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group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain per- sons in the service of the Town.
Voted: That the sum of $2,800.00 be raised and appropriated for the Town's share of the cost of group life insurance and hospital and medical expense insurance for full time Town employees, as provided in Chapter 32B of the General Laws, provided, however, that if the Town does not accept this Chapter by referendum at the election to be held on March 24, 1956, under Article 1 of the Warrant for this Meeting, this appropriation shall be automatically mill and void.
Voted to adjourn at 11:15 P. M.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 24, 1956
In accordance with Article 1 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, the polls were declared open by the Moderator at 12 o'clock Noon. Previously the ballot box had been inspected and the follow- ing Ballot Clerks duly sworn: Helena A. Dee, Helen Dougherty, Eliza- beth J. Snelling, Manley B. Boyce, D. Everett Sherman, Jr. and William 0. Causer. The polls were declared closed at 7 o'clock P. M. with the following results. Total number of votes cast was 407.
Town Clerk (1 year)
William H. Davis
395
Scattering
1
Blanks
11
Selectman (3 years)
Charles K. Fitts
379
Blanks
28
Selectman (1 year)
Elliott V. Grabill
360
Scattering
2
Blanks
45
Assessor (3 years)
Elmer H. Ziegler
360
Scattering
4
Blanks
43
Treasurer (1 year)
Frederick B. Taylor
379
Blanks
28
Collector of Taxes (3 years)
William H. Davis
390
Blanks
17
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Auditor (1 year)
Louis C. Farley, Jr.
376
Blanks
31
School Committee (3 years)
John W. Carman
330
William Powers
70
Blanks
7
Regional District
John W. Carman
362
William Powers
13
School Committee (3 years)
Scattering
2
Blanks
30
Water Commissioner (3 years)
Sumner Smith
381
Blanks
26
Board of Health
Walter L. Hill
366
(3 years)
Scattering
2
Blanks
39
Tree Warden (1 year)
Robert Ralston
298
Clifford H. Bradley
93
Blanks
16
Commissioner of
Richard F. Schroeder
362
Trust Funds (3 years)
Blanks
45
Trustee of Bemis Fund
Mabel H. Todd
382
for Free Public
Blanks
25
Lectures (3 years)
Cemetery Commissioner
George E. Cunningham
381
(3 years)
Blanks
26
Planning Board
Walter F. Bogner
349
(5 years)
Scattering
3
Blanks
55
Director DeCordova
John Q. Adams
369
Museum (4 years)
Blanks
38
Question: Shall Chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws author- izing any county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town or district, and their dependents, be accepted by this town?
Yes 335
No
31
Blanks
41
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 24, 1956
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 Charles Sumner Smith School Tuesday, the twenty- fourth day of April, 1956, at four o'clock P. 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:
10 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
10 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
24 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
24 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.
4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.
District Members of the State Committee (one man and one woman) for each political party for the 5th Senatorial District.
28 Members of the Republican Town Committee.
10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Presidential Preference.
The polls will be open from four o'clock P. M. to seven-thirty 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 hand this ninth day of April, A. D., 1956.
Charles K. Fitts ) Selectmen of
Elliott V. Grabill Lincoln
On the reverse of the Warrant is the following:
Lincoln, Mass. April 16, 1956
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at each of the Post Offices and at the Town House seven days before date of said Meeting.
Lawrence Hallett, Constable
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In accordance with the provisions of the above Warrant the polls were declared open at four o'clock P. M. by Mr. Charles K. Fitts. Previously the return of the Warrant was read and the following Ballot Clerks were duly sworn: Helena A. Dee, Helen M. Dougherty, Elizabeth J. Snelling, Manley B. Boyce, D. Everett Sherman, Jr. and William 0. Causer. Mr. Elliott V. Grabill assumed the duties of Warden at 6:10 P. M. and the polls were declared closed at 7:30 o'clock P. M. with the following results. The total vote was 228, - Republican, 196; Democratic, 32.
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES
Christian A. Herter
185
Leverett Saltonstall
181
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
180
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
182
Sinclair Weeks
179
Elmer C. Nelson
180
Ralph H. Bonnell
177
Esther W. Wheeler
181
Robert F. Bradford
183
Thomas Pappas
176
Blanks
156
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Basil Brewer
178
Bruce Crane
178
Katherine G. Howard
180
Charles J. Innes
179
Daniel J. Lynch
177
Maxwell M. Rabb
180
Richard F. Treadway
178
John A. Volpe
175
William W. White
177
Sumner G. Whittier
181
Blanks
177
DISTRICT DELEGATES, 5th DISTRICT
Edward J. DeSaulnier, Jr.
174
Earle S. Tyler 174
Blanks 44
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ALTERNATE DELEGATES, 5th DISTRICT
Alan G. Adams
175
Muriel S. Barnes
173
Blanks
44
STATE COMMITTEE, 5th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (MAN)
Herbert C. Harting
31
Fred H. Hitchcock, Jr.
114
Blanks
51
STATE COMMITTEE, 5th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (WOMAN)
Anna R. Toscano
176
Blanks 20
TOWN COMMITTEE
Pauline K. Rice
181
Gladys deY. Herman
180
Laura Thiessen
181
John B. Tew
182
Anthony Faunce
178
Arthur T. Howard
180
Charles K. Fitts
179
Robert W. Scott
176
William L. Grinnell
175
Eveleth R. Todd
176
Louis C. Farley, Jr.
173
Sumner Smith
177
John W. White
176
Eleanor A. Pallotta
178
Louis E. Paddock
177
James DeNormandie
182
George H. Kidder
175
J. Lewis Cunningham
177
D. Everett Sherman, Jr.
181
Robert H. Thorson
176
Kenneth W. Bergen
177
Helen K. Swanson
175
Richard B. Rice
173
Nancy D. Mellish
174
Miriam Jagger
177
Helen H. Greene
173
Not on ballot but both written in:
William H. Davis
111
Philip J. Constantine
92
Scattering
2
Blanks
587
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PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Eisenhower
158
Stevenson
1
Lodge
1
Ives
1
Herter
1
Laucsh
1
Blanks
22
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
John F. Kennedy
28
Paul A. Dever
28
John Wells McCormack
28
John B. Hynes
28
William H. Burke, Jr.
28
Margaret M. O'Riordan
28
James M. Curley
28
Thomas J. Buckley
28
Edward J. Cronin
28
John C. Powers
28
Michael F. Skerry
28
John A. Callahan
28
J. William Belanger
28
Daniel Rudsten
28
Ida R. Lyons
28
Garrett H. Byrne
28
Daniel H. Brunton
28
James D. O'Brien
28
John J. Kane
28
Howard W. Fitzpatrick
28
John S. Begley
28
James J. Corbett
28
Jackson J. Holtz
28
Blanks
96
DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Joseph A. De Guglielmo
28
J. Henry Goguen
28
Chester A. Dolan
28
Michael LoPresti
28
Peter J. Rzeznikiewicz
28
Francis E. Lavigne
28
Salvatore Camileo
28
Leonard J. Warner
28
Silas F. Taylor
28
Mary A. Tomasello
28
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Hugh J. Mclaughlin
28
Doris M. Racucot
28
Anna Sullivan
28
Mary DePasquale Murray
28
Charles M. Collatos
28
Anthony M. Scibelli
28
Matthew L. McGrath, Jr.
28
Joseph Garczynski, Jr.
28
Edward Krock
28
James R. Carter
28
Thomas J. Hannon
28
Harry L. Silva
28
Jean S. LeCompte
28
John F. Cahill
28
Blanks
96
DISTRICT DELEGATES, 5th DISTRICT
Edward P. Gilgun
27
William C. Geary
27
Daniel D. OºDea
27
Soterios G. Zaharoolis
27
Blanks
20
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, 5th DISTRICT
Thomas F. Tracy
29
Lawrence E. Corcoran
29
Blanks
6
STATE COMMITTEE, 5th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (MAN)
William F. Cloran
10
Harry C. Shannon
3
Thomas F. Tracy
10
Blanks
9
STATE COMMITTEE, 5th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (WOMAN)
Agnes J. Flynn
11
Alice D. Sullivan
10
Blanks
11
TOWN COMMITTEE
Andrew J. Dougherty
25
Henry M. Morgan
25
Robert Bygrave
25
Sarah E. Brown
25
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TOWN MEET INGS
Helen M. Dougherty
25
Polly F. Brown
25
David R. Brown
25
25
Charles P. Kindleberger Manley Boyce
25
William Langton
25
Blanks
70
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Stevenson
24
Kefauver
2
McCormack
2
Eisenhower
2
Blanks
2
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JULY 23, 1956
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served the Meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, William H. Davis, in the absence of the Moderator, Donald P. Donaldson, at 7:30 P. M. The return of the Warrant was read, and on motion duly seconded, Mr. Sumner Smith was elected Temporary Moderator. The following business was transacted:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sun of $3,000.00 to the Reserve Fund, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated from free cash to the Reserve Fund for the use of the Finance Committee, in addition to the $10,000.00 appropriated thereto from Overlay Surplus at the 1956 Annual Town Meeting, and that any unexpended balance in said Reserve Fund at the close of the fiscal year, up to and including the amount of this appropriation, be returned to Free Cash, and any additional unexpended balance thereof at said close of fiscal year shall be returned to Overlay Surplus.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $60,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of laying water mains in the vicinity of Brooks Road and Old Cambridge Turnpike, said mains to be not less than six inches in diameter, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing under authority of clause (5), section 8, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted: (unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of $60,000.00 for the purpose of laying water mains in the vicinity of
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Brooks Road and the Old Cambridge Turnpike, said mains to be not less than six inches in diameter; and that the Treasurer be and here- by is authorized to borrow, with the approval of the Selectmen, the sum of $60,000.00, or such lesser amount as is necessary to complete this project, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to approve of a transfer of $3,000.00, appropriated under Article 5 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 21, 1956, under the Heading: "Selectmen . Salary of Administrative Assistant", to an Engineering Service Account, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town transfer $3,000.00, appropriated under Article 5 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of 1956 for "Salary of Administrative Assistant" to an Engineering Service account.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to approve a transfer of funds appropriated under Article 5 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 21, 1956, under the general heading of EDUCA- TION, as follows:
From Maintenance to Operation $700.00 From Auxiliary Agencies to Instruction $400.00
or take any other action relative thereto. Voted: That the Town authorize that seven hundred dollars ($700)
be transferred from Maintenance to Operation, and that four hundred dollars ($400) be transferred from Auxiliary Agencies to Instruction in the appropriations made for the School Department under Article 5 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1956, so that the new totals read as follows:
Instruction Operation Maintenance Auxiliary Agencies
$153,687.00
$ 23,890.00 $ 3,875.00 $ 47,006.00
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 P. M.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
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ELECTIONS
STATE PRIMARY SEPTEMBER 18, 1956
WARRANT
Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables in 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 Charles S. Smith School Tuesday, the eighteenth day of September, 1956, at twelve o'clock Noon for the following pur- poses: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomina- tion of candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, all for the Commonwealth; Representative in Congress, 5th District; Councillor, 3rd District; Senator, 5th Senatorial District; Representative in General Court, 10th Middlesex District; County Com- missioners (2), Middlesex County; District Attorney, Northern Dis- trict. The polls will be open from 12 Noon to 7 P. M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereof at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this thirteenth day of August, A. D., 1956. C. K. Fitts Selectmen of William T. King ) Lincoln
On the reverse of the Warrant is the following:
August 29, 1956
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at each of the Post Offices and at the Town House at least seven days before said meeting. Leo J. Algeo, Constable
In accordance with the above Warrant the Polls were declared open at 12 Noon by Mr. William T. King. The return of the Warrant was read, and the following Ballot Clerks duly sworn: Helena A. Dee, Manley B. Boyce, Thomas J. Carney, Elizabeth J. Snelling, Henry J. Davis, and William 0. Causer. At 2:30 P. M. Mr. Elliott V. Grabill assumed the duties of Warden, and at 4:30 P. M. Mr. Charles K. Fitts took over the duties of Warden, and at 7 P. M. declared the Polls closed. Total number of ballots cast was 513, - Republican, 463; Democratic, 50; with the following results:
REPUBLICAN
Governor
Sumner G. Whittier 445
Blanks 18
Lieutenant Governor
Charles Gibbons
449
Blanks
35
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Secretary
Richard I. Furbush Blanks
441
22
Treasurer
Robert H. Beaudreau
443
Blanks
20
Auditor
Joseph A. Nobile
445
Blanks
18
Attorney General
George Fingold
449
Blanks
14
Congressman, 5th
Edith Nourse Rogers
429
District
Blanks
34
Councillor, 3rd
Christian A. Herter, Jr.
276
District
Harris A. Reynolds
185
Blanks
2
Senator, 5th Middlesex District
C. Chauncey Cousins
104
William E. Hayes
330
Blanks
29
Representative in
James DeNormandie
430
General Court, 10th Middlesex District
Blanks
33
County Commissioners
William G. Andrew
362
H. Herbert Applin
294
George A. Ayotte
32
Winston W. Bell
54
Leo Blacker
13
Thomas F. Geary, Jr.
36
Frederick Lowe
20
Blanks
115
Sheriff, Middlesex County
John Frederick Cahill
429
Blanks
34
Edward J. Bushell
39
Thomas F. Maher
8
Ephraim Martin Blanks
391
District Attorney
25
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Governor
Foster Furcolo
43
Thomas H. Buckley Blanks
2
Robert F. Murphy
39
James A. Burke
1
George A. Wells
4
Blanks
6
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin
39
Robert Emmett Dinsmore
5
Blanks
6
Treasurer
Clement A. Riley
32
John F. Kennedy
9
John F. Buckley
3
Henry Joseph Hurley
1
John M. Kennedy
0
Blanks
5
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
43
Blanks
7
Attorney General
Joseph D. Ward
36
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
8
Blanks
6
Congressman, 5th District
Scattering
2
Blanks
48
Councillor, 3rd
Peter James Coulouras
9
District
Frederick M. Donovan
18
Anthony Russo
3
Blanks
20
Senator, 5th
Charles F. Harrington
19
Middlesex
Frederick B. Sweet, Jr.
17
Blanks
14
Representative in
Hector R. Buteau
31
General Court, 10th
Blanks
19
Middlesex District
County Commissioners
Edward M. App
5
William P. Bennett
2
C. Michael Bradley
1
37
5
Lieutenant Governor
DEMOCRATIC
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Edward J. Buckley
John J. Burke
John B. Carr
John J. Carroll
Joseph J. Corcoran
Joseph Perry Costa
Edward J. Coughlin
Edward J. Crane
James A. Cullen
15
John J. Curran
7
P. Joseph DeGuisto
0
William F. Galgay
1
Warren M. Griffin
7
James E. Hagan
0
Henry E. Keenan
6
Francis R. King
2
Francis G. Lyons
5
Patrick Joseph McGlinchey
1
William J. Moran
0
William P. Murray
2
Gerald J. Wayne .
3
Blanks
30
Howard W. Fitzpatrick Blanks
19
District Attorney, Northern District
Vincent A. Burns
0
John C. Carr, Jr.
0
Joseph V. Carroll
2
Thomas F. Casey
1
Edward A. Counihan, Jr.
4
John F. Cremens
5
James L. O'Dea, Jr.
32
Irving L. Stackpole
0
John J. Tobin
2
Andrew T. Trodden
0
John F. Zamparelli
3
Blanks
1
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
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40202014 0 1 4
31
Sheriff, Middlesex County
ELECTIONS
STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 1956
WARRANT
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 requested to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in the State and National Election to meet in the Charles S. Smith School, Tuesday, the sixth day of November, 1956, to bring in their votes for the election of the following officers and questions: Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Representative in Congress, 5th District; Courcillor, 3rd District; Senator, 5th District; Representa- tive in General Court, 10th Middlesex; County Commissioners (2); Sheriff; District Attorney, Northern District.
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, 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 be open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this 29th day of October, A. D., 1956.
C. K. Fitts - Selectmen of
William T. King
Elliott V. Grabill ) Lincoln
On the reverse of the Warrant is the following: Lincoln, Massachusetts, October 29, 1956 I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at each of the Post Offices and one at the Town House seven days before date of said Election. Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr.
In accordance with the above Warrant the Polls were declared open at 7 A. M. by Mr. Elliott V. Grabill. Previously the ballot box was inspected and the following Ballot Clerks duly sworn: Elizabeth J. Snelling, Helena A. Dee, William 0. Causer, Manley B. Boyce, Margaret M. Algeo, D. Everett Sherman, Jr., Catherine M. Coan, Howard Snelling,
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George Gilbert, Rosina DuPont Anderson, Julia B. Taylor, Cecil Hall and E. Donlan Rooney. Mr. Charles K. Fitts and Mr. William T. King, together with Mr. Elliott V. Grabill, assumed the duties of Warden throughout the day. The total number of votes cast was 1755, with the result as follows:
Electors of President and Vice President
1,393
Eisenhower and Nixon, Republican Hass and Cozzini, Socialist_Labor 1
0
Holtwick and Cooper, Prohibition
339
Stevenson and Kefauver, Democratic Scattering Blanks
2
20
Governor
Foster Furcolo of Longmeadow
Democratic
402
Sumner G. Whittier of Everett
Republican
1,334
Henning A. Blomen of Somerville
Socialist_Labor
5
Mark R. Shaw of Melrose
Prohibition
1
Blanks
13
Lieutenant Governor
Charles F. Gibbons of Stoneham
Republican
1,367
Robert F. Murphy of Malden
Democratic
356
Harold E. Bassett of Clinton
Prohibition
2
Francis A. Votano of Lynn Blanks
Socialist_Labor
3
27
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin of Peabody
Democratic
301
Richard I. Furbush of Waltham
Republican
1,416
Earl F. Dodge of Boston
Prohibition
1
Lawrence Gilfedder of Boston Blanks
Socialist-Labor
3
34
Treasurer
John F. Kennedy of Canton
Democratic
303
Robert H. Beaudreau of Marlborough
Republican
1,402
Isaac Goddard of Newton
Prohibition
5
Willy N. Hogseth of Saugus Blanks
Socialist-Labor
7
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Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley of Boston Joseph A. Nobile of Boston John B. Lauder of Revere Anthony Martin of Boston Blanks
Democratic
414
Republican 1,297
Prohibition
3
Socialist-Labor 5
36
Attorney General
George Fingold of Concord
Republican
1,393
Edward J. McCormack, Jr. of Boston
Democratic
326
Fred M. Ingersoll of Lynn
Socialist-Labor
4
Howard B. Rand of Haverhill
Prohibition
2
Blanks
30
Congressman, Fifth District
Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell
Republican
1,430
Lawrence E. Corcoran of Arlington
Democratic
261
Scattering Blanks
1
63
Councillor, Third District
Frederick M. Donovan of Boston
Democratic
293
Christian A. Herter, Jr. of Boston
Republican
1,433
Blanks
29
Senator, Fifth Middlesex
Charles F. J. Harrington of Watertown
Democratic
295
William E. Hayes of Waltham
Republican
1,411
Blanks
49
Representative in General Court, Tenth Middlesex District
James DeNormandie of Lincoln
Republican
1,503
Hector R. Buteau of Hudson
Democratic
216
Blanks
36
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
William J. Andrew of Cambridge H. Herbert Applin of Watertown Edward J. Buckley of Somerville Patrick Joseph McGlinchey of Lowell Blanks
Republican
1,361'
Republican
1,291
Democratic
292
Democratic
211
355
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Sheriff
Howard W. Fitzpatrick of Malden
Democratic 352
John Frederick Cahill of Belmont
Republican 1,341
Blanks
62
District Attorney, Northern District (To fill vacancy)
Ephraim Martin of Belmont
Republican
1,390
James L. O'Dea, Jr. of Lowell
Democratic
321
Blanks
44
Question No. 1
A
Yes
258
No
1,313
Blanks
184
Yes
294
No
1,250
Blanks
211
C
Yes
469
No
1,128
Blanks
158
The Polls were declared closed at 8 o'clock P. M. by Mr. Charles K. Fitts, who, with the assistance of Mr. Elliott V. Grabill, pro- ceeded to check and deposit the Absentee Ballots.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING DECEMBER 18, 1956
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served the Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Donald P. Donaldson. The return of the War- rant was read. On introduction by the Moderator, the Reverend Morris R. Robinson offered an invocation to the Deity. The follow- ing business was transacted:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Highway Budget by appropriating $250.00 to the General Expense account, $1,500.00 to the Snow Removal account, and $4,500.00 to the Equipment Maintenance and Supplies account, or take any other action relative thereto.
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TOWN MEETINGS
Voted: (unanimously) That the Town increase the Highway De- partment budget by raising and appropriating the following amounts: $250.00 to the General Expense account; $1,500.00 to the Snow Re- moval account; and $4,500.00 to the Equipment Maintenance and Supplies account, for a total of $6,250.00.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be given to the Lincoln Post #84, American Legion, for the purchase of a U. S. flag and a Post flag to replace those now in use, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To pass over the article by mutual consent.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private road known as Pine Ridge Road, as shown on a plan prepared by Hilton and Snelling, dated October 11, 1954, recorded with South Middlesex Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8378, approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln July 12, 1956, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That subject to the receipt of a deed under easement satisfactory to the Selectmen the Town accept as a public way the private road now known as Pine Ridge Road and approved by the Lincoln Planning Board on July 12, 1956.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to approve a transfer of funds appropriated under Article 5 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 21, 1956, under the heading: Water Department, Meters, Operating Expenses and Miscellaneous, to the Supplies, Maintenance and Rental account of the Water Department, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town authorize the transfer of $2,000.00 from the Meters, Operating Expense and Miscellaneous account to the Supplies, Maintenance and Rental account in the appropriation made for the Water Department under Article 5 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1956.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire in fee by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, as a site for a fire station or combined police and fire station, the whole or any part of a certain parcel of land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, now or for- merly of Dorothy S. F. M. Codman, Roger B. Tyler and Benjamin J. Fawcett, as they are Trustees under will of Ogden Codman, located on the westerly corner of the intersection of Lincoln and Codman Roads, containing 58,903 square feet more or less, and bounded and described as follows:
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