Town annual report of Chelmsford 1936, Part 1

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Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD


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1655 ACHU


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


17


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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