Town annual report of Chelmsford 1940, Part 4

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Publication date: 1940
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 194


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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


*******


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.


****** **


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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