing Authority
Ernest J. Janssen, Chairman, 1958 William H. Gustafson, Vice Chairman, 1956 (John E. Maloney, Treasurer, 1956) (Appointed by State Housing Board) Paul P. Foley, Asst. Treasurer, 1959 Carl R. Johnson, Jr., 1955 Harold C. Pearl, Secretary, Ex-officio-Appointed
Trustees of Thayer Public Library Stacy B. Southworth, Chairman, Life Member Gordon W. Bryant, Life Member Ralph B. Woodsum, Life Member
Mabel S. Rogers, 1956 Clara G. Wetherbee, 1956
Trustees of School Fund H. Irving Charnock, Chairman, 1955
Otis B. Oakman, Jr., Clerk, 1955 Louis J. Trojano 1955
Robert P. Gray 1955 Carroll D. Welch 1955
Charles G. Jordan 1955 Harry S. Williams 1955
Contributory Retirement Board Ralph W. Mag'athlin, Chairman
Albert E. Wynot, Clerk Jonathan W. French
Measures of Wood and Weighers of Hay Florence K. Weston
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 John F. Kennedy
United States House of Representatives Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth
Massachusetts Legislature
Senator Charles W. Hedges Representative Chester W. Nelson
Representative John L. Gallant Representative Herbert B. Hollis
Governor's Council Councillor Chan'es J. Gabriel
Norfolk County Commissioners Frederick A. Leavitt, Chairman, 1955 Russell T. Bates, 1957 Clayton W. Nash, 1957
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Town Meeting Members
Precinct 1
John Alden
1955
George L. Novelline 1956
Frank Basile
1955
John F. O'Rourke 1956
George H. Cain
1955
H. Winthrop S. Roberts, Jr.
1956
H. Irving Charnock
1955
Cornelius L. Sullivan
1956
Elizabeth White
1956
Elmer G. Derby
1955
Ira R. Young
1956
Earl R. Grant
1955
Albert Avitabile
1957
John F. Leetch
1955
Almeda Walker Cain
1957
Earl A. Prario
1955
William H. Colligan
1957
Merton L. Pratt
1955
Kenneth G. Dyer
1957
Daniel W. Schluter
1955
Ernest J. Janssen
1957
Harry T. Seans
1955
Carl R. Johnson, Jr.
1957
J. Dudley Gannon
1956
Carl W. R. Johnson
1957
Walter Hennessey
1956
Albert R. Klay
1957
Robert G. Hobart
1956
Joseph M. Magaldi
1957
Donald J. Laing
1956
Nahum R. Pillsbury
1957
Henry C. Lake
1956
Ernest S. Reynolds
1957
Walter H. Loud, Jr.
1956
Stanley H. Richards
1957
Arthur H. McGibbon
1956
Whitney Withington
1957
Precinct 2
J. Paul Benson
1955
Nelson A. Haviland
1956
John R. Dallinger
1955
Ean! C. Hollis.
1956
Arthur L. Hale
1955
Frederick J. Klay
1956
Leo J. Hart, Jr.
1955
Carl J. Knutson
1956
Frank E. Hull
1955
Edward P. Long
1956
Knute Ingmanson
1955
Richard L. McMaster
1956
Joseph Landers
1955
Archie T. Morrison
1956
Joseph C. Landrey
1955
Felix H. Atkinson
1957
Waldo E. Niles
1955
J. Warren Cuff
1957
Harrison T. Smiley
1955
A. Wendell Drollett, Jr.
1957
Stacy B. Southworth
1955
William D. Ewing
1957
Gordon O. Thayer
1955
Donald M. Jordan
1957
John Q. Wentworth
1955
Arthur F. Lucas, Jr.
1957
George T. Woodsum
1955
Donald B. MacMillan
1957
Harvey J. Annis
1956
Robert W. Matthews
1957
Robert J. Barrett
1956
N. Eric Nelson
1957
Warren K. Boynton
1956
George C. Newcomb
1957
Walter M. Brock
1956
Norton P. Potter
1957
Chester W. Daily
1956
Russell B. Rae (deceased)
1957
Raymond V. Coppens
1956
B. Joseph Rizzo
1957
Mathias A. Gorham
1956
James V. Tedesco
1957
Precinct 3
Alfred W. Beck
1955
Edwin L. Emerson
1956
Gordon L. F. Belyea
1955
Leo J. Hart
1956
Roland G. Belyea
1955
James L. Jordan
1956
Earle S. Buckman
1955
Charles W. Mann
1956
Charles M. Copeland
1955
Will R. Minchin
1956
Mary T. Ellis
1955
Lucius A. Qualey
1956
William J. Hayden
1955
Ruth W. Shuster
1956
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John A. Cassidy
1955
Joseph F. Connelly
1955
Richard A. Hunt
1955
A. William Albert
1957
William F. Lammers
1955
Chester A. Belyea 1957
Arthur W. Moffatt
1955
Sophie G. Blunt
1957
Otis B. Oakman, Jr.
1955
William J. Connell
1957
Hugh B. Snow
1955
Henry G. Galebach
1957
Howard C. White
1955
Kenneth N. Gould
1957
Austin E. Wynot
1955
Herbert B. Hollis
1957
Marjorie Bates 1956
Shelley A. Neal
1957
William B. Belcher
1956
Mortimer N. Peck
1957
William G. Brooks
1956
Samuel H. Ripley
1957
Gordon W. Bryant
1956
George A. Shortle
1957
Joseph A. Carson
1956
George E. Warren
1957
Edgar L. Copp
1956
Albert E. Wynot
1057
Charles D. Curtis, Jr.
1956
Harold G. Wynot
1957
Precinct 4
George R. Allen
1955
Frank J. Kenna
1956
Arthur E. Boynton
1955
Roger J. Leonard
1956
Francis S. Carter
1955
William H. Low
1956
Ovidio D. Chiesa
1955
Thomas H. Matthews
1956
Richard W. Farnsworth
1955
William J. Stevenson
1956
William H. Gustafson
1955
Laurence A. Trainor
1956
E. Harrison Keith
1955
Gordon E. Trask
1956
John W. Mahar
1955
Mary Beatrice Arnold
1957
J. Stanley McLaughlin
1955
Roger W. Arnold
1957
Walter E. Morrison
1955
Gilbert L. Bean
1957
Harold F. Robinson
1955
Ernst G. Becker
1957
Robert J. Stalker
1955
A. Winton Caird
1957
Hiram C. Towne
1955
Harold W. Cairns
1957
Calvin E. Young
1955
Lee Cisneros
1957
Arthur R. Benson
1956
Herbert J. Eno
1957
J. Frank Dings
1956
Matthew W. Hanscom
1957
Margaret E. Duffee
1956
John G. Hedman
1957
Chester O. Ellis
1956
Lillian E. Killam
1957
Allen C. Emery, Jr.
1956
Frank T. Maguire
1957
F. Howard Hallett
1956
Charles C. Parker
1957
Thomas R. Huleatt
1956
Seward W. Taber
1957
Precinct 5
Herbert J. Albee
1955
George W. Lunn
1956
Raymond E. Bean
1955
Paw E. Maxham
1956
Everett A. Buker, Jr.
1955
John L. McDonnell
1956
William J. Burns
1955
Ramon A. Nagle
1955
Robert M. Hutton
1955
Richard W. Troup
1956
William T. Kendrick
1955
Harold R. Walsh
1956
E. Theodore Nokes
1955
Charles F. Abell
1957
William A. Reed
1955
Carl H. Bjorkman
1957
Albert L. Rice
1955
Everett A. Buker
1957
Percy T. Richards
1955
Thomas F. Cassidy
1957
Simon B. Rideout
1955
Henry J. Diotte
1957
W. Edwin Skinner
1955
Dorothy M. Hennebury
1957
William B. Taylor
1955
G. Vinton Jones
1957
Edward D. Cahill
1956
Charles W. King, Jr.
1957
Henry A. Cohoon
1956
Frank P. Lord
1957
Joseph P. Cassidy
1956
Harvey G. Lyons, Jr.
1957
Philip S. Dexter, Jr.
1956
Daniel A. Maloney
1957
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George W. Garland
1956
Alexander Mitchelson
1957
Jerome V. Johnson
1956
Sidney B. Tinson
1957
Charles G. Jordan
1956
Precinct 6
John J. Canavan
1955
John F. Harkin
1956
William R. Cline
1955
William J. Inwin
1956
Richard A. Hirthe
1955
Ruby Keigan
1956
Wilbert T. Levangie
1955
Margaret C. Palmer
1956
George A. Lydon
1955
Natalie H. Stovold
1956
Edward J. Rose
1955
Elwin F. Tirrell
1956
Arthur E. Stenberg
1955
Jack R. Ainsleigh
1957
Franklin B. Thompson
1955
Charles W. Baldwin
1957
Robert F. Thompson
1955
John E. Cannon
1957
Charles E. Timmons
1955
George F. Creehan
1957
Ermest M. Wells
1955
Walter E. Delorey
1957
E. Chester Wright
1955
Frank H. Diekmeyer
1957
Russell H. Wright
1955
Robert O. Grondin
1957
Carl P. Andre
1956
Emilio Libertine
1957
Howard R. Beaver
1956
John A. Libertine
1957
John J.Combett
1956
Raymond P. Palmer
1957
R. Alden Elliott
1956
William H. Stovold
1957
Christopher M. Garland
1956
George H. Young
1957
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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
Albert R. Klay, Lieutenant John V. Polio, Sergeant
Francis T. Maguire, Lieutenant
Earle A. Prario, Sergeant
John F. O'Rourke, Sergeant
Fire Department Harry T. Sears, Chief Edward A. Hennebury, Deputy Chief Walter Hennessey, Deputy Chief Frank B. Thompson, Deputy Chief
Industrial Development Commission Paul H. Young, Chairman, 1955
Herbert J. Albee 1955 John O. Holden 1955
Charles R. Furlong 1955 William S. Monahan 1955
Board of Registrars
James H. Dignan, Chairman, 1955 Thomas F. Mulligan, 1956
Lillian M. Drinkwater, 1957 Ermest C. Woodsum, Clerk, Ex-officio
Field Drivers
Walter J. Mattie Mansfield A. Belyea Felice Zampine
Fence Viewers
Joseph F. Connolly W. Homer Melville Edwin L. Emerson/
Inspectors of Plumbing
Israel P. Weston
Arthur F. Sullivan
Board of Appeal Under Zoning By-Law
Herbert J. Redman, Chairman Ralph B. Woodsum.
Earl R. Grant, Clerk Alternate, C. Frederick Tarbox-Deceased
Ovidio D. Chiesa
Board of Appeal Under Building Code Joseph M. Duffy Ralph H. Marstin
Airport Commission
William G. Brooks, Chairman, 1956
John W. Murphy
1955 Thomas C. Currier 1956
George T. Woodsum 1955 William Stewart 1957
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Ralph W. Maglathlin
BURIAL AGENT
George A. Shortle
BUILDING INSPECTOR
John C. Pafford
DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR
Daniel A. Maloney
WIRE INSPECTOR
Arthur F. Lucas
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
George A. Shortle
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Everett A. Buker, Sergeant
John W. Illingworth, Sergeant
WELFARE AGENT TOWN COUNSEL TOWN ENGINEER
ACTING TOWN ENGINEER SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
SUPT. OF INFIRMARY
SUPT. OF STREETS MGR. OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
MGR. OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
SUPT. OF WATER DEPT.
SUPT. OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPT. OF PLAIN STREET CEMETERY
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
HEALTH AGENT -
Deane R. Walker
James F. Mattie
James F. Mattie
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
FOREST WARDEN
MILK INSPECTOR
Deane R. Walker
DOG OFFICER
Cornelius L. Sullivan
SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
James F. Mattie
HARBOR MASTER
Seward W. Taber
Earl T. Connors
Town Forest Committee Donald C. Wilder Jeanette Mohnkern
Finance Committee J. Paul Benson, Chairman, 1956 James P. McCue, Vice Chairman, 1957 E. Harrison Keith, Secretary, 1957
Jack R. Ainsleigh 1955 Charles D. Curtiss, Jr. 1956
Leslie R. Birnie
1955
Charles H. Mundt 1956
Ralph A. Hayward 1955
1955
F. Leroy Foster 1957
Arthur E. Stenberg
1955
L. Frederick Martin 1957
Gilbert L. Bean
1956
Henry J. Gaffney Richard A. Hunt John J. Drinkwater (Retired)
J. Warren Cuff Harry T. Sears Joseph A. Hall John Q. Wentworth Ernest T. Fulton - (Retired)
Alban G. Spurrell (Appointed)
George N. Watson
George F. Brousseau
Albert A. Drollett
Calvin E. Young
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
INSPECTOR OF MEATS & PROVISIONS
John Q. Wentworth
Harry T. Sears
ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER
Harry C Lake
Robert W. Sullivan 1956
Herbert J. Redman
Alton L. Pike 1957
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Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum-Town Clerk
Vital Statistics
1953
1954
Births
543
421
Marriages
272
258
Deaths
294
303
Town Election
Number of votes cast
Precinct 1A
492
Precinct 1B
418
Precinct 2
865
Precinct 3
726
Precinct 4
753
Precinct 5
529
Precinct 6
485
4268
For Moderator
1A
1B 2 3
4
5
6 Total
E. Curtis Mower, Jr. 416
304
754
646
655
440
400
3615
Blanks
76
114
111
80
98
89
85
653
E. Curtiss Mower, Jr. elected and sworn by Town Clerk
For Town Clerk
Ernest C. Woodsum
433
309
768 678
667
465 416 3736
Blanks
59
109
97
48
86
64
69
532
Ernest C. Woodsum elected and sworm by Benjamin H. Woodsum, Notary Public
For Town Treasurer
John W. Harding
416
296
765
658
669
452 407 3663
Blanks
76
122
100
68
84
77
78
605
John W. Harding elected and sworn by Town Clerk
For Selectman (For Three Years)
Herbert B. Hollis
422
305
764
661
661
449
406
3668
Blanks
70
113
101
64
92
78
79
597
Scattering
1
2
3
Herbert B. Hol'is elected and sworn by Town Clerk
For Board of Public Welfare (For Three Years)
IA
1B
2
3 652
4 663
5
6 396
Total
Herbert B. Hollis
404
307
769
3630
Blanks
88
111
96
73
90
88
89
635
Scattering
1
2
3
439
Herbert B. Hollis elected and sworn by Town Clerk
10
Assessor (For Three Years)
Chester W. Nelson
391
305
743
630
635
429
396
3529
Blanks
101
113
122
96
118
98
89
737
Scattering
2
2
Chester W. Nelson elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Water Commissioner (For Three Years)
Joseph Landers
404
305
753
628
631
430
384
3535
Blanks
88
113
112
98
122
99
101
733
Joseph Landers elected and sworn by Town Clerk
School Committee (For Three Years)
Roger W. Arnold
148
76
185
289
372
160
124
1354
Robert J. Barrett
171
237
394
131
149
119
107
1308
Mary Thorning Ellis
35
35
140
310
172
73
44
809
George W. Lunn
88
42
112
165
120
180
59
766
Catherine M. Murphy
103
50
121
43
41
38
42
438
Hazel M. Schopp
59
5
68
158
199
50
56
595
Vincent Sorgi
64
49
58
28
27
19
12
257
Natalie H. Stovold
52
15
52
66
74
89
239
587
Richard W. Troup
21
11
35
38
62
78
52
297
Elizabeth White
77
41
96
49
72
59
53
447
Joseph Zanghi
40
145
174
38
54
41
50
542
Blanks
126
130
295
137
164
152
132
1136
Roger W. Arnold and Robert J. Barrett elected and sworn by Town Clerk
School Committee (For One Year) To Fill Vacancy
Charles W. Baldwin
154
116
318
490
406
346
269
2099
Joseph F. Connolly
298
232
464
181
307
141
159
1782
Planks
40
70
83
55
40
42
57
387
Charles W. Baldwin elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Board of Health (For Three Years)
Harrison T. Smiley
399
299
749
609
648
433 395
3532
Blanks
93
119
116
117
105
96
90
736
Harrison T. Smiley elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Sewer Commissioner (For Three Years)
Bernard R. Andrews
370
300
738
624
627
420
377 3456
Blanks
122
118
127
102
126
109
108 812
Bernard R. Andrews elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Municipal Lighting Board (For Three Years)
Shelley A. Neal
222
127
360
431
411
271
241
2063
Carl W. R. Johnson
207
220
369
251
282
203
175
1707
Blanks
63
71
136
44
60
55
69
498
Shelley A. Neal elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Park Commissioner (For Three Years)
Harry F. Vinton, Jr. 298
231
537
478
522
309
184
2559
Robert O. Grondin
103
102
158
165
148
150
249
1075
Blanks
91
85
170
83
83
70
52
634
Harry F. Vinton, Jr. elected and sworn by Town Clerk
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Tax Collector
1A 1B 2 764
3
4 647
5 448
409
3616
Blanks
89
103 101
96
106
81
76
652
George H. Gerrior, Jr. elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Tree Warden
John F. Leetch
403
314
778 623
637
433
379
3567
Blanks
89
104
87
103
116
96
106
701
John F. Leetch elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Planning Board (For Five Years)
Joseph M. Magaldi
231
231
326
296
324
220
198
1826
Hyman H. Borax
42
31
76
131
81
47
26
434
Donald B. MacMillan 157
112
356
220
258
193
174
1470
Blank's
62
44
107
79
90
69
87
533
.
Joseph M. Magaldi elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Braintree Housing Authority (For Five Years)
Paul P. Foley
369
321
739
595
600
409
374
3407
Blanks
123
97
126
131
153
120
111
861
Paul P. Foley elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Braintree Housing Authority (For One Year) To Fill Vacancy
Matthew W. Hanscom 121
108
219
312
404
223
159
1546
Carl R. Johnson, Jr.
298
222
505
329
255
240
229
2078
Blanks
73
88
141
85
94
66
97
644
Carl R. Johnson, Jr. elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Trustees Thayer Public Library (For Two Years)
Mabel S. Rogers
362
270
771
601
624
404
363
3395
Clara G. Wetherbee
363
270
780
587
596
386
348
3330
Blanks
259
296
179
264
286
268
259
1811
Mabel S. Rogers and Clara G. Wetherbee elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Question No. 1
Yes
199
146
292
270
251
199
170
1527
No.
209
142
383
316
319
251
237
1857
Blanks
84
130
190 + 140
183
79
78
884
Precinct 1.
13 Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Almeda Walker Cain
514
Albert A. Burke 253
*William H. Colligan
325
Angelo M. Car'ino
282
*Kenneth G. Dyer
399
Charles J. Coffman
165
*Ernest J. Janssen
406
Robert F. Gerrish
303
*Carl R. Johnson, Jr.
501
223
*Carl W. R. Johnson
394
Harry A. Hoffman John R. Parlee
208
* Albert R. Klay
372
Stanley H. Richards
333
*Joseph M. Magaldi
425
Robert K. Stanley
294
*Nahum R. Pillsbury
372
Francis L. Stewart
250
*Ernest S. Reynolds
390
* Whitney Withington
386
12
6 Total
George H. Gerrior, Jr. 403
315
630
Robert White *Albert Avitabile
307 Roland H. Whitman 314
389
* Elected
1 Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) To Fill Vacancy
*Walter Hennessey
674
* Elected
2 Town Meeting Members (For One Year) To Fill Vacancy
*John A. Cassidy
544 Vincent Sorgi 304
*Daniel W. Schluter 413
* Elected
Precinct 2.
14 Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Felix H. Atkinson
509 *J. Warren Cuff 419
*A. Wendell Drollett
520 Nicholas J. DelVecchio 313
*William D. Ewing 512
* Arthur F. Lucas, Jr. 461
*Donald M. Jordan
491
463
* Robert W. Matthews
463
* Donald B. MacMillan Richard H. McNealy Edward J. Morrissey
330
*N. Eric Nelson 455
479
*George C. Newcomb
356
*Russell B. Rae
433
Carl R. Vitagliano
249
*B. Joseph Rizzo
493
Joseph S. Wacks
315
*James V. Tedesco
377
* Elected
1 Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) To Fill Vacancy *Carl J. Knutson 762
* Elected
1 Town Meeting Member (For One Year) To Fill Vacancy
*Knute Ingmanson 759
Elected
Precinct 3.
14 Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*A. William Albert
498 *George E. Warren 496
*Chester A. Belyea
518
* Albert E. Wynot 487
*Sophie G. Blunt
478 Walter H. Annis 256
*William J. Connell
489 James Collins
215
*Henry G. Galebach 493 John P. Coneys, Jr.
166
*Kenneth N. Gould
479 Mitchell W. Gawlowicz
221
*Herbert B. Hollis
540 Harold A. Newcomb
238
*Shelley A. Neal
489 *George A. Shortle 305
* Mortimer N. Peck
560
*Harold G. Wynot 392
*Samuel H. Ripley
497
Y
* Elected
1 Town Meeting Member (For Two Years) To Fill Vacancy
Wendell N. Ford
110 *Ruth W. Shuster 367
John O. Holden 137
** Elected
13
307
*Norton P. Potter
Precinct 4.
14 Town Meetnig Members (For Three Years)
* Roger W. Arnold
560
*Gilbert L. Bean 374
*Ernst G. Becker
486
Catherine J. Carroll 244
*A. Winston Caird
439
*Warren W. Davis 319
*Harold W. Cairns
477
Paul P. Foley 274
*Lee Cisneros
353
Andrew N. Harvey
306
*Herbert H. Eno
444 John G. Hedman
311
*Matthew H. Hanscom
483
*Lillian E. Killam
342
*Frank T. Maguire
372 Paul J. McHugh
202
*Charles C. Parker
484 Edward J. Mclaughlin Jr. 232
*Seward W. Taber 447
Irving H. Thompson
298
*Mary Beatrice Arnold 417
* Elected
Precinct 5.
13 Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Charles F. Abell
399
*Charles W. King, Jr. 351
*Carl H. Bjorkman
392
* Harvey G. Lyons, Jr. 351
*Everett A. Buker
383
*Alexander Mitchelson 360
*G. Vinton Jones
382 *Sidney B. Tinson
354
*Frank P. Lord
393
*Thomas F. Cassidy 21
*Daniel A. Maloney
386
F. Conrad Mischler
12
*Henry J. Diotte 332
Scattering
14
*Dorothy M. Hennebury 348
* Elected
1 Town Meeting Member (For One Year) To Fill Vacancy
*William T. Kendrick 403
* Elected
Precinct 6.
12 Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*Jack R. Ainsleigh
311 *Raymond P. Palmer 316
*Charles W. Baldwin
292
*George H. Young 297
*John E. Cannon 322 John J. Canavan 209
*George F. Creehan
302
*Robert O. Grondin
260
*Walter E. Delory
332 Arthur D. Levangie
225
*Frank H. Diekmeyer
277 James P. McCue
197
*Emilio Libertine
275 William F. McRae
172
*John A. Libertine
263
*William H. Stovold
293
* Elected
2 Town Meeting Members (For Two Years) To Fill Vacancy
*John J. Corbett
358 Scattering 9
* Elected
1 Town Meeting Member (For One Year) To Fill Vacancy *Wilbert T. Levangie 357
* Elected
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SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS OF PRECINCT 6
Braintree, Massachusetts
March 15, 1954
Under the Provisions of Section 8, Chapter 17, of the Acts of 1937, a Special Meeting of the Town Meeting Members elected from Precinct 6 was held at the Town Hall at 7 P. M., March 15, 1954. The meeting was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk, for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot the filling of one vacancy caused by the failure to elect at Annual Election.
JOHN F. HARKIN was nomianted for Temporary Clerk.
There being no other nominations, and a vote being taken JOHN F. HARKIN was unanimously chosen Temporary Clerk, and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
HOWARD R. BEAVER was nominated Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations and a vote taken, HOWARD R. BEAVER was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting was the election of ONE Town Meeting Member to serve until the next Annual Town Election, whereupon nominations were now in order. The names of John J. Canavan and Harriet B. W. Kimball were placed in nomina- tion.
The ballots being received and counted, it was declared by the Chairman the following result:
Total number of votes cast 21.
John J. Canavan receiving 16 and Harriet B. W. Kimball re- ceiving 5.
The Chairman announced the following to have been elected:
JOHN J. CANAVAN 20 Bellevue Road
PETITION FOR RECOUNT
March 8, 1954
A Petition having been received by the Town Clerk for a Recount of the votes cast at the Annual Town Election held March 1, 1954 on the office of Town Meeting Member, Precinct 4 and will effect the election of Warren W. Davis and John G. Hedman, was filed in due time and found to be in proper order with the necessary number of signatures of registered voters in Precinct 4 checked by the Board of Registrars.
The date, time and place for the Recount was set by the Board of Registrar's as for Wednesday, March 17, 1954 at 2 P. M. at the Town Hall.
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RECOUNT
Braintree, Massachusetts
March 17, 1954
In accordance with the foregoing mentioned Petition, the Recount was held at 2 P. M. at the Town Hall by the Board of Registrars ini accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 54, Section 135, General Larwis.
Total number of ballots cast:
Original 753
Recount 753
PRECINCT OFFICERS RETURNS
TOWN MEETING MEMBER-PRECINCT 4
Warren W. Davis 319 John G. Hedman 311
RECOUNT BY BOARD OF REGISTRARS TOWN MEETING MEMBER-PRECINCT 4
Warren W. Davis. 312 John G. Hedman. 323
Annual Town Meeting
1. To choose all Town officers except those elected by ballot.
Voted: That this meeting does hereby adjudge that the follow- ing individual has been duly elected and is qualified to act as a mem- ber of this meeting, for a term set opposite his name; this vote be- ing taken to confirm the action of the Town Meeting Members in Precinct 6:
John J. Canavan - 1 year
Voted: The election of Matthew McCusker, George A. Williams and Dominic F. Diauto as Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay.
Voted: The election of John C. Pafford, Shelley A. Neal and Daniel A. Maloney as Measurers of Lunmber.
ARTICLE 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and Committees, and choose any commit- tee the Town may think proper.
Voted: That Article 2 be taken up in conjunction with all other articles.
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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, 1955, 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 ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, Genera: 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, 1955, 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 ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws .- Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take to establish the salaries of the elective Town Officers.
Voted. That Article 5 be considered in conjunction with Article 6.
ARTICLE 6. To see what sums of money 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 a Reserve Fund for the ensuing year. (For amounts appropriated, see Town Accountant's Report, Reca- pitulation.)
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By- Laws by inserting a new article numbered 13A, to read as follows SALARY ADMINISTRATION PLAN
Part I. General
Section 1. Name of By-Law and Authority. This by-law shall be known and cited as "The Salary Administration Plan", and is hereby adopted pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108A.
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