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Article 32. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will'vote to ac- cept as and for a Town Way, STONEWOOD LANE, so called, from Walnut Avenue to Birchcroft Road, as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to ac- cept as and for a Town Way, BIRCHCROFT ROAD, so called, from Walnut Avenue to Stonewood Lane, as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any action relative thereto.
TOWN FOREST DEPARTMENT
Article 34. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Town Forest Committee; or take any action relative thereto.
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PARK DEPARTMENT
Article 35. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the general uses of the Board of Park Com- missioners, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to place under the ex- clusive control of the Park Department a parcel of land now held by the Town on Tax Title foreclosure proceedings described as follows: Lots 1513 to 1528 inclusive, 1534 to 1549 inclusive, Plots 49 to 56 in- clusive and 36 to 42 inclusive, Plan 3,038 on file in the Assessor's Office, containing approximately 23,600 square feet and 35,680 square feet respectively, a total of 59,280 square feet of land, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 37. ON PETITION. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the improvement of Watson Park, in- cluding the erection of a suitable marker commemorating the man for whom the Park was named.
CEMETERIES
Article 38. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Improvement of Cemeteries, or take any action relative thereto.
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Article 39. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the School Committee to take such steps by petition to the Court or otherwise as would permit them to abolish the practice of giving French medals and substitute thereof a high school scholarship or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 41. ON PETITION. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the improvement of the Hollis School grounds for the purpose of protecting the Hollis Field or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 42. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Public Library, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain a lot of land on the northwesterly corner of Central Avenue and Washington Street for the purpose of constructing thereon a public library and appropriate a sum of money for said purchase or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the transfer of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) from the Braintree Electric Light Department to the general funds and establish a special reserve of said fund for later appropriation for the purpose of constructing a public library or take any other action relative thereto.
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Article 45. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Soldiers' Relief, War Allowance, State and Military Aid, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 47. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to renew its lease with Braintree Post No. 86, Department of Massachu- setts, the American Legion, of the Legion Building for a term of five years, from Janurary 18, 1946, at $1.00 per year, reserving one room for polling purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 48. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to renew the appropriation of Three Hundred Dollars ($300) to the Brain- tree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for rent of a Hall to conduct Meetings and other functions of the Post and Ladies' Auxiliary.
Article 49. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to authorize transfer of title to the lot of land located on Allen Street, East Braintree, formerly the site of the old East Braintree Fire Station, to the Braintree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
PUBLIC WELFARE
Article 50. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Public Welfare Department, including Aid for Dependent Children, and Adequate Assistance to Certain Aged Persons under the provisions of Chapter 118A, General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of printing of the Annual Report of the Town of Braintree for 1944, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 52. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Planning Board, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the care and maintenance of property acquired by the Town under Tax Title Foreclosure procedure, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-Laws by inserting therein a new article to read as follows: "Article 10A. No license in any form other than a renewal shall be granted by the Selectmen or Licensing Board for the sale of alcoholic beverages at any any location within the Town within five hundred (500) feet of any or school building."
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate,' or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, for a postwar rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
Article 56. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 31 of the General Laws of Massachu- setts, and all amendments thereto, as applicable to the labor and official service of the Town, and to appropriate the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars for the necessary labor registration cost, or take any other action in relation to and for the purpose of placing under clas-
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sified Civil Service certain employees of the Town not already so clas- sified by the previous acceptance of other provisions of the law.
Article .57. To see what sums of money, in addition to that appropriated under any other article, the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for Land Damages.
Article 58. To see what distribution the Town will vote to make of the income of the Thayer Fund.
Article 59. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the payment of certain bills contracted prior to January 1, 1945, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Assessors to use any sum or sums of money from Free Cash toward reduction of the 1945 Tax rate.
Article 61. To see what action the Town will take to provide a program for Postwar Rehabilitation and/or construction.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for the purpose of reha- bilitating the historical Oak Tree situated on Town property known as the French Estate in South Braintree, the work to be supervised by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide and enforce a system of identification de- signed to restrict the use of the bathing facilities at Sunset Lake to Braintree residents only.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide adequate sewage for the proposed bath- house at Sunset Lake, or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Selectmen to appoint a committee to investigate the need and advisability of providing a small local hospital for the care of the Town's returning veterans and report its findings and recommenda- tions.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of seats at various places in the Town for the convenience of pedestrians.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to sell to the Old Colony Council, Boy Scouts of America, Plot No. 5, Plan No. 1106, foreclosed tax title property.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in one or more public places in each Voting Precinct in said Town of Braintree, ten days at least before said fifth day of March 1945, and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in the Braintree Observer, the first publication to be at least eight days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, Before said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Braintree, this day of in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
HENRY D. HIGGINS, Chairman HENRY H. STORM, Clerk ALBERT E. ROBERTS Selectmen of the Town of Braintree
A true copy. Attest:
Constable of Braintree
Braintree, Massachusetts, February 16, 1945
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed to meet at the time and places mentioned, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Constable of Braintree
Braintree, Massachusetts, February 23, 1945
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed therein, therein, to meet at the time and places mentioned, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Constable of Braintree
Town Election
Braintree, Mass., March 5, 1945
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled in their respective Precincts to cast their ballots for the several Town Officers, also to vote for ninety-one Town Meeting members.
The polls were opened in all precincts at eight o'clock in the forenoon and were closed at eight o'clock in the evening.
The following Election Officers served :
PRECINCT ONE-Warden, Frank M. O'Rourke; Clerk, Grace E. Scott; Constable, Patrick L. Dalton; Raymond J. Brickley, Marion Dalton, Lena J. Whitman, Ellen V. Tyler, C. Warren Barry, Harry W. Lindsay, Frances A. Mallon, Michael P. Novelline, John P. Gallagher.
PRECINCT TWO-Warden, J. Frank Lane; Clerk, Howard B. Blewett; Constable, John B. Dyer; Edward J. Sullivan, Sarah I. Drummond, Marguerite J. Marshman, Mallie B. Wetherbee, Lillian G. Eisenhauer, Charles H. Roberts, Florence Dries, Thomas J. Murphy, Everett F. Russell.
PRECINCT THREE-Warden, Herbert F. Stackhouse; Clerk, Philip F. Sullivan; Beatrice W. Silver, Doris M. Klay, Elva S. Belyea, Edna C. Berry, Katherine M. Wynot, Dorothy M. Hennebury, Ida E. Oakes, Marjorie S. Hardy, Gertrude T. Hunt.
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PRECINCT FOUR-Warden, George A. Arnold; Clerk, Alice G. Lewis; Constable, Frank J. Mischler; William H. Collins, Ruth E. Nelson, Mae Haynes, Fedora R. Trainor, Marion S. Griffiths, Andrew S. Merrill, Lillian M. Drinkwater, Beatrice E. Johnson, Drew B. Hall.
PRECINCT FIVE-Warden, Thomas F. Cassidy; Clerk, Gladys R. Skinner; Constable, Edward E. Lawson; Carl H. Bjorkman, Ida G. Ward, Raffaela Robery, Robina M. Chadbourne, Charles Durgin, Elizabeth Silver, Eleanor Howard, Kathleen Bjorkman.
PRECINCT SIX-Warden, Paul L. Bosien; Clerk, Mary E. Green; Constable, Edgar C. Clark; Florence A. Boltz, Tyra H. Nyberg, William R. Pillsbury, Ella Smith, E. Fay Files, Gladys Fontoni, Mary D. Smith, Elizabeth F. Gropp, Lillian F. Jenkins.
At the opening of the polls the ballot boxes were inspected and found to be empty and the registers set at zero (0). The keys were placed in charge of the Constables of their respective precincts. The meetings were conducted in like manner and in accordance with the law.
At the close of the polls, when all votes had been canvassed, counted, recorded and ballots sealed according to law, they were then forwarded to the Town Clerk's office, where the figures were tabu- lated, proved and the result declared by the Board of Registrars.
NUMBER OF VOTES CAST
Precinct 1
669
Precinct 2
780
Precinct 3
850
Precinct 4
953
Precinct 5
568
Precinct 6
494
4,314
Following is the result in detail:
FOR MODERATOR
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Horace T. Cahill
522
672
738
840
443
442
3,657
Blanks
146
108
112
113
125
52
656
Scattering
1
1
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Horace T. Cahill elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR TOWN CLERK
Ernest C. Woodsum
551
674
796
885
499
451
3,856
Blanks
118
106
54
68
69
43
458
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Ernest C. Woodsum elected and sworn by Notary Public.
Otis B. Oakman,
FOR TOWN TREASURER
John W. Harding
527
672
784
865
470
436
3,754
Blanks
142
108
66
88
98
58
560
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
.
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John W. Harding elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
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FOR SELECTMAN (For Three Years)
1 2 3
4
5
6
Total
William G. Iliffe .
313
360
451
327
292
295
2,038
John W. Mahar
328
401
386
622
272
189
2,198
Blanks
28
19
.13
4
4
10
78
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
John W. Mahar elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (For Three Years)
William G. Iliffe
317
366
451
334
285
295
2,048
John W. Mahar
314
374
378
603
266
190
2,125
Blanks
38
40
21
16
17
9
141
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
John W. Mahar elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR ASSESSOR (For Three Years)
Walter B. Skinner
513
660
719
842
452 422
3,608
Blanks
156
120
131
111
116
72
706
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Walter B. Skinner elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR WATER COMMISSIONER (For Three Years)
Joseph Landers
501
663
722
832
430
415
3,563
Blanks
168
117
128
121
138
79
751
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Joseph Landers elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE (For Three Years)
Vito M. D'Acci
202
160
70
76
55
52
615
Elmer G. Derby
304
273
416
421
222
209
1,845
John W. Donovan .
161
263
217
290
215
181
1,327
Uriel O. MacDonald
106
212
262
273
89
91
1,033
Archie T. Morrison .
308
357
517
535
338
283
2,338
Blanks
257
295
218
311
217
172
1,470
1,338
1,560
1,700
1,906
1,136
968 8,628 Elmer G. Derby and Archie T. Morrison elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR MUNICIPAL LIGHTING BOARD (For Three Years)
Joseph P. Barrett
275
278
183
344
222
153
1,455
Shelley A. Neal
300
405
605
536
294
295
2,435
Blanks
94
97
62
73
52
46
424
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Shelley A. Neal elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (For Three Years)
Nicholas Venuti
249
243
107
143
114
77
933
Deane R. Walker
378
495
703
718
400
370
3,064
Blanks
42
42
40
92
54
47
317
669
780
850
. 953
568
494
4,314
1
Deane R. Walker elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
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FOR SEWER COMMISSIONER (For Three Years)
Total
Bernard R. Andrews
504
623
588
386
361
2,905
A. Winton Caird .
88
97
127
228
68
58
666
Blanks
138
179
100
137
114
75
743
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Bernard E. Andrews elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR PARK COMMISSIONER (For Three Years)
Earl R. Grant.
281
290
371
336
213
211
1,702
Harry F. Vinton, Jr
272
345
421
491
279
209
2,017
Blanks
116
145
58
126
76
74
595
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Harry F. Vinton, Jr., elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
George H. Gerrior, Jr.
562
658
763
869
488
446
3,786
Blanks
107
122
87
84
80
48
528
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
George H. Gerrior, Jr., elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
FOR TREE WARDEN
Clarence R. Bestick
480
631
673
802
410
411
3,407
Blanks
189
149
177
151
158
83
907
669
780
850
953
568
494
4,314
Clarence R. Bestick elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
PLANNING BOARD (For Three Years)
Helen M. Ellsworth .
454
634
675
758
387
371
3,279
Howard J. Williams
461
613
674
726
402
367
3,243
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
423
313
350
422
347
250
2,105
1,338
1,560
1,700
1,906
1,136
988
8,628
Helen M. Ellsworth and Howard J. Williams elected and sworn by Town Clerk.
13 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For Three Years) PRECINCT 1
*John F. Barrett
559
*G. Arnold Prescott. 482
*Kenneth G. Dyer
510
*Joseph M. Magaldi .
504
* John J. Foley 512
*Horace S. Miles
472
*Nicola A. Galotti 507
*Donald Prouty
481
*Ray S. Hubbard .
508
*Roland H. Whitman
474
*Ernest J. Janssen 566
*Joseph A. Zanghi .
351
** Nahum R. Pillsbury
513
*Elected.
1 443
2
3
4
5
6
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For Two Years) (To Fill Vacancy)
* Arthur F. Lucas 472
*Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy)
*Harry T. Sears 543
*Elected.
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14 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For Three Years) PRECINCT 2
*Felix H. Atkinson 514
*Fred Austerberry 518
*Howard B. Blewett 451
*R. Stanley McConnell 426
*Daniel F. Caskin 498
* Joseph W. Mulcahy 479
*Leland H. Crosby 351
Ralph R. Nesbit 328
*Charles R. Cummings 516
*Otis B. Oakman
480
*William D. Ewing 492
*Walter R. Howland 492
*Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For Two Years) (To Fill Vacancy)
Joseph H. Bramble 315
*Benjamin A. Brownell 343
* Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy) * Stanley T. Plumer 627
*Elected.
14 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For Three Years) PRECINCT 3
Andrew J. Alden 593
*Chester A. Belyea 487
*Sophie G. Blunt 543
*William J. Connell 589
*Helen M. Ellsworth 564
*Henry D. Higgins 549
* Samuel H. Ripley 489
*William C. Iliffe. 525
*Ruth C. Scott 476
*Earl R. Kellogg 463
* George E. Warren 612
William F. Lammers 378
* Albert E. Wynot.
605
*Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For One Year)
(To Fill Vacancy)
*Nelson A. Haviland. 21
Scattering 12
*Elected.
14 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For Three Years PRECINCT 4
*George L. Anderson 646
Ralph W. Maglathlin 518
*A. Winton Caird 534
*Frank T. Maguire 520
*Charles W. Gillies 656
* William F. Rogers. 590
*Rowena L. Hall
589
*Nelson H. Seaver 594
*John J. Heaney 524
Albert O. Senior 409
*Herbert B. Hollis 626
*Seward W. Taber. 573
* Atherton N. Hunt 626
*James H. Jenkins 638
Edith E. French 5
* Minnie C. Lawley 557
*Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For Two Years) (To Fill Vacancy)
*John D. Aumen 671
*Elected.
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Austin R. Larrabee 449
Uriel O. MacDonald 339
*Shelley A. Neal 595
603 * Mortimer N. Peck Herbert J. Redman 272
*James L. Jordan 490
*Roger Lakin 488
*Norton P. Potter 475
*John T. Trefry, Jr. 575
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy)
*Edith French
16 Scattering 11
*Elected. 1
13 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For Three Years) PRECINCT 5
* Morrill R. Allen
384
*Daniel A. Maloney 354
** Fred Belyea
358
*Harry E. Williams 344
*Carl H. Bjorkman 362
*George E. Wilson, Jr. 325
* John A. Cassidy
381
*Joseph W. Cuff 36
*Thomas F. Cassidy
377
*Charles F. Travers 37
*Joseph A. Haley . 352
Ray M. Leavitt 30
*G. Vinton Jones 350
Scattering
16
*Frank P. Lord
357
*Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For Two Years) (To Fill Vacancy)
Scattering 13
2 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy) 41 Scattering C
*Ray M. Leavitt
*Elected.
12 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (For Three Years) PRECINCT 6
*John E. Cannon 354
*Emilio Libertine 350
*George F. Creehan
349
*W. Homer Melville 382
*Walter E. Delory. 384
*Russell Oliver 378
*Frank H. Diekmeyer 368
*Raymond P. Palmer 378
*Theodore E. Fogg
377
*G. Ralph Young 385
*Reuben H. Frogel 339
Joseph F. Files 17
* Helen M. Harmon 371
Walter Erwin
4
*Elected.
1 TOWN MEETING MEMBER (For One Year) (To Fill Vacancy)
* William F. Dugan .357
* Elected.
A true copy, Attest :
ERNEST C. WOODSUM,
Town Cierk
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Petition for Recount
Braintree, Mass., March 6, 1945
We, the undersigned voters in Precinct 4, of the Town of Brain- tree, represent that we have reason to believe, and we do believe, that the records, or copies of records made by the Election Officers of said Precinct, of the ballots cast in the election of March 5, 1945, for the office of Town Meeting Members are erroneous.
In this respect that Ralph W. Maglathlin was credited with less votes than were cast for him, and that George L. Anderson, A. Win- ton Caird, Charles W. Gillies, Rowena L. Hall, John J. Heaney, Herbert B. Hollis, Atherton N. Hunt, James H. Jenkins, Minnie C. Lawley, Frank T. Maguire, William F. Rogers, Nelson H. Seaver, Albert O. Senior, Seward W. Taber and John T. Tefry, Jr., were credited with more votes than were cast for them.
And we believe that a recount of the ballots in said Precinct would affect the election.
We therefore request that the votes for said Town Meeting Members be recounted.
Name
Address
John B. Daniels, Jr.
3 Conrad Street, Braintree
Edith G. Drake
30 Morrison Road, Braintree
Frederick C. Johnson
34 Morrison Road, Braintree
Frederick D. Lawley
Sydney West
45 Lemoyne Street, Braintree 18 Wilson Avenue, Braintree 103 Elmlawn Road, Braintree
Theodore Lytle
Charles H. Adams
Louise B. Adams
Elma E. Clark
Donald D. Clark
Helen B. Marr
110 Elmlawn Road, Braintree 110 Elmlawn Road, Braintree 119 Elmlawn Road, Braintree 119 Elmlawn Road, Braintree 124 Elmlawn Road, Braintree 94 Elmlawn Road, Braintree
Forrest L. Nichols
Marion G. Nichols .
94 Elmlawn Road, Braintree
Vivienne A. Maglathlin
114 Elmlawn Road, Braintree
Henry A. Marr
124 Elmlawn. Road, Braintree
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
March 7, 1945
Then personally appeared the above named John B. Daniels, Jr., and made oath before me that the above statements are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
JOHN J. KENNEDY, Notary Public
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Recount
Braintree, Mass., March 14, 1945 In accordance with the foregoing Petition, March 14, 1945, at 9:00 A.M. at the Town Hall, was the date, time and place set for the Recount.
The Recount was conducted by the Board of Registrars. The result was as follows:
TOTAL BALLOTS CAST
Original
953
Recount 953
PRECINCT OFFICERS' RETURNS
George L. Anderson 646
A. Winton Caird 534
Charles W. Gillies 656
Rowena L. Hall
589
John J. Heaney
524
Herbert B. Hollis
626
Atherton N. Hunt
626
James H. Jenkins
638
Minnie C. Lawley
557
Ralph W. Maglathlin 518
Frank T. Maguire 520
William F. Rogers 590
Nelson H. Seaver 594
Albert O. Senior 409
Seward W. Taber
573
John T. Trefry, Jr.
575
Edith L. French
5
RECOUNT BY BOARD OF REGISTRARS
George L. Anderson
646
A. Winton Caird
522
Charles W. Gillies
656
Rowena L. Hall
589
John J. Heaney
512
Herbert B. Hollis
626
Atherton N. Hunt 626
James H. Jenkins
638
Minnie C. Lawley
Ralph W. Maglathlin 557
507
Frank T. Maguire
530
William F. Rogers
590
Nelson H. Seaver
594
Albert O. Senior
409
Seward W. Taber
573
John T. Trefry, Jr.
575
Edith L. French
5
A true copy. Attest:
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk
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Special Meeting of Town Meeting Members
Braintree, Mass., March 19, 1945
A Special Meeting of Town Meeting Members elected from Precinct 5 was held at the Town Hall at 7:15 P.M., March 19, 1945. The meeting was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk, for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot, the filling of two vacancies caused by the failure to elect at the Annual Town Election.
Albert L. Rice was nominated for Temporary Clerk.
There being no other nominations, and a vote being taken, Albert L. Rice was unanimously chosen Temporary Clerk, and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
William Walker was nominated Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations, and a vote taken, William Walker was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting was the election of one Town Meeting Member for a term of TWO years and the elec- tion of one Town Meeting Member for a term of ONE year.
Tellers were appointed by the Chair and ballots distributed. The ballots being received and counted, it was declared by the Chair that the following were elected :
For TWO Years-Walter B. Skinner.
For ONE Year-Louise E. R. Alexander.
Voted to adjourn, 7:29 P.M.
ALBERT L. RICE, Temporary Clerk
Attest:
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk
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Annual Town Meeting
Braintree, Mass., March 19, 1945.
The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:55 P.M. by Moderator Horace T. Cahill. The Town Meeting Members were checked on entering, there being 205 present.
Invocation was offered by Reverend Stanley T. Plumer, Pastor of the South Congregational Church.
Town Meeting Members present were duly sworn into office by the Town Clerk, Ernest C. Woodsum.
Mr. George Anderson was recognized by Moderator Cahill. Mr. Anderson, speaking for all the citizens of Braintree, welcomed with great pride the presence of Mr. Horace T. Cahill to the position of Town Moderator. Mr. Cahill thanked the townspeople for their wel- come and the privilege of serving them.
Mr. Anderson then spoke highly of Retiring Moderator William F. Rogers, and offered the following resolution :
WHEREAS our esteemed friend and fellow citizen, William F. Rogers, Esq., has retired after serving the Town as its Mod- erator for twenty-eight successive years and
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