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Article 29. To see if the town will vote to extend the six-inch water main in Lewis road, a distance of approximately 125 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
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Article 30. To see if the town will vote to replace the four-inch water main in Norfolk avenue with new six (6) and eight (8) inch pipe for a distance of approximately 1515 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to resurface Grant road from Farragut road to Walker road with bituminous macadam and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways or take any action relative thereto.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to resurface Banks road from the junction of Farragut road to the junction of Walker road with bituminous macadam pavement and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to resurface Walker road fro mthe Boston & Maine R. R. bridge to State road with bituminous macadam pavement and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to lay surface water drains in Nason road and Neighborhood road and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways or take any action relative thereto.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new 31/2- ton truck for the use of the Highway Department replacing the old White truck which has been in service for eleven years and appro- priate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of High- ways or take any action relative thereto.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to widen a certain por- tion of Humphrey street, extending from Atlantic avenue easterly to Palmer avenue, and to appropriate such sum as may be necessary for this work or take any action relative thereto.
Article 37. To see if the town will accept and allow the altera- tion of a portion of Humphrey street as made by the Board of Select- men in accordance with plans drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February 4th, 1937, and vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to take by eminent domain the lands included in said alteration, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Westerly line of Humphrey street, said point being 37.35 feet distance from the Southerly line of Palmer avenue; thence curving to the left with a radius of 608.55 feet for a distance of 237.91 feet by land of Gladys C. Pevear and Gertrude C. MacFarland; thence running South 2-34-50 West for a distance of 221.31 feet by land of Gertrude C. MacFarland, Frederick R. and Anna C. Bogardus; thence running South 0-44-0 West by land of Frederick R. and Anna C. Bogardus, Elizabeth C. Sprague and Lyman B. Frazier; thence curving to the left with a radius of 1095.48 feet for a distance of 104.95 feet by land of Lyman B. Frazier, Barbara B. Leonard and Salem Savings Bank; thence running South 4-46-0 East for a distance of 101.92 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank; thence running South 7-46-0 East for a distance of 79.19 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank; thence curving to the left with a radius of 34.39 feet for a distance of 77.31 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank to the intersection of the Westerly line of Atlantic avenue. The above described line being about fifteen feet from the Westerly line of Humphrey street; and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of land damages and for the construction of said alterations; or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 38. To see if the town will vote to resurface a portion of Humphrey street from Palmer avenue to the Marblehead line and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to resurface Shaw road from Thomas road to State road with bituminous macadam and to curb the same and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Thomas Corrow et al.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to accept the continua- tion of Lewis road as a public way as laid out by the Board of Select- men, in accordance with the plans drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, as petitioned for by Norman J. Given et al.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to amend or annul Sec- tion 8 of Chapter 6 of the town by-laws insofar as the same may relate to the acceptance of Tid street as a public way.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to accept Tid street as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and to appropriate money therefor.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to accept Lincoln circle as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by John H. Blodgett et al.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a lease with the Joseph L. Stevens Post 1240, Veterans of Foreign Wars Building Association, Inc., for a term of four (4) years from May 6, 1938, for the purpose of pro- viding headquarters for the Joseph L. Stevens Post 1240, Veterans of Foreign Wars, on the upper floor of the building located at 438 Humphrey street and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 45. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to build 180 lineal feet of ten (10) row bleachers duplicating the present steel bleachers to be located on the westerly side of the football field at Phillips Park and appropriate the sum of fifty-two hundred dollars ($5200) therefor, as recommended by the Park Commissioners or take any action relative thereto.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) to enable the Board of Park Com- missioners to hire trucks for the removal of excavated material at the State road underpass and other projects as recommended by the Park Commissioners or take any action relative thereto.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to take steps to effect a consolidation of the offices of the tree warden and moth superin- tendent, and vest the duties of both of these offices under the juris- diction of the Board of Park Commissioners; and authorize and direct the Board of Park Commissioners to appoint a Superintendent of Parks, who may be one of the members of the Board of Park Com- missioners; said superintendent to have direct supervision and control of the duties now performed by the tree warden and moth superin- tendent, and such other duties as seem necessary or desirable to the Board of Park Commissioners, the compensation of said Superintend- ent of Parks to be set by the Board of Park Commissioners, as ap- proved by the Town Meeting Members in the budget apportioned for said Park Department; and so that the office of tree warden shall not be an elective office any longer in the Town of Swampscott and so that the office of moth superintendent shall not be appointed by the Board of Selectmen; and authorize and direct the Board of Park Commissioners or the Board of Selectmen, either or both, to obtain enactment of a Special Act of the Massachusetts Legislature either
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in the year 1938 or 1939 to authorize the same; said Act to be then placed on the ballot at any subsequent annual or special town meeting for approval by the voters of the Town of Swampscott, or any addi- tional procedure that seems necessary to effect such consolidation as aforesaid, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 48. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to build a field house approximately 52 x 68 feet, as shown by plans of Edward T. Wiley, architect, to be located on Phillips Park and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Park Commissioners or take any action relative thereto.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5000) to be expended as the town's pro- portionate share for such federal projects as the Board of Selectmen may supervise or take any action relative thereto.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225) to complete the Val- uation Records of the town as petitioned for by the Board of Assessors or take any action relative thereto.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to resurface Salem street or any portion thereof and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money with which to carry on a street and/or sidewalk construction program in the town or take any action relative thereto.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to change the zone of a lot of land on Bay View avenue, the building on which is num- bered twenty-three (23), shown as Lot 5 on a Plan entitled "Plan of Land in Swampscott, owned by Charles E. Phillips, dated January 1, 1895, C. W. Gay, C. E., recorded with Essex South District Regis- try of Deeds, Book of Plans 36, Plan 21," from the operation of the regulations of District 3, single family residences to the general residence district.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be used for a full time police officer to patrol Fishermen's Beach during the bathing season as petitioned for by Conrad P. Richardson et al.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to take by eminent domain the land shown on Assessors' Plan No. 19, lots 108, 110, 112, and 114, for park purposes and to appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by Conrad P. Richardson et al.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of grading the land referred to in the preceding article, so that the same may be suitable for a parking space as petitioned for by Conrad P. Richardson et al.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to change from a resi- dential to a business zone, the premises at 69 Essex street, being lot No. 63 of plate 6 of the Assessors' plans in order that same may be used for the preparation and serving of food, as petitioned for by Thomas J. Smith et al.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to take by eminent domain such land at the westerly junction of Cedar Hill terrace and Bay view avenue as may be necessary to properly widen this section and to appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Planning Board.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen or the Board of Park Commissioners to accept from James Nason a deed to the land shown on Assessors' Plan, plate 20,
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lot 222, said land to be used for park purposes, as recommended by the Planning Board.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to transfer the yard at Stanley School or any portion of the same, from the School Commit- tee to the Park Department, for the purposes of a playground, as recommended by the Planning Board.
Article 61. To see if the town will vote to grade and equip the land described in the foregoing article as a playground and appro- priate money therefor, as recommended by the Planning Board.
Article 62. To see if the town will vote to authorize the trans- fer of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) from the Hawthorne Brook Account to the Excess and Deficiency Fund for the purpose of reduc- ing the tax rate, or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by Richard S. Tener et al.
Article 63. To see if the town will authorize the moderator to appoint a committee to study the existing zoning laws of the town and submit a report of its recommendations at the next special or annual town meeting. Said committee to consist of eight members, one from each precinct, and to number among its members three citi- zens engaged in real estate, one architect and one engineer. Said committee to be authorized to make use of the Engineering Depart- ment of the town for the preparation of such maps and data as it may require for presentation as petitioned for by Thomas B. Epps et al.
Article 64. To see if the town of Swampscott will vote to remove the debris and in place thereof, landscape, grade, loam and put in reasonable conditions the embankment and rear of the Phillips High School premises running down to Fuller avenue or take such other action and appropriate such sum as may be reasonably necessary therefor, as petitioned for by Robert W. Caverly et al.
Article 65. To see if the town will vote to rezone the premises No. 3-9 Railroad avenue appearing on Assessors' Plans, plate 3, lot 75, so that the entire lot as aforesaid may be used for business pur- poses, and zone the same for business purposes; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to resurface with bituminous macadam, a portion of Atlantic avenue opposite the Hotel Preston including all necessary gradings, etc., and to appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 67. To see if the town will direct the Board of Selectmen to waive and release to James H. Sisk, all rights which the town might have in and to the following described parcel of land: bounded Southerly on Franklin avenue and Paradise road, sixty-one and ninety-four hundredths (61.94) feet; easterly on land now or formerly of J. H. McDonough ,fifty-eight and nineteen hundredths (58.19) feet; southwesterly on another lot of said Sisk, ninety-two and sixty hundredths (92.60) feet; being a total of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven (1927) square feet, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 68. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following by-law viz .: That the Planning Board authorized under Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936, shall consist of five (5) members, the terms of the members of this board shall be five (5) years each, but at the annual town meeting to be held in the month of February, 1939, there shall be elected by ballot five (5) members as follows: one (1) to be elected for one (1) year; one (1) to be elected for two (2) years; one (1) to be elected for three (3) years; one (1) to be elected for four (4) years; one (1) to be elected for five (5) years; and there-
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after there shall be elected at the annual town meeting of each year such members as are necessary to fill vacancies.
Article 69. To see if the town will vote to authorize the trans- fer of $20,000 or any other amount from the Hawthorne Brook account or the Excess and Deficiency fund, either or both, said sum to be used by the Board of Assessors for the purpose of reducing the tax rate or take any action relative thereto.
Article 70. To see if the town will authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen with the advise of the Town Counsel to com- promise and settle the case of Beatrice F. Curtis vs. the Inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott now pending in the Superior Court in Salem and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 71. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
The polls will close at 7 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the Post Office, and at least two public and conspicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the town not less than seven days 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 twentieth day of January, A. D., 1938.
ROBERT G. BYRNE, KENNETH W. ULMAN, PHILIP E. BESSOM, 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 two public and con- spicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Saturday, February 5, 1938, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable,
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, February 21, 1938
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swamp- scott, assembled at their several precincts in the Town of Swamp- scott, and were called to order by the presiding officer in each precinct
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at 7 o'clock A.M. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the Clerk in each precinct. The polls open at 7 A.M.
The following were appointed Precinct Officers and qualified for same:
Precinct 1. Warden, Robert B. Hegarty; Clerk Wilbert J. Arse- nault; Inspectors, John H. Keating, William H. Dow; Tellers, Ber- tram H. Thompson, Lauretta M. Fournier, Ella J. Turner, Arthur H. Campbell, Gladys Bates, Josephine H. Rideout.
Precinct 2. Warden, Louis N. Crocker; Clerk, John E. Coville; Inspectors, Carl J. Berry, John D. Healy; Tellers, Minnie J. Crowell, John Yasi, Anthony Benedetto, Martha F. Duren, Lillian A. Currant, Ruth M. Conley.
Precinct 3. Warden, Stuart P. Ellis; Clerk, Richard B. McCarthy, Jr .; Inspectors, Donald L. Sawyer, Almer A. Jackson; Tellers, Howard B. Horton, Elmer L. Howard, Charles E. Melzard, Ida S. Floro, John R. Macomber, James M. Reardon, Jr.
Precinct 4. Warden, Raymond H. Owen; Clerk, Thomas J. Ma- guire; Inspectors, Harry E. Pearce, Leon W. Howard; Tellers, John C. Pirie, John D. Hanley, Horace P. Fifield, Nellie J. McManus, Helen Sidell, Marion E. Cuddy.
Precinct 5. Warden, Thomas J. Boyce; Clerk, Samuel S. Hoover; Inspectors, Irving A. Curtis, Walter L. Kehoe; Tellers, John T. Mor- rison, Margaret L. Brogan, Walter C. Collins, Alice E. Leslie, Wini- fred G. Jacobs, Rose M. Dempsey.
Precinct 6. Warden, Henry E. Acker; Clerk, Harvey L. South- ward; Inspectors, George H. Chaisson, Harry G. Hutchinson; Tellers, Winthrop G. Carroll, Margaret V. Freeman, Charles M. Cahoon, Anna M. Burke, Vincent B. Easterbrooks, Robert A. LeComte.
Precinct 7. Warden, Charles D. Addison; Clerk, Eustis B. Grimes; Inspectors, Dennis H. Burns, Bernard F. McDermott; Tellers, Ralph H. Reed, Addie L. Kennedy, Gaiuo Spelta, Annie C. Ward, John G. Callahan, Mary A. Collins.
Precinct 8. Warden, William J. Lynch; Clerk, Francis P. Long; Inspectors, John McGrath, Ralph Melzard; Tellers, Eleanor T. Hamil- ton, Leonard V. Duratti, Sarah J. Conners, Irene H. Johnson, Pauline Duncan, Elsie A. Staley.
George J. Place acted as Tabulator assisting the Town Clerk.
The balloting started at 7 A.M. and the count started at 3 o'clock P.M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
Precinct 6 was the first to make a return at 8.00 P.M. Precinct 7 the last at 10.40 P.M.
There were cast in Precinct 1, 443; Precinct 2, 439; Precinct 3, 457; Precinct 4, 402; Precinct 5, 475; Precinct 6, 427; Precinct 7, 498; Precinct 8, 364. Total vote cast, 3505.
Precincts
1 2 3 4
5
6
7 8 Total
For Moderator:
John R. Hurlburt, elected Blanks
288 310 334 291 376 292 318 287 2496 155 129 123 111
For Town Clerk:
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., elected 232 218 219 172 208 232 268 152 1701 160 177 218 209 247 173 196 190 1570
Ralph D. Merritt
29 31
15 5
17 4
8
11 11
23 11
9 143
William H. Lanz Blanks
22 13
12
13 91
99 135 180 77 1009
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Precincts
1 2 3 4 5
6
7 8 Total
For Treasurer for three years:
James W. Libby, elected 314 321 352 315 388 319 341 281 2631
Blanks
129 118 105 87 87 108 157 83 874
For Selectmen:
Robert G. Byrne, elected
305 263 313 281 258 294 288 171 2173
Philip E. Bessom, elected
187 243 214 226 320 170 220 217 1797
Kenneth W. Ulman, elected
273 248 265 194 162 231 239 123 1735
Thomas S. Bubier
William H. McCarty
R. Wyer Greene
141 188 172 177 273 163 173 202 1489 192 142 176 129 134 176 292 196 1437 113 124 128 92 163 112 118 83 933
Blanks
118 109 103 107 115 135 164 100
951
For Tax Collector for three years: Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr., elected 234 215 219 177 210 235 262 159 1711 151 180 209 200 251 172 196 184 1543
Ralph D. Merritt
William H. Lanz
30 37 19 17 10
26 9
159
Blanks
28 7 10 8
4
14 12 92
For Assessor for three years:
Frank E. Morrison, elected 318 340 367 318 381 308 352 296 2680
Blanks
125 99 90 84 94 119 146 68
825
For School Committee for three years:
Bernard F. Carey, elected
Philip H. Stafford, elected
252 216 260 233 245 210 314 192 1922 205 266 243 257 308 233 193 210 1915
Edith M. Logan
174 193 203 166 254 219 223 212 1644
Blanks 255 203 208 148 143 192 266 114 1529
School Committee for two years (to fill vacancy) :
Edgar U. Burdett, elected Blanks
293 323 314 315 385 296 308 281 2515 150 116 143 87 90 131 190 83 990
School Committee for one year (to fill vacancy) :
Amos E. Russell, elected
John C. Coughlin
Blanks
159 235 196 201 268 180 192 139 1570 181 130 168 142 158 181 243 192 1395 103 74 93 59 49 66 63 33
540
Board of Public Welfare for three years:
Fred Seaton, elected
138 183 165 170 177 156 138
89 1216
Edward F. Burke 175 126 173 114 160 168 179 109 1204 81 81 62 69 662
Harold D. Spinney
86 66 110 107
For Board of Health for three years:
Loring Grimes, elected 322 343 354 326 394 319 370 305 2733
Blanks 121 96 103 76 81 108 128 59 772
Board of Water and Sewerage for three years:
Harold G. Enholm, elected 294 333 336 314 387 302 351 291 2608 Blanks 149 106 121 88 88 125 147 73 897
Trustee of Public Library for three years:
Lee T. Gray, elected
Blanks
294 313 317 302 368 282 324 294 2494 149 126 140 100 107 145 174 70 1011
For Park Commissioner for three years:
Ralph I. Lindsey, elected Blanks
294 320 331 319 389 298 338 293 2582 149 119 126 83 86 129 160 71 923
For Park Commissioner for one year (to fill vacancy) :
Frederick C. Burk, elected 320 343 348 313 378 315 345 293 2655 123 96 109 89 97 112 153 71 850
Blanks
11 9
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Precincts
1 2 3
4
5 6 7 8 Total
For Planning Board for three years:
Daniel Santry, elected 280 299 308 289 364 291 335 280 2446
John R. Nagle, elected
255 277 293 269 338 248 295 258 2233
Blanks 351 302 313 246 248 315 366 190 2331
For Planning Board for two years (to fill vacancy) :
Thomas W. Duncan, elected 270 304 298 282 349 271 282 304 2360. Blanks 173 135 159 120 126 156 194 82 1145
Tree Warden:
321 334 359 324 381 318 351 288 2676
Frederick C. Burk, elected Blanks
122 105 98 78 94 109 147 76 829
Constables
Willis E. Shephard, elected
266 288 317 278 349 295 359 257 2409
Wayne Anderson, elected 283 288 268 271 311 245 272 228 2166
Frank H. Bradford, elected
243 289 296 279 334 262 271 235 2209
John T. O'Connor
137 106 135 84 97 93 132 79 863
Blanks 400 346 355 294 334 386 460 293 2868
Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years:
James W. Libby, elected
285 299 313 299 358 295 310 280 2439
Blanks 158 140 144 103 117 132 188 84 1066
Shall the Town accept the provisions of Section one (1), Chapter 77, of the Acts of 1937 entitled, "An Act Providing for absent voting at Regular Town Elections ?"
YES 135 171 178 166 239 190 223 205 1507 92 66 88 71 74
NO
62 62 38 553
Blanks
216 202 191 165 162 175 213 121 1445
Precinct 1, Town Meeting Members for three years
Elmer E. Morley, elected
275
Edward H. Jordan, elected 274
Andrew B. Holmes, elected 262
Hulbert C. Griffin, elected
255
Henry A. Sadler, elected
252
George D. R. Durkee, elected
242
Milton E. Rich, elected
204
John R. Nagle, elected
203
Louis LaParrella
138
Francesco Pietrogallo 126
Luigi Facciuto
120
Blanks 1193
Precinct 1, Town Meeting Members for two years (To fill vacancy)
Willard H. Robinson, elected 260
Frederick R. Champion, elected 11
Blanks 615
Precinct 1, Town Meeting Members for one year (To fill vacancy)
Arthur Ventre, elected
266
Blanks 177
Precinct 2, Town Meeting Members for three years
J. Hervey M. Blackford, elected 295
Earl Abrams, elected 295
Amy C. Burk, elected 287
Burt F. Harding, elected 294
Joseph A. Levesque, elected
262
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Harold F. Merrill, elected Frederick Miller, elected John T. Nolan, elected Blanks
290
289
267
1233
Precinct 2, Town Meeting Members for two years (To fill vacancy)
Scattering
14
Blanks 425
Precinct 3, Town Meeting Members for three years
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., elected
308
Jean G. Allan, elected
253
William H. Carroll, elected
255
Geraldine L. Devlin, elected
222
Arthur E. Hardy, elected
252
Harry M. Shanahan, elected
243
Francis T. Pedrick, elected
13
Blanks 2110
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