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Report of the Planning Board
After advertisement in the Sau- gus Herald, issue of May 31, the Planning Board held a public hear- ing on Article 14 of the Warrant in its office on June 10, 1940. Af- ter discussion the Board does not recommend passage of the Article. Walter L. Roy, Chairman.
Art. 14. Voted that the Town amend the Zoning Map and Zoning By-Law so that the property shown as Lot A-57 on Assessors' Plan 2011, will be zoned for business pur- poses. Yeas 126. Nays 2. 9:35 P.M. A true copy. Attest:
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
Boston, Mass., July 22, 1940. The foregoing amendment to zoning by-law is hereby approved. PAUL A. DEVER, Attorney General.
September 6, 1940
Mrs. Viola G. Wilson Town Clerk
Saugus, Mass.
Dear Mrs. Wilson:
I hereby appoint the following to serve as the committee authorized by vote of the annual town meeting of 1940 under Article 64:
Messrs. Arthur Dearing,
78 Clifton Avenue Jack A. Meeker,
26 Summer Street Byron L. Day, 603 Lincoln Avenue
Dr. Leroy C. Furbush, 420 Lincoln Avenue George Donovan, 150 Broadway
Very truly yours,
HERBERT P. MASON, Town Moderator.
A true copy. Attest:
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus Greetings:
In the name of the Common- wealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the various precincts, Tuesday, the seventeenth day of September, 1940 at 12 o'clock noon, for the follow- ing purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
Governor, for this Common- wealth
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 Com- monwealth
Senator in Congress, for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress, 7th Congressional District
Councillor, 5th Councillor Dis- trict
Senator, 3rd Essex Senatorial District
2 Representatives in General Court, 10th Essex Representative District
Clerk of Courts, Essex County
Register of Deeds, Essex South- ern District
County Commissioners (2) Es- sex County
And for the election of the fol- lowing officers:
16 Delegates to the State Con- vention of the Republican Party
6 Delegates to the State Conven- tion of the Democratic Party
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 P. M.
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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 third day of September, A. D. 1940.
EDWARD GIBBS, JR., HAROLD P. RICE, GEORGE H. QUARMBY, Selectmen of Saugus.
A true copy.
Attest: W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
Attest: VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
State Primary Election REPUBLICAN
September 17, 1940
GOVERNOR
4
5 119
6 190
7 220
8 232
1684
Blanks
27
7
3 277 34
186 22
10
28
11
36
175
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill
288
170
274
188
112
118
215
225
1660
Blanks
28
8
37
20
17
30
16
43
199
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook
291
166
276
186
114
187
216
225
1661
Blanks
25
12
35
22
15
31
15
43
198
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
TREASURER
William E. Hurley
277
161
264
179
106
180
212
217
1596
Blanks
39
17
47
29
23
38
19
51
263
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
AUDITOR
Russell A. Wood
277
160
257
185
108
177
213
216
1593
Blanks
39
18
54
23
21
41
18
52
266
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
1 289
2 171
Total
Leverett Saltonstall
A true copy.
September 6, 1940
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS September 6, 1940
Essex, ss.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed by posting attested copies at the sev- eral precincts at least seven days before said meeting according to the By-Laws.
A true copy. Attest: W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
Clarence A. Barnes
72
39
60
38
18
36
56
44
363
Robert T. Bushnell
126
71
74
75
29
56
85
94
610
William C. Crossley
16
12
22
12
13
17
19
29
140
Edmund R. Dewing
35
24
30
35
14
36
33
36
243
Michael A. Fredo
4
1
9
0
2
4
2
1
23
George W. Roberts
28
20
71
15
37
44
26
33
274
Blanks
35
11
45
33
16
25
10
31
206
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Henry Parkman, Jr.
264
157
248
170
108
180
204
213
1544
Blanks
52
21
63
38
21
38
27
55
315
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
CONGRESSMAN
William Henry Haskell 181
122
204
147
72
133
174
180
1213
George J. Waldron
110
49
73
38
42
61
46
61
480
Blanks
25
7
34
23
15
24
11
27
166
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
COUNCILLOR
David J. Black
174
97
183
106
84
135
113
131
1023
William J. MacInnis
51
36
37
48
7
28
-64
46
317
Fred A. Turner
36
28
29
19
8
21
26
34
311
Blanks
55
17
62
35
30
34
28
57
318
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
SENATOR
Cornelius F. Haley
126
73
117
81
45
69
95
106
712
Rupert S. Newhall
127
84
131
93
58
106
112
103
814
Blanks
63
21
63
34
26
43
24
59
333
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
Fred A. Hutchinson
178
102
159
116
67
122
111
127
982
Frederick Banc't Willis 195
118
244
151
74
157
137
173
1249
Raymond P. Clark
66
43
51
50
35
63
104
61
473
Clinton J. Guy
2
2
1
4
3
4
3
2
21
George A. Jackson
6
7
5
2
2
6
5
5
38
John L. Southwick
20
13
11
12
9
8
8
5
86
Everett S. Webster Blanks
68
36
44
30
31
23
41
87
360
97
35
107
51
37
53
53
76
509
Total
632
356
622
416
258
436
462
536
3718
CLERK OF COURTS
Archie N. Frost
239
149
244
172
99
176
205
206
1490
Blanks
77
29
67
36
30
42
26
62
369
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
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STATE ELECTIONS
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Maurice Kimball
59
22
49
45
35
35
40
52
337
Mayland P. Lewis
106
53
106
58
39
84
82
85
613
A. Franklyn Priest Blanks
111
86
115
81
40
70
93
84
680
40
17
41
24
15
29
16
47
229
Total
316
178
311
208
129
218
231
268
1859
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Frederick Butler
172
92
142
112
45
93
132
118
906
James D. Bentley
156
86
128
84
55
89
104
106
808
Albert William Glynn
22
12
25
16
6
20
16
22
139
Tom Longworth
61
47
61
40
18
36
65
80
408
Wilfred J. Poitras
25
9
27
11
10
18
1
18
119
Henry O. Silsbee, 2d.
83
47
113
72
69
90
68
77
619
Carl A. Woekel
17
12
13
10
4
15
9
16
96
Blanks
96
51
113
71
51
75
67
99
623
Total
632
356
622
416
258
436
462
536
3718
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Harriet McAdoo
1
1
1
14
1
18
*Frederick L. Sawyer
13
14
1
3
2
24
24
6 65
*Harry F. Wentworth
12
12
1
3
4
3
29
8
72
*Blanche E. Magee
12
10
1
3
3
2
23
6
60
*Samuel A. Phinney
12
12
1
3
3
2
24
6 64
*Russell R. Peterson
13
12
1
3
3
3
23
6 64
* Arthur A. Dearing
13
10
1
3
3
3
23
6
62
*Robert G. Pike
13
10
1
4
3
3
24
6
64
*Chester P. Gibson
13
10
1
3
6
2
25
7
67
*George H. Mason
13
12
1
4
5
3
27
6
71
*Herbert P. Mason
13
12
1
4
4
2
25
6
67
*Hazel K. Addison
12
11
1
3
4
4
29
6
70
*Clara V. Clark
13
10
1
3
4
2
27
6
66
*John C. Pitman
12
13
1
3
3
2
25
6
65
*C. F. Nelson Pratt
13
14
1
3
2
4
23
7
67
*Frederick Banc't Willis
12
11
2
3
2
3
17
8
58
*F. Stanley Howard
12
12
1
3
2
3
23
9
65
Anita H. Ireson
1
Walter Blossom
3
3
L. Elmer Day
1
1
Frank Humphries
4
4
Albert E. Kent
2
2
Charles Popp
3
3
Delmont E. Goding
1
1
William Strath
1
1
Edwin Strath
1
1
Norman Hatch
1
1
Benedict Wolf
1
1
Edward Gibbs, Jr.
2
2
Frank Rice
1
1
Frederick M. Kelley
1
1
James P. Sullivan
1
1
Blanks
4851 2658 4957 3275 2011 3441 3291 4172 28,656
Total
1
5056 2848 4976 3328 2064 3488 3696 4288 29,744
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[Dec. 31
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR
1
2
3
4
5 32
6 78
7 16
38
306
Francis E. Kelly
14
14
14
10
17
26
9
10
114
Blanks
2
1
2
1
5
7
0
2
20
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
John C. Carr
16
26
11
13
13
35
8
15
137
Owen A. Gallagher
8
15
12
13
11
27
7
13
106
Francis P. Kelley
14
4
17
13
15
21
6
12
102
Michael Phillip McCarron 1
1
1
0
1
7
0
1
12
Charles E. O'Neil
0
2
4
3
6
6
0
2
23
Raymond A. Willett, Jr.
2
2
3
5
2
1
1
1
17
Blanks
4
5
3
2
6
14
3
6
43
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
SECRETARY
Albert L. Fish
1
5
8
9
3
22
4
6
58
Katherine A. Foley
16
24
16
6
18
36
11
16
143
Arthur Michael MacCarthy
10
7
8
12
21
19
6
13
96
Albert E. Norris
11
13
16
13
6
18
0
9
86
Blanks
7
6
3
9
6
16
4
6
57
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
TREASURER
Ernest J. Brown
6
3
4
6
7
9
7
4
46
Patrick M. Cahill
17
21
20
21
18
34
8
21
160
Joseph W. Doherty
4
6
11
4
9
16
3
6
59
John J. Donahue
6
8
3
6
8
22
3
5
61
John J. McGrath
6
8
10
5
7
14
1
8
59
Blanks
6
9
3
7
5
16
3
6
55
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley
23
28
25
22
27
38
13
30
206
Thomas P. Flaherty
3
9
6
7
5
23
2
2
57
William P. Husband, Jr.
8
6
10
7
6
15
4
5
61
Leo D. Walsh
6
4
6
6
5
18
3
5
53
Blanks
5
8
4
7
11
17
3
8
63
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
ATTORNEY GENERAL
John H. Backus
7
10
16
4
4
11
5
4
61
James Henry Brennan
6
12
6
6
15
18
2
7
72
Thomas M. Burke
9
6
3
4
7
11
1
4
45
Joseph V. Carroll
3
4
5
6
4
6
4
5 37
Jeannette C. Chisholm
3
3
4
5
1
6
2
1
25
Joseph Finnegan
1
0
1
2
3
4
0
3
14
John W. Lyons
1
3
1
5
3
5
1
2
21
8
Total
Paul A. Dever
29
40
35
38
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STATE ELECTIONS
Edward A. Ryan
4
1
3
2
0
2
1
2
15
Harold W. Sullivan
5
8
9
11
11
29
6
15
94
Blanks
6
8
3
4
6
19
3
7
56
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
David I. Walsh
41
44
43
43
48
90
23
43
375
Blanks
4
11
8
6
6
21
2
7
65
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
CONGRESSMAN
Lawrence J. Connery
37
49
41
40
50
90
19
43
369
Charles M. Boyle
5
2
7
9
4
12
5
4
48
Blanks
3
4
3
0
0
9
1
3
23
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
COUNCILLOR
James A. Donovan
16
18
16
19
14
39
13
10
145
William G. Hennessey
22
32
28
21
34
56
9
32
234
Blanks
7
5
7
9
6
16
3
8
61
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
SENATOR
Frank J. Burns
36
39
36
36
47
86
20
38
338
Blanks
9
16
15
13
7
25
5
12
102
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Maurice Kimball
35
38
40
36
40
81
21
38
329
Blanks
10
17
11
13
14
30
4
12
111
Total
45
55
51
49
54
111
25
50
440
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Joseph Caruso
5
6
8
2
5
29
5
3
63
Michael F. Conway
10
12
13
17
18
21
8
16
115
Joseph Cussell
0
2
4
1
2
2
2
3
16
William H. Hanifey
12
8
15
9
20
14
7
10
95
J. Fred Manning
40
50
40
32
40
62
18
39
321
Blanks
23
32
22
37
23
94
10
29
270
Total
90
110
102
98
108
222
50
100
880
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
*John J. Mullen
9
1
3
7
2
7 13
42
*Charles M. O'Connor
8
2
2
7
3
8
13
43
*Robert L. Carton
9
1
2
7
3
6
13
41
*John Donnelly
8
1
2
7
3
5
13
39
*Charles T. Buchanan
8
2
2
7
2
5
13
39
*Tony A. Garofano Frederick Kelley
12
1
2
7
2
20
13
57
1
4
1
6
William Jones
1
1.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
J. Flaherty
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
214
322
289
249
307
612
144
222
2359
270
330
306
294
324
666
150
300
2640
Attest: VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
September 23, 1940
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Common- wealth held on the 23rd day of September, 1940, a majority of said Board being present, the follow- ing vote was unanimously passed.
Voted: To approve the Renewal by the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Seventy Five Thousand Dollar ($75,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which was origi- nally approved by this Board under date of October 28th, 1938, as is outstanding on October 31st, 1940. The rate of interest on the renew- al notes is to be one percent (1%) payable at maturity.
Emergency Finance Board by : GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE, Chairman. WILLIAM B. COY DANIEL F. DOHERTY WILLIAM E. HURLEY THEODORE N. WADDELL
September 23, 1940
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Common- wealth, held on the 23rd day of September, 1940, a majority of said Board being present, the following vote was unanimously passed:
Voted: to approve the Renewal by the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Seventy Five Thousand Dollar ($75,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which originally approved by this Board under date
of October 13th, 1936, as is out- standing on October 19th, 1940. The rate of interest on the renewal notes is to be one percent (1%) payable at maturity.
Emergency Finance Board by: GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE, Chairman.
WILLIAM B. COY DANIEL F. DOHERTY WILLIAM E. HURLEY THEODORE N. WADDELL
September 23, 1940
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Common- wealth, held on the 23rd day of September, 1940, a majority of said Board being present, the following vote was unanimously passed :
Voted: to approve the Renewal by the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Seventy Five Thousand Dollar ($75,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which was origi- nally approved by this Board under date of October 11th, 1939, as is outstanding on October 16th, 1940. The rate of interest on the renewal notes is to be one percent (1%) payable at maturity.
Emergency Finance Board by : GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE, Chairman.
WILLIAM B. COY DANIEL F. DOHERTY WILLIAM E. HURLEY THEODORE N. WADDELL
William L'Heureux M. Edward Hayes Edward Axtell Harriet A. McAdoo
James F. Maher
Dorothy S. Maher John T. Stuart John Bucchiere John L. Silver Blanks
1
3
4
1
Total
A true copy.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus
Greetings :
In the name of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in State Elec- tions to meet in the several vot- ing precincts of the Town on Tues- day, the fifth day of November, 1940 at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the election officers for the Election of Candidates for the following offi- cers :
Presidential Electors
Governor, for this Common- wealth
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 Com- monwealth
Senator in Congress, for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress, 7th Congressional District
Councillor, 5th Councillor Dis- trict
Senator, 3rd Essex Senatorial District
2
Representatives in General
Court, 10th Essex Representative District
Clerk of Courts, Essex County
Register of Deeds, Essex South- ern District
County Commissioners (2) Es- sex County
Also to mark your "Yes" and "No" to the following questions:
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 this 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 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 permit the sale herein of all alcoholic bever- ages 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 addi- tion 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 alco- holic 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 alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ? YES NO
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 beverages) ?
YES NO
3. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so
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[Dec. 31
called, not to be drunk on the premises ? YES NO
"Shall the Senator from this dis- trict be instructed to vote for legis- lation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of old age assistance?"
YES NO
"Shall the Senator from this dis- trict be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, which shall be known as the Old Age Assistance Sweepstakes, the net proceeds of which shall pro- vide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund?"
YES NO
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 P. M.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof fail not and make due re- turn of this warrant with your
doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this twenty-first day of October, 1940, A. D. EDWARD GIBBS, JR., GEOFGE H. QUARMBY, HAROLD P. RICE, Selectmen of Saugus.
A true copy.
Attest: W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
(seal) October 28, 1940
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
October 28, 1940.
Essex, ss.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed by posting attested copies at the sev- eral precincts at least seven days before said meeting according to the By-Laws.
A true copy.
Attest: W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable.
A true copy. Attest: VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
State Election
November 5, 1940
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Aiken and Orange (SL)
0
0
9
0
1
9
0
1 20
Babson and Moorman (P) 3
4
1
3
0
0
0
2
13
Browder and Ford (C)
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
6
Roosevelt and
Wallace (D)
353
290
455
395
384
422
187
537
3023
Thomas and Krueger (S)
2
4
3
1
3
1
6
2
22
Willkie and McNary (R) 657 Blanks
527
474
568
374
460
490
528
4078
15
8
23
10
14
18
12
15
115
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
GOVERNOR
Henning A. Blomen (SL)
0
1
9
1 2
1 2
8
Jeffrey W. Campbell (S)
2
1
1
402
. 347 326
380
162
1:
1 421 0 0
20
Paul A. Dever (D)
Otis Archer Hood (C)
330 0
275 0
0
:4: : 2: 1
3
0 1
13
2643
8
81
STATE ELECTIONS
1940]
E. Tallmadge Root (P)
1
0
1 536
2 601
0 407
0 492
0 525
1 642
4429
Blanks
19
8
16
24
38
20
6
20
159
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill (R)
713
566
572
620
427
515
538
687
4638
Hugo DeGregory (C)
1
0
2
6
2 275
4 324
126
347
2186
Walter S. Hutchins (S)
3
3
12
1
10
2
7
4
42
George L. McGlynn (SL)
8
1
8
1
1
7
1
0
27
Guy S. Williams (P)
5
4
8
8
9
2
7
4
47
Blanks
46
22
39
46
52
58
16
42
321
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook (R)
763
594
616
683
446
534
562
758
4956
Katherine A. Foley (D) 212
208
284
239
234
298
113
265
1853
Thomas T. P. O'Dea (C)
4
1
4
4
7
4
0
1
25
Modestino Torra (SL)
3
5
16
4
2
6
0
0
36
Peter Wartiainen, Jr. (S) Blanks
0
1
3
2
2
4
4
2
18
48
24
42
49
85
66
16
59
389
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695
1085
7277
TREASURER
John J. Donahue (D)
225
223
292
259
252
308
114
307
1980
Henry Grossman (C)
0
1
6
6
4
6
1
1
25
Thomas Hamilton (P)
8
8
20
8
11
13
10
13
91
William E. Hurley (R)
727
566
564
643
419
498
542
689
4648
Malcolm T. Rowe (SL)
5
7
18
4
6
11
1
2
54
Andrew Swenson (S) Blanks
64
26
60
60
78
76
21
66
451
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695
1085
7277
AUDITOR
Arthur R. Buckley (C)
7
4 255
9
11
10
8 333
2 127
345
2240
Charles H. Daniels (S)
2
1
3
3
4
6
3
2
24
Bernard G. Kelly (SL)
0
3
14
3
3
0
4
35
Harry W. Kelly (P)
10
8
9
7
7
8
8
12
69
Russell A. Wood (R)
687
532
520
595
393
470
524
633
4354
Blanks
61
30
65
76
73
79
31
82
497
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695
1085
7277
ATTORNEY GENERAL
James Henry Brennan (D)
250
239 556
322
276 633
264 412
322 510
126
340
2139
Robert T. Bushnell (R)
718
3
5
5
2
2
2
1
21
Austin H. Fitts (P)
1
4
2
2
5
5
2
0
21
Charles R. Hill (S)
2
2
4
2
7
5
5
3
30
Fred E. Oelcher (SL) Blanks
3
3
13
1
5
4
1
0
30
55
26
58
62
81
64
20
76
442
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
7
58
Thomas J. Buckley (D)
263
345
286
286
0
6
7
28
1
2
5
1
6
0
1
16
Owen A. Gallagher (D) 254
237
324
299
539
665
4594
Joseph G. Figueiredo (C)
1
561
5
Leverett Saltonstall (R) 678
548
82
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Philip Frankfeld (C)
3
1
0
8
2
2 25
1 2
2
19
Horace I. Hillis (SL)
6
15
24
9
9
George Lyman Paine (S) 0
2
2
1
4
0 407
484
588
3956
George I. Thompson (P)
4
3
5
8 385 20
5 344 50
421 50
189 12
431 41
269
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695
1085
7277
CONGRESSMAN
Lawrence J. Connery (D) 340
325
414
375
361
425
186
483
2909
Thaxter Eaton (P)
8
6
11
8
7
7
11
7
65
William Henry Haskell (R)
641
485
501
567
380
433
481
561
4049
Blanks
41
17
39
31
28
47
17
34
254
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
COUNCILLOR
James A. Donovan (D) 264
255
340
304 607
282 384
352 471
138
373
2308
William J. MacInnis (R) 678
536
541 84
70
110
89
38
95
616
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695
1085
7277
SENATOR
Frank J. Burns (D)
251
248
342
281
336
138
370
2259
Cornelius F. Haley (R)
690
528
526
293 611 77
387
470
524
617
4353
Blanks
89
57
97
108
106
33
98
665
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
.912
695 1085
7277
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
John J. Bucchiere (D)
246
236
315
276
263
335 399
465
561
3824
Patrick J. Troy (D)
94
100
109
116
135
133
77
136
900
Frederick Bancroft Willis (R)
708
587
658
675
442
546
506
724
4846
Blanks
408
296
359
381
367
411
216
415
2853
Total
2060 1666 1930 1962 1552 1824 1390 2170 14554
CLERK OF COURTS
Archie N. Frost (D-R) Blanks
813
693
769
749
586
696 216
590
847
5743
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695
1085
7277
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Maurice Kimball (D)
262
243
320
274
293
334 470
135
382
2243
A. Franklin Priest (R) Blanks
659
525
544
561
378
509
594
4240
109
65
101
146
105
108
51
109
794
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
4
0
13
Henry Parkman, Jr. (R) 607
479
479
550
362
7
3
8
43
David I. Walsh (D)
366
312
424
2872
Blanks
44
21
31
617
4353
Blanks
88
42
140
196
232
190
105
238
1534
217
447
489
514
345
126
334
2131
Fred A. Hutchinson (R) 604
519
15 105
83
STATE ELECTIONS
1940]
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
James D. Bentley (R)
610
440
440
514
334
403
459
543
3743
Frederick Butler (R)
570
449
414
493
279
364
441
500
3510
Michael F. Conway (D) 192
179
254
210
214
253
102
265
1669
J. Fred Manning (D)
320
328
463
325
373
409
206
490
2914
Blanks
368
270
359
420
352
395
182
372
2718
Total
2060 1666 1930 1962
1552 1824 1390
2170 14554
QUESTION
Part 1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
Yes
522
398
548
522
474
535
307
618
3924
No
395
349
320
363
220
285
332
358
2622
Blanks
113
86
97
96
82
92
56
109
731
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
Part 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 beverages) ?
Yes
525
410
537
539
481
510
307
611
3920
No
362
319
292
314
196
262
309
327
2381
Blanks
143
104
136
128
99
140
79
147
976
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
Part 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 ?
Yes
576
472
558
577
497
550
366
676
4272
No
323
260
269
279
170
226
253
289
2069
Blanks
131
101
138
125
109
136
76
120
936
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
Question: Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of old age assistance ?
Yes
641
546
652
642
537
627
436
742
4823
No
166
114
116
140
79
82
130
130
957
Blanks
223
173
197
199
160
203
129
213
1497
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
Question: Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, which shall be known as the Old Age Assistance Sweepstakes, the net proceeds of which shall provide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund ?
Yes
511
456
578
527
488
527
338
652
4077
No
283
205
196
249
129
182
225
208
1677
Blanks
236
172
191
205
159
203
132
225
1523
Total
1030
833
965
981
776
912
695 1085
7277
A true copy.
Attest: VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
AMENDMENT TO VOTES
November 13, 1940
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
James D. Bentley
609
442
437
543
342
406
459
536
3774
Frederick Butler
585
449
415
524
302
374
440
508
3597
Michael F. Conway
186
182
255
215
217
246
102
275
1678
J. Fred Manning Blanks
325
327
463
347
383
420
205
497
2967
355
266
360
333
308
378
184
354
2538
Total
2060 1666 1930 1962
1552 1824 1390 2170 14554
A true copy.
Attest: VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
Warrant for Special Town Meeting NOVEMBER 25, 1940
Essex, ss.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus.
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the in- habitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town Elections and Town Affairs to assemble in the Town Hall, on Monday Evening, November Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty, at Eight o'clock P.M., to hear and act on the follow- ing articles, viz:
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