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ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Hillside Avenue and name it Fleming Avenue, on petition of Edward Fleming and others.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to carry out a vote of the town of Decem- ber 18, 1933 with reference to placing suitable tablets in memory of those who served in the World War in the Memorial Audi- torium, and authorize the transfer of the War Bonus Surplus in the town treasury, amounting to $803.33, for this purpose, on petition of Stafford A. Lindsay and others.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $200.00 payable to the Andover Brass Band for four (4) band concerts to be held during the year 1937 in the town of Andover, one concert to be in Ballardvale, one in Shawsheen Village, and two in Andover Center, payments to be made in four (4) equal installments of $50.00 each on the completion of each concert, on petition of Penry LeRoy Wilson and others.
(Not approved. We believe this to be worthy cause but that the town should not take on any additional commitments of this kind.)
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ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will vote to require all dog owners in Andover to have their dogs vaccinated for rabies before they become eligible for a license, as provided in Chapter 140 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
1.
Amend Section IX by adding at the end of paragraph 1 thereof the following :
" ... provided, however, that the Board of Appeals may per- mit land to be subdivided with lot frontages of less than seventy- five (75) feet and for lot areas of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet if two or more dwellings were located on an existing lot at the time this By-Law is adopted or if land is being sub- divided for summer camp lots on or near the shores of a river, pond or lake."
2.
Amend Section IX by adding at the end of paragraph 4 thereof the following new sentence:
"On corner lots no part of any building shall extend within twenty (20) feet of the street line."
3.
Amend Section IX by adding at the end of paragraph 5 thereof the following :
" .. .; provided, however, that on corner lots no buildings shall extend nearer than twenty (20) feet to the street line."
4.
Amend Section XII by inserting at the end thereof the follow- ing new paragraph :
"The Board of Selectmen may appoint one or more associate members of the Board of Appeals for terms of such length as shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen; and in case of a vacancy, inability to act or interest on the part of a member of the Board of Appeals, his place may be taken by an associate member designated by the Board of Selectmen, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended from time to time. "
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5.
Amend Section XIII by striking out paragraph 3 and inserting in place thereof a new paragraph 3 as follows:
"3. Boarding and lodging houses, tea rooms and hotels; ceme- · teries, hospitals, sanatoria, philanthropic institutions, and air- ports with essential accessories; private clubs not conducted for profit; in Single Residence or Educational Districts. Gasoline filling stations and oil stations, garage repair shops, sales rooms for motor vehicles and stables; a place of business of any black- smith, baker, builder, carpenter, contractor, dyer, mason, plumber, roofer, tinsmith and upholsterer; in Business Districts. All subject to existing laws already in force. "
On petition of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain so much land as may be necessary in the judgment of the Board of Public Works for playground purposes next adjacent to and northerly of the Playstead, and will appro- priate a sum of money to pay therefor.
(Approved. We approve the purchase of this land provided the Selectmen can purchase at a fair cost to the town.)
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $380.00 to loam, seed and for shrubbery for the lot located at the southwest corner of Haverhill Street and Enmore Street on the petition of Walter M. Lamont and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,400.00 for curbing and sidewalks on the east side of High Street from Walnut Avenue to the property next to the Infirmary, on petition of Walter M. Lamont and others.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of River Road and Brundrett Avenue along Brundrett Avenue a distance of 1600 feet to the property of Jacob Shlakis and appropriate the sum of $4,400.00, on petition of Arthur H. Maddox and others.
(Not approved)
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ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main on Boutwell Road from the corner of River Road to the corner of Pleasant Street and also continue the line from the corner of Boutwell Road and Pleasant Street, a distance of 100 feet on Pleasant Street and appropriate the sum of $5,800.00 on petition of Charles Newton and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 391 of the Acts of 1923, relative to the collection of water rates, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to change the width of Fletcher and Binney Streets in Shawsheen Village, from sixty (60) feet as at present to forty (40) feet as shown on plan drawn by John Franklin, C.E., dated February, 1937, on petition of Arthur Jowett and others.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will accept as a Public Way, Hall Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Survey, from Clark Road northeasterly for a distance of 973.45 feet to Andover Street as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, on petition of Edward P. Hall and others.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase 595 feet of water main, with their appurtenances from Edward P. Hall, constructed and laid in Hall Avenue, if said street is accepted as a Town Way, and to ap- propriate the sum of $700.00 for this purpose, on petition of Edward P. Hall and others.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase 421 feet of water main with their appurtenances of Emery E. Trott, constructed and laid in Stone- hedge Road at the rate of 70 cents a foot, as said street has been accepted as a town way, and to appropriate a sum of $294.70 for this purpose, on petition of Emery E. Trott and others.
(Approved)
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ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to approve the name of Stratford Road for that way running from Chestnut Street northerly to Summer Street and located Southwesterly from Upland Road, on petition of Roy E. Hardy and others.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of putting in a floor and completing electrical work in the gymnasium room in the Shawsheen School, on petition of William H. Merchant and others.
(Not approved. No amount mentioned. No one appeared before us in favor.)
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used to reshingle the roof of the Richardson School house on Lowell Street, on petition of William A. Trow and others.
(Not approved for $500.00. We recommend $100.00 for repair of roof.)
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to widen the existing hard surface road on Maple Avenue and care for the grass plots, and to appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 therefor, on petition of Fred G. Cheney and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the dam and flowage rights of Fosters Pond and appropriate $1.00 to cover same as generously offered by the owner, Francis H. Foster, on petition of Fred E. Cheever and others.
(We recommend that no action be taken until information is obtained by the Town Counsel as to the liability involved.)
ARTICLE 38. To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
ARTICLE 39. To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
ARTICLE 40. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
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SUMMARY
Expenditures recommended
$592812.68
State and County Assessments, esti- mated
52937.65
$645750.33
Receipts estimated
$180000.00
Transfer to Assessors from Free Cash
15000.00
195000.00
Balance to be raised by taxation
$450750.33
Net Valuation after deducting $1,400,000. for Mfgrs. Machinery and adding $200,000 for new construction-estimated $15000000.00
You will please note that in the above estimates, which arrive at a tax rate of $30.05, we have for the first time taken into con- sideration probable transfer of Free Cash to reduce the tax rate.
Tax Rate 1931
$24.20
Tax Rate 1934 $29.50
Tax Rate 1932
24.00
Tax Rate 1935
29.20
Tax Rate 1933
24.20
Tax Rate 1936 29.20
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH BULLOCK, Chairman LEO F. DALEY, Secretary JOSEPH HARGEDON MITCHELL JOHNSON EDWARD SHATTUCK
HARVEY G. TURNER RALPH A. WOODCOCK
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
TT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1937
PRINTED BY THE ANDOVER PRESS, ANDOVER, MASS. 1938
INDEX
PAGE
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 82
American Legion Quarters 75
Andover Post 2128 V.F.W.
75
Animal Inspector
50, 140 38
Armistice Day 76
Assessments and Receipts (B.P.W.) 86
Assessors 48, 111
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
111
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 112
Balance Sheet 98
Board of Health
57,134
Board of Public Welfare
64, 126
Infirmary 66
Mothers' Aid
65
Old Age Assistance
66
Soldiers' Relief 68
State Aid
68
Board of Public Works 161
Accounts Receivable 89
Assessments and Receipts
86
Highways 60
Sewers 60
Snow Removal and Sanding 63
Water Maint. and Construction 77, 78
Bonds, Redemption of See Town Debt
Building Inspector 54, 141
Cemetery Funds 91
Committee on Centralization 120
Damages to Persons and Property 74
Departmental Accounts Receivable 89 Dog Officer 50
Election and Registration 51
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 59
Excess and Deficiency Account 90
Expenditures for 1937 46
Finance Committee Recom-
mendations 177
Fire Department 53,130
Forest Fires 57
Game Warden 50
General Government
Election and Registration
51
Sidewalk Assessments
85
Municipal Buildings 51
Town Officers
50
Highways
60
75 Insurance Interest 80
Jury List 149
Memorial Day
75
Memorial Hall Library 71,152
Library Statistics 159
Report of Finance Committee 153
Report of Librarian 155
Report of Trustees
154
Military Aid 68
Milk Inspector 138
Moderator 49
Moth Superintendent 55, 142
Moth Assessments
84
Mothers' Aid 65
Motor Vehicles Excise Tax 83,111
Municipal Buildings 51
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 112
Old Age Assistance
66
Overlay
88
Parks and Playgrounds
72
Planning Board Board of Appeals 115
113
Playground Committee
73, 119
Police Department 52, 131
Pomps Pond Bathing Beach
74
Printing Town Reports
76
Public Dump 59
Purification Plant 59
Receipts for 1937 41
Reserve Fund 81
Retirement Report 125
*School Department 69
Junior High School 70
Sealer of Weights and Measures
55, 147
Selectmen 46
Sewers
60
Assessments 86
*Also see School Report
PAGE
Appropriations for 1937
PAGE
Smith-Hughes Fund Snow Removal and Sanding
71
63
Soldiers' Relief
68
Special Funds
93
Spring Grove Cemetery
79, 146
State Aid
68
State Audit
33
Street Lighting
64
Town Infirmary 66, 129
Supervised Play
74
Town Meetings
16
Tax Collector
47,105
Moth Assessments 84
Town Officers
4,50
Town Physician
140
Town Scales
77
Tax Title Account 83
Treasurer
47, 103
Tree Warden ·
56, 144
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 82
38
Balance Sheet
98
Board of Public Works Accounts Receivable 89
Departmental Accounts Receivable 89
Excess and Deficiency Account
90
Expenditures for 1937
46
Maturing Debt
80
Overlay
88
Receipts for 1937
41
Reserve Fund
81
Special Funds
93
PAGE Town Debt 97 *Trustees of Punchard Free School 94 Water Accounts Receivable 90
Town Clerk 32,48
Town Counsel
49
Town Debt 97
Proceedings Warrants 11,177
Summary of Tax Collector's Cash Account 110
Town Accountant 37,46
Appropriations for 1937
*Trustees of Punchard Free School 94
Vital Statistics 32
War Memorial Tablet 124
Water Accounts Receivable 90
Water Maint. and Construction 77, 78
West Center Playground Report 120
Wire Inspector 55, 148
*Also see School Report
Trust Funds 92
Town Officers ELECTED AND APPOINTED
Board of Selectmen and Public Welfare
HOWELL F. SHEPARD, Chairman
Term expires 1940
J. EVERETT COLLINS 1938
ROY E. HARDY
1939
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk
ARTHUR W. COLE, Agent, Bureau of Old Age Assistance and Welfare Board
Board of Assessors
HOWELL F. SHEPARD, Chairman
Term expires 1940
J. EVERETT COLLINS
1938
ROY E. HARDY
66
1939
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk
Assistant Assessors
JOHN H. ANDERSON
CHARLES S. COOK
ARTHUR M. GRAHAM
JOHN J. DOYLE WILLIAM THOMPSON MABEL BARRON
Town Clerk
GEORGE H. WINSLOW Term Expires 1939
Moderator FREDERICK BUTLER
Collector of Taxes WILLIAM B. CHEEVER
Town Counsel ARTHUR SWEENEY
Treasurer THAXTER EATON
Town Accountant MARY COLLINS
Board of Retirement MARY COLLINS, Chairman EDMOND E. HAMMOND GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Secretary
Burial Agent, Soldiers and Sailors FRANCIS P. MARKEY
4
Board of Public Works
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Chairman
Term expires 1939
WALTER I. MORSE
1938
JOHN H. PLAYDON
1939
FRANK A. BUTTRICK, Secretary
1940
HENRY A. BODWELL
1940
CHARLES T. GILLIARD, Superintendent
EDWARD R. LAWSON, Assistant Superintendent
School Committee
FREDERICK C. SMITH, Chairman
Term expires 1938
MARY E. C. GEAGAN
1938
ANNIE S. ANGUS
1938
*NATHANIEL STOWERS, D.M.D.
1938
ELMER J. GROVER, Secretary
1939
ARTHUR R. LEWIS
1939
WILLIAM A. DOHERTY
1940
HERBERT P. CARTER
1940
JOHN M. ERVING
66
66
1940
HENRY C. SANBORN, Superintendent
Attendance Officer HERBERT H. LYLE
School Physician PHILIP W. BLAKE, M.D.
Athletic Medical Director School Nurse
HARRY B. EAST, M.D. EDITH MORETON, R.N.
Director, Continuation School CARL M. GAHAN
Board of Health
FRANKLIN H. STACEY, Chairman Term expires 1939
GEORGE G. BROWN, Secretary 1938
WILLIAM D. WALKER, M.D.
1940
LOTTA M. JOHNSON, R.N., Nurse and Agent
ALFRED C. STACEY, B.T.C., Milk Inspector
Inspector of Slaughtering LOTTA M. JOHNSON, R.N.
*Appointed
5
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
PHILIP F. RIPLEY, Chairman
Term expires 1943
BURTON S. FLAGG
1938
CLAUDE M. FUESS
1939
MARY BYERS SMITH
1940
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL, Secretary
1941
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
6
1942
HENRY G. TYER
66
66
1944
EDNA A. BROWN, Librarian
Trustees of Punchard Free School
REV. FREDERICK B. NOSS, President
REV. DONALD H. SAVAGE
REV. ALBERT C. MORRIS
EDMOND E. HAMMOND, Clerk and Treasurer
Term expires 1940
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
1940
MYRON E. GUTTERSON
1940
HENRY G. TYER
1940
CHARLES C. KIMBALL
1940
Trustees of Cornell Fund
EDWARD P. HALL
Term expires 1938
WILLIAM D. WALKER, M.D., Treasurer
1939
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER 66 1940
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery Terms Expire 1940
WALTER E. CURTIS, Chairman JOHN M. ERVING
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER, Secretary
ARTHUR K. JENKINS
DAVID R. LAWSON SAMUEL P. HULME
FRED A. SWANTON, Superintendent GAVIN H. McGHIE
Board of Registrars
RALPH A. BAILEY, Chairman JOHN W. STARK JOHN F. HURLEY GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk
Term expires 1939
66
1938
1940
6
Street Lighting Committee
ERNEST R. EDWARDS, Secretary EDWARD SHATTUCK CHESTER A. JOHNSON J. AUGUSTUS REMINGTON
Finance Committee
HARVEY G. TURNER, Chairman HUGH BULLOCK
RALPH A. WOODCOCK, Secretary LOUIS S. FINGER
MITCHELL JOHNSON JOSEPH M. HARGEDON GEORGE A. STANLEY, JR.
Supervised Play Committee
HENRY G. TYER CHARLES R. SCOTT
STAFFORD LINDSAY EDWARD P. HALL
JAMES B. GILLEN MRS. ALVIN J. ZINK
MATTHEW BURNS MRS. GEORGE G. BROWN FRANK MARKEY
War Memorial Tablet Committee
STAFFORD A. LINDSAY CLIFFORD W. DUNNELLS
ROBERT V. DEYERMOND HAROLD S. CATES
HOWELL F. SHEPARD J. EVERETT COLLINS HERBERT P. CARTER
Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden GEORGE R. ABBOTT
Pomps Pond Committee WILLIAM C. CROWLEY, Chairman GEORGE G. BROWN ROBERT V. DEYERMOND Secretary
Inspector of Buildings JOHN J. DRISCOLL
Inspector of Plumbing JOSEPH P. NOLAN
Planning Board
WALTER M. LAMONT, Chairman
Term expires 1940
BERNARD L. McDONALD
66 1938
WALTER TOMLINSON
1939
EDWARD P. HALL SIDNEY P. WHITE
1941
1942
7
Inspector of Wires WILLIAM J. YOUNG
Sealer of Weights and Measures LEWIS N. MEARS WILLIAM C. BROWN, Deputy
Board of Appeals
JAMES S. EASTHAM, Chairman
Term expires 1940
1938
ROY E. HARDY, Secretary WALTER M. LAMONT
1939
Town Physician JOHN J. HARTIGAN, M.D.
Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON, Chief LESTER HILTON, Deputy Chief
Central Station-Permanent men
ALBERT COLE, Lieutenant KERR SPARKS HENRY POMEROY
RALPH BAKER TIMOTHY MADDEN ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
Central Station-Call Men
FREDERICK L. COLLINS, Captain
WILLIAM COLLINS
GORDON COUTTS
WILLIAM ROSS
EDWARD DOWNS
WINTHROP K. WHITE HERBERT BROWN
ROBERT JACKSON
ARCHIBALD MACLAREN
JAMES WILLIAMS HARRY M. HAYWARD EARL URBAN JOHN COLE
Station No. 2-Permanent Men
WILLIAM REA C. EDWARD BUCHAN
Station No. 2-Call men JAMES OLDROYD, Lieutenant
CHARLES MURNANE
GAVIN McGHIE
HENRY PLATT FOSTER MATTHEWS PATRICK MURNANE HOWARD L. COLBATH
Forest Warden-CHARLES F. EMERSON
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Police Department GEORGE A. DANE, Chief Sergeants LEONARD SAUNDERS
WILLIAM R. HICKEY
JAMES WALKER JOHN DEYERMOND ARTHUR JOWETT WILLIAM SHAW
DAVID GILLESPIE CARL STEVENS FRANK McBRIDE WILLIAM STEWART
DAVID NICOLL
HERBERT H. LYLE, Dog Officer
Constables Terms expire 1938
GEORGE A. DANE JAMES L. SMITH GEORGE N. SPARKS
JAMES L. SMITH, Civil Constable
Inspector of Animals SIDNEY P. WHITE
Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber EDWARD S. HARDY JOSEPH I. PITMAN GEORGE M. CARTER
Public Weighers
BENJAMIN JAQUES
JEROME W. CROSS
HERBERT W. AUTY
LOUIS BEAULIEU WESLEY DIETRICH BERNARD L. McDONALD
RALPH BAKER EDWARD VANNETT
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE WENDELL H. KYDD
EVERETT D. BURTON A. HEUSTIS SULIS; JR.
CLARENCE EARLY JOHN PETRIE
HENRY BURBINE
Fence Viewers GEORGE A. DANE CHARLES T. GILLIARD RAYMOND L. BUCHAN
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Town of Andover Population 1935 Census-10,542 Registered voters 1937-5,895 Political subdivisions including Andover Senators
DAVID I. WALSH-Clinton HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR .- Beverly
Seventh Congressional District LAWRENCE J. CONNERY, 15 Bellevue Road, Lynn .
Fifth Councillor District BAYARD TUCKERMAN, JR., Amesbury Street, Hamilton
Fourth Essex Senatorial District FRANK D. BABCOCK, 4 Nichols Street, Haverhill
Sixth Essex Representative District JAMES P. DONNELLY, 221 Bailey Street, Lawrence THOMAS J. LANE, 92 Abbott Street, Lawrence
Essex County Commissioners FREDERICK BUTLER, Andover ROBERT H. MITCHELL, Haverhill CHARLES M. BOYLE, Peabody
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Annual Town Meeting
MARCH 1, 1937
Agreeable to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen February 15, 1937, the inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs met and assembled at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Town Hall in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Administration Building, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Old School House, Ballard Vale, in Precinct Five; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Six in said town on Monday, the first day of March, 1937 at seven o'clock a.m.
ESSEX, SS.
Andover, March 1, 1937
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town to meet at the time and place and for the purposes stated in said warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same, on the Town House, on each School house and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said war- rants have been posted and published seven days.
A true copy,
Attest: GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable
Took up Article One and proceeded to vote for Town Officers. The ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The polls were opened at 7:00 o'clock a.m. and closed at 7:00 o'clock p.m.
The total number of ballots cast was 3325, viz:
Precinct 1-808 Precinct 2-849 Precinct 3-633 Precinct 4-297 Precinct 5-319 Precinct 6-419
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MODERATOR-ONE YEAR
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
620
597
544
259
246
351
Frederick Butler
2617
188
252
89
38
73
68
Blanks
708
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
670 671
531
262
268
378
. Thaxter Eaton
2780
138
178
102
35
51
41
Blanks
545
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-One Year
659 640
526
266
277
376
William B. Cheever
2744
1
J. Lewis Smith
1
149
209
106
31
42
43
Blanks
580
SELECTMAN-Three Years
484 518
280
168
246
277
Howell F. Shepard
1973
273
263
321
117
63
118
J. Lewis Smith
1155
51
68
32
12
10
24
Blanks
197
ASSESSOR-Three Years
475
503
264
168
243
272
Howell F. Shepard
1925
279
260
318
107
68
120
J. Lewis Smith
1152
54
86
51
22
8
27
Blanks
248
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years
520
425
440
243
216
304
Herbert P. Carter
2148
474
629
362
146
198
186
William A. Doherty
1995
423
376
350
175
144
273
John M. Erving
1741
390
297
326
164
177
254
Nathaniel Stowers
1608
617
820
421
163
222
240
Blanks
2483
CONSTABLES-One Year
258
262
178
101
107
126
Benjamin C. Brown
1032
618
604
463
232
239
336
George A. Dane
2492
462
400
427
189
144
259
J. Lewis Smith
1881
522
501
376
202
268
294
George N. Sparks
2163
564
780
455
167
199
232
Blanks
2407
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-Three Years
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
577
507
445
214
221
347
Henry A. Bodwell
2311
575
497
425
198
202
301
Frank A. Buttrick
2198
190
261
138
77
72
75
William McCoubrie
813
274
433
258
105
143
115
Blanks
1328
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-Seven Years
602
561
475
230
231
338
Henry G. Tyer 2437
206
288
158
67
88
81
Blanks 888
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-Three Years
.601
551
482
239
229
339
Mary B. Smith
2441
207
298
151
58
90
80
Blanks
884
BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
610
576
482
237
246
344
William D. Walker
2495
198
273
151
60
73
75
Blanks
830
TRUSTEES PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL-Three Years
572
478
429
226
214
323
572
458
408
206
206
318
552
454
410
207
207
318
541
443
402
202
193
312
560
484
411
207
201 315
Henry G. Tyer 2178
1243 1928 1105
437
574
509
Blanks 5796
TREE WARDEN-One Year
384
155
85
76
85
160
George R. Abbott 945
66
48
52
25
48
118
Ralph A. Bailey 357
12
11
6
0
4
1
George B. Brown
34
31
30
24
72
22
17
Franklin B. Collins
196
153
313
61
18
85
32
James J. Darby Edward Downs
662
24
75
15
1
7
5
127
14
26
14
1
3
8
William G. Hatch
66
45
56
13
22
27
24
Walter I. Morse
187
70
124
345
78
34
48
Thomas D. Taylor
699
9
11
18
4
4
6
Blanks 52
13
Frederic S. Boutwell 2242 Myron E. Gutterson 2168 Edmond E. Hammond2148 Charles C. Kimball 2093
PLANNING BOARD-Five Years
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
533 474
442
221
227
317
Sidney P. White
2204
1
Milton Chambers -
1
1
Walter Ripley
1
275 375
190
85
92
102
Blanks
1119
PLANNING BOARD-Two Years (to fill a vacancy)
524
461
462
216
211
298
Walter C. Tomlinson 2172
1
Alfred R. Harris 1
283 388
171
81
108
121
Blanks
1152
All the foregoing officers were voted for on one ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT ONE
March 1, 1937
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge John Carse. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 813. Ballot box skipped 5 times-5. Number of ballots received 1290. Number of ballots returned 482. Number of ballots cast 808. Police officer on duty- William J. McCarthy. Voted to count ballots at 10:45 a.m.
JOSEPH W. MCNALLY, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT TWO
March 1, 1937
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Joseph A. Mc- Carthy. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 849. Number of ballots received 1398. Number of ballots returned 549. Number of ballots cast 849. Police officer on duty-Robert Dobbie. Voted to count ballots at 8:10 a.m.
DANA W. CLARK, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT THREE
March 1, 1937
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Harold S. Cates. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 633. Number of ballots received 1120. Number of ballots returned 487. Number of ballots cast 633. Police officer on duty-Walter N. Gordon. Voted to count ballots at 7:15 a.m.
MICHAEL A. BURKE, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FOUR
March 1, 1937
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Herbert B. Merrick. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 297. Number of ballots received 490. Number of ballots returned 193. Number of ballots cast 297. Police officer on duty-Her- bert Lyle. Voted to count ballots at 11:15 a.m.
ALFRED BLANCHETTE, Deputy Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FIVE
March 1, 1937
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Clester E. Mat- thews. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 319. Number of ballots received 565. Number of ballots returned 246. Number of ballots cast 319. Police officer on duty-George N. - Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 11:00 a.m.
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