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FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
State Primaries, September 9, 1924
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of the town assembled at the voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 12 o'clock M., by the presiding officers. The war- rant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read.
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The following precinct officers were appointed by the Selectmen, and qualified for the office.
Precinct 1-Warden, Harry E. Cahoon (R); Clerk, Robert B. Hegarty (D); Inspectors, Charles E. Melzard (D), William P. Nor- cross (D); tellers, Frank W. Goodwin (R), James T. Lyons (D), Alexander Wallace, Jr., (R), E. Stanley Flagg (R), Horace R. Parker (R), Martha F. Duren (R), Philip Leawood (R), Charles H. Thomas (R), Edmund Young (R).
Precinct 2-Warden, Ernest B. Thing (R); Clerk, Herman E. Story (R); Inspectors, Fred C. Marsh (R), Harold C. Snow (R) ; tellers, Arthur C. Eaton (R), Albert R. Martin (R), William K. Kehoe (R), Mark S. Taylor (R), Anthony A. Lyons (D), Timothy J. Ryan (D), Alfred F. Frazier (R), John E. C. Powers (R), Wil- liam P. Bergin (D), Leonard N. Kennedy (D), Wiliam H. Gowell (R).
Precinct 3-Warden, William J. Lynch (D) ; Clerk, William Chat- man (R); Inspectors, Ellen Q. Lynch (D), Edward J. Hoar (D) ; tellers, John J. Sheuren (R), Olive E. Flagg (R), Louise Miller (D), Robert L. McNamara (R).
The ballots were delivered to the Precinct Officers, previous to the opening of the polls, and were counted by the officers at the close of the balloting. The polls closed at eight o'clock P. M., the ballot boxes registered correctly, and the checks on the voting list were the same as the number of ballots cast.
Precinct 1, Republican 782; Democratic 15. Precinct 2, Republican 881; Democratic 14. Precinct 3, Republican 217; Democratic 3. Total vote cast, Republican 1880; Democratic 32.
Republican Ballot
For Governor
Pre. 1
Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total
Alvan T. Fuller of Malden
474
568
91
1133
James Jackson of Westwood
239
271
122
632
Blanks
69
28
4
101
For Lieutenant Governor :
613
760
206
1579
Frank G. Allen of Norwood Blanks
169
107
11
287
For Secretary :
Frederic W. Cooke of Somerville
582
730
190
1502
Blanks
200
137
27
354
For Treasurer and Receiver General:
Otis Allen of Lowell
90
64
10
164
William A. Allen of Boston
.51
57
19
127
James W. Bean of Cambridge
65
85
17
167
Fred J. Burrell of Medford
151
166
28
345
Horace A. Keith of Brockton
53
130
12
195
William S. Youngman of Boston
188
250
111
549
Blanks
184
115
20
319
For Auditor :
Herbert W. Burr of Boston
109
129
51
289
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
365
468
114
947
Harold D. Wilson of Somerville
127
142
19
288
Blanks
181
128
33
332
For Attorney General :
Jay R. Benton of Belmont
573
730
193
1496
Blanks
.
209
137
24
370
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For Senator in Congress:
Pre. 1 Pre. 2
Pre. 3
Total
Louis A. Coolidge of Milton
275
255
71
601
Frederick W. Dallinger of Cambridge
142
148
19
309
Frederick H. Gillett of Springfield
237
295
118
650
Blanks
128
57
9
194
For Representative in Congress 6th District :
A. Piatt Andrew of Gloucester Blanks
563
709
164
1436
219
158
53
430
For Councillor 5th District :
606
743
184
1533
Eugene B. Fraser of Lynn Blanks
176
124
33
333
For Senator 1st Senatorial District :
Charles B. Frothingham of Lynn
294
502
134
930
Martin Lewis Quinn of Swampscott
437
315
61
813
Walter H. Woods of Lynn
25
29
6
60
Blanks
26
21
16°
63
For Representative in General Court 15th District :
James D. Bentley of Swampscott
573
705
170
1448
William H. Powers of Salem
129
108
16
253
Blanks
80
54
31
165
For County Commissioners:
Frederick Butler of Lowell
353
502
119
974
Harland A. McPhetres of Lynn
411
395
84
890
Robert H. Mitchell of Haverhill
260
352
104
716
Blanks
540
485
127
1132
For Register of Probate and Insolvency :
Horace H. Atherton Jr. of Lynn Blanks
174
125
23
322
For County Treasurer :
Walter P. Babb of Lynn
597
739
179
1515
Blanks
185
128
38
351
State Committee 1st Senatorial District :
520
635
158
1313
Delegates to State Convention :
Mary A. Ingalls
510
650
176
1336
Annie C. Johnson
494
632
173
1299
Florence E. Preston
506
657
174
1337
Pansy P. Rice
495
648
173
1316
Margaret Southworth
502
651
172
1325
Stuart P. Ellis
522
660
174
1356
Harry E. Cahoon
530
664
173
1367
Edward A. Maxfield
496
648
175
1319
George A. Heath
502
654
172
1328
Edwin H. Parrott
497
649
171
1317
Arthur C. Widger
526
665
172
1363
Blanks
3022
2349
482
5853
For Town Committee:
James D. Bentley
340
367
100
807
Harry E. Cahoon
266
334
94
694
Stuart P. Ellis
245
310
87
642
Alfred F. Frazier
205
283
85
573
Lucile R. Hall
165
281
86
532
608
742
194
1544
C. Frank Hathaway of Swampscott Blanks
262
232
59
553
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Pre. 1
Pre. 2
Pre. 3
Total
Charles E. Hodgdon
185
290
86
561
Mary A. Ingalls
179
271
88
538
Annie C. Johnson
167
256
90
513
Horace R. Parker
174
276
84
534
Florence E. Preston
191
307
85
583
Pansy P. Rice
168
261
80
509
Margaret Southworth
196
294
83
573
Blanks
6903
6867
1556
15326
Democratic Ballot
Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total
For Governor:
James M. Curley of Boston
14
14
3
31
Blanks
1
0
0
1
For Lieutenant Governor:
Thomas J. Boynton of Arlington
6
1
0
7
John J. Cummings of Boston
6
3
1
10
William A. O'Hearn of North Adams
2
9
2
13
Blanks
1
1
0
2
For Secretary :
H. Oscar Rocheleau of Worcester Blanks
13
10
2
25
For Treasurer and Receiver General:
Michael L. Eisner of Pittsfield
13
10
1
24
Blanks
2
4
2
8
For Auditor:
Blanks
15
14
3
32
For Attorney General:
13
10
1
24
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
14
14
3
31
Blanks
1
0
0
1
For Representative in Congress 6th District :
Blanks
15
14
3
32
For Councillor 5th District :
Blanks
15
14
3
32
For Senator 1st Senatorial District:
9
12
2
23
For Representative in General Court 15th District :
Blanks
15
14
3
32
County Commissioners :
Thomas D. Donahue of Lawrence
6
10
2
18
Michael F. McGrath of Salem
7
12
2
21
Blanks
17
6
2
25
For Register of Probate and Insolvency:
Blanks
15
14
3
32
For County Treasurer :
15
14
3
32
For State Committee 1st Senatorial District :
Charles H. McGlue of Lynn Blanks
9
10
2
21
For Delegates to State Convention : ·
6
4
1
11
Blanks
15
52
9
76
For Town Committee:
Blanks
Voted to dissolve:
.
·
15
52
9 76
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
.
4
2
8
For Senator in Congress:
James W. Driscoll of Lynn Blanks
6
2
1
9
2
4
1
7
John E. Swift of Milford Blanks
2
Blanks
1
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[Dec. 31
Warrant for National and State Election THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said county, 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 elections to meet in their respective precincts in said Swamp- scott on Tuesday, November 4, 1924, at 6 o'clock A. M., for the fol- lowing purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers on one ballot for 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 this Commonwealth
Congressman For 6th Congressional District
Councillor . For 5th Councillor District
Senator . For 1st Senatorial District
One Representative in General Court
For 15th Represent. District
Two County Commissioners .For Essex County
Register of Probate and Insolvency For Essex County
County Treasurer for Essex County For Essex County
To vote Yes or No upon the questions of the acceptance of the following "Proposed Amendment to the Constitution:"
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT
Article III of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the first line, the word "male."
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT
Section 1. No person shall be deemed to be ineligible to hold state, county or municipal office by reason of sex.
Section 2. Article IV of the articles of amendment of the con- stitution of the Commonwealth, as amended by Article LVII of said amendments, is hereby further amended by striking out the words
"Change of name shall render the commission void, but shall not prevent reappointment under the new name," and inserting in place thereof the following words :- "Upon the change of name of any woman, she shall re-register under her new name and shall pay such fee therefor as shall be established by the general court."
LAWS SUBMITTED UPON REFERENDUM AFTER PASSAGE
Acceptance of Chap. 370, Act of 1923, entitled "An Act relative to intoxicating liquors and certain non-intoxicating beverages."
Acceptance of Chap. 454, Acts of 1923, entitled "An Act to pro- vide funds toward the cost of construction and maintenance of high-
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ways and bridges by means of an excise tax on gasolene and other fuel used for propelling motor vehicles upon or over the highways of the commonwealth."
Acceptance of Chap. 473, Acts of 1923, entitled "An Act relating to deposits with other than banks."
Acceptance of Chap. 210, Acts of 1924, entitled "An Act to ascer- tain the will of the people with reference to the retention of the daylight saving law so-called."
Acceptance of Chap. 509, Acts of 1924, entitled "An Act to ascer- tain the opinion of the people of the commonwealth as to the rati- fication of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States empowering the Congress to limit, regulate and pro- hibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age."
LOCAL QUESTIONS
Acceptance of Chap. 482, Acts of 1924, entitled "An Act relative to the powers of the Board of Trustees of the Essex County Agri- cultural School."
The polls will be kept open until 4.30 o'clock 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 due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meetings.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of October, A.D. 1924.
FRANK E. MORRSION, NORMAN S. DILLINGHAM, JOHN F. LUTHER. Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest: FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Swampscott, October 24, 1924.
Return on the Warrant
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott on Monday, October 27, 1924, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
National and State Election, November 4, 1924
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of the town, assembled at the voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 6 o'clock A.M. by the presiding officers. The war- rant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read.
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The following qualified as precinct officers:
Precinct 1-Warden, Harry E. Cahoon (R); Clerk, Robert B. Heg- arty (D); Inspectors: William P. Norcross (D), Charles E. Melzard (D); tellers, E. Stanley Flagg (R), George J. Place (R), Martha F. Duren (R), Horace R. Parker (R), Page Bearse (D), William R. Patten (R), Edmund Young, Jr. (R), Stuart P. Ellis (R), Chester Lowe (D), Alexander Wallace, Jr. (R).
Precinct 2-Warden, John A. Finnegan (D); Clerk, Herman E. Story (R); Inspectors, Frank G. Melvin (D), William K. Kehoe (R); tellers, Harold C. Snow (R), Arthur C. Eaton (R), Timothy J. Ryan (D), Walter L. Kehoe (R), John Merchant (R), Leonard Kennedy (D), Anthony A. Lyons (D), Bertha M. Gannett (R), Wil- liam P. Bergin (D), James A. McCarty (R), Clarence A. Horton (R), George E. Horton (R), Edward E. Call (R), Charles E. Watts (R), Arthur C. Widger (R), Wallace R. Pratt (R), John F. Luther (R).
Precinct 3-Warden, William J. Lynch (D); Clerk, William C. Chatman (R); Inspectors, Edward Hoar (D), Ellen Q. Lynch (D); tellers, Robert L. McNamara (R), John T. Scheuren (R), Olive E. Flagg (R), Louise A. Miller (D), Paul M. Doane (R), Joseph Mar- tin (R), Irving Curtis (R), Leo Caproni (R).
The balloting was started at 6 o'clock A.M., the count starting at 2.30 P.M. There were cast in Precinct 1, 1330 and 16 absent voters; Precinct 2, 1757 and 28 absent voters; Precinct 3, 424 and 14 absent voters. Total vote, 3,569. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the checks on the voting lists were the same as the number of ballots cast.
The result of balloting was declared at 1.30 A.M. as follows:
For electors of President and Vice-President, at large and by districts:
Pre 1. Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total
Coolidge and Dawes, Republican
1,077
1,507
394
2,978
Davis and Bryan, Democratic
117
171
27
315
Foster and Gitlow, Workers' Party
5
1
0
6
Johns and Reynolds, Socialist Labor LaFollette and Wheeler Independent
3
0
0
3
Progressive
109
59
6
174
Blanks
35
47
11
93
For Governor:
John. J. Ballam of Boston
8
6
1
15
James M. Curley of Boston
240
285
62
587
Alvan T. Fuller of Malden
1,040
1,455
365
2,860
James Hayes of Plymouth
6
1
1
8
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield
5
2
1
8
Blanks
47
36
8
91
For Lieutenant-Governor
Frank G. Allen of Norwood
1,041
1,454
372
2,867
John J. Cummings of Boston
180
223
45
448
Arthur A. Cunning of Boston
9
1
1
11
Thomas Nicholson of Lawrence
5
3
1
9
Edward Rand Stevens of Boston
8
5
1
14
Blanks
103
99
18
220
For Secretary:
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville
986
1,422
366
2,774
Winfield A. Dwyer of Boston
17
11
2
30
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Pre 1. Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total
Samuel Leger of Boston
8
4
1
13
H. Oscar Rocheleau of Worcester
131
174
42
347
Edith Williams of Brookline
21
7
2
30
Blanks
183
167
25
375
For Treasurer and Receiver General:
Michael L. Eisner of Pittsfield
149
178
34
361
Patrick H. Loftus of Arlington
12
5
1
18
Louis Marcus of Boston
8
3
1
12
Albert Oddie of Brockton
17
4
2
23
William S. Youngman of Boston
944
1,394
362
2,700
Blanks
216
201
38
455
For Auditor:
Strabo V. Claggett of Newton
251
496
181
928
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
839
1,071
216
2,126
Isidore Harris of Boston
12
2
1
15
James J. Lacey of Boston
18
5
3
26
Dennis F. Reagan of Brockton
4
5
1
10
Blanks
222
206
36
464
For Attorney-General:
Jay R. Benton of Belmont .
972
1,414
370
2,756
Harry J. Canter of Boston
12
2
1
15
Frederick Oelcher of Peabody
8
2
2
12
John Weaver Sherman of Boston
8
7
1
16
John E. Swift of Milford
131
181
34
346
Blanks
215
179
30
424
For Senator in Congress:
Frederick H. Gillett of Springfield
919
1,349
353
2,621
Antoniette F. Konikow of Boston
12
5
2
19
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
328
361
67
756
Blanks
87
70
16
173
For Representative in Congress 6th District:
A. Piatt Andrew of Gloucester Blanks
1,007
1,437
347
2,791
339
348
91
778
For Councillor 5th District:
Eugene B. Fraser of Lynn
1,023
1,447
36'7
2,837
George M. Webster of Groveland
25
18
8
51
Blanks
298
320
63
681
For Senator 1st Essex Senatorial District:
James W. Driscoll of Lynn
157
193
41
391
Charles B. Frothingham of Lynn
924
1,350
349
2,623
Michael S. Keenan of Lynn
47
30
4
81
Blanks
218
212
44
474
For Representative in General Court 15th Essex District:
James D. Bentley of Swampscott
1,001.
1,366
339
2,706
John P. Cassell of Salem
86
110
31
227
Blanks
259
309
68
636
For Commissioners Essex County:
Frederick Butler of Lawrence
953
1,377
366
2,696
Thomas D. Donahue of Lawrence
132
195
36
363
Charles S. Grieves of Amesbury
19
6
4
29
Nathan Huntington of Merrimac
17
9
5
31
Robert H. Mitchell of Haverhill
698
1,030
268
1,996
Blanks
873
953
197
2,023
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For Register of Probate and Insolvency:
Pre. 1 Pre. 2
Pre. 3 Total
Horace H. Atherton, Jr., of Lynn
1,028
1,424
371
2,823
James Arthur Mitchell of Haverhill
20
14
4
38
John E. O'Neil of Lawrence
101
147
30
278
Blanks
197
200
33
430
For County Treasurer:
Walter P. Babb of Lynn
1,082
1,510
382
2,974
Wade H. Pinkham of Haverhill
30
27
6
63
Blanks
234
248
50
532
Question 1-Amendment to Constitution. Shall an amendment to the Constitution relative to the qualifications of voters for cer- tain state officers (striking out the word "male") be approved ?
Yes
712
1,075
281
2,068
No
176
244
65
485
Blanks
458
466
92
1,016
Shall an amendment
Question 2-Amendment to Constitution. to the Constitution to enable women to hold state, county or mu- nicipal office, and which further provides that a change of name of any woman holding a Notary Public Commission shall not ren- der her commission void but she shall re-register under her new name and pay such fee therefor as shall be established by the Gen- eral Court be approved ?
Yes
713
1,101
282
2,096
No
207
259
74
540
Blanks
426
425
82
933
Question 3-Acceptance of Chapter 370, Acts of 1923, entitled "An Act relative to intoxicating liquors and certain non-intoxicating beverages"?
Yes
744
1,054
207
2,005
No
361
451
174
986
Blanks
241
280
57
578
Question 4-Acceptance of Chapter 454, Acts of 1923, entitled "An Act to provide funds towards the cost of construction and main- tenance of highways and bridges by means of an excise tax on gas- olene and other fuel used for propelling motor vehicles upon or over the highways of the Commonwealth"?
Yes
288
452
108
848
No
753
1,033
268
2,054
Blanks
305
300
62
667
Question 5-Acceptance of Chapter 473, Acts of 1923, entitled "An Act relating to deposits with other than banks"?
Y.es
675
1,048
274
1,997
No
131
148
45
324
Blanks
540
589
119
1,248
Question 6-Acceptance of Chapter 210, Acts of 1924, entitled "An Act to ascertain the will of the people with reference to the retention of the daylight saving law, so called"?
Yes
707
990
250
1,947
No
381
504
109
994
Blanks
258
291
79 628
Question 7-Acceptance of Chapter 509, Acts of 1924, entitled "An Act to ascertain the opinion of the people of the Common- wealth as to the ratification of the proposed amendment to the
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Constitution of the United States empowering the Congress to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age"?
Pre. 1 Pre. 2
Pre. 3 Total
Yes
345
392
61
798
No
758
1,143
336
2,237
Blanks
243
250
41
534
Question 8-Acceptance of Chapter 482, Acts of 1924, entitled "An Act relative to the powers of the Board of Trustees of the Essex County Agricultural School"?
Yes
663
923
230
1,816
No
152
205
67
424
Blanks
531
657
141
1,329
Voted to dissolve.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Monday, November 24, 1924 ESSEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of November, at 7.30 P.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article 1. To see what action the town will take relative to the report of the committee appointed at the adjourned annual town meeting of 1924 to investigate school building needs.
Article 2. To see if the town will authorize the School Commit- tee to dispose of the building, but not the land, known as the Meth- odist Episcopal Church on Redington street.
Article 3. To see if the town will accept Chapter 236 of the Acts of 1924 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being an act authorizing the town of Swampscott to pay an annuity to Eliza- beth J. Hadley, which Act is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1, For the purpose of further discharging its moral obligation to Elizabeth J. Hadley, a former school teacher in its employ, the town of Swampscott may pay to her annu- ally, so long as she shall live, the sum of two hundred and sixty-six dollars, the same to be in addition to any pension payable to her by said town at the time this act takes effect. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the inhabitants of said town at a town meeting; pro- vided, that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty- first in the current year.
Article 4. To see if the town will accept the bequest under the will of Mrs. Ellen E. Andrews, as follows:
"I direct that my executors hereinafter named shall pay $150 to the town of Swampscott, for the care of the monument and urn on my cemetery lot No. 455 in said Swampscott, the same to be kept clean and when repaired to be done in a workmanlike manner and to purchase a new urn when necessary and place flowers on said lot during each year. This sum is in addition to the sum already paid to said town of Swampscott for the perpetual care of said lot."
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Article 5. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey a certain triangular piece of land on New Ocean street, containing about 513 square feet, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on New Ocean street; thence running southerly by land of the town 102.76 feet; thence westerly 9.98 feet; thence northerly by land of Bradford 103.31 to the point of beginning; as shown by plan on file with W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, as petitioned for by Frank H. Bradford.
Article 6. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Select- men to convey to Irene Koch a certain piece of land situated at 379 and 381 Essex street, bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Essex street one hundred feet. Northeasterly by land of Hattie A. Kain ninety-five feet. Southeasterly by land of William Mc- Carty one hundred feet, and westerly by land of Wendel and Mary E. Gassman, one hundred and five feet.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Post Offices and three other public and conspicuous places in the town, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of November, A.D. 1924.
FRANK E. MORRISON, NORMAN S. DILLINGHAM, JOHN F. LUTHER. Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Return on the Warrant
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott on Saturday, November 15, 1924, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Special Town Meeting, November 24, 1924
In accordance with the warrant the voters assembled at the Town Hall on Monday, November 24, 1924. The necessary number for a quorum being present the meeting was called to order at 8.20 P. M. by Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator.
The warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. The report of the committee appointed at the ad- journed annual town meeting April, 1924, to investigate school build- ing needs was read by Edward Tillotson, chairman.
Report of Committee appointed by vote of the adjourned annual town meeting April, 1924, to investigate school building needs
This committee was appointed at the last annual town meeting to "investigate and determine the present school building needs; to secure tentative plans and estimates and report at a special town meeting," all as recommended by the Finance Committee.
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It will be seen that the vote calls for a report upon school build- ing needs; that by implication it calls for recommendations for school building sites if a building is found needed, and also to secure tentative plans and estimates.
Your committee realizing the importance of this subject and that the financial and educational interests of the town may be subserved has studied the situation during the past six months, has consulted Mr. Harold F. Dow, Superintendent of Schools, to whom we are in- debted for much valuable information, and now report upon the three subject matters as follows:
Soon after our first meeting, at which this question was discussed, there was appointed a committee of three to compile data relative to school house needs for the use of the committee as a whole. This sub-committee consisted of Messrs. Linscott, Humphrey and Hardy, who visited each school building in town during school hours and ascertained the number of rooms, seating capacity of each room, grade for which each room was used and the number of pupils at- tending. This data was submitted in graphical form with tables and is made a part of this report. It was accompanied by a copy of the town map, on which were shown the various schools and the areas that they served, which are also made a part of this report and at- tached hereto.
The Machon School, built in 1920, serves that section of the town west of the B. & M. R. R. tracks, and lying adjacent to Jackson Park, allows ample playground facilities for the pupils. It is a nine- room building, with assembly hall and playroom space in the base- ment. The seating capacity is 364. Last May there were being taught in the building one class each of the first five grades. Total number of pupils 193. There were three vacant rooms, and in the fourth room a delinquent class of eleven. In September the enroll- ment was 208, an increase of fifteen, and it was necessary to open another class in grade 1, there being fifty-seven pupils against forty-two in the preceding year. This school is ample to care for the needs of the district for some years.
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