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Repairing doors, locks, etc.
Taking up desks and chairs
General electrical repairs
General plumbing repairs
Steamfitting repairs
Knapp School
Setting glass New window cords
Patching plaster and painting walls and ceilings
General electrical repairs
General plumbing repairs
Repairing doors and locks
Steamfitters repairs
Lowe School
Setting glass Repairing brick wall and floor in basement Repairing roof
General repairs on electrical fixtures, etc.
Working on doors and locks
Painting, plumbing repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Morse School
Setting glass Reputtied windows Repaired roof Conductor pipes, drain and soil pipes
Installing two new oil burners
Removing coal from cellar
Patch plaster and painting
Repairing chain link fence New electric service for oil burner, etc. General plumbing repairs and steamfitting repairs
New Vocational School
Repairing doors and locks Repaired metal overhead garage door Installed two new oil burners New electric service for oil burners General plumbing repairs Steamfitters repairs Put up basket ball court Painting
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Northeastern Junior High
Setting glass
Reputtied sash
New window cords
Electrical work on elevator and other electrical repairs
Repairing doors, desks and locks
General plumbing repairs
Repairing metal partitions in basement
Extended chain link fence
General steamfitters repairs
Perry School
Setting glass
New window cords
Sanding and painting furniture
Steamfitters and mason work on floor
Installing sprinkler in yard and general plumbing repairs
Putting up basket ball backboard
Prescott School
Setting glass and new window cords
Reputtied sash
Repaired chain link fence and replaced broken poles
Patching plaster and painting
Repairing furniture and doors
General electrical repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Repairing roof
Moved deep freeze and assembled parts
Proctor School
Setting glass and new window cords Repairing class room furniture, doors and checks Installed water piping and other plumbing repairs General electrical repairs
Steamfitting repairs and painting
Southern Junior High
Setting glass New window cords and reputtied sash
Washed and painted ceilings and walls
Sanding and shellacking desks
Working on new check room
Working on doors and checks
Making runs and putting up screens
General electrical repairs General Steamfitters work, patching plaster
Southworth Building
Setting glass Reputtying sash Replacing desks and chairs Repairing doors and locks General electrical repairs Patching plaster and steamfitters general repairs
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Western Junior High
Setting glass
Reputtying sash and new window cords
Patching plaster and painting in the first aid room
Electrical repairs in general
Installing linoleum
Repairing furniture and making new screens
Repaired fire doors
General plumbing repairs
Electrical repairs on oil burner
Steamfitters repairs in general
Bow St. Municipal Building
Setting glass New window cords
Installing flourescent lights in recreation office and other electrical repairs
Masons working on basement floor for steamfitters
Steamfitters repairs
Putting up partition and making new screens
Central Heating Plant
Repairing fire boxes
Installing lavatory, etc.
Electrical repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Central Library
Setting glass New window cords
Working on doors and locks
Replacing roof scuttle that blew off
Electrical repairs
Steamfitters work
Installing new boiler and new oil burner
City Hall
New window cords in registrar's office and Solicitor's office Repairing lineloum treasurer's office
Hanging pictures and mirror
Patching roof
Repairing door on School St.
General electrical repairs
General plumbing repairs
Plaster repairs and painting
City Home
General painting Installing sink, re-piping bathroom Setting tile floor Installing recepticals for range and refrigerator and other general electrical repairs Steamfitters repairs
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Dilboy Field House Hanging door, replace hardware, painting door
Engine No. 1
Stoker repairs Painting windows and doors outside Repaired linoleum Electrical repairs, steamfitters work
Repairing garage door
Engine No. 2
Setting glass Reputtying sash, painting doors
General plumbing repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Engine No. 3
Setting glass Repairing shower, other plumbing repairs
Repairing iron grill on side walk
Relined stoker coal hopper, overhauling stoker
Painting
Engine No. 4
Setting glass Overhauling stoker General plumbing repairs
Electrical repairs Steamfitters work
Engine No. 5
Repairing stoker Installing flourescent fixture Plumbing repairs Steamfitting repairs
Engine No. 6
Repairing stoker Repairing trap door Steamfitters repairs General plumbing repairs
Engine No. 7
Setting glass and reputtying sash New window cords Washing ceilings and walls and painting, Overhauled stoker General electrical repairs Mason work Steamfitters repairs General plumbing repairs
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East Branch Library
Setting glass, reputtying sash
Painting outside of building Patching plaster General electrical repairs Painting and reputtying woodwork and sash inside Steamfitters repairs
Fire Alarm
Covering boiler that was moved from Water Bldg.
Electrical work on boiler and other repairs
Repairing stoker
Painting outside windows and doors
Putting up awnings
Setting glass, reputtied sash
General Plumbing repairs
Flint Street
Boarding up windows
Glen Street Playground
Repairing doors and locks Steamfitters repairs
G. A. R. Hall
Repairing floor
Highway Buildings
Putting up shanty Installing lights and receptacles in shack and other electrical repairs Plumbing repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Lincoln Park
Working on doors and locks Putting up dressing booths General plumbing repairs
Steamfitting repairs
New Police Building
Repairing doors, locks, Making partitions for Civil Defense and a 20 ft. table Working on overhead doors
Painting Electrical repairs Steamfitters repairs Repaired roof Installed flourescent lights all through
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Powder House Park
Steamfitters repairs Plumbing repairs
Rent Control Office in Veterans Quarters
Washing and painting walls Setting glass Moving files and furniture, making a clothes hanger Electrical repairs Cutting in new locks
Sanitary Buildings
Taking down cement blocks and overhead door Framing in doorway in front
Painting garage doors
Sewer Garage
General plumbing repairs Steamfitting repairs
Teele Square Library
Patching plaster and painting Washing walls Making up bookcases, refinishing same and chairs.
Break down and put up partition
Electrical repairs
Temple Street Library
Electrical repairs Made up all new bookcases and stained same
Trum Field House
Putting iron hand rail to building Plumbing repairs
Water Buildings
Remove oil burner to Fire Alarm Installing new lines, switches, etc. Working on windows and doors Put shed over meter box
West Branch Library
Setting glass, reputtying sash Working on doors and locks Varnishing doors and reputtying same- General electrical repairs Steamfitters repairs, repairing stoker
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ANNUAL REPORTS
This department is required to inspect all new building constructions and all alterations, this includes all plumbing and gasfitting, and to issue permits thereof.
The number of building permits issued by the Commis- sioner during the year 1953, having been duly inspected by the Building Inspectors, is as follows:
Wood
Fire-Resisting
Totals
New Buildings
4
42
46
Alterations
275
61
336
Torn Down
18
18
Permit of Occupancy
10
10
307
103
410
The fees collected for these permits totals $2,663.50 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
During the year 1953 there have been approximately 2500 inspections of plumbing and gasfitting, and the number of permits are classified as follows:
The number of permits for plumbing during 1952 547
The number of permits for installation of new plumbing
9
The number of permits for alterations to plumbing 538
The number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested
375
The fees collected for plumbing for the year 1953 was $1,126.75 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
The number of permits issued for Gasfitting in 1953 917
The number of permits for new installation of Gas 0
The number of permits for alteration of plumbing 917
The number of buildings in which gaspiping was tested with mercury test tubes 800
The number of buildings in which gaspiping was tested after change from Gas to Electric Lighting
0
The fees collected for gasfitting for the year 1953 was $926.25 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
The total estimated cost of new buildings and alterations as filed by the grantees on the permits issued amounts to $3,962,211.00 for 1953. For comparison the estimated cost for the same amount was $603,276.00 for 1952. The total number of permits for all purposes, not including plumbing
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and gasfitting, viz 410, is 65 less than in 1952 when 475 per- mits were issued.
The following is a tabulation showing the distribution of money spent for the operation of the Building Department in 1953.
Buildings
Salaries
Fuel
Light
Care and Repair $38.10
Totals $38.10
Band Stand
Bow St. Municipal
$7,571.99
$866.93
$539.58
1,784.81
10,763.31
Electrical
4,544.21
837.00
753.02
6,134.23
Fire
4,831.21
5,482.36
7,895.10
18,208.67
Municipal Garage
236.13
168.71
294.93
876.43
City Home
2,665.56
1,117.74
4,642.11
8,425.41
City Hall
20,930.27
1,749.17
19,982.92
42,662.36
Central Library
10,753.51
1,532.06
1,331.01
21,431.33
35,047.91
W. Branch Library
3,176.85
320.35
483.71
984.31
4,965.22
E. Branch Library
3,193.01
817.38
263.11
3,556.12
7,829.62
Union Sq. Library
114.09
60.62
2,961.20
2,976.22
Teele Sq. Library
9,866.22
9,866.22
Park Buildings
2,158.49
718.86
941.12
3,818.47
Police
8,289.72
1,624.54
1,817.23
5,145.87
16,877.36
Polling
478.45
456.39
569.19
1,025.58
Sewer
496.33
100.95
597.28
Water
1,169.21
127.04
510.90
1,807.15
Soldiers' Aid
202.65
4,220.12
4,422.77
54-56 Summer St. (Welfare)
3.27
6.40
9.67
58,938.01
18,538.46
14,209.98
90,159.69
181,846.14
City Home
Credit ---
242.31
Credit-
242.31
Schools
212,749.70
62,205.86
35,219.75
258,410.81
568,586.12
Totals
$271,687.71
$80,744.32
$49,187.42
$348,570.50
$750,189.95
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY C. ROSSELLI,
Superintendent of Buildings
129.90
129.90
Public Works Bldg.
236.13
Highway
412.79
600.00
774.71
Ten Hills Library
15.02
3,874.97
4,353.42
Sanitary
13,967.67
181,603.83
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen:
The Board of Election Commissioners respectfully submits the following report for the year 1953.
REGISTRATION
Before the Preliminary Election in October, registration was held in the office at City Hall, beginning on January 2 and continuing until Tuesday, September 15, from 8:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. except Saturday. Also Friday, August 28 and Monday, August 31; Monday, September 14 and Tuesday September 15, from 7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. and Wednesday, September 16 from 8:30 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. 964 names were added to the voting list during this period.
OUTSIDE SESSIONS from 7:00 to 9:00 P. M. were as follows:
Thursday, August 20. Cutler Schoolhouse, Powder House Blvd.
Thursday, August 20. John A. Dickerman Schoolhouse, Cross Street
Friday, August 21 Morse Schoolhouse, Summer Street
Friday, August 21 Western Junior Schoolhouse, Holland Street
Monday, August 24 Carr Schoolhouse, Atherton Street
Monday, August 24 Perry Schoolhouse, Washington Street
Tuesday, August 25
Bingham Schoolhouse, Lowell Street
Tuesday, August 25 Glines Schoolhouse, Jaques Street
Wednesday, August 26. Knapp Schoolhouse, Adrian Street
Wednesday, August 26 Southworth Schoolhouse, Myrtle Street
Thursday, August 27 Brown Schoolhouse, Willow Avenue
Thursday, August 27.
Southern Junior Schoolhouse, Summer Street
After the Preliminary Election on October 6, 1953 registra- tion was held daily in City Hall, October 7-8-9, from 8:30 A.M.
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to 4:30 P.M. also, Tuesday, October 13, from 7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. and on Wednesday, October 14, from 8:30 A. M. to 10:00 P. M.
445 names were added to the voting list after the Prelimi- nary Election.
NOMINATION PAPERS
The Board of Election Commissioners received five hun- dred eighty (580) papers on which eighteen thousand two hun- dred eighty seven (18287) names were certified. There were no Initiative or Referendum Petitions received this year.
JURORS
In accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1924, the Election Commissioners prepared a list of the inhabitants of Somerville, liable to serve as jurors.
The Board has established a system, whereby each person, provisionally selected for jury service, fills out a questionnaire and appears before the Board at the office and makes oath to the statements contained therein. This gives the Board an op- portunity to meet each individual and note, if any, his physical defects or disability to render the county the service that would be required from him as juror. These personal examinations, also enable the Board to know the educational qualifications of each prospective juror.
The Jury List for the year 1953, prepared by the Board contains the names of One Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight (1158) prospective jurors.
RECOUNTS
A Recount of votes cast at the Preliminary Election on October 6, 1953 for the office of Mayor, Alderman at Large and Ward Five Alderman was held on October 17 and October 18. Original figures and figures of the Recount are on Page 58, in the book "Records of Primary Elections", in the office of the Election Commissioners.
After the Election on November 3, 1953 a Recount was. held for the offices of Alderman at Large, Ward Alderman, Wards One and Six and for School Committee, Ward Two.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
This Recount was started on Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Figures of the original count and figures of the Recount are on Pages 30 and 31 in the book "Records of Elections", in the office of the Election Commis- sioners.
EXPENSES
The Expenses for the Election Department for the year ending December 31, 1953, were as follows:
Board of Election Commissioners $45,289.37
Pay of Election Officers 11,784.00
Total Expenses $57,073.37
The Board has had the co-operation of His Honor, the Mayor and the Honorable members of the Board of Aldermen and all City Officials, for which it is deeply grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS W. ORPEN LEWIS A. PRATT THEODORE R. O'KEEFE JOHN C. HARRINGTON
Board of Election Commissioners of Somerville
NOMINATION PAPERS PROTESTED
The Hearing was held Saturday, September 19, 1953 at 10:00 A.M.
Signatures on nomination papers of James F. Brady, candi- date for Assessor, were protested by Edward T. Brady, also a candidate for the same office.
Hector J. Gosselin and School Committeeman William J. Shea protested the signatures on nomination papers of candi- date for School Committee in ward five, Joseph F. Sampson.
School Committee woman Eleanor S. Coyne protested sig- natures on nomination papers of candidates for School Com- mittee in Ward Three of Lawrence M. Neylon and William B. Hoey.
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John M. Smith protested signatures against nomination papers of T. Edward Corbett, candidate for re-election for Al- derman at large.
At the conclusion of the hearing the Election Commis- sioners with the assistance of City Solicitor, Robert J. Muldoon, held a meeting and unanimously voted that the names of James F. Brady, Joseph F. Sampson, Lawrence M. Neylon and T. Edward Corbett would not appear on the ballot.
It was voted that William B. Hoey had sufficient signatures and that his name would appear on the ballot.
To The Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen:
The Listing Board of the City of Somerville, respectfully submits the following report for the year 1953.
Listing of males, twenty years of age and upwards for poll taxes and listing of females, twenty years of age and upwards.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS W. ORPEN LEWIS A. PRATT THEODORE R. O'KEEFE JOHN C. HARRINGTON
Listing Board of the City of Somerville
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ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER OF PERSONS LISTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1953
Ward
Pct.
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
]
]
1057
1038
2095
1
2
821
864
1685
1
3
814
863
1677
1
4
905
970
1875
1
5
880
976
1856
4477
4711
9188
2
1
944
980
1924
2
2
766
846
1612
2
3
608
726
1334
2
4
931
1030
1961
2
5
910
1044
1954
2
6
861
933
1794
5020
5559
10579
3
1
866
979
1845
3
2
798
952
1750
3
3
827
1005
1832
3
4
769
960
1729
3
5
664
971
1635
3924
4867
8791
4
1
1014
1138
2152
4
2
693
751
1444
4
3
899
1143
2042
4
4
930
1101
2031
4
5
955
1074
2029
4
6
872
944
1816
5363
6151
11514
5
1
680
766
1446
5
2
798
860
1658
5
3
820
888
1708
5
4
777
876
1653
5
5
790
846
1636
5
6
821
924
1745
4686
5160
9846
6
1
788
949
1737
6
2
890
1057
1947
6
3
710
901
1611
6
4
690
844
1534
6
5
731
893
1624
3809
4644
8453
7
1
876
975
1851
7
2
882
984
1866
7
3
818
953
1771
7
4
1000
1129
2129
7
5
855
942
1797
4431
4983
9414
Totals
31710
36075
67785
31710
36075
67785.
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REGISTERED VOTERS
Registered Voters Oct. 1952
Revised Lists June 1953
Registered Voters Oct. 1953
Votes Cast Nov. 3 1953
1
1
802
774
722
695
744
715
1043
1
2
682
694
628
648
649
664
967
1
3
656
646
595
595
615
618
903
1
4
722
755
668
687
683
715
1011
1
5
747
765
689
707
704
726
1054
2
1
719
594
669
557
691
589
960
2
2
644
674
589
615
606
630
930
2
3
507
540
454
500
467
518
747
2
4
702
752
649
691
668
729
1031
2
5
734
775
677
724
693
747
1016
2
6
634
652
580
606
607
624
854
3
1
709
779
653
697
673
717
942
3
2
653
784
594
706
617
719
918
3
3
718
834
640
771
659
783
1046
3
4
661
828
612
669
627
781
1052
3
5
548
722
492
706
499
721
929
4
1
873
950
787
857
810
881
1155
4
2
586
580
539
540
553
555
834
4
3
729
907
672
839
697
863
1070
4
4
810
931
768
860
786
888
1220
4
5
782
813
724
773
743
807
1140
4
6
690
716
694
710
709
731
1031
5
1
591
637
550
603
557
620
866
5
2
707
688
636
650
656
689
1002
5
3
686
714
640
656
657
672
927
5
4
657
725
618
666
642
691
1020
5
5
614
650
578
597
593
625
895
5
6
708
711
655
669
663
703
1035
6
1
682
796
650
769
658
779
1072
6
2
743
843
695
800
710
812
1035
6
3
582
731
526
688
536
692
865
6
4
636
731
585
689
584
698
978
6
5
619
766
546
706
566
730
894
7
1
760
790
689
722
700
746
1051
7
2
740
809
679
755
691
778
1033
7
3
731
832
668
760
683
772
1047
7
4
870
922
814
867
827
892
1246
7
5
733
769
691
726
716
749
1044
Totals
26367
28579
24315
26476
24939
27369
37863
Ward
Pct.
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
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ANNUAL REPORTS
PRELIMINARY ELECTION
OCTOBER 6, 1953
Candidate
Wards 1 2
3
4
5
6
7 Totals
Total Vote Cast
3609 4417 3786 4761 4703 3390 3803 28469
Mayor
Arthur L. Goodfellow
68
36
48
69
68
119
88
496
John B. Carr
84
174
92
90
66
83
96
685
William J. Doncvan
513
751
787
786
1086
1553
1108
6584
Walter W. Whitney
118
186
165
199
145
184
208
1205
Andrew Capuano
672
1046
755
1174 1631
385
736
6399
James J. Corbett
962
1256
940
952
602
261
498
5471
John M. Lynch
1158
900
971 1440 1075
784 1034
7362
Alderman at Large
Harold John Roche
449
583
393
464
561
540
748
3738
A. Joseph Goguen
284
209
288
394
409
339
658
2581
John H. Cataldo
885
803
572
1470 1167
567
665
6129
Charles G. Pickett
356
268
611
566
505
645
560
3511
John L. Lovering
422
361
818
858
657
661
661
4438
Michael A. Manning
369
461
925
576
1085
488
420
4324
John V. Chisholm
552
150
263
486
307
343
450
2551
Augustus P. Casassa
297
408
256
479
586
360
479
2865
Harold J. Drew
385
207
364
1232
460
460
448
3556
Thomas C. De Tucci
487
771
620
483
641
144
278
3424
Arthur Vitt Vitagliano
995
515
388
704
704 942
992
1196
6728
Daniel W. Foley, Jr.
427
331
227
409
364
284
281
2323
Clarence E. Lord
121
321
113
162
171
251
197
1336
T. Peter Russo
295
357
309
475
558
172
231
2397
James F. Hall
607
1861
902
610
709
630
570
5889
Garnet L. Reid
275
251
321
706
270
274
272
2369
James R. Ford
162
234
477
251
272
240
244
1880
Francis Leo McCarthy
857
419
427
967
751
491
446
4358
Thomas Curtin
140
240
167
162
371
256
810
2146
Arthur W. Graham, Jr.
215
130
137
457
476
247
221
1883
Domenic N. Vitiello
320
689
492
435
805
342
366
3449
John Joseph Ryan, Jr.
623
431
289
503
713
772
563
3894
Norman S. Bruning
98
242
91
79
115
80
64
769
Gordon F. Hughes
312
514
416
316
310
362
346
2576
Ward Alderman
WARD ONE
Donald E. Wilson
295
Elvin E. Mackenzie
1445
John Macaris
184
John F. Dunne
1153
Philip O. McCarthy
349
WARD TWO
John J. Burke
426
Edward J. Moran
254
James J. Papadinis
255
Daniel A. Barbuto
402
239
355
3900
Thomas J. Burke
644
1332
955
667
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
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Candidate Wards 1 2 4
5 7 6 Totals.
John D. Paolera
167
Thomas L. Finn
267
James Profirio
251
Peter Ferola
255
William J. Joyce, Jr.
759
George J. Moran
317
Paul M. Haley
667
WARD THREE
William J. Melley
1025
Edward J. Butler
1338
Timothy F. Cronin
703
Albert Ardizzoni
502
WARD FOUR
John J. Gormley
499
Richard Harrington, Jr.
1015
Theodore Corrieri
665
Walter B. MacDonald
1738
Paul I. Kopelman
568
WARD FIVE
John B. Mclaughlin
375
John T. O'Brien
285
Dorothy M. Murray
221
Arthur C. Keohane
44
William A. Warren
171
Theodore Campo
328
Eugene McCarthy
254
William E. Higham
326
George E. O'Brien, Jr.
162
Anthony R. DiCicco
467
Joseph R. Conceison
333
Chester F. Warner, Jr.
301
Leonard A. Scott
552
Leon W. Curtin
172
Constant Macarelli
402
WARD SIX
Thomas C. O'Keefe
480
Lee Carver Kitson
399
John E. Ryan
1081
Walter S. Harrington
482
John F. Foster, Jr.
740
WARD SEVEN
Richard G. Rossi
303
Stanley Bann
254
Robert A. Allen
974
Patrick J· Goggin, Jr.
451
Peter J. Morrissey, Jr.
901
Anthony A. Ballamy
545
David 1. Leary
187
Joseph O'Brien
10
3
38
ANNUAL REPORTS
Candidate Wards 1 2 3 4
5
6
£
7 Totals
School Committee
WARD ONE
Edward A. Ciampa 1239
Blanche C. Leahy 1064
Charles F. McCarthy 561
Ernest J. MacPhail 591
WARD TWO
Claire A. O'Meara
1165
Lawrence F. Bretta
531
Thomas J. Noonan
342
Walter J. Casey
862
Andrew J. Mulligan 587
Anthony J. Dell'Anno
594
NO CONTEST IN WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
Dewey F. Romano
1313
Sarah M. Mclaughlin
2163
Gerard J. Parker
1001
NO CONTEST IN WARD 5-6-7
Assessors
David A. Demaine
228
249
305
339
295
287 1176
320
2023
Timothy J. Cronin
1230 2335
1519
1336
1483
951 777
787
826
425
4501
Meddie W. Brown
274
181
178
415
254
254 306
259
1867
Helen C. Dillaway
233
380
754
496
445
344 280
420
3072
Joseph V. Macarelli
624
1089
709 229
338
373
315
297
2485
Hugh Logue
116
122
174
168
132 1143
116 977 551
117 1001
7670
James H. Edwards
258
292
308
335
545
331
2620
John Paul Wolf
181
124
160
219
282
467
951
2384
CITY ELECTION
NOVEMBER 3, 1953
Total Number of
Votes Cast
4978 5538 4887 6450 5745 4844 5421 37863
Mayor
John M. Lynch
2232 2050 1868 2979 2299 1504 2024 14956
William J. Donovan
2697 3420 2980 3429 3383 3316 3350 22575
Alderman at Large
Thomas J. Burke
John H. Cataldo
James F. Hall
2385 3039 2487 2773 2746 2784 3428 19642 1944 1891 1462 2834 2249 1528 1919 13827 15546 1751 3229 2155 2085 1908 2177 2241
1398
10477
Gordon Faulkner
1716 1164
1702 2169 2769
1875
1993
3388
Edward T. Brady
1013
1903
1037
944
Anthony Scaglione
745
650
447
1203
783
1065
470
5020
Dominick O'Donnell
345
588
Harold A. Palmer
1143
512
841
2053
945
7461
39
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
Candidate Wards 1 3 6 2 4 5 7 Totals
John L. Lovering 1520. 1329 2064 2481 1868 1961 2090 13313
Michael A. Manning 1330 1505 2100 2003 2417 1609 1795
12759
Francis Leo McCarthy 2282
1713 1532 3039 2102 1667 1949
14284
John Joseph Ryan, Jr. 1856 1775 1409 2150 2178 2479 2313 14160
Arthur Vitt Vitagliano 1892
1484 1058 1859 1580
907 1174 9954
Ward Alderman
WARD ONE
Elvin E. Mackenzie 2345
John F. Dunne 2425
WARD TWO
Paul M. Haley
2368
William J. Joyce, Jr. 2855
WARD THREE
Edward J. Butler 2513
William J. Melley 2137
WARD FOUR
Walter B. MacDonald
3769
Richard Harrington, Jr. 2315
WARD FIVE
Anthony R. DiCicco
2287
Leonard A. Scott
2952
WARD SIX
John F. Foster, Jr.
2199
John E. Ryan 2408
WARD SEVEN
Robert A. Allen
Peter J. Morrissey, Jr.
2269 2998
School Committee
WARD ONE
Edward A. Ciampa 2528
Blanche C. Leahy 2231
WARD TWO
Walter J. Casey
2700
Claire A. O'Meara 2509
WARD THREE
Eleanor S. Coyne
2571
William B. Hoey 2054
WARD FOUR
Sarah M. Mclaughlin 3767 2345
Dewey F. Romano
.40
ANNUAL REPORTS
Candidate Wards 1 2 3 4
5
6
7
Totals
WARD FIVE William J. Shea Doris Spurio
2879
1987
Joseph F. Sampson
494
WARD SIX
Charles E. Ivers
2067
Edward F Moynihan, Jr.
2318
WARD SEVEN
John J. Brennan
4292
Assessors
Timothy J. Cronin 2297 3509 2773 2733 2775 2512 2857 19456
Gordon Faulkner 2914 2199 2871 3624 3928 3446 3640 22622
Edward T. Brady
2150 2884 2105 2154 2029 2092 2267 15681
Joseph V Macarelli
1052 1553 1196 1301 1474 698 941 8215
Harold A. Palmer
1980 1531 1674 3248 2103 2177 2280
14993
Anthony Scaglione 1491 1156 796 2137 1302 812 1117 8811
REFERENDUM - QUESTION NO. 1
"Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-three entitled 'An Act to establish a department of public works in the city of Somerville.' be accepted?"
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