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8,000.00
ARTICLE 15. Motion by Samuel Robison and unani- mously voted that No Action be taken on this article. Sand Spreader.
At 9:00 P.M. the Moderator called for a five minute recess.
ARTICLE 16. Motion by Daniel Malone and unani- mously voted that the sum of 1,000.00
be raised and appropriated for the purchase or taking by eminent domain under Chapter 79, Massachusetts General Laws (T.E.), or otherwise for the purpose of the public water supply.
ARTICLE 18. Motion by Stanley Cole and unani- mously voted that the sum of 20,000.00
be transferred from the Surplus Revenue Account for future improvements to the water system. (Water Main Building Fund.)
ARTICLE 17. Motion by Frank Keegan and unani- mously voted that be taken on this article. (Lay water mains E. Bacon St.)
No Action
ARTICLE 19. Motion by Robert Malin and unani- mously voted that the town vote to establish a water de- partment reserve account for the purchase and mainte- nance of water meters.
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ARTICLE 20. Motion by Robert Malin that the sum of be transferred from Surplus Revenue account to establish a Water Meter Purchase and Maintenance Reserve Account. Unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 21. Motion by Samuel Robison that the sum of $1,294.11 be raised and appropriated for the control of insects and Dutch Elm disease-$1,000.00 for Dutch Elm disease and $294.11 for insect control. Mr. Bancroft Austin amended this motion to read that the town raise and appropriate the sum of
for insect control. Vote on amended motion unanimous.
ARTICLE 22. Motion by Daniel Malone and unani- mously voted that the sum of 2,334.15
be raised and appropriated for Plainville's share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System.
ARTICLE 23. Motion by Frank Keegan and unani- mously voted that the sum of 20,000.00
be raised and appropriated for carrying on the different categories of Welfare, made up as follows:
General Welfare $ 2,500
O.A.A. 13,500
A.D.C. 1,000
D.A. 3,000
ARTICLE 24. Motion by Stanley Cole and unani- mously voted that the sum of 200.00 be raised and appropriated for Street Signs.
ARTICLE 25. Motion by Robert Malin and unani- mously voted that No Action
be taken on this article. (Treatment of tuberculosis patients. Included in Board of Health appropriation.)
ARTICLE 26. Motion by Samuel Robison and voted that the sum of 250.00
be raised and appropriated for Civilian Defense.
1,000.00
$294.11
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ARTICLE 27. Motion by Mr. Daniel Malone and un- animously voted that the sum of 2,000.00
be raised and appropriated for the continuance of the new sidewalk program.
ARTICLE 28. Motion by Frank Keegan that the town raise and appropriate the sum of 4,000.00 to continue the drainage program. Unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 29. Motion by Robert Malin that the town raise and appropriate the sum of to continue the completing of the Assessor's Map Program. Motion amended by Mr. Berg that the town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,000 to continue this program. Vote on amended motion not carried. Vote on original motion carried.
6,000.00
ARTICLE 30. Motion by Samuel Robison that the town vote to authorize the selectmen to accept as a public way, the private way known as Elizabeth Street, Green- meadow Estates, a distance of 650 feet easterly from West Bacon Street. As the vote was questioned, a standing vote was asked for. Result of standing vote: Yes 124, No 7.
ARTICLE 31. Motion by Samuel Robison and unani- mously voted that this article be approved as read. Street Lights Elizabeth Street. Money available under Article 6. Street Lights. Section 29.
ARTICLE 32. Motion by Samuel Robison and unani- mously voted that one street light be installed on West Bacon Street. Money available under Article 6, Section 29, Street Lights.
ARTICLE 33. Motion by Frank Keegan and unani- mously voted that two street lights be installed in the Plainville Town Park Driveway. Money available under Article 6, Section 29, Street Lights.
ARTICLE 34. Motion by Samuel Robison and unani- mously voted that be taken on this article. Water extension on Grove Street. (Petition of Roland Keith)
No Action
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ARTICLE 35. Motion by Frank Keegan and unani- mously voted that the town raise and appropriate the sum of for the purchase of a station wagon type cruiser, four door, eight cylinder, equipped with standard heater and all necessary identification for police cruiser.
ARTICLE 36. Motion by Daniel Malone that no action be taken on this article, for the purchase of World War II and Korean War Memorial Monuments. A substitute motion was submitted by Gordon Proal that the town transfer from Surplus Funds
for the purchase of World War II and Korean War Me- morial Monuments, said monuments to be purchased and erected by the American Legion War Memorial Committee on the property of John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The American Legion, on each side of the World War I Memorial Boulder. A standing vote was called for. Result: Yes 122, No 16.
ARTICLE 37. Motion by Stanley Cole and voted to table this article to amend Article XII of the Electrical By- Laws, indefinitely.
ARTICLE 38. Motion by Robert Malin and unani- mously voted that
No Action be taken. (Establish Town Office Building Fund.)
ARTICLE 39. Motion by Samuel Robison and unani- mously voted that the sum of 504.00
be raised and appropriated for the foreclosing of Tax Titles by the Treasurer, as required by Chapter 185 of the Acts of 1946. (14 Tax Titles at $36.00)
ARTICLE 40. Motion by Robert Malin and unani- mously voted that the sum of 1,292.49
be raised and appropriated to pay the following overdrafts: Snow Account $710.29, Selectmen's C. & I. $411.20, Board of Health $171.00.
ARTICLE 40. To hear any reports of committees and to choose any committee: The motion by Samuel Robison that a committee be appointed to consist of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the Board of Assessors, Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Town
1,800.00
850.00
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Clerk, Town Treasurer and two (2) other members to be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the need for an addition to the Town Office Building, and to bring in a re- port at the next Annual Town Meeting. Unanimously voted. Motion by Clarence Skinner, Jr. that a committee of five, consisting of one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Finance Committee, one member of the Board of Fire Engineers and two (2) to be appointed by the Moderator, to study the advisability of establishing a permanent Fire Department and to report such finding at the next Annual Town Meeting. Unanimously voted.
At 11:10 P.M. upon motion by Jay Clough and unanimously voted, the meeting was adjourned.
AUSTIN F. GRANT
Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Plainville Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Elementary School Auditorium, in said Plainville
Tuesday, the Twenty-sixth Day of April, 1960
at eight o'clock a.m., for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
24 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party.
12 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Conven- tion of the Democratic Party.
10 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Re- publican Party.
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10 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Conven- tion of the Republican Party.
4 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Re- publican Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
DISTRICT MEMBERS OF STATE COMMITTEE-(One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the Middlesex Norfolk Senatorial District.
MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE.
35 MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE.
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE.
The polls will be open from eight o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixth day of April, A.D., 1960.
LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. LeROY B. WILSON ROLAND C. CAMPBELL Selectmen of Plainville
A true copy. Attest:
ERNEST J. LaPORTE Constable
This 11th day of April, 1960.
This is to certify that I have this day posted seven (7) copies of the within Warrant in seven (7) public places, seven (7) days before said meeting.
ERNEST J. LaPORTE, Constable of Plainville
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 19th day of April.
AUSTIN F. GRANT, Town Clerk
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PROCEEDINGS OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
The Presidential Primary was held in the Elementary School Building Auditorium April 26, 1960.
Ballot Clerks: Mary Wolfe, Nellie King.
Tellers: Bertha Thompson, Helen Cobb
Counters: Richard Cobb, Robert Rammell.
Ballot Box Officer: George Prance.
Election Warden: Earl B. Thompson.
The above having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by Town Clerk Austin F. Grant.
The ballot box was inspected, found empty and locked, and the dial set at zero, and the key turned over to the Police Officer.
The Town Clerk read the call of the meeting and at 8:00 A.M. the polls were declared open. At 8:00 P.M. the polls were closed.
The results of the balloting was as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Delegates at Large and Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention
Leverett Saltonstall
126
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
126
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
130
Thomas A. Pappas
112
Ralph H. Bonnell
112
Mary R. Wheeler
115
Daniel E. McLean
112
Fred Lamson
110
Frank S. Giles
116
Robert F. Bradford
113
Blanks
228
Alternate Delegates
Lloyd B. Waring
108
John A. Volpe
110
Georgia E. Ireland
105
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George D. Hammond
106
Bruce Crane
102
Irene K. Thresher
106
Richard F. Treadway
104
Augustus G. Means
103
Andrew A. Hunter
102
George L. Sargent
103
Blanks
351
14th DISTRICT-GROUP ONE
Delegates
Gerald E. Riley
133
103
Hugh Morton Blanks
44
Alternate Delegates
Mary C. Marple
107
Henri Prunaret
104
Blanks
69
STATE COMMITTEE-Vote for One Man
Russell G. Simpson
117
Blanks
23
STATE COMMITTEE-Vote for One Woman
Ann C. Gannett
106
Blanks 34
TOWN COMMITTEE
Rosalie Bennett
79
Ralph A. Browne
74
Hedwick B. Brown
72
Roland C. Campbell
78
Evelyn Campbell
77
Melvin B. Chevers
71
Dorothy S. Chevers
69
Robert D. Cook
75
Caroline B. Cooper
74
Virginia E. Darby
74
John J. Drummey
70
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Richard N. Ellis
76
Everett A. Hatt
76
Robert F. Hayes
71 77 77
A. Bette Hemmingsen
Jean W. Henrich
Rachel F. Hurkett
Maida L. King
George R. Knight, Jr.
Allie B. C. McAlpine
Raymond V. Miller
Harry H. Morse
Ethel M. Nerney
77
Henry Poirier
72 76
George W. Prance
73
Charles J. Quirk
75 76 72
Stillman M. Sprague
74
Edna B. Telford
84
Ruth G. Tongue
75
Arthur W. Washburn
81
Blanks
2261
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
To express your individual preference for the person to be nomi- nated as the Republican candidate for president of the United States, insert the name of such person in the blank space below.
My preference for Republican candidate for president of the United States is
Richard Nixon
100
Nelson Rockefeller
5
John F. Kennedy
1
Stuart Symington
1
Blanks
33
74 83 73 79 74 79 80 72
Betty J. Oldham
Charles O. Peasley
Gordon S. Proal
Harry A. Schoening, Jr.
Norma L. Schofield
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY Delegates at Large and Alternates Delegates at Large to the National Convention
DELEGATES
Foster Furcolo
13
John W. McCormack
13
John M. Lynch
13
Robert F. Murphy
12
Joseph D. Ward
10
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
12
Thomas J. Buckley
12
John F. Collins
11
Joseph William Belanger
12
John E. Powers
13
John F. Thompson
10
Endicott Peabody
10
Robert Francis Kennedy
12
Howard W. Fitzpatrick
11
Garrett H. Byrne
12
Balcom S. Taylor
11
Mary L. Fonseca
10
John L. Saltonstall, Jr.
13
Betty Taymor
11
Stephen T. Chmura
10
Bernard Solomon
12
Kenneth J. Kelley
10
A. Frank Foster
12
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr.
13
Blanks
130
Alternate Delegates
William F. Donoghue
12
Charles Collatos
10
Mary DePasquale Murray
12
Peter J. Rzeznikiewicz
10
Edward King
10
Joseph A. DeGuglielmo
12
Cornelius W. Phillips, Jr.
10
Anthony M. Scibelli
10
Richard Maguire
11
Paul W. Glennon
12
Dan H. Fenn
11
Thomas J. Noonan
12
Blanks
72
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DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION-14th DISTRICT
GROUP 1
Delegates
9
9
8
9
33
Alternate Delegates
Patrick H. Harrington, Jr.
10
James Seligman Blanks
16
GROUP II
Delegates
John M. Arruda
7
Bernard F. Cleary
9
Edward F. Doolan
7
Edward P. Grace
7
Blanks
38
Alternate Delegates
William J. O'Brien
8
John N. Fulham, Jr.
9
Blanks
17
STATE COMMITTEE-Vote for One Man
John T. Dias Francis C. McKenna
3
9
Edward Odell
2
Blanks
37
William P. Grant Joseph E. Hanify, Jr. Napoleon Dufault Manuel R. Pereira Blanks
8
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STATE COMMITTEE-Vote for One Woman
Helen M. Dolan
11
Helen L. Johnson Blanks
2
21
TOWN COMMITTEE
Francis R. McCabe
7
Edward J. O'Neil
6
William E. Simpson
5
Blanks
33
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE-DEMOCRATIC
John F. Kennedy 12
1
Adlai Stevenson Blanks
4
Total number of votes cast-157. Republican 140, Democratic 17.
EARL B. THOMPSON
Election Warden
AUSTIN F. GRANT
Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plainville Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Plainville Elementary School Auditor- ium, Plainville, on
Tuesday, the Thirteenth Day of September, 1960
at Twelve o'clock Noon, for the following purposes:
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To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomi- nation of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
GOVERNOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL
for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL
AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for the 14th Congressional District COUNCILLOR for the Third Councillor District SENATOR for the Norfolk Senatorial District ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
for the 9th Norfolk Representative District
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY for Norfolk County TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS for Norfolk County COUNTY TREASURER for Norfolk County SHERIFF for Norfolk County
The polls will be open from 12 o'clock Noon to 8 o'clock P.M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this Twenty-fourth day of August, A.D. 1960.
LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. LeROY B. WILSON ROLAND C. CAMPBELL Selectmen of Plainville
A true copy.
Attest:
ERNEST J. LaPORTE Constable
This Sixth Day of September, 1960.
This is to certify that I have posted seven (7) copies of the within Warrant in seven (7) Public Places, seven (7) days before the time of said meeting.
ERNEST J. LaPORTE Constable of Plainville
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of September, 1960.
AUSTIN F. GRANT Town Clerk
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PROCEEDINGS OF STATE PRIMARY
The Primary Election was held in the Elementary School Audi- torium, Tuesday, September 13, 1960. The following officials were appointed by the Selectmen.
Inspectors: Bertha Thompson (R), Marion McCabe (D), Nellie King (R), Francis V. Weaver (D).
Tellers: Francis R. McCabe (D), Eugene Thayer (D), James Fin- ley (D), Edward O'Neil (D), Richard M. Cobb (R), Helen Cobb (R), Richard Ellis (R), Rosalie Bennett (R), Eva L. Wickman (R).
Ballot Box Officer: George W. Prance.
The above having been sworn in by the Town Clerk to the faith- ful performance of their duties.
Warden and Election Officer: Earl B. Thompson.
Clerk: Austin F. Grant.
Deputy Clerk: Bessie Barton.
The ballot box was inspected, found empty, dial was set at zero, box was then locked and key turned over to Police Officer.
The Town Clerk read the call of the meeting and at 12 o'clock noon, the polls were declared open. The polls were declared closed at 8:00 o'clock P.M.
The ballot box registered 571 ballots cast and check list showed 571 as having voted.
Republican Ballots-492.
Democratic Ballots-79.
Total Ballots-571.
The results of the balloting was as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall Blanks
428
64
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Governor
John A. Volpe Blanks
429
63
Lieutenant Governor
Augustus G. Means Blanks
414
78
Secretary
Edward W. Brooke
410
Blanks
82
Attorney General
George Michaels
415
Blanks
77
Treasurer
Walter J. Trybulski
280
Francis Andrew Walsh Blanks
72
Auditor
Gardner B. Wardwell
406
Blanks 86
Congressman 14th District
Joseph William Martin, Jr. 413
57
Blanks
22
Councillor-Second District
George M. Doyle Joseph H. McCartin Carleton P. Merrill
225
25
157
Blanks 85
140
Oscar H. Peterson
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Senator-Second Norfolk District
Walter J. Dempsey
40
Charles F. Hooper
53
William F. Nourse 174
George L. Sargent
175
Blanks
50
Representative in General Court-Ninth Norfolk District
Edna B. Telford 330
155
Roland C. Campbell Blanks
7
Register of Probate and Insolvency
Anna E. Hirsch 412
Blanks
80
County Commissioners-Norfolk County
Russell T. Bates 373
Clayton W. Nash
343
Blanks 268
County Treasurer-Norfolk County
Raymond C. Warmington
Blanks 79
Sheriff-Norfolk County
John H. Brownell 196
Arthur J. Ferullo
15
Charles W. Hedges
217
Blanks 64
DEMOCRATIC
Senator in Congress
Foster Furcolo Edmund C. Buckley
37
4
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr.
34
Blanks 4
413
1960
Governor
Joseph D. Ward
43
Francis E. Kelly
5
John F. Kennedy
11
Alfred Magaletta
0
Robert F. Murphy
8
Endicott Peabody
10
Gabriel Francis Piemonte Blanks
2
Lieutenant Governor
Edward F. Mclaughlin, Jr.
63
Pasquale Caggiano
11
Blanks
5
Secretary
Kevin H. White
33
Francis X. Ahearn
28
Margaret F. McGovern Blanks
16
2
Treasurer
John Thomas Driscoll
38
George F. Hurley
8
John B. Kennedy
11
John M. Kennedy
3
Patrick F. McDonough
7
Robert J. Sullivan
13
Blanks
5
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
61
John F. Hynes
12
Blanks
6
Congressman-14th District
Edward F. Doolan
28
Howard Haines Murphy
34
George H. Niland
10
Blanks
7
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Councillor-Second District
Abraham H. Kahalas
29
Edward J. Burke
17
John A. Dolan
10
Robert E. Green
2
Francis J. Hickey
10
Thomas W. McCue
5
Blanks
6
Senator-Second Norfolk District
Jeremiah J. Bresnahan, Jr.
3
William F. Butters
8
Stephen J. Connolly
4
Francis C. McKenna
3
Robert M. Murphy
44
Bruno Santini
3
George A. Sullivan, Jr.
9
J. Kenneth Sykes
2
Blanks
3
Representative in General Court-Ninth Norfolk District
Neil R. Bearce
7
Charles A. Burrows
14
Joseph Dickens
12
John H. Kelley
10
Bernard F. McCahill
23
Garrett H. Spillane, Jr.
5
Blanks
8
Register of Probate and Insolvency
James L. Dunn
13
John T. Moore
8
Francis R. Powers
51
Kay A. Wall
1
Blanks
6
County Commissioners-Norfolk County
Warren J. Caples
14
Edward J. Carr
31
James J. Collins
9
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William C. Kendrick
23
John J. Kennedy
12
George H. Kiley, Jr.
7
William P. Morrissey
3
John Francis Murphy
13
Thomas E. Welby
1
Thomas E. Wood
5
John L. Woods Blanks
35
County Treasurer-Norfolk County
William P. Browne
38
Robert A. Browning
28
Henry B. Fall
6
Blanks
7
Sheriff-Norfolk County
Peter M. McCormack
63
Francis J. Hynes Blanks
10
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AUSTIN F. GRANT
Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plainville, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are here- by directed to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Plain- ville to meet in Elementary School, South Street, in said Plainville, on
Tuesday, the Eighth Day of November, 1960
at 7:00 o'clock A.M., it being the Tuesday after the first Monday in said month, then and there to give their votes for the following officers:
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS For President and Vice President
SENATOR IN CONGRESS for this Commonwealth
PLAINVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
5
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GOVERNOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL for this Commonwealth
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL for this Commonwealth AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH for this Commonwealth
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
for the 14th Congressional District
COUNCILLOR for the Second Councillor District
SENATOR for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL COURT for the 9th Norfolk Representative District
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY for Norfolk County
TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS for Norfolk County
COUNTY TREASURER for Norfolk County
SHERIFF (to fill vacancy) for Norfolk County
And also to vote "YES" or "NO" on the following questions:
QUESTION NO. 1
A. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
B. 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)?
C. 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?
The Polls will open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 8:00 o'clock P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in not less than seven (7) public places in the town seven (7) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
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Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 19th day of October, in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty.
LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. LE ROY B. WILSON ROLAND C. CAMPBELL Selectmen of Plainville
A true copy. Attest:
This 29th Day of October, 1960
ERNEST J. LaPORTE Constable
This is to certify that I have posted seven (7) copies of this War- rant in seven (7) public places in the Town of Plainville at least seven (7) days before the time of said meeting.
ERNEST J. LaPORTE Constable, Town of Plainville
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of October, 1960.
AUSTIN F. GRANT Town Clerk
PROCEEDINGS OF STATE ELECTION
The State Election was held in the Auditorium of the Plainville Elementary School, November 8, 1960, it being the first Tuesday after the first Monday.
Inspectors: Nellie King (R), Marion McCabe (D), Bertha Thomp- son (R), Francis V. Weaver (D), Milton Ryan (D), Substitute Ann Ryan (D).
The above having been appointed by the Selectmen were duly sworn to their respective duties by the Town Clerk, Austin F. Grant.
Warden and Election Officer: Earl B. Thompson (R).
Deputy Warden: Francis R. McCabe (D).
Clerk: Austin F. Grant, Town Clerk.
Deputy Clerk: Bessie Barton (R).
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The ballot box was inspected, found empty and locked and the key turned over to the Police Officer.
The Town Clerk read the call of the meeting, and at 7:00 A.M. the polls were declared open.
At 6:45 P.M., the new ballot box being filled, the second ballot box was inspected, found empty and locked and the key turned over to the Police Officer. At 8:00 P.M. the polls were declared closed. The ballot box registered 1694 votes. At this time the Absentee Voters ballots were checked off the lists and put through the ballot box, making a total of 1738 votes cast.
The following Tellers having been appointed by the Selectmen were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
Eugene Thayer (D)
James Finley (D)
Edward O'Neill (D)
Richard M. Cobb (R)
Helen Cobb (R)
Henry Guillette (R)
Rosalie Bennett (R)
Caroline Cooper (R)
Jean Henrich (R)
Robert Wessman (D)
The results of the balloting was as follows:
Electors of President and Vice President
Decker and Munn, Prohibition
1
Hass and Cozzini, Socialist Labor
1
Kennedy and Johnson, Democratic
716
Nixon and Lodge, Republican Blanks 22
998
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall, Republican
1167
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr., Democratic
544
Lawrence Gilfedder, Socialist Labor
2
Mark R. Shaw, Prohibition
Blanks 23
Governor
John A. Volpe, Republican
1088
Joseph D. Ward, Democratic
608
Henning A. Blomen, Socialist Labor
7
Guy S. Williams, Prohibition
5
Blanks 29
59
ANNUAL REPORT
1960
Lieutenant Governor
Edward F. Mclaughlin, Jr., Democratic Augustus G. Means, Republican Thomas Maratea, Prohibition Francis A. Votano, Socialist Labor Blanks
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