Town Report on Lincoln 1930-1934, Part 25

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 928


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Analysis of Expenditures


Page 100


Assessors, Report of


47


Auditor, Report of


71


Bemis Lecture Fund Trustees, Report of


106


By-Laws, Adopted March 6


128


Cemetery Commissioners, Report of Town Treasurer in account with


116


Collector of Taxes, Report of


67


Fire Engineers, Report of .


117


Health, Report of Board of


113


Inspector of Animals, Report of


122


Jury List


34


Library, Report of Trustees of Statistics


125


Treasurer, Report of


126


Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of


123


Nursing Committee, Report of


120


School Committee, Report of


139


Calendar


141


Expenditures and Receipts


150


School Nurse, Report of .


159


School Superintendent, Report of


152


Teachers, List of


140


Selectmen, Report of


35


Recommendations of Appropriations


46


Sinking and Trust Funds Commissioners, Report of


101


Superintendent of Streets, Report of


108


Town Clerk, Report of


8


Annual Meeting, March 6, Proceedings of


8


Births


31


Deaths


32


Dog Licenses


33


Marriages


30


Special State Election, March 21


25


Special State Election, June 13. .


27


Special State Primary, March 7, Proceedings at


20


Sporting Licenses .


33


Town Election, March 11


22


Town Officers, List of


4


Town Treasurer, Report of


68


Tree Warden, Report of


119


Warrant of 1934


161


Water Commissioners, Report of


109


Town Treasurer, Report of Water Department Accounts 111


115


127


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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1933


Town Clerk WILLIAM H. DAVIS


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


GEORGE G. TARBELL (Chairman)


Term expires 1934


ROBERT D. DONALDSON


Term expires 1935


HERBERT G. FARRAR


Term expires 1936


Assessors


THOMAS J. DEE


Term expires 1934


WILLIAM H. SHERMAN (Chairman)


Term expires 1935


HERBERT G. FARRAR


. Term expires 1936


Treasurer E. RUSSELL DAVIS


Collector of Taxes JOHN P. HOWARD


Auditor JAMES W. LENNON


Constables


JOHN J. KELLIHER


GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM


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School Committee


ANTHONY J. DOHERTY (Chairman)


Term expires 1934


ROLAND C. MACKENZIE


Term expires 1934


GLADYS DEY. HERMAN


Term expires 1936


Water Commissioners


JOHN J. KELLIHER


Term expires 1934


SUMNER SMITH (Chairman) .


Term expires 1935


ROBERT R. HUNTER .


Term expires 1936


Board of Health


RICHARD K. CONANT


Term expires 1934


ROBERT D. DONALDSON


Term expires 1935


ROBERT L. DE NORMANDIE, Chairman


Term expires 1936


Tree Warden JOHN J. KELLIHER


Commissioners of Sinking Funds


C. LEE TODD (Chairman) .


Term expires 1934


F. WINCHESTER DENIO


Term expires 1935


CONRAD P. HATHEWAY


Term expires 1936


Commissioners of Trust Funds


C. LEE TODD (Chairman)


Term expires 1934


F. WINCHESTER DENIO


Term expires 1935


CONRAD P. HATHEWAY


Term expires 1936


Trustees of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures


C. LEE TODD (Chairman)


Term expires 1934


F. WINCHESTER DENIO


.


Term expires 1935


EDWARD F. FLINT


Term expires 1936


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Cemetery Commissioners


EDWARD F. FLINT (Chairman) . GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM


Term expires 1934


Term expires 1935


HAROLD P. WHITNEY


. Term expires 1936


Fence Viewers


ELMER A. ROLLINS JAMES CORRIGAN


PHILIP W. PLACE


Measurers of Wood and Bark


CHARLES E. WOODHULL


HERMAN T. WHEELER


Trustees of Grammar School Fund


CONRAD P. HATHEWAY


F. WINCHESTER DENIO


Trustees of Lincoln Library


GEORGE G. TARBELL (Chairman)


JOHN F. FARRAR


C. LEE TODD DOROTHY B. HILL


ANTHONY J. DOHERTY (Chairman School Committee ex-officio)


Registrars


RAYMOND E. HAGERTY


Term expires 1934


ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY, JR. .


Term expires 1935


ERNEST H. MACFARLAND


Term expires 1936


WILLIAM H. DAVIS (ex-officio)


Term expires 1934


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN


Sealer of Weights and Measures, John J. Kelliher.


Forest Warden and Moth Superintendent, John J. Kelliher.


Weigher of Coal, Hay and other Commodities, Elmer A. Rollins.


Inspector of Animals, John F. Farrar.


Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Ground, Edward Graf.


Special Police, Herbert G. Farrar, Henry Warner, Andrew J. Dougherty, Jr., Daniel Ryan, M. H. Doherty, Isaac Lan- gille, Cornelius T. Shea, John Campbell, Chester P. Gonzales, John Smith, Joseph H. Corliss.


District Nurse Committee, Robert D. Donaldson.


Inspector of Slaughtering, J. J. Kelliher.


Fire Engineers, M. H. Doherty, Thomas Dee, J. J. Kelliher, H. G. Farrar, A. J. Dougherty, Jr., H. S. Cousins, Sumner Smith.


Registrar, for three years, Ernest H. MacFarland.


Officer to approve Board of Survey Plans, R. D. Donaldson.


Fence Viewers, Philip H. Place, James Corrigan, William H. Sherman.


Surveyor of Cord Wood, Warren A. Sherman.


Field Drivers, Leo W. Corrigan, Thomas J. Dee, Daniel E. Sherman, Jr.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting Held March 6, 1933


WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County: GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln on Monday, the sixth day of March next at 7.30 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following Articles, except Article 2, and also to meet in said Town Hall on Saturday the eleventh day of March next, at 12 o'clock Noon, then and there to act on the following Article 2, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in each of the Post Offices and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the sixth day of March next. The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March eleventh will be open at 12 o'clock Noon, and may be closed at 6.30 o'clock P.M.


Article 1. To choose a Moderator.


Article 2. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers required by law, to be elected by Australian Ballot, viz. :


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One Town Clerk for one year.


One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.


One member of the Board of Assessors for three years. One member of the Board of Health for three years.


One Treasurer for one year.


One Collector for one year.


One Auditor for one year.


Two Constables for one year.


One Tree Warden for one year.


One member of the Sinking Fund Commissioners for three years.


One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.


One member of the Trustees for Free Public Lectures for three years.


One member of the School Committee for three years.


One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.


One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.


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Article 3. To bring in their votes for any committees, com- missioners, trustees and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.


Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.


Article 5. To appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town and enact anything in re- lation to the same.


Article 6. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.


Article 7. To determine the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes for the ensuing year.


Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital and for care and treatment of tubercular patients up to June 30, 1932, under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385 as amended by Acts of 1931, Chapter 60 including interest and discount on temporary notes issued therefor as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto or take any action in relation thereto.


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Article 10. To see if the Town will adopt the By-laws recommended by the Committee appointed to revise the By- laws of the Town or take any action relative thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will direct the Selectmen to appoint Field Drivers, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will direct the Selectmen to appoint two or more Fence Viewers or take any action relative thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Moder- ator for the term of one year, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to name the roads of the Town, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new Forest Fire Truck, appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars therefor, or take any action relative to the same.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $4,000, Town of Lincoln bonds 4s of 1937 and that this amount be taken from the Water Works treasury.


HEREOF FAIL NOT


And make due return of this WARRANT with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time for said meet- ing aforesaid.


Given under our hands this 14th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.


(Signed) GEORGE G. TARBELL, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, HERBERT G. FARRAR, Selectmen of Lincoln.


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On the reverse of the Warrant is the following :


February 21, 1933.


I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.


(Signed) JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.


In accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Warrant, the Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7.30 o'clock P.M., in the Town Hall by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and presided at the Election of a Moderator.


Article 1. Robert D. Donaldson, Jr., was elected and sworn as Moderator.


Article 3. Dr. Philip W. Place, James Corrigan and William H. Sherman were elected Fence Viewers.


Charles E. Woodhull and Hermon T. Wheeler were elected Measurers of Wood and Bark.


Conrad P. Hatheway and F. Winchester Denio were elected Trustees of Grammar School Funds.


Voted to pass over Office of Surveyor of Lumber.


Article 4. Voted to accept the following reports:


Town Clerk, Selectmen, Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Sinking and Trust Commissioners, Super- intendent of Streets, Water Commissioner, Board of Health,


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Cemetery Commissioners, Fire Department, Tree Warden, Public Health Nurse Committee, Inspector of Animals, Mid- dlesex Extension Service, Trustees of Lincoln Library, Com- mittee on naming roads, Committee on By-Laws, School Committee.


Article 5, Voted to allow Mr. G. G. Tarbell to speak on the Finances of the Town.


Voted to allow Mr. A. J. Doherty to speak on the School expenditures. A motion that the School appropriation be $30,000 was amended to $35,700 for Schools and $1,200 for Vocational Education. Amendment was lost.


The original motion was then put, and also lost.


Voted that the Hall be cleared of non-voters during the counting of votes.


Voted that the sum of $34,500 be appropriated for Schools.


Voted that the Water Works appropriation be considered separately.


Voted to appropriate all items on Page 61 of the Town Re- port except "Town Hall and Grounds," that Item to be $2,150.


Voted the Water Works appropriation be $6,205, this amount to be taken from the Water Works Treasury.


Other appropriations were voted as follows:


Vocational Education


$1,200.00


Public Welfare 3,000.00


Highways and Bridges


15,700.00


Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance 2,500.00


Cemeteries 600.00


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Library and Dog Tax


$876.00


Board of Health


1,600.00


Tree Warden


800.00


Moth Work


500.00


Miscellaneous Expenses


1,200.00


Street Lights


3,200.00


Fire Department


1,600.00


Interest on Town Loans


1,000.00


Veterans' Aid


180.00


Police Department


1,850.00


Town Officers' Salary a/c


3,175.00


Insurance


260.74


Election Expenses


75.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


This total together with Appropriations under Article 9, of $422.56, Article 15 of $2,000, and Article 16 of $4,000 make a grand total of $89,594.30; $10,205 of which is to be taken from Water Works Treasury, Balance $79,389.30.


Article 6. Voted that the Taxes for 1933 be collected in the same manner as last year.


Article 7. Voted that the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be 1 and 35/100's of the amount collected.


Article 8. Voted that the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in an- ticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933.


Article 9. Voted that the sum of $422.56, this being the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance and repair


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of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital including in- terest on temporary notes issued therefor, and for the Town's share of the cost of care and treatment of tubercular patients up to June 30, 1932, under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385 as amended, including interest and expenses, be and the said sum hereby is appropriated.


Article 10. Under this Article the following proposed By-Laws were unanimously adopted, as printed in the Town Report for the year 1932 on pages 147 to 157, with the follow- ing corrections and omission :


Article 1, Section 5-In place of the words "To adjourn" insert the following "To fix the time to which to adjourn." Add to the words "For the previous question" the following "by two-thirds vote."


Article 7, Section 5-Omit the words-"The foregoing pro- visions shall apply if two or more parties take water from the same service pipe, although one or more of them may have paid the proportion due from him or them."


Article 9 should read Article 8.


Article 11. Voted that the Town direct the Selectmen to appoint two Field Drivers on the first meeting after the annual election.


Article 12. Voted that the Town direct the Selectmen to appoint two Fence Viewers on the first meeting after the annual election.


Article 13. Voted that the Town elect a Moderator by Australian ballot at the annual election, his term expiring at the adjournment sine die of the next annual election.


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Article 14. Under this Article the recommendations of the Committee on naming the roads of Lincoln were taken up.


Voted that the Concord-Wayland Road as recommended be changed to Concord Road.


Voted that Old Bedford Road as recommended be changed to Bedford Lane and that Bedford Lane as recommended be changed to Old Bedford Road.


A motion to change Station Road as recommended to Lincoln Road was lost.


Voted that Walden Road as recommended be changed to Codman Road.


A motion to ask the same committee to serve another year was lost, as was also a motion that the report of the com- mittee be referred to a future meeting.


Voted that a committee of five be appointed to recommend a name for Station Road so-called, said committee to be ap- pointed by the Moderator, and to be composed of residents of Station Road, and report at the next Town Meeting. The Moderator appointed the following committee :


Mr. A. J. Doherty, chairman, Mrs. C. Lee Todd, Mr. Har- land B. Newton, Mr. H. S. Cousins and Mrs. Dana M. Greely.


With the above changes the names of roads read as follows: South Great Road, numbered Route 117, from the Concord line at Lee's Bridge to the Weston line.


North Great Road, numbered Route 2 from the Concord line to the Lexington line.


Concord Road, numbered Route 27, from the Concord line to the Wayland line.


Old Concord Road, from the Concord Road at Baker Bridge to the Concord Road near St. Anne's Church.


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Farrar Road, from the Concord Road to the Oxbow Road.


Oxbow Road, from the Wayland Line to the Wayland line, continuing the name given to the road in Wayland.


Old Sudbury Road, from the South Great Road near Hayne's Crossing (both ways) to the Wayland line.


Trapelo Road, from the center of the town past the Library to the Waltham line.


Weston Road, from the center to the Weston line toward Silver Hill.


Sandy Pond Road, from the center, past Sandy Pond, to the Concord line.


Bedford Road, from the center, past the Town Hall and the Shea and Fleming houses to the North Great Road.


Virginia Road, from the North Great Road, opposite the end of Bedford Road past Hartwell Farm to the Concord line.


Bedford Lane, from the Bedford Road past the site of the old North Schoolhouse to the Virginia Road at the McHugh house.


Old Bedford Road, from the North Great Road near the Keizer place across the Virginia Road, to the Bedford line.


Cambridge Turnpike, from the Concord line, past the Loring house to the Lexington line.


Brooks Road, from the Cambridge Turnpike at the Brooks House to the North Great Road at the Concord line.


Lexington Road, from the Trapelo Road at the three-cornered cemetery to the Cambridge Turnpike at the Loring house, then from the Cambridge Turnpike at the Farquhar place to the Lexington line.


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Old Lexington Road, from Bedford Road at the foot of the Common, past the Donaldson house, to the Lexington Road.


Library Lane, from the Bedford Road, behind the Library, to Trapelo Road.


Mill Street, from the Lexington Road near the Farquhar place to the North Great Road.


Nelson Road, from the North Great Road at the Nelson place to the Lexington line.


Page Road, from the Trapelo Road to the Cambridge Turn- pike past the Page place.


Winter Street, from the Trapelo Road past the Coane house (both ways) to the Waltham line.


Silver Hill Road, from the Trapelo Road, past the Herman house to the Weston Road.


Conant Road, from the Weston Road, past the Browning house to the Weston line.


Old Country Road, from the Weston line near the junction with Conant Road, past the Cambridge Water Basin, to the Lexington line near the junction with the Cambridge Turnpike.


Tower Road, from Station Road at the Doctor Chapin house to the Weston line.


Peirce Hill Road, from the Tower Road at the Peirce house to the Station Road.


McIntosh Lane, from the Station Road at the Hodges house to the Storrow Farm Road.


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Baker Bridge Road, from the Sandy Pond Road, past Storrow Farm to the Concord Road.


Codman Road, from the Concord Road past the Codman place to the South Great Road.


Respectfully submitted, (Signed) MARY L. WHEELER, GUILBERT WINCHELL, ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY, JR.


Voted that the Town adopt the names of the roads as recom- mended by the Committee on Naming the Roads of the Town as they appear on pages 144, 145 and 146 of the Report of the Officers of Lincoln for the year 1932 as amended.


Article 15. Voted that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000 for a new Forest fire truck, to be spent under the super- vision of the Selectmen and fire engineers.


Article 16. Voted that the Town appropriate the sum of $4,000 to purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $4,000, Town of Lincoln bonds 4's of 1937 and that this amount be taken from the Water Works Treasury.


Voted to adjourn at 11.45 P.M.


(Signed) WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.


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PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY HELD IN THE TOWN HALL, LINCOLN March 7th, 1933


WARRANT


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln,


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 the Town Hall, Tuesday, the seventh day of March, 1933, at twelve o'clock, Noon for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomi- nation of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices :


1. Representative in General Court for the Thirteenth Middlesex Representative District. The polls will be open from 12 Noon to 7 P.M. and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meetings as directed by vote of the Town.


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-first day of February, A.D., 1933.


(Signed) GEORGE G. TARBELL, HERBERT G. FARRAR.


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On the reverse of the Warrant is the following:


February 21st, 1933, I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices, and one at the Railroad station seven days before date of said meeting.


(Signed) JOHN J. KELLIHER,


Constable.


Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the following ballot clerks were sworn: Thomas J. Dee, D. E. Sherman, Jr., Ed- mund Giles, Thomas Norton, Andrew J. Dougherty, Jr., and Lorin W. Ferdinand, the ballot box was inspected and found in good working order, the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk, and the Polls declared open at 12 o'clock Noon by Herbert G. Farrar who presided throughout, the Polls were declared closed at 7 P.M., and the following result of the balloting was read by the Town Clerk. Total votes cast, 477.


Republican-


Francis J. Ahern of West Concord 0


Kennan Damon of West Concord 6


Harvey N. Fairbank of Sudbury 8


Gladys E. H. Hosmer of Concord 10


George G. Tarbell of Lincoln 415


Blanks 6


Democratic-


George G. Tarbell of Lincoln


22


Tarbolt of Lincoln


1


Blanks 9


477


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TOWN ELECTION March 11, 1933


Under the provision of Article 2 of the Warrant the Election of Town Officers was held in the Town Hall on the above date. The ballot box was inspected and found in good working order. The following were appointed ballot clerks and duly sworn- Thomas J. Dee, Thomas Norton, Raymond Hagerty, D. E. Sherman, Jr., Edmund Giles, Lorin W. Ferdinand. The polls were declared open at 12 o'clock Noon by the Moderator, Robert D. Donaldson, Jr., who presided throughout the meeting, the polls were declared closed at 6.30 P.M., and the following result was read by the Town Clerk. Total number of votes cast, 502.


Town Clerk (1 year)


William H. Davis 425


Webster Harrington, Nettie Brown, and


Joseph Gilbert, 1 each


3


Blanks 74


Selectman (3 years)


Herbert G. Farrar 418


Raymond Hagerty


2


Byron Lunt and John Rooney 1 each


2


James Corrigan and John Adams, 1 each


2


Blanks 78


Assessor (3 years)


Herbert G. Farrar 404


George Murphy, Timothy Crowley, and Frank Gustin, 1 each


3


Blanks 95


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Treasurer (1 year)


E. Russell Davis 412


Byron Lunt, George Murphy, Bert Evans, and George Martin, 1 each 4 Blanks 86


Collector of Taxes (1 year)


Manley B. Boyce


220


John P. Howard


281


Blanks


1


Auditor (1 year)


James W. Lennon


430


Byron, John P. Howard, 1 each


2


Blanks 70


Constables (1 year)


George E. Cunningham


378


John J. Kelliher 422


Isaac Langille


2


Byron Lunt and James Ryan, 1 each


2


Raymond Hagerty, William Riley, and Albert Hanlon, 1 each


3


Blanks 197


School Committee (3 years)


Gladys deY. Herman


418


William N. Page


2


Edmund Giles, Katherine Hanlon, 1 each


2


Blanks 80


Water Commissioner (3 years)


L. Foster Bunker


155


Robert R. Hunter


304


Blanks 43


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Board of Health (3 years)


Robert L. DeNormandie Joseph Frazier Blanks


365


97


40


Tree Warden (1 year)


James H. Diamond, Jr.


82


John J. Kelliher


381


Byron Lunt


1


Blanks


38


Commissioner of Sinking Funds (3 years)


Conrad P. Hatheway 385


James Corrigan, George Murphy, and Byron Lunt, 1 each


3


Blanks 114


Commissioner of Trust Fund (3 years)


Conrad P. Hatheway


380


George Murphy and Byron Lunt, 1 each


2


Blanks 120


Commissioner of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures


Edward F. Flint 394


Byron Lunt, Ronald Wood, and


Bride Murphy, 1 each


3


Blanks 105


Cemetery Commissioner (3 years)


Harold P. Whitney 388


Byron Lunt, Owen Martin, Raymond Hagerty, and Warren Sherman, 1 each 4


Blanks 110


Meeting declared closed at 8 P.M.


(Signed) WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.


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SPECIAL STATE ELECTION HELD IN THE TOWN HALL, LINCOLN March 21, 1933


WARRANT


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln,


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 Elections to meet in the Town Hall, Tues- day the twenty-first day of March, 1933, at twelve o'clock Noon, for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the Election of Candidates for the following offices:


1. Representative in General Court for the Thirteenth Middlesex District. The polls will be open from twelve Noon to seven P.M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.


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 eighth day of March, A.D.,1933.


(Signed) GEORGE G. TARBELL, HERBERT G. FARRAR, Selectmen of Lincoln.


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On the reverse of the Warrant is the following :


March 9th, 1933.


I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.




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