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Katherine M. Kuechle Librarian
STATISTICS
For the year ending December 31,1956
Population served
Assessed valuation
Number of days open during the year
302
Hours open each week for lending
66
Hours open each week for reading
66
Hours open each week for Andrews Branch
8
Hours open each week for Belleville Branch
(Closed July and August 1956)
BORROWERS
January 1, 1956
Adult
Juvenile
Total
8,154
3,283
11, 437
Added during 1956
857
685
1, 542
Totals
9,011
3,968
12, 979
Withdrawn during 1956
723
503
1, 226
Totals December 31, 1956
8,288
3,465
11, 753
Newbury registrations
(included in totals)
321
151
472
14,549 $27,094,130
8
108
CIRCULATION
Main Library Andrews Branch Belleville Branch (Closed July & Aug. ) Totals
Adult
Juvenile
Totals
Non-fict.
Fic. Non-fict. Fic.
21,110
34,617
4,959 10,159
70,845
1,907
4,939
1,027 3,938
11,811
670
1,775
934
3,000
6,379
23,687
41,331
6,920 17,097
89,035
BOOK STOCK
Adult
Juvenile
Total
No. of Vols. Jan.1, 1956 No. of Vols. added in 1956 Totals
88,490
6,576
95,066
1,714
277
1,991
90,204
6,853
97,057
No. of Vols. withdrawn in 1956
219
75
294
Totals December 31, 1956
89,985
6,778
96,763
DONORS TO THE LIBRARY IN 1956
Abbe, Mrs. Roy
American Cancer Society
Leigh, Miss Mary
American Petroleum Institute
Lincoln and Therese Foundation
Assoc. of Roller & Silent Chain Manuf.
Little, Miss Agnes
Atherton, Mrs. John B.
McGregor, Frank
Barriskill, James M.
Maroni, Laurence
Batchelder, Mrs. Marion
Marquand, C.E.
Bell, Hermon F.
Mauzo, Mrs. Jean
Binette, Bruce
Moses, Miss Janice
Brown, Miss Natalea G.
Bushee, Mrs. George A.
Myers, Mrs. Elinor
Ntl. Board of Fire Underwriters
Nelson, Miss Ethel G.
Newburyport Garden Club
Norris, Russell
Noyes, Mrs. H. Greenleaf Noyes, Walter
Nulty, Miss Mary G.
Old Dominion Foundation
Osgood, Mrs. Frank S.
Paddle Tennis Association
Plouff, Dr. Arthur Potter, Mrs. J. Lee
Powell, Miss Katherine L.
Quick, Miss Dorothy Randen Roundation
Record Dept, N.H.S.
Richardson, Mrs. Anstiss
Russell, Miss Mary
Russell, Norman
Sears, Roebuck & Company Shurcliff, Arthur A. Snyder, Joseph F.
State Street Trust Company
Stevens, Mrs. Lena
Taylor, Mrs. Olive Fogg Theriault, J.F.
Towle Manufacturing Co.
Trustees of Whittier Homo Tungsten Institute United Steel Workers of America
Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Chase, Mrs. Elizabeth
Christ Church, Methodist
Clark, Mrs. George 0.
Cloney, William Thomas, Jr.
Cryan, Mrs. Martin Currier, Myron R. Devin-Adair Company, Pub.
Dodge, Laurence P. Douglas, Miss Nancy Driver, Mrs. Olive
Driver, Mrs. Robert M. Dunning, Edgar
Dyer, Lewis Essex County Organic Gardening Club Estate of Miss Margaret W. Cushing Estate of Miss Grace C. Moody First Church of Christ, Scientist Fleisher, Henry C. Fogg, Miss Emma Lou Gingrande, Mrs. Arthur Hale, Mrs. Ralph T. Heath, Elein
Historical Society of Old Newbury Holmes, John Hoopes, Miss Isabel Howe, Miss Gertrude Husk, Mrs. Harry M. Institute of Scrap, Iron & Steel, Inc. Jessup, Mrs. T.C.
Learned, Miss Lorna
Murphy, Miss Eleanor
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Johnson, Mrs. Katherine Kellogg Foundation
Kinsman, Mr. and Mrs. W.A.
Kloeber, Mrs, Halen Korean Pacific Press
Lawton, Mrs. Peter I. Tibbetts, Mrs. Arthur
Volpone Motor Company, Inc. W.E. Atkinson Company Wheelwright, William Bond White, Frank Withington, Miss Lorraine K. Woodwell, Roland
EXHIBITIONS OF HOBBIES
Autographed Poems
Lent by
Richard F. Churchill
Christmas Village
=
George Strout
Dole-Little House Restoration Plans and photographs
Library Collection Present by Mrs. George A. Bushee
Miniature Waterfowl Carvings
=
Alvin R. Lewis
Souvenir Spoons
tt
Mrs. Mary M. Nadeau
Treasure or Trash
Library Staff
Circus Toys
Robert & Thomas Gould
Paintings
Newburyport Art Association
BOOKS PURCHASED FROM INCOME OF FUNDS
Andrews, Emma L.
14
Bradbury, John M.
4
Bradstreet, Charles W.
2
Coffin, Winthrop 0.
84
Colby, Lucy G. B.
33
Currier, John J.
17
Cushing, John N. (N.H.S. Prize Books )
2
Dodge, Nathan D.
16
Dodge, William H. P.
19
Foster, Daniel
5
Frothingham, Joseph A.
8
Green, Sarah A.
15
Haskell, George
15
Healy, Dr. T. Raymond
10
Karston, Stephen W. Moseley, William O.
98
Moulton, Alice C.
14
Parton, Ethel
78
Pathe, Paul
7
Peabody, George C.
74
Pettingell, George B.
8
Sawyer, Matthias P.
14
Spring, John Rand
201
Stickney, Elizabeth
175
Stone, Eben F.
67
54
110
Sweetser, Benjamin G. Wiggin, Mary C. Wightman, Annie S. Williams, Abraham
88
12
59
13
Total
1206
1206
Special 9
General
548
557
557
1763
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Report of Water Commissioners
February 15, 1957
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council City of Newburyport, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The sixty-first annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith.
Board of Water Commissioners
Financial Report
Balance December 31, 1955
18,382.77
RECEIPTS
Water Fixture Rate
118,045.98
Meter Rates
41,673.28
Service Pipe & Miscellaneous
10,739.51
Demands®
227.50
Re-Payment on Insurance
5.00
170,691.27
City of Newburyport
15,948.12
City of Newburyport
6,000.00
Total Receipts
211,022.16
Total Payments
181.426.49
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1956
29,595.67
Cash Payments
MAINTENANCE
Artichoke River Maintenance
154.70
Artichoke Station
10,152.05
Filter Bed
4,543.30
Gate
134.51
General (Office)
9,522.83
General Distribution
7,739.57
Hydrant
771.97
Mains
2,349.76
Meter
1,811.77
Service Pipe
10,243.36
Standpipe
102.00
Trucks
1,265.16
Equipment
402.44
Pumping Station
52,218.68
Gravel Packed Well
2,426.31
103,838.41
112
170,458.77
CASH PAYMENTS
CONSTRUCTION:
Hydrant
129.21
Main Pipe
5,507.90
Meter
1,219.56
Service Pipe
4,100.18
Service Pipe (Newbury)
189.31
11,146.16
Henry Cote Case
4,686.20
Henry Cote Case (City of Newburyport)
15,948.12
Henry Cote Case (Surplus)
11,456.81
32,091.13
City of Newburyport
6,253.25
Retirement
8,505.36
Bonds
13,000.00
Interest
1,880.00
Refunds
643.31
Refunds on Real Estate & Property
1,800.00
2,443.31
2,268.87
181,426.49
Respectfully Submitted,
Principal Clerk
CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE
NEW SERVICES:
Forty-Six (46) New Services were installed requiring: 2306' 8" of 3/4" Copper Pipe 37' 4" of 1}" Iron Lead Pipe
48. of l" Copper Pipe
881 of 4" Cast Iron Pipe
Twelve (12) Renewed Services requiring: 197' 5" of 3/4" Copper Pipe
Four (4) Services were repaired requiring: 23' 11" of 3/4" Copper Pipe 14' 6" of 1" Copper Pipe
Twenty-Three (23) Leaks Inside were repaired.
Nine (9) Service Leaks were repaired.
METERS :
Twenty (20) New Meters were installed.
Twenty-Five (25) Meters were removed; Nine (9) Meters were replaced; Eight (8) Meters were changed; Sixteen (16) were put back.
HYDRANTS:
One Hydrant was Replaced on Beck Street; Two Hydrants were Broken and Replaced on Water Street; One Hydrant was removed on Liberty Street; One Hydrant was repaired on Toppan's Lane and One on Inn Street. One Hydrant was installed on Hanover Street, Newbury for Elementary School
All hydrants were flushed and checked.
113
14,758.61
14,880.00
Engineering Services (Whitman & Howard) Total Payments
MAINS:
New:
Low Street 561' 6" of 8 inch pipe
Bowlen Avenue 224' 7" of 6 inch pipe
Menut Circle 80' 3" of 6 inch pipe
Reilly Avenue 80' 3" of 6 inch pipe
Menut Circle 192' 6" of 2 inch pipe
Totals
8 in. Pipe
6" Pipe
2" Pipe
561 6
458 10 1921 6
Repaired:
Washington Street (near Strong) 6' of 6" pipe and 2 Dresser Couplings Artichoke Main 12" pipe
Ashland Street 6" pipe Storey Avenue 12" pipe
2 Dresser Couplings and 6' of 6" pipe (under Bridge)
Repaired Nineteen (19) Broken Service Boxes:
Raised Gate Boxes on Low Street; Myrtle Avenue and on Storey Avenue.
MISCELLANEOUS :
A. Read all Meters - Monthly and Quarterly
B. Checked Valves outside of Hospital
C. Cut in 8" Valve on Low Street
D. Packed Stuffing Box on 6" Valve on Ashland Street
E. Laid 126' 6" Pipe for Sprinkler at First National Store, Pond Street F. Made 4" Tap off Hanover Street, Newbury
G. Changed 6 services over to 8" pipe on Low Street H. Cut out old Main on Low at North Atkinson Street
I. Made 6" Tap - used 12 x 6 Tapping Sleeve and Valve
J. Put in 6" Tee and 6" Valve for Hydrant to be installed on Menut Circle K. Made 2- 1" Taps on Summit Place
L. Repaired Broken Fountains at Cashman Park and Perkins Playground M. Repaired 3 Joints on 18" Pipe at Main Station N. Dug Out 3 Service Boxes
0. Made 6" Tap at Brown School Gym and 8" Tap at New School, Myrtle Ave.
P. Put in 3 - 18" Bell Joint Clamps at Main Station
Q. Cut in new Stop and Waste at Yacht Club R. Took care of Frog Pond in Spring and Winter
S. Cut in new 1" Valve at Spring Lane Station
T. Made Tap on Green Street, Newbury with 12" Valve, 1 Tee, 2-1" Corp, 1 Service
Box
WATER SYSTEM STATISTICS
Newburyport
Newbury
Miles of Mains
52
5
Total Number of Services
4636
283
Total Number of Meters
442
64
Total Number of Hydrants
305
27
Private Hydrants
13
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Respectfully Submitted,
John Lucy
Water System Foreman
114
Artichoke Main 12" pipe
Storey Avenue 12" pipe
MONTHLY PUMPAGE - 1956
Service
Booster
Artichoke
Well
Daily Avg. Per Capita Service
Gallons
January
57,776,200
16,127,200
29,274,000
12,375,000
1,863,750
129
February
52,500,000
13,763,700
29,773,800
8,962,500
1,810,340
125
March
55,282,500
15,111,000
31,059,000
9,112,500
1,783,310
123
April
52,647,700
19,092,700
19,680,000
13,875,000
1,754,920
122
May
56,103,300
13,194,300
30,384,000
12,525,000
1,809,780
125
June
63,430,500
14,198,900
27,256,600
21,975,000
2,114,350
146
July
58,385,200
9,962,500
29,635,200
18,787,500
1,883,390
130
August
65,362,500
8,339,700
34,372,800
22,650,000
2,108,470
116
September
50,247,700
7,909,900
26,212,800
16,125,000
1,674,920
116
October
53,497,500
7,909,500
23,688,000
21,900,000
1,725,720
119
November
50,557,500
7,435,200
23,284,800
19,837,500
1,685,250
116
December
51,645,000
8,180,400
23,889,600
19,575,000
1,665,970
115
667,435,600 141,225,000
328,510,600 197,700,000
1,823,350
126
PRECIPITATION
January
6.91
February
4.75
March
6.16
April
3.27
May
1.74
June
1.91
July
2.95
August
1.43
September
4.06
October
4.98
November
4.29
December
4.33
46.78
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PUMPING STATION STATISTICS - 1956
MAIN STATION:
Gallons Pumped to Service
667,435,600
Daily Average
Gallons Pumped by Booster Daily Average
1,823,350 141,225,000 385,860 197,700,000
Gallons Pumped from Well
Daily Average
540,160
Gallons Pumped Using Coal (Service and Booster)
Coal Used for Pumping - Lbs.
745,056 313
Gallons Pumped Using Gas (Service and Booster)
575,626,380
Gallons Pumped per Cu. Ft. of Gas
19,123,800 30.1
Kilowatt Hours Generated
5,068
Coal Used for Generating - Lbs.
5,304
Gas Used for Generating - Cu. Ft.
132,000
Coal Used for Heating - Lbs.
34,100
Gas Used for Heating - Cu. Ft.
57,400
ARTICHOKE STATION:
Total Gallons Pumped
328,510,600
Daily Average
897,590
Gallons Pumped by Motor
325,742,200
Kilowatt Hours Used
294,300
Gallons Pumped per Kilowatt Hour
1,107
Gallons Pumped by Diesel
2,768,400
Diesel Fuel Oil Used- Gallons
258
Gallons Pumped per Gallon of Fuel Oil
10,730
Pumping Records:
Total Gallons Pumped - Main and Artichoke
1,334,871,200
Daily Average
3,646,700
Greatest Amount Pumped to Service in One Day - June 14th
2,682,700
Greatest Amount Pumped to Service in One Week - June 11-17
16,610,800
Respectfully Submitted, Clark T. Lunt.
Clark T. Lunt Chief Water Pumping Station Engineer
116
233,135,020
Gallons Pumped per Lb. of Coal
Gas Used for Pumping - Cu. Ft.
Retirement Board Report of Retirement Board
Honorable Henry Graf, Jr.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Dear Mayor Graf:
We present herewith the report for the year ending December 31, 1956 Number of members at close of year
Active
157
Inactive Pensioners
25
Total
196
Transfers to other systems Deaths
2
Withdrawals
12
Balance Sheet
ASSETS
Cash & Securities
Savings Banks
$ 99,539.17
Stocks & Bonds
134,097.00
Cooperative Bank Shares
1,800.00
Cash
3,364.43
Accrued Interest
747.66
$239,548.26
LIABILITIES
Annuity Savings
$161,184.27
Annuity Reserve
24,944.43
Expense Fund
606.25
Military Service Fund
2,115.59
Pension Fund
50,697.72
$239,548.26
14
0
117
Retirement Board
The funds of the Retirement System on December 31, 1956 were invested as follows:
Investments
Date Due
Amount
Merchants National Bank, Newburyport
Demand $ 3,364.43
Institution for Savings, Newburyport
Demand
48,539.17 $1,306.18
Five Cent Savings Bank, Newburyport
Demand
51,000.00
1,422.50
213 Shares First National Bank of Boston
Demand
14,697.00
607.05
50 Shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Demand
2,400.00
105.00
Braintree Cooperative Bank
Demand
1,000.00
30.00
Lawrence Cooperative Bank
Demand
800.00
24.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. March
1956
62.50
United States Defense Bonds Series G. May
1957
10,000.00
250.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. May
1958
10,000.00
250.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. April
1959
18,000.00
450.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. April
1960
10,000.00
250.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. Dec.
1961
7,000.00
175.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. May
1962
15,000.00
375.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. June
1963
5,000.00
125.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. August
1963
5,000.00
125.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. Sept.
1963
7,000.00
175.00
United States Defense Bonds Series G. April
1964
5,000.00
125.00
United States Defense Bonds Series K. March
1967
10,000.00
276.00
United States Defense Bonds Series K. April
1967
5,000.00
138.00
United States Defense Bonds Series K. March
1968
10,000.00
138.00
$238,800.60 $6,409.23
Respectfully submitted,
norbert Q. Pavel
Secretary, Newburyport
Retirement System
Elections
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 24, 1956
Democratic Party
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
Ward
2
3 456
Delegates at Large to National
Convention
John F. Kennedy
16
31
13
16
23
16
115
Paul A. Dever
12
26
12
14
'16
12
22
John W. McCormack
14
27
13
14
15
1):
97
John B. Hynes
13
23
12
14
14
12
William H. Burke, Jr.
13
20
9
12
14
8
76
Margaret M. O'Riordan
12
21
8
10
14
14
James M. Curley
13
22
9
15
15
19
Thomas J. Buckley
12
23
10
14
16
14
Edward J. Cronin
13
22
11
11
14
12
John E. Powers
12
22
8
14
13
13
Michael F. Skerry
14
20
7
13
15
14
Albert S. Previte, Jr.
13
21
8
12
12
11
John A. Callahan
13
21
10
11
14
11
J. William Belanger
12
19
8
10
12
3
Daniel Rudsten
11
18
7
10
12
Ida R. Lyons
12
21
7
10
13
9
Daniel B.Brunton
13
19
7
11
11
10
James D. O' Brien
12
23
9
11
16
11
John F. Kane
12
19
8
11
12
11
Howard W. Fitzpatrick
13
21
11
11
14
12
2
John S. Begley
11
18
7
10
13
10
James J. Corbett
13
20
11
13
14
10
Jackson J. Holtz
11
21
7
11
13
9
72
Blanks
201 584
250
214
288
298
Alternate Delegates
Joseph A. DeGuglielmo
13
21
8
11
13
J. Henry Goguen
12
20
7
10
11
2
Chester A. Dolan, Jr.
14
22
9
11
16
Michael LoPresti
12
18
8
10
12
Peter J. Rzeznikiewicz
13
21
7
10
13
Francis E. Lavigne
11
18
7
10
13
Salvatore Camileo
11
18
7
10
12
Leonard J. Warner
12
21
7
10
12
Silas F. Taylor
13
19
7
10
12
Mary A. Tomasello
12
21
8
10
14
Hugh J. Mclaughlin
13
20
8
10
14:
Doris M. Racicot
12
18
7
10
12
Anna Sullivan
12
22
9
10
12
Mary DePasquale Murray
12
19
?
10
12
Charles N. Collatos
12
19
7
10
12
Anthony M. Scibelli
12
20
7
10
12
Matthew L. McGrath
12
19
8
10
1L
Joseph Garczynski
12
19
7
10
12
Edward Krock
12
20
7
10
11
James R. Carter
12
19
7
10
13
Thomas J. Hannon
12
19
7
10
13
Harry L. Silva
12
20
7
10
12
Ivonne ___ INNMImm 5 6 2 2 3 4 3 3
Garrett H. Byrne
13
22
8
12
C.
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119
Elections (cont)
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
1 2
3 4
5 6
Jean S. LeCompte John F. Cahill
12
20
7
8
11
4
62
12
22
8
12
14
7
75
Blanks
212
629
302
262
322
471
2198
District Delegates to National
Convention
Francis X. Collins
12
20
11
12
9
13
77
William J. Maguire
10
21
7
9
10
17
74
Albert H. Zabriskie
16
38
15
18
24
19
130
Benjamin A. Smith
11
17
7
8
10
11
64
Blanks
35
88
40
37
51
36
287
Alternate Delegates
Margaret T. Jellison
13
23
6
10
15
10
77
Jacob W. Shinberg
10
22
5
9
8
5
59
Blanks
19
47
29
23
29
33
180
State Committee (one man)
James P. Boyle
10
17
3
4
13
6
53
John J. Brennan
5
20
7
12
5
11
60
Blanks
6
9
10
5
8
7
45
State Committee (one woman)
Mona R. Jones
11
26
8
12
13
11
81
Blanks
10
20
12
9
13
13
77
Ward Committee
James A. Croteau
15
Charles M. Crowley
13
Genevieve Crowley
11
Marion J. Maccarone
11
Sadie T. LaPlante
13
Stephen J. Welch
11
Leo Chaisson
13
Desire J. Chatigny
12
Anna I. Welch
12
John J. Welch
12
Mary Croteau
11
Thomas J. Murphy
2
Blanks
599
120
Elections (cont )
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
Patrick J. Welch
31
John E. Welch
25
Angelo Vangile
24
Joseph C. Harrington
28
Ernest J. Hart
22
Bernard W. Barrett
25
Thomas J. Lyon
22
Jacob B. Checkoway
21
Cornelius P.Murphy , Jr.
21
Edward Garand
23
Everett D. Morrill
19
James R. Leonard
22
John J. Twomey
25
Joseph L. Reardon, Jr.
25
John J. Connors
21
Lawrence J. Bresnahan
23
Alfred W.Chouinard
21
John J.Tobin
20
Philip R. Cary
21
Everett R. Davis
19
Dennis E. Murray
21
Warren W. Snow
20
Joseph Woodman
22
Ademar Riendeau
20
Christos J. Kekopoulos
21
Joseph Callery
21
George G. Caron
20
Arthur V. Gagne
21
Michael Roman
19
Thomas J. Haley
21
John Sullivan
23
John P. Hopkins
21
Joseph F. Callery
22
William E. Welch
22
William Wheaton
3
Blanks
855
Cornelius M. Murray
15
Soteros N. Fotos
10
Leonard B. Murphy
12
John J. Wiseman
10
David L. Harnch
13
Joseph Corey
13
C.Francis Leary
1
Mary A. Duggan
1
Andrew J. Gillis
1
John E. Kennedy
1
Blanks
623
121
Elections (cont)
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
Rufus Banks Alice Kupiec Stephen Kupiec John F. Hallisey
5
5
4
Edward E. Crawahaw
5
George E. Twomey
Angelo Fotinopoulos
Herbert W. Bates
Alden R. Wood
Laura Wood
Timothy R. Gallagher
Nick Matthews
Eva Spaulding
5
Franklin J. Spaulding
5
Joseph W. Murray
1
Marguerite Chorebanian
1
Sidney Abrahams
1
Blanks
663
Norman H. Doyle
21
Joseph T. Fosillo
19
Harlan R. Plante
15
Phoebe Plante
16
Raymond L. Knight
16
Terence P. Tait
18
Philip R. Page
5
James E. Doyle
5
Daniel F. Reardon
William P. Sheehan
Alfred G. Hersey
Harold p. Short
Ervin N. Cox
William H. Melanson
Lawrence W. Crowley
Harold F. Boothroyd
Mary Boothroyd
Frederick R. Cahoon
Albert H. Zabriskie
Louise H. Zabriskie
Charles W. Howard
John T. Zabriskie
Joseph W. Zabriskie
James F. Spaulding
James P. Reardon
5
Blanks 710
122
Elections (cont)
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
w
John J. Quinn, Jr. Lawrence Caranfa
10
Clifford J. Burke
9
Thomas L. Quinn
11
Leopold J. Rocco
11
Evelyn Rocco
11
Hazel Fontaine
1
Everett J. Foley
1
Herbert E. Stillings
1
Edith Murphy
1
Edward Murphy
1
Joseph Fanaras
1
William Pelletier
1
Glen M. Bell
1
Albert Hughes
1
Blanks
766
TOTAL VOTE
DEMOCRATIC
21
46
20
21
26
241
158
Presidential Preference Democratic
John F. Kennedy
2
1
3
Kefauver
2
4
3
4
3
3
19
Adalai Stevenson
5
2
4
4
4
5
21;
Eisenhower
1
1
2
Daniel F. O'Brien
6
19
5
8
1 8
4
50
Symington Blanks
7
20
8
5
7
11
58
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 24, 1956
Republican Party
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
Delegates at Large to National
Convention
Christian A. Herter
49
43
22
22
45
70
251
Leverett Saltonstall
48
47
25
22
43
70
249
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
4/1
37
19
19
38
66
223
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
46
39
22
21
45
71
244
Sinclair Weeks
38
36
18
17
40
64 59
190
Ralph H. Bonnell
36
31
19
16
34
59
195
Esther W. Wheeler
37
32
17
16
33
57
192
Robert F. Bradford
38
35
20
19
40
66
218
Thomas Pappas
35
29
17
18
35
58
192
Blanks
155
128
114
84
92
130
703
34
29
17
16
35
213
Elmer C.Nelson
1
John McCormick
1
1
6
3
13
123
Elections (cont )
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
N
Ward Ward WBro
6
Alternate Delegates
Basil Brewer
34
29
14
15
31
52
175
Bruce Crane
34
33
16
15
31
55
184
Katherine G. Howard
34
32
15
14
34
57
186
Charles J. Innes
34
28
15
15
32
55
179
Daniel J. Lynch
33
30
18
16
35
57
189
Maxwell M. Rabb
33
28
16
15
33
57
182
Richard F. Treadway
33
31
16
15
34
55
184
John A. Volpe
34
31
17
17
35
63
197
William W. White
34
28
18
15
33
55
183
Sumner G. Whittier
44
35
22
18
39
70
228
Blanks
213
175
143
115
143
194
983
District Delegates to National
Convention
Frank S. Giles, Jr.
38
36
19
22
34
61
210
Herbert S. Tuckerman
39
37
20
20
37
64
217
Blanks
35
23
23
12
25
29
147
Alternate Delegates
Henry Graf, Jr.
44
40
22
26
40
66
238
William G. Reed
36
36
19
19
27
57
194
Blanks
32
20
21
9
29
31
142
State Committee (man)
William G. Reed
33
32
20
21
36
63
205
Blanks
23
16
11
6
12
14
82
State Committee (woman)
Ann Sheafe Cole
30
26
7
15
30
53
161
Blanks
26
22
24
12
18
24
126
Ward Committee
William J. Beaudoin
39
Raymond H. Bingham
37
Nancy T. Noyes
34
Ruth P. Bingham
34
Joseph S. Vangil
32
Stephen C. Somers
35
Herbert E. Bean
39
Leon N. Plumer
32
Lewis R. Spalding
36
Delbert Kempton
30
Emery Hollerer
39
John C. White
32
Theodore P. Stanwood, Jr.
37
Joseph Morse
34
Ruth K. Miller
31
124
Elections (cont )
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
Ward "2"
3
4
5
6
George E. Stanwood Henry Graf, Jr. Florence Morse Thomas Maguire
Blanks
1363
Henry J. Chouinard
29
Forrest E. Collins
33
Carl C. Emery
35
Thomas J. Coffey
30
Ronald C. Harris
28
Raymond G. Harris
30
Chessie M. Johonnett
26
Bradley Fuller
32
Albert E. Rochette
28
Ethel E. Wormwood
30
Isabelle A. Richard
28
Elsa W. Thurlow
28
Nelson J. Auger
31
Nellie Moulton
31
Nellie A. Phelps
30
Denis W. Hegarty
31
Victor Roman
28
Warren L. Hatch
32
Helen Melvin
32
Rebecca Ellen Frost
31
Victor B. Otto
27
June Dumont
29
Allen J. Boyle
29
Avedis M. Avedisian
30
Thomas H. Buckley
27
Ernest R. Murphy
26
Henry B. Noyes
32
Francis B. Kilgour
28
Marion T. Fox
28
Henry G. Fenders, Jr.
31
Osmond R. Cummings
29
M. Edward Wright, Jr.
1
Blanks
760
Richard Farina
11
Group 1
William C. O'Brien
11
Daniel J. Donahue
12
Samuel 0. Howard
11
Francis J. Saint
11
Malcolm K. Hoyt
16
Verner F. Cedar
10
Isadore L. Kantrowitz
18
Josiah H. Welch
13
George Dagres
12
Mabel A. Butterfield
10
Thomas Garson
10
33
47
1
1
125
Elections (cont)
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
1 2 3 4 5 - 6
Grace A. Smith
16
Group 2
Catherine Coffin
14
Katherine L. Todd
14
Emery P. Todd
14
Edith P.Hamilton
16
Barbara C. Allen
12
Virginia S. Conte
14
Zelma F. Gardner
14
John M. Chase
15
Eben N. Lambert, Jr.
14
Allen R. Gardner
14
Arthur Greenleaf Smith
12
Blanks
771
Olive L. Conway
2
Edwin B. Cox
17
Lorna Learned
16
Roy Kerkian
19
Herbert T. Smith
15
John Nicholson
17
Norman D. Richardson
16
Newton Cetlin
16
Archie M. Janvrin
17
Leo Berman
15
Alice M. Manning
17
Charles J. Cortes
17
Lydia E. Cox
18
William S. Hughes
19
Annie J. Hughes
18
Blanks
70€
John W. Chase
42
Reta T. Chase
38
Eleanor J. Baker
37
Charles D. Baker
37
Fannie M. Mckinney
34
Deron Gulazian
38
Joseph Lezon
32
Frank F. Morrill
38
Frances R. Morrill
35
David A. True
34
Mary J. Carey
36
William B. Coltin
39
Malcolm G. Smith
34
James T. Connolly, Jr.
37
Alfred N. Gynan
30
Leonard D. Marsolais
32
Thelma E. O'Brien
31
Martha True
3
Mary Welch Connolly
3
Dorothy w. Myhall
2
Blanks
1068
126
Elections (cont)
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
Charles K. Morrill
38
Harold E. Hawkes
49 51
Robert C. Clark
Clara W. Claflin
44
Henry M. Duggan
54
Charles F. Bridges
49
William McG. Fisher
39
Leo V. Klos
43
Daniel B. Knight
47
Charles 0. Mackinnon
47
Harry B. Norton
49
Eleanor D. Norton
46
Janet E. Pratt
43
Anne L. Rigney
4.7
Francis B. Roche
38
James H. Ronan
50
Earl E. Shute
40
Joseph W. Stanwood
45
Lawrence M. Weare
44
Arthur L. Roy
39
John P. Learned
49
Kourken A. Ananian
47
Harvey Beit
49
Annie G. Sayball
46
Blanks
1602
TOTAL VOTE REPUBLICAN
56
48
31
27
48
77
287
Presidential Preference Republican
Eisenhower
27
28
13
23
1.8
139
Stevenson
1
1
John K. Mahoney, Salem, Mass.
1
7
Herter
1
1
Blanks
28
20
17
27
25
28
145
State Primary, September 18,1956
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
N
3
4
5 6
Governor
Foster Furcolo
45
79
60
45
78
84
391
Thomas H. Buckley
10
26
16
26
25
19
122
Blanke
9
13
1
4
6
1
34
Lieut. Governor
Robert F. Murphy
38
79
45
42
74
68
346
James A. Burke
9
13
13
11
14
12
72
George A. Wells
12
19
12
18
13
7
47
Blanks
5
7
7
8
17
82
w
127
Elections (cont )
Ward Ward Ward ward Ward Ward Totals
1
~
m
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin
50
97
64
70
91
87
459
Robert Emmet Dinsmore Blanks
8
16
5
2
13
9
53
Treasurer
Clement A. Riley
20
32
26
21
30
36
165
John F. Kennedy
28
56
31
35
40
40
230
John F. Buckley
5
10
9
7
18
11 .
60
Henry Joseph Hurley
0
2
4
4
6
3
19
John M. Kennedy
10
2
4
6
9
36
Blanks
6
8
5
4
9
5
37
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley Blanks
51
100
60
65
78
88
44.2
13
18
17
10
31
16
105
Attorney General
Joseph D. Ward
31
48
25
25
41
57
227
Edward J. McCormack, Jr. Blanks
10
16
9
7
13
7
62
Congressman, 6th District
Andrew J. Gillis Blanks
62
115
77
75
109
104
542
Councillor, 5th District
Robert A. Barrett, Jr.
7 19
6
15
13
7
67
William G. Hennessey
15
28
23
16
32
29
143
Marie Walch Loughlin
9
17
10
10
14
16
76
Thomas G. Mixon
3
4
2
1
1
2
13
Francis J. Thompson
12
11
7
6
9
13
58
Blanks
9
20
12
18
26
16
101
Senator, 3rd Essex District
James P. Boyle
48
89
60
52
82
81
412
Blanks
16
29
17
23
27
23
135
Representative in Gen.Ct.lstEssex
District
Albert H. Zabriskie Blanks
56
109
6
69 69 105
4
4
37
6
5
8
3
5
8
100
510
8
9
43
43
55
40
258
23
54
3
5
2
1
128
35
Elections (cont )
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals 1 2 3 4 5 word !
County Commissioners, Essex Cy.
John R. Ahern
23
40
22
13
35
23
156
James D. Burns
14
31
13
17
23
34
132
Edward . Cahill
16
26
19
18
25
31
135
John T. Cahill
5
10
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