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Meeting adjourned at 9:50 P. M.
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION March 26, 1960
Article 1 was read by the Moderator, Mr. Donald P. Donaldson, the ballot box was inspected, and the polls
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were declared open at 12 o'clock Noon. The following Ballot Clerks were duly sworn: Catherine M. Coan, Thelma D. Haworth, Sadie Sherman, Margaret M. Algeo, Andrew J. Dougherty, Manley B. Boyce, D. Everett Sherman, Jr. and William O. Causer. The polls were declared closed at 7 o'clock P. M. with the following results. The total
number of votes cast was 1392.
Moderator (3 years) J. Lewis Cunningham 394
Charles Y. Wadsworth 976
Scattering 2 Blanks 20
Town Clerk (1 year)
William H. Davis 1343
Blanks 49
Selectman (3 years)
Elliott V. Grabill 950
Robert M. Malloy 428
Blanks 14
Assessor (3 years)
Albert E. Nelson
351
Henry A. Sturm 986
Blanks 55
Treasurer (1 year)
Frederick B. Taylor
1277
Blanks 115
School Committee (3 years)
Helen B. Gilfoy
860
Marjorie R. Meyer
396
E. Donlan Rooney 78
Blanks 58
Regional District School Committee (3 years)
Ellen DeN. Cannon
1242
Scattering
1
Blanks 149
Water Commissioner (3 years)
Edward S. Taylor
1264
Blanks 128
Board of Health (3 years)
Lois M. Natoli
1249
Scattering
2
Blanks 141
.
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Tree Warden (1 year) Albert S. Brooks 1279
Blanks 113
Cemetery Commissioner
(3 years)
Robert A. Spence 1255
Blanks 137
Planning Board
(5 years)
Donald C. Loveys
396
R. Langdon Wales 938
Blanks 58
Commissioner of Trust Funds (3 years)
William T. King 1246
Blanks 146
Trustee of Bemis
Fund (3 years)
Paul Brooks 1242
Blanks 150
Director DeCordova
& Dana Museum (4 years)
John Q. Adams 1067
Ralph J. Ruocco 295
Blanks 30
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 26, 1960
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 re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Fire and Police Station Tuesday, the twenty-sixth day of April, 1960, at 4 o'clock P. M. for the following pur- poses :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the election of candidates of political parties for the following offices :
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24 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party; 12 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party; 10 Dele- gates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party; 10 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Con- vention of the Republican Party; 4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Con- gressional District; 2 Alternate Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional Dis- trict; 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District; 2 Alter- nate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District; District members of State Committee (one man and one woman for each political party for the 5th Senatorial District; 10 mem- bers of the Democratic Town Committee; 35 members of the Republican Town Committee; Presidential Preference.
The polls will be open from 4:00 P. M. to 7:30 P. M. Hereof fail not and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this eighteenth of April, A.D. 1960.
Charles K. Fitts Selectmen o f
Elliott V. Grabill
Warren F. Flint Lincoln
A true copy :
Attest : Leo J. Algeo, Constable
In accordance with the above Warrant the polls were declared open at 4 P. M. by Mr. Warren F. Flint. The ballot box was inspected and the following Ballot Clerks duly sworn: Margaret M. Algeo, Elizabeth J. Snelling, D. Everett Sherman, Jr., Howard Snelling, Manley B. Boyce and Andrew Joseph Dougherty. Mr. Elliott Grabill assumed the duties of Warden at 6 P. M. and the polls were declared closed at 7:30 P. M. with the following results. The total number of ballots cast was 253; Republican, 213, and Democratic, 40.
Republican Delegates Group
Leverett Saltonstall 206
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 205
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 196
Thomas A. Pappas 194
Ralph H. Bonnell 191
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Mary R. Wheeler
191
Daniel E. McLean
187
Fred Lamson 187
Frank S. Giles
188
Robert F. Bradford
200
Blanks
185
Alternate Delegates
Lloyd B. Waring
188
John A. Volpe
191
Georgia E. Ireland
187
George D. Hammond
189
Bruce Crane
188
Irene K. Thrusher
189
Richard F. Treadway
191
Augustus G. Means
194
Andrew R. Hunter
187
George L. Sargent
191
Blanks
235
District Delegates, 5th District Group
Harrison Chadwick 192
Paula K. Lewellen
189
Blanks 45
Alternate Delegates
Harold W. Hartwell, Jr.
183
Dorothea S. Dodge
191
Roy Charles Papalia
29
Blanks
236
State Committee (Man) (5th Middlesex)
Alexander Ellis, Jr.
172
Fred Hitchcock, Jr.
24
Blanks 7
State Committee (Woman)
(5th Middlesex)
Sybil Banforth 164
Blanks 49
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Town Committee
Edgar E. Barr
186
Kenneth W. Bergen
198
Secor D. Browne
181
Ethel A. Cook
181
J. Lewis Cunningham
181
William H. Davis
201
James DeNormandie
200
Robert D. Donaldson, Jr.
194
Anthony Faunce
183
Charles K. Fitts
194
Richard C. Fleck
189
Helen H. Greene
184
William L. Grinnell
183
John C. Haartz
185
Arthur T. Howard
186
George H. Kidder
196
Spencer F. Martin, Jr.
185
Nancy D. Mellish
184
Robert L. Moore
185
Virginia M. Niles
186
Louis E. Paddock
189
Elizabeth J. Peavy
185
Eleanor A. Pallotta
182
Pauline K. Rice
188
Richard B. Rice
185
D. Everett Sherman, Jr.
188
Sumner Smith
195
Katharine S. White
191
Helen K. Swanson
189
Laura Thiessen
187
Charles Y. Wadsworth
192
Eveleth R. Todd
192
Daniel A. Spaeth
178
Louis C. Farley, Jr.
189
Reed K. Taylor (Write In)
48
Scattering
1
Blanks
1006
Presidential Preference
Nixon
133
Rockefeller
32
Kennedy
3
Stevenson
3
Scattering
3
Blanks
39
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Democratic Delegates Group
Foster Furcolo
32
John W. McCormack
30
John M. Lynch 29
Robert F. Murphy
29
Joseph D. Ward
30
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
30
Thomas J. Buckley
30
John F. Collins
28
Joseph William Belanger
28
John E. Powers
28
John F. Thompson
28
Endicott Peabody
30
Robert Francis Kennedy
28
Howard W. Fitzpatrick
28
Garrett H. Byrne
27
Balcom S. Taylor
27
Mary L. Fonseca
28
John L. Saltonstall, Jr.
29
Betty Taymor
27
Stephen T. Chmura
27
Bernard Solomon
28
Kenneth J. Kelley
27
A. Frank Foster
28
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr.
27
Blanks
277
Alternate Delegates
William F. Donoghue
27
Charles N. Collatos
27
Mary DePasquale Murray
27
Peter J. Rzeznikiewicz
27
Edward King
27
Joseph A. DeGuglielmo
28
Cornelius W. Phillips, Jr.
27
Anthony M. Scibelli
27
Richard Maquire
27
Paul W. Glennon
27
Dan H. Fenn, Jr.
30
Thomas J. Noonan
27
Blanks
152
District Delegates, 5th District
Cornelius F. Kiernan 29
Edward P. Gilgun 29
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Richard K. Donahue Daniel D. O'Dea
28
27
Blanks 47
Alternate Delegates
Charles F. J. Harrington
29
Helen G. Droney
28
David Franklin
3
Blanks 11
State Committee ( Man)
Lawrence A. Buckley
5
Paul A. Shaughnessy
17
Thomas F. Tracy
9
Blanks
9
State Committee (Woman)
Margaret A. Delaney
17
Agnes J. Flynn
12
Blanks
11
Town Committee
Andrew J. Dougherty
32
E. Donlan Rooney
33
Helen M. Dougherty
31
Allen R. Dougherty
31
Dennis M. Dougherty
28
Margaret M. Algeo
33
Donald C. Loveys
27
Robert C. Wood
30
Henry M. Morgan
29
William G. Langton
29
Blanks
97
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STATE PRIMARY September 13, 1960
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 re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Fire and Police Station Tuesday the thirteenth day of September, 1960, at 7:00 o'clock A. M. for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomination of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
For this Commonwealth: Senator in Congress, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Attorney General, Treas- urer, Auditor, Representative in Congress for 5th Con- gressional District, Councillor, 3rd District, Senator for 5th District, one Representative in General Court, 10th Middlesex District, Register of Probate, Middlesex County, 2 County Commissioners, and Treasurer.
The polls will be open from 7:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 22nd day of August, 1960.
Charles K. Fitts Selectmen o f
Warren F. Flint Lincoln
On the reverse of the Warrant is the following: I have served this Warrant by posting attested copy at the Town Hall and each of the Post Offices at least ten days before the election.
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr., Constable
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In accordance with the above Warrant the polls were declared open at 7 o'clock A.M. by Mr. Elliott V. Grabill. Previously the ballot box had been inspected. The duties of Warden were assumed at various times throughout the day by the Selectmen, Mr. Charles K. Fitts, Mr. Elliott V. Grabill and Mr. Warren F. Flint. On motion duly seconded it was voted: That the polls be kept open until 6:30 P.M. The following election officers were duly sworn: Margaret M. Algeo, Elizabeth J. Snelling, Jane Langton, Helen K. Swanson, Alice M. Boyce, Sadie J. Sherman, Rosina DuP. Anderson, William O. Causer, Manley B. Boyce and Andrew Joseph Dougherty. The polls were declared closed at 6: 30 P. M. with the following results. The total number
of ballots cast was 455, - Republican, 352, Democratic, 103.
Republican
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall 336
Blanks 16
Governor
John A. Volpe 334
Blanks 18
Lieutenant Governor
Augustus G. Means
340
Blanks
12
Secretary
Edward W. Brooks 330
Blanks
22
Attorney General
George Michaels 329
Blanks
23
Treasurer
Walter J. Trybulski
267
Francis Andrew Walsh
59
Blanks
26
Auditor
Gardner B. Wardwell
322
Blanks
30
Congressman, 5 th District
Edith Nourse Rogers
10
Bradford Morse
310
Scattering
4
Blanks
28
Councillor, 3rd
Joseph A. Nobile 136
District
Arthur H. Trefanier
159
Blanks
57
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Senator, 5th
Middlesex
William E. Hays 334 Blanks 18
Representative, 10th Middlesex
James DeNormandie 343
Blanks
9
Hobart M. Burroughs 314
Blanks 38
County Commissioner
William G. Andrew
244
Carleton R. Leavitt 139
Frederick Lowe
28
Edward G. Ucklein
87
John J. White
81
Blanks
125
County Treasurer
Scattering
8
Blanks 344
District Attorney, Northern District
George P. Jeffreys
56
James F. Mahan 137
Richard S. Sanderson
106
Blanks
53
Democratic
Senator in Congress
Foster Furcolo
38
Edmund C. Buckley
6
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr. 52
Blanks
7
Governor
Joseph D. Ward
14
Francis E. Kelly
3
John F. Kennedy
1
Alfred Mageletta
0
Robert F. Murphy
13
Endicott Peabody
68
Gabriel Francis Piemonte
2
Blanks 2
Lieutenant Governor
Edward F. Mclaughlin, Jr. 62
Pasquale Caggiano
16
Blanks 25
Kevin H. White
31
Secretary
Francis X. A hearn
24
Margaret F. McGovern 24
Blanks 24
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Register of Probate, Middlesex County
ELECTIONS
Attorney General
Edward J. McCormack, Jr. 62
Blanks 41
John Thomas Driscoll 36
George F. Hurley
6
John B. Kennedy
4
John M. Kennedy
2
Patrick F. McDonough
17
Robert J. Sullivan
3
Blanks 35
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
62
John F. Hynes
17
Blanks 24
Congressman, 5th District
Thomas F. Duffy, Jr.
8
David Franklin
11
Michael J. MacDonald
7
William C. Madden
40
Ethel M. Simpson
5
Scattering
3
Blanks 29
Councillor, 3rd District
Edward J. Cronin
27
Thomas Francis Bennett
2
Frank T. Capaldi
4
William P. Foley
1
Frederick C. Hailer, Jr.
5
Charles H. McGlue
3
Daniel J. Murphy
6
Robert J. O'Leary
6
Charles A. Watson
13
Blanks 36
Senator, 5th Middlesex
Bernard E. Bradley, Jr.
38
Paul V. Shaughnessy
36
Blanks
29
Representative, 10th District
Scattering
3
Blanks
100
Register of Probate,
John V. Harvey 48
Middlesex County
Blanks 55
Edward L. Buckley
31
County Commissioner
William P. Bowen 4
Lawrence W. Brennan
3
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Treasurer
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Patrick J. Brennan
6
Brown J. Caldwell
3
Theodore Campo
0
Joseph J. Corcoran
2
James A. Cullen
17
James W. Donahue
5
Raymond E. Ennis
2
Donald F. Fenton
3
Francis M. Fitzpatrick
12
George A. Galgay
1
Anthony Gallucio
11
Charles W. Gately
2
Francis F. Harrington
1
Stephen F. Hartigan
1
Daniel L. Hurley
4
Edward J. Kenney
2
John Mahoney
0
James L. Mclaughlin
4
Paul M. Mclaughlin
0
Frederick R. McMenimen
7
John T. O'Brien
0
John Joseph Ryan, Jr.
1
John Sarno
1
Charles M. Sullivan
1
William A. Sullivan
0
Albert W. Zarella
6
Blanks 76
County Treasurer
Timothy J. Cronin
27
Thomas B. Brennan
14
John B. Brown
4
Christopher Carolina
3
Frank M. DeFino
1
Francis R. King
3
Francis J. Murphy
5
Cornelius R. Sullivan
3
Blanks 43
District Attorney, Northern District
John J. Droney
51
John F. Zamperelli
20
Blanks
32
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STATE ELECTION November 8, 1960
Warrant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Lincoln, Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby re- quested to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in the State and National Election to meet at the Fire and Police Building, Tuesday the eighth day of November, 1960, to bring in their votes for the election of the following officers and questions: Electors of President and Vice-President; Senator in Con- gress; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Attorney General; Treasurer; Auditor; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Representative in General Court (1); Register of Probate and Insolvency; County Commissioners; County Treasurer ; District Attorney, Northern District; Questions 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 bever- ages)? - B. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages)? - C. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages so called not to be drunk on the premises?
The polls will be open from 7:00 A. M. and may be closed at 7:30 P. M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this thirty-first day of Octo- ber, A. D., 1960.
Charles K. Fitts Elliott V. Grabill Warren F. Flint
Selectmen o f Lincoln
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In accordance with the above warrant the polls were declared open at 7 o'clock A. M. by Mr. Charles K. Fitts. The ballot box had been inspected previously and the following Ballot Clerks duly sworn: Elizabeth J. Snelling, Margaret M. Algeo, Sadie Sherman and Jane Langton. In addition to Mr. Charles K. Fitts, the two other Selectmen, Mr. Elliott V. Grabill and Mr. Warren F. Flint, assumed the duties of Warden throughout the day and night. At 7:30 P. M. the following counters were duly sworn: D. Everett Sherman, Jr., Howard Snelling, Reed Taylor, William Halsey, Robert L. Bradford, Edgar Barr, Helen Swanson, Anne V. Lyons, Elizabeth Hurff, Eleanor Chellis, Andrew J. Dougherty, Manley Boyce, Irving Telling, Armand Ferro, Jack McHugh, Walter J. Salmon, David Brown, Frank Smith, Rosina Anderson and Martha Doughty. At 11:30 P.M. in order to expedite the counting Mr. Charles K. Fitts asked for and obtained the following: Nancy J. Gleason, William L. Grinnell, Donald C. Loveys, Andrew J. Dougherty, Peggy S. Larrabee, Jean Murphy, Mary Murphy and Richard
C. Fleck. These additional counters enabled the counting to finish at 2:30 A. M. with the following results. The
number of ballots cast was 2062.
Electors of President and Vice President
Decker and Munn
Prohibition 2
Haas and Cozzini
Socialist Labor 3
Kennedy and Johnson
Democratic 742
Nixon and Lodge
Republican 1307
Blanks
8
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall
Republican 1633
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr.
Democratic 401
Lawrence Gilfedder
Socialist Labor 4
Mark R. Shaw
Prohibition 3
Blanks
21
Governor
John A. Volpe
Republican
1646
Joseph D. Ward
Democratic 342
Henning A. Blomen
Socialist Labor 12
Guy S. Williams
Prohibition
6
Scattering Blanks
9
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Lieutenant Governor
Edward F. Mclaughlin, Jr.
Democratic 449
Augustus G. Means
Republican 1553
Thomas Maratea
Prohibition
3
Francis A. Votano
Socialist Labor
7
Blanks
50
Secretary
Edward W. Brooke
Republican
1598
Kevin H. White
Democratic 400
Fred M. Ingersoll
Socialist Labor
4
Julia B. Kohler
Prohibition
1
Blanks
59
Attorney General
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
Democratic 566
George Michaels
Republican 1438
August O. Johnson
Socialist Labor
4
William D. Ross
Prohibition
3
Blanks
51
Treasurer
John Thomas Driscoll
Democratic 475
Walter J. Trybulski
Republican 1499
Warren C. Carberg
Prohibition
7
Domenico A. Digirolamo
Socialist Labor
6
Blanks
75
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
Democratic 734
Gardner B. Wardwell
Republican
1253
John B. Lander
Prohibition.
4
Arne A. Sostell
Socialist Labor
8
Blanks
63
Congressman 5th District
William C. Madden
Democratic 487
F. Bradford Morse
Republican
1522
Blanks 53
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Councillor, 3rd District
William E. Hays
Republican 1583
Bernard E. Bradley, Jr.
Democratic 401
Blanks
78
Representative in General Court
(10th Middlesex District)
James DeNormandie
Republican 1822
Scattering
2
Blanks
238
Registrar of Probate and Insolvency, Middlesex County
John V. Harvey
Democratic 520
Hobart M. Burroughs
Republican
1413
Blanks
129
County Commissioners
William G. Andrew
Republican
1479
Edward L. Buckley
Democratic 504
Anthony Galluccio
Democratic
258
Carleton R. Leavitt
Republican
1253
Blanks
630
County Treasurer
Timothy J. Cronin
Democratic 465
Edward James O'Donoghue
Republican
1465
Blanks
132
District Attorney, Northern District
John J. Droney
Democratic 464
James F. Mahan
Republican
1503
Blanks
95
QUESTIONS
(A)
368
Yes No Blanks
1505
189
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(B)
Yes No Blanks
416
1428
218
(C)
656
Yes No
1259
Blanks
147
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING December 12, 1960
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served the Special Town Meeting was duly called to order on Monday, December 12, 1960, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. at the Smith School.
Elliott V. Grabill was appointed Temporary Clerk and kept the records of the meeting. A lack of a quorum was noted, and on motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously voted: That the meeting be adjourned to Tuesday, December 13, 1960, at 7:30 P.M. to meet in the Charles S. Smith
School. There being no further business to come before the meeting it was unanimously voted to adjourn as afore- said.
Attest : Elliott V. Grabill, Temporary Clerk
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING December 13, 1960
In accordance with the above adjournment, the Rev. Morris R. Robinson gave the invocation at 7:45 P. M. The meeting was then called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Charles Y. Wadsworth, the return of the Warrant was read, and the following business transacted:
Article 1. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 54, Section 103A, which makes the provisions of the General Laws rela- tive to absent voters applicable to Town Elections. Voted : That the Town accept the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 54, Section 103A.
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Article 2. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend Article II, Town Meetings, Section 1 of its General By-Laws, by substituting for the words " ... the polls shall be open from 12 M until 7 P. M. or to such later time up to 8 P. M. as the Moderator may determine", the words "the polls shall be open from 8 A. M. until 7:30 P. M.", so that Article II, Town Meetings, Section 1, as amended, shall read: "The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday after the fifteenth day of March in each year at 7:30 P. M. for the transaction of all business except that the election of such officers and the determination of such matters as by law are required to be elected or determined by ballot shall take place on the following Saturday when the polls shall be open from 8 A. M. until 7:30 P. M.", or take any other action rela- tive thereto. Voted : That the Town amend Article II, Town Meetings, Section 1, of its General By-Laws, by substitut- ing for the words " ... the polls shall be open from 12 M until 7 P. M. or to such later time up to 8 P. M. as the Moderator may determine" the words " ... the polls shall be open from 8 A. M. until 7:00 P. M.", so that Article II, Town Meetings, Section 1, as amended, shall read: "The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday after the fifteenth day of March in each year at 7:30 P.M. for the transaction of all business except that the elec- tion of such officers and the determination of such mat- ters as by law are required to be elected or determined by ballot shall take place on the following Saturday when the polls shall be open from 8 A. M. until 7:00 P. M."
Article 3. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the Water Depart- ment Pumping Station Maintenance and Expense Account, or take any other action relative thereto. Voted : That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the Water Department, Pumping Station Main- tenance and Expense Account, said sum to be taken from Water Department Surplus.
Article 4. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out the existing Zoning By-Law in its entirety and by adopting in lieu thereof a proposed Zoning By-Law, copies of which have been posted in the Town Hall and in the office of the Town Clerk, or take any other action relative thereto. Voted : A motion "To divide the question by
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separating from the main motion for later consideration under this article all references to Light Industrial District zoning" was lost, with 155 for and 205 against.
A motion "To amend the main motion by striking out section B-3 - Selected Light Industrial District (from 3, page 8, line 37, through "street", page 11, line 5, inclusive) and further to erase all reference to light industrial districts anywhere in proposed zoning by-law by making the following eight additional changes: (1) Table of contents: In Section V under B-Busi- ness Districts, omit 3-B-3, Selected Light Industrial District, 8-11;
(2) Page 1, line 18: Change six to five; (3) £ Page 1, line 24: Omit B-3 - Selected Light Industrial District (Sect. V-B-3);
(4) Page 13, lines 39 and 40: Change comma to period and omit "and in a B-3 Selected Light Industrial District 400,000 square feet";
(5) Page 14, lines 7 and 8: Omit "and a B-3 Selected Light Industrial District";
(6) Page 17, lines 6 and 7: Omit "and a light industrial"; (7) Page 19, lines 4, 5, and 6: Change comma to period and omit rest of sentence;
(8) Page 19, line 14: Omit "and light industrial"; was lost.
It was then Voted: (239 for - 103 against) That the Town amend its zoning by-law by striking out the existing zoning by-law in its entirety and by adopting in lieu thereof the proposed zoning by-law, copies of which have been posted in the Town Hall and in the office of the Town Clerk, with the following amendments :
(1) In Section 1, captioned Purposes, in line 9, on page 1, delete the word "the" after the word "with" and before the word "comprehensive" and insert the word "a" in place thereof.
(2) In Section V-A-1, captioned R-1 Single Family Residence District, on page 6 in line 4, after the semi- colon, add "provided that a permit to erect and maintain such a tower in connection with the operation of an amateur radio station shall not be denied unless the safe- ty of the public will be endangered by such erection or maintenance."
(3) In Section V-A-2, captioned R-2 General Resi- dence District, on page 7 in line 14, insert after the
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word "to" and before the word "the" the words "and ap- proved by".
(4) In Section V-B-2, captioned B-2 Service Busi- ness District, on page 8 in line 23, delete the period after the word "repair", add a comma, and insert the words "or awaiting delivery or pick up after repair". On the same page in line 30 delete the word "and" after the word "products" and before the word "subject". (5) In Section VI-A, captioned Height Regulations, on page 13 in line 19, after the word "to" and before the word "chimneys", add the words "radio and television towers, permits for which have been granted under Section V-A-1 above, or to", and on the same page in line 20, add a comma after the word "tanks" and insert after such comma and before the word "and" the word "antennas".
(6) In Section VI-D-1-f, captioned Wholesale and light industrial establishments: on page 17 in line 7, delete the word "two" and on the same page in line 8, substitute the word "person" for the word "persons". (7) In Section VI-E, captioned Signs, on page 18 in line 21, add after the semicolon the following: provided that a temporary sign with an area not to exceed thirty- two (32) square feet may be placed upon a tract of land to advertise the sale of individual lots into which such tract is to be divided and provided, further, that if such tract of land to be divided has frontage on more than one street or way, one such sign with an area not to exceed thirty-two (32) square feet may be placed thereon to face each street or way, provided that no two such signs are closer together than five hundred (500) feet".
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