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ANNUAL REPORT
Charities and Aid $175,900
10.98%
Police and Fire $149,818
9.35%
Debt and Interest $65,197 General Government $46,687 4.07%
2.92%
2.37%
Pensions $37,950
Unclassified $32,236 2.01%
Other Protection
$30.914
1.93%
Insurance $20,683
1.29%
Cemeteries $20,500
1.28%
3 2 1
Education $559,812 34.95%
1- Veterans' Benefits $17,060 1.07 %
2- Street Lighting $17,000 1.06 %
3- Health and Sanitation $16,872 1.05%
4 - Libraries $14,219 0.89 %
TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ended December 31 - 1950 -
Public Works $396,902 24.78%
Total Appropriations $1,601,7 50 100.00%
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TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS
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Annual Report
OF THE TOWN OFFICERS
For the Year Ended December 1950
Town Officers
1950
Board of Selectmen
KENNETH C. LATHAM, Chairman
Term Expires 1951
"
1952
CHARLES E. WILKINSON, Secretary G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS
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1953
Board of Public Welfare
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman NEWELL H. MORTON, Secretary
Term Expires 1951
** MILES C. HIGGINS *DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Welfare Agent
GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman NEWELL H. MORTON
Term Expires 1951
** MILES C. HIGGINS *DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN
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" 1952
** GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE, Sec. to the Bur. EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Director RUTH C. CORBETT, Social Worker VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker
Board of Assessors
HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman
Term Expires 1953
RALPH T. HORN, Secretary
1952
LEON G. BENT, other member
1951
Town Counsel SAMUEL H. DAVIS
Town Clerk GUY W. ELLISON
Treasurer
Moderator
PRESTON F. NICHOLS
CHARLES P. HOWARD
Town Accountant
BOYD H. STEWART
Town Collector WILLIAM E. MORRISON
Personnel Board HAROLD L. JONES, Chairman G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS EMERSON A. WILLARD BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary
Director, Veterans' Service - Veterans' Benefits Agent CHARLES W. H. SMITH
** Resigned
* Appointed to fill vacancy
2
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1953
", 1952
1953
Board of Public Works
JAMES E. CALVIN, Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary WALTER S. HOPKINS, Jr. HARRY R. WALKER JOHN W. HARRISON PHILIP WELCH, Supt.
Term Expires 1953
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1951
1951
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1951
1951
Board of Health
CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman CHRISTINE ATKINSON, Secretary
EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D.
1952
Finance Committee
JOSHUA T. DAY, Chairman
Term Expires 1953
CHARLES P. ANDERSON
„
1953
EVERETT H. BROMLEY
1952
GEORGE E. CURTIS
1953
LOUIS DAVIS
"
1951
WALTER M. FOWLER
"
1952
CLEMENT T. GLEASON
1951
EDWARD B. HALLIGAN
"
1951
W. GARDNER LONG
"
1953
SAMUEL J. MALONE
1952
EARLE D. MARTIN
1952
CHARLES STRATTON
"
1951
EMERSON A. WILLARD
"
1952
School Committee
ALEXANDER P. GLOVER, Chairman
Term Expires 1952
ARTHUR B. LORD, JR., Secretary
GLADYS F. MILTON
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1952
ROBERT E. TURNER
1951
JOHN L. GRIFFIN
1951
MELVIN S. CROSBY
1953
NEWELL H. MORTON
1953
School Physicians
JUSTIN L. ANDERSON, M.D.
CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D.
EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D.
Attendance Officer ROBERT A. GRUNDY
School Nurse MARGARET B. CLEWLEY Municipal Light Board
JOSEPH H. REED, Chairman FRANK D. TANNER, Secretary ALFRED H. DOLBEN
Term Expires 1953
1952
"
" 1951
1951
WILLIAM D. MacKINNON
"
1953
ERNEST E. GALLANT
Term Expires 1953
1951
"
Superintendent of Schools ARTHUR B. LORD, JR.
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Board of Registrars
ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman LOUIS BACIGALUPO WALTER A. SCANLON
Term Expires 1953
1951
1952
Board of Cemetery Trustees
FRED L. NUTTER, Chairman
Term Expires 1952
"
1953
DAVID E. HERSEE, Secretary
"
1953
M. RUSSELL MEIKLE WILLIAM P. PIERPONT
1952
1951
*HARRY C. BARR EDOUARD N. DUBE
1951
** ERNEST E. BROWN
1951
Planning Board
CHARLES WILSON, Chairman
Term Expires 1951
PHILIP R. WHITE, Secretary
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"
1953
GEORGE B. PEASE
1953
WINTHROP D. PARKER
1952
A. LLOYD DAVID
1952
Board of Library Trustees
WILLIAM J. TONKS, Chairman
Term Expires 1951
EVE T. HENDERSON, Secretary
"
1953
SIDNEY M. HODSON
1952
KATHERINE C. PIERCE
1951
C. NELSON BISHOP
1952
Commissioners of Trust Funds
ROBERT M. BROWN, Chairman
Term Expires 1953
RALPH G. BABCOCK
1951
H. RAYMOND JOHNSON
1955
Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis
Board of Appeals
*HERBERT T. SCHOPPELRY, Chairman CLIFTON S. NICHOLS, Chairman
Term Expires 1952
"
1953
** ERNEST L. NIGRO RICHARD JACKSON
1951
Associate Members Board of Appeal
RUSSELL L. MILLER
Term Expires 1953
FORREST D. COOK LAWRENCE A. INGHAM
1952
Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH
* Deceased
** Appointed to fill vacancy
4
1952
1951
CARL M. SMITH
1953
NEIL C. ROBINSON
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector KENNETH G. SHAW
Inspector of Animals GARDNER A. LESTER, D.V.M.
Inspector of Buildings HAROLD B. CURRELL
Game Warden JAMES T. PUTNAM
Superintendent of Moth Work MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Dog Officer CHARLES H. MELENDY
Tree Warden MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors Graves HAROLD F. DAVIS
Forest Warden HUGH L. EAMES
Deputy Forest Wardens
CHARLES H. HESELTON
GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE
HERBERT L. ROBINSON JOHN SPURR
MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Constables
LEON G. BENT ARTHUR L. HARRIS
Insurance Committee
Consists of Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of the Finance Committee
Contributory Retirement Board
PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary DONALD C. MITCHELL
Law Committee
Consists of Chairmen of the following Boards:
Board of Selectmen Board of Assessors
Board of Health Board of Public Welfare
School Committee Board of Public Works
Municipal Light Board
Police Department THOMAS E. WALL, Chief
Sergeants
ARTHUR M. CURTIN THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK
ROLAND E. ELLIS
Patrolmen
JOHN R. CONDON
TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE FRANK R. FISHER HAROLD W. O'BRIEN
JOHN F. BEAUDOIN WILLIAM F. FAULKNER
EARL R. HUTCHINSON
JOSEPH M. GREENE
PATRICK J. PANTANO GEORGE LeFAVE
PAUL F. JUNKINS WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP EDWARD M. HUBBARD JAMES E. HOWARD
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Keeper of the Lock-Up THOMAS E. WALL
Clerk J. ROBERT CLARK Fire Department
Permanent Firemen Chief, HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Chief, CHARLES H. HESELTON Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON
Lieutenant, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE §LEWIS C. HOLDEN NELSON P. O'BRIEN CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD LESLIE C. HADLEY DONALD C. MITCHELL
Lieutenant, JAMES S. PERRY ROBERT W. SHANNON ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. GEORGE F. FOGG WILLIAM R. VAN HORN *ROBERT H. THOMAS
Call Firemen
JOSEPH ARSENAULT GEORGE F. BAXTER
#FRANK X. BROWN RICHARD D. BROWN
HOWARD E. BUSSELL JOHN J. CARNEY
*EVERETT G. CARROLL JAMES R. GAW ROBERT M. GRAHAM
*LESLIE L. HADLEY IVAR F. JOHNSON JAMES R. MERCER ELMER W. MOORE H. HARVEY QUIGLEY HERMAN L. RIESSLE GEORGE G. ROGERS F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD JOHN A. SPURR
GEORGE S. ZANNI
Dispatcher JOHN L. GOODRIDGE
Substitute Call Men
HENRY O. BALLOU
MYLES A. DENNO
DeMELLE G. GAREY
Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES
Inspector of Wires GEORGE F. FOGG
Measurer of Leather DENNIS J. KELLEHER
§ Retired #Resigned *Appointed to fill vacancy
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Measurers of Lumber
HAROLD B. CURRELL
FRED F. SMITH MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Measurers of Wood and Bark
PERCY N. SWEETSER
HAROLD B. CURRELL THOMAS F. BROGAN
Weighers of Coal and Hay
THOMAS E. BROGAN
BERTHA D. MacLELLAN
CHARLES W. LEE MABEL L. Mckay
WENDELL B. NEWELL
MOLLIE A. SWEETSER
PERCY N. SWEETSER D. GEORGE GAW
Field Drivers
ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD
ADOLPH S. LARSON
EDWARD E. NICHOLS
Fence Viewers
WENDELL B. NEWELL
CARL B. SAWYER
WARREN F. CHARLES
Committee on Elm Tree Protection
MAURICE H. DONEGAN
JOHN F. SAWYER
MARION V. HARRINGTON
Committee on Town Forests
£ORVILLE O. ORDWAY
Term Expires 1950
MAURICE H. DONEGAN
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1951
HUGH L. EAMES
1952
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee
A. LLOYD DAVID, Chairman
GEORGE R. BARRIS
LAWRENCE A. CATE, Secretary
JOHN E. FLYNN CHARLES E. WILSON
EARLE D. MARTIN
Salvage Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN
HERBERT K. MILLER
CHARLES F. TREVOR
Recreation Committee
NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman
JAMES E. CALVIN, Secretary
G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS
WILLIAM E. BILLINGHAM, D.D.
ROBERT E. TURNER C. SUMNER TEEL CARL W. PINKHAM
£ Deceased
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EDWARD B. HALLIGAN
Special Police Officers
HUGH S. MacFARLANE WILLIAM A. LLOYD SIMON CASTINE EDWARD HARRISON
ANDREW LOMAX
FREDERICK L. REISSLE ROBERT A. VARS
STUART R. NICHOLS
WILLIAM BROUSSARD
JOHN L. KNIGHT, JR.
W. RAY YORKS HARRY M. BERRY GROVER C. EATON RALPH PLOUFF
EDWARD E. HARNDEN
CHARLES L. GOWING, JR. CHARLES E. LANGDON .
CARL W. PINKHAM WILLIAM N. RICHARDS HENRY O. BALLOU JAMES T. PUTNAM
Municipal Bldg., Library and Masonic Bldg. Reading Rifle and Revolver Club, Public Works Town Forest Victory House Victory House
MAURICE H. DONEGAN ARTHUR G. REES ROBERT P. SMITH
HARRY A. TURNER
RALPH E. WILSON
J. ROBERT CLARK HAROLD F. DAVIS HUGH L. EAMES CHARLES E. HILTS CHARLES H. MELENDY
All Schools Lowell Street School Pearl Street School Pearl Street School Junior High School Junior High School Joshua Eaton School Joshua Eaton School Highland School Highland School High School High School Pumping Station Methodist Church Center School Bldg. Reading Theatre Odd Fellows Bldg. Reading Rifle and Revolver Club Middlesex County National Bank
First Baptist Church V.F.W. Quarters Police Station Cemeteries Fire Station
Dog Officer
STATISTICS
Area, 10 square miles
Population census of 1950, 13,879
Registered Voters: Precinct No. 1, 2066; Precinct No. 2, 2054; Precinct No. 3, 1784; Precinct No. 4, 2001; Total 7905
Eighth Congressional District
Sixth Councillor District
Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District
Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District
Representative in Congress, 8th District, Angier L. Goodwin, Melrose
Councillor 6th District, John F. Casey, Somerville
Senator 7th Middlesex District, George J. Evans, Wakefield
Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Frank D. Tanner, Reading and Malcolm S. White, Woburn
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1950-1951
Prepared by the Board of Selectmen
Ainsworth, Dennis J., Electrician
Anderson, Carl E., Florist Austin, Horace A., Brakeman
Bancroft, Arthur W., Milk Dealer
Barber, Dana H., Mechanical Designer
Brown, Wendell W., Engineer Carleton, J. Henry, Insurance Carter, Frank W., Rubber Worker
Cassey, Sidney, Retired
Cate, Lawrence A., Cost Accountant
Chapman, Robert E., Office Worker
Clarke, Fred E., Layout Man
Clinch, Robert G., Insurance Underwriter
Cochran, G. Warren, Jr., Advertising
Cole, Benjamin, Merchant
Collins, Henry O., Electrician
Cooke, Harold H., Retired
Copeland, E. Rollins, Insurance
Crowe, Howard W., Clerk
Crysler, John B., Electrical Engineer
Cullinane, Thomas L., Clerk Curtis, George E., Asst. Supt.
Cushing, Charles E., Real Estate
Cutcliffe, Winthrop L., Insurance Broker
Davis, Harold F., Supt. of Cemeteries
Dean, Warren M., Sales Representative
Dunn, George R., Salesman
Eagleston, Fred O., Retired
Emslie, Edward C., Asst. Manager Flanagan, Thomas, Shipper
Flint, Clarence E., Foreman
Flynn, John E., Chief Accountant
Fowle, Robert E., Corp. President
Fowlow, Edwin W., Salesman
Freeman, Herbert D., Foreman Gardner, Horace S., Industrial Engineer
Gates, Cyrus S., Sales Representative Gibson, Fred B., Poultry Processor
Goodridge, Carl W., Service Engineer
Grant, Joseph A., Salesman Hall, Burt S., Civil Engineer Ham, Jacob B., Insurance Salesman Hawkes, Maurice, Accountant
Hegarty, Michael J., Store Manager
Herrick, Paul E., Bank Clerk Hersee, David E., Banker Hilts, Charles E., Embalmer
15 Woodbine St. 362 Summer Ave. 26 Hampshire Rd. 63 West St. 12 Hampshire Rd. 71 County Rd. 163 Woburn St. 41 Cold Spring Rd. 29 Knollwood Rd. 264 Charles St. 521 Summer Ave. 113 Bancroft Ave. 4 Perkins Ave. 26 County Rd. 76 Deering St. 19 Glen Rd. 1 Fairmount Rd. 45 Chute St. 14 Bunker Ave. 75 County Rd. 32 Federal St. 58 Grand St. 56 Howard St. 93 Harnden St. 17 Forest Glen Rd. 15 Penn Ave. 137 Pleasant St. 10 Thorndike St. 252 Charles St. 28 Oak St.
9 Eaton St. 12 Parkview Rd. 3 Perkins Ave. 306 Ash St. 31 Fairview Ave. 251 Ash St. 429 West St. 17 Woodbine St. 206 Bancroft Ave. 69 Ash St. 25 Prescott St. 35 Sunnyside Ave. 935 Main St. 24 Oak St. 103 Bancroft Ave. 38 Weston Rd. 831 Main St.
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Hodson, Sydney M., Painter and Decorator Horton, Lawrence L., General Manager Ingham, Lawrence A., Salesman Irons, Harry C., Insurance Ivers, Lester L., Insurance Adjuster Jackson, Edward K., Insurance Underwriter Jewett, Irving F., Insurance Johnson, Edward N., Farmer Johnson, Ernest S., Auditor Johnson, Paul M., Auto Supplies Kean, Frank H., Jr., Sales Manager Keneely, Ralph S., Retail Salesman
Kingman, Leland W., Business Manager
Knapp, Arthur C., Engineer Koerner, Walter, Asst. Treasurer Kurchian, Harry K., General Electric LaFave, Henry L., Maintenance Lane, Walter F., General Electric Latham, Cecil R., Machinist Lenfest, Arthur M., Advertising Linehan, John, Expressman Litchfield, Benjamin, Clerk Long, George B., Asst. Treasurer
Lydstone, Wm. T., Jr., Salesman
Lyle, Robert P., Income Tax Accountant
MacLean, Donald W., Telegraph Editor
MacLean, John P., Salesman
Maguire, Joseph P., Foreman
Manning, Frank H., Retired
Mansfield, Herbert, Carpenter
Martin, Earle D., C.P.A. Mathieson, Angus C., Candy Maker McDonald, Oscar E., Telephone Testman
Meikle, M. Russell, Insurance
Mercer, James R., Jr., Asst. Treasurer
Merritt, Fred W., Public Auditor Michelini, Ralph A., Salesman Miller, F. Warren, Salesman Moores, Charles A., Accountant Morse, Donald H., Salesman Murdock, George J., Manufacturer
Nichols, Benjamin E., Credit Man
Nickerson, Fred L., Salesman
Oram, Stanley B., Bank Teller Page, Everett S., Supervisor Palmer, John E., R. E. Agent Phippen, Harry I., Salesman Pierce, Lewis E., Retired Pinkham, Carl W., Jr., Engineer Plouff, Ralph F., Mechanic Powers, Henry W., Funeral Director
51 Oak St. 70 Highland St. 370 Lowell St. 14 Pilgrim Rd. 21 Kingston St. 218 West St. 331 Summer Ave. 10 Sylvan Rd. 16 California Rd. 47 Ash St. 31 Hillcrest Rd. 19 Woburn St. 62 Sanborn St. 35 Pinevale Ave. 79 Hancock St. 284 Franklin St. 36 Chestnut Rd. 524 Pearl St. 58 Bay State Rd. 8 Copeland Ave. 1068 Main St. 56 Prospect St. 41 Longview Rd. 70 Oak Ridge Rd. 364 Lowell St. 80 Pine Ridge Rd. 7 Grand St. 23 Locust St. 25 Bond St. 37 Chestnut Rd. 21 Copeland Ave. 20 Mineral St. 23 Lee St. 141 Grove St. 11 Oak St. 20 John St. 55 Walnut St. 47 Prescott St. 49 Fairview Ave. 18 Bond St. 7 Hillcrest Rd. 25 Avon St. 16 Howard St. 62 Franklin St. 44 Forest St. 2 Virginia Rd. 126 Summer Ave. 13 Elliott St. 33 Barrows Rd. 4 Morgan Pk. 65 Harnden St.
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Pratt, Wilfred E., Investigator Prentiss, Archur N., Insurance Quigley, H. Harvey, Assistant, Harvard Univ. Reed, Lawrence W., Mechanic Remick, Nelson A., Merchant Richard, Homer F., Engineer Richmond, Ernest D., Jr., Boat Builder Riley, George J., Jr., Bank Officer Roberts, Carl W., Civil Engineer Rose, Alfred C., Gas Inspector Rowell, Walter L., Clerk Russell, James A., Advertising
Rydeard, Walter, Estimator and Planner
Sargent, Albert E., Military Archives
Sargent, Almon W., Retired
Saunders, Karl R., Civil Engineer Scanlon, Walter A., Supervisor Schmidt, Ernest J., Supervisor Sellars, Ralph E., Banker
Sheldon, Edward P., Manager
Shulkey, Donald H., Bank Officer
Sias, Ralph G., Accountant
Sias, Wilbur S., Foreman
Skidmore, Roy C., B. & M. Clerk
Smith, Charles W. H., Retired
Smith, Lewis Q., Watchman
Snow, Harold P., C.P.A.
Spurr, Frank L., Purchasing Agent Stephan, Carl, Industrial Rep.
43 Prospect St.
Steward, Boyd H., Accountant
Stratton, Charles P., Electrical Inspector
Sullivan, Martin V. B., Wool Salesman
Surrette, Edward D., Fish Cutter
Tasney, Charles S., Sales Manager
Teel, C. Sumner, Insurance Tonks, William J., Supt. Paint Mfg.
Vansaw, Ernest E., Salesman
Waite, James E., Fuel Supervisor
Walker, Harry R., Securities Trader
Warnock, Everett J., Foundry Foreman
Waters, Waldo L. ,Draftsman
Weidman, Walter F., Boy Scout Exec. Wells, Carl V., Trader
Whelton, David J., Clerk
Wilcox, Richard W., Insurance
Woodbury, Glen P., Manager
Woodman, George S., Auditor
332 Summer Ave. 43 Berkeley St. 319 Main St. 138 Bancroft Ave. 35 Copeland Ave. 54 Fairview Ave. 24 Longview Rd. 11 Bancroft Ave. 10 Deering Ave. 61 Hancock St. 202 Bancroft Ave. 43 Colburn Rd. 50 Fairview Ave. 18 Oak St. 68 Linden St. 57 Cross St. 331 Haven St. 23 Berkeley St. 17 Vale Rd. 103 Oak St. 5 California Rd. 40 Federal St. 1244 Main St. 161 Ash St. 155 Wakefield St. 14 Glen Rd. 72 Cross St.
52 Prescott St. 12 Thorndike St. 174 Bancroft Ave. 93 Summer Ave. 38 Belmont St. 21 Sanborn St. 113 Walnut St. 3 Copeland Ave. 35 Fairview Ave. 9 Cape Cod Ave. 33 Curtis St. 60 Forest St. 99 Beacon St. 156 High St. 9 Hanscom Ave. 7 High St. 41 Oak St. 40 Howard St. 115 Bancroft Ave.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Security Hall
March 6 ,1950
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's Return there- on, a Town Election was held at the time and place specified in the Warrant.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 A. M. by G. Lawrence Roberts.
The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on motion of G. Lawrence Roberts it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
The ballot boxes were examined by the Constable in charge and each found to be empty, and all registered 000.
The polls were declared open by G. Lawrence Roberts, with the following results:
Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec.
1
2
3
4 Total
Moderator for one year
Charles P. Howard
323
448
335
375
1481
Blanks
54
58
53
37
202
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Town Clerk for one year
Guy W. Ellison
326
426
331
358
1441
Blanks
51
80
57
54
242
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Selectman for three years
Eugene S. Blanchard
122
95
76
107
400
G. Lawrence Roberts
227
371
289
281
1168
Blanks
28
40
23
24
115
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Board of Public Welfare for three years
Newell H. Morton
335
462
353
381
1531
Blanks
42
44
35
31
152
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Asse ssor for three years
Harold B. Currell
296
411
326
336
1369
Blanks
81
95
62
76
314
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
13
Treasurer for one year
Preston F. Nichols
333
440
341
380
1494
Blanks
44
66
47
32
189
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Municipal Light Board for three years
Joseph H. Reed
303
421
330
374
1428
Blanks
74
85
58
38
255
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Two Constables for one year
Leon G. Bent
210
306
243
276
1035
George R. Dunn
257
239
197
196
889
Arthur L. Harris
166
338
242
252
998
Blanks
121
129
9.4
100
444
Totals
754
1012
776
824
3366
Board of Public Works for three years
James E. Calvin
318
428
332
373
1451
Blanks
59
78
56
39
232
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Board of Health for three years
Charles R. Baisley
324
451
334
370
1479
Blanks
53
55
54
42
204
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Two members School Committee for three years
Melvin S. Crosby
207
319
272
280
1078
Kenneth R. Johnson
155
196
121
146
618
Newell H. Morton
271
381
318
314
1284
Blanks
121
116
65
84
386
Totals
754
1012
776
824
3366
School Committee for one year
John L. Griffin
318
408
317
345
1388
Blanks
59
98
71
67
295
Totals
377
506
388
412
1683
Two members Library Trustees for three years
Eve F. Henderson
298
431
330
365
1424
Neil C. Robinson
30
418
329
367
1420
Blanks
150
163
117
92
522
Totals
754
1012
776
824
3366
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Two members Cemetery Trustees for three years
David E. Hersee
303
422
323
369
1417
M. Russell Meikle
303
417
327
367
1414
Blanks
148
173
126
88
535
Totals
754
1012
776
824
3366
Two members Planning Board for three years
George B. Pease
302
415
320
363
1400
Philip R. White
301
416
323
360
1400
Blanks
151
181
133
101
566
Totals
754
1012
776
824
3366
Tree Warden for three years
Maurice H. Donegan
322
449
352
372
1495
Blanks
55
57
36
40
188
Totals
377
506
383
412
1683
Precinct 1
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Fred S. Appleton, 35 Pierce St.
249
Leon G. Bent, 773 Main St.
236
Frank K. Briggs, 14 Smith Ave.
263
Ernest E. Brown, 76 Pearl St.
278
Charles H. Easton, 30 Wakefield St.
232
Louis Ellenwood, 46 Pleasant St.
253
Donald F. Ellingwood, 9 Gardner Rd.
253
Walter M. Fowler, 38 Fairmount Rd.
255
Edgar L. Frost, 272 Ash St.
25G
Kenneth A. Hanson, 419 Haverhill St.
232
John B. Pacino, 89 Main St.
187
Winthrop D. Parker, 1 Charles St.
259
Carl W. Pinkham, 128 Pleasant St.
270
Howard L. Rogers, 123 Salem St.
248
Frances C. Sawyer, 52 Salem St.
238
Raymond H. Swain, 428 South St.
188
Clarissa P. Blake
10
Francis R. Lyons
1
C. Cabot Easton
1
Ruth B. Wescott
1
Blanks
1745
Totals
5655
Precinct 1
Town Meeting Member for two years
Clarissa P. Blake
15
William Hampton
1
Charles H. Easton
6
Raymond H. Swain
1
15
Mabel Dwinell Kenneth Latham John B. Pacino Sarah Harnden
1
1
2
1
Blanks
349
Totals
377
Precinct 2
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Charles R. Baisley, 46 Woburn St.
411
Edward W. Batten, 127 Howard St.
190
W. Franklin Burnham, Jr., 106 Oak St. 317
Frank C. Cate, Jr., 201 West St. 258
A. Lloyd David, 70 Howard St. 270
Robert E. Fowle, 3 Perkins Ave.
332
Frances R. Foxcroft, 100 Prescott St.
329
Alexander P. Glover, 158 Prescott St.
356
Roy E. Hatfield, 19 Oak St.
286
Clayton N. Hirtle, 20 George St.
92
Earl W. Hobart, 182 Main St.
254
Sydney M. Hodson, 51 Oak St.
326
Walter S. Hopkins, Jr., 472 Summer Ave.
374
Thomas W. Jackson, 49 Wescroft Rd.
119
James R. Mercer, Jr., 11 Oak St.
381
Gwendolyn H. Newhouse, 352 Summer Ave.
227
Florence G. Nichols, 109 Prescott St.
308
Charles Edward Parker, 57 Pine Ridge Rd.
201
Carl B. Pitman, 23 Oak St.
299
Charles Stratton, 117 Oak St.
316
Thomas Todd, Jr., 19 Echo Ave.
164
Ruth B. Wescott
19
Sarah Harnden
17
Norman Floyd
1
Leon Scott
1
Donald Baisley
1
Blanks
1741
Totals
7590
Town Meeting Member for two years
Sarah Harnden
33
Thomas Jackson
1
Roy Hatfield
2
Robert Dennison
1
Esther Goodale
1
E. J. Hardy
1
Stanley Stembridge, Jr.
1
Kenneth Johnson
1
Edward Batten
1
16
Ruth Wescott
2
Allen Campbell
1
William Denhard Ralph Williams
1
A. Lloyd David
1
Blanks
458
Totals
506
Precinct 2
Town Meeting Member for one year
Ruth Wescott
36
Thomas Todd
1
Gwendolyn Newhouse
1
Carl Pitman
1
Elizabeth Bissett
1
Elizabeth Brush
1
Charles Stratton
1
J. Warren Killam
1
Philip Ahlin
1
Blanks
462
Totals
506
Precinct 3
1
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Carl H. Amon, Jr., 43 Bond St.
159.
Richard Leigh Bowser, 8 Berkeley St.
199
Daniel L. Chamberlain, 116 Lowell St.
252
George E. Curtis, 58 Grand St. 301
318
William D. Jaques, 93 Grand St.
134
Earle O. Latham, 69 Prescott St.
310
Louis M. Lyons, 24 Vale Rd.
280
Donald L. Miller, 41 Prescott St.
254
William E. Morrison, 21 Pilgrim Rd.
317
Donald H. Morse, 18 Bond St.
292
Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St.
344
John H. Nargis, 150 Prospect St.
139
Gould B. Ruggles, 224 High St.
302
Frank M. Stevens, 14 School Street
311
Robert E. Stewart, 37 School St.
257
Mollie Sweetser, 192 Woburn St.
275
Herbert J. Wooldridge, 156 High St.
258
Thomas E. Wall
1
S. W. Swain
1
Blanks
1116
Totals
5820
Louis Davis, 8 Vine St.
1
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Precinct 4
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Justin L. Anderson, 53 Woburn St. 285
John M. Barron, 57 Wakefield St. 117
H. Nelson Bates, 23 Nelson Ave. 237
Nellie P. Beaton, 299 Lowell St. 246
Eleanor C. Bishop, 55 Lowell St.
263
Oliver G. Brown, 134 Forest St.
121
William E. Burpee, 20 Lawrence Rd.
247
Adra P. Camp, 28 Highland St.
249
Paul M. Dearborn, 288 Charles St.
122
Richard F. Dugan, 214 Van Norden Rd.
119
Ralph R. Gibson, 972 Main St.
231
Carl W. Goodridge, 206 Bancroft Ave.
224
Roland B. Hoag, 836 Main St.
164
Robert H. Hodson, 21 Mt. Vernon St.
257
Clarence E. Hosker, 46 Catherine Rd.
121
Charles B. Jones, 49 Wakefield St.
140
Chester G. Kuczun, 17 Whittier Rd.
60
David H. Littlefield, 24 Mt. Vernon St.
126
Gilbert M. Lothrop, 13 Longfellow Rd.
238
Frank H. MacMillan, 159 Wakefield St.
207
M. Russell Meikle, 141 Grove St.
210
Clayton R. Nash, 173 Pearl St.
77
Fred W. Nelson, 420 Franklin St.
267
Banjamin B. Piper, 607 Pearl St.
157
Henry A. Steeves, Jr., 134 Wakefield St.
99
Frederick F. Stevenson, 53 Wakefield St.
105
Marion R. Symonds, 170 Bancroft Ave.
267
Whitcomb Wells, 89 Wakefield St.
134
Paul Carroll
1
Blanks
1089
Totals 6180
The polls were closed at 8:00 P. M. with the following results: Whole number of votes cast: 1683.
The ballot box on Precinct 4 jammed twice, with the result that it re- corded two more ballots than were cast.
The votes were declared in open Town Meeting, sealed in ballot envelopes and transmitted to the Constable to be placed in the vault for safe keeping.
Voted to adjourn, sine die, 11:30 p. m., March 6, 1950.
GUY W. ELLISON
Town Clerk
March 8, 1950
Attested copies of the election results were this day transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and to the County Commissioners at East Cambridge.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Shepardson Hall, Junior High School
March 20,1950
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. How- ard at 7:55 p. m.
The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. Emerson A. Willard read the following "Report On The Forty Hour Week". On motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was voted that the report be kept on file.
REPORT OF THE FORTY HOUR WEEK
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 21, 1949 Article V per- taining to the authorization of a forty hour week for certain town em- ployees was referred to the Personnel Board for further study and their report.
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