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Town Documents
NINETY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Town of Swampscott
For the Year Ending December 31 1943
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
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INCORPORATED
. A.D. 1852
TT.
TED AS SWAN
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JACKSON & PHILLIPS, INC. 515 and 545 Washington Street Lynn, Mass. 1944
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers 1943
Selectmen Robert G. Byrne, Chairman (On Military leave) James W. Buchanan, Chairman Pro Tem Philip E. Bessom
Albert S. Hills (Military Substitute)
Moderator John R. Hurlburt
Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr. Term as Collector of Taxes expires 1944 Term as Town Clerk expires 1946
Town Treasurer Lester B. Morley Term expires 1944
Water and Sewerage Commissioners Harold G. Enholm, Chairman Term expires 1944
Harold C. Hudson Term expires 1946
George B. Atkins Term expires 1945
Assessors Frank E. Morrison, Chairman Term expires 1944
Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary John A. Holmes Term expires 1946
Term expires 1945
Board of Park Commissioners John Homan, Chairman Term expires 1946
Term expires 1944
School Committee Marion D. Morse, Chairman Term expires 1945
Amos E. Russell Term expires 1945
Ralph N. Murray
Term expires 1944
Bernard F. Carey Term expires 1944 Edgar U. Burdett Term expires 1946
Trustees of Public Library Lee T. Gray, Chairman Term expires 1944
Rev. James D. Cummins, Secretary Term expires 1945
George W. Howe Term expires 1946
Board of Public Welfare Fred M. Seaton, Chairman Term expires 1944
Donald Redfern Term expires 1945
Walter L. Ranger Term expires 1946
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1944
Dr. Chester P. Brown (On Military leave) George J. Nichols Term expires 1946
Term expires 1945
H. Allan Durkee (Military Substitute)
Ralph I. Lindsey, Secretary Frederick C. Burk Term expires 1945
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
1943]
Surveyor of Highways Timothy J. Ryan Term expires 1945 Constables Leonard H. Bates Willis E. Shephard
Wayne Anderson
Planning Board James R. Maddock, Chairman Term expires 1947
George J. Nichols, Secretary
Term expires 1945
Alfred L. Richards
Term expires 1944
Thomas W. Duncan Term expires 1946 Arthur H. McGovern Term expires 1946
Commissioners of Trust Funds Harold L. Austin Appointed March 11, 1943 Term expires 1944
Conrad P. Richardson
Term expires 1945
Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1946
Town Meeting Members
Precinct One
Term Expires
Wayne Anderson
58 Crescent Street
1945
Leonard H. Bates
146 Essex Street
1945
Lewis H. Berry
82 Burpee Road
1946
Dana R. Bosworth
22 Burpee Road
1946
Chester E. Bradley
66 Buena Vista Street
1945
Raymond J. Bufalino
1 Essex Terrace
1944
Frederick C. Burk
143 Stetson Avenue
1946
Frederick R. Champion
16 Hillside Avenue 1945
David D. Davidson
8 Eureka Avenue
1944
William F. Durgin, Jr.
29 Jessie Street
1945
Frank C. Durkee
4 Upland Road
1946
George D. R. Durkee
4 Upland Road
1944
Alfred N. Frazier
346 Essex Street
1944
Henry H. Freeto
18 Burpee Road
1946
Hulbert C. Griffin
62 Roy Street
1944
Robert B. Hegarty
350 Essex Street
1945
Edward H. Jordan
12 Eureka Avenue
1944
Stephen W. Madden
25 Ryan Place
1945
Joseph F. Marino
337 Essex Street
1946
Charles W. Parks 1
148 Essex Street
1946
Antonio Parletta
43 Cherry Street
1944
Williard H. Robinson
11 Hillside Avenue
1946
Woodbury L. Roderick
145 Stetson Avenue
1945
Henry A. Sadler
63 Cherry Street
1944
Precinct Two
Term Expires
Earl Abrams
68 Franklin Avenue
1944
George B. Atkins
67 Stetson Avenue
1945
J. Hervey M. Blackford
36 Maple Avenue 1944
Harry E. Cahoon
34B Essex Avenue
1945
J. Dane Chandler
7 Essex Avenue
1945
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Albert E. Devitt
26 Stetson Avenue 1945
Raymond O. Doane
34 Franklin Avenue
1946
Frank B. Drummond
52 Franklin Avenue 1945
Leo W. Frechette
3 Plymouth Avenue
1946
E. Roland Goodwin
6 Essex Avenue
1945
John F. Graham
68 Plymouth Avenue 1944
C. Frank Hathaway
257 Burrill Street
1945
John A. Holmes
10 Essex Avenue
1946
Albert E. Matthews
23 Essex Street 1946
Frederick Miller
48 Franklin Avenue 1944
Elmer E. Morley
53 Plymouth Avenue 1944
Pearl D. Morley
53 Plymouth Avenue
1946
Thomas M. Newth
153 Essex Street
1944
Edmund W. Pease
92 Stetson Avenue 1944
Evelyn S. Ryan
14 Plymouth Avenue 1945
Loring C. Smith
29 Plymouth Avenue
1946
Vacancy
1944
Vacancy
1946
Vacancy
1946
Precinct Three
Term Expires
I. Murray Adams
33 Rock Avenue
1944
LeRoy S. Austin
63 Pine Street
1945
Ralph E. Bicknell
79 Burrill Street 1945
Chester A. Brown
17 Middlesex Avenue 1945
Chester P. Brown
3 King's Beach Terrace
1946
Edgar U. Burdett
56 Elmwood Road 1945
John E. Burns, Sr.
12 Boynton Street 1946
Henry J. Callahan
58 Burrill Street 1945
William H. Carroll
148 Burrill Street 1944
1946
Ralph J. Curtis
160 Burrill Street 1945
1944
Clarence M. Finch
32 Thomas Road
1946
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey Street
1945
Harold F. Harvey
32 Norfolk Avenue 1946
1945
Malcolm F. MacLean
20 Elmwood Road
1944
Ernest Manchin
44 Norfolk Avenue
1946
Charles F. Owens
56 New Ocean Street
1944
Lincoln A. Palmer
44 Humphrey Street
1946
Francis T. Pedrick
6 Huron Street
1944
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry Circle 1946
Margaret M. Scanlon
113 Burrill Street 1944
Harry M. Shanahan
4 Ellis Terrace
1944
Precinct Four
Term Expires
Granville F. Allen
26 Farragut Road
1945
Herbert R. Anderson
34 Farragut Road 1945
Egbert H. Ballard
22 Farragut Road
1944
Edward E. Call
60 Thomas Road 1945
Robert H. Crosby
117 Paradise Road 1945
1946
Walter E. Furbush
18 Berkshire Street
1945
Stuart W. Graham
14 Brewster Terrace
1946
Gerald R. Griffin
42 Hampden Street
1946
Arthur E. Hardy
174 Norfolk Avenue
1946
George J. Harvey
3 Paton Terrace 1944
Albert S. Hills
137 Norfolk Avenue
1944
George C. Chaisson
3 Elmwood Road
Stanley T. Devitt
128 Burrill Street
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill Street
.
Lyndon W. Ellis
89 Norfolk Avenue
1943]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
5
Alfred B. Jones
169 Paradise Road 1944
Walter F. Livermore
135 Paradise Road
1946
Alfred W. Maddock
90 Farragut Road 1945
James R. Maddock
4 Farragut Road
1944
Robert C. Mansfield
25 Norfolk Avenue
1944
Harvey P. Newcomb
30 Farragut Road 1944
Walter L. Ranger
7 Hampden Street
1946
Lawrence W. Regester
144 Walker Road
1945
Fred M. Seaton
113 Paradise Road
1946
Anson M. Titus
90 Paradise Road
1944
Kenneth W. Ulman
8 Brewster Terrace
1945
Norbert A. Ulman
142 Norfolk Avenue
1946
Precinct Five
Term Expires
Harold R. Austin
150 Redington Street
1946
Edwin M. Bailey
19 Farragut Road
1945
Henry S. Baldwin
141 Elmwood Road 1945
Benjamin B. Blanchard
108 Greenwood Avenue
1944
Harold P. Brown
55 Lexington Circle
1946
Robert G. Byrne
3 Lexington Park 1945
Frederic P. Clark
29 Outlook Road
1946
Harold G. Enholm
4 Sheridan Road
1945
Edwin A. Fuller
85 Walker Road
1944
George M. Glidden
30 Banks Terrace
1944
Edward K. Hempel
37 Farragut Road
1945
Harold C. Hudson
18 Devens Road
1944
George E. Hutchinson
78 Fuller Avenue
1946
Robert M. Leonard
176 Aspen Road
1946
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood Avenue
1945
George H. Lucey
49 Devens Road
1944
Raymond P. Miller
73 Fuller Avenue
1944
Joel W. Reynolds
175 Redington Street
1946
T. Carlton Rowen
90 Mountwood Road
1946
Winthrop M. Sears
55 Sherwood Road
1945
Raymond B. Wade
107 Aspen Road 1946
J. Henry Welch
153 Elmwood Road
1945
Precinct Six
Term Expires
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland Street
1945
Roland C. Booma
30 Ingalls Terrace 1944
James A. Breed
50 Greenwood Avenue 1944
Edward F. Burke
82 Redington Street 1946
Harold F. Carlson
7 Blaney Circle
1946
William Edgar Carter
269 Humphrey Street
1944
Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey Street
1946
Harvey A. Craig
29 Ingalls Terrace
1946
** Kingsley Dunwoody
10 Bay View Drive
1944
Charles A. Easterbrooks
20 Oak Road
1946
Vincent B. Easterbrooks
496 Humphrey Street
1945
Roger L. Farnum
4 Blaney Street
1946
Clarence B. Humphrey
12 Humphrey Terrace
1945
Frank E. Morrison
28 Bay View Avenue
1945
G. Jeffrey Nichols
208 Humphrey Street
1945
Vincent P. O'Brien
202 Humphrey Street 1946
Arthur H. Parsons, Jr.
85 Redington Street 1944
Roger W. Pope
52 Bay View Drive
1945
Guy N. Chamberlin
25 Sheridan Road 1944
Ralph I. Lindsey
148 Elmwood Road
1944
Willis B. Chapman
322 Humphrey Street 1945
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey Street 1944
Frederick P. Rooke
79 Millett Road
1946
Frederick J. Rudd
312 Humphrey Street
1946
Stanley M. Stocker
15 Lawrence Terrace
1944
Ralph J. Taylor
11 Rockland Street
1944
Precinct Seven
Term Expires
*Charles D. Addison, Jr.
50 Aspen Road
1945
Walter E. Barnes
14 Sargent Road
1946
Philip E. Bessom
4 Palmer Avenue
1945
Aime H. Bourke
12 Ocean View Road
1946
C. Glover Bowes
2 Tupelo Road
1946
Edward F. Breed
16 Palmer Avenue 1945
Thomas S. Bubier
3 Beverly Road 1945
James W. Buchanan
110 Aspen Road
1946
Frank L. Burk
60 Orient Court
1946
Patrick J. Cryan
45 Pleasant Street
1945
Harold A. Durkee
28 Puritan Avenue
1945
Hamilton P. Edwards
55 Atlantic Avenue
1944
R. Wyer Greene
78 Millett Road
1944
John Homan
69 Ocean View Road
1946
Robert F. Kimball
70 Atlantic Avenue
1945
Lawrence B. Leonard
30 Atlantic Avenue
1944
Francis W. B. Maitland
356 Puritan Road
1946
Lester B. Morley
62 Millett Road
1944
Fred L. Mower
34 Atlantic Avenue
1944
Edward B. Mylott
15 Walnut Road
1945
Conrad P. Richardson
15 Beverly Road
1946
Amos E. Russell
85 Kensington Lane
1944
James W. Santry, Jr.
10 Walnut Road
1944
Francis L. Smith
75 Bates Road
1944
Precinct Eight
Term Expires
John H. Blodgett
100 Beach Bluff Avenue
1946
Thomas H. Bradley
20 Orchard Road
1946
Richard P. Breed
106 Bradlee Avenue
1945
Frederick S. Brennan
33 Hawthorne Road
1946
Horace Burrough, III
163 Beach Bluff Avenue
1945
Bernard F. Carey
63 Orchard Road 1946
Thomas W. Duncan
38 Crosman Avenue 1944
Charles F. Gallagher
32 Beach Bluff Avenue 1946
Lee T. Gray
79 Morton Road
1946
Irving B. Hitching's
30 Stanwood Road
1946
George W. Howe
44 Beach Bluff Avenue
1945
John I. Hull
9 Lawrence Road
1945
John R. Hurlburt
40 Beach Bluff Avenue
1945
Harold A. Johnson
37 Crosman Avenue
1946
Joseph S. Kimball
43 Beach Bluff Avenue
1944
William H. McCarty
64 Bradlee Avenue
1944
Robert F. O'Neill
38 Stanwood Road
1945
Henry A. Pevear
44 Manton Road 1944
Arnold S. Potter
31 Estabrook Road
1944
Albert N. Rothermel
72 Bradlee Avenue
1944
George F. Vincent
78 Phillips Avenue
1945
Raymond T. Vredenburgh
10 Clarke Road 1945
Ralph L. Williams
27 Morton Road 1944
Arthur M. Wyman
2 Beach Bluff Avenue
1944
Deceased
** Moved
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1943]
Appointed Town Officers
APPOINTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN Town Accountant I. Murray Adams Secretary of Selectmen Richard Chambers
Town Counsel George H. Lucey
Town Engineer Howard L. Hamill
Assistant Town Engineer Freeman W. Towers
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent James A. Hegarty
Forest Warden
Frederick C. Burk
Building Inspector Raymond O. Doane
Assistant Building Inspector Winthrop M. Sears
Inspector of Animals Fred Keefe (Resigned) John J. Nilan (Appointed May 13, 1943)
Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles Walter Burrill
Agent and Custodian of Town Hall Leonard H. Bates Dog Officer Willis E. Shephard Fence Viewers Raymond O. Doane, Howard L. Hamill
Inspector of Petroleum Jefferson G. Owens
Soldiers' Relief Agent and State Aid Correspondent James A. Hegarty
Board of Registrars Herbert W. Andrews, Republican, Chairman Term expires 1944
*Thomas J. Minton, Democrat Charles P. McGettrick, Democrat Term expires 1946 (On Military leave) Term expires 1945
Harold R. Young Dorothy M. Minton, Democrat
(Military Substitute) (Appointed December 9, 1943) Term expires 1946
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Republican Clerk ExOfficio
*Deceased
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Smoke Inspector Raymond O. Doane
Engineers of Fire Department Albert N. Rothermel, Chairman Frederick T. Rooke
Roy F. Olson
Chief of Fire Department Charles H. Lampard
Chief of Police and Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves (Resigned August 26, 1943) James M. Kennedy (Appointed Acting Chief of Police and Keeper of Lockup August 9, 1943)
Special Police Officers
Wayne Anderson
George H. Chaisson
Herbert W. Andrews
Frederick R. Champion
Harold S. Armstrong
Hyman B. Chandler
*Nathan Aronson
Alphonse Chiancone
*Clarence W. Ashcroft
** Charles J. Chouinard
George B. Atkins
Joseph G. Clancy
Samuel L. Atkins
*Kenneth W. Clark Edward M. Cleary
Earl M. Bailey
Ray Colangelo
Thomas A. Bailey
Frank G. Coletti
*Walter J. Barber
Paul Coletti
George G. Barker
Charles A. Colton
Roland C. Barnes
Arthur R. Conley
Frederick L. Bartlett
Charles E. Connelly
Howard E. Batchelder
Edward D. Cook
Leonard H. Bates
Kenneth Cort
** William T. Bergin
Homer J. Craft
Philip E. Bessom J. Willard Blades
Paul C. Curtis
John H. Blodgett
Ralph C. Curtis
. Philip W. Blood
Warren H. Cushman
Samuel Bloomberg
Anthony F. D'Agnese
Brooks K. Blossom
* August F. Daum, Jr.
William V. Boudreau
Eldridge T. Davis
Manlio Boverini
J. Price Davis Ralph L. Day
Chester E. Bradley
Burton B. Delack
Thomas H. Bradley
Charles H. Deming
Johii T. Brookhouse
Ralph L. Dennis
James W. Buchanan
Leon R. DeVeau
Mary C. Bucknam Frank L. Burk
Pardon N. Dexter
** William E. Burns C. Walter Burrill Horace Burrough, III
Charles J. Dolan
Arthur F. Burt
Stephen J. Donlon
Arthur L. Burt
*Charles H. Douglass, Jr.
Robert G. Byrne
*Everett A. Dow Joseph M. Downey
Donald C. Cahoon
Harry E. Cahoon
. John P. Drislane Richard J. Duly
Robert H. Calhoun
Thomas W. Duncan
Henry J. Callahan
*George J. Dunham, Jr.
Daniel Cameron
Harold O. Durgin
Peter Cassidy
George D. R. Durkee
Arthur E. Cate
Vincent B. Easterbrooks
L. Herbert Cahoon
George E. Devitt
George V. Doane
Frank W. Doda
C. Glover Bowes
Ray D. Crooker
Philip G. Averill
1943]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
9
Hamilton P. Edwards J. Howard Edwards Lyndon W. Ellis
Clyde S. Emery Harold G. Enholm
William G. Faia Harold L. Feeny
James J. Fitzpatrick
Paul W. Fitzpatrick
John T. Lee
Berton A. Fogg
Albert E. Legere
Edward E. Folsom Alfred N. Frazier
Robert M. Leonard
Ralph I. Lindsey
Leo W. Frechette
Bernard A. Friberg
Walter F. Fuller
Gordon F. Fuller
Giacomo Gallo
** Nicholas Gallo
Francis H. McCarran, Sr.
Charles A. McKenna
Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr.
*Francis W. Maitland
Alfred J. Manchin
Ernest Manchin
William R. MacMillan
Eugene L. Mann
Wilfred W. March
Sullivan Marino
Frank M. Marsh
Albert R. Martin
B. Malcolm Martin
Leo Mascott
John A. Massey
Louis V. Massei
Charles P. McGettrick
Thomas F. McGettrick
William J. McGettrick
Delmar H. McLean
John G. McLearn
Frank W. Meggison
Ralph D. Merritt
*Fred E. Miller, Jr.
William P. Mitchell
Alfred A. Hezeltine
J. Joseph Moloney Edwin F. Moran John G. Moran
Harding P. Mudge
Walter H. Murphy
John F. Muthe
Daniel J. Myers Roy Nelson, Jr.
Amos P. Nichols, Jr.
George E. Nickerson
*Richard C. Newth Hjalmar T. Nordin Carl B. Nowell Vincent P. O'Brien James P. O'Leary Emanuel Pagano
Michael J. Pagnotta Alonzo A. Parker ** Alonzo F. Parker Antonio Parletta
** Joseph M. Hunt John R. Hurlburt Emilio Iarrobino Granville Ingalls P. Raymond Jackman *Pharus E. Jackson *Bertram C. Jacobs William W. Jaeger Fletcher A. Johnson Harold G. Johnson Wendell F. Jones ** William H. Kane Theodore Kausel, Jr. Clement E. Kennedy
Daniel C. Kennedy
Francis M. Kennedy
George B. Kennedy Frank Lally
Frank J. Landry
*Lawrence C. Lamont
Gordon H. Laumann
Louis L. LaParrella
Alexander E. Little
Robert P. Loring
Edward D. Loveday
Albert E. Loyte George A. Lyons
Albert E. Gallup
Robert W. Gardner
James Gavel
George W. Getchell
Norman J. Given
Herman A. Goodwin
Ralph E. Gould
Vera F. Gould
Stuart W. Graham
Victor D. Greig
Gerald R. Griffin
Eustis B. Grimes
Thomas Handley Arthur E. Hardy ** Samuel Harris
Harold F. Harvey
Herman W. Hay
William M. Hayes
John D. Healy
James A. Hegarty
Robert B. Hegarty
Edward K. Hempel
Lotta A. Hempel
Roger W. Henry
Albert S. Hills Clarence W. Horton ** M. Paine Hoseason Everett C. Howe
Harold C. Hudson
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TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31
Mary M. Pedrick
*Herbert F. Pendleton
George W. Smith
Joseph W. Pendleton
Lila M. Smith
Russell F. Perkins
Clarence E. Spinney
Joseph R. Spinney
Boardman G. Steadman
Clarence B. Stensrud
James S. Stewart
Frank Pietrogallo
Edward A. Stone
George J. Place
** Kenneth P. Stone
Roger W. Pope
Charles L. Stover
George W. Pratt
Simeon J. Strong
D. Joseph Quealy
Charles W. Sumner
Martin H. Randall
Harry W. Sundberg
Allan B. Ranger
Ivan C. Sutherland
Walter L. Ranger
William H. Sutherland, Jr.
Donald Redfern
Kenneth F. Swain
Patrick F. Regan
Glover Swindlehurst
Harry Remis
Russell J. Thayer
Conrad P. Richardson
John T. Riley
Calvin S. Tilden
Harvey R. Trask
Thomas H. Riley
Ralph C. Tyler
William J. Rose
George M. Ross
*Henry A. Rothfuchs
Amos E. Russell
Thomas Saville
Charles J. Scanlon
Winthrop M. Sears
Frederick M. Seaton
Clark W. Wood
Daniel W. Wormwood
Alice L. Shaw
Robert W. Wright
Willis E. Shephard
Charles F. Young
Marcus L. Sherin
Harold W. Young
David Sherman
Rocco Zuchero
*Resigned ** Moved
Board of Appeals
Conrad P. Richardson, Chairman Term expires 1946
C. Glover Bowes Term expires 1944
Charles A. Easterbrooks Term expires 1945
Contributory Retirement System Board Dr. Lincoln A. Palmer, Chairman Term expires 1946
I. Murray Adams, Town Accountant, Secretary (Appointed by statute)
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr. (Elected by members of system) (Term expires 1944)
Bureau of Old Age Assistance (Appointed by Board of Public Welfare) Fred M. Seaton, Chairman Donald Redfern Walter L. Ranger
Helen E. Carson, Secretary
Kenneth W. Ulman
Antonio Videtta
** William G. Warwick
Alexander P. Weinstein
Howard B. Whipple
William J. Whyte
Carl G. Winer
Raphael Seiberg
James O. Thorner
Robert A. Riley
Fred E. Small, Jr.
Robert K. Phillips
Francis Pierre
Leroy V. Perry
Philip F. Perry
1943]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
11
COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY MODERATOR Finance
Precinct 1 Robert B. Hegarty
Precinct 2 Frank B. Drummond
Precinct 3 Chester A. Brown (Resigned May 24, 1943) Harry M. Shanahan (Appointed October 6, 1943)
Precinct 4 Walter F. Livermore (Resigned June 3, 1943)
Robert C. Mansfield (Appointed June 3, 1943)
Precinct 5 Frederick P. Clark
Precinct 6 William Edgar Carter (Resigned June 18, 1943) Harold F. Carlson (Appointed October 13, 1943)
Precinct 7 Francis L. Smith, Chairman (Resigned May 17, 1943) James W. Santry (Appointed Chairman May 17, 1943)
Precinct 8 William H. McCarty
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Records of Town Clerk
January 15, 1943
On this date, R. Miriam Juel was appointed Assistant Town Clerk, term to run concurrently with that of the Town Clerk and she was sworn in accordingly.
. Attest:
MALCOLM F. MACLEAN, JR. Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT Monday, February 15, 1943
Essex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County :
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, to wit-
In Precinct One-Polling Place-Machon School on Burpee Road.
In Precinct Two-Polling Place-Phoenix Bowling Alleys, 217 Bur- rill Street.
In Precinct Three-Polling Place-Town Hall on Burrill Street.
In Precinct Four-Polling Place-Clark School, adjoining Abbott Park.
In Precinct Five-Polling Place-Odd Fellows' Hall, 115 Elmwood Road.
In Precinct Six-Polling Place-Hadley School on Redington Street. In Precinct Seven-Polling Place-Essex Oil Filling Station, 638 Humphrey Street.
In Precinct Eight-Polling Place-Phillips Beach Fire Engine House, Phillips Avenue.
On Monday, the fifteenth day of February, 1943, at seven (7) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following arti- cles, viz:
At the close of the election the meeting will adjourn to Tuesday, the 9th day of March, 1943, at 7:45 P.M., at the Town Hall.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year. To choose a Town Clerk for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year to fill vacancy. To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1943]
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for five (5) years.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose eight (8) representative town meeting members in each precinct for three (3) years.
To choose two (2) representative town meeting members in precinct two for one (1) year.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct five for one (1) year.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct six for two (2) years.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct eight for one (1) year.
All to be chosen by ballot.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year and to renew any notes or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of elected town officials for the ensuing year. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations not calling for the appropriation of money, as contained in the reports of officers, boards or committees. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, and creation of a debt, or the disposition of town prop- erty, as set forth in the reports of officers, boards or committees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take .on the mat- ter or requiring all town officers receiving, filing, recording, or other fees to account for them to the town. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses, as listed in the budget in the Selectmen's report of the annual town report for the year 1942. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 9. To see if the town will authorize the Board of As- sessors, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Planning Board each, to appoint a member of such boards to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Sponsored by the Board of Assessors, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Planning Board.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to appropriate to the account of unpaid bills a sum of money to pay bills contracted prior to January 1, 1943, and remaining unpaid at the time of closing the books for the year 1942. Sponsored by the Town Accountant.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to remove or cover over any or all of the car tracks now located in Swampscott and/or re- surface the streets from which the said car tracks are removed and appropriate money therefor. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the improvement of Humphrey Street, or such other streets as the town meeting may determine; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the Federal authorities, State, or County, or all of them, for this purpose; or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of Humphrey Street, or such other streets as the town meeting may determine; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the Federal authorities, State or County, or all of them, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its own members as agent and investigating officer and fix the salary of such an appointee at $1,320.00 and appropriate money therefor as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter, Ed.). Sponsored by the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 15. To see if the town will authorize the Bureau of Old Age Assistance to appoint one of its own members as agent and investigating officer and fix the salary of such an appointee at $330.00 and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Bureau of Old Age Assistance.
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