Town annual report of Swampscott 1940, Part 5

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 242


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46


TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


In accordance with the provisions of Section 32 of Chapter 40, the by-law adopted by the Town of Swampscott under Article 67 was published in the Lynn Item and Telegram, June 13, 14 and 15, 1940. Attest:


MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,


Town Clerk.


WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Essex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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 pre- cincts in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the Seventeenth Day of September 1940, at 8 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:


Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of the Common- wealth; Treasurer and Receiver-General; Auditor of the Common- wealth; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; for this Common- wealth.


Representative in Congress for 6th Congressional District. Councillor for 5th Councillor District.


Senator for 1st Essex Senatorial District.


Three Representatives in General Court for 13th Essex Repre- sentative District.


Clerk of Courts for Essex County.


Register of Deeds for Essex County, Southern District.


County Commissioners (2) for Essex County.


And for the Election of the following officers:


15 Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party.


4 Delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic Party. All the above candidates are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from 8 A.M. to 8 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 return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this fifth day of September, A.D., 1940. ROBERT G. BYRNE, JAMES W. BUCHANAN, PHILIP E. BESSOM, Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest: WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.


47


RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1940]


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, September 7, 1940, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.


WAYNE ANDERSON,


Constable.


STATE PRIMARY Tuesday, September 17, 1940


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 8 o'clock A.M. 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, Raymond P. Connolly (D); Inspectors, John H. Keating (D), William H. Dow (R); Tellers, Bertram H. Thompson (R), Arthur H. Campbell (D), Ruth B. Houghton (R), Gladys S. Bates (R), Lauretta M. Four- nier (D).


Precinct 2: Warden, Louis N. Crocker (R); Clerk, John E. Co- ville (D); Inspectors, Carl J. Berry (R), John D. Healy (D); Tellers, James E. Connor (D), Ruth M. Conley (R), Doris L. Smith (D), Lillian A. Currant (R), John H. Philpot (D), John Yasi (R).


Precinct 3: Warden, Stuart P. Ellis (R); Clerk, Walter L. Ke- hoe (D); Inspectors, Donald L. Sawyer (D), Almer A. Jackson (R); Tellers, Charles T. Vray (R), Elizabeth M. Callahan (D), Mary A. Reardon (D), Winifred G. Jacobs (R), Virginia Coughlin (D), Kath- erine E. Lamkin (R).


Precinct 4: Warden, Thomas J. McManus (D); Clerk, John C. Pirie (R); Inspectors, Horace P. Fifield (R), Francis P. Byrne (D); Tellers, Anna C. Howard (R), Bessie F. Maguire (D), Francis Ped- rick (R), Caroline M. Gilbride (D), Martha L. Graham (R), Edith J. Johnson (R).


Precinct 5: Warden, Thomas J. Boyce (D); Clerk, John T. Mor- rison (R); Inspectors, Wm. J. Bonefant (D), Irving O. Smith (R); Tellers, Margaret L. Brogan (D), Bessie P. Laxton (R), Alice E. Leslie (D), Mary E. Fletcher (R), Christina A. Pearce (D), Francis G. Parker (R).


Precinct 6: Warden, Henry E. Acker (D); Clerk, Harvey L. Southward (R); Inspectors, George H. Chaisson (D), Charles M. Cahoon (R); Tellers, Margaret V. Freeman (D), Anna M. Burke (D), Vincent B. Easterbrooks (R), Elva P. Garey (R), Carol C. Edmond- son (D), Lucy G. Nickerson (R).


Precinct 7: Warden, Charles D. Addison (R); Clerk, Eustis B. Grimes (D); Inspectors, Ralph H. Reed (R), John G. Callahan (D); Tellers, Russell Bessom (R), Agnes C. Kennedy (R), Lena E. Zuchero (D), Annie L. Ward (D), Esther M. McAuliffe (D), Martin R. Con- ners (R).


Precinct 8: Warden, Charles A. Flagg (R); Clerk, Wm. J. Lynch (D); Inspectors, Patrick Lyons (D), Ralph Melzard (R); Tellers,


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[Dec. 31


Clara V. Watson (R), Leonard V. Durratti (D), Annie T. Conners (D), Pauline Duncan (R), Irene H. Johnson (R), Francis P. Long (D).


The balloting started at 8 o'clock A.M. and the count started at 4 P.M. The polls closed at 8 P.M. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.


Precinct 6 was the first to make a return at 8:25 P.M. and Pre- cinct 8 the last at 10:50 P.M.


The following number of votes were cast:


Republicans


Democrats


Precinct 1


237


50


Precinct 2


341


49


Precinct 3


263


45


Precinct 4


269


32


Precinct 5


320


44)


Precinct 6


260


34


Precinct 7


323


62


Precinct


279


20


Total vote cast: Republican 2292; Democratic 336.


Republican Ballot


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


Governor:


Leverett Saltonstall, Newton


301 304 238 252 307 231 286 269 2088


Blanks


36


37


25


17


13


29


37


10


204


Lieutenant Governor:


Horace T. Cahill, Braintree


201 296 244 245 303 227 269 266 2051


Blanks


36


45


19


24


17


33


54


13


241


Secretary :


Frederic W. Cook, Somerville


195 291 241 243 301 221 270 262 2024


Blanks


42


50


22


26


19


39


53


17


268


Treasurer:


39 William E. Hurley, Boston 198 286 231 236 296 219 265 263 1994 Blanks


Auditor:


Russell A. Wood, Cambridge


194 285 232 239 298 212 254 260 1974


Blanks


43


56


31


30


22


48


69


19


318


Attorney General:


Clarence A. Barnes, Mansfield


43


82


48


45


56


48


58


62


442


Robert T. Bushnell, Newton 61


67 111


65


79 107


621


William C. Crossley;


Fall River


28


29


35


29


29


18


28


20


216


Edmund R. Dewing, Wellesley


37


65


53


78


69


62


91


41


496


Michael A. Fredo, Arlington


4


2


3


3


3


4


7


3


29


George W. Roberts, Boston Blanks


23


46


38


28


34


31


23


34


257


41


41


31


19


18


32


37


12


231


...


55


32


33


24


41


58


16


298


..


... . ...


76


55


49


RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1940]


Precincts


1 2


3


4


5


6


7


8


Tot.


190 282 223 232 299 208 250 257 1941


47


59


40


37


21


52


73


22


351


Congressman, Sixth District:


George J. Bates


202 298 239 244 302 228 276 264 2053


Blanks


35


43


24


25


18


32


47


15


239


Councillor, Fifth District, Vote for 1:


David D. Black, Lynn


139 182 156 176 212 148 185 179 1377


Wm. J. MacInnis,


Gloucester


34


6'9


48


44


63


44


60


62


424


Fred A. Turner, Lawrence


22


28


14


14


13


17


10


6


124


Blanks


42


62


45


35


32


51


68


32


367


Senator, First Essex District, Vote for 1:


Robert G. Byrne, Swampscott


177 262 183 204 232 203 246 184 1691


John J. Joyce, Lynn


30


24


27


25


25


18


23


41


213


Charles Symonds, Lynn


20


41


40


31


52


33


44


38


299


Blanks


10


14


13


9


11


6


10


16


89


Representatives in General Court, 13th Essex District, Vote for 3:


J. Elmer Callahan, Salem Lester B. Morley,


68 102 66 108 100 62


75 656


Swampscott


205 298 226 230 286 221 280 247 1993


Harold B. L. McIntosh, Marblehead


154 222 182 173 212 168 181 205 1497


Philip L. Morency, Salem 37


44 35 42


48


36


45


35


322


Edmond Talbot, Jr., Salem 102 137 125 135 162 124 112 132 1029 Blanks 145 220 155 119 152 169 276 143 1379


Clerk of Courts, Essex County :


Archie N. Frost, Andover Blanks


186 272 224 230 291 201 237 257 1898


51


69


39


39


29


59


86


22


394


Register of Deeds, Essex Southern District, Vote for 1:


Maurice Kimball, Salem


30


34


20


29


30 75


22


39


54


259


Mayland P. Lewis, Nahant


73 106


84


78


A. Franklin Priest, Haverhill 110 164 139 146 195 148 134 135 1171


Blanks


24


36


20


16


20


20


37


21


194


County Commissioners, Essex County, Vote for 2:


Frederick Butler, Andover 117 213 134 140 162 128 127 146 1167 James D. Bentley,


Swampscott


190 295 218 221 260 211 241 213 1849


Albert Wm. Glynn, Haverhill


8


9


7


10


18


13


10 85


Tom Longworth, Methuen


5


8


11


10


8


8


10 3 40


5 58


Wilfred J. Poitras, Salem


12


15


13


10


13 126


17


70 119 7


120


795


Henry O. Silsbee, 2d, Lynn Carl A. Woekel, Methuen Blanks


4


4


1


4


4


2 2 66 104 49


469


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


7 8


Tot.


Delegates to State Convention:


Mildred C. Larson


136 219


185


184


264 254


178 166


205


218


1589


Grace L. Russell


134


215


179


179


Flora A. Titus


134 213


179


190


258


163


196


217 215


28


48


57


49


47


49


70 113


69


668


13 133


90


81


93


96


208


1552


1548


75


Senator in Congress: Henry Parkman, Jr., Boston Blanks


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[Dec. 31


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


George J. Nichols


139


217


184 172


257


185


204


223


1581


Albert S. Hills


148


218


166


192


253


165


198


210


1550


James W. Buchanan


179


233


187


190


268


188


237


219


1701


Robert G. Byrne


176


250


196


208


267


198


252


229 1776


Philip E. Bessom


161


230


192


194


281


179


222


231


1690


Malcolm F.


MacLean, Jr.


173


234


197


192


268


199


239


236


1738


George H. Lucey


133


211


169


178


261


163


199


209


1523


Lewis Bee


141


212


170


177


252


161


191


211


1515


John S. McKenney


129


206


170


170


250


166


210


207


1508


Charles D. Addison, Jr. 137


208


178


178


258


169


209


215


1552


Shirley T. Fairweather 136


211


170


174


247


162


189


209


1498


Mary R. Ball


144


221


193


183


260


171


205


220


1597


Blanks


1355 1817 1230 1274 902 1287 1681


916 10462


Democratic Ballot


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


Governor:


Paul A. Dever, Cambridge


31


42


30


28


38


26


45


17


257


Francis E. Kelly, Boston


14


5


11


4


5


5


9


1


54


Blanks


5


2


4


0


1


3


8


2


25


Lieutenant Governor:


John G. Carr, Medford


9


21


16


12


25


10


11


7


111


Owen A. Gallagher, Boston


18


12


14


13


9


11


18


5


100


Francis P. Kelley, Milton


11


2


8


3


4


3


13


3


47


Michael Philip McCarron, Lowell


1


3


0


1


0


0


2


1


8


Charles E. O'Neill, Danvers


1


3


4


1


2


1


5


0


17


Raymond A. Willett, Woburn


2


2


1


0


0


2


0


1


8


Blanks


8


6


2


2


4


7


13


3


45


Secretary :


Albert Fish, Boston


3


4


6


1.


3


5


10


3 35


Katherine A. Foley, Lawrence


23


22


20


12


25


13


13


9


137


Arthur M. MacCarthy, Winthrop


10


10


5


12


2


4


9


3 55


Albert E. Morris, Everett Blanks


7


11


7


4


8


9


15


3


64


Treasurer:


Ernest J. Brown, Medford


4


3


4


2


1


4


1 20


10


140


Joseph W. Doherty, Brookline


13


6


5


3


1


6


11


1 46


John J. Donahue, Somerville


7


3


3


4


3


6


8


0


34


John J. McGrath, Boston Blanks


2


5


3


5


10


0


5


4


34


6


10


3


6


8


8


17


4


62


Auditor:


Thomas J. Buckley, Boston


24


23


23


13


27


15


31


7 163


Thomas P. Flaherty, Boston


6


4


5


3


2


5


4


1


30


Wm. P. Husband, Jr., Belmont


5


5


10


6


6


6


9


7


54


Leo D. Walsh, Boston


8


8


3


5


2


2


4


1


33


Blanks


7


9


4


5


7


6


14


4 56


7


2


7


3


6


3


15


2


45


1 20


Patrick M. Cahill, Peabody


18


22


27


12


21


10


51


RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1940]


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8


Tot.


Attorney General:


John H. Backus, New Bedford


9


4


3


3


5


3


6


2


35


James Henry Brennan, Boston


3


13


10


12


6


4


13


4


65


Thomas M. Burke, Boston


3


4


7


3


10


6


6


0


39


Joseph V. Carroll, Belmont


7


3


3


0


2


0


3


2


20


Jeannette C. Chisholm, Waltham


3


0


1


1


6


3


0


1 15


Joseph Finnegan, Boston


2


4


4


3


0


6


3


1


23


John W. Lyons, Cambridge


2


0


3


1


4


1


5


3


19


Edward A. Ryan,


Worcester


7


7


0


3


3


1


2


1


24


Harold W. Sullivan, Boston Blanks


8


11


6


1


5


7


14


5


57


Senator in Congress:


David I. Walsh, Fitchburg Blanks


42


42


35


26


39


27


52


14


277


8


7


10


6


5


7


10


6


59


Congressman, Sixth District:


James D. Burns


41


37


35


22


34


24


46


14


253


Blanks


9


12


10


10


10


10


16


6


83


Councillor, Fifth District:


James A. Donovan, Lawrence


8


15


8


12


6


9


19


7


84


Wm. G. Hennessey, Lynn Blanks


36


26


28


17.


32


17


32


9


197


6


8


9


3


6


8


11


4


55


Senator, First Essex District:


Charles V. Hogan, Lynn


21


26


29


25


33


16


38


16


204


Charles C. O'Donnell, Lynn Blanks


25


16


11


4


6


11


14


1


88


4


7


5


3


5. .


7


10


3


44


Representatives in General Court, Thirteenth Essex District, Vote for 3:


John J. Walsh, Salem Blanks


112 114 106


79 102


83 150


:47


793


Clerk of Courts, Essex County :


Archie N. Frost, Andover


5


6


4


5


2


7 2


17


3


73


James H. Sisk, Lynn


22


32


30


19


24


17


29 11


12


185


Blanks


6


4


2


1


7


· 8


3


42


Register of Deeds, Essex Southern District:


Maurice Kimball, Salem


38


32


32


17


26


21


38


11 215


Blanks


12


17


13


15


18


13


24


9


121


County Commissioners, Essex County, Vote for 2:


Joseph Caruso, Salem


9


2


4


0


2


1


3


1 22


Michael F. Conway, Peabody


8


8


9


6


7


2


3


5


48


Joseph Cussell, Lawrence Wm. H. Hanifey, Swampscott


1


3


0


0


0


0


2


0


6


J. Fred Manning, Lynn


30


29


31


26


32


27 18


44 30


9


205


Blanks


23


30


21


11


20


20


42


10


177


Delegates to State Convention, Vote for 4:


John T. Coan


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


38


33


29


:17


:30


19 36


13


2


36


James H. Linihan, Lynn


17


7


9


7


11


6


3


8


5


3


3


10


1


39


29


26


25


21


27


15


214


5


215


··


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


Vincent P. O'Brien


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0 1


Wm. H. Hanifey


0


0


0


1


1


1


1


0


4


Henry J. Callahan


0


1


0


0


0


0


0 0 0


0 0


17


John Malone


0


0


3


Christina Pearce


0


0


3


4 4 4


9 13


0 0


0 0


0 0


16 20


Harold R. Young


0


0


3


9


0


0


0


16


Norman H. Shields


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


1


Blanks


200 195 166 110 132 135 247


80 1265


Adjourned at 11:15 P.M.


Attest:


MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.


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 of Massachusetts 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 Swampscott on Tuesday, November 5, 1940, at 6 o'clock A.M. for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Election Officers on one ballot for the following officers:


Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secre- tary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Representatives in General Court (3); Clerk of Courts; Register of Deeds; County Com- missioners (2).


To vote Yes or No on the following 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 beverages 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 question three.


(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic beverages 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 beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition 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.


0


1


Wm. Burns


0


0


2 3


0


0


0


Thomas J. Cahill


0


0


4


10


0


2


53


RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1940]


(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic 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 (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?


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) ?


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 ?


Question of Public Policy-"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 ?"


Question of Public Policy-"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery conducted by the Commonwealth which shall be known as the Old Age Assist- ance Sweepstakes and shall not be held oftener than once a month. The gross revenue from the same shall be divided as follows: 50% of the gross receipt shall be paid out as prizes. 25% of the gross receipt to be paid into the Old Age Assistance Fund, and not more than 25% for expenses and Administration. Any remainder to be paid into the general fund of the State."


The polls will be open from 6 A.M. to 8 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the Post Office, and in 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 at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of October, 1940.


ROBERT G. BYRNE, JAMES W. BUCHANAN, 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 conspicuous places in each precinct in the Town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Satur- day, October 26, A.D. 1940, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.


WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.


54


TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


STATE ELECTION Tuesday, November 5, 1940


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 6 o'clock A.M. 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, Raymond P. Connolly (D); Inspectors, John H. Keating (D), William H. Dow (R); Tellers, Bertram H. Thompson (R), Harriett T. Kain (D), Ruth B. Houghton (R), Gladys S. Bates (R), Lauretta M. Fournier (D), Beatrice F. Hamel (D).


Precinct 2: Warden, Louis N. Crocker (R); Clerk, John E. Co- ville (D); Inspectors, Carl J. Berry (R), John D. Healy (D); Tellers, James E. Connor (D), Ruth M. Conley (R), Doris L. Smith (D), Lillian A. Currant (R), John H. Philpot (D), John Yasi (R).


Precinct 3: Warden, Stuart P. Ellis (R); Clerk, Walter L. Kehoe (D); Inspectors, Donald L. Sawyer (D), Almer A. Jackson (R); Tellers, Charles T. Vray (R), Elizabeth M. Callahan (D), Mary A. Reardon (D), Winifred G. Jacobs (R), Katherine E. Lamkin (R), William G. Burns (D).


Precinct 4: Warden, Thomas J. McManus (D); Clerk, John C. Pirie (R); Inspectors, Horace P. Fifield (R), Francis P. Byrne (D); Tellers, Anna C. Howard (R), Bessie F. Maguire (D), Caroline M. Gilbride (D), Martha L. Graham (R), Edith J. Johnson (R), Richard C. Cuddy (D).


Precinct 5: Warden, Thomas J. Boyce (D); Clerk, Irving A. Cur- tis (R); Inspectors, John T. Morrison (R), William J. Bonefant (D); Tellers, Margaret L. Brogan (D), Sydna H. Collins (R), Bessie P. Laxton (R), Alice E. Leslie (D), Mary F. Fletcher (R), Florence E. Scanlon (D).


Precinct 6: Warden, Henry E. Acker (D); Clerk, Harvey L. Southward (R); Inspectors, George H. Chaisson (D), Charles M. Ca- hoon (R); Tellers, Margaret V. Freeman (D), Anna M. Burke (D), Eva E. Hobby (R), Elva P. Garey (R), Carol C. Edmondson (D), Lucy G. Nickerson (R).


Precinct 7: Warden, Charles D. Addison (R); Clerk. Eustis B. Grimes (D); Inspectors, Ralph H. Reed (R), John G. Callahan (D); Tellers, Russell Bessom (R), Agnes C. Kennedy (R), Annie L. Ward (D), Martin R. Conners (R), Lena E. Zuchero (D), Esther M. McAuliffe (D).


Precinct 8: Warden, Charles A. Flagg (R); Clerk, Wm. J. Lynch (D); Inspectors, Patrick Lyons (D), Ralph Melzard (R); Tellers, Virginia Coughlin (D), Annie T. Conners (D), Pauline Duncan (R), Irene H. Johnson (R), Mary F. Way (D), Mavis C. Watson (R).


The balloting started at 6 o'clock A.M. and the count started at 3 P.M. The polls closed at 8 P.M. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.


Precinct 2 was the first to make a return at 8:35 P.M. and Pre- cinct 7 the last at 11:10 P.M.


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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1940]


The following number of votes were cast:


Ballots Cast


A.V.


Precinct 1


848


832


16


Precinct 2


806


795


11


Precinct 3


817


804


13


Precinct 4


677


658


19


Precinct 5


848


825


23


Precinct 6


738


716


22


Precinct 7


896


866


30


Precinct 8


790


767


23


Total vote cast


6420


6263


157


Precincts 1 2


3


4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


For Electors of President and Vice President:


Aiken and Orange (SLP)


1


1


0


0


0


1


1


0


4


Babson and Moorman (P)


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


Browder and Ford (C)


1


1


0


1


0


1


0


0


4


Roosevelt and Wallace (D) 312 224 274 140 182 189 242 157 1720


Thomas and Krueger (S)


2


1


0


4


0


0


0


1


8


Wilkie and McNary (R)


512 574 528 528 658 534 635 624 4593


Blanks


20


3 15


4


8


13


18


8


89


For Governor:


Henning A. Blomen, Cambridge


1


1


2


0


0


0 0


1


1


6


Jeffrey W. Campbell, Boston


3


1


3


0


1


1


0


9


Paul A. Dever, Cambridge


312 216 245 135 164 184 228 139 1623


Otis Archer Hood, Boston


0


1


0


1


0


1


0


0


3


E. Tallmadge Root, Somerville


0


1


0


0


£


0


0


1


1


3


Leverett Saltonstall, Newton


506 577 555 536 673 543 651 646 4687 9 10 12 26 3 89


For Lieutenant Governor:


Horace T. Cahill, Braintree


514 581 564 529 668 550 645 639 4690


Hugo DeGregory, Springfield


1


3


1


1


0


1


1


1


9


Owen A. Gallagher, Boston 262 189 208 128 157 161 207 126 1438


Walter S. Hutchins, Greenfield


4


1


0


4


1


0


0


8


18


George L. McGlynn, Springfield


5


2


1


0


1


0


0


0


9


Guy S. Williams, Worcester


5


6


2


2


2


3


5


0 25


Blanks


57


24


41


13


19


23


38


16


231


For Secretary:


Frederick W. Cook, Somerville


570 619 570 540 694 576 669 662 4900


Katherine A. Foley, Lawrence


204 147 198 114 127 130 173 120 1213


Thomas F. P. O'Dea, Boston


5


2


1


0


2


2


0


0


12


Modestino Torra, Boston


9


1


2


0


1


0


1


0


14


Peter Wartianen, Jr., Fitchburg


2


1


1


2


1


2


2


0


11


Blanks


58


36


45


21


23


28


51


8


270


Blanks


5


10 14


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Precincts


1 2 3


4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


For Treasurer:


John J. Donahue, Somerville


212 161 196 114 144 125 170 125 1247


Henry Grossman, Worcester


0


3


1


2


0


1 8


12


6


83


Wm. E. Hurley, Boston


526 586 547 524 680 554 653 630 4700


Malcolm T. Rowe, Lynn


9


3


7


3


1


6


2


0


31


Andrew Swenson, Greenfield Blanks


4


0


0


2


0


1


0


0


7


74


41


51


28


20


43


58


27


342


For Auditor:


Arthur R. Buckley, Boston


5


4


2


2


2


1


5


1 22


Thomas J. Buckley, Boston 260 193 241 144 170 156 213 134 1511


Charles H. Daniels, North Adams


4


1


0


3


0


0


1


0


9


Bernard G. Kelly, Springfield


2


4


1


3


0


1


1


0


12


Harry W. Kimball, Needham


11


10


6


6


3


3


8


4


51


479 555 519 493 643 533 606 621 4449


87


39


48


26


30


44


62


30


366


For Attorney General: James Henry Brennan, Boston


237 183 215 124 155 144 203 124 1385 Robert T. Bushnell, Newton 518 583 551 524 670 552 634 642 4674 Joseph C. Figueiredo, New Bedford


1


1


2


1


0


1


0


1


7


Austin H. Fittz, Natick


5


4


3


0


0


1


0


0


13


Charles R. Hill, Brookline


4


1


2


4


1


0


1


0


13


Fred E. Oelcher, Peabody Blanks


5


2


2


1


0


0


1


0


11


78


32


42


23


22


40


57


23


317


For Senator in Congress: Philip Frankfeld, Boston Horace I. Hillis, Saugus George Lyman Paine, Cambridge


4


2


0


1


1


1


1


0


10


Henry Parkman, Jr., Boston


435 523 485 475 622 489 578 580 4187


9


3


4


2


0


1


3


0


22


David I. Walsh, Fitchburg Blanks


60


25


29


16


11


26


31


16


214


For Congressman, Sixth District:


George J. Bates, Salem


606 626 590 549 711 585 686 683 5036 182 149 188 103 121 113 166 79 1101


James D. Burns, Salem Blanks


60


31


39


25


16


40


44


28


283


For Councillor, Fifth District:


253 185 216 143 174 147 134 221 1473


Blanks


3


2


0


2


0


1 1


2


2 12


6


1


1


0


0


1


0


10


George L. Thompson, Randolph


331 250 298 181 214 219 280 192 1965


1


2 10


Thomas Hamilton, Lynn


23


12


15


4


3


Russell A. Wood, Cambridge Blanks


James A Donovan, Lawrence Wm. J. MacInnis, Gloucester 492 562 524 493 642 518 596 611 4438 77 103 59 41 32 73 79 45 509


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Precincts 1 2 3 4


5


6


7


8 Tot.


For Senator, First Essex District:


Robert G. Byrne, Swampscott 585 592 584 556 701 590 697 649 4954 Charles V. Hogan, Lynn 223 180 196 107 131 127 179 115 1258 40 26 34 37 14 16 21 20


Blanks


208


For Representatives in General Court, Thirteenth Essex:


Harold B. L. MacIntosh, Marblehead 501 565 523 484 610 513 580 599 4375


Lester B. Morley, Swampscott 644 637 609 557 701 604 730 665 5147 487 539 471 466 593 484 544 550 4134




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