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8
6
7
20
117
Luther W. Faulkner
55
23
8
6
8
21
121
Robert E. Picken
56
25
8
6
7
20
122
Octave L. Lherault
56
23
8
6
7
20
120
Ethel Booth
55
21
8
6
7
20
117
Harold W. Stewart
59
21
8
6
7
20
121
Royal Shawcross
57
27
8
6
7
21
126
John H. Valentine
58
25
8
7
8
21
127
Chandler W. Robinson
57
22
8
6
7
20
120
Herbert G. Reid
58
20
8
6
8
20
120
Jennie S. Brown
54
20
8
6
7
20
115
Alfred J. Allard
58
20
8
6
7
21
120
Dorothy M. Bliss
56
23
8
6
7
20
120
Alcide A. Gladu
55
20
8
6
8
20
117
Clifford Hartley
54
20
8
6
7
21
116
Roy A. Clough
58
21
8
7
8
20
122
Walter Jewett
58
20
8
8
7
21
122
Roy F. Wells
60
20
8
6
7
20
121
35
Emile Marquis, Woburn John H. MacDonald, Lowell Blanks Total
Donald C. Knapp Harold C. Petterson Blanks Total
P -- 1
P -- 2
P -- 3
P -- 4
P -- 5 P -- 6
Total
59
22
8
6
7
22
124
60
25
8
8
7
20
128
273
342
0
208
95
314
1232
1469
800
168
340
247
743
3767
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, APRIL 30, 1940 DEMOCRATIC
Candidate
P -- 1
P -- 2
P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6
Total
David I. Walsh, Fitchburg
4
9
2
6
1
2
24
Paul A. Dever, Cambridge
3
10
3
6
1
5
28
John W. McCormack, Boston
3
8
2
6
1
2
22
Maurice J. Tobin, Boston
4
9
2
6
1
2
24
William H. Burke, Jr., Hatfield
3
9
2
6
1
2
23
James M. Curley, Boston Charles F. Hurley, Cambridge
3
9
3
6
1
2
24
Joseph B. Ely, Westfield
3
8
2
6
1
2
22
Francis E. Kelly, Boston
3
9
3
6
1
2
24
3
9
2
6
1
2
23
3
8
2
6
1
2
22
3
8
2
6
1
2
22
9
64
9
12
0
33
127
Total
48
168
36
84
12
60
3
6
3
5
1
O
18
3
5
3
5
1
O
17
3
6
3
5
1
0
18
3
6
3
5
1
1
19
3
5
3
5
1
0
17
3
6
3
5
1
0
18
3
5
3
5
1
0
17
3
6
3
5
1
0
18
Mary Maliotis, Boston
3
5
3
5
1
0
17
Michael J. Batal, Lawrence
3
5
3
5
1
1
18
Morris Kritzman, Boston Blanks
12
102
0
24
0
58
196
Total
218
168
36
Daniel O'Dea, Lowell
4
8
3
3
1
3
22
George T. Ashe, Lowell
3
11
3
3
1
3 24
James J. Bruin, Lowell
4
8
3
2
1
1
19
Edward W. Kenney, Woburn
2
9
3
2
1
2
19
Blanks
3
20
0
18
0
11
52
Total
16
56
12
28
4
20
136
Gerald F. Cronin, Lowell
4
9
3
2
1
2
21
Edward P. Gilgun, Woburn
2
7
3
2
1
2 17
Walter H. Wilcox, Woburn
2
6
3
2
1
0
14
Eleanor L. Daly, Cambridge
3
9
3
2
1
2
20
Blanks
5
25
0
20
0
14
64
Total
16
56
12
28
4
20
136
4
8
2
6
1
2
23
Roger L. Putnam, Springfield William J. Foley, Boston Alexander G. Lajoie, Worcester Blanks
3
5
3
5
1
0
17
3
6
3
5
1
0
18
12
60
408
Henry K. Cushing, Brookline Joseph A. Scolponeti, Boston Elizabeth L. McNamara, Cambridge Catherine E. Hanifin, Belchertown Sadie H. Mulrone, Springfield Clementina Langone, Boston Anna A. Sharry, Worcester Margaret M. O'Riodan, Boston John Zielinski, Holyoke
36
Walter McCarron, Lowell Elizabeth F. O'Sullivan, Lowell Francis J. Roane, Lowell Raymond A. Willett, Jr., Woburn Blanks Total
P -- 1 P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5
P -- 6
Total
0
3
0
2
0
3
8
0
3
1
0
0
1
5
1
O
1
O
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
15
46
11
25
4
14
115
16
56
12
28
4
20
136
Edward F. Clancy, Jr., Lowell
0
2
0
1
0
1
L
Firmo Correa, Lowell
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
John H. Gallagher, Stoneham
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Bartholomew B. O'Sullivan, Lowell James F. McCarron, Lowell
0
3
1
O
O
2
6
0
2
0
O
0
1
3
Blanks
20
62
14
34
4
20
154
Total
20
70
15
35
4
25
169
James J. Bruin, Lowell
2
5
0
1
0
2
10
Gerald F. Cronin, Lowell Blanks
0
5
1
0
1
11
Total
4
14
3
7
1
5
34
Frank Garvey
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
James F. Cassidy
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Gertrude Fallon
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Mary Brown
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Karl Perham
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
John Meagher
0
0
0
1
0
1
John Kelley
0
0
1
0
1
Patrick Haley
0
0
0
1
0
1
George L. Waite
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Edward Wilson
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Edward Brick
0
0
0
O
1
0
1
Blanks
120
1,20
90
210
19
150
1009
Total
120
1120
90
210
30
150
1020
** ***
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre Monday Evening, June 3, 1940
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Vinson Reid, a Constable of Chelmsford.
GREETING,
In the name of the Commonwealth as aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on Monday, the Third Day of June, 1940, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the followingarticles, viz:
ARTICLE 1.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Thou- sand Dollars ($6000) or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing a power grader and equipment for the use of the Highway Department, said purchase to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.
37
2
4
2
2
1
2
13
ARTICLE 2.
In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 1, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey by a good and sufficient bill of sale, title to the power grader now owned by the Town, or act in relation there- to.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and at West Chelmsford and at the Schoolhouse, East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove Schoolhouse, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Twenty-Fourth day of May in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and forty.
Karl M. Perham
Stewart Mackay
James A. Grant
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Chelmsford, May 24, 1940.
Middlesex, 88.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, by posting up attested copies of the same at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, North Chelmsford, South Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the School House in East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House in the Westlands, seven days at least before the time of hold- ing the meeting as within directed.
Vinson C. Reid Constable of Chelmsford.
***** ********
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
June 3, 1940 in the Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre
At a Special Town Meeting held in the Upper Town Hall in Chelmsford Centre on June 3, 1940 at 8 P. M., the following business was transacted?
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and the Warrant was read by Town Clerk, Harold C. Petterson.
Under Article 1;
On a motion made by Karl M. Perham, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing a power grader and the equip- ment incident thereto for the use of the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Under Article 2.
On a motion made by Karl M. Perham, it was voted that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey by a good and sufficient bill of sale, title to the power grader now owned by the Town. 38
It was voted to adjourn this meeting at 8:25 P. M.
Walter Perham, Moderator.
Harold C. Petterson, Town Clerk.
*
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY Tuesday, the Seventeenth Day of September, 1940
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, 88.
To Vinson C. Reid, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
GREETING ?
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and varn the Inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet .n their several polling places, viz;
Precinct One, Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre
Precinct Two, Town Hall, North Chelmsford
Precinct Three, Fire House, West Chelmsford
Precinct Four, School House, East Chelmsford
Precinct Five, Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford
Precinct Six, Golden Cove School House, Westlands
On Tuesday, the Seventeenth Day of September, 1940 at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes ;
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Can- lidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
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 Senator in Congress -- for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress -- for Fifth Congressional District Councillor -- for Third Councillor District Senator -- for First Senatorial District One Representative in General Court -- for Eleventh Representative District Clerk of Courts -- for Middlesex County Register of Deeds -- for Middlesex County Two County Commissioners -- for Middlesex County
VACANCIES
In Middlesex County, A County Treasurer
And for the election of the following officers :
8 Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party 3 Delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic Party
The Polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 P. M.
39
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.
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 and seals this Ninth Day of September, 1940.
Karl M. Perham Stewart Mackay James A. Grant Selectmen of Chelmsford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
September 9, 1940.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, by posting up attested copies of the same at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House, West- lands, seven days at least before the time of the meeting as within directed.
Vinson C. Reid,
Constable of Chelmsford.
* *
STATE PRIMARY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940 REPUBLICAN
Candi dates
P -- 1
P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6
Total
Leverett Saltonstall, Newton
290
220
37
55
26
135
763
Blanks
13
47
7
16
4
20
107
Total
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
Horace T. Cahill, Braintree
287
224
39
64
26
138
778
Blanks
16
43
5
?
4
17
92
Total
303
267
71
30
155
870
Frederic W. Cook, Somerville
281
219
42
64
25
145
776
Blanks
22
48
2
7
5
10
94
Total
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
William E. Hurley, Boston
277
217
40
60
25
143
762
Blanks
26
50
4
11
5
12
108
Total
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
Russell A. Wood, Cambridge
277
213
39
61
25
134
749
Blanks
26
54
5
10
5
21
121
Total
303
267
7.1
30
155
870
Clarence A. Barnes, Mansfield
63
38
6
10
2
8
127
Robert T. Bushnell, Newton
161
119
21
31
16
88
436
William C. Crossley, Fall River
13
13
3
3
0
11
43
Edmund R. Dewing, Wellesley
33
21
5
7
3
18
87
Michael A. Fredo, Arlington
4
4
0
0
1
0
9
George W. Roberts, Boston
16
51
6
12
8
21
114
Middlesex, ss.
Candidates
P -- 1 P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6 Total
13
21
3
8
0
9
54
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
Henry Parkman, Jr., Boston Blanks
38
66
6
14
3
23
150
Total
303
267
71
30
155
870
Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell Famagust S. Paulson, Lowell Blanks
1
12
0
2
0
5
20
Total
303
257
44
71
30
155
870
Frank A. Brooks, Concord
166
98
23
25
19
55
386
William M. Foster, Lowell
61
68
9
23
8
46
215
Henry I. Morrison, Newton
5
1
1
1
1
5
14
Victor L. Picard, Lowell
32
48
4
16
1
24
125
Blanks
39
52
7
6
1
25
130
Total
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
Joseph F. Montminy, Lowell
157
113
21
27
13
74
405
Francis L. Lappin, Lowell
17
25
4
6
0
7
59
William J. White, Jr., Lowell
113
109
15
31
16
64
348
Blanks
16
20
4
7
1
10
58
Total
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
John H. Valentine, Chelmsford
256
238
39
51
24
126
7:54
Charles A. Gregoire, Tyngsboro Blanks
16
10
0
7
1
9
43
Total
303.
267
44
71
30
155
870
Frederic L. Putnam, Melrose
259
199
36
57
26
123
700
Harold A. Murray, Newton
14
29
4
7
3
13
70
Blanks
30
39
4
7
1
19
100
Total
303
267
44
71
30
155
870
Wilfred J. Achin, Lowell
96
80
14
20
7
51
268
George E. Caisse, Lowell
3
14
0
2
1
3
23
Arthur W. Colburn, Dracut
92
46
8
10
10
39
205
Harold W. Hartwell, Jr., Lowell
54
78
11
27
9
33
212
George E. Marchand, Lowell
33
26
6
6
0
18
89
Blanks
25
23
5
6
3
11
73
Total
303
267
71
30
155
870
Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Framingham
110
92
21
16
12
50
301
Lewis A. Adams, Medford
9
15
4
3
2
5
38
Leslie G. Ainley, Cambridge
17
10
3
6
1
11
48
Howe Coolidge Amee, Cambridge
4
4
1
2
1
2
14
Robert W. Beyer, Winchester
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
Maurice V. Blomerth, Malden
1
1
0
1
0
1
4
Thomas B. Brennan, Medford
0
9
3
1
1
2
16
Edward J. Bushell, Malden
25
23
1
2
2
18
71
Ernest J. Chisholm, Medford
2
5
1
1
0
1
10
Donald B. Falvey, Belmont
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Harry R. Gardner, Medford
2
4
0
2
2
16
83
William A. Hastings, Malden
8
27
1
12
1
1
50
Arthur K. Reading, Cambridge
5
2
0
2
3
L
16
Charles A. Stevens, Lowell
140
139
25
34
10
72
420
John A. Sweeney, Cambridge
3
4
3
2
0
9
21
294
236
39
62
28
143
802
8
19
5
7
2
7
48
265
201
38
57
27
132
1
9
Archibald R. Giroux, Lexington
29
26
3
7
31
19
5
13
5
20
93
41
Blanks Total
720
Herbert L. Trull, Tewksbury Frank D. Walker, Marlborough Blanks Total
P -- 1
P -- 2
P -- 3
P- - 4
P -- 5
P -- 6
Total 358
146
80
16
29
15
72
25
13
0
2
5
5
50
77
80
6
20
5
39
227
606
534
88
142
60
310
1740
William F. Drake, Framingham
25
38
5
4
5
22
99
Charles P. Howard, Reading John E. Howard
10
14
2
8
2
8
44
Frank M. Syrewicz, Somerville
13
7
1
2
0
2
25
Blanks
43
58
9
14
2
26
152
Total
303
267
71
30
155
870
Stanley L. Snow, School St
226
169
40
46
25
112
618
Anne R. Olsen, Groton Rd.
212
169
33
46
24
105
589
Ralph E. House, Acton Rd.
219
162
31
45
25
107
589
Hester L. Emerson, North Kd.
229
156
31
46
24
106
592
Sarah M. Faulkner, High St.
228
153
33
46
26
106
592
John J. Carr, Sunset Ave.
215
159
31
44
25
119
593
Joseph A. Hamel, Gorham St.
206
175
33
44
23
101
582
Octave L. Lherault, Dunstable Rd.
203
157
30
50
23
102
565
Blanks
686
836
90
201
45
382
2240
Total
2424 2136
352
568
2140
1240
6960
DEMOCRATIC
Paul A. Dever, Cambridge
20
65
6
27
4
19
141
Francis E. Kelly, Boston Blanks
2
6
0
0
0
2
11
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
John C. Carr, Medford
4
14
2
11
2
4
37
Owen A. Gallagher, Boston
9
17
0
5
0
11
42
Francis P. Kelley, Milton
6
19
1
2
1
1
30
Michael Phillip McCarron, Lowell
7
34
3
14
1
6
65
Charles E. O'Neill, Danvers
0
6
0
1
O
1
8
Raymond A. Willett, Jr., Woburn
0
2
0
0
O
0
2
Blanks
2
11
0
4
0
2
19
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Albert L. Fish
3
5
1
2
1
1
13
Katherine A. Foley, Lawrence
14
47
2
17
2
10
92
Arthur Michael MacCarthy, Winthrop
5
25
1
8
0
4
43
Albert L. Morris, Everett
4
9
0
3
0
3
19
Blanks
2
17
2
7
1
7
36
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Ernest J. Brown, Medford
2
9
O
5
0
4
20
Patrick M. Cahill, Peabody
6
18
1
7
3
3
38
Joseph W. Doherty, Brookline
2
25
2
6
0
11
46
John J. Donahue, Somerville
12
25
1
10
1
2
51
John J. McGrath, Boston
4
10
2
4
0
5
25
Blanks
2
16
0
5
0
0
23
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Thomas J. Buckley, Boston
11
36
4
20
3
9
83
Thomas P. Flaherty, Boston
0
14
0
3
0
2 19
William P. Husband, Jr., Belmont
9
11
1
4
0
3
28
7
21
0
6
0
3
37
1
21
1
4
1
8
36
28
103
6
37
25
203
6
32
0
9
0
4
51
212
150
27
43
21
97
550
Leo D. Walsh, Boston Blanks Total
42
Candidates
P -- 1 P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6
Total
John H. Backus, New Bedford
5
7
0
2
0
2
16
James Henry Brennan, Boston
0
15
0
8
1
2
26
Thomas M. Burke, Boston
6
9
2
5
0
1
23
Joseph V. Carroll, Belmont Jeannette C. Chisholm, Waltham Joseph Finnegan, Boston
1
10
0
0
1
2
14
0
1
0
3
0
2
6
1
2
0
3
0
1
7
John W. Lyons, Cambridge
3
6
0
1
1
3
14
Edward A. Ryan, Worcester
1
12
3
3
1
4
24
Harold W. Sullivan, Boston Blanks
3
16
1
6
0
5
31
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
David I. Walsh, Fitchburg Blanks
22
73
6
28
4
17
150
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Francis J. Roane, Lowell
19
60
5
25
4
12
125
Blanks
9
43
1
12
0
13
78
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Blanks
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
20
Thomas E. Garrity, Lowell
6 20
0
7
1
9
43
Thomas F. Markham, Lowell
6
20
1
14
1
2
44
Jeremiah J. O'Sullivan, Lowell
11
48
5
8
0
6
78
Paul A. Sullivan, Lowell
3
10
0
7
0
2
22
Blanks
2
5
O
1
2
6
16
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Blanks Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
12
46
4
19
1
9
91
4
22
0
7
2
6
41
12
35
2
11
1
10
71
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Daniel F. Moriarty, Lowell
19
55
5
24
3
18
124
Arthur E. McGlinchey, Lowell Blanks
3
10
0
0
0
2
15
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Thomas B. Brennan, Medford
14
45
2
12
0
12
85
Francis J. Kelley, Lowell
18
71
4
27
0
14
134
Blanks
24
90
6
35
8
24
187
Total
56
206
12
74
8
50
9
60
Total
28
103
6
37
4
25
203
Frank Garvey
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
Gertrude Fallon
0
0
O
0
1
0
1
Daniel Haley
0
1
0
O
1
O
2
Edward Brick
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Joseph Fallon
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Blanka
84
304
18
111
9
75
601
84
309
18
12
75
609
6
38
1
13
1
5
64
Raymond H. Hurley, Lowell
17
74
4
28
4
16
143
Blanks
11
29
2
9
0
3
42
8
25
0
6
0
0
8
53
6
30
0
9
J. Gordon Duffy, Cambridge ' Martin Leo Vahey, Watertown Blanks
Total
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre Monday Evening, October 7, 1940
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, 88.
To Vinson C. Reid, a Constable of Chelmsford
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth as aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on Monday, the Seventh day of October, 1940 at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz: ARTICLE 1 :
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty- Six Hundred Dollars, ($8,600) or some other sum, for Outside Relief, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2:
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To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Chapter 90 Maintenance Ac- count to the General Highway Account, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) or some other sum, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3:
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hun- dred Dollars ($200.00) for the purpose of constructing a retaining wall along Beaver Brook, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4:
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thou- sand Dollars ($1000) or some other sum, for Health Department Aid, or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 5:
To see if the Town will vote to accept bylvan Avenue Extension as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their Report and Plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6:
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thou- sand Dollars, ($1000) or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Sylvan Avenue Extension, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7:
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thou- sand Dollars, ($1000) or 'some other sum, for Snow Removal, or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies there- of at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelms-
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ford, and at West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time ap- pointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Thirtieth Day of September, 1940.
Karl M. Perham Stewart Mackay James A. Grant Selectmen of Chelmsford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 30, 1940.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, by posting up attested copies of the same at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, North Chelmsford, South Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, und at the School House in East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House in the Westlands, seven days at least before the time of holding the meeting as within directed.
Vinson C. Reid Constable of Chelmsford.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 7, 1940
A Special Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford was held in the Upper Town Hall in Chelmsford Centre on October 7, 1940 at S P. M. The Meeting was called to order by the Moderator and the warrant was read by the Town Clerk, Harold C. Petterson. The following business was transacted to wit:
Under Article 1:
On a motion made by Stewart Mackay, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500 for Outside Relief.
Under Article 2:
On a motion made by Stewart Mackay, it was voted to transfer from Chapter 90 Maintenance Account to the General Highway Account, the sum of $1,000.
Under Article 3:
On a motion made by James A. Grant, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of constructing a retaining wall along Beaver Brook.
Under Article 4:
On a motion made by Donald C. Knapp, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for Health Department Aid.
Under Article 5:
On a motion made by James A. Grant, it was voted to accept Sylvan Avenue Ex- tension as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their Report and Plan duly filed
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in the office of the Town Clerk.
Under Article 6:
On a motion made by James A. Grant, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of reconstructing Sylvan Avenue Extension.
Under Article 7:
On a motion made by Stewart Mackay, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for Snow Removal.
Voted to adjourn this meeting at 8:31 P. M.
Walter Perham, 'Moderator. Harold C. Petterson, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTION
November 5, 1940 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Vinson C. Reid, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Chelmsford, who are qualified to vote in elections, to meet in their several polling places, viz:
Precinct One, Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre
Precinct Two, Town Hall, North Chelmsford
Precinct Three, Fire House, West Chelmsford
Precinct Four, School House, East Chelmsford
Precinct Five, Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford
Precinct Six, Golden Cove School House, Westlands
On Tuesday, the 5th day of November, 1940, being the first Tuesday after the first Monday in said month, at ten o'clock A. M. for the following purposes ;
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
Presidential Electors
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 Senator in Congress -- for Fifth Congressional District Councillor -- for Third Councillor District Senator -- for First Senatorial District One Representative in General Court -- for Eleventh Representative District Clerk of Courts -- for Middlesex County
Register of Deeds -- for Middlesex County Two County Commissioners -- for Middlesex County
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VACANCIES
In Middlesex County: A County Treasurer
And to act upon the following matters;
QUESTIONS
To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the following questions:
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in their Town of any alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "Yes" on all three questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt bev- erages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one; "Yes" on question two; and "No" on ques- tion three.
(c) If he desires to rermit the sale herein of all alcoholic bev- erages but only in packages, so-called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on questions one and two, and "Yes" on question three.
(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt bev- erages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in ad- dition other alcoholic beverages, but only in packages, so-called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one, and "Yes" on questions two and three.
(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on all three questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all al- coholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines, and all other alcoholic beverages)?
2. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages, (wines and beer, ale, and all other malt bev- erages ) ?
3. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so-called, not to be drunk on the premises?
QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY UNDER GENERAL LAWS (Tercentenary Edition) Chapter 53, Section 19
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the estab- lishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, the net proceeds of which shall provide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund" ?
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legisla- tion providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of Old Age Assistance"?
The Polls will be open from ten o'clock A. M. to eight o'clock P. M. AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies there-
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