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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL REPORT
Year Ending December 31 1936
BUCKLAND PRINTING CO., 67 MIDDLE STREET, LOWELL, MASS.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
OFFICERS ELECTED
MODERATOR WALTER PERHAM (Term Expires 1937)
TOWN CLERK HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1939)
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JAMES A. GRANT
Term Expires 1937
KARL M. PERHAM
STEWART MacKAY
Term Expires 1938 Term Expires 1939
TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1937)
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
HERBERT C. SWEETSER
Term Expires 1937
WARREN WRIGHT Term Expires 1938
CARL A. E. PETERSON Term Expires 1939
TREE WARDEN
VINCENT P. GARVEY (Term Expires 1937)
BOARD OF HEALTH
GEORGE A. MCNULTY
Term Expires 1937
JAMES KIBERD, Jr. Term Expires 1938
FREDERICK A. MacELROY Term Expires 1939
(Resignation filed with the Board of Health 1936
WALTER JEWETT appointed to fill vacancy until election in 1937
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JAMES P. CASSIDY
Term Expires 1937
JOHN A. McADAMS Term Expires 1938
WENDELL P. HARVEY
Term Expires 1939
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
WALTER MERRILL
Term Expires 1937
MICHAEL J. WELSH
Term Expires 1938
FRED L. FLETCHER
Term Expires 1939
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
C. WESLEY LYONS
Term Expires 1937
BAYARD C. DEAN
Term Expires 1938
ARTHUR O. WHEELER Term Expires 1939
TRUSTEES OF ADAMS LIBRARY
LUELLA H. S. CLARK .. Term Expires 1937 LOTTIE L. SNOW FRANCES CLARK .. Term Expires 1938 ... FREDERICK A. P. FISKE ALBERT H. DAVIS Term Expires 1939 FRED W. PARK
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
WALTER PERHAM
Term Expires 1937
RAYMOND A. REID
Term Expires 1938
ROYAL SHAWCROSS
Term Expires 1939
CONSTABLE JOHN J. BUCHANAN (Term Expires 1937)
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS
TOWN ACCOUNTANT WINTHROP A. PARKHURST
FINANCE COMMITTEE
BIRGER PETTERSON
EDWARD L. MONAHAN
CLARENCE WOODWARD CLARENCE AUDOIN HOWARD D. SMITH
SIDNEY DUPEE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS ANCEL E. TAYLOR
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS ARNOLD C. PERHAM
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JOHN KEMPE
FIRE ENGINEERS HARRY SHEDD
JOHN DIXON
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JAMES F. LEAHEY
Term Expires 1937
DONALD A. KNAPP, Resigned 1936
Term Expires 1938
JOHN J. CARR, appointed to fill vacancy
Term Expires 1938
DANIEL E. HALEY
Term Expires 1939
HAROLD C. PETTERSON
Ex-Officio
TOWN COUNSEL JOHN H. VALENTINE
JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS
JOHN B. WRIGLEY
Centre Hall, Chelmsford
No appointment made North Hall, North Chelmsford
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LESLIE J. REID
FOREST WARDEN GILBERT H. PERHAM
SUPERINTENDENT OF INFIRMARY SINAI SIMARD
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WALTER PERHAM
CHIEF OF POLICE ARTHUR COOKE
REGULAR POLICE
WINSLOW P. GEORGE RALPH J. HULSLANDER
SPECIAL POLICE
ALLEN H. ADAMS ROBERT C. DeLONG JOSEPH M. DeCOSTA
LEO A. BOUCHER ALLAN KIDDER RAYMOND A. REID
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POLICE WOMAN MAE S. LEWIS, R. N.
SPECIAL POLICE ELECTION ELMER TRULL
SPECIAL POLICE SURROUNDING TOWNS
JOHN SULLIVAN Westford Chief of Police
CHARLES LORMAN, Tyngsboro Chief of Police
FRANK O'DAY, Lowell
MICHAEL H. WINN, Lowell
WALTER L. KIVLAN, Lowell
JOHN F. SCULLY, Lowell
PATRICK B. CLARK, Lowell
PATRICK H. BAGLEY, Lowell
ROBERT T. MULVEY, Lowell
ALFRED J. COONEY, Lowell JOHN F. TRAINOR, Billerica ALBERT S. McSWEENEY, Billerica
OWEN S. CONWAY, Lowell ANDREW W. HUNTER, Lowell BERNARD JUDGE, Lowell
PATRICK J. CRAIG, Lowell
WILLIAM P. NELSON, Lowell PATRICK J. FRAWLEY, Lowell FRANK O'LOUGHLIN, Lowell
SPECIAL POLICE-ADAMS LIBRARY
SAMUEL FELCH
SPECIAL POLICE FOR SCHOOL WORK
CHARLES CAMPBELL
GEORGE MOORE
GEORGE MARINEL
PERCY ROBINSON
JOHN B. WRIGLEY
FAIRBANKS FIELD
DONALD CALLAHAN
CLARK GRAY
SPECIAL POLICE FOR TOWN INFIRMARY SINAI SIMARD
SPECIAL POLICE FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ANCEL E. TAYLOR
SPECIAL POLICE FOR NORTH CHELMSFORD FIRE DISTRICT
MORTON B. WRIGHT JOHN ANDREWS
MEASURERS OF SAWDUST
PEARL T. DURRELL RICHARD E. DAVIS WILLIAM BATCHELDER
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ALBERT RUSSON
SILAS GAUTHIER
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND COKE
EDWARD T. HEALY JOHN H. HEALY SARAH DUNIGAN ARTHUR HEALY HAROLD MACDONALD
JAMES LONG MARY C. HEALY
JOHN J. DUNIGAN
BOYD McCRADY
HERBERT ELLIOT
WEIGHERS OF HAY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
MYRON A. QUEEN HERBERT E. ELLIOT
MEASURERS OF LUMBER
HARRY F. PARKHURST
WILLIAM BATCHELDER
PEARL T. DURRELL
RICHARD E. DAVIS
CAROLL CRAFT
ARTHUR GAUTHIER
JOHN T. O'CONNELL RANSOM GRANT
MEASURERS OF WOOD
HOSMER W. SWEETSER
RICHARD E. DAVIS
WILLIAM BATCHELDER PEARL T. DURRELL
MEASURERS OF LOGS
WILLIAM BATCHELDER RANSOM GRANT
FENCE VIEWERS
WILLIAM REID GEORGE MCNULTY
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
GEORGE PETERSON GEORGE SWALLOW FRED WIGGIN DAVID BILSON WILHELM T. JOHNSON
WEIGHERS OF SAND AND GRAVEL
ROY BUNTEL VICTOR BUNTEL JAMES F. DUNIGAN
SPECIAL POLICE FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL DANIEL PLUMMER
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WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE
JOHN J. HEHIR
HERBERT C. ELLIOT
HAROLD KING
WILLIAM BROWN
PAUL WESTWOOD
EDWARD WHITWORTH
RAY GILMORE
ARTHUR L. HEALY
JAMES COUGHLIN
MARY C. HEALY JOHN CARTER HAROLD D. MACDONALD
JAMES LEAHEY
EDWARD HEALY
ELMER PEVERILL
JAMES WALKER
E. CLARK DIXON WARREN MANSUR
JOSEPH FOLEY
DANIEL NICKLES
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE INVESTIGATOR LEONARD S. MacELROY
MEAT INSPECTORS
WINTON C. GALE
ALBERT S. PARK
AGENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
MAE S. LEWIS
SCHOOL NURSE MAE S. LEWIS
MILK INSPECTOR MELVIN MASTERS
PLUMBING INSPECTOR CHARLES MIDWOOD
BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIANS
DR. ERNEST LATHAM DR. ARTHUR SCOBORIA
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT VINCENT P. GARVEY
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ELECTION OFFICERS
Precinct One, Chelmsford Centre
Peter McHugh, Warden. LaForest Fields, Clerk Walter L. Ferguson, Dep. Warden Eva McMaster, Dep. Clerk Anna Stanley, Inspector John F. Buckley, Inspector Esther Beardsley, Inspector Vincent P. Garvey, Inspector
Precinct Two, North Chelmsford.
Edmund Welch, Warden Kathleen Audoin, Clerk Ruth Conlin, Dep. Warden Edna Ballinger, Dep. Clerk Margaret B. L. Yeomans, Insp. Harriet Buchanan, Inspector Laura Shugrue, Inspector Gertrude Fallon, Inspector
Precinct Three, West Chelmsford.
Bayard C. Dean, Warden Catherine Riney, Clerk Jennie Brown, Dep. Warden Rita Anderson, Dep. Clerk Rose Doherty, Inspector Hiram Richardson, Inspector
Precinct Four, East Chelmsford.
Charles Finnick, Warden Birger Petterson, Clerk
Charles Devine, Dep. Warden
Lydia Barris, Dep. Clerk Lillian Fielding, Inspector
George McNulty, Inspector
Precinct Five, South Chelmsford.
John Scoboria, Warden Everett D. Lyons, Clerk George L. Waite, Dep. Warden Caroline Wright, Dep. Clerk Ethel Wright, Inspector
Precinct Six, Westlands.
Lawrence Marage, Warden Eleanor Parker, Clerk
Robert Henderson, Dep. Warden Florrie Walton, Dep. Clerk Raymond Osborn, Inspector
Henrietta Conaton, Inspector
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WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 2, 1936 and MARCH 9, 1936
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To John J. Buchanan, Constable, or any other suitable person of the Town of Chelmsford :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby re- quested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several Polling Places, viz :
Precinct One-Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre.
Precinct Two-Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct Three-Fire House, West Chelmsford.
Precinct Four-School House, East Chelmsford. Precinct Five-Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct Six-Golden Cove School House, Westlands.
on Monday, the second day of March, 1936, being the first Monday in said month at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers :
Moderator for one year. Town Clerk for three years.
One Selectman for three years.
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
Treasurer and Tax Collector for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
Tree Warden for one year.
One Member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees for Adams Library for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Constable for one year.
One School Committee Member for three years. All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 P. M. and to meet in the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on the following Monday the ninth day of March 1936, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
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ARTICLE ONE: To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWO: To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the current year.
ARTICLE THREE: 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; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FOUR: To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars to be used as a Reserve Fund at the descretion of the Finance Committee as pro- vided in General Laws, Chapt. 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE SIX: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1935; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE SEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept Hil- dreth Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE EIGHT: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Hildreth Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE NINE: To see if the Town will vote to accept an exten- sion of Jordan Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars or some other sum for the pur- pose of reconstructing Jordan Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE ELEVEN : 'To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Jordan road in that part of Chelmsford known as West Cheims- ford to Strawberry Hill Road; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE TWELVE: To see if the Town will vote to accept Sixth Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown in their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN : To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Sixth Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept and extension to Ledge Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown in their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Ledge Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept Elliot Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown in their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Elliot Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Crosby Street, to Crosby Lane; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE NINETEEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept Gil- wood Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY: To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Gilwood Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE: To see if the Town will request the De- partment of Corporations and Taxation, Division of Accounts, to make and audit of the Town of Chelmsford accounts; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of settling
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claims made against the Town by Minnie E. Johnson and Frank Johnson; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen and 66/100 Dollars to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repairs of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dol- lars, for the purpose of covering an overdraft in the Welfare Depart- ment, said money having been paid to the City of Lowell in settle- ment of claims against the City of Lowell; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty- four and 21/100 Dollars, to settle the claims of the City of Worcester against the Town of Chelmsford in the matter of Welfare given by the City of Worcester to persons having a settlement in Chelmsford ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX : To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Ninety-five and 78/100 Dollars for the purpose of covering a deficit in the North Road account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars for the im- provement and reconstruction of the North Road, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be alloted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose or take any other action ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT : To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint Physicians for the purpose of rendering Medical Service to needy persons ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate certain sums of money for the purpose of com- pensating Physicians appointed under Article 28, provided an affirm- ative vote is made under Article 28; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY: To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck for the Highway Department.
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ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE: To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and transfer title to the 1931 International Truck now used in the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing an automobile for the Police Department.
ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of carrying out or on Federal and State projects, the cost of Administration and the cost of ma- terials and supplies for the same; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to accept a devise and bequest of certain properties located in Chelmsford, as set forth in the last will and testament of the late Martina Gage of Lowell; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars, or some other sum for the improvement, reconstruction, and relocation of Westford Street; said sum or any portion thereof to be used in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of settling land damage claims on Billerica Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of settling claims for damages to property located on Church and Middlesex Streets as the result of blasting during the reconstruc- tion of Middlesex Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Seventy-eight and 52/100 Dollars to cover an overdraft in the Vocational School Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Eighty-five Dollars, to cover an overdraft in the Assessors Abatement Expense Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars or some other sum for the purchase of High School desks, the purchase of seats for the base-
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ment of the McFarlin School and for the purpose of adapting the McFarlin School basement for High School use; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-ONE: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient public place in the Town, fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-TWO: To see if the Town will accept Section 48, of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, placing regular or permanent police members under the rules and regulations of the Civil Service ; or act in relation thereto. Said Section reads as follows :
Section 48, Application to Police, etc., of certain Towns, A Town which has not accepted this Chapter or the corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may accept this section as to its regular or permanent police and fire forces, or as to either of them. Acceptance to the fire force shall include regular members and may include call members, and a Town which has accepted this section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws as to regular firemen may afterward accept it as to call firemen. In a Town which accepts this section by vote of the Town at a Town meeting, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, as to any and all of said forces, the members of the forces to which the acceptance relates shall be subject to the chapter and the rules made hereunder, and shall hold office until their death, resignation or removal, but members in office at the time of such acceptance shall continue in office without examination or reappointment.
ARTICLE FORTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 49, Chapter 31 of the General Laws, placing the Chief of Police under the rules and regulation of the Civil Service; or act in relation thereto.
Said Section reads as follows :
Section 49. Application to Chiefs of Police, etc., of certain Towns and Cities. This Chapter and the rules made hereunder shall apply to Superintendents, Chiefs of Police and Chief Marshalls in Cities which have accepted Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty-eight of the Acts of Nineteen Hundred and Eleven in the manner herein provided, and in Towns which have a Police force subject to this Chapter and which have accepted said Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty-eight or accept this Section, by vote at an Annual Town Meeting.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town,
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South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford and at the School House, East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, 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 this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 14th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six.
STEWART MacKAY, KARL M. PERHAM, JAMES A. GRANT, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
RETURN
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
February 21, 1936
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Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, by posting up attested copies of the same at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelms- ford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford and at the School House, East Chelmsford and at the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time of the meeting as within directed.
JOHN J. BUCHANAN,
Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
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TOWN ELECTION
MARCH 2, 1936
Moderator 1 Year
P-1 P-2
P-3 P-4 P-5 P-6 Total
Walter Perham, Westford St.
601
567
93
135
66
255
1717
Blanks
88
251
16
57
13
52
477
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Town Clerk for 3 years
Harold C. Petterson, Groton Rd.
610
634
97
138
70
253
1802
Blanks
79
184
12
54
9
54
392
Total
.689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Selectman for 3 years
Stewart MacKay, Newfield Street
530
403
80
93
58
208
1372
George R. Welch, Middlesex St.
140
393
27
87
18
92
757
Blanks
19
22
2
12
3
7
65
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Member of Board of Public Welfare,
3 years.
Stewart Mackay, Newfield St.
514
393
77
91
56
206
1337
George R. Welch, Middlesex St.
142
378
27
90
19
88
744
Blanks
33
47
5
11
4
13
113
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Member of Board of Health, 3 years
James A. Ahearn, Dalton Rd.
117
289
29
48
8
140
631
Arthur A. DeLong, Warren Ave.
86
77
18
15
4
21
221
Frederic A. MacElroy, Bill. St.
459
306
51
114
63
135
1128
Blanks
27
146
11
15
4
11
214
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector
1 year
Harold C. Petterson, Groton Rd.
595
641
96
141
72
257
1802
Blanks
94
177
13
51
7
50
392
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Assessor for 3 years
Fred J. Bishop, Princeton St.
.213
263
18
68
12
105
679
Carl A. E. Peterson, Dunstable Rd .. 364
432
81
89
56
157
1179
Burpee S. Wetmore, Tyngsboro Rd.
37
79
4
12
3
15
150
Blanks
75
44
6
23
8
30
186
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
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Constable for 1 year
P-1 P-2 P-3 P-4 P-5 P-6 Total
John J. Buchannan, Groton Rd.
250
285
62
97
27
145
866
John W. Carruthers, York Ave.
385
92
21
25
42
117
682
John H. Mungovan, Adams St.
33
398
19
52
3
14
519
Blanks
21
43
7
18
7
31
127
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
School Committeeman 3 years
Wendell P. Harvey, High St.
463
454
56
143
58
219
1393
J. Clark Osterhout, Mill Rd.
193
193
42
29
15
50
522
Blanks
33
171
11
20
6
38
279
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Trustees of Adams Library 3 years
Albert H. Davis, North Rd.
539
451
70
100
54
211
1425
Fred W. Park, Park Road
466
346
67
99
51
172
1201
Blanks
373
839
81
185
53
231
1762
Total
1378 1636
218
384
158
614
4388
Tree Warden One year
Vincent P. Garvey, Locke Rd.
589
642
84
136
64
250
1765
Blanks
100
176
25
56
15
57
429
Total
.689
818
109
192
79
614
2194
Cemetery Commissioner 3 years
Arthur O. Wheeler, Washington St .. . 546
561
81
121
60
225
1594
Blanks
143
257
28
71
19
82
600
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Park Commissioner 3 years
Fred L. Fletcher, Old Westford Rd.
.581
541
91
120
66
250
1649
Blanks
108
277
18
72
13
57
545
Total
689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
Sinking Fund Commissioner 3 years
George W. Peterson
9
0
0
0
0
1 10
Royal Shawcross
12
8
0
0
0
2
22
Ross Hatch
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
Blanks
666
810
109
192
79
304
2160
Total
. 689
818
109
192
79
307
2194
HAROLD C. PETTERSON,
Town Clerk.
March 3, 1936
18
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
MARCH 9, 1936
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town affairs, held pursuant to Warrant duly posted, said meeting held in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on March 9th, 1936, at 10 A. M. Walter Perham called the meeting to order and requested Town Clerk, Harold C. Petterson to read the Warrant, after the Warrant was partly read a motion was made by James A. Grant to waive the further reading of the Warrant and it was so voted.
Under article one :
It was voted to accept the Town Report as printed.
John H. Valentine reported for the Committee appointed by the Selectmen to formulate plans for zoning, he explained that it was neces- sary for this Committee to have a plan of the Town and that this was being done by the W. P. A. and would be completed during this coming summer, therefor he requested that this Committee be allowed to con- tinue and report at the next annual Town meeting, and it was so voted.
Under article two:
It was voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to defray Town charges :
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