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Annual Report of
Town Officers
of the
Town of Agawam Massachusetts E
INCORP
15.1855:
ORAT
For the Year Ending December 31 1936
THE LOTHROP PRESS PRINTERS SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Town Officers 1936
Selectmen and Board of Health GILES W. HALLADAY ROCCO CASCELLA HERMAN A. CORDES
Town Clerk and Treasurer HENRY E. BODURTHA
Collector RAYMOND F. FINNEGAN
School Committee
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term expires 1938
LESLIE C. MILLER Term expires 1938
EDSON A. FERRELL Term expires 1939
SIDNEY F. ATWOOD
Term expires 1939
GRACE B. REED Term expires 1937
WARREN C. BODURTHA Term expires 1937
Assessors
ADOLPHUS PROVOST Term expires 1938
ARTHUR A. RANDALL Term expires 1937
FRED A. RAISON Term expires 1939
Auditor HENDRICK FICKWEILER
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Library Trustees
ALICE B. GRANGER
Term expires 1938
IDA BERNATCHEZ Term expires 1939
ANNA H. RUDMAN
Term expires 1937
Water Commissioners
LOUIS MERCADANTE Term expires 1938
DUDLEY K. BODURTHA Term expires 1939
DENNIS M. CROWLEY
Term expires 1937
Board of Public Welfare
JOSEPH J. BORGATTI Term expires 1937
FRANK W. KELLOGG Term expires 1939
OSCAR T. BARKER Term expires 1938
Cemetery Commissioners
ELBERT L. CAMPBELL Term expires 1938
ALVIN R. KELLOGG Term expires 1939
JOHN J. KANE Term expires 1937
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund
FREMONT H. KING Term expires 1938
CHARLES W. BROWN Term expires 1937
Tree Warden FRANK W. RANDALL
Constables
WARREN C. BODURTHA ALVIN R. KELLOGG FRANK H. CAMPBELL CHARLES M. ROBINSON DANIEL O. CESAN ERNEST G. SEALANDER JASPER DEFORGE GEORGE H. TALMADGE
EDWARD A. GOSSELIN
CHARLES H. WYMAN
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Finance Committee
JOHN R. LLOYD Term expires 1937
EDWIN L. TALMADGE Term expires 1937
FRANK W. KELLOGG Term expires 1938
JAMES H. CLARK
Term expires 1939
HAROLD C. ATWATER Term expires 1939
JAMES P. KANE
Term expires 1938
Moderator GEORGE W. PORTER
Welfare Agent J. GILMAN CLARK
Surveyors of Lumber CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING
Measurers of Wood
WILLARD C. CROUSS
FREMONT H. KING
CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING
Public Weighers
PHILIP D. BARRY PRENTISS JENKS
HERBERT BRIGGS BERTLEY R. JENKS
Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Chief of Police PERLEY J. HEWEY
Registrars of Voters
CHARLES W. HULL PHILIP W. HASTINGS
PHILIP D. BARRY HENRY E. BODURTHA
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Inspector of Animals ANDREW CHRISCOLO
Inspector of Meats HERBERT G. TAYLOR
Foreman of Highway Work CLARK B. JONES
Fire Engineers EDWARD J. GOSSELIN FRANK T. GOSS RILEY S. FARNSWORTH
Field Drivers
WILLIAM S. HALLADAY CHARLES W. HULL
Fence Viewers
WILLARD C. CROUSS JAMES W. CESAN
Dog Officer RICHARD T. WILSON
Burial Agent EDWIN B. SPRING
Town Counsel THOMAS H. KIRKLAND
Zoning Committee
FRANCIS F. CLEARY Term expires 1937
JOSEPH J. BORGATTI Term expires 1937
JEREMIAH J. CAVANAUGH Term expires 1938
WARREN F. HOYE Term expires 1938
ARTHUR W. TAYLOR Term expires 1939
JOHN R. LLOYD Term expires 1939
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, FEBRUARY 3, 1936
Number of Ballots cast
A 861
Precinct B 625
C
Total
750 2236
RESULT OF COUNT OF BALLOTS
Town Clerk and Treasurer
Henry E. Bodurtha
502
402
588
1492
Clement Menard
1
1
Blanks
359
223
161
743
Selectmen, Board of Health :
John J. Caldon
280
166
262
708
Rocco Cascella
485
333
472
1290
Herman A. Cordes
316
352
594
1262
Clarence A. Duclos
391
150
153
694
Giles W. Halladay
323
503
464
1290
Erwin J. Soper
129
93
58
280
Blanks
659
278
247
1184
Collector :
Roy S. Bailey
166
271
505
942
Raymond F. Finnegan
653
304
215
1172
Blanks
42
50
30
122
Assessor for three years :
Francis P. Cleary
491
287
219
997
Frederick A. Raison
239
307
493
1039
Blanks
131
31
38
200
7
School Committee for three years :
Sidney F. Atwood
220
382
524
1126
Edson A. Ferrell
406
304
460
1170
Alfred J. St. John
431
182
198
811
Odette S. White
220
159
133
512
Blanks
445
223
185
853
Public Welfare for three years :
Frank W. Kellogg
323
375
563
1261
Theodore Vandersingel
337
178
137
652
Blanks
201
72
50
323
Auditor :
Hendrick Fickweiler
286
371
592
1249
James L. Nodurf
316
130
97
543
Blanks
259
124
61
444
Library Trustee for three years :
Ida Bernatchez
326
335
494
1155
Margaret E. Ferranti
463
185
178
826
Blanks
72
105
78
255
Water Commissioner for three years :
Dudley K. Bodurtha
389
398
504
1291
John L. Burke
293
141
221
655
Blanks
179
86
25
290
Trustee Whiting Street Fund for two years :
Fremont H. King
259
343
531
1133
Florence H. Rising
367
182
155
704
Blanks
235
100
64
399
Tree Warden :
William F. Buckley
466
194
175
835
Frank W. Randall
267
349
538
1154
Blanks
128
82
37
247
8
Cemetery Commissioner for three years :
Leonard W. Bennett
327
137
146
610
Alvin R. Kellogg
298
410
531
1239
Blanks
236
78
73
387
Finance Committee for three years :
Harold C. Atwater
267
348
533
1148
James H. Clark
270
352
502
1124
Lawrence F. Connors
364
129
186
679
Honor Savaria
313
165
116
594
Blanks
508
256
163
927
Moderator :
James F. Kirby
551
208
195
954
George W. Porter
196
335
506
1037
Blanks
114
82
49
245
Constables :
Edward Bazinet
238
101
130
469
Arthur J. Berthiaume
302
104
168
574
Warren C. Bodurtha
245
313
599
1157
Frankie H. Campbell
197
273
552
1022
Steven Charles Carlisto
177
109
78
364
Daniel O. Cesan
220
322
486
1028
Joseph C. Chagnon
302
168
113
583
John R. Daley
348
146
311
805
Thomas Daley
332
133
176
641
Jasper P. DeForge
446
201
261
908
William DeForge
415
159
219
793
Edward Descoteaux
262
117
90
469
John E. Dugan
372
129
140
641
Edward A. Gosselin
326
257
406
989
Alvin R. Kellogg
186
332
450
968
Charles M. Robinson
158
245
467
870
Ernest G. Sealander
214
266
383
863
Alfred P. Sherman
226
252
364
842
George H. Talmadge
342
342
450
1134
Charles H. Wyman
228
370
476
1074
Blanks
3074
1911
1181
6166
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Annual Town Meeting
FEBRUARY 8, 1936
Annual Town Meeting assembled in the Auditorium of the High School at one o'clock P. M. according to call of Warrant, which was read by the Town Clerk, and under
Article 1. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Willard C. Crouss and James W. Cesan were chosen as Fence Viewers.
William S. Halladay and Charles W. Hull were chosen as Field Drivers.
Article 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the town officers.
Voted: To accept the reports of the town officers as printed, typographical errors and omissions accepted.
Article 3. To see what method the town will adopt for the support of Public Welfare for the ensuing year.
Voted: To leave the method of support of Public Wel- fare in the hands of the Board of Welfare.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the proper Observance of Memorial Day and provide for its expenditure.
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Voted: To appropriate the sum of $150 for the proper observance of Memorial Day to be expended in the usual manner.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an Insur- ance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $615 for payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as sureties on the official bond of town officials.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for Liability Insurance of its employees.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $940 for liability insurance of the town employees.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for diphtheria immunization.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $65 for Diphtheria Immunization.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for enforcement of the dog law.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $500 for enforce- ment of the dog law.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1935 in Water Department.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $4,241.57 for over- drafts in the Water Department in 1935.
Article 10. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $60, balance of 1935 appro- priation for construction of fence around High School property.
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Voted: To appropriate the sum of $60 of balance of 1935 appropriation for construction of fence around High School lot.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for employment of a District Nurse.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2,350 for support of a District Nurse.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $75 to be expended in the Town by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $75 to be expended in the Town by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the construction of permanent road on Adams Street, beginning at Main Street, work to be done by the Relief Department in conjunction with the W. P. A. if possible. Said sum to be raised by 1935 taxation.
Voted: To refer this matter to the Board of Selectmen, with instructions to proceed with the work under a W. P. A. project if advisable.
Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the preservation, care and main- tenance of and for the further protection, by insurance or otherwise, of the town's interest in real estate held by it under purchase and takings for non-payment of taxes, as authorized by Clause 38 of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws; and authorize the selectmen to do all things necessary to protect the town's interest therein, or take any action relative thereto.
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Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the preservation, care and maintenance of and for the further protection by insurance or otherwise of the Town's interest in real estate held by the Town under pur- chasings and takings for non-payment of taxes, as author- ized by Clause 38 of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws; and that the selectmen be hereby authorized to do all things necessary to protect the Town's interest therein.
Article 15. 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 and 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 whom- soever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town authorize the selectmen and Town Treasurer to sell after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale of property taken by the Town under Tax Title procedure; the selectmen and Treasurer being given full authority to reject any bid which they deem inadequate.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Royal and Randall Streets, according to plans in file in the Town Clerk's Office, as public streets.
Voted: To pass over.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to give per- mission to the Feeding Hills Cemetery Association to en- large their present cemetery by adding a certain tract of land situated easterly of said cemetery on Springfield Street, said description being on file in Town Clerk's office.
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Voted: That the Town hereby grant permission to the Feeding Hills Cemetery Association to enlarge its present cemetery by adding a certain tract of land situated easterly of said cemetery on Springfield Street described as fol- lows: Starting at the South-east corner of said cemetery on Springfield Street running Northerly along the east boundary of said cemetery 506 feet to a stone: thence Easterly 100 feet along land of Nelson G. King to a stone : thence Southerly along land of said King and parallel to the east boundary of the cemetery 195 feet to a stone: thence South-easterly along land of said King 281 feet to a stone at Springfield Street, and thence along Springfield Street 441 feet to the point of beginning, said tract con- taining about two and one-half acres.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Wal- nut Street, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the improvement of Walnut Street : said sum or any portion therein to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept sections 32-47 of Chapter 147 of the Tercentenary Edition of General Laws referring to licensed boxing matches.
Voted: To pass over.
Article 20. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for W. P. A. projects and provide for the raising of said sum.
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Voted: To appropriate the following sums of money for the several W. P. A. projects :
Tree Trimming
$ 798.00
Rowley Street Sewer
9672.79
Reed Street Drainage
4357.60
Gypsy Moth
335.00
Cooper Street Water
1792.95
Maple Street Sidewalk
378.00
High Street Drainage
110.00
Painting School Buildings
1753.50
Surveying
1092.39
High Street Pipe
921.00
Sewing
350.00
Wood Chopping
25.00
Incidentals
413.77
$22,000.00
Article 21. 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, 1936 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 22. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
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Voted: To appropriate the following sums of money for 1936 :
General Government :
Legislative
Salary of Moderator
$ 25.00
All Other
75.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
1500.00
Clerk
200.00
All Other
100.00
Auditor :
Salary
100.00
Accounting Department :
Salary
300.00
All Other
100.00
Treasurer :
Salary
1500.00
All Other
250.00
Collector :
Salary
1450.00
Clerk
300.00
All Other
1265.00
Assessors :
Salaries
1950.00
Excise Tax Salary
.. ..... ,.
300.00
All Other
250.00
Law :
Town Counsel
225.00
All Other
500.00
Town Clerk :
Salary
500.00
All Other
125.00
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Election and Registration .. 1200.00
Town Buildings ..... . .. 500.00 $ 12,715.00
Protection To Persons and Property :
Police Department :
Salaries
4700.00
All Other
1600.00
Fire Department :
Salaries
1500.00
All Other
1891.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
396.00
All Other
50.00
Forestry :
Salary
200.00
Fire Permits
75.00
Spraying
50.00
All Other
200.00
Moth Extermination
300.00
$ 10,962.00
Health and Sanitation :
General Administration
250.00
Hospitals and all others
4500.00
Garbage
275.00
Inspector of Animals
250.00
Inspector of Meats and Pro- visions
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Farm Slaughtering $500.00
Slaughter House .... 200.00
700.00
Vital Statistics :
25.00
Sewers
300.00
Surface Drainage
300.00
6,650.00
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Highways :
Maintenance
6000.00
Oiling
3000.00
Snow Removal
2500.00
Lighting
7000.00
18,500.00
Charities :
Salaries
2900.00
Relief
55000.00
All Other
1600.00
59,500.00
Schools
132000.00
And a sum not to exceed $1012
received for insurance 1012.00
Libraries :
Salaries
405.00
All Other
200.00
605.00
State and Military Aid
125.00
Soldiers' Relief
7500.00
7,625.00
Old Age Assistance
15,000.00
Unclassified
700.00
Interest :
Bonded Debt
8600.00
Temporary Loans
3400.00
12,000.00
Water Department :
Salaries
1700.00
Water
10000.00
All Other
13300.00
25,000.00
Independence Day
100.00
Town Debt
38,000.00
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
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Under Previous Articles 36,496.57
Total $378,865.57
Article 23. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be hereby in- structed to obtain definite knowledge concerning prospect of removing the overpass on Springfield Street and approximate cost to the town.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of six, two from each Precinct to investigate the insurance situa- tion pertaining to our town buildings, and report their findings and recommendations at the first special town meeting held during the year 1936. Giles W. Halladay, Sidney F. Atwood, H. Preston Worden, James P. Kane, James Snell and John J. Caldon were appointed as such committee.
Voted: To adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
MAY 12, 1936
Article 1. To see whether the Town will adopt a by- law for the purpose of licensing, limiting, regulating, or otherwise controlling the erection and display of bill- boards, or other advertising devices in public places with- in the limits of the Town, not inconsistent with Sections 29 to 33 inclusive of Chapter 93 of General Laws, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
A set of by-laws was moved for adoption relative to bill- boards, signs, etc. and was referred to a committee of three appointed by Moderator, committee appointed con- sisted of Thomas H. Stapleton, James H. Kerr, and Elsie W. Hastings.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for W. P. A. Projects.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $20,871.08 for W. P. A. Projects as follows :
Farm to Market Roads $ 3,332.06
Sewing
840.00
High Street Drainage
400.00
Maple Street Sidewalk
839.00
Cooper Street Water Main
235.45
Wood Chopping
160.00
Reed Street Surfacing
4,613.00
Shoemaker Lane Resurfacing
724.50
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Walnut Street Drainage
7,400.07
Assessors' Plans
258.00
Recreation
869.00
Administration
1,000.00
First Aid
200.00
$ 20,871.08
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow a sum of money under authority of and in accordance with Chap- ter 80 Acts of 1936, the said sum to meet appropriations for W. P. A. Projects, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That of the amount appropriated for W. P. A. Projects the sum of $871.08 be raised by taxation during the present municipal year of 1936.
Voted: That the Treasurer with the approval of the Se- lectmen be and is authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $20,000 under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80, Acts of 1936 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable within 10 years from date. The said amount to be used to meet appropriations made for W. P. A. Projects. Unanimous vote.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate any additional sum of money for Highway, Police, and Fire Departments.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $5,300 for Highways as follows : Snow removal $1,000, Flood Relief Work $3,500, Tools $800, and the sum of $200 for Police Department to meet expenses of Flood conditions.
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money for appropriations made for Highway, Police and Fire Departments, under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of Acts of 1933, or take any action relative thereto.
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Voted: That the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $5500 to meet appropriations made for Highway and Police, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 Acts of 1933. (Vote unanimous).
Article 6. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider the advisability of purchasing or taking addi- tional land contiguous to the High School grounds for Athletic purposes, and report to a future meeting with estimated costs.
Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider the advisability of acquiring land contiguous to the High School field for Athletic purposes, and report their findings to the next Town meeting.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 for expenses of foreclosure of Tax Title Liens.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1,000 for expenses of foreclosure of Tax Title Liens, said sums to be raised by taxation.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,500 for refinancing Insurance on School buildings and contents.
Voted: To refer the subject matter to the next annual town meeting.
Article 9. To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to locate suit- able property to be used as a Town Dump, and for the next annual town meeting have an article inserted in the warrant for the purchasing and maintenance of the same.
Voted: To adjourn.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1936
RESULT OF COUNT OF BALLOTS
A
Precinct B C Total
Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors :
Aiken and Teichert
1
0
0
1
Browder and Ford
0
0
1
1
Colvin and Watson
0
0
0
0
Landon and Knox
238
340
649
1227
Lemke and O'Brien
53
47
61
161
Roosevelt and Garner
787
377
402
1566
Thomas and Nelson
5
0
2
7
Blanks
16
13
14
43
Governor :
Fred G. Bushold
25
15
16
56
Alfred H. Evans
1
2
3
6
John W. Haigis
332
406
761
1499
Horace I. Hillis
1
4
1
6
Otis Archer Hood
0
2
0
2
Charles F. Hurley
649
289
28
1222
Alfred Baker Lewis
10
1
4
15
William H. McMasters
49
36
43
128
Blanks
33
22
17
72
Lieutenant Governor :
Henning A. Blomen
8
5
4
17
Freeman W. Follett
3
3
6
12
Walter S. Hutchins
13
11
12
36
Francis E. Kelly
700
328
324
1352
Leverett Saltonstall
300
402
752
1454
Paul C. Wicks
2
1
4
7
Blanks
74
27
27
128
23
Secretary :
Frederic W. Cook
327
413
766
1506
Ralph Dow
10
3
9
22
George L. McGlynn
19
15
11
45
Mary E. Moore
0
2
6
8
Joseph Santosuosso
650
306
290
1246
Blanks
94
38
47
179
Treasurer :
Thomas Gilmartin
7
10
2
19
Mabelle M. Groves
4
3
7
14
Harold J. Hatfield
8
11
17
36
Eva Hoffman
1
5
1
7
James M. Hurley
690
321
309
1320
William E. Hurley
291
396
742
1429
Sylvester J. McBride
16
4
5
25
Blanks
83
27
46
156
Auditor :
Lyman M. Aldrich
9
1
9
19
Thomas H. Buckley
675
331
310
1316
Richard Darby
8
8
7
23
Elizabeth Donovan
10
4
5
19
Alfred Haase
0
2
2
4
Walter J. Hogan
23
14
10
47
Russell A. Wood
267
378
728
1373
Blanks
108
39
58
205
Attorney General :
Morris Berzon
12
3
7
22
Paul A. Dever
688
349
344
1381
Felix Forte
284
367
715
1366
George F. Hogan
1
1
5
7
Fred E. Oelcher
10
10
7
27
Michael Tuysuzian
2
2
0
4
Blanks
103
45
51
199
Senator in Congress : Alonzo B. Cook ..
6
7
12
25
Albert Sprague Coolidge
9
6
7
22
24
James M. Curley
598
259
230
1087
Ernest L. Dodge
4
5
2
11
Charles Flaherty
1
0
0
1
Guy M. Gray
21
7
14
42
Moses H. Gulesian
12
10
7
29
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
315
392
752
1459
Wilbur D. Moon
3
1
1
5
Thomas C. O'Brien
78
59
71
208
Blanks
53
31
33
117
Congressman :
Charles R. Clason
310
407
738
1455
Harry A. Curtis
61
34
25
120
S. Ralph Harlow
15
9
12
36
Donald F. Moynahan
13
8
7
28
Agnes C. Reavey
632
295
313
1240
Blanks
69
24
34
127
Councillor :
George A. Bacon
288
383
733
1404
Edward T. Collins
641
307
307
1255
Alfred Desmond
58
40
33
131
Blanks
113
47
56
216
Senator :
Mary W. Dickson
16
8
15
39
George E. Kelly
718
347
349
1414
Edwin L. Olander
269
376
720
1365
Blanks
97
46
44
187
Representatives in General Court :
Donald A. MacDonald
444
428
757
1629
William J. Sessions
255
351
674
1280
William A. Sherman
673
331
338
1342
Blanks
828
444
489
1761
Register of Probate and Insolvency : William T. Dillon 818
573
914
2305
Blanks
282
204
215
701
25
County Commissioners :
Charles W. Bray
314
398
749
1461
Maurice G. Donahue
600
298
284
1182
Daniel V. Fogarty
496
258
238
992
George E. Pellissier
280
331
672
1283
Blanks
510
269
315
1094
County Treasurer :
Philip Valmore Erard
391
404
730
1525
John J. Murphy
595
312
332
1239
Blanks
114
61
67
242
Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alco- holic beverages) ?
Yes
688
380
519
1587
No
112
184
371
667
Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
Yes
675
369
521
1565
No
95
169
340
604
Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
Yes
672
369
544 1585
No
93
169
316
578
26
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Hampden ss : West Springfield, November 13, 1936
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the several towns representing the Second Hampden Representative District, the votes of the several towns were canvassed as follows :
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