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ALEX. HAMILTON
HA
rs.
INCORP. JUNE
21.1793*
ANNUAL REPORT
for the
TOWN of HAMILTON
MASSACHUSETTS
1942
NEWCOMB & GAUSS CO., Printers Salem, Massachusetts
ANNUAL REPORT
for the
TOWN of HAMILTON
MASSACHUSETTS 1942
LIST of OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Selectmen JOHN H. PERKINS, Chairman
EDWARD A. DEWITT
LAWRENCE R. STONE
Board of Public Welfare LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman
EDWARD A. DEWITT JOHN H. PERKINS
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Agent
Board of Health EDWARD DEWITT, Chairman
JOHN H. PERKINS
LAWRENCE R. STONE
Moderator OLIVER WOLCOTT
Toun Clerk GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN
Treasurer BERNARD A. CULLEN
Tax Collector FRANK B. CROWELL (deceased) BERTHA L. CROWELL
Surveyor of Highways LELAND D. THOMPSON
Assessors JESSE S. MANN, Chairman Term expires 1945
ROBERT H. CHITTICK Term expires 1944
DONALD G. TRUSSELL Term expires 1943
Trustees of Public Library BEATRICE B. HOLMES, Chairman Term expires 1945
ROLAND W. PAYNE Term expires 1944
JOHN F. NEARY Term expires 1943
School Committee FREDERIC WINTHROP, JR., Chairman Term expires 1943
ALLAN MACCURRACH Term expires 1944
GRACE B. LAMSON Term expires 1945
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Tree Warden RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Cemetery Commissioners RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE, Chairman Term expires 1945
LAWRENCE LAMSON Term expires 1943
LAWRENCE C. FOSTER Term expires 194%
Water Commissioners GEORGE A HARRIGAN, Chairman Term expires 1943
EDWARD F. HALEY Term expires 1944
RICHARD H. SMITH Term expires 1945
Park Commissioners STANLEY E. ALLEN, Chairman Term expires 1944
RALSTON F. PICKERING Term expires 1945
FREDERICK P. GOODHUE Term expires 1943
Constables EDWARD FREDERICK
CHARLES F. POOLE
ARTHUR SOUTHWICK
Chief of Police EDWARD FREDERICK
Moth Superintendent RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Superintendent of Cemetery ERNEST E. MACGREGOR
Superintendent of Water Works MALCOLM P. BROWN
Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term expires 1943
DANIEL F. CROWLEY Term expires 1944
JOHN F. COUNIHAN Term expires 1945
GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN, Clerk ex-officio
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERVING O. MAXWELL
Town Accountant GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN
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W. P. A. Co-ordinator ALEXINA D. MORROW
Town Counsel ROBERT B. WALSH
Fire Engineeers A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, Chief
EARL E. JOHNSON
RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Finance and Advisory Committee THEODORE A. HOLLAND STANDISH BRADFORD (resigned)
FORRESTER A. CLARK (resigned) PERCIVAL D. WHIPPLE ERNEST F. STOCKWELL
JOHN KING
JOHN A. TUCKERMAN
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering ERNEST M. BARKER
Inspector of Milk ERNEST M. BARKER
Forest Fire Warden FRED BERRY
Dog Officer F. BLAIR CROWELL (resigned) WALTER E. JOHNSON
Field Drivers
FRED BERRY LORING COOK (deceased)
CARL ANDERSON ERNEST M. BARKER
Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark JESSE S. MANN ERNEST M. BARKER
TIMOTHY A. MOYNIHAN WENDELL W. DODGE
Keeper of Lockup GEORGE H. HARADEN
REPORT of the TOWN CLERK 1942
REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF HAMILTON HELD MARCH 2, 1942 AND OF THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 10, 1942
MODERATOR: Oliver Wolcott TELLERS
Republican Lester F. Stanley Frank C. Back J. Edwin Austin Edward J. Ready
Henry C. Jackson
Alice M. Lovering
Democratic Barbara Corcoran
Jessie W. B. Cunningham Annie Cunningham Ann Kelleher John F. Counihan Stephen J. D'Arcy
POLICE
Edward Frederick Arthur Southwick
TOWN CLERK George Gibney Haraden
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Oliver Wolcott, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening Tuesday, March 2, 1942.
Rev. John L. Yenches led the meeting in prayer.
Article 1. "To bring in your ballots for : Moderator for one year.
Town Clerk for one year.
Three Selectmen for one year.
Three Overseers of Public Welfare for one year.
Treasurer for one year.
Tax Collector for one year.
One Surveyor of Highways for one year.
Tree Warden for one year.
Three Constables for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
One Member of the School Committee for three years.
One Library Trustee for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Water Commissioner for three years.
One Member of Planning Board for five years.
One Member of Planning Board for four years.
One Member of Planning Board for three years.
One Member of Planning Board for two years.
One Member of Planning Board for one year.
The above named officers to be voted for on one ballot on Tuesday, the tenth day of March, 1942 (March 10, 1942). The polls will be opened at 5.45 o'clock A. M. and may be closed at 4.00 o'clock P. M."
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The Moderator stated that in accordance with the Warrant Article I would be acted upon Tuesday, March 10, 1942.
Moderator : "The first Article for consideration this evening is Article 2."
Article II. "To choose and appoint all other Town Officers in such man- ner as the Town shall determine."
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and seconded : That Fred Berry, Loring Cook, Carl Anderson, and Ernest M. Barker be elected as Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and seconded: That Jesse S. Mann, Ernest M. Barker, Timothy A. Moynihan and Wendell W. Dodge be elected as Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark for the ensuing year.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article III. "To hear the report of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees and take any action there- on."
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded: That this article be di- vided and that all departmental reports be considered first and reports of special committees then be taken up.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded: That all departmental reports contained in the Town Reports be received and placed on file.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded : That the report of the Committee on the H. M. C. S. Hamilton be received and placed on file.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded: That the report of the Committee on remodelling the Town Hall be received and placed on file.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article IV. "To see if the Town will vote to have the Defense Committee of 1941 act as a Town Defense Committee or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and seconded: That the members of the local Defense Committee of 1941, at the present time functioning under the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, be and act as the Town Defense Committee on Public Safety, subject to the powers, rules and regulations of both the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety and the Federal Office of Civilian Defense.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article V. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1.800.00 for the preservation of health and protection of persons and property, to purchase equipment, uniforms and supplies for auxiliary fire and police departments, air-raid wardens, first aid rescue squads and other essential units of defense; and to provide for such other means as may be necessary in the national emergency for the protection of the people and property in the Town, or take any action thereon."
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Moved by Mr. Percival D. Whipple and seconded : That the sum of $1,800.00 be raised and appropriated for the preservation of health and pro- tection of persons and property ; to purchase equipment, uniforms and supplies for auxiliary fire and police departments, air-raid wardens, first aid rescue squads and other essential units of defense; to provide for the training of its citizens in first aid and other matters essential to civilian defense; and to provide for such other means as may be necessary in the national emergency for the protection of the people and property in the Town.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article VI. "To raise and appropriate money for the Schools, Highways, and all other expenses and determine the manner of expending same."
Moderator : "On this Article I will read the recommendations of the Finance Committe on all departments. If debate is wished on any item please call "Pass" and we will take that up after voting on the others as a whole."
Selectmen, salaries
$1,000 00
Pass
Expenses
550 00
Accounting
1,475 00
Treasurer, salary
800 00
Expenses
500 00
Tax Collector, salary
1,000 00
Expenses
485 00
Assessors, salaries
800 00
Expenses
1,000 00
Other Finance Accounts
25 00
Town Clerk, salary
550 00
Expenses
150 00
Law
600 00
Election and Registration
1,300 00
Town Hall
3,000 00
Police
3,200 00
Fire (Salaries $225 00)
3,000 00
Moth, Town
2,500 00
Private
1,300 00
Tree Warden
900 00
Forest Fire Warden
75 00
Sealer
300 00
Health
2,700 00
Inspector of Animals
75 00
Highways, Salaries
1,800 00
Expenses
10,875 00
Truck
650 00
Snow
3,500 00
Street Lighting
7,200 00
Public Welfare
8,200 00
Soldiers' Relief
500 00
State and Military Aid
200 00
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Old Age Assistance
11,500 00
Administration 5,000 00
Aid to Dependent Children, assistance
1,400 00
Administration
25 00
School
47,521 97*
Vocational
400 00
Cafeteria
2,000 00
Educational Trips
50 00
Painting
$1,033 00
Desks, chairs, tables and benches
116 51
Encyclopedia
71 12
Screens and shades
200 00
Gymnasium equipment
50 00
Washing walls, Lamson School
125 00
Public Library
2,400 00
American Legion
300 00
Boiler Insurance
150 00
Insurance Fund
1,000 00
Reserve Fund
2,000 00
Memorial Day
250 00
Parks
450 00
Town Clock
50 00
Town Reports
500 00
Water Department expenses
3,152 00
Installations
1,700 00
Cemetery
Interest
3,500 00
Maturing Debt
8,000 00
*Plus dog tax.
Voice vote on all items except that PASSED.
Appropriations unanimously made.
Selectmen : Salaries .- Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and seconded : that Selectmen, salaries be $1,000 00.
1,450 00
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article VII. "To see if the Town will vote, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, to transfer the sum of $7,000 00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Selectmen's Unemployment Ac- count, to be expended for work to be done on the Highways, the Cemetery, the Moth Suppression Department, the Parks, Fire Protection, the Water Supply System, municipal buildings, and other municipal works projects in conjunction with the Federal Government, and for materials and implements, to provide work for the needy unemployed of the Town, or take action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Theodore A. Holland and seconded : That subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, the sum of $7,000.00 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Select- men's Unemployment Account, to be expended for work to be done on the Highways, the Parks, Fire Protection, the Water Supply system, municipal
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buildings, and other municipal works projects in conjunction with the Federal Government, and for materials and implements to provide work for the needy unemployed of the Town.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article VIII. "To see if the Town will vote, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxations, to transfer the sum of $4,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Maturing Debt, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Dr. John King and seconded : That subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation the sum of $4,000.00 be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Maturing Debt.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article IX. "To see if the Town will vote, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxations, to transfer the sum of $500.00 from the Overlay Surplus to the State Guard Reserve or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Standish Bradford and seconded: That subject to the ap- proval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxations, the sum of $500.00 be transferred from the Overlay Surplus to the Commanding Officer of the Hamilton unit of the State Guard Reserve.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article X. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,400.00 to purchase and acquire a combination ladder, truck and pumper piece of fire apparatus for the use of the Fire Department, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Standish Bradford and seconded : That the sum of $8,400.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase and acquire a combination ladder, truck and pumper piece of fire apparatus for the use of the fire department.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XI. "To see if the Town will vote to accept Gifford Road, so called, as per plan on file at the Town Clerk's office or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Ethel M. Feindle and others."
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and seconded: That the town accept Gifford Road, so called, as shown on a plan now on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XII. "To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by- law." No new street shall be accepted by the Town unless the owners of the land over which the street is to be laid out shall remove the turf from the entire length of the proposed street and to such width of said proposed street as shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen and shall also remove the loam and replace it with gravel for such depth as the selectmen shall deem it necessary."
"A plan of the proposed street shall be attached to the petition for the layout."
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"Whenever the Selectmen shall deem it necessary, the owners of the land over which the street is to be laid out shall provide an easement to the Town for the purpose of taking care of the drainage of said street, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded: That the Town adopt the following by-law, "No new street shall be accepted by the Town unless the owners of the land over which the street is to be laid out shall remove the turf from the entire length of the proposed street and to such width of said proposed street as shall be determined by the board of Selectmen and shall also remove the loam and replace it with gravel for such depth as the Select- men shall deem necessary."
"A plan of the proposed street shall be attached to the petition for the layout."
"Whenever the Selectmen shall deem it necessary, the owners of the land over which the street is to be laid out shall provide an easement to the Town for the purpose of taking care of the drainage of said street."
"This by-law shall become operative upon its approval by the attorney- general but shall not be applicable to any street accepted before July 1, 1942." Voice vote.
Due to dissent in the voice vote and the necessity for a four-fifths vote for this motion the Moderator called for a standing vote. Tellers: Robert Robertson, Oscar Wood and Frank Buzzell.
The vote: Affirmative 81 Negative 1 Motion carried.
Article XIII. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $783.56 for the payment of unpaid bills of the School Department for the year 1941, due to the insufficiency of appropriations, as provided for by Chapter 179 of Acts of 1941."
Moved by Mr. Standish Bradford and seconded: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $783.56 for the payment of unpaid bills of the School Department for the year 1941, due to insufficiency of appropriation, as pro- vided for by Chapter 179 of Acts of 1941.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XIV. "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 pro- cedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take action relative theretc."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and seconded : That the Town 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 whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
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Article XV. "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treas- urer, 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, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and Amendments thereto."
Moved by Mr. Bernard A. Cullen and seconded: That the Town Treas- urer, be and hereby is authorized 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, 1943, 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 shorter period than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and amendments thereto.
Article XVI. "To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, of the General Laws and amend- ments thereto."
Moved by Mr. Frank B. Crowell and seconded: That the Town authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed Collector may use agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, of the General Laws and amendments thereto.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XVII. "To act on any cther matter that may legally come before said meeting."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins that the meeting be adjourned until March 10, 1942. Seconded :
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
The Moderator declared the meeting adjourned until five-forty-five a. m. March 10, 1942 when the election will take place under Article I.
Time : eight-six p. m.
Vote on Article I.
There were 948 votes cast under Article I as follows :
Men 482
Women 466
948
There were 921 votes cast at the polls and 27 absentee ballots. Moderator-for one year.
Oliver Wolcott 733 Blanks 215
Town Clerk-for one year. George Gibney Haraden 771 Blanks 177
Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare-three for one year.
John H. Perkins 618 John P. Moulton 404
Edward A. DeWitt 530
Blanks 771
Lawrence R. Stone 521
Surveyor of Highways- for one year. Leland D. Thompson 785 Blanks 163
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Assessor-for three years. Jesse S. Mann
689
Blanks
259
Treasurer-for one year.
Bernard A. Cullen 771
Blanks
177
Tax Collector-for one year.
Frank B. Crowell 725
Hazel M. C. Bray
46
Hovey F. Humphrey 140
Blanks
37
Tree Warden for one year.
Rudolph H. Haraden
749
Blanks
199
Constables-three for one year.
Charles F. Poole
739
Edward Frederick
723
Arthur Southwick
470
School Committee-for three years.
Grace B. Lamson
685
Blanks
263
Water Commissioner-for three years.
Richard H. Smith
669
Blanks
279
Cemetery Commissioner-for three years.
Raymond A. Whipple
714
Blanks
234
Trustee Public Library-for three years.
Beatrice B. Holmes
655
Blanks
290
Park Commissioner-for three years. Ralston F. Pickering .. 629
Blanks
319
Planning Board-for five years.
John DeCourcy 13 Edward A. DeWitt 1
George B. Morse 11 Chester A. Foster 1
Finlay D. MacDonald 4
John R. Hollister 1
Oliver Wolcott 2 Alexina D. Morrow 1
Walter E. Cheever 2
Donald G. Trussell 1
Robert H. Chittick
2 Harry S. Gilchrest 1
William J. Daley
1 George E. Smith 1
Gordon L. Thompson
1
Lilla C. Day
1
John H. Perkins
1
Blanks
903
Planning Board-for four years.
John R. Hollister
13 Henry C. Jackson 1
9 Harold E. Nielsen 1
Donald G. Trussell
4 Edward J. Ready 1
3 Finlay D. MacDonald 1
John DeCourcy
3 William W. Bancroft
1
William F. Morse
1 Everett F. Haley 1
John B. Moulton
1 Malcolm P. Brown . .
1
Walter E. Cheever
1 Blanks . . . . 906
Planning Board-for three years.
Oliver Wolcott
George B. Morse
Frederick L. Rauscher
227
Blanks
685
17
John F. Counihan
11 George B. Morse 1
Joseph Cooney
9
Bernard A. Cullen
'1
Harold C. Smerage
6 Edward J. Ready . 1
William W. Bancroft
4 Finlay D. MacDonald
1
Chester A. Foster
2 William H. Woodason
1
John H. Perkins
1 Donald C. Davis
1
Elmo Adams
1 Blanks
907
Arthur Southwick
1
Planning Board-for two years.
Nellie E. Woodman
13 Leon S. Perkins 1
Standish Bradford
8 Frank B. Crowell 1
M. Keith Lander
8 Margaret F. Harrigan 1
John H. Perkins
4
Lawrence R. Stone
1
Malcolm P. Brown
2
Blanks
909
Planning Board-for one year.
William T. Todd
11 Richard H. Smith 1
Ernest M. Haraden
5 Geoffrey C. Sargeant 1
Alice N. Lovering
3 Charles M. Fraser 1
George G. Haraden
3 Bernard A. Cullen
2
Nellie E. Woodman
2 Blanks 919
The Moderator read the result of the voting on Article I at seven-fifty- five (7:55) in the evening.
A true copy. Attest : GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN Town Clerk.
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STATE PRIMARY SEPTEMBER 15, 1942
The State Primary was held at the Town Hall. Tuesday, September 15, 1942.
The meeting was called to order, the warrant read, and the polls declared open at one o'clock P. M. by John H. Perkins, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
The tellers were as follows :
Republican Edward J. Ready Walter Perkins
Democratic Mary Saulnier
Mary Greeley
Barbara Corcoran
Daniel F. Crowley
Election officers were as follows :
John H. Perkins
Lawrence R. Stone
Edward A. DeWitt
George Gibney Haraden
Police on duty were as follows : Arthur Southwick
The election officers and tellers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
Total vote cast 418
Men
207
Republican 399
Women 211
Democratic 19
.
418
418
The Republican vote follows :
Governor :
Saltonstall
342
Blanks
57
Lieutenant Governor :
Cahill
327
Blanks
72
Secretary :
Cook
327
Blanks 72
Treasurer :
Curtis
185
Johnston 23
French
22
Stearns
4
Holmes
62
Blanks 103
Auditor :
Wood
313
Blanks
86
Attorney General
Bushnell
315
Blanks 84
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Senator in Congress :
Lodge
305
Blanks
50
Crocker
44
Congressman :
Bates
347
Blanks 52
Councillor
Bailey
77
McSweeney 167
Cook
77
Blanks
78
Senator :
Haley
314
Blanks
85
Representatives in General Court :
Brown
210
Hayes 13
Eaton
43
Murray
171
Faulkner
183
Blanks
178
District Attorney :
Cregg
326
Blanks 73
Register of Probate and Insolvency :
Shanahan 299
Blanks
100
County Commissioner :
Pratt
161
Blanks
58
Bentley
180
County Treasurer :
Thurston
.323
Blanks
76
The Democratic vote follows :
Governor :
Kelley
10
Blanks
1
Putnam
8
Lieutenant Governor :
Carr
17
Blanks
2
Secretary :
Buckley
13
O'Brien 2
Gosselin
3 Blanks
1
Treasurer :
Barry
10
Welch 0
Hurley, F. X.
Blanks
1
Hurley, W. F.
1
Auditor :
Buckley
14
Walsh
5
Attorney General :
Agnew 18 Blanks
1
20
Senator in Congress :
Casey
10
Lee
1
Coakley
1
Blanks
2
Fitzgerald
5
Congressman :
Burns
13
Teague
2
Caswell
0 Blanks
4
Councillor :
Donovan
16
Blanks
3
Senator:
Blanks
19
Representatives in General Court : Blanks 19
District Attorney :
Cregg
8 Harrington
7
Coan
1 Blanks
3
Register of Probate and Insolvency : Shanahan 16
Blanks
3
County Commissioner :
Conway 14
Blanks
5
County Treasurer :
Hennessey
17
Blanks
2
Result of vote was announced at 8.50 P. M.
A true copy. Attest : GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton, quali- fied to vote in the election and town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday, the fourteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and forty-two (October 14, 1942) at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening (7.30 P. M.) then and there to act on the following articles, viz.
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to donate to the United States Army the three iron guns and carriages standing on the Hamilton Soldiers' Green and the four brass mortars standing on the Soldiers' Plot in the Ham- ilton town cemetery to be turned into war materials for the armed forces of the United States and its allied forces now engaged in the World War, or to take any action thereon.
Article 2. To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Town Hall, and one at each of the three postoffices in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings there- on to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this 5th day of October A. D. 1942.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN H. PERKINS EDWARD A. DEWITT LAWRENCE R. STONE Selectmen of Hamilton.
I have served this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, as within directed, seven days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
EDWARD FREDERICK
Constable.
A true copy. Attest : GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN, Town Clerk.
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