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Annual
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Town of CHELMSFORD MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE 1937
ADAMS LIBRARY Chelmsford, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL REPORT
Year Ending December 31 1937
BUCKLAND PRINTING CO. 67 MIDDLE STREET, LOWELL
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
OFFICERS ELECTED
MODERATOR
WALTER PERHAM (Term expires 1938)
TOWN CLERK
HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term expires 1939)
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
KARL M. PERHAM
Term Expires 1938
STEWART MacKAY
Term Expires 1939
JAMES A. GRANT
Term Expires 1940
TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR
HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1938)
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
WARREN WRIGHT Term Expires 1938
CARL A. E. PETERSON Term Expires 1939
HERBERT C. SWEETSER (Deceased Oct. 17, 1937) Term Expires 1940 WALTER JEWETT appointed to fill vacancy Dec. 27, 1937 until next annual election.
TREE WARDEN
VINCENT P. GARVEY (Term Expires 1938)
BOARD OF HEALTH
JAMES KIBERD, JR.
Term Expires 1938
RAYMOND H. GREENWOOD
Term Expires 1939
GEORGE A. MCNULTY Term Expires 1940
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOHN A. McADAMS
Term Expires 1938
WENDELL P. HARVEY Term Expires 1939
JAMES P. CASSIDY
Term Expires 1940
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
MICHAEL J. WELSH
Term Expires 1938
FRED L. FLETCHER
Term Expires 1939
WALTER MERRILL
Term Expires 1940
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
BAYARD C. DEAN
Term Expires 1938
ARTHUR O. WHEELER
Term Expires 1939
ARTHUR W. HOUSE
Term Expires 1940
TRUSTEES OF ADAMS LIBRARY
FRANCES H. CLARK, (Term expires 1938) FREDERICK A. P. FISKE ALBERT H. DAVIS, . . (Term expires 1939) FRED W. PARK
MIRIAM E. WARREN . (Term expires 1940) .LOTTIE L. SNOW
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
FRITZ H. PEARSON
Term Expires 1938
ROYAL SHAWCROSS
Term Expires 1939
WALTER PERHAM
Term Expires 1940
PLANNING BOARD
WILLIAM BELLWOOD
Term Expires 1938
ERNEST SOULIS (Resigned)
Term Expires 1939
ARNOLD C. PERHAM (Appointed)
Term Expires 1938
BAYARD C. DEAN
Term Expires 1940
LESTER W. BALL
Term Expires 1941
HOWARD D. SMITH
Term Expires 1942
JOHN J. MEAGHER
Term Expires 1942
SIDNEY E. DUPEE
Term Expires 1942
CONSTABLE
JOHN J. BUCHANAN (Term Expires 1938)
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN ACCOUNTANT WINTHROP A. PARKHURST
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
BIRGER PETTERSON EDWARD L. MONAHAN, Chairman SIDNEY E. DUPEE
CLARENCE WOODWARD CLARENCE AUDOIN HOWARD D. SMITH
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS ANCEL E. TAYLOR
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
ARNOLD C. PERHAM
FIRE ENGINEERS
JOHN KEMPE
HARRY SHEDD JOHN DIXON
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN J. CARR DANIEL E. HALEY
JAMES F. LEAHEY
Term Expires 1938 Term Expires 1939 Term Expires 1940
HAROLD C. PETTERSON
Ex-Officio
TOWN COUNSEL JOHN H. VALENTINE
JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS
JOHN B. WRIGLEY
HELEN POTTER
Centre Hall-Chelmsford 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
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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
POLICE WOMAN MAE S. LEWIS, R. N.
SPECIAL POLICE ELECTION ELMER TRULL
SPECIAL POLICE FOR SCHOOL WORK
CHARLES CAMPBELL
JOSEPH KIERSTEAD
ZEPHIN RIBERDY
JOHN B. WRIGLEY
CLARK GRAY
PERCY ROBINSON
SPECIAL POLICE FOR ADAMS LIBRARY SAMUEL FELCH
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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GEORGE MARINEL
KENNETH BILLINGS
SILAS GAUTHIER
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND COKE
EDWARD T. HEALY ARTHUR HEALY
JOHN J. DUNIGAN
JOHN H. HEALY
BOYD McCRADY
SARAH DUNIGAN
MARY C. HEALY
HERBERT ELLIOT
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
WEIGHERS OF HAY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
HERBERT E. ELLIOT JOHN J. DUNIGAN
MEASURERS OF LUMBER
HARRY F. PARKHURST
PEARL T. DURRELL
ARTHUR GAUTHIER
RANSOM GRANT
JOHN T. O'CONNELL
CARROLL CRAFT
WILLIAM BATCHELDER
RICHARD E. DAVIS
MYRON A. QUEEN
MEASURERS OF WOOD
HOSMER W. SWEETSER
WILLIAM BATCHELDER
RICHARD E. DAVIS PEARL T. DURRELL
MEASURERS OF LOGS
WILLIAM BATCHELDER RANSOM GRANT
FENCE VIEWERS
WILLIAM REID GEORGE MCNULTY
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
GEORGE PETERSON FRED WIGGIN
GEORGE SWALLOW EDWIN L. BURNE WILLIAM BELLWOOD
WEIGHERS OF SAND AND GRAVEL
ROY BUNTEL JAMES F. DUNIGAN
VICTOR BUNTEL
SPECIAL POLICE FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL DANIEL PLUMMER
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WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE
JOHN J. HEHIR
HERBERT C. ELLIOT
WALTER PERHAM
EDWARD WHITWORTH
JOHN CARTER
BERTRAND BEAN
JAMES WALKER
E. CLARK DIXON
HAROLD C. KING
PAUL WESTWOOD
RAY GILMORE
MARY C. HEALY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
ELMER PEVERILL
EMIL HABERMAN
JOSEPH FOLEY
WILLIAM BROWN
EARL GORTON
ARTHUR L. HEALY
JAMES COUGHLIN
JAMES LEAHEY
EDWARD HEALY
WARREN MANSUR
DANIEL NICKLES
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE INVESTIGATOR
LEONARD S. MacELROY
MEAT INSPECTORS
WINTON C. GALE ROY PAIGNON, Ass't
AGENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
MAE S. LEWIS
SCHOOL NURSE
MAE S. LEWIS
MILK INSPECTOR MELVIN MASTERS
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
CHARLES MIDWOOD WALTER JEWETT, Substitute
BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIAN
DR. GEORGE E. CARRIEL DR. ARTHUR G. 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 A. 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 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 1, 1937 and MARCH 8, 1937
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To John J. Buchanan, Constable, or any 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 first day of March, 1937, being the first Monday in said month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring their votes for the following officers :
Moderator for one year.
One Selectman for three years.
One member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for two years to fill an un- expired term.
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 Committeeman for three years.
And to vote on the following question :
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Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1937 en- titled "An act placing the Chief of Police and the members of the regular or permanent police force of the Town of Chelmsford under Civil Service Laws," be accepted?
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 eighth day of March, 1937, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE ONE: To hear the reports of Town Officers and Com- mittees; 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; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THREE: To see if the Town will vote to establish a planning Board under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A and 81F to 81J inclusive, with amendments that have been made to these sections of said chapter; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifty ($50.00) dollars for the preparation of a zoning scheme under the direction of the Planning Board; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, with the authority to settle and adjust any claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ coun- sel therefor whenever in their judgment it is necessary; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE SIX: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anti- cipation of the revenues of the current financial year; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE SEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not exceeding Two Thousand ($2,000.00) dol- lars to be used as a Reserve Fund at the descretion of the Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE EIGHT: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money with which to pay unpaid bills of 1936; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE NINE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money to purchase a typewriter, supplies and other equipment, for the purpose of installing a new system in the Assessors' Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TEN: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to sell in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Town any or all of the land devised to the Town by the late Martina Gage, and to give a good and sufficient deed thereto; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE ELEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept title to certain land located between Fairmount and Holt Streets in North Chelmsford, Mass., from the North Chelmsford Fire District; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWELVE: To see if the Town will vote to accept Fair- mount 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 THIRTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) dollars or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Fairmount Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept Spring 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 FIFTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Spring Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept Fairmount Street extension 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 SEVENTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy-five ($175.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of extending Fairmount Street ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE EIGHTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to accept Sun- set Ave. extension to Oriole 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 NINETEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of extending Sunset Ave. to Oriole Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY: To see if the Town will vote to accept Naylor Ave., 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-ONE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Naylor Ave .; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO: To see if the Town will vote to accept Elliott 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 inrelation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred $(200.00) dollars or somc other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Elliott Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to accept Hildreth 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-FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Hildreth Street; or act in realtion thereto.
ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX: To see if the Town will vote to accept Sixth Ave. 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-TWENTY-SEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Fifty ($450.00) dollars or some other for the purpose of reconstructing Sixth Ave .; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT: To see if the Town will vote to accept Waverly Ave. as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred ($400.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Waverly Ave .; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY: To see if the Town will vote to accept Ledge 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 THIRTY-ONE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing the Ledge Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO: To see if the Town will vote to accept Gilwood Ave. 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 THIRTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five ($75.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Gilwood Ave .; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty ($850.00) dollars for the purpose of defraying the expense of foreclosing tax titles; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Twenty-five ($325.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing an auto- mobile for the Police Dept., said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX: In the event of an affirmative vote under article 35 to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to transfer title to the Ford automobile now used by the Police Dept., or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand ($1000.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ninety- five ($8,295.00) dollars or some other sum for the purpose of carry- ing on Federal or State projects the cost of administration and the costs of materials and supplies for the same; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-five ($265.00) dollars for the purpose of settling land damage claims on the Riverneck and Dunstable Roads; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY: To see if the Town will vote to accept title to a certain land called "The Harrington Sandbank;" or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-ONE: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Overlay Reserve Account to the Emergency Flood Relief Account the sum of Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-eight and 65-100 ($4,738.65) dollars; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-TWO: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-five Hundred ($3,500.00) dollars for the reconstruction of the North Road, contingent upon the State and County contributing a similar amount for said purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the reconstruction of the Lowell Road, contingent upon the State and County contributing a similar amount for said purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Twelve and 86-100 ($612.86) dollars for the purpose of covering a deficit in the Outside Aid and Old Age Assistance Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-FIVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred $(500.00) dollars to be used by the Moth Department for the purpose of exterminating and con- trolling the elm leaf beetle; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-SIX: To see if the Town will vote to construct and addition to the Town hall in Chelmsford Centre and make cer- tain alterations thereon; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN: In the event of affirmative vote under Article 46 to see if the Town will vote to transfer from the accounts
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entitled "Sale of Real Estate and Surplus War Bonus Fund," certain sums contained in these accounts for the purpose of defraying the ex- pense of an addition to the Town Hall as set forth in article 46; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-EIGHT: To see if the Town will vote to accept from George C. Moore, Jr., title to certain lands in that part of Chelmsford called North Chelmsford, particular description of which may be seen in the Town Clerk's Office; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FORTY-NINE: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Committee of three persons for the purpose of considering the advisibility of enacting building laws and regulation for the Town; said Committee to make their report at the next annual town meeting; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIFTY: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred Eighty-four and 24-100 ($1,284.24) dollars to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIFTY-ONE: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use a sum of money in the amount such as the Tax Commissioner may approve, as free cash, said sum to be applied in computing the tax rate for the year 1937; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIFTY-TWO: To see if the Town will vote to oil the Twiss Road from the junction of the Twiss Road and Main Street so-called to the Stony Brook R. R. tracks on Twiss Road, and that the ex- pense of this oiling be taken from the appropriation of "Road Binder" so-called or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE FIFTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from the fund entitled "Sales of Cemetery Lots" a certain sum of money for the care, improvement and embellishment of some or all of the Cemeteries in the Town; or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelmsford and at the Golden Cove School House Westlands seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
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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 Twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred thirty-seven.
JAMES A. GRANT, STEWART MacKAY, KARL M. PERHAM, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
RETURN
MIDDLESEX, SS.
February 21, 1937
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 Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelmsford and at the Golden Cove School House in the Westlands, seven days at least before the time of holding the meeting as within directed.
JAMES J. BUCHANAN,
Constable of Chelmsford.
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TOWN ELECTION
MARCH 1, 1937
Office and Candidate
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6 Total
Moderator
Walter Perham, Westford St.
656
400
82
198
87
291
1714
Blanks
132
167
14
81
9
64
467
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Selectman
James A. Grant, Chelmsford St. 646
387
81
202
78
299
1693
Blanks
142
180
15
77
18
56
488
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Public Welfare
James A. Grant, Chelmsford St. 613
361
76
176
74
289
1589
Blanks
175
206
20
103
22
66
592
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Board of Health for 3 years
James A. Ahearn, Dalton Road
77
105
20
12
9
96
319
Henry E. Ayotte, Hall Road
123
26
2
5
3
11
170
Lester W. Ball, Acton Road
255
20
5
4
39
39
362
Robert S. Fay, CypressStreet
33
10
4
3
2
28
80
Edward G. Haines, Sunset Ave.
11
17
2
0
2
90
122
Bernard F. Mclaughlin, E. Ch.
28
35
7
95
2
3
170
George A. McNulty, Brick K'1 Road
76
236
18
141
5
42
518
Fritz H. Pearson, Littleton Rd ..
144
59
33
5
32
34
307
Blanks
41
59
5
14
2
12
133
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Board of Health for 2 Years
Raymond H. Greenwood, Fl'r St. 388
297
58
125
44
188
1100
Walter H. Jewett, Bill. St.
361
160
30
97
48
133
829
Blanks
39
110
8
57
4
34
252
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
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Office and Candidate P-1 P-2 P-3 P-4 P-5 P-6 Total
Treasurer and Collector for 1
year
Harold C. Petterson, Groton Rd. 678
441
88
206
89
311
1813
Blanks
110
126
8
73
7
44
368
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Assessor for 3 years
George W. Peterson, Bridge St. 224
224
47
123
25
119
762
Herbert W. Sweetser, Boston
Rd.
532
274
44
125
66
212
125.3
Blanks
32
69
5
31
5
24
166
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Constable for 1 year
John J. Buchanan, Groton Rd.
646
371
82
.190
82
304
1675
Blanks
142
196
14
89
14
51
506
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
School Committeeman for
3 years
James P. Cassidy, Washington
Street
617
427
74
205
83
285
1691
Blanks
171
140
22
74
13
70
490
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Trustees Adams Library
for 3 years
Lottie L. Snow, School St.
551
335
88
156
74
258
1462
Miriam E. Warren, Boston Rd. . 566
222
53
118
71
227
125'
Blanks
459
577
51
284
47
225
1643
Total
1576
1134
192
558
192
710
4362
Tree Warden for 1 year
Vincent P. Garvey, Locke Rd ... 662
447
85
196
81
293
1764
Blanks
126
120
11
83
15
62
417
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Cemetery Commissioner for
3 years
Arthur W. House, Acton Rd.
381
241
39
116
27
198
1002
C. Wesley Lyons, Elm Rd.
331
173
42
86
67
116
815
Blanks
76
153
15
77
2
41
364
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
19
Office and Candidate P-1 P-2 P-3 P-4
P-5 P-6 Total
Park Commissioner for 3 years
Walter B. Belleville, Robin Rd. 242
212
44
96
43
135
772
Walter H. Merrill, Concord Rd. 484
223
39
106
51
188
1091
Blanks
62
132
13
77
2
32
318
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
Sinking Fund Commissioner for 3 Years
Walter Perham, Westford St ... 614
347
76
180
85
278
1580
Blanks
174
220
20
99
11
77
601
Total
788
567
96
279
96
355
2181
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