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595 6012
John J. Canavan elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Commissioner of Trust Funds (For Two Years)
1A
1B
2
3 869
4
5
6 Total
Joseph F. Connolly
522
365 1135
846
588
481 4806
Blanks
117
134
188
255
222
175
114 1205
Scattering
1
1
639
499 1323 1125 1068
763 595 6012
Joseph F. Connoly elected and sworn by Town Clerk
Commissioner of Trust Funds (For One Year)
1A
1B
2
3 953
4 899
5 634
6
Total
Carl R. Johnson, Jr.
535
385
1137
510 5053
Blanks
104
114
186
172
169
129
85
959
639
499 1323 1125 1068
763 595 6012
Carl R. Johnson, Jr. elected and sworn by Harry E. Holt, Notary Public Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years) PRECINCT 1
* John Alden
681
John T. Anglin 311
*Joseph F. Connolly
707
Everett F. Besse
287
*Elmer G. Derby
654
Ralph W. Bucknam
419
* John F. Leetch
724
Constanzo V. Carlozzi
409
* John A. O'Rourke
680
George F. Creehan
334
*John Pratt
648
* Charles M. Grady
479
* Merton L. Pratt
606
* Charles W. King, Jr.
434
* Harry T. Sears
719
Roland W. Petry
369
*Paul H. Young
688
Thomas Piraino
409
*C. Henry Anderson
448
*John A. Stenberg
463
* Elected
19
630
763
492 4847
PRECINCT 2
Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*J. Paul Benson 818
* Arthur E. Stenberg 667
* John R. Dallinger
794
*Gordon O. Thayer 749
* Robert E. Frazier 826 Ralph N. Annis 570
*Leo J .Hart, Jr. 791
*David W. Bailey 575
* Knute Ingmanson 700
Gerard J. Casey 452
* Joseph C. Landrey
781
719
* Daniel P. LaPlante
661
*Charles E. Morse
775
Edward J. Morrissey 449
Peter L. Schiavone
269
*Stacy B. Southworth 796
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For Two Years to Fill Vacancy)
John D. Ahern, Jr.
231 Virginia Mackie Davis 304
Paul E. Danehy 149
*Franklin B. Nickerson 401
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year to Fill Vacancy)
Walter F. Branlund 289 John L. Ray
385
* Nicholas J. DelVecchio 426
* Elected
PRECINCT 3
Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Alfred W. Beck
707
*Philip J. Clement 440
* Gordon L. F. Belyea
746
*Francis E. Cole 530
* Roland G. Belyea 695
John J. Curly 246
* Richard S. Brooks
760
Elmer Doiron
221
* Charles M. Copeland
740
Walter S. Dovell 293
*William F. Lammers
645
* Albion R. Fletcher
565
* Arthur W. Moffatt
754
Ernest D. Frawley 367
* Otis B. Oakman, Jr.
796
* Harry E. Holt
428
* James A. Shannon
486
Kenneth L. Newbury
366
Richard P. Ahern
300
Emil N. Northup
356
Edward M. Brennan
321
John S. Russo
277
* Robert M. Burdett
625
Howard G. Smith
422
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year to Fill Vacancy)
* Rodger G. Shultz 480 George A. Wilson 376
* Elected
20
*Robert A. Drollett Lawrence W. Lyons, Jr.
511
* Russell D. Raymond 685
PRECINCT 4
Fourteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
*George R. Allen
769
* Robert J. Stalker 689
* Arthur E. Boynton
781
* Hiram C. Towne 693
* Ovidio D. Chiesa 775
*Calvin E. Young 737
* William H. Gustafson
763 James G. Gregor
513
* Andrew N. Harvey 687
* Martin E. Kormann
606
* E Harrison Keith
705
*Carl A. Olson, Jr.
582
* Joseph W. Kirrane
593 Alexander Parker
570
* John W. Mahar
633
George F. Shores
509
*J. Stanley McLaughlin
637
* Elected
Two Town Meeting Members (For Two Years to Fill Vacancy)
*Joseph H .Frazier
604 Leo C. Murray
503
* Arigo L. LaTanzi
564
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year to Fill Vacancy)
*William F. Baker 840
* Elected
PRECINCT 5
Thirteen Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Raymond M. Bean
569
* Harry M. Alger 502
* William J. Burns
571
*William Calder 523
* Robert M. Hutton 544
*William D. Crispin 515
* William S. Monahan
520 * Lewis Bradford Morton, Jr. 539
*E. Theodore Nokes
533 Matthew Occhino 406
** Percy T. Richards
561 *Stanley W. Parker
528
*W. Edwin Skinner
579 *William B. Webber 490
* Elected
One Town Meeting Member (For One Year to Fill Vacancy)
* Lloyd C. Buker 581 *Elected
PRECINCT 6
Twelve Town Meeting Members (For Three Years)
* Walter B. Broydrick
452 *Charles W. Baldwin 440
*Henry G. Mullowney
448
* Reuben H. Frogel 465
* Edward J. Rose
464 *Joseph H. Juster 446
* Charles E. Timmons
467 * George G. O'Connell 440
* Ernest M. Wells
457 * Silvio Ferrante 41
* Russell H. Wright
472 * James P. McCue 26
* Elected
One Town Meeting (For Two Years to Fill Vacancy)
* Henry L. Williams 466
* Elected
2.1
Warrant for State Primary
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greetings :
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:
Polling Place in Precinct 1A-Highlands School
Polling Place in Precinct 1B-Noah Torrey School
Polling Place in Precinct 2-Town Hall
Polling Place in Precinct 3-High School Gymnasium
Polling Place in Precinct 4-Penniman School
Polling Place in Precinct 5-Parish House, East Braintree Methodist Church, Faxon Street
Polling Place in Precinct 6-Braintree Yacht Club, Gordon Road
TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1958, at eight 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 offices: SEN- ATOR IN CONGRESS, for this Commonwealth; GOVERNOR, for this Commonwealth; LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, for this Common- wealth; SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, for this Com- monwealth; TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL, for this Commonwealth; AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH, for this Commonwealth; ATTORNEY GENERAL, for this Commonwealth; REPRESENTATIVE IN CONRESS, or 13th Congressional District; REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, for 13th Congressional District; folk Senatorial District; 3 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT, for 3rd Norfolk Representative District; DISTRICT ATTOR- NEY, for Norfolk District; CLERK OF COURTS, for Norfolk County; REGISTER OF DEEDS, for Norfolk District; COUNTY COMMIS- SIONER, for Norfolk County.
THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 A. M. to 8:00 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 twenty-second day of August, A. D. 1958.
HARRISON T. SMILEY, FRED A. TENNEY, CHESTER W. NELSON, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
EDWARD D. CAHILL, Constable of Braintree
Braintree, Massachusetts, August 29, 1958 Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed therein, to meet at the time and places mentioned, for the puroses therein mentioned.
EDWARD D. CAHILL, Constable of Braintree
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State Primary
Braintree, Mass., September 9, 1958
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled in the several Precincts to cast their ballots for the various State and County Officers enumerated on said Ballot.
The Polls were opened in all the Precincts at eight o'clock in the forenoon and were closed at eight o'clock in the evening.
The following Election Officers served :
PRECINCT 1A.
Warden, John P. Gallagher; Clerk, Grace E. Scott ;- Constable, Frank I. Frost and Isabelle C. Stonkus, Mary J. Riley, Cecilia D. Hutch- inson, Henry J. Moynihan, Lucy D. Derby, Ruth R. Cameron and Patrick E. McDonough.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's office at 10:40 P.M.
PRECINCT 1B.
Warden, William J. Hughes; Clerk, Helen A. Roberts; Constable, George Abell and Lillian M. Sampson, Marie A. Richardi, Helen M. Aiello, Mary A. Hall, Frank Basile, Angelo M. Carlino, Jessie South- wick, Josephine M. DiBona, Armah W. Hanson.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 9:42 P.M.
PRECINCT 2.
Warden, Everett L. Russell; Clerk, Frances M. Kelley; Constable, Perley A. Proctor and Earl G. Hill, Katheen A. Currie, Viola Eno, Lillian G. Eisenhauer, Gertrude A. Whipple, Elizabeth L. McCarthy, Bertha R. Gould, Mary E. Stratton, Mary S. Ferranti, Robert M. Sul- livan.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 9:40 P.M.
PRECINCT 3.
Warden, James G. Buckley; Clerk, Beatrice W. Silver; Constable, John J. Doyle and Marie J. Doyle, Mary F. Mahar, Augusta M. Jones, Dorothy M. Montosi, Emma H. Keegan, Ina L. Whitcomb, Lillian Nord- strom, Dorothy M. Collins, Beatrice M. Doiron, Elva S. Belyea, Harold A. Donahoe, Jr.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 10:07 P.M.
PRECINCT 4.
Warden, John T. McKeough; Clerk, Mary E. Green; Constable, Frank Mischler and Ruth L. Trainor, Dorothy M. Henebury, Anna M. Drinkwater, Gertrude E. Todesca, Margaret E. MacDonald, Isabelle C. Mclaughlin, Alma M. White, Mary J. Killory, Lillian E. Hylen.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 9:10 P.M.
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PRECINCT 5.
Warden, Thomas F. Cassidy; Clerk, Margaret McDonnell; Con- stable, Martin J. Kelley and Emma A. Cohoon, Helena K. Barrett, Ann A. Southwick, Kathleen Bjorkman, George J. Claupein, Mary L. Dhooge, Gloria P. Garvin, Ida G. Ward, Annie T. Peterson.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 9:31 P.M.
PRECINCT 6.
Warden, John J. Curley; Clerk, Mary B. Tinney; Constable, Ralph W. Brown, and Ernestine F. Files, Lillian F. Jenkins, Gladys V. Fon- toni, Kathryn L. Sopp, Elizabeth Gropp, Ida L. Knight, Mildred M. Levangie, Earle S. Adams, William L. Sullivan.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 10:05 P.M.
At the opening of the Polls the ballot boxes were inspected and found to be empty and the registers set to zero (0). The keys were placed in charge of the Constables of their respective Precincts. The meetings were conducted in like manner and 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 tabulated, proved and the results declared by Board of Registrars.
The result of the Ballot was as follows:
REPUBLICAN BALLOT TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST
Precinct 1A.
261
1B.
133
2
478
"
3
674
"
4
579
„,
5
357
6
312
For nomination of candidates for
Senator in Congress
Celeste
2150
Governor
Gibbons
1841
Volpe
116
McKay
11
Lieutenant Governor
Nelson
2454
Secretary
2420
Yerxa
2428
Auditor
Adams
2412
Boch
Treasurer
24
Attorney General
Herter, Jr. 2550
Congressman 13th District
Jenness
1358
Peterson
465
Putnam
856
Councillor 2nd District
Anderson
799
Bottomly
413
Christensen
678
Corkin
88
Ellsworth
20-
Ford
269
Hurwitz
191
Lake
127
Senator 1st Norfolk District
2466
Representatives in General Court 3rd Norfolk District
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6
Hollis
219
108
399
585
485
281
250
Total 2,327
Thompson
113
57
194
339
282
173
153
1,311
Alves
148
73
261
402
327
198
159
1,568
Nelson
120
50
204
273
241
192
170
1,250
Newton
68
36
99
185
161
89
80
718
District Attorney Norfolk District
Lane
2555
Clerk of Courts
Norfolk County
Neal
2483
Register of Deeds
Norfolk District
Shine
2484
County Commissioner Norfolk County
Bowker
2420
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST
Precinct 1A.
227
"
1B.
183
2
382
3
172
4
239
5
249
6
261
25
Hedges
For nomination of candidates for
Senator in Congress
Kennedy
1537
Furcolo
1461
Lieutenant Governor
Murphy
1519
Secretary
Cronin
1491
Treasurer
Shaughnessy
593
Kennedy
1013
Auditor
Buckley
1520
Attorney General
McCormack, Jr.
1049
Peabody
607
Congressman 13th District
Burke
114
Connell, Jr.
428
Crowley
54
Desimone
37
Dwyer
17
Fallon
36
Foy
205
McCormack
747
Mosher
17
Councillor 2nd District
Adams
61
Broderick
19
Connolly
84
Flynn
22
Gallagher
38
Harrington, Jr.
74
Kahalas
95
Lyons
20
McDonough
484
Shostak
18
Sweeney
480
Walsh
128
Senator 1st Norfolk District
Scanlon
1347
26
Governor
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
3rd Norfolk District
1A 1B
2
3
4 25
5 19
6
Total
Bocchino
16
37
28
18
22
165
Callahan
57
42
69
43
72
66
88
437
Coughlin
44
23
43
31
28
43
68
280
Fryer
34
24
48
24
26
37
48
241
Johnson, Jr.
189
149
311
137
185
186
179
1,336
McCormack, Jr.
119
109
174
88
134
127
136
887
Shields
27
2:2
75
40
48
61
58
351
District Attorney Norfolk District
Bellotti
1340
Register of Deeds Norfolk District
Donahue
54
County Commissioner Norfolk County
Dunn
1304
Hughes
159
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Warrant for State Election
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are here- by directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brain- tree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit:
Polling Place in Precinct 1A Highlands School
Polling Place in Precinct 1B Noah Torrey School
Polling Place in Precinct 2 Town Hall
Polling Place in Precinct 3
High School Gymnasium
Polling Place in Precinct 4. Penniman School
Polling Place in Precinct 5.
Parish House, East Brain- tree Methodist Church, Faxon Street
Polling Place in Precinct 6. Thomas Watson School
On Tuesday, the fourth day of November 1958, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their re- spective Precincts, their votes on the official ballot for Senator in Congress; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Audi- tor; Attorney General; Representative in Congress, Councillor; Sena- tor; Representatives in General Court (3); District Attorney; Clerk of Courts; Register of Deeds! County Commissioners;
Also to vote on the following questions on the same ballot:
QUESTION NO. 1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 73 in the affirmative and 132 in the negative and was approved in the Senate by a vote of 21 in the affirmative and 17 in the negative?
YES NO
SUMMARY
The proposed measure provides that every former public employee, other than a judge, who is pensioned or retired for disability, shall report to his retirement authority, annually, his earnings from gainful occupaion during the preceding year; and that, if such earnings, plus the pension, exceed the regular compensation of the position formerly held, the pensioner shall refund that portion of his pension equal to such excess or entire pension if such excess is greater than the pension. A refund, if required, shall not include any part of a pension represented by salary deductions from or special purchase by the former employee. The requirement of a refund is not applicable to income received in or prior to 1958.
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QUESTION NO. 2
A. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (Whiskey, rum, gn, malt beverages wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
YES NO
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) ?
YES NO
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 pre- mises ?
YES NO
QUESTION NO. 3
A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county?
YES NO
B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?
YES NO
QUESTION NO. 4
"Shall the Representative from this District be instructed to vote to establish an exclusively state-conducted lottery once a year, on or about July 4th, to be known as the 'Massachusetts Sweepstakes Draw- ing', with one-half of the income to be given as cash prizes and the other one-half used to cut real estate taxes?"
YES NO
The polls will be open at eight o'clock in the forenoon and will close at eight o'clock in the evening.
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 fourth day of November 1958 and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in "The Observer" a newspaper published in said Town of Braintree, 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 sixteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.
HARRISON T. SMILEY FRED A. TENNEY CHESTER W. NELSON Selectmen, Town of Braintree
A true copy. Attest :
EDWARD D. CAHILL Constable of Braintree
Braintree, Massachusetts, October 24, 1958
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed herein, to meet at the time and places mentioned, for the purposes therein men- tioned.
EDWARD D. CAHILL Constable of Braintree
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State Election
Braintree, Mass. November 4, 1958
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled in the several Precincts to cast their ballots for the various for State and County Officers enumerater in the Warrant and to vote "Yes" or "No" on each of four questions.
The Polls were opened in all the Precincts at eight o'clock in the forenoon and were closed at eight o'clock in the evening.
The following Election Officers served :
PRECINCT 1A.
Warden, John P. Gallagher; Deputy Warden, Patrick E. McDonough; Clerk, Isabelle C. Stonkus; Deputy Clerk, Ruth R. Cameron Constable, Lucy D. Derby and Mary J. Riley, Cecilia D. Hutchinson, Henry J. Moynihan, Frank I. Frost and Ruth W. Hill.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 2:25 A. M.
PRECINCT 1B.
Warden, William J. Hughes; Clerk, Helen A. Roberts; Constable, George L. Abell and Mary A. Hall, Josephine M. DiBona, Helen M. Aiello, Marie A. Richard, Angelo M. Carlino, Jessie South- wick, Lillian M. Sampson, Annah W. Hanson and Antoinette M. McKee.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 2:00 A. M.
PRECINCT 2.
Warden, Everett L. Russell; Clerk, Frances M. Kelley; Constable, Perley A. Proctor and Robert M. Sullivan, Bertha R. Gould, Kathleen A. Currie, Earl G. Hill, Lillian G. Eisenhauer, Voila Eno, Rita M. Lynch, Elizabeth L. McCarthy, Mary Stratton, Mary Ferranti and Gertrude A. Whipple.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 1:50 A. M.
PRECINCT 3.
Warden, James G. Buckley; Clerk, Beatrice W. Silver; Constable, John J. Doyle and Augusta M. Jones, Dorothy M. Collins, Beatrice M. Doiron, Emma H. Keegan, Marie J. Doyle, Lillian Nord- strom, Ina Whitcomb, Mary F. Mahar, Elva S. Belyea, Ilene M. Ferra- guto and Helen B. Howes. i;
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 2:48 A. M.
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PRECINCT 4.
Warden, John T. McKcough; Clerk, Mary E. Green; Constable, Frank Mischler and Carlene M. Sullivan, Anna M. Drink- water, Gertrude E. Todesca, Mary J. Killory, Margaret E. MacDonald, Isabelle C. Mclaughlin, , Alma M. White, Lillian E. Hylen and Ruth L. Trainor.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 1:40 A. M.
PRECINCT 5.
Warden, Thomas F. Cassidy; Clerk, Margaret McDonnell; Constable, Martin J. Kelley and Emma A. Cohoon, Helen K. Barrett, Ann A. Southwick, Sadie C. Thoren, Kathleen Bjorkman, George J. Claupein, Mary L. Dhooge, Gloria P. Garvin and Ida G. Ward.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 1:20 A. M.
PRECINCT 6.
Warden, John J. Curley; Clerk, Mary B. Tinney; Con- stable, Ralph W. Brown and Ernestine F. Files, Lillian F. Jenkins, Gladys V. Fontoni, Kathryn L. Sopp. Elizabeth Gropp, Ida L. Knight, Mildred M. Levangie, Earle S. Adams and William L. Sullivan.
RETURNS received in Town Clerk's Office at 4:20 A.M.
At the opening of the Polls the ballot boxes were inspected and found to be empty and the registers set to zero (0). The keys were placed in charge of the Constables of their respective Precincts. The meetings were conducted in like manner and 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 tabulated, proved and the results declared by Board of Registrars.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
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TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST
PRECINCT 1A.
1292
PRECINCT 1B.
883
PRECINCT 2
2411
PRECINCT 3
2064
PRECINCT 4
2068
PRECINCT 5
1755
PRECINCT 6
1587
Total vote cast
12,060
Senator in Congress
1A 1B 2
3
4
5
6
Total
John F. Kennedy (D)
836 688 1617 1084 1217 1124 1098
7664
Vincent J. Celeste (R)
433 176
741
938
807
603
452
4155
Lawrence Gilfedder (SL)
3
3
5
4
7
7
5
34
Mark R. Shaw (P)
0
1
8
6
9
2
3
29
Blanks
15
15
40
32
28
19
29
178
Total Vote Cast
12060
Governor
Foster Furcolo (D)
578 575 1243
688
841
871 848
886
5682
Charles Gibbons (R)
692 291 1130 1336 1182
667
6146
Henning A. Blomen (SL)
4
2
2
7
13
8
8
44
1
3
7
3
5
4
4
27
17
12
29
30
27
24
22
161
Total Vote Cast
12060
Lieutenant Governor
Robert F. Murphy (D)
626 581 1301
730
902
917 808
922
5979
Elmer C. Nelson (R)
647 267 1041 1293 1106
627
5789
Harold E. Bassett (P)
2
3
6
5
8
3
4
31
2
7
7
4
14
7
9
50
15
25
56
32
38
20
25
211
Total Vote Cast
12060
Edward J. Cronin (D) Marion Curran Boch (R)
610 271
999 1240 1020
6
11
11
9
52
3
2
8
4
7
3
3
30
19
25
67
40
56
21
27
255
Total Vote Cast
12060
774
974
937
783
593
5516
4
5
6
Fred M. Ingersoll (SL) Julia B. Kohler (P) Blanks
Secretary
656 580 1331
955
6207
Guy S. Williams (P) Blanks
Francis A. Votano (SL) Blanks
-
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John F. Kennedy (D) John E. Yerxa (R) Warren C. Carberg (P) John Erlandsson (SL) Llanks
Treasurer
1A 1B 2
3
4
5
6
Total
653 586 1331
735
915
947
940
6107
614 268 1015 1270 1107
770
611
5655
4
1
7
7
8
4
7
38
2
2
4
6
7
6
5
32
19
26
54
46
31
28
24
228
Total Vote Cast
12060
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley (D)
715 608 1417
814 1017
973
985
6529
Thomas H. Adams (R)
558 240
921 1196
999
746
565
5225
John B. Lauder (P)
1
0
6
5
6
2
2
22
3
7
10
6
9
9
10
54
15
28
57
43
37
25
25
230
Total Vote Cast
12060
Attorney General
Christian A. Herter, Jr. (R) 731 338 1218 1428 1249
940
737
6641
Edward J. McCormack, Jr. (D) 544 523 1146
602
780
790
823
5208
Charles A. Couper (SL)
4
3
5
2
6
6
7
33
Gustaf B. Nissen (P)
0
0
5
6
5
2
4
22
Blanks
13
19
37
26
28
17
16
156
Total Vote Cast
12060
Congressman
557 516 1161
628
762
811
816
5251
721 337 1210 1411 1278
921
748
6626
14 30
40
25
28
23
23
183
Total Vote Cast
12060
Councillor
724 325 1158 1421 1262
942
725
6557
515 502 1128
561
719
737
790
4952
53
47 125
82
87
76
72
542
Total Vote Cast
12060
Senator
629 294 1047 1294 1144
811
652
5871
645 567 1312
743
903
917
906
5993
18 22
52
27
21
27
29
196
Total Vote Cast
12060
James A. Burke (D) William W. Jenness (R) Blanks
John S. Bottomly (R) Abraham H. Kahalas (D) Blanks
Charles W. Hedges (R) Cornelius T. Scanlon (D) Blanks
34
Arne A. Sortell (SL) Blanks
Representatives in General Court
1A 1B 2 3
4
5
6 Total
Herbert B. Hollis (R)
827 439 1461 1507 1420 1038
833
7525
George H. Thompson (R)
619 273
989 1269 1096
802
654
5702
Franklin Fryer (D)
370 363
820
433
506
615
633
3740
779 655 1542
987 1099 1090 1009
7161
472 192
756
987
894
608
505
4414
403 359
801
500
618
629
689
3999
406 368
864
509
571
483
438
3639
Total Vote Cast 12060
District Attorney
745 349 1232 1430 1313
969
793
6831
524 507 1124
588
720
756
768
4987
23 27 55
46
35
30
26
242
Total Vote Cast
12060
Clerk of Courts
1020 579 1906 1746 1680 1381 1188
9500
272 304 505 318
388
374
399
2560
Total Vote Cast
12060
Register of Deeds
743 349 1209 1444 1273
901
703
6622
515 499 1102
568
735
804
841
5064
34 35 100
52
60
50
43
374
Total Vote Cast
12060
County Commissioner
Everett M. Bowker (R) James L. Dunn (D) Blanks
631 296 1109 1387 1160
698
6166
568 538 1171
616
833
835 862
829
5417
43 49 131
61
75
58
60
477
Total Vote Cast
12060
Question No. One
YES NO Blanks
870 503 1445 1369 1365 1109
977
7638
288 211
568
458
441
401
379
2746
134 169
398
237
262
245
231
1676
Total Vote Cast 12060
35
Carl R. Johnson, Jr. (D) John F. Newton (R) Thomas F. Shields (D) Blanks
Myron N. Lane (R) Francis X. Bellotti (D) Blanks
Willis A. Neal (R) Blanks
L. Thomas Shine (R) William F. Donoghue (D) Blanks
Question No. Two
1A 1B 2
3
4
5
6 Total
(A)
YES NO Blanks
874 621 1572 1076 1198 1167 1090
7598
359 191
672
848
747
489
403
3709
59 71
167
140
123
99
94
753
Total Vote Cast
12060
(B)
YES
829 582 1470 1033 1139 1106
987
7146
NO
341 172
617
815
710
465
371
3491
Blanks
122 129
324
216
219
184
186
1423
Total Vote Cast
12060
(C)
YES NO Blanks
932 607 1541 1254 1368 1175
1125
8002
240 151
546
617
505
383
280
2722
120 125
324
193
195
197
182
1336
Total Vote Cast
12060
Question No. Three
(A)
YES NO
830 582 1472 1054 1167 1133 1087
7325
392 212
741
887
776
512
400
3920
Blanks
70 89
198
123
125
110
100
815
Total Vote Cast
12060
(B)
YES NO Blanks
705 508 1313
871
987
947
944
6275
431 214
720
934
816
532
408
4055
156 161
378
259
265
276
235
1730
Total Vote Cast
12060
Question No. Four
862 603 1572 1133 1224 1173 1144
352 176 601
789
702
456
319
3404
78 104 238
142
142
117
124 945
Total Vote Cast
12060
7711
YES NO Blanks
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Index for Annual Town Meeting
ART. DESCRIPTION
Sessions :
Monday, March 17, 1958
Wednesday, March 19, 1958
Monday, March 24,1958 Wednesday, March 26, 1958 Monday, March 31, 1958
1 Choosing of Town Officers
2 Appointment of Committees :
To urge building of Post Office in Braintree Appreciation of Service of Thomas A. Sears Site for new Post Office Location Municipal Government and Administration Thayer Birthplace Memorial Committee Filing of Performance and Surety Bonds Reports of Committees :
Flood Control
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