Town annual report of Andover 1935-1939, Part 30

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1026


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Voted-to group and consider together the following articles 28-29-30-34-36 and 37:


ARTICLE 29-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water mains from the corner of Os- good Street and Blanchard Street along Blanchard Street a distance of thirty-three hundred feet to the Tewksbury Line and appropriate the sum of $7800.00 on petition of Kazar Loosigian and others.


ARTICLE 30-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 sixteen hundred (1600) feet to the property of Jacob Shlakis and appropriate the sum of forty-four hundred ($4400.00) dollars on petition of Arthur H. Maddox and others.


ARTICLE 34-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of River Road, along Boutwell Road to the corner of Haggetts Pond Road, thence along Haggetts Pond Road to a point opposite the proper- ty of August E. Johnson, and appropriate the sum of eighteen thousand seven hundred ($18700.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Frederick J. Kearn and others.


ARTICLE 36-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main on Canterbury Street from the existing dead end a distance of eight hundred feet and appropriate the sum of $2200.00 on petition of George C. H. Dufton and others.


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ARTICLE 37-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main on Woodland Road from the existing dead end near the property of Mr. John Franklin a distance of four hundred feet and appropriate the sum of $1120.00 on petition of Emery E. Trott and others.


Voted-to lay the matter of water extensions on the table.


ARTICLE 31-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to build a gravel road with a hard surface on Stratford Road and Tarvia-Lithic sidewalks and grass plots on both sides of the street and appropriate the sum of $3150.00 therefor, on petition of Sarah B. Young and others.


Voted-that article be withdrawn.


ARTICLE 32-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to provide and maintain an Andover Skating area during the cold weather and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) therefor, on petition of Blanche Walen and others.


Voted-that the Moderator be authorized to appoint a Com- mittee to give early consideration of Coordinated Recreation for Andover. The Committee to include the present Chairman of the Pomps Pond Committee and the Play Ground Committee.


The committee to make an immediate study of Skating Facilities in Andover.


ARTICLE 33-To see if the town will vote to reappropriate the $1000.00 as held over from Article No. 15 voted in 1937 and not expended and authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase and improve land for playground purposes at West Center School, on petition of West Center School Playground Committee.


Voted-to reappropriate the $1000.00 as written in article.


ARTICLE 35-To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of seven hundred sixty ($760.00) dollars and authorize the Board of Health to spend not in excess of that amount for the purpose of purchasing and installing further equipment for our laboratory to be used to establish and maintain bacteriological standard for the milk consumed in Andover and to maintain an additional check on our drinking watter, our swimming ponds, and our ice supply, on petition of Franklin H. Stacey and others.


Voted-that article be indefinitely postponed.


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ARTICLE 38-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a diverting drain extending in a gen- erally Southwesterly direction from the present stone culvert on the Westerly side of High Street at Berry's Brook so-called, cross- ing various parcels of real estate to an outlet on the Westerly side of Burnham Road, and to improve the present drainage system from that point in a Westerly direction to the Shawsheen River for the purpose of alleviating the overtaxed existing drainage structures through Shawsheen Village, and to this end authorize the town, wherever it may become necessary or advisable, to take by eminent domain such lands or easements as may be required therefor, and to appropriate the sum of seventy-five hundred ($7500.00) dollars therefor, provided that Andover Shawsheen Realty Company will absorb the cost of the pipe to the amount of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00) on petition of Walter C. Tomlinson and others.


Voted-that provided twenty-five hundred ($2500.00) dollars of the cost of material be absorbed by Andover Shawsheen Realty Company, and provided that the necessary easements be furnished by Andover Shawsheen Realty Company without cost to the Town, and provided that the work is approved by the Federal Government as a W.P.A. Project, the Town will appro- priate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars for the purposes stated in said Article.


ARTICLE 39-To see if the town will vote to change the name of Prospect Hill Road from Salem Street to Holt's Hill and name said public way Prospect Road, on petition of John Scherner and others.


Voted-to change the name Prospect Hill Road from Salem Street to Holt's Hill and name said public way Prospect Road.


ARTICLE 40-To see if the town will vote to accept Section 103A of General Laws as amended by Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1937, an act providing for absent voting at regular town elections.


Voted-to accept Section 103A of General Laws as amended by Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1937, an act providing for absent voting at regular town elections.


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ARTICLE 41-To see if the town will vote to accept the recom- mendation of the committee on Centralization of Municipal Offices as follows:


"That the moderator appoint a committee of five to study the proper location of a new municipal building with particular refer- ence to the parking problems. of the business area of the town, and to report with recommendations in 1940."


On petition of the committee on Centralization of Municipal Offices.


Voted-to approve as written.


ARTICLE 42-To see if the town will vote to instruct its Senator and Representatives to the Great and General Court to oppose the bill known as the Sales Tax, whereby it is proposed to levy a tax of two per cent on all sale transactions, on petition of Fred G. Cheney and others.


Voted-to approve as written.


ARTICLE 43-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to regulate the sale of fish by hawkers and pedlars and to establish fees and penalties therefor, on petition of Robert W. Taylor and others.


Voted-that article be indefinitely postponed.


ARTICLE 44-To see if the town will vote to take by eminent domain, for highway purposes, a parcel of land situated at the northeasterly corner of Orchard and Holt Streets and lying be- tween the present easterly side-line of Holt Street and the follow- ing described line, beginning at a stake in the easterly line of Orchard Street, said stake being located at the southwesterly end of a wall marking the line between land of Boland and land of Bullock, thence in a general southeasterly direction by a curve having a radius of one hundred eighty-two and thirty-five one hundredths (182.35) feet, a distance of seventy-six (76.0) feet to a stake, thence South 35° 33' East a distance of one hundred seventy-eight and fifty-eight one hundredths (178.58) feet to a stake; thence by a curve to the left having a radius of fifty-two and thirty-eight one hundredths feet, a distance of eighty-nine and thirty-eight one hundredths (89.38) feet to a stake in the wall on the northerly line of Holt Street, said parcel of land being shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing street lines corner


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Holt and Orchard Streets, Andover, Mass." dated November 1936, drawn by Morse & Dickinson and Goodwin, Engineers, now on file in the Town Clerk's office.


Voted-to approve as written.


ARTICLE 45-To see if the town will vote, in order to straighten the easterly side-line of Main Street between Chestnut Street and Post Office Avenue, to take by eminent domain, for highway purposes, two strips of land lying next east of the present easterly side-line of Main Street; the first strip of land being about 6.3 feet wide and running about 236.76 feet from the northerly side-line of Chestnut Street to the southerly side-line of Barnard Street, and the second strip of land being triangular in shape, being about 4.56 feet wide at the intersection of the northerly side-line of Park Street with the easterly side-line of Main Street and running about 143.5 feet from the northerly side-line of Park Street to the southerly side-line of Post Office Avenue; said strips of land being shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing Street Line as Surveyed for a portion of Main Street, Andover, Mass." dated September 1936, drawn by Morse & Dickinson and Goodwin, Engineers, now on file in the Town Clerk's office.


Voted-to approve as written.


ARTICLE 46-To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.


Voted-That all unexpended balances be turned into the treasury with the exception of $792.33 in the War Bonus Surplus Fund; that $15000.00 of the free cash be transferred to the Reserve Fund; and that $30000.00 be voted the assessors for re- ducing the 1938 tax rate.


ARTICLE 47-To act upon the report of the Town Officers.


Voted-to accept and place on file.


ARTICLE 48-To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


Voted-that the meeting be dissolved at 11:22 o'clock p.m.


Attest:


GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk


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Special Town Meeting APRIL 20, 1938


Agreeable to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen April 4, 1938 the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in Town Affairs, met and assembled at the Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday the twentieth day of April 1938 at 7:30 o'clock p.m. ESSEX, SS:


Andover, April 20, 1938


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabi- tants 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 warrants have been posted and published seven days.


GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable


Moderator Frederick Butler presided and called the meeting to order at 7:30 o'clock and proceeded to take up:


ARTICLE 1-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars for the im- provement of Elm Street between the square and Washington Avenue; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State and County, or both, for this purpose, at the discretion of the Board of Public Works, on the petition of Floyd B. MacDonald and others.


Voted-Yes 55; No 267; article lost.


ARTICLE 2-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct Tarvia-Lithic sidewalks on Elm Street between Maple Avenue and Walnut Avenue on the north side and between Whittier Street and Washington Avenue on the south side and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred ($1700.00) dollars therefor, on the petition of Floyd B. Mac- Donald and others.


Voted-in the negative.


ARTICLE 3-To transact any other business they may legally come before the meeting.


Voted-at 8:15 o'clock p.m. that the meeting be dissolved.


Attest: GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk


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State Primary SEPTEMBER 20, 1938


WARRANT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


ESSEX, SS.


TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF ANDOVER,


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 designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: the Town Hall in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Club Hall in Pre- cinct Two; the Administration Building, Shawsheen Village in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange in Precinct Four; the Old Schoolhouse, Ballardvale in Precinct Five and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover, on


Tuesday the Twentieth day of September, 1938 at 9:00 o'clock a.m. for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following officers :


Governor for this Commonwealth.


Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.


Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.


Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth.


Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.


Attorney General for this Commonwealth.


Representative in Congress for the Seventh Congressional District.


Councillor for the Fifth Councillor District.


Senator for the Fourth Essex Senatorial District.


Two Representatives in General Court-for the Sixth Essex Representative District.


District Attorney for Eastern District.


County Commissioner for Essex County.


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Sheriff for Essex County.


A Register of Deeds, Northern Essex District (to fill vacancy), and for the election of the following officers:


One Delegate to the State Convention of the Democratic Party.


Twelve Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party.


The polls will open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.


Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this Sixth day of September, A.D. 1938.


HOWELL F. SHEPARD J. EVERETT COLLINS ROY E. HARDY


Selectmen of Andover


Andover, September 20, 1938


ESSEX, SS.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabi- tants of said town, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman.


Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.


GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in Primaries, convened in the designated and appointed polling places in said Andover on the twentieth day of September, 1938 at 9:00 o'clock a.m. agreeably to the require- ments of the foregoing warrant, they did bring in their votes as follows:


REPUBLICAN PARTY GOVERNOR


Precincts


1 2


4


5 6


150 142


3 200


133


50 110


Frederick Butler 785


34


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


31


15


18


8


12


13


William McMasters


97


225


114


127


54


31


172


Leverett Saltonstall


723


35


20


23


5


11


22


Richard Whitcomb


116


4


1


5


4


1


1


Blanks


19


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


61


40


86


57


19


19


Dewey Archambault


282


106


84


76


55


29


70


Horace T. Cahill


420


15


11


16


8


2


7


J. Watson Flett


59


145


77


84


36


24


138


Charles P. Howard


504


65


20


54


25


11


41


Kenneth D. Johnson


216


19


25


21


12


5


13


Robert Wilson, Jr.


95


34


38


36


11


15


30


Blanks


164


SECRETARY


401


242


340


173


90


277


Frederic W. Cook


1523


44


53


33


31


15


41


Blanks


217


TREASURER


236


123


185


98


37


177


William E. Hurley


856


181


110


147


69


53


101


Alonzo B. Cook


661


8


22


15


14


6


13


John J. Hurley


78


20


40


26


23


9


27


Blanks


145


AUDITOR


128


97


123


69


28


76


Carl D. Goodwin


521


249


125


191


98


57


178


Russell A. Wood


898


68


73


59


37


20


64


Blanks


321


ATTORNEY GENERAL


128


81


113


59


33


94


Howe Coolidge Amee


508


148


74


111


52


33


107


Clarence A. Barnes


525


64


53


52


31


15


34


Frank F. Walters


249


George Clark


1


105


87


97


61


24


83


Blanks


457


CONGRESSMAN-SEVENTH DISTRICT


268


156


215


111


56


164


George W. Eastman


970


89


72


89


46


24


80


Harland A. McPhetres


400


88


67


69


47


25


74


Blanks


370


35


1


COUNCILLOR-FIFTH DISTRICT


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


339


168


248


122


67


240


Bayard Tuckerman


1184


68


64


77


51


26


48


Fred A. Turner


334


38


63


48


31


12


30


Blanks 222


SENATOR-FOURTH ESSEX DISTRICT


384


223


305


153


86


278


Frank D. Babcock


1429


61


72


68


51


19


40


Blanks


311


REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT SIXTH ESSEX DISTRICT


13


14


34


24


8


21


William Beaulieu


114


36


8


48


25


12


22


Gilbert E. Calvert


151


307


143


213


116


62


229


Gordon R. Cannon


1070


27


18


22


7


4


19


Peter Dugan


97


164


141


151


58


43


103


Paul A. L'Antigua


660


153


108


122


80


26


98


William McCoubrie


587


192


158


154


98


55


144


Blanks


801


DISTRICT ATTORNEY-EASTERN DISTRICT


233


174


223


119


56


195


Hugh A. Cregg


1000


188


80


116


65


36


97


Charles A. Green


582


24


41


34


20


13


26


Blanks


158


COUNTY COMMISSIONER-ESSEX COUNTY


17


30


26


8


6


14


Clarence Andrews 101


9


8


7


4


9


Wilbert F. Barrett


37


60


61


78


42


22


46


Wallace H. Bell


309


45


13


45


17


7


37


James D. Bentley.


164


18


8


3


5


4


9


Samuel S. Conary


47


76


26


72


33


16


41


264


2


9


1


4


3


8


20


6


6


11


1


5


William J. Greenler


49


2


1


1


5


9


Bertram V. Hawthorne


9


22


12


6


9


1


20


Alfred W. Ingalls Albert McClellan


7


1


1


1


3


David J. McNeilly


6


2


2


4


3


2


4


Edward J. Melvin


17


114


55


86


50


21


51


C.F. Nelson Pratt


377


58


62


36


21


17


62


Blanks


256


70


2


1


4


George E. Dalrymple Frank L. Floyd


27


36


SHERIFF-ESSEX COUNTY


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


247


136


214


112


55


156


Frank E. Raymond


920


123


75


36


33


19


71


Harold E. Larkin


357


37


33


53


22


14


33


Joseph A. Morrison


192


38


51


70


37


17


58


Blanks


271


REGISTER OF DEEDS-ESSEX NORTHERN DISTRICT (to fill vacancy)


341


199


255


142


72


208


G. Hudson Driver


1217


51


44


76


27


17


54


Edward J. McVey


269


53


52


42


35


16


56


Blanks


254


DELEGATES


TO


STATE CONVENTION (ANDOVER)


307


179


233


130


70


236


Mildred H. Brown


1155


311


171


240


129


70


234


Harriet S. Chase


1155


310


174


229


131


69


235


Marion G. Graham


1148


314


182


232


140


81


231


Edward P. Hall


1180


310


179


231


128


66


233


C. Milton Jackson


1147


319


185


237


130


71


237


Mitchell Johnson


1179


326


180


236


145


68


234


Roger H. Lewis


1189


306


172


243


145


72


238


Cynthia E. Pike


1176


281


167


216


125


63


228


Frank J. Rizzo


1080


293


175


237


133


67


234


Frances T. Wade


1139


312


180


242


152


76


244


Mary D. Winslow


1206


335


184


222


131


69


245


Richard M. Zecchini


1186


1616


1412 1678


829


418


987


Blanks


6940


DEMOCRATIC PARTY


GOVERNOR


91


176


78


54


43


42


Charles F. Hurley 484


53


99


33


26


24


18


James M. Curley


253


45


87


30


14


22


28


Francis E. Kelly


226


4


15


13


4


6


8


Richard M. Russell


50


7


22


8


6


3


5


Blanks


51


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


44


98


31


21


30


23


James Brennan


247


46


59


43


21


15


18


Edward T. Collins


202


37


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


23


67


17


3


11


5


Alexander F. Sullivan


126


33


51


26


28


18


21


Joseph C. White


177


1


12


9


6


4


5


William P. Yoerg


37


53


112


36


25


20


29


Blanks


275


SECRETARY


7


16


7


5


6


4


William J. Ahearne


45


12


25


7


8


3


4


John M. Bresnahan


59


4


6


4


4


2


1


Henry Clay


21


134


240


102


49


64


62


Katherine A. Foley


651


9


16


3


8


4


4 William F. Sullivan


44


3


17


9


4


2


6


John H. Wallace


41


31


79


30


26


17


20


Blanks


203


TREASURER


54


86


47


33


38


23


William F. Barrett


281


4


20


8


6


5


2


Ernest J. Brown


45


11


22


17


5


4


5


William H. Burke, Jr.


64


38


73


23


8


12


16


Joseph W. Doherty


170


15


40


10


10


9


10


Owen Gallagher


94


15


1


2


2


3


John F. Harkins


23


5


4


3


8


6 Daniel J. Honan


26


8


23


8


5


6


7


John J. McGrath


57


65


116


45


27


22


29


Blanks


304


AUDITOR


105


196


72


32


48


53


Thomas H. Buckley


506


27


45


30


31


10


16


John J. Barry


159


11


41


25


15


13


8


Leo D. Walsh


113


57


117


35


26


27


24


Blanks


286


ATTORNEY GENERAL


134


248


114


67


77


62


Paul A. Dever


702


66


151


48


37


21


39


Blanks


362


CONGRESSMAN-SEVENTH DISTRICT


144


287


121


61


60


58


Lawrence J. Connery


731


29


50


15


26


28


23


Henry Murphy


171


27


62


26


17


10


20


Blanks


162


38


COUNCILLOR-FIFTH DISTRICT


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


57


92


58


22


23


25


John T. Coan


277


36


74


21


19


23


20


William G. Hennessey


193


31


64


32


18


19


15


Augustine McMorrow


179


8


30


13


12


5


8


John J. Norton


76


68


139


38


33


28


33


Blanks


339


SENATOR-FOURTH ESSEX DISTRICT


89


172


91


56


60


50


John H. Mitchell


518


111


227


71


48


38


51


Blanks 546


REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT SIXTH ESSEX DISTRICT


10


20


10


13


21


11


William L. Barrett 85


16


16


10


10


4


2


William J. Casey


58


2


10


5


2


9


Henry P. Claus


28


14


73


27


4


7


14


Peter W. Connors


139


142


290


70


52


58


58


James J. Darby


670


17


35


10


17


11


7


Joseph Dineen


97


1


5


3


1


8


2


John E. Foley


20


14


12


4


2


2


Edward J. Grimley


34


13


17


3


2


2


Thomas J. Kerins


37


9


4


6


1


8


2


John D. Kerrigan


30


12


17


21


11


3


4


Walter L. Kiernan


68


5


16


15


9


1


4


Patrick Magee


50


10


11


9


4


16


2


Henry J. Moore


52


Philip B. Moran


6


6


19


32


21


3


9


Arthur Ouellette


90


12


10


7


7


6


13


Joseph P. Thornton


55


14


17


20


11


6


10


Cornelius J. Twomey


78


1


10


6


4


1


4


Joseph W. Walsh


26


11


66


11


4


3


5


Robert J. Winters


100


91


158


47


33


34


42


Blanks


405


DISTRICT ATTORNEY-EASTERN DISTRICT


62


101


77


36


41


21


Joseph Cussell


338


10


31


4


5


6


10


Hyman Marcus


66


39


79


28


18


18


17


Alphonsus McCarthy 199


39


2


3


1


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


12


27


8


12


4


12


S. William Stanton


75


77


161


45


33


29


41


Blanks 386


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-ESSEX COUNTY


19


35


23


8


14


14


Charles M. Boyle


113


110


214


89


74


49


51


John J. Cahill


587


3


16


10


9


5


5


Louis J. Dion


48


9


17


9


1


5


2


Rickard F. Walsh


43


59


117


31


12


25


29


Blanks


273


SHERIFF-ESSEX COUNTY


37


77


42


27


24


30


Joseph B. Clancy


237


25


54


33


19


15


7


John Allen Murphy


153


59


116


36


25


28


29


John J. Murphy


293


79


152


51


33


31


35


Blanks


381


REGISTER OF DEEDS-ESSEX NORTHERN DISTRICT (To fill vacancy)


67


149


37


30


30


34


James P. Donnelly


347


4


10


5


2


8


1


William A. Fuller


30


4


13


4


1


3


Harold L. Norton


25


4


2


8


2


2


Angelo G. Rocco


18


84


163


101


43


45


46


Louis J. Scanlon


482


8


14


7


2


2


2


James J. Sullivan


35


3


1


1


1


Thomas E. Waterman


6


30


45


10


14


9


13


Blanks


121


DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION (ANDOVER)


117


253


102


70


72


57


Augustine Reilly


671


1


John P. Cussen


1


82


146


60


34


26


Blanks


392


TOTAL VOTE


445


295


373


204


105


318


Republican


1740


200


399


162


104


98


101


Democratic


1064


2804


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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT ONE


Andover, September 20, 1938


Polls opened at 9:00 a.m. Warden in charge Rowland L. Luce. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 646. Number of ballots received 1762. Number of ballots returned 1116. Mut- ilated ballot 1. Number of ballots cast 645. Police Officer on duty -John Campbell. Voted to count ballots at 11:30 a.m.


JOSEPH W. MCNALLY, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT TIVO


Andover, September 20, 1938


Polls opened at 9:00 a.m. Warden in charge Joseph A. Mc- Carthy. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 694. Number of ballots received U-62; D-775; R-786. Number of ballots returned U-62; D-376; R-553. Number of ballots cast 694. Police Officer on duty-Robert Dobbie. Voted to count ballots at 11:00 a.m.


DANA W. CLARK, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT THREE


Andover, September 20, 1938


Polls opened at 9:00 a.m. Warden in charge Harold S. Cates. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 535. Number of ballots received 1050-R; 421-D; 60-U. Number of ballots returned 995. One ballot replaced marked void (996). Number of ballots cast 535. Police Officer on duty-Joseph O'Brien. Voted to count ballots at 10.00 a.m.


MICHAEL A. BURKE, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FOUR ·


Andover, September 20, 1938


Polls opened at 9:00 a.m. Warden in charge Herbert B. Mer- rick. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 308. Number


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of ballots received 786. Number of ballots returned 478. Number of ballots cast 308. Police Officer on duty -- Joseph Davis. Voted to count ballots at 11:00 a.m.


FRED R. SHIERS, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FIVE


Andover, September 20, 1938


Polls opened at 9:00 a.m. Warden in charge Clester E. Mat- thews. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. Ballot box regsitered when polls closed 203. Number of ballots received R-529; D-273. Number of ballots returned R-424; D-175. Number of ballots cast R-105; D-98. Police Officer on duty-George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 11:00 a.m.


JOSEPH P. LYNCH, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT SIX


Andover, September 20, 1938


Polls opened at 9:00 a.m. Warden in charge Llewellyn D. Pom- eroy. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 420. Number of ballots received 1197. Number of ballots returned 777. Number of ballots cast 420. Police Officer on duty-George Dufton. Voted to count ballots at 10:15 a.m.


JOSEPH A. LYNCH, Clerk


The foregoing is a true copy of the warrant and of the officers' return on the same also a true record of the doings of the meeting.


Attest: GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk


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Special Town Meeting OCTOBER 3, 1938


WARRANT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX, SS.


TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF ANDOVER:


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 Town Affairs to meet and assemble at the Memorial Auditorium, Monday, the third day of October, 1938 at 7:00 o'clock p.m., to act on the following articles :




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