Town annual report of Chelmsford 1937, Part 1

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Town of CHELMSFORD MASSACHUSETTS


For the Year Ending DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE 1937


ADAMS LIBRARY Chelmsford, Mass.


ANNUAL REPORT


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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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