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Town of Chelmsford
Annual Report
CHELMSF
RD
LET THE CHILDREN GUARD
WHAT THE SIRES
HAVE WON.
MASS
TTS
1655 HU
For Year Ending December 31 1930
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Chelmsford
CHELMS
ORD
LET THE CHILDREN
WHAT THE
SIRES
GUARD
HAVE WON.
MASS
TTS
1655 CHUS
Receipts and Expenditures
TOGETHER WITH THE
School Report, State Audit and Water Committee Report
Year Ending December 31 1930
COURIER-CITIZEN CO., PRINTERS LOWELL, MASS.
Town Clerk's Report
OFFICERS ELECTED
Moderator WALTER PERHAM (Term Expires 1931)
Town Clerk HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1933)
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
ELIPHALET G. BROWN
Term Expires 1931
FRANK J. LUPIEN Term Expires 1932
ROYAL SHAWCROSS Term Expires 1933
Treasurer and Tax Collector ERVIN W. SWEETSER Resigned August 30, 1930
HAROLD C. PETTERSON Temporary Until February 2, 1931
Assessors
HERBERT C. SWEETSER.
Term Expires 1931
WARREN WRIGHT Term Expires 1932
JOHN E. HARRINGTON. Term Expires 1933
Tree Warden WILLIAM SHANKS (Term Expires 1931)
Board of Health
GEORGE A. MCNULTY Term Expires 1931 J. CLARK OSTERHOUT . Term Expires 1932
FREDERIC A. MACELROY Term Expires 1933
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School Committee
J. EARLE WOTTON.
Term Expires 1931
JOHN A. McADAMS. Term Expires 1932
EDWARD B. RUSSELL.
Term Expires 1933
Park Commissioners
WALTER MERRILL Term Expires 1931
MICHAEL J. WELSH . Term Expires 1932
FRED L. FLETCHER
Term Expires 1933
Cemetery Commissioners
C. WESLEY LYONS.
.Term Expires 1931
BAYARD C. DEAN.
. Term Expires 1932
ARTHUR O. WHEELER Term Expires 1933
Trustees of Adams Library
LUELLA H. S. CLARK. .... Term Expires 1931. LOTTIE L. SNOW
FRANCES CLARK ... . Term Expires 1932. . WILSON WATERS
ALBERT H. DAVIS. Term Expires 1933. FRED W. PARK
Insurance Fund Commissioners
WALTER PERHAM
Term Expires 1931
ALFRED F. FREEZE.
Term Expires 1932
MILDRED G. RUSSELL. Term Expires 1933
Constable HAROLD C. KING (Term Expires 1931)
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS
Town Accountant HAROLD C. PETTERSON (On leave of absence from Aug. 30, 1930) EMMA DANE (From Aug. 30, 1930)
Finance Committee
JOHN C. MONAHAN
GEORGE E. GAGNON
BIRGER PETTERSON
EMILE E. PAIGNON JAMES A. GRANT
GEORGE W. DAY
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Superintendent of Streets WILLIAM SHANKS
Inspector of Animals ARNOLD C. PERHAM
ARCHIBALD COOKE
Fire Engineers HARRY SHEDD JOHN DIXON
Moth Superintendent WILLIAM SHANKS
Registrars of Voters
JAMES F. LEAHEY
. Term Expires 1931
G. CARLTON BROWN.
Term Expires 1932
KARL M. PERHAM.
Term Expires 1933
HAROLD C. PETTERSON. Ex-Officio
Town Counsel JOHN H. VALENTINE
Janitors of Public Halls
JOHN B. WRIGLEY . Centre Hall, Chelmsford Centre
JUSTIN J. POTTER. North Hall, North Chelmsford
Sealer of Weights and Measures CURTIS A. AIKEN
Forest Fire Warden SIDNEY E. DUPEE
Superintendent of Infirmary FRANK HANNAFORD
Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors WALTER PERHAM
Chief of Police HAROLD C. KING (To Dec. 9, 1930)
BERNARD McGOVERN Acting Chief 5
Regular Police Officers BERNARD McGOVERN
ARTHUR COOKE
Special Police for General Work
BENJAMIN HEALD
WILLIAM REID
RALPH HULSANDER EDWARD DRYDEN
Special Police Officers for General Work without pay
JAMES H. GILMORE
GERALD LORMAN
JOHN F. TRAINOR
ALBERT McSWEENEY
CHARLES KOHLER GEORGE DUFF
JOHN SULLIVAN
Special Police for Protection of School Children
CHARLES CAMPBELL
GEORGE SHEPHERD
GEORGE MARINEL JAMES DRIVER GEORGE LOVETT
Measurers of Sawdust
WILLIAM CLEMENT CARL DUNNING RICHARD E. DAVIS
Weighers of Coal and Coke
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
JOHN A. HEALY
ARTHUR HEALY
JOHN J. DUNIGAN
SARAH DUNIGAN
MARY C. HEALY
EDWARD T. HEALY
BURTON GOULD
JAMES LONG
ZOILLE TOUSSIGNANT
Weighers of Hay
HAROLD D. MACDONALD MYRON A. QUEEN RICHARD E. DAVIS SINAI SIMARD
Measurers of Lumber
MYRON A. QUEEN
JOSEPH ERWIN
RICHARD E. DAVIS
ALFRED RENO
OSCAR PALM
CARL DUNNING
WALTER EDWARDS
ARTHUR LAPRISE
LOUIS LOVERING
FRANCIS O. DUTTON
PEARL T. DURRELL EDWARD B. RUSSELL
JAMES A. BURTON RAYMOND DORSEY
HARRY L. PARKHURST
ARNOLD MARSHALL
WILLIAM CLEMENT
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Measurers of Wood
MYRON A. QUEEN RICHARD E. DAVIS
HARRY L. PARKHURST PEARL T. DURRELL
ERVIN W. SWEETSER
WILLIAM CLEMENT CARL DUNNING
HOSMER W. SWEETSER
JAMES F. DUNIGAN
Measurers of Logs JAMES A. BURTON ARTHUR LAPRISE
Fence Viewers
WILLIAM REID GEORGE MCNULTY
Weighers of Merchandise
JAMES F. LEAHEY
JAMES P. WALKER
MARY C. HEALY
JAMES F. DUNIGAN
WALTER PERHAM
BURTON GOULD
JAMES H. LONG
SINAI SIMARD
JOSEPH HEHIR
EDWARD T. HEALY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
HERBERT S. RUSSELL
WILLIAM BROWN
CLARENCE LEAVITT
Memorial Day Committee GEORGE W. PETERSON (S. W. V.), ARTHUR COOKE (W. W. V.) FRED WIGGIN (S. of A. R.)
Weighers of Sand and Gravel
ROY BUNTEL VICTOR BUNTEL
Special Police for Road Work CHARLES FLAVELL CHARLES H. WILDER
Meat Inspector ALBERT S. PARK
Superintendent of Schools GEORGE S. WRIGHT
School Nurse MAE S. LEWIS
Agent Board of Health MAE S. LEWIS 7
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting FEBRUARY 3, 1930, AND FEBRUARY 10, 1930
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
To John E. Johnson, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby requested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several polling places, viz. :
Precinct 1, Town Hall, Chelmsford Center.
Precinct 2, Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct 3, Historical Hall, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4, School House, East Chelmsford.
Precinct 5, Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6, Golden Cove School, Westlands.
on Monday, the Third Day of February, 1930, being the first Monday in said month, at 12.00 o'clock noon, for the following purpose :
To bring in their votes for the following officers :
Moderator for one year.
One Town Clerk for three years.
One Selectman for three years.
One member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
One Treasurer and Tax Collector for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One School Committeeman for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees for Adams Library for three years.
One Insurance Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Constable for one year.
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12.00 Noon to 8.00 P. M. and to meet in the Town Hall of Chelmsford Center on the following Monday, the Tenth Day of February, 1930, at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To hear reports of Town officers and committees; or act in relation thereto:
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ARTICLE 2. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the current year.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year ; also in such other matters as may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agent and to employ counsel therefor.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenues of the current financial year.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer, a sum of money not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) to be used as a reserve fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee as provided in the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred ($400) or what other sum, for State Aid; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer, a sufficient sum with which to pay bills of 1929, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for the purpose of installing additional lights at the location hereinafter designated, and to raise and appropriate sufficient money to pay the expenses thereof, viz. :
Four lights on Westford Road.
One light on Boston Road.
Four lights on Lowell Road.
One light on Pine Hill Road.
Six lights on Mill Road.
One light on Billerica Road.
Five lights on Parker Village Road.
Four lights on Proctor Road.
Five lights on Richardson Road.
Two lights on Grand View Road.
Three lights on Park Road.
Three lights on Dunstable Road. Or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from what is called "The Cushing Mill Pond Appropriation" the sum of Three Hun- dred Dollars ($300) to the Excess and Deficiency Account; or to- act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the account called "Improving Vinal Square Appropriation" the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200) to the Excess and Deficiency Account; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 11. To, see if the Town will vote to transfer from the account called "New Grammar School Building Fund", Thirty-seven Dollars and Forty-five Cents ($37.45) to Excess and Deficiency Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150) or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing a power lawn mower; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($175) for the purpose of repairing the Flag Pole located in the Center Village; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350) or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing and erecting a flag pole on the Common at South Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) or some other sum for the pur- pose of locating a stone with a tablet affixed to it on the Common in the Center of the village as a memorial to the Chelmsford soldiers who served in the Civil War ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of printing a report of the revaluation of real estate in Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300) or some other amount and elect a director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provision of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) or some other sum for the pur- pose of purchasing fire hose for the Fire Department; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000) or some other amount for the reconstruction of the Acton Road; two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the County and the Commonwealth; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000) or some other amount for the purpose of reconstructing Central Square, in the Center Village; two- thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the County and the Com- monwealth; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000) or some other amount for the purpose of reconstructing the Old Westford Road; two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the County and Commonwealth; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) or some amount for the purpose of reconstructing the Carlisle-Concord Road; two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the County and Commonwealth; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) or some other amount for the purpose of reconstructing the Riverneck Road; two-thirds of the expense to be borne by the County and Commonwealth; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) or some other amount for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Newfield Street; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to widen and relocate Central Square and to appropriate and use a portion of Central Park, so-called, for the purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-two Hundred Dollars ($7200) or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck for the Highway Depart- ment ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Wildwood Street from its termination on the Dalton Road through Perham Park to Chelmsford Street; or act in relation thereto. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of establishing municipal water systems in different sections of the Town, said committee to make its report and recommendations at the next Town meeting; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 28, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the committee created under Article 28 for the purpose of employing a hydraulic engineer to make a survey and estimate the cost of establishing municipal systems; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) or some other sum for the purpose of pur- chasing from Loren J. Ellinwood, a tract of land containing about 5300 square feet, more or less, with the buildings thereon, and the contents therein, situated on the westerly side of Main Street, in that part of Chelmsford called West Chelmsford. Said property to be used as a fire station. The transaction to be under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 31. In event of an affirmative vote under Article 30, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) for the purpose of making a survey of said property and legal expenses incident to the ultimate consumption of said transaction; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) or some other amount for the purpose of painting and decorat- ing the old portion of the Adams Library; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay the expenses incurred in the search for victims drowned in the Merrimack River ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing grappling irons and equipment incident thereto; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) or some other amount for the purpose of improving the Varney Playgrounds at North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sunset Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to accept Sylvan Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept B Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept McMahon Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Fred E. . Varney, title to certain land in that part of Chelmsford called North Chelmsford; the first portion of which is situated on the Northeasterly side of Grant Street ; and is lot numbered one hundred and fifty-eight on a plan entitled, "Plan of Land in North Chelmsford, Mass., belong- ing to the Thomas J. Adams Estate and Charles W. S. Adams, sur- veyed July and September 1892, Melvin B. Smith, Civil Engineer." The second portion of which is situated on the northerly side of Adams Street and is lots numbered one hundred and fifty-six and one hundred fifty-seven on Plan of Land in North Chelmsford, Mass., belonging to Thomas J. Adams Estate and Charles W. S. Adams, July and Sep- tember 1892, Melvin B. Smith, C. E., with additions to November 1902, by Smith and Brocks, C. E. S., and additions to August 1919. Said property to be forever used as a playground under the provisions of Chapter 45, Section 14, of the General Laws, and to be part of "The Varney Playgrounds." Or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the J. Cushing Company a lease of the property known as the Russell Mill Pond and an approach thereto; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 42. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 41, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) or some other amount, for the purpose of constructing a dam and gate at the Russell Mill Pond and to clean the bed of said pond ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 43. In the event of a negative vote under Article 41, to see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to seize by right of eminent domain the property known as the Russell Mill Pond, and raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000) or some other amount to accomplish this purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of four to work in conjunction with the School Committee in making a survey of the congested conditions in the schools. The Committee appointed to make a report and recommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to name the Centre Gram- mar School, so-called, the Susan S. McFarlin School; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 46. In event of an affirmative vote under Article 45, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150) for the purpose of suitably marking said Grammar School in accordance with the vote under Article 45. The expenditure to be made under the direction of the School Committee; or act in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Office in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford and at the School House, West- lands, and at the School House, East Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the first meet- ing aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty.
GEORGE RIGBY, ELIPHALET G. BROWN, FRANK J. LUPIEN, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
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Middlesex, ss.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabi- tants of the Town of Chelmsford, by posting up attested copies of the same at Precinct 1, Post Office, Chelmsford Center ; Precinct 2, Post Office, North Chelmsford; Precinct 3, Post Office, West Chelmsford; Precinct 4, School House, East Chelmsford; Precinct 5, Post Office, South Chelmsford; Pre- cinct 6, Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the date hereof as within directed.
JOHN E. JOHNSON, Constable of Chelmsford.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS February 3, 1930
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, qualified to vote on Town affairs, held pursuant to Warrant duly posted, said meeting held February 3, 1930, in the six precincts of the Town of Chelmsford, the following persons received the number of votes set against their respective names for Town offices, as follows :
P.1
P.2
P.3
P. 4
P.5
P.6 Total
Moderator for One Year-
Walter Perham, Westford St.
537
485
83
128
49
217
1499
Blanks
107
300
32
100
12
48
599
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Selectman for Three Years-
Milton G. Haire, Dunstable Rd.
11
72
4
4
1
12
104
Frederic W. Merrill,
Old Westford Rd.
21
22
0
3
2
8
56
George Rigby, Dartmouth St.
122
176
28
97
23
75
521
Michael J. Scollan, Mt. Pleasant St.
11
182
5
5
2
7 160
212
Royal Shawcross, Newfield St.
471
321
76
111
32
1171
Blanks
8
12
2
8
1
3
34
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Board of Public Welfare Mem- ber for Three Years --
Milton G. Haire, Dunstable .Rd.
12
82
5
5
2
14
120
Frederic W. Merrill,
Old Westford Rd.
26
25
1
3
2
16
73
George Rigby, Dartmouth St. Michael J. Scollan,
100
169
26
92
22
70
479
Mt. Pleasant St ...
12
170
4
6
2
10
204
Royal Shawcross, Newfield St.
466
287
68
100
29
138
1088
Blanks
28
52
11
22
4
17
134
Total
644
785.
115
228
61
265
2098
Town Clerk for Three Years-
Harold C. Petterson, Groton Rd.
576
592
95
161
54
221
1699
Blanks
68
193
20
67
7
44
399
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Board of Health for Three Years-
Frederic A. MacElroy, Billerica St.
501
210
40
106
54
114
1025
George A. McIntosh, Subway Ave.
119
139
40
99
5
127
529
Irving C. Reno, Dunstable Rd.
12
340
17
3
0
10
382
Blanks
12
96
18
20
2
14
162
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
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Town Treasurer and Tax Collector- Ervin W. Sweetser, Chelmsford St.
,
549
564
95
164
51
219
1642
Blanks
95
221
20
64
10
46
456
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Assessor for Three Years-
John E. Harrington, Highland Ave.
463
624
91
147
45
187
1557
Blanks
181
161
24
81
16
78
541
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Constable for One Year --
Abbott L. Emery, Holt St ....
22
247
4
21
2
23
319
John E. Johnson, Boston Rd ..
118
238
44
52
14
47
513
Harold C. King, Perham St ...
486
234
61
139
43
184
1147
Blanks
18
66
6
16
2
11
119
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
School Committee for Three Years ---
Edward B. Russel, North Rd.
529
183
54
157
47
193
1163
Cyril C. Trubey, Dunstable Rd.
82
503
48
38
6
41
718
Blanks
33
99
13 .
33
8
31
217
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Trustees for Adams Library for Three Years-
Albert H. Davis, North Rd ...
480
329
65
109
37
160
1180
Fred W. Park, Park Ave .....
435
327
67
96
39
160
1124
Blanks
373
914
98
251
46
210
1892
Total
1288
1570
230
456
122
530
4196
Tree Warden for One Year-
William Shanks, Chelmsford St.
564
541
96
168
52
232
1653
Blanks
80
244
19
60
9
33
445
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
Cemetery Commissioners for Three Years-
Arthur O. Wheeler, Washington St.
492
556
85
125
46
200
1504
Blanks
152
229
30
103
15
65
594
Total
644
785
115
223
61
265
2098
Park Commissioner for Three Years-
Fred L. Fletcher, Old Westford Rd.
531
506
96
138
51
213
1535
Blanks
113
279
19
90
10
52
563
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
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ยท
P.1 P.2 P.3 P.4 P.5 P.6 Total
Insurance Fund Commissioner for Three Years-
Arnold Perham
2
2
Mildred G. Russell
14
1
15
Roy Clough
1
1
2
Ralph Berg
2
2
Charles E. Bartlett.
2
2
Leroy Parkhurst
1
1
Wilbur Lapham
7
3
10
Sidney Perham
1
1
2
Walter Perham
1
1
1
3
Eustace Fiske
1
1
Fred Fletcher
1
1
John C. Monahan
1
1
Alfred Freeze
5
5
Ed. Swain
1
1
James Tansey
1
1
George Rigby
1
1
David Sullivan
1
1
Al Sullivan
8
8
Charles De La Haye.
1
1
Arthur Shattuck
1
1
Leo Larkin
1
1
J. P. Dunnigan.
1
1
Charles Finnick
1
1
John Murphy
1
1
Ernest Ferron
14
14
Blanks
613
747
115
226
60
257
2018
Total
644
785
115
228
61
265
2098
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BUSINESS MEETING February 10, 1930
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote on Town affairs held pursuant to Warrant duly posted, said meeting held at the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Center on Feb- ruary 10, 1930, at 9:30 A. M. Moderator Walter Perham called the meeting to order and requested Town Clerk, Harold C. Petterson, to read the Warrant. After the Warrant was partly read, Selectman Eliphalet G. Brown moved that the further reading of the Warrant be waived and it was so voted.
Under Article 1. To hear reports of Officers and Committees. Select- man E. G. Brown reported for the Committee appointed to investigate the advisability of relocating Central Square. Mr. Brown said that the Com- mittee had held a meeting and that said Committee had not any definite plans to submit. The Town report was accepted with the corrections of any typographical errors, and it was voted.
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