Town annual report of Chelmsford 1942, Part 4

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Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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Register of Probate and Insolvency -- for Middlesex County


County Commissioner -- for Middlesex County


County Treasurer -- for Middlesex County


The Polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 p.m.


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 this Ist Day of September, 1942.


J.A. Grant Karl M. Perham


Selectmen of Chelmsford


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STATE PRIMARY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1942 Republican


Office and Candidates


P -- 1 P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6 Total


Governor


Leverett Saltonstall, Newton


148


140


18


25


19


57 407


Blank s


10


27


1


3


3


7


51


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 4,58


Lieutenant Governor


Horace T. Cahill, Braintree


145


143


18


26


22


57 411


Blanks


13


24


1


2


0


47


Total.


158


167


19


28


22


64


158


Secretary


Frederio W. Cook, Somerville


147


137


18


27


21


55 405


Blanks


11


30


1


1


1


9


53


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64. 458


Treasurer


Laurence Curtis, Boston


73


60


13


10


8


19


183


Edgar A. French, Marshfield.


15


10


1


3


5


8


42


Sybil H. Holmes, Brookline


27


27


3


4


3


11


75


Richard E. Johnston, Boston


5


17


1


1


2


7


33


Wallace E. Stearns, Boston


12


16


1


6


1


1


37


Blanks


26


37


0


4


3


18


88


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


Auditor


Russell A. Wood, Cambridge.


142


138


18


26


19


53


396


Blanks


16


29


1


2


3


11


62


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


Attorney General


Robert T. Bushnell, Newton


149


145


18


26


19


58 415


Blanks


9


22


1


2


3


6 43


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


Senator in Congress


Henry Cabot Lodge, Beverly


139


138


17


24


17


56


391


Courtenay Crocker, Boston.


7


8


2


1


1


3


22


Blanks


12


21


0


3


4


5


45


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


Congressman


Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell


152


149


18


27


21


54


421


Harry L. Caldwell, Winchester


3


13


1


1


1


7


26


Blanks


3


5


0


0


0


3


11


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64


458


Councillor


Frank A. Brooks, Concord.


105


68


11


15


9


32


240


Marian Clarke Nichols, Boston


7


10


1


1


1


1


21


Famagust S. Paulson, Lowell.


18


34


1


6


5


6


70


James F. Ready, Lowell


3


31


5


2


5


9


55


Blank s


25


24


1


4


2


16


72


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


Senator


Joseph F. Montminy, Lowell


77


73


10


14


10


14 198


Arthur Pratt, Chelmsford.


69


76


9


14


11


46 225


Blanks


12


18


0


0


1


4.35


Total


158 167


19


28


22


64 458


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Representative in General Court:


John H. Valentine, Chelmsford


134


150


16


24


19


46


389


Samuel A. Richards, Westford.


20


13


3


4


2


12 54


Blanks.


4


4


0


0


1


6


15


Total.


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


District Attorney :


Robert F. Bradford, Cambridge.


142


144


19


25


20


56


406


Blanks.


16


23


0


3


2


8


52


Total


158


167


19


28


22


-64


458


Register of Probate


Loring P. Jordan, Wakefield.


142


135


19


26


20


55


397


Blanks


16


32


0


2


2


9


61


Total


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


County Commissioner


Charles C. Warren, Arlington


104


83


15


18


13


28


261


Robert H. Adams, Wakefield ..


38


48


4


7


7


22


126


Francis D. Collings, Everett.


5


6


0


2


0


5


18


Blanks


11


30


0


1


2


9


53


Total.


158


167


19


28


22


64


458


County Treasurer


Charles P. Howard, Reading


145


135


19


26


19


55


399


Blanks


13


32


0


2


3


9


59


Total.


158


167


19


28


22


64 458


Office and Candidate


DEMOCRATIE


P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6 Total


Governor


Franois E. Kelly, Boston


5


8


3


5



7


31


Roger L. Putnam, Springfield.


11


18


2


9


0


12


52


Blanks


0


1


0


0


0


2


3


Total.


16


27


5


14


3


21


86


Lieutenant Governor


John C. Carr Medford


13


20


5


12


2


15 67


Blanks


3


7


0


2


1


6 19


Total.


16


27


5


14


3


2T 86


Secretary


Joseph J. Buckley, Boston ..


12


18


2


7


2


7 48


Leo A. Gosselin, Bellingham.


1


3


3


0


1 5 13


John D. O'Brien, Boston ..


1


3


0


4


0


6 14


Blanks


2


3


0


3


0


3 11


Total.


16


27


5


14


3 21


86


Treasurer


Thomas E. Barry, Boston.


5


1


1


3


2


4


16


Francis X. Hurley, Boston.


8


15


3


9


0


8


43


Wm. F. Hurley, Boston


1


4


0


0


1


4


10


John F. Welch, Boston.


1


2


1


1


0


2


7


Blanks


1


5


0


1


0


3 10


Total.


16


27


5


14


3 21 86


Auditor


Thomas J. Buckley, Boston.


12


20


4


9


3


13


61


Leo D. Walsh, Boston


2


3


1


4


0


2


12


Blanks


2


4


0


1


0


6 13


Total


16


.27


5 14


3 21


86


34


Attorney General


James E. Agnew, Boston


9


19


4


11


3


14 60


Blanks.


7


8


1


3


0


7 26


Total


16 27


5


14


3


21 86


Senator in Congress


Joseph E. Casey, Clinton.


11


7


3


7


2


6 36


Daniel H. Coakley, Boston


0


1


0


2


0


3


6


John F. Fitzgerald, Boston


1


13


1


4


1


4


24


Joseph Lee, Boston


3


3


1


1


0


3


11


Blanks


1


3


0


0


0


5


9


Total


16


27


5


14


3


21


86


Congressman


Blanks


16


27


5


14


3


21 86


Councillor


William F. A. Graham, Boston.


9


15


4


6


3


13


50


Blank s


7


12


1


8


0


8


36


Total


16


27


5 14


3


21


86


Senator


Thomas F. Markham, Lowell


10


19


4


13


3 13


62


Blanks


6


8


1


1


0


8 24


Total


16


27


5


Representative in General Court


Blanks


16


27


5


14


3


21


86


District Attorney


Robert Bradford


0


0


0


0


0


3


3


Blanks.


16


27


5


14


3


18 83


Total


16


27


5


3


21


86


Register of Deeds


Wm. F. McCarty, Chelmsford,


0


1


0


0


0


7


8


Blanks.


16


26


5


14


3


14


78


Total.


16


27


5


3


21


86


County Commissioner


Thomas B. Brennan, Medford


12


22


5


8


3


14 64


Blanks


4


5


0


6


0


7 22


Total


16


27


5 4 in


3 21 86


County Treasurer


Blanks


16


27


5 14


3 21


86


WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


At Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre Friday Evening, October 9, 1942 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To Daniel E. Haley, a Constable of Chelmsford.


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth as aforesaid, you are hereby required to


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notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on Friday, the Ninth day of October, 1942, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz: Article 1.


To see if the Tom will vote to raise and appropriate, by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or from any available unexpended balance, a sum of money sufficient to enable the school committee to engage a Supervisor or Physical Education, who shall also coach and supervise athletic teams of the High School, and to procure the necessary equipment for physical education and athletic activities; or take any action relative thereto.


Article 2.


To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Highway Account, the sum of Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2500), from the Oil Account, the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000), from the Machinery Account the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500), and from the Rail Salvage Account, the sum of Four Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars ($455), all to the W. P.A. Account for the pur- pose of purchasing tools, material and equipment to continue W.P.A. projects; or take any action relative thereto.


Article 3.


To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Account entitled Infirmary Account the sum of Two Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($216) for the purpose of paying the salary of the Administrator of the Rationing Board; or take any action relative thereto.


Article 4.


To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the account entitled Infirmary Account the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750) to the Snow Removal Account; or take any action relative thereto.


Article 5.


To see if the Town will vote to amend the Vote taken under Article 3 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on July 23, 1942 by adopting the follow- ing amendment:


"The Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to rent or lease the Infirmary land and buildings for such rental and terms that their judgment deems best during the period that the Town owns said pre- mises up until the time said premises are sold, as directed under Article 3 of the aforesaid Special Town Meeting held on July 23, 1942; " or take any action relative thereto.


Article 6.


To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Soldiers' Benefit Account a certain sum of money to the Outside Relief Account; or take any aotion relative thereto.


Article 7.


To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account a certain sum of money to the Old Age Assistance Account.


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 West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford, and the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding


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the first 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 aforosaid.


Given under our hands this Thirtieth day of September, 1942


James A. Grant Karl M. Perham Stewart MaoKay


Selectmen of Chelmsford


RETURN


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Chelmsford, Mass. Oct. 1, 1942


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 and at the following places; Chelmsford Centre Post Office, North Chelmsford Post Office, West Chelmsford Post Office, South Chelmsford Post Office, East Chelmsford school House, and the Golden Cove School House, seven days before the date hereof, as within directed.


Daniel E. Haley Constable of Chelmsford


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1942


At a special town meeting held in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on Friday Evening, October 9, 1942 at 8 P.M. the following business was transacted. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham, who requested Town Clerk, Harold C. Petterson to read the Warrant, After the Warrant was partly read, on a motion made by Wendell Harvey, it was voted to waive the further read- ing of the Warrant.


Under Article 1.


On a motion made by Mrs. Marjorie M. Kiberd, it was voted to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600) for the purpose of enabling the School Committee to engage a Supervisor of Physical Education and Athletic Coach for the High School, and to provide the necessary equipment for physical education and athletic activities; and to meet said appropriation; that the sum of Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350) be and is hereby transferred from the Excess and de- ficiency Account, two Hundred dollars ($200) from School New Equipment and Fifty Dollars ($50) from Playgrounds.


Under Artiole 2.


On a motion made by Stewart Mackay to appropriate and transfer from the High- way General account, the sum of Twenty Five Hundred Dollars ($2500), from the Oil Account, the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000), from the Machinery account, the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500) and from the Rail Salvage Account the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Five Dollars ($455), all to the W.P.A. Account for the pur-


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pose of purchasing tools, materials and equipment to continue W.P.A. Projects, this motion was defeated, the voters voting in the negative.


On a motion made by Karl M. Perham, it was voted to reconsider this article and again the voters voted in the negative, and appeal was made by James A. Grant to again reconsider this article and vote, and the Moderator ruled that no further action could be taken under this article.


Under Article 3.


On a motion made by James A. Grant, it was voted to appropriate from the Account entitled Infirmary Supt. Salary, the sum of Two Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($216) for the purpose of paying the salary of the Administrator of the Rationing Board.


Under Article 4.


On a motion made by James A. Grant, it was voted to appropriate and transfer from the account entitled, Infirmary Maintenance Account, the sum of Seven Hund- red Fifty Dollars ($750) to the Snow Removal Account.


Under Article 5.


In regard to renting and leasing the Town Infirmary, on a motion made by James A. Grant, it was voted to dismiss this article.


Under Article 6.


On a motion made by Stewart Mackay, it was voted to appropriate and transfer the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) from the Soldiers Benefit account to the Outside Relief Account and to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) to the Outside Relief Account.


Under Article 7.


| On a motion made by James A. Grant it was voted to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of Twenty Five Hundred Dollars ( $2500) to the Old Age Assistance Account.


Voted to adjourn this meeting at 8:45 P.M.


Harold C. Petterson, Clerk Walter Perham, Moderator.


WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To Daniel E. Haley, 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 Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in their several polling places, viz:


Precinct One, Town Hall Chelmsford Centre


Precinct Two, Town Hall North Chelmsford


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Precinct Three, Fire House, West Chelmsford Precinct Four, School House, East Chelmsford Precinct Five, Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford Precinot Six, Golden Cove School House, Westlands


On Tuesday, The Third day of November, 1942 at 10 o'clock A.M. for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the Election of Cand- idates of Political Parties for the following officers:


Governor -- for this Commonwealth


Lieutenant Governor -- for this Commonwealth


Secretary of the Commonwealth -- for this Commonwealth


Treasurer and Receiver-General -- for this Commonwealth Auditor of the Commonwealth -- for this Co .. monwealth


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 Distriot District Attorney -- for Middlesex County


Register of Probate and Insolvency -- for Middlesex County County Commissioner -- for middlesex County


County Treasurer -- for Middlesex County


QUESTIONS


1. Law Proposed by Initiative Petition


Shall the proposed measure which provided that the present statutes which make it a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment knowingly to advertise, print, publish, distribute or circulate any matter containing reference to any person from whom or place where any drug, instrument or means whatever, or any advice or information may be obtained, for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, or to sell, lend, give away, exhibit, offer or advertise any drug, medicine, instrument of other article for the prevention of conception, or to write or print informa- tion of any kind stating when, where, how, of whom, or by what means such article can be obtained, or to manufacture or make such article, shall not apply to treat- ment or prescription given to married persons for protection of life or health by or under the direction of registered physicians nor to teaching in chartered med- ical schools nor to publication or sale of medical treatises or journals, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 133 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 16 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative, by approved?


YES NO


2. 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 this city (or town) of any and all 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 beverages 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 question three.


(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will


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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 beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition 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 city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages )?


YES


NO


2. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages?)


YES NO


3. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the pre- mises ?


YES


NO


3. - 1. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse reces be permitted in this county?


YES


NO


o


2. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?


YES


NO


QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY UNDER GENERAL LAWS (Tercentenary Edition) Chapter 53, Section 19


In the following Representative Districts :


2nd Barnstable; 2nd Berkshire;


4th Bristol; Ist Dukes; Ist Essex;


17th Essex; 19th Essex; Ist Franklin;


3rd Franklin, 7th Hampden; 15th Ham- pden; Ist Hampshire; 3rd Hampshire; 10th Middlesex; 11th Middlesex;


12th Middlesex; 13th Middlesex; 29th Middlesex; Ist Nantucket; 2nd Plymouth; Ist Worcester; 2nd Worcester; 25th Worcester.


(Shall the Representative in (the General Court from this (district be instructed to (vote to request the President (and Congress to call at the (earliest possible moment a (convention of Representatives (of all free peoples, to frame (a Federal Constitution under (which they may unite in a (Democratic World Government?


The Polls will be open from 10 o'clock A.M. to 8. P.M.


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.


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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 23rd day of October, 1942.


James A. Grant Karl M. Perham Stewart Mackay


Seleotmen of Chelmsford


STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1942


Office and Candi date


P -- 1 P -- 2 P -- 3 P -- 4 P -- 5 P -- 6 Total


Governor


Roger L. Putnam, Democrat.


201


391


45


121


27


174 959


Leverett Saltonstall, Rep.


652


362


81


118


63


397 1673


Henning A. Blomen, Soc. Labor


0


1


0


0


0


0


1


Otis A. Hood, Communist.


2


0


0


0


o


0


2


Joseph Massidda, Soc. Labor


0


1


2


O


o O


1


4


Guy S. Williams, Prohibition


1


2


0


O


O


0


3


Blank 8


10


14


1


1


0


3


29


Total


866


771


129


24


90


575 2671


Lieutenant Governor


Horace T. Cahill, Rep


683


386


92


123


68


432 1784


John C. Carr, Dem.


160


334


33


104


21


129


781


Walter S. Hutchins, Soc


0


5


2


1


0


2


10


George L. McGlynn, Soo. Labor


1


3


0


0


0


1


5


E. Frank Searle, Prohibition


0


1


O


1


0


2


Blanks.


22


42


2


11


1


9


87


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


Secretary


Joseph J. Buckley, Democrat


147


311


26


99


12


110


699


Frederick W. Cook, Rep ..


692


406


95


130


76


441 1840


Bernard G. Kelly, Soo. Labor


5


6


1


1


0


2


15


Abbie L. Tebbetts, Prohibition


0


1


0


0


2


3


5


Peter Wartianen, Jr, Soc.


1


3


2


0


0


2


8


Blanks


27


44


5


10


1


17


104


Total


866


7/71


129


2140


90


575 2671


Treasurer


Laurence Curtis, Rep ..


666


374


89


127


71


419 1746


Francis X. Hurley, Dem ...


169


338


31


95


19


134 786


Martha E. Geer, Prohibition


2


3


0


1


0


1


7


Gote Elvel Palmquist, Soc. Lab


4


3


0


2


0


4


13


Anders H. Swenson, Soc


0


3


2


1


O


2


8


Blanks


25


50


7


14


0


15


111


Total.


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


Auditor


Thomas J. Buckley, Dem


173


336


34


100


18


137


798


Russell A. Wood, Rep.


656


365


85


122


69


416 1713


Herbert Crabtree, Soc. Lab


3


7


0


0


0


1


11


Ethel J. Prince, Prohibition


4


1


0


2


0


1


8


Blanks.


30


62


10


16


3


20


141


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


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Attorney General


James A. Agnew, Dem .


111


257 452


19


84


11


76 558


Robert T. Bushnell, Rep.


726


101


244


79


483 1985


Charles F. Danforth, Prohib


3


1


0


0


0


3


7


Fred E. Oelcher, Soc. Lab


1


3


0


0


0


0


4


Howard Penley, Soc.


1


1


2


1


0


3


8


Blanks


24


57


7


11


0


10


109


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


Senator in Congress


Joseph E. Casey, Dem.


126


295


26


75


14


93


629


Henry Cabot Lodge, Rep.


722


440


100


154


72


467 1955


Horace I. Hillis, Soc. Lab.


0


1


0


0


0


1


2


Gear ge L. Paine, Soc.


2


4


2


1


0


3


12


George L. Thompson, Prohibition


1


1


0


0


0


0


2


Blanks


15


30


1


10


4


11


71


Total


866


771


129


210


90


575 2671


Congressman


Edith Nourse Rogers, Rep.


802


633


107


192


84


530 2348


Blanks


64


138


22


48


6


45 323


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


Councillor


Frank A. Brooks, Rep.


691


396


94


132


74


443 1830


William F. A. Graham, Dem.


126


267


18


86


13


97 607


Blank s


49


108


17


22


3


35 234


Total


866


71


129


2.40


90


575 2671


Senator


Thomas F. Markham, Dem.


174


338


30


104


19


131


796


Joseph F. Montminy, Rep.


650


377


87


122


67


413 1716


Blanks


42


56


12


4


31 159


Total


866


771


129


2/10


90


575 2671


Representative in General Court


John H. Valentine, Rep.


764


634


104


198


81


509 2290


Blanks.


102


137


25


42


9


66 381


Total


866


771


129


90


575 2671


District Attorney


Robert F. Bradford, Rep


738


490


104


154


81


485 2052


Joseph R. Corish, Dem


94


220


17


71


7


69 478


Blanks


34


61


8


15


2


21 141


Total


866


129


240


90


575 2671


Register of Probate


Loring P. Jordan, Rep.


634


357


83


126


64


395 1659


William F. McCarty, Dem


189


343


34


98


23


157


84


Blanks


43


71


12


16


3


23


168


Total.


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


County Commissioner


Thomas B. Brennan, Dem.


153


312


27


98


13


730


Charles C. Warren, Rep


659


371


90


124


72


127 412 1728


Blanks


54


88


12


18


5 36 213


Total.


866


771


129


2/40


90


575 2671


County Treasurer


Charles P. Howard, Rep


746


511


101


178


80


490 2106


Blanks


120


260


28


62


10


85 565


Total


866


771 129


240


90


575 2671


42


Birth Control


Yes ..


397


239


56


82


48


281 1103


No.


294


396


49


116


28


196 1079


Blanks


175


136


24


42


14


98 489


Total


866


771


129


210


90


575 2671


Alcoholic Beverages


All Beverages


Yes


438


564


79


159


47


338 1625


No.


325


121


36


54


37


173 746


Blanks


103


86


24


27


6


64 300


Total


866


771


129


2140


90


575 2671


Wines and Malt


Yes


443


540


77


152


47


319 1578


Beverages


No ..


272


116


36


52


32


158


6:56


Blanks


151


115


16


36


11


98


42'7


Total


866


771


129


Packages


Yes


1.60


530


82


154


48


343 1617


No . ..


256


109


28


46


29


137 605


Blanks .


150


132


19


40


13


95 449


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


Pari-Mutuel Betting


Horse Racing


Yes


335


398


58


114


39


253 1197


No.


382


216


46


74


37


233


988


Blanks


149


157


25


52


14


89


486


Total


866


771


129


2.10


90


575 2671


Dog Racing


Yes


271


340


44


94


32


216 997


No ..


405


221


55


78


39


253 1051


Blanks.


190


210


30


68


19


106 623


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


Democratio World Government


Yes


455


365


62


123


53


305 1363


No ..


121


121


16


28


11


65 362


Blanks


290


285


51


89


26


205 946


Total


866


771


129


240


90


575 2671


WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


At Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre Friday Evening, December 11, 1942


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To Ralph Hulslander of Chelmsford, or any other suitable person,


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 Friday, the eleventh day of December, 1942 at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz:


Artiole 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer and appropriate from the


43


90


575 2671


account entitled Sale of Street Car Rails the sum of Six Hundred Thirty-five and 57/100 Dollars ($635.57), from the account entitled Highway General the sum of Twenty-Two Hundred four and 33/100 Dollars ($2204.33), and from the account en- titled Oil Account the sum of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3500), all to the account entitled W. P.A. Account; or act in relation thereto.


Article 2.


To see if the Town will vote to transfer and appropriate from the account entitled Highway General the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300) to the aocount entitled Claims for Personal Injuries; 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- ford and West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford and the Golden Cove School House, 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 this meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this Third day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-two.


James A. Grant Karl M. Perham Stewart Mackay Selectmen of Chelmsford


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


December 11th, 1942


A Special Town Meeting was held in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on Friday Evening, December 11th, 1942 at 8 P.M.


The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and the Warrant was read by Town Clerk, Harold C. Petterson. The following business was trans- aoted to wit:




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