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2025
1897
Thrift
E. Bella Weisman, 17-A Melvin Street
1900
1921
Band
Wesley A. Maynard, 40 Vinal Avenue
1900
1925
Americanization Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow Street
2275
1916
* Temporary
*Additional to salary as Director of Household Arts Courses
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TABLE 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY 1928 Name and Residence Superintendent and Secretary
Charles S. Clark, 75 Munroe Street
Salary $6,500
Assistant Superintendent
Everett W. Ireland, 138 Powder House Boulevard
4,100
Clerks
Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland Avenue
1,650
Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street
1,485
Ruth E. Corwin, 46 Putnam Street
1,485
Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street
$23.50 per week
Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue
25.50 per week
Alice I. Amidon, 27 Gorham Street
20.00 per week
Bernice A. Tuck, 165 Lowell Street
15.00 per week
Attendance Officer
Benjamin R. Jones, 25 Loring Street $2,200
Visiting Teacher
.Mrs. Ellen Wood Almeida, 397 Broadway
$1700 1927
TABLE 31-SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1928
School
Name
Residence
Weekly Salary
High School, assistant
Jeremiah M. Brennan
44 Radcliffe Rd. $31.50
High School, assistant
John N. Quirk
64 Marion St. 30.50
High School, assistant Joseph McCormack
206 Washington St. 30.50
High School, assistant Charles Hoyt
60 Vernon St. 34.50
High School, assistant
Thomas G. Pullen
6 Madison St.
30.50
Prescott
James J. Quirk
199 Broadway
33.00
Prescott
Thomas H. Dickinson
5 Berkeley St.
34.50
Hanscom
John J. Feeney
7 Dickinson St.
32.00
Boys' Vocational
Charles B. Kelly
25 Clark St.
28.50
Bennett
Michael Mullaney
7 Greene St. 34.00
Baxter
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
60 Newton St.
29.00
Knapp
Maurice T. Mullins
13 Fremont Ave.
36.50
Perry
John J. Kilty
38 Columbus Ave.
34.00
Southern Junior High
William F. Meskill
30 Warren Ave. 37.00
Southern Junior High
James F. Crowley John F. Donovan
35 Rossmore St. 31.00
Cummings
Royal W. Brenize
147 Central St. 27.00
Edgerly
Charles P. Horton
26 Everett Ave. 34.00
Glines
Nicholas J. Lacey
327 Washington St. 35.00
Northeastern
Jeremiah J. Canniff
47 Spencer Ave. 37.00
Northeastern
Anthony Farrington
15 Dimick St. 31.00
Northeastern
18 Robinson St. 29.00
Forster
196 Central St. 34.00
Continuation
16 Bowdoin St.
33.00
Bingham
335 Lowell St.
37.00
Carr
Patrick L. Delmore
51 Ibbetson St.
40.00
Morse
John W. Cremen
69 Oxford St.
34.50
Proctor
Vincent J. Burke
9 Homer Sq. 31.00
Durell
Ellsworth C. Lundgren
03 Lowden Ave.
27.00
Burns
Charles J. Elkins
14 Holyoke Road
30.50
Brown
James J. Cooper
105 Willow Ave.
32.00
Highland
Michael F. King
25 Bowdoin St. 34.00
Hodgkins
Joseph A. McNeill
27a Jay St.
35.00
Western Junior High
901 Broadway 40.00
Western
Junior High
George A. Givan
17 Henry Ave.
33.50
Cutler
Thomas J. Flynn
4 Charles St. 30.50
Cutler
Earl R. March
100 Heath St. 36.00
Lincoln
Joseph Binari
14 Evergreen Sq. 27.00
LLowe
Walter M. Burns
23 Avon St.
30.50
Dan'l E. Cunningham
15 Leland St. 29.00
Pope
1 Fremont Ave. 31.00
Southern Junior High
John F. O'Connell George W. Coombs
Michael A. Mullin John F. O'Brien
James T. Eddy
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 1, 1928.
"To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :- Gentlemen :
The following is respectfully submitted as the fifty-sixth annual report of the city clerk of the city of Somerville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1927.
The receipts and payments were as follows :
Receipts
Balance from year 1926 being for dog li- censes issued in December 1926
15 males at $2.00
$30 00
1 female at $5.00
5 00
35 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer, 16 at $.20
3 20
$31 80
For dog licenses issued in 1927:
955 males at $2.00
1,910 00
209 females at $5.00
1,045 00
131 spayed at $2.00
262 00
1 kennel at $25.00
25 00
3,242 00
For hunting and fishing licenses issued in 1927:
505 sporting licenses at $2.25
1,136 25
3 trapping licenses at $2.25
6 75
7 alien sporting licenses at $15.25
106 75
1 non-resident sporting license at
$2.25
2 25
1 non-resident sporting license at $5.25
5 25
1 minor trapping license at $.75
75
5 duplicate licenses at $.50
2 50
Recording mortgages, assigments, etc. 925 papers
1,239 95
Certificates of marriage intentions,-
1210 licenses and 1 duplicate license
1,211 00
Furnishing copies of records Licenses :
382 35
Auctioneers, 23 licenses at $2.00
46 00
Billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, 194 licenses for 129 tables and 65 alleys at $2.00 388 00
Bus route licenses, 5 at $25.00
125 00
1,260 50
4,534 30
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$4,534 30;
Brought forward
Bus licenses
760 00
Drain layers, 8 licenses at $1.00
8 00
Drivers, 427 licenses, including 354 li- censes to drive buses, at $1.00 ...
427 00
Engines and motors, 16 licenses for motors at $1.00
16 00
Garages, 48 licenses, including 4 li-
censes granted in 1926 at $2.00 96 00
Gasoline tanks, 53 licenses including
5 licenses granted in 1926 at $1.00 ...
53 00
Hackney carriages, 66 licenses at $1.00 66 00
Intelligence offices, 5 licenses at $2.00 10 00
Itinerant Vendors, 2 licenses at $25.00 50 00
Junk and second hand licenses,-
27 licenses at $10.00 270 00
10 licenses at $25.00 250 00
Liquor licenses (third class) 21 at $1.00 21 00
Lodging house licenses, 50 at $2.00 ...
100 00
Second hand auto licenses, 36 at $25.00
900 00
Slaughtering licenses, 12 at $1.00
12 00
Street Musician, 2 at $.50
1 00
Victuallers licenses, 117 including 3
granted in 1926 at $2.00
234 00
Wagon licenses, 40 at $1.00
40 00
Wagon stands, 55 at $1.00
55 00
Permits for projections over sidewalks,
for
57 electric signs, including 5 granted in 1926,
22 stationary signs,
2 swing arms,
4 barber poles,
11 awnings,
2 filling traps,
1 storage vault,
4 banners,
3 marquees,
106 licenses at $1.00
106 00
Interest on deposits
1 05
Badges
2 50
Witness fees
6 00
Physicians registrations
2 25
Filing certificates, 36 at $.50
18 00
Copies of zoning ordinance
74 00
Marriage declaration
1 00
6,972 10
$11,506 40
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Payments
To Charles E. Hatfield, county treasurer June 1 and December 1 receipts for dog licenses from December 1, 1926
to Novmber 30, 1927, both inclusive 941 males at $2.00
$1,882 00
207 females at $5.00
1,035 00
129 spayed at $2.00
258 00
1 kennel at $25.00
25 00
Less city clerk's fees, 1278 at $.20 ....
255 60
$2,944 40
To the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game for licenses for hunting in 1927,
505 sporting licenses at $2.25
1,136 25
3 trapping licenses at $2.25
6 75
7 alien sporting licenses at $15.25
106 75
1 non-resident sporting license at $2.25
2 25
1 non-resident sporting license at
5 25
1 minor's trapping license at $.75
75
5 duplicate licenses at $.50
2 50
1,260 50
1,131 00
To the city treasurer monthly :-
City clerk's fees for issuing and record- ing dog licenses, 1,296 at $.20
259 20
City clerk's fees for issuing and record- ing hunting licenses, 518 at $.25
129 50
All the receipts above specified except for dog licenses and hunting licenses
6,972 10
7,360 80
Total payments
11,436 20
Balance, January 1, 1928, being for dog licenses issued in December 1927 :- 29 males at $2.00
58 00
3 females at $5.00
15 00
2 spayed at $2.00
4 00
77 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city
6 80
70 20
$11,506 40
Licenses and Permits
Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of receipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the board
Less city clerk's fees, 518 at $.25 ....
129 50
$5.25
treasurer, 34 at $.20
3,007 00
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of aldermen, without charge, as follows :
To hold religious services in streets and squares 1
To parade in streets with music, etc. 3
Newsboys
17
To move buildings through streets
5
To sing in streets
1
To hold road race
1
To hold carnivals
2
Births
1927
Number of births reported by physicians and midwives
for 1927
Males
887
Females
908
A canvas of the city is at present being made under the direction of the city clerk as required by section 5, chapter 29, of the Revised Laws, to ascertain the facts required for record relative to children born during the year.
As the information derived from such canvas will not be available in time sufficient for its incorporation in this re- port, a statement in full of the births of 1927 will be given in the city clerk's report for the year 1928.
1926
The following is a statement in full of the births for 1926. Number of births (exclusive of still-births) in Somerville
in 1926 registered 1,793
Males
909
Females
884
Born of American parents
828
Born of foreign parents
609
Born of American father and foreign mother
153
Born of foreign father and American mother
183
Born of American mother and father of un- known nationality
16
Born of foreign mother and father of un- known nationality
4
1,793
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205.
Number of still-births in Somerville in 1927 as registered 61 Number of births in other places in 1926 registered 757
Number of cases of twins
22
Marriages
1927
Number of intention certificates issued in 1927
1,210
(Less than previous year)
67
Marriages registered
1,293
More than previous year
4
Both parties American
735
Both parties foreign
256
American groom and foreign bride
128
Foreign groom and American bride
156
1,275
First marriage
2,356
Second marriage
182
Third marriage
12
1,275
c'pls
Deaths (Exclusive of still-births)
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1927
931
Less than previous year
153
Males
424
Females
507
Under ten years of age
134
10 and under 20 years of age
16
20 and under 30 years of age
40
30 and under 40 years of age
49
40 and under 50 years of age
66
50 and under 60 years of age
123
60 and under 70 years of age
185
70 and under 80 years of age
200
80 and under 90 years of age
98
90 years of age and over
20
Age of oldest person deceased 100 years
Born in Somerville
164
Born in other places in the United States
411
Of foreign birth
355
Birthplace unknown
1
931
931
931
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Number of deaths in January
100
Number of deaths in February 76
Number of deaths in March
94
Number of deaths in April
94
Number of deaths in May
80
Number of deaths in June
65
Number of deaths in July
61
Number of deaths in August
64
Number of deaths in September
88
Number of deaths in October
70
Number of deaths in November
63
Number of deaths in December
76
931
The number of still-births during the year was sixty-two. In addition to the above 312 deaths which occurred elsewhere were recorded in Somerville, almost the entire number of persons deceased having been residents of this city.
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Liquor License Question.
The following is a statement of the votes, during the sev- eral years of its submission to the people, on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors (and cer- tain non-intoxicating beverages) in this city, together with the number of registered voters and the estimated population for each year :-
YEAR.
YES.
No.
BLANK.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
1881
979
1,222
3,678
26,000
1882
627
1,159
3,778
26,500
1883
767
1,343
4,407
27,000
1884
806
1,709
4,470
28,000
1885
428
1,604
3,969
*29,992
1886
214
1,321
4,089
32,000
1887
555
2,427
4,574
34,000
1888
744
2,456
5,399
36,000
1889
635
1,706
335
5,286
39,000
1890
999
2,282
409
5,556
*40,117
1891
1,054
2,598
279
5,938
43,000
1892
1,427
3,288
347
7,587
46,000
1893
1,547
2,654
218
7 943
48,000
1894
1,098
2,869
246
8,007
50,000
1895
1,854
4,708
459
8,410
*52,200
1896
1,466
3,680
332
9,379
54,000
1897
1,626
3,815
486
8,925
56,000
1898
1,595
3,501
486
8,657
57,500
1899
1,892
3,340
374
8,838
60,000
1900
1,660
3,427
321
9,620
*61,643
1901
1,579
3,295
374
9,499
63,500
1902
1,645
3,242
360
10,100
65,000
1903
2,248
4,410
550
11,346
67,000
1904
2,022
4,338
447
11,682
69,500
1905
2,483
4,660
531
11,340
*69,272
1906
2,193
5,204
582
11,571
70,000
1907
1,735
4,591
459
11,558
74,000
1908
1,780
4,760
491
12,777
75,500
1909
1,830
4,601
530
12,479
75,500
1910
1,544
3,968
365
12,522
*77,236
1911
2,193
4,841
492
13,226
80,000
1912
2,421
6,182
546
13,854
81,000
1913
2,348
6,431
550
13,417
82,000
1914
2,178
5,535
488
13,404
85,000
1915
1,705
5,262
379
13,805
*86,854
1916
1,100
4,158
271
14,500
88,000
1917
1,291
3,457
232
13,826
90,000
1918
690
1,935
161
13,477
90,500
1919
2,777
2,297
261
14,810
91,000
1920
27,307
*93,091
1921
5,143
8,751
2,992
27,545
95,000
1922
96,000
1923
7,266
9,822
4,382
28,149
97,000
1924
98,000
1925
34,434
*99,032
1926
33,210
101,000
1927
32,491
103,000
*Census.
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ORDINANCES
Somerville, January 1, 1928.
The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the annual reports for the year 1927 :- ORDINANCE NO. 125
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance Relative to the Police Department Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Chapter XIX of the Revised Ordinances of 1911, as amended by Ordinances 57 and 90, is hereby further amended by strik- ing out Section 1 and inserting in place thereof the following: Sec- tion 1. The police department shall consist of a chief of police, a cap- tain, six lieutenants (two of whom shall be inspectors), six sergeants, and such number of patrolmen as the Board of Aldermen may from time to time determine. They shall take rank in the order in which they are named.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 5, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 126
An Ordinance Regulating the Standing of Vehicles in Portion of Northern Traffic Artery
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle to remain standing on the Somerville avenue bridge or its approaches or in any portion of the narrow part of the Northen Traffic Artery between the Somerville-Cambridge line and Medford street.
Section 2. This ordinance shall not apply to vehicles left stand- ing while taking or leaving passengers or while receiving or deliver- ing merchandise and other articles from and to the adjoining pemises. Section 3. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 127
An Ordinance Amending an Ordinance Relative to the Transportation and Carriage of Passengers for Hire by Motor Vehicles
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville. as follows :-
Section 1. Ordinance No. 107 entitled "An Ordinance Relative to the Transportation and Carriage of Passengers for Hire by Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended by inserting in line four of Section 8 after the word "than" the words "twenty-five percent is excess of" so that said section 8 will read as follows: Sect. 8. The license issued for a motor vehicle shall designate the number of passengers, ex- clusive of the operator, the licensee is authorized to carry in said vehicle, and no person operating said vehicle shall cause or allow more persons to be carried thereon at any time than twenty-five per cent in excess of the number designated in the license or allow any
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person to stand or sit upon the running board, step, fender, dash or hood thereof or allow any person otherwise to ride on such motor vehicle outside the body thereof; provided, however, that in addi- tion to the number of passengers which said motor vehicle by the terms of its license is permitted to carry, children under seven years of age may be carried therein in arms or seated on the laps of adult persons accompanying them, but no passenger with a child in arms or seated on the lap shall be permitted on any front seat of the ve- hicle.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 12, 1927 ..
ORDINANCE NO. 128 Building Ordinance
Passed by the Board of Aldermen, April 14, 1927, Approved by the Mayor, April 15, 1927, printed as a separate document.
ORDINANCE NO. 129
An Ordinance Fixing License Fee for Transient Vendors
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows: ---
Section 1. The fee for Transient Vendors license as provided in Chap. 101 Gen. Laws and acts in amendment or addition thereto, is hereby fixed at the sum of twenty-five dollars.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 27, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 130 An Ordinance Relating to Traffic on Public Ways
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville,. as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall cause or allow any vehicle to pass from Pearl street, wholly or partially, into the Northern Traffic Artery, without first bringing said vehicle to a full stop in Pearl street, within ten feet of said Northern Traffic Artery.
Section 2. No person shall cause or allow any vehicle to pass from Central street, wholly or partially, into Medford street, without first bringing said vehicle to a full stop in Central street, within ten feet of said Medford street.
Section 3. No person shall cause or allow any vehicle to pass from School street. wholly or partially, into Medford street, without first bringing said vehicle to a full stop in School street, within ten' feet of said Medford street.
Section 4. No person shall cause or allow any vehicle to pass: from Central street, wholly or partially, into Summer street, without first bringing said vehicle to a full stop in Central street, within ten:
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feet of said Summer street.
Section 5. No person shall cause or allow any vehicle to pass from Willow avenue, wholly or partially, into Summer street, without first bringing said vehicle to a full stop in Willow Avenue, within ten feet of said Summer street.
Section 6. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved August 10, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 131 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 105
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Ordinance No. 105, entitled "An Ordinance Establish- ing Rhode Island Avenue and Indiana Avenue as One Way Streets," is hereby amended by striking out the words "or along any portion of Indiana Avenue except in a southwesterly direction," so that same shall read as follows: "Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle, other than a vehicle propelled by hand, to pass along any portion of Rhode Island Avenue except in a northeasterly direction."
Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved August 15, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 132
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 96, Relative to One-Way Streets
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 96, entitled "An Ordinance Relative to One Way Streets," is hereby amended by striking out therefrom the words "or along any portion of Franklin Street be- tween Washington Street and Broadway except in a northeasterly direction."
Section 2. Ordinance No. 97, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 96, Relative to One Way Streets," is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved August 15, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 133
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance Relative to the Police Department
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Chapter XIX of the Revised Ordinances of 1911 as Amended by Ordinances 57, 90 and 125 is hereby further amended by
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striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the following: Section 1. The Police Department shall consist of a chief of police, four captains, five lieutenants, nine sergeants and such number of patrolmen as the Board of Aldermen may from time to time deter- mine. They shall take rank in the order in which they are named.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved November 30, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 134
An Ordinance Amending Section 12 of Ordinance No. 128 Entitled "Building Ordinance of 1927"
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. The first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 12 of Ordinance No. 128 entitled "Building Ordinance of 1927" is here- by amended by adding the words "vent shaft" after the word "yard" so that the said sentence shall read as follows: Every water-closet compartment and bathroom shall have at least one window opening directly upon a street, or upon a yard, vent shaft, court, or offset to court, of the dimensions specified for each in this ordinance and lo- cated on the same lot.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved December 23, 1927.
ORDINANCE NO. 135
An Ordinance Regulating the Standing of Vehicles in Portion of Linwood Street
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle to remain standing in Linwood street between Congress place and Fitchburg street for more than one hour.
Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved December 31, 1927.
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ELECTIONS
The following is a statement of the votes cast in the several wards of the city for the candidates for the various offices, at the City Election held therein, November 8, 1927.
WARDS.
CANDIDATES.
PARTY.
1
3
4
5
6
7
Total
MAYOR
Leon M. Conwell
Republican Democratic
1602 1596
664 3084
2072 2196
2347 1435
1773 2116
2696 1096
2615 1266
13769 12789 1
ALDERMAN AT LARGE
WARD ONE
Elmer B. Hayes
Republican
1687 1409
549 2600
1936 1892
2177 1232
1650 1845
2546 947
2427 1075
12972 11000
WARD TWO
Arthur B. Murphy
Democratic
1395
2831
1899
1230 2158
1844 1615
955 2502
1065 2388
12751
WARD THREE
William S. Howe
Republican
1431
528
1980
2131 1209
1606 1842
2504 940
2389 1046
12569 11172
WARD FOUR
Charles C. Grimmons
Republican
1451
542
1918 1839
2372 1264
16:24 1793
2503 938
2392
12802 10804
WARD FIVE
John L. Carroll
Democratic
1343
2494
1837
1207 2118
1919 1755
920 2504
1041 2375
10761 12642
WARD SIX
John P. Broderick
Democratic
1349
2540
1889
1233 2069
1802 1587
1022 2576
1063 2335
10898 12314
WARD SEVEN
Margaret A. Campbell
Democratic
1327
2476 543
1803 1896
1183 2119
1758 1608
914 2540
2592
10570 12723
WARD ALDERMAN
WARD ONE
John J. Crowley
Democratic
1508
Daniel A. Downey
Democratic
1465
Harold G. Knapp
Republican
1541
Franklin L. Ralston
Republican
1461
11219
George W. Pratt
Republican
1448
709
1931
Henry F. Rafferty
Democratic
1369
2665
2101
William E. O'Brien
Democratic
1361
2573
570
1893
Enoch B. Robertson
Republican
1427
Lee C. Kitson
Republican
1403
509
1835
Warren L. Dalton
Republican
14:25
1109
John J. Murphy
Charles E. Mongan
1
William J. Keeley
Democratic
1036
213
CITY CLERK
WARDS.
CANDIDATES.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total.
WARD ALDERMAN
WARD TWO
William L. Hanson
Republican
582
Robert W. Houley
Democratic
2855
John F. Stynes
Democratic
2720
WARD ALDERMAN WARD THREE
Ernest C. Carr
Democratic
2095
Ralph A. Hight
Republican
1850
Thomas F. Mackey
Democratic
2205
Elwood L. Mason
Republican
1827
Peter F. Donnelly
Independent
55
WARD ALDERMAN WARD FOUR
Edmund V. Maloney
Democratic
1313
Arthur G. Pearson
Republican
2346
Alfred J. Repetto
Democratic
1230
David Y. Ross
Republican
2242
WARD ALDERMAN
WARD FIVE
Roger Blanchard
Republican
1683
Arthur P. Dionne
Democratic
1925
George D. Groombridge
Republican
1695
Patrick Henry Ryan
Democratic
1872
WARD ALDERMAN
WARD SIX
Waldo P. Elliott
Republican
2598
Edward C. Fitzgerald
Democratic
1008
Louis C. Gobron
Republican
2585
George H. Norton
Democratic
897
WARD ALDERMAN WARD SEVEN
Robert C. Harris
Republican
2588
Philip Sherman
Republican
2538
James F. Welch
Democratic
1013
John P. Whalen
Democratic
1000
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD ONE
Francis J. Fitzpatrick
Democratic
1624
Charles E. Moran
Democratic
1381
Dorothy Winkfield Taylor
Republican 1479
Walter Elton Whittaker Republican
1539
.
214
ANNUAL REPORTS
CANDIDATES. PARTY.
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE WARD TWO
Elizabeth J. Cairnes Independent
William F. Dewire
Democratic
Christopher J. Muldoon Democratic
Lena K. Robinson
Republican
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD THREE
Walter I. Chapman
Republican
John C. Kelleher
Democratic
James C. Scanlan
Democratic
Walter B. Stevens
Republican
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD FOUR
Charles R. Brunelle
Democratic
1319
1296
2229
2205
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE WARD FIVE
Francis J. Daley
Democratic
Edmund M. Lanigan
Democratic
1890
1748
1641
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD SIX
Herbert Cholerton
Republican
Edward Ivers
Democratic
948
2713
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD SEVEN
Barbara T. Barrett
Democratic
1103
John D. Fenton
Democratic
1153
William Newbold
Republican
2404
Crawford K. Sweeley
Republican
2520
"Shall an act passed by the gen- eral court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled 'An Act to establish the salary of members of the board of aldermen of Somerville,' be accepted ?"
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