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Voted, Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
The sum of $475 be appropriated for materials to correct this condition in view of the fact that the Town Engineer has obtained signed sworn easements, which are in his possession.
Voted, Article 11. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That upon receiving proper approval from the Commissioner of Corporation and Taxation there be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town to the account of Current Revenue to be used and applied by the Assessors in reduction of the 1936 tax levy, the sum of $7,500. .
Voted, Article 12. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Board of Library Trustees be authorized to dispose of old books from time to time, by either sale or gift.
Voted, Article 13. That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, Article 14. That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, Article 15. That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted to dissolve.
Dissolved at 8.25 P.M.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Town Meeting Member
At a special meeting of Precinct 7 Town Meeting Members held on the 16th April, 1936, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Hanifey, Conrad P. Richardson, Beverly Road, was elected to serve as Town Meeting Member from said precinct until the next annual Town Meeting.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
WARRANT FOR PARTY PRIMARY The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, 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 respective precinct polling places in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the 28th day of April, 1936, at 2 o'clock P.M., 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:,
8 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party.
8 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party.
4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party, 6th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 6th Congressional District.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republi- can Party, 6th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 6th Congressional District.
Presidential Preference
Preference for Democratic Candidate for President of the United States.
Preference for Republican Candidate for President of the United States.
District Member of State Committee for each political party for the First Essex Senatorial District.
10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
24 Members to the Republican Town Committee.
1 Delegate to State Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 Delegates to State Convention of the Republican Party.
All the above candidates are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from 2 P.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.
Hereof Fail Not, and make return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of April, A.D., 1936.
LESTER B. MORLEY,
PHILIP E. BESSOM,
KENNETH W. ULMAN,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
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, at least one public and con- spicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at one in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott, on Saturday, April 18, 1936, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
Attest: WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1936]
PARTY PRIMARY, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1936
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swamp- scott, assembled at their voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 2 o'clock P.M. by their presiding officers. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the clerk in each pre- cinct.
The following were appointed precinct officers and qualified for same.
Precinct 1. Warden, Wilbert J. Arsenault (D); Clerk, William Hegarty (R); Inspectors, John H. Keating (D), William H. Dow (R); Tellers, Bertram H. Thompson (R), Lauretta M. Fournier (D), Ella J. Turner (D), Florence M. Child (R).
Precinct 2. Warden, Louis N. Crocker (R); Clerk, John E. Co- ville (D); Inspectors, Carl J. Berry (R), John Yasi (D); Tellers, Min- nie J. Crowell (R), Francis H. McCarron (D), Laura J. Pollay (R), George H. Stone (D).
Precinct 3. Warden, Stuart P. Ellis (R); Clerk, Edward P. Car- roll (D); Inspectors, Gordan R. Dowling (R), Donald Sawyer (D); Tellers, Edward B. Horton (R), Charles F. Watts (D), Almer A. Jackson (R), James M. Reardon (D).
Precinct 4. Warden, Raymond H. Owen (R); Clerk, Thomas J. McManus (D); Inspectors, John B. Cahoon (D), Leon W. Howard (R); Tellers, John C. Pirie (R), Joseph D. Hanley (D), Horace P. Fi- field (R), Bessie F. Maguire (D).
Precinct 5. Warden, Thomas J. Boyce (D); Clerk, Rudolph Cul- len (R); Inspectors, Irving Curtis (R), Walter L. Kehoe (D); Tellers, John T. Morrison (R), Mary E. Brogan (D), Walter C. Collins (R), Alice E. Leslie (D).
Precinct 6. Warden, Henry E. Acker (D); Clerk, Harvey South- ward (R); Inspectors, George H. Chaisson (D), Harry G. Hutchin- son (R); Tellers, Selwyn P. Brewn (R), Margaret V. Freeman (D), Charles M. Cahoon (R), Albert A. Lecomte (D).
Precinct 7. Warden, Charles D. Addison (R); Clerk, Lewis Cole- man (R); Inspectors, Bernard McDermott (D), Patrick Cryan (D), Tellers, Ralph H. Reed (R), Annie C. Ward (D), George E. Devitt (R), James J. Finnegan (D).
Precinct 8. Warden, Charles A. Flagg (R); Clerk, Sarah J. Con- ners (D); Inspectors, Ellen Q. Lynch (D), Eleanor T. Hamilton (R); Tellers, Ralph Melzard (R), Margaret J. Duratti (D), John McGrath (D).
The balloting started at 2 o'clock P.M. and the count started at 5 P.M. The polls closed at 8 P.M. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the check on the voting lists were the same as the vote cast.
Precinct 6 was the first to make a return at 8.30 P.M. Precinct 7 the last at 12.15 A.M.
There were cast in the Precincts the following number of votes:
Precinct 1-Republican, 98; Democratic, 76.
Precinct 2-Republican, 130; Democratic, 48.
Precinct 3-Republican, 123; Democratic, 39.
Precinct 4-Republican, 146; Democratic, 36.
Precinct 5-Republican, 194; Democratic, 41.
Precinct 6-Republican, 133; Democratic, 61.
Precinct 7-Republican, 131; Democratic, 135.
Precinct 8-Republican, 139; Democratic, 39.
There were cast 1094 Republican and 475 Democratic ballots.
Republican Ballot
Precincts 1 2 3
4 7
5 6 8 Tot.
For Delegates at Large to National Convention:
937 Charles F. Adams, Concord 77 103 104 126 174 114 115 124
George F. Booth, Worcester
74 101 99 118 167 111 112 119
901
ยท
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[Dec. 31
Joseph W. Martin, Attleborough
75 100
99 116 168 108 111 120
897
Allen T. Treadway, Stockbridge
Blanks
For Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention:
Mary P. Bailey, Northampton 76 99
97 120 164 102 107 119 884
72 99 95 118 163 102 105 117
871
Wallace Stearns, Boston 76 98 100 114 166 105 109 120
Anna C. M. Tillinghast, Cambridge
Blanks
75 98 100 121 166 105 105 119 93 126 100 111 117 118 98
81 844
For District Delegates to National Convention, Sixth District: Edward E. Hicken, Newburyport
67 92
90 110 157
94 100 110
820
For Alternate District Delegates to National Convention, Sixth District:
Helen A. Patch, Gloucester
76
93 100 117 166
878
Helen S. Hovey, Haverhill
71
93 98 121 166
871
Blanks
49
74
48
54
56
9 107 120 97 105 70 74
50 82
38 87
7
10
11
8
6
4
6
54
Knox
1
0
0
4
2
1
1
0
9
Borah
3
5
5
2
5
5
3
1
29
Henry Ford
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
Father Coughlin
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
Roosevelt
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
3
Vanderberg
0
0
0
6
4
0
4
14
28
Alvin G. Fuller
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Haigis
0
1
0
0 0
0 0 0
0
0
1
1
Frank Glen
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Blanks
50
59
43
41
56
42
26
254
For State Committee:
Charles F. Sprague, Swampscott
Blanks
24 28
22
26
34
27
18
11
190
For Delegates to State Convention:
James D. Bentley,
Swampscott
70 113
77
83
85
74 90
68
74
638
Loring Grimes, Swampscott
63
95
83 106 117
George H. Lucey, Swampscott 29
19
22
43
105
44
23
40
325
Conrad P. Richardson, Swampscott
23
19
29
40
50
35
49
299
Blanks
17
14
35
20
31
23
54 24
33
197
For Town Committee:
Philip A. Graham
73
90
87
108
148
98
99
112
815
Leo J. Coughlin
67
78
67
97
131
90
91
90
729
Vincent C. O'Brien
59
77
73
97
131
96
95
105
733
James D. Bentley
79
101
89
119
154
104
102 103 95
113 116
793
James W. Buchanan
71
82
75
94
142
90
Edward E. Call
62
84
83
111
153
99
89
111
Harry E. Cahoon
66
89
81
110
152
100
91
112
792 801
Kenneth W. Ulman
65
90
85
115
134
91
97
108
785
Esther A. Friedman
60
74
63
90
131
80
85
104
687
57
64
82
119
For Presidential Preference:
Landon
41
Hoover
2
82 108 109 123 177 115 128 129 47 60
974
Blanks
47 54 54
57 36 39 394
120
0 1
1
Dickerman
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Joseph Ely
0
0
0
0
0
93
82
729
861
Joseph Atwood
60
81
77
105
156
95
918
78 100 101 115 170 109 124 121 88 116 89 109 97 90 62 72
723
Florence H. LeFevre, Norwood
888
889
Charles F. Sprague, Swampscott
439
606
74 102 101 120 160 106 113 128
904
0 37
106
755
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1936]
Blanche B. Bicknell
68
85
92
114
162
105
103
117 114
846
Annie L. Mudge
60
79
72
95
148
86
93
747
John T. Moffet
55
74
68
93
138
84
92
108
712
Lois V. Danforth
56
77
71
101 105
151 155
105
97
117
808
Kathryn B. Ingalls
58
78
76
100
150 129 143
78 100 97
99
119
782
Ralph H. Nutter
61
87
77
105
151
95
101
119
796
Carl A. Ackerman
68
89
88
111
157
105
98 9
17
26
Francis L. Smith
0
0
3
0
0
0
4
0
7
John W. Morgan
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
George H. Lucey
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
Loring Grimes
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
Scattering
0
1
6
7
10
2
1
0
27
Blanks
1003 1364 1308 1313 1572 1214 1127
997 9898
Democratic Ballot
For Delegates at Large to National Convention:
David I. Walsh,
Fitchburg
39
33
25
21
30
43
73
25
289
Marcus A. Coolidge, Fitchburg
37
23
21
15
23
32
50
17
212
James M. Curley,
Boston
38
29
25
24
26
44
61
24
271
William J. Granfield, Springfield
33
23
17
16
21
31
40
15
196
Joseph McGrath, Boston
32
24
19
17
22
32
43
17
206
Margaret M. O'Riordan, Boston
31
25
17
14
23
31
43
15
199
Elizabeth L. McNamara,
Cambridge
33
24
19
20
22
30
41
17
206
Grace H. Howe,
Fall River
31
23
17
13
22
30
40
13
189
(Not Grouped
Timothy E. Carroll, Cambridge
6
3
7
3
1
5
5
1
31
Alexander F. Sullivan, Boston
5
2
7
3
1
5
9
4
36
Blanks
329
175
138
142
'137
205
675
164 1965
For Alternate Delegates at Large National Convention:
Clementina Langone, Boston
33
25
19
16
18
27
50 40
15
203
Mary Maliotis, Boston
30
23
19
17
18
25
41
13
185
Sadie H. Mulrone, Springfield
26
23
19
15
19
25
41
14
182
Louis B. Clark,
Bridgewater
31
23
19
15
17
27
43
15
190
H. Oscar Rocheleau, Worcester
27
23
19
15
18
26
38
13
179
Stanley W. Wisnosky, Chelsea
27
23
19
15
18
25
40
13
180
Julian D. Rainey, Boston
29
23
22
15
18
28
46
15
196
Blanks
377
198
157
165
184
277
741
201 2300
For District Delegates to National Convention, Sixth District:
John E. Donahue,
Haverhill
30
22
16
15
14
30
46
13
186
0
0
1
6
10
0
95 86 101
104 111
673
Lester B. Morley
80
95
95
115
Frederick J. Rudd
56
82
77
104
148
86
91
113
746
Florence E. Preston
69
83
77
60
86
91
110
758
Louis LaParrella
55
75
19
15
18
28
13
185
Golda R. Walters, Woburn
28
23
112
828
Conrad P. Richardson
840
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Michael F. McGrath, Salem Not Grouped
29
26
17
17
14
35
47
16
201
James D. Burns, Salem Louis A. Kotarski, Salem
17
4
8
6
5
58
7
60
Edward E. Sullivan, Haverhill
6
2
4
5
2
6
4
4
33
Blanks
66
40
31
28
46
46
160
38
455
For Alternate District Delegates to National Convention, Sixth District:
James H. Sullivan, Danvers
33
23
21
16
14
32
50
16 205
Helen Carroll, Gloucester
28
2,4
18
18
15
26
40
13
182
Not Grouped
Daniel Graves, Gloucester
11
1
5
0
6
4
4
3
34
Blanks
80
48
34
38
47
60
176
46
529
Presidential Preference:
Roosevelt
18
18
11
10
18
24
32
13
144
Alfred G. Smith
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
6
Borah
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Norman Thomas
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
David I. Walsh
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Landon
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
Father Coughlin
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
Blanks
58
27
25
24
23
36
100
24
317
For State Committee:
Louis J. Dion, Lynn
9
3
8
5
6
12
19
1 63
James P. McArdle, Lynn
34
30
18
20
16
27
47
19
211
Blanks
33
15
13
11
19
22
69
19
201
For Delegates to State Convention:
Rose S. Backman, Swampscott
6
1
2
5
3
4
3
5
29
William E. Burns, Swampscott
28
13
14
7
16
27
32
14
141
William H. Hanifey,
Swampscott
19
10
7
6
4
20
95
10
171
Henry E. McManus, Swampscott
4
16
11
8
0
2
5
5
51
Christina A. Pearce, Swampscott
11
7
5
9
18
1
3
3
57
Blanks
8
1
0
1
0
7
7
2
26
For Town Committee:
John C. Driscoll
19
18
21
15
17
22
45
11
168
William H. Hanifey
30
26
23
21
20
37
96
22
275
Henry J. Callahan
19
19
19
20
17
21
34
11
160
William M. Brown
21
20
18
16
18
20
35
11
159
Michael Pagnotta
28
21
18
14
15
21
47
11
175
William E. Burns
29
1
6
5
5
6
11
4
67
Francis P. Byrne
29
1
6
5
5
6
11
4
67
Roger Connell
29
1
6
5
5
6
11
4
67
James E. Mackey
29
1
6
5
5
5
10
4
65
Charles E. Smith
29
1
6
4
5
5
10
4
64
Scattering
0
0
9
2
11
0
0
0 22
Blanks
498
371
248
248
287
461 1039
304 3456
Dissolved at 12.45 A.M.
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
4
2
2
1
1
0
5
0
15
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1936]
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE April 24, 1936
In accordance with the vote passed at the Special Town Meeting March 30, 1936, John R. Hurlburt, Moderator appointed the following citizens as members of the Fourth of July Committee for the Town of Swampscott.
John P. Costin, 84 Aspen road. Louis LaParrella, 53 Jessie street. Lester B. Morley, 6 Minerva street. John R. Nagle, 3 Upland road. Curtis D. Noyes, Jr., 76 Bradlee avenue. Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
RESULT OF RECOUNT
May 7, 1936
A petition being filed with the Board of Registrars for a recount of votes cast for Delegate to Democratic State Convention, at the elec- tion held, April 28, 1936, same was held on the above date. The Reg- istrars were assisted by Harry E. Cahoon, Frank G. Melvin, William J. Lynch, Kenneth M. Place and Stuart P. Ellis.
Edwin J. Coughlin was appointed a temporary member of the Board of Registrars, on account of one member of the board being a candidate for election as delegate for state convention, Democratic. The result of the recount was as follows:
Rose S. Backman 28 1
William E. Burns 138
-
3
William H. Hanifey 172
+ 1
Henry E. McManus 52 1 1
Christina A. Pearce 57
Blanks 28 + 2 HAROLD R. YOUNG, ARTHUR C. EATON, EDWIN J. COUGHLIN, JR., RALPH D. MERRITT, Clerk.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
BY-LAW APPROVED
To amend the by-laws for the election of officers at the annual Town Meeting, the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock in the fore- noon and remain open until seven o'clock at night.
Boston, Mass., May 21, 1936. The foregoing by-law is hereby approved. PAUL A. DEVER, Attorney General.
A true copy attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 3,1
STATE PRIMARY 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 primaries to meet in their respective precincts in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the 15th day of September, 1936, at 12 o'clock noon for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the primary officers for the nomination of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor of the Commonwealth, At- torney General, all for this Commonwealth; Senator in Congress; Representative in Congress for 6th Congressional District; Councillor for 5th Councillor District; Senator for 1st Essex Senatorial Dis- trict; two Representatives in General Court for 12th Essex Repre- sentative District; Register of Probate and Insolvency, County Com- missioners (2), County Treasurer, (Associate County Commissioner to fill vacancy), all for Essex County.
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 9 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 third day of September, A.D., 1936.
LESTER B. MORLEY,
PHILIP E. BESSOM, KENNETH W. ULMAN, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest:
WAYNE ANDERSON, 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, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the im- mediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott, on Satur- day, September 5th, 1936, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.
STATE PRIMARY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swamp- scott assembled at their voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 12 o'clock noon, by their presiding officers. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the Clerk in each precinct.
The following were appointed precinct officers and qualified for same.
Precinct 1: Warden, Henry A. Sadler, (R); Clerk, Wilbert J. Arsenault, (D); Inspectors, John H. Keating, (D), William H. Dow, (R); Tellers, Bertram H. Thompson, (R), Lauretta M. Fournier, (D),
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1936]
Ella J. Turner, (D), Florence M. Child, (R), Josephine H. Riderout, (R), Arthur H. Campbell, (D).
Precinct 2: Warden, Louis N. Crocker, (R); Clerk, John E. Co- ville, (D); Inspectors, Carl J. Berry, (R), Francis H. McCarron, (D); Tellers, Minnie J. Crowell, (R), John C. Driscoll, (D), Laura J. Pollay, (R), George H. Stone, (D), John Yasi, (R), John D. Healy, (D).
Precinct 3: Warden, Stuart P. Ellis, (R); Clerk, Edward P. Car- roll, (D)); Inspectors, Donald L. Sawyer, (D), Almer A. Jackson (R); Tellers, Howard B. Horton, (R), Charles F. Watts, (D), Charles E. Melzard, (R), James M. Reardon, (D), Frederick W. Brown, (R), Ralph E. Floro, (D).
Precinct 4: Warden, Raymond H. Owen, (R); Clerk, Thomas J. McManus, (D); Inspectors, John B. Cahoon, (D), Leon W. Howard, (R); Tellers, John C. Pirie, (R), Joseph D. Hanley, (D), Horace P. Fifield, (R), Bessie F. Maguire, (D), James L. Pappas, (R), Alfred L. Chausse, (D).
Precinct 5: Warden, Thomas J. Boyce; Clerk, Samuel S. Hoover, (R); Inspectors, Irving A. Curtis, (R); Walter L. Kehoe, (D); Tell- ers, John T. Morrison, (R), Mary E. Brogan, (D), Walter C. Collins, (R), Alice E. Leslie, (D), Leonard H. Bates, (R), Katherine T. Dempsey, (D).
Precinct 6: Warden, Henry E. Acker, (D); Clerk, Harvey L. Southward, (R); Inspectors, George H. Chaisson, (D), Harry C. Hutchinson, (R); Tellers, Selwyn P. Drown, (R), Margaret V. Free- man, (D), Charles M. Cahoon, (R), Anna M. Burke, (D), Vincent P. Easterbrook, (R), Robert A. LeCounte, (D).
Precinct 7: Warden, Charles D. Addison, (R); Clerk, Eustis B. Grimes, (D); Inspectors, Lewis A. Coleman, (R), Bernard F. Mc- Dermott, (D); Tellers, Ralph H. Reed, (R), Agnes E. Kennedy, (R), George E. Devitt, (R), Gino Spelta, (D), James R. Kennedy, (D), Annie C. Ward, (D).
Precinct 8: Warden, Charles A. Glagg, (R); Clerk, William J. Lynch, (D); Inspectors, John McGrath, (D), Ralph Melzard, (R); Tellers, Eleanor T. Hamilton, (R), Leonard V. Duratti, (D), Grace E. Mills, (R), Sarah J. Conners, (D), Francis P. Long, (D), Gor- don Dowling, (R).
The balloting started at 12 o'clock noon, and the count started at 5 P.M. The polls closed at 9 P.M. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the check on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
There were cast in the precincts the following number of votes: Precinct 1, Republican, 390; Democratic, 87.
Precinct 2, Republican, 416; Democratic, 64.
Precinct 3, Republican, 345; Democratic, 57. Precinct 4, Republican, 377; Democratic, 37.
Precinct 5, Republican, 393; Democratic, 44.
Precinct 6, Republican, 352; Democratic, 48.
Precinct 7, Republican, 344; Democratic, 91.
Precinct 8, Republican, 386; Democratic, 23.
There were cast 3003 Republican and 450 Democratic ballots.
Republican Ballot
Precincts
1 2 3 4
5
6 7 8 Tot.
For Governor:
John W. Haigis, Greenfield Blanks
316 371 319 350 378 305 320 371 2730 74 45 26 15 47 24 15 273
27
For Lieutenant Governor:
Leverett Saltonstall, Newton 300 367 313 350 373 302 318 372 2695 90 27
Blanks
49
32
20
50
26 14 308
48
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
For Secretary:
Frederic W. Cook, Somerville 296 355 307 340 363 291 308 362 2622
Blanks
94
61
38
37
30
61
36
24 381
For Treasurer:
William E. Hurley, Boston
200 226 208 257 293 209 242 272 1907
William G. Andrew, .
Cambridge
50
53
36
36
20
31
35
35
296
Fred Jefferson Burrell, Medford
68
81
69
53
55
61
37
53
477
Blanks
72
56
32
31
25
51
30
26
323
For Auditor:
Richard Darby, Everett
103
91
77
63
72
48
71
57
582
Russell A. Wood
178 249 203 257 276 211 214 280 1868
Blanks
109
76
65
57
45
93
59
49
553
For Attorney General:
Felix Forte, Somerville
286 341 283 329 354 276 291 353 2513
Blanks
104
75
62
48
39
76
53
33
490
For Senator in Congress: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly
294 358 308 336 368 301 303 357 2625
Alonzo B. Cook, Boston
17
22
12
19
11
15
7
9
112
Guy M. Gray, Greenfield
7
2
5
1
0
1
4
4
24
Thomas J. O'Brien, Boston Blanks
23
6
0
4
1
13
2
0
49
49
28
20
17
13
22
28
16
193
For Congressman, Sixth District:
George J. Bates, Salem
158 151 140 176 250 156 165 226 1422
Malcolm L. Bell, Marblehead
135 215 155 148 112 143 116 124 1148
Charles G. Hull, Ipswich
20
12
4
4
3
5
2
2
52
Ernest Ingersoll, Danvers
8
8
15
14
8
5
14
4
76
Gayden W. Morrill, Newburyport
5
3
14
13
6
9
26
19
95
John E. Taffe, Salem Blanks
25
20
16
14
10
18
15
7
126
For Councillor, Fifth District:
Eugene B. Fraser, Lynn
145 167 131 182 191 136 122 186 1260
Alfred Calvin Gaunt, Methuen
9
3
15
5
12
5
14
8
71
Loring Grimes, Swampscott
137 166 144 125
95 115
80
72
934
Bayard Tuckerman, Jr.,
Hamilton
68
72
47
61
88
82 122 115
655
Blanks
31
8
8
4
7
14
6
5
83
For Senator, First Essex District:
Albert Cole, Lynn
300 341 288 322 360 272 297 346 2526
Thomas J. O'Brien, Boston
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
Blanks
88
75
57
54
33
80
47
40
474
For Representatives in General Court:
James D. Bentley, Swampscott 251 335 257 263 275 235 250 263 2129
John W. Gauss, Jr., Salem
16
24
39
36
64
22
29
45
275
For Register of Probate and Insolvency, Essex County:
Bertram V. Hawthorne, Lynn 78 103 96 135 134 109 119 146
Alfred W. Ingalls, Lynn
206 239 200 197 216 165 169 200 1592
Blanks
106 69
55
45
43
78
56 40
492
For County Commissioners, Essex County:
Wallace H. Bell, Lawrence
84
80 59
63
63
64
61
67
541
7
1
7
4
16
6
4
84
Lester B. Morley, Swampscott
281 266 210 255 259 246 208 253 1978
Edmond Talbot, Jr., Salem Blanks
70 74
84
86
87
66
76
98
641
162 133 100 114 101 135 125 113
983
919
39
49
RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1936]
William A. Burnham, Lawrence
18
16
12
20
12
19
17 35
149
Frederick Butler, Andover
59
139
130 158 197 130 137 145 1131
William J. Chell, Lawrence
5
9
11
2
6
7
3
4
47
James M. Costello, Haverhill
25
9
11
10
11
8
17
14
105
Philip A. Graham, Swampscott
263 294 225 254 223 204 193 228 1884
William J. Greenler, Boxford
16
19
21
30
26
17
24
27
180
Robert H. Mitchell, Haverhill
67
98
85 110 125
90
84 124
783
Blanks
207 168 136 107 123 165 152 128 1186
For County Treasurer, Essex County:
David D. Black, Lynn
66
81
57
59
61
46
62
55
487
Harold E. Thurston, Lynn
222 260 226 261 277 215 218 281 1960
Walter T. Wilson, Lawrence
14
11
13
10
7
14
3
7
79
Blanks
88
64
49
47
48
77
61
43 477
For Associate County Commissioner (to fill vacancy), Essex County: 231 274 209 277 319 229 241 310 2090
Chandler Bigelow, Beverly
58
68
64
40
20
31
33
19
333
Blanks
101
74
72
60
54
92
70
57
580
Democratic Ballot
For Governor:
Charles F. Hurley, Cambridge 62
57
48
33
37
31
78
20
366
Thomas J. O'Brien, Boston
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
2
Blanks
22
7
9
4
7
17
13
3
82
For Lieutenant Governor:
Philip J. Philbin, Clinton
27
20
15
17
12
15
50
15
171
Thomas F. Galvin, Lawrence
14
12
10
8
3
13
11
6
77
Francis E. Kelly, Boston
27
26
20
8
22
12
18
1
134
Blanks
18
6
12
4
7
8
1
64
For Secretary:
Joseph Santosuosso, Boston
39
17
18
16
11
12
5
156
William J. Ahearn, Lynn
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