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The Annual Town Meeting having been completed, this Special Town Meeting was called to order at 9:05 P.M. and the following business was transacted :
UNDER ARTICLE 1. On a motion made by Theodore W. Emer- son, it was voted to accept Leon Street and a portion of Merilda Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE 2. On a motion made by Theodore W. Emer- son, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the reconstruction of Leon Street and a portion of Merilda Avenue.
UNDER ARTICLE 3. On a motion made by Theodore W. Emer- son, it was voted to transfer from the Road Machinery Fund, the sum of $2,876.50 for the purpose of purchasing a truck for the Highway Department, such purchase to be made by the Board of Selectmen.
UNDER ARTICLE 4. On a motion made by Theodore W. Emer- son, it was voted to transfer by good and sufficient Bill of Sale, one truck now used by the Highway Department.
UNDER ARTICLE 5. On a motion made by Raymond H. Green- wood, it was voted to accept Miner Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE 6. On a motion made by Raymond H. Green- wood, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the reconstruction of Miner Avenue.
Voted to adjourn this meeting at 9:35 P.M ..
Total to be raised by Taxation under this Warrant $ 650.00 Total amount to be transferred under this Warrant 2,876.50
JUDGE JOHN H. VALENTINE HAROLD C. PETTERSON
Moderator Town Clerk
.
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WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION April 29, 1952
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Chelmsford or any suitable person 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 1. Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre.
Precinct 2. Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct 3. Fire House, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4. School House, East Chelmsford.
Precinct 5. Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6. Westlands School House.
Tuesday, the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1952, at 12 o'clock Noon, for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
10 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
10 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Con- vention of the Republican Party.
16 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
16 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Con- vention of the Democratic Party.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Republican Party. Fifth Congressional Dist.
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2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Con- vention of the Republican Party, fifth Congressional District.
4 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. Fifth Congressional District.
4 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Con- vention of the Democratic Party. Fifth Congressional District. DISTRICT MEMBERS OF STATE COMMITTEE-(One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the First Sena- torial District.
30 MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE.
10 MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE.
The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon 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 April, A.D. 1952.
CARL A. E. PETERSON, RAYMOND H. GREENWOOD,
Selectmen of Chelmsford
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Chelmsford, Mass.
Middlesex, ss.
April 22, 1952
I have served the within Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Office, Chelmsford Centre, Post Office, North Chelmsford, Post Office, West Chelmsford, School House, East Chelms -. ford, and at the School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
ALLAN H. ADAMS,
Patrolman of the Town of Chelmsford
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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES April 29th, 1952
TOTAL VOTE CAST
659
306
81
88
82
358
1574
DELEGATES AT LARGE
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6 Total
Leverett Saltonstall
453
207
46
63
55
252
1076
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
461
218
49
63
59
261
1111
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
407
185
42
55
53
236
978
Sinclair Weeks
397
182
39
53
50
235
956
Katherine G. Howard
385
179
40
49
48
228
929
Daniel Tyler, Jr.
387
177
40
50
49
227
930
Robert F. Bradford
418
189
41
55
53
244
1000
Richard I. Furbush
385
174
40
48
50
226
923
Charles Gibbons
399
173
44
51
52
226
945
Clarence A. Barnes
410
176
45
52
52
230
965
Blanks
2488 1200
384
341
299 1215
5927
Total
6590 3060
810
880
820 3580 15740
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Carroll L. Meins
380
172
37
51
47
218
905
Maxwell M. Rabb
377
172
36
51
47
214
897
Basil Brewer
387
167
42
51
51
221
919
John A. Volpe
376
170
36
50
47
219
898
Julia B. Kirlin
371
168
37
51
46
215
888
Esther W. Wheeler
374
173
37
52
47
219
902
Louis Van N. Washburn
374
169
37
51
46
212
889
Robert C. Cochrane, Jr.
372
169
37
49
45
215
887
Jean L. Olmstead
384
165
42
50
51
221
913
George W. Schryver
383
163
40
48
50
219
903
Blanks
2812 1372
429
376
343 1407
6739
Total
6590 3060
810
880
820 3580 15740
DISTRICT DELEGATES 5th District
GROUP #1
Harris S. Richardson
412
129
46
38
33
155
813
Otis M. Whitney
422
131
44
37
33
154
821
GROUP #2
Ralph M. Bonnell
284
45
35
15
20
75
474
Robert H. W. Welch
260
49
34
11
21
77
452
Blanks
1258
870
165
251
221
971
3736
Total
2636 1224
324
352
328 1432
6296
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ALTERNATE DELEGATES 5th District
Paul R. Achin
417
145
45
40
33
163
843
Muriel S. Barnes
380
122
45
36
32
140
755
Edward J. DeSaulnier, Jr.
299
65
39
18
21
102
544
Edith F. Gallant
268
45
35
12
20
85
465
Blanks
1272
847
160
246
222
942
3689
Total
2636 1224
324
352
328 1432
6296
STATE COMMITTEE 1st Middlesex District
Frederick C. Achin
400
190
39
58
43
225
955
Doris Y. Farrow
303
137
32
38
36
175
721
Blanks
615
285
91
80
85
316
1472
Total
1318
612
162
176
164
716
3148
TOWN COMMITTEE
H. Chadbourne Ward
471
183
44
56
57
251
1062
Edward J. DeSaulnier, Jr.
475
213
48
60
62
271
1129
Sidney C. Perham
442
181
41
56
57
244
1021
Harold C. Petterson
453
201
48
59
58
247
1066
Bertram T. Needham
430
175
38
54
56
229
982
Lester W. Ball
443
181
42
55
56
233
1010
Sinai A. Simard
428
181
39
53
56
229
986
Charles Koulas
422
178
40
54
56
228
978
Walter Jewett
451
186
39
56
57
248
1037
Harold A. Fraser
426
177
37
55
55
243
993
Eleanor M. Parker
426
182
42
53
54
247
1004
Sidney E. Dupee
441
178
41
55
59
235
1009
Brendon M. Borrows
435
175
39
52
55
229
985
George R. Dupee
439
180
40
55
59
244
1017
Arthur R. Nystrom
420
185
48
53
54
236
996
Evelyn J. Hilton
421
181
39
54
55
240
990
William B. Batchelder
417
195
37
52
56
230
987
Robert E. Picken
438
197
42
54
56
223
1010
Robert F. Leslie, Jr.
413
181
39
52
54
225
964
Herbert J. Scobie
416
174
39
57
55
230
971
M. Weldon Haire
416
192
38
52
57
228
983
Raymond T. Osborn
448
185
42
56
58
254
1043
Roger W. Boyd
452
192
42
59
56
251
1052
Ethel T. Wilder
437
177
38
53
58
241
1004
Raymond J. Ayotte
440
180
39
53
55
234
1001
Clifford Hartley
424
178
40
51
56
248
997
Julian H. Zabierek
449
190
46
55
58
245
1043
1
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Marjorie M. Kiberd
423
195
44
55
56
236
1009
Albert J. Lupien
434
200
46
56
59
237
1032
George E. Mahoney
419
179
38
52
54
228
970
Blanks
6721 3628 1195 1003
766 3566 16879
Total
19770 9180 2430 2640 2460 10730 47210
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Taft
152
55
23
13
21
94
358
Eisenhower
444
214
50
58
53
216
1035
MacArthur
10
1
1
1
1
14
Warren
1
2
-
1
4
Stassen
1
1
1
3
Kefauver
1
1
Blanks
52
34
6
15
7
45
159
Total
659
306
81
88
82
358
1574
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES Apirl 29th, 1952
TOTAL VOTE CAST
37
53
4
26
4
25
149
DELEGATES AT LARGE
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6 Total
Paul A. Dever
25
32
3
11
2
15
88
John W. McCormack
24
32
2
8
3
9
78
Maurice J. Tobin
23
39
3
12
3
15
95
John B. Hynes
24
29
3
10
3
12
81
William J. Foley
23
31
2
6
3
10
75
Henry Brides
23
26
3
5
2
8
67
J. William Belanger
23
25
2
5
2
8
65
James M. Curley
22
30
2
6
3
10
73
Margaret M. O'Riordan
21
25
2
6
3
10
67
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
26
29
2
7
3
9
76
John C. Carr
22
27
2
5
3
10
69
John E. Powers
21
25
2
5
3
10
66
Daniel B. Brunton
23
27
2
5
2
8
67
Mary D. Murray
22
25
3
5
2
8
65
Charles I. Taylor
23
26
2
6
3
8
68
John W. Coddaire, Jr.
22
25
2
7
3
8
67
Blanks
225
395
27
307
21
242
1217
Total
592
848
64
416
64
400
2384
-
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ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Edward A. Peace
22
24
3
7
2
7 65
J. Henry Goguen
21
24
2
5
2
7
61
Peter J. Levanti
22
25
2
5
3
10
67
James Leo O'Connor
21
24
2
8
2
9
66
Stanislaus G. Wondolowski
20
26
2
5
2
7
62
Edward F. Doolan
21
25
2
7
3
8
66
Salvatore Camelio
20
25
2
5
2
7
61
Paul T. Smith
21
24
2
7
3
9
66
Charles Collatos
20
23
2
5
2
7
59
Elizabeth A. Stanton
21
27
3
6
3
7
67
Louis H. Glaser
21
25
2
5
3
9
65
Helen J. Fay
20
26
2
7
2
7
64
Silas F. Taylor
21
26
2
5
2
7
63
Francis H. Murray, Jr.
20
25
2
7
2
7
63
Thomas F. Graham
21
24
2
6
2
8
63
Edith T. Wilcox
22
23
3
6
2
7
63
Blanks
258
452
29
320
27
277
1363
Total
592
848
64
416
64
400
2384
DELEGATES 5th District,
GROUP #1
Daniel F. Moriarty
30
17
2
12
0
13 74
William C. Geary
29
10
2
7
0
12
60
Edward P. Gilgun
26
7
2
4
0
4
43
Daniel D. O'Dea
27
12
3
9
0
S
59
GROUP #2
Joseph W. Monahan, Jr.
11
7
1
2
4
3 28
James C. Menton
10
6
2
0
4
1
23
John J. Curran
10
7
1
1
4
1
24
Leo F. Garvey
10
8
1
0
4
1
24
NOT GROUPED
Thomas J. Corbett
11
9
1
6
0
1 28
Cornelius F. Cronin
10
6
1
4
0
1
22
James A. Cullen
11
5
1
0
0
0
17
Mary Maloney Lynch
13
12
1
8
0
1 35
Clara A. Gannon
9
3
3
3
0
0
18
Blanks
274
580
31
282
36
279
1482
Total
481
689
52
338
52
325
1937
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ALTERNATE DELEGATES
GROUP #1
Helen E. Murphy
27
9
2
3
0
7
48
Lawrence E. Corcoran
25
8
2
5
0
5
45
Elias J. Kolofolias
26
10
3
4
0
5
48
Helen F. Busby
27
8
3
9
0
9
56
GROUP #2
John F. Finnerty
11
5
1
0
4
1
22
Richard E. Mahoney
11
7
1
0
4
1
24
John J. Sheehan
11
8
1
0
4
2
26
James A. Coffey
10
8
1
1
4
2
26
NOT GROUPED
Helen M. Fitzgerald Cullen
11
5
1
1
0
-
18
Thomas H. McGadden
11
8
1
8
0
3
31
Blanks
200
454
24
229
24
215
1146
Total
370
530
40
260
40
250
1490
STATE COMMITTEE
John C. Carr
23
30
2
12
1
8 76
Ann V. Pendergast
20
31
1
13
1
9
75
Blanks
31
45
5
27
6
33
147
Total
74
106
8
52
8 50
298
TOWN COMMITTEE
Blanks
347
507
40
260
40
250
1444
Daniel E. Haley
3
1
4
Edward Brick
5
1
6
Peter Harrington
1
1
Daniel Hart
4
1
5
John Fay
1
1
Dorothy Borrows
2
2
Elizabeth Waite
1
1
Fred Crowe
2
2
Ed Welch
1
1
Edward Whalen
1
1
Leo McEnany
1
1
2
John Hehir
1
1
Adella McEnany
1
1
Anna Cummings
1
1
Ruth Welch
1
1
Delia Tucke
1
1
Harold Tucke, Sr.
1
1
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George Welch
1
1
John McGowan
1
1
Jos. Sadowski
1
1
Paul Berry
1
1
Edw. Murphy
1
1
Joseph Fallon
1
1
Albert Reeves
1
1
Vincent Garvey
1
1
Mildred Kinch
1
1
Kirk Bancroft
1
1
Alfred Marcotte
1
1
George Gagnon, Jr.
1
1
John Secor
1
1
Geo. Hill
1
1
Total
370
530
40
260
40
250
1490
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Kefauver
12
18
1
8
4
12
55
Taft
1
2
3
Ike
1
7
2
10
MacArthur
1
1
2
Farley
1
1
Warren
1
1
HST
1
2
1
4
Ted Williams
1
1
Russell
1
1
Dever
2
2
Stevenson
2
2
Blanks
17
23
3
16
0
8
67
Total
37
53
4 26
4
25
149
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Chelmsford High School Auditorium, Chelmsford Centre Monday Evening, July 21, 1952
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Ralph J. Hulslander, Constable or any suitable person in the Town of Chelmsford:
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quested to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Chelms- ford to meet in the Chelmsford High School Auditorium at Chelmsford on the twenty-first day of July, 1952, at 7:30 o'clock in the evening then and there to act upon the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to dispose of the School Building, located at the Corner of Princeton and Washington Streets, when abandoned by the School Committee; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to authorize the partial use of the school building located at the Corner of Princeton and Gay Streets by the Fire Department, when abandoned by the school committee; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the treasury a certain sum of money for the pur- pose of preparing preliminary plans and estimates of costs for altera- tions and additions to the school building located at the corner of Gay and Princeton Streets, for the use of the Fire Department and any other additional uses; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To hear the report of the Building Committee to study plans and secure costs for the erection of a new Fire Station in Chelmsford Center; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to provide the sum of Eighty Thousand and no/100 ($80,000.00) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of drawing plans, supervising, constructing and equip-
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ping a fire station in Chelmsford Center, on land now owned by the Town, and located on the earterly side of North Road, and to determine how the money shall be provided for, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or take action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Chelmsford Center Fire Station Building Committee and authorize it to proceed with the construction of said project and to enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements in respect thereto and to do all other acts necessary for constructing said project; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or some other ac- count a sufficient sum of money with which to meet unpaid bills of previous years; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or some other ac- count the sum of Seventy-two and 50/100 ($72.50) Dollars to the Town Counsel's Salary account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or some other ac- count the sum of Five Hundred and No/100 ($500.00) Dollars, for the purpose of prosecuting and defending legal suits and other legal ex- penses; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or some other ac- count a certain sum of money for the purpose of setting up and es- tablishing an Engineering Account in the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or some other ac- count a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing an auto- mobile for the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 11, to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to transfer by a good and sufficient bill of sale, title to one Chevrolet Dump Truck, Engine Number JEA-444699, Maker's No. 24UC-1449; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the "Extension of Grave Lots Account" the sum of Four Hundred Tyenty-Six and No/100 ($426.00) Dollars for the purpose of purchasing a power mower for the Cemetery Department. Said pur- chase to be made under the supervision of the Cemetery Commission- ers; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the "Extension of Grave Lots Account" to the Cemetery Department Outlays New Equipment Account the sum of Thirty-Five and No/100 ($35.00) Dollars; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the land and buildings in South Chelmsford for- merly used for school purposes; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of Three Hundred and No/100 ($300.00) Dollars to the Tree Warden, Labor Account; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars to the Tree Warden, Expenses Account; or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Post Office in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelmsford and the Westlands School House, seven days at least before the time appointed for the holding of 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 eleventh day of July, 1952.
THEODORE W. EMERSON
CARL A. E. PETERSON
Selectmen of Chelmsford
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
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 following places; to wit: Post Office, Chelmsford Center, Post Office, North Chelmsford, Post Office, West Chelmsford, School House, East Chelmsford, Post Office, South Chelmsford; School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting aforesaid.
ALLAN H. ADAMS
Police Officer
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING July 21, 1952
At a Special Town Meeting held in the High School Auditorium on July 21st, 1952, the following business was transacted;
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Moderator John H. Valentine who requested Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson to read the Warrant, after the Warrant was partly read, Arnold C. Perham moved that the further reading of the Warrant be waived and it was so voted.
UNDER ARTICLE 1. On a motion made by Arnold C. Perham it was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE 2. On a motion made by Allan Kidder, it was voted to instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee to investigate the advisability of the use of the Princeton Street School Buildings for Fire Department purposes or other Town purposes. The Committee shall consist of a representative of the Fire Department, a represen- tative of the Health Department and three other members. Said Com- mittee to make a report at the next Annual Meeting.
UNDER ARTICLE 3. It was voted to dismiss this article.
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UNDER ARTICLE 4. On a motion made by Gilbert Perham, it was voted to accept the report of the Committee on Chelmsford Center Fire House Building, the report was read and is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE 5. On a motion made by Arnold C. Perham, it was voted that the sum of $80,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of drawing plans, supervising, constructing, and origin- ally equiping a fire station in Chelmsford Center, on land now owned by the Town and located on the easterly side of North Road and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated from available funds in the Treasury and that the Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $60,000.00 and to issue notes of the Town, therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first note.
106 voted in the affirmative and no one voted in the negative.
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UNDER ARTICLE 6. On a motion made by Gilbert H. Perham, it was voted to appoint a Chelmsford Center Fire Station Building Committee to consist of the Board of Fire Engineers and Ulysses J. Lupien, George W. Marinel, and Arnold C. Perham, who are hereby authorized and empowered in behalf of the Town to proceed with the construction of a Fire House on land now located on the easterly side of the North Road now owned by the Town. Said Committee is au- thorized to procure plans, specifications, award contracts for con- struction, purchase equipment and furnishings and to do all things necessary to build, equip and furnish a Fire House on the aforesaid land.
UNDER ARTICLE 7. It was unanimously voted to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account the sum of $314.73 with which to pay unpaid bills of previous years.
UNDER ARTICLE 8. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson it was voted, to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $72.50 to the Town Counsel's Salary Account.
UNDER ARTICLE 9. On a motion made by Theodore W. Emer- son, it was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE 10. On a motion made by Warren Lahue, it was voted to dismiss this article, a hand vote was taken and 61 voted for dismissal and 21 voted against dismissal.
UNDER ARTICLE 11. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson, it was voted to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $2,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck for the Highway Department.
UNDER ARTICLE 12. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson, it was voted to authorize the Selectmen to transfer by good and suf- ficient bill of sale, title to one Chevrolet Dump Truck, Engine No. JEA-444699 Maker's number 24UC-1449.
UNDER ARTICLE 13. On a motion made by Arthur J. Colmer it was voted to transfer from the Extension of Grave Lots Account, the sum of $426.00 for the purpose of purchasing a power mower for the Cemetery Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Cemetery Commissioners.
UNDER ARTICLE 14. On a motion made by Arthur J. Colmer, it was voted to transfer from the Extension of Grave Lots Account the sum of $35.00 to the Cemetery Department, Outlays, New Equip- ment Account.
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UNDER ARTICLE 15. On a motion made by John E. Johnson, it was voted to sell to the Chelmsford Grange No. 244 all of the land with the buildings thereon situated in South Chelmsford that were used for school purposes for the sum of $1.00 and to have and to hold the title to said property so long as the aforesaid property is used for Grange purposes.
UNDER ARTICLE 16. On a motion made by Myles J. Hogan, it was voted to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $300.00 to the Tree Warden, Labor Account.
UNDER ARTICLE 17. On a motion made by Myles J. Hogan, it was voted to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $200.00 to the Tree Warden, Expense Account.
Voted to adjourn this meeting at 9:35 P. M.
JOHN H. VALENTINE Moderator.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON, Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF CHELMSFORD WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To the 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 1. Town Hall, Chelmsford Center
Precinct 2. Town Hall, North Chelmsford
Precinct 3.
Fire House, West Chelmsford
Precinct 4.
School House, East Chelmsford
Precinct 5.
Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford
Precinct 6. Westland School House
Tuesday, the Sixteenth Day of September, 1952 at 10 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 officers.
Governor for this Commonwealth
Lieut. 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 Fifth Congressional District
Councillor for Third Councillor District Senator for First Mdsx Senatorial District One Representative in General Court
for Eleventh Mdsx. Representative District
Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County Register of Deeds for Middlesex North District The Polls will be open from 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town,
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South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford, and at the School House in East Chelmsford, and the Westlands School House, thirty days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
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