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Petitioned for by John G. McLearn et al.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following by-law: Section 1. All regular employees of the town, other than those appointed by the School Committee shall be granted holiday leave without loss of pay on the following legal holidays: January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, the first Monday of September, October 12, November 11, Thanks- giving Day and Christmas Day, or on the day following when any of the five days mentioned or October 12, November 11 or Christmas Day occurs on Sunday.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 147, Section 16C of the General Laws, as amended as Chapter 346, Acts of 1951, which provides that members of the Police Department shall be excused from duty two days out of every seven without loss of pay. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to revise the building by-laws of the Town of Swampscott; said committee to report to the next Annual Town Meeting. Sponsored by the Planning Board.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to purchase or take by eminent domain for cemetery purposes the premises shown in Plate 13, Lot 2 and Plate 13, Lot 3 of the Assessors' Plans of the Town of Swampscott and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Superintendent of Cemetery.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to act upon the report of the com- mittee appointed by the Selectmen to investigate the fire whistle and appropriate the necessary money therefor. Sponsored by the Fire Whistle Committee.
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Article 26. To see if the town will vote to paint and repair the Central Fire Engine House and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new car for the Chief of the Fire Department and authorize him to trade or sell the present car and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to purchase an automobile to be used as a patrol car for the Police Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase two Jeeps to be used by the Engineering Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Town Engineer.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to lay a drain from Allen Road through Sumner Street to Hawthorne Brook, a distance of approximately 450 feet and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Surveyor of High- ways to purchase a front-end shovel loader tractor with rubber tires and appropriate the necessary money relative thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to carry on a sidewalk construction program under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 83, Sections 25 and 26, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used in conjunction with money appropriated by the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts and the County of Essex for the repair or construction of highways as pro- vided by Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of the Fourth of July or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Armistice Day or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to continue the summer recreation project and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
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Article 38. To see if the town will vote to repair the Fish House and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to purchase a stake body truck for tree work and appropriate the sum of $3,700.00 therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to purchase a small sidewalk roller and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 therefor or take any action reative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to loam, seed and fertilize a section of Phillips Park for additional play space. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to investigate and study the wage scale paid to all town employees other than those filled by popular election and those under the direction and control of the School Committee with a view towards classifying said positions into groups doing substantially similar work and having substantially equal responsibilities. Said committee to use all available data including the Griffenhagen Report, and report to the next Annual Town Meeting. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to purchase chairs for the Old Town Hall and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to reimburse the Ellen Realty Com- pany for digging and backfilling water pipe trench on Dale Street and appropriate the sum of $236.00 therefor. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Water and Sewerage Board to establish the hydrant rental charge to the Fire Department at the rate of $10.00 per hydrant per year and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewer- age Board to install necessary drains and catch basins at Elmwood Road and Thomas Road, at Norfolk Avenue and Middlesex Avenue and on Burrill Street and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to authorize the use of the land owned by the town and located as shown on Plate 11, Lots 405, 406, 407, 414, 415, 416, 417, 421, 756, 766, 767, and 768 and Plate 8, Lots 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 9 and 10 of the Assessors' plans by the Board of Health for the purpose of maintaining a sanitary land fill if, and when, they deem it necessary therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Health.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewers in any or all of the following streets: Puritan Lane, Puritan Road, Winshaw Road, Laurel Road,
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Nantucket Avenue and Reid Terrace, and in any other streets or sections of the town as the Board of Health deems necessary and that the necessary money therefor be appropriated or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Health.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 820, Acts of 1950, providing for a $100.00 increase to pensioners under the Contributory Re- tirement System and to appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Contributory Retirement Board.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 781, Acts of 1951, providing increases to certain pensioners under the Contributory Retirement System and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Contributory Retirement Board.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a new lease with the Leon E. Abbott Post No. 57 American Legion Build- ing Association, for a term of five (5) years from April 5, 1952, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by Alfred B. Jones et al.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to revise, codify and print the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by-laws by including all of the premises bounded and described as follows in B-1 section, being a retail business district:
Southerly by Paradise Road, 125 feet;
Westerly by land now or formerly of Young 58.19 feet ;
Northwesterly in 3 courses by land now or formerly of Young 77.86 feet; 47.47 feet ; and 12.76 feet; and
Easterly by land of Eldridge T. Davis, et ux 132.66 feet; containing 11,400 square feet more or less.
Petitioned for by Harold F. Carlson et al.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to amend the building by-laws by adding thereto the following section:
Article III, Section 5A: The slope of any garage driveway shall not be greater than one percent (1%) for a distance of ten (10) feet from the side- line of a private or public way. The intersection of the driveway and the side- line shall meet the elevation as approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Swampscott or the elevation as shown on the Town Plans of Accepted Streets.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen, Town Engineer, and Building Inspector.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by-laws by adding thereto the following section:
Article 6, Section 7: No member of the Board of Appeals shall act in any case in which he is interested and in case any member is so disqualified, or is absent because of illness or other cause, an associate member shall act in case of such vacancy, inability to act, or interest on the part of a member of
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said Board. The Board of Selectmen shall designate and appoint two such associate members of the Board of Appeals who shall act in the manner pre- scribed by General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 30.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 56. To see if the voters of the town, by ballot, will vote to amend the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott by adding to Chapter II-"A" thereof the following section:
Section 2. No article which may, in the opinion of the Finance Committee, require an appropriation in excess of the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars shall be acted upon by the Town Meeting Members, but shall be acted upon by ballot by the registered voters of the Town in their respective precincts. This provision shall not apply to the annual budget submitted by any department.
Petitioned for by James W. Buchanan et al.
Article 57. To see if the voters of the town, by ballot, will vote to amend the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott by adding to Chapter II-"A" thereof the following section:
Section 2. No article which may, in the opinion of the Finance Committee, require an appropriation in excess of the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars shall be acted upon by the Town Meeting members, but shall be acted upon by ballot by the registered voters of the town in their respective precincts.
This provision shall not apply to the annual budget submitted by any depart- ment.
Petitioned for by Robert B. Hegarty et al.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to amend the plumbing by-laws of the Town of Swampscott by striking out all provisions of the plumbing by-laws, and amendments thereto now in force and effect, in the Town of Swampscott and adopt in their place a new plumbing by-law as prepared by the committee appointed by the vote under Article 30 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1951. Sponsored by the Committee Appointed to Study, Revise and Submit a New Plumb- ing Code.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following by-law: Chapter IIA, Section 2 - All petitions for the laying out and acceptance of public ways shall be filed with the Board of Selectmen on or before the first Thursday of November preceding the Annual Town Meeting. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to install curbstones at the corners at the Essex Street Bridge and at the southerly corners of Buena Vista Street and Burpee Road and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by I. Murray Adams et al.
Article 61. To see if the town will vote to enclose Hawthorne Brook, so- called, with a reinforced concrete culvert on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by Maurice Klein et al.
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Article 62. To see if the town will vote to resurface Essex Street from Jackson Park to the end of the Swampscott Cemetery and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Upper Swamp- scott Improvement Association, Eldridge T. Davis, President.
Article 63. To see if the town will vote to resurface the remainder of the accepted portion of Eureka Avenue and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Upper Swampscott Improve- ment Association, Eldridge T. Davis, President.
Article 64. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of placing lights and other decorations on Humphrey Street during the 1952 Christmas season or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Swampscott Business Men's Association, Carl R. Perry, Corresponding Secretary.
Article 65. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee to study the parking situation in the Humphrey Street busi- ness area of Swampscott, said committee to submit its report and recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting. Petitioned for by Cynthia B. Sargent et al.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to accept Deer Cove Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Newton S. Courtney et al.
Article 67. To see if the town will vote to accept Brown Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Harold L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Imogen G. Morrison et al.
Article 68. To see if the town will vote to accept Linden Avenue from Salem Street to Stanley Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in ac- cordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Sidney Stamell et al.
Article 69. To see if the town will vote to accept the balance of Stanley Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by the Ellen Realty Corp.
Article 70. To see if the town will vote to accept Dale Street from Sumner Street to Linden Avenue as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Lilly Brown et al.
Article 71. To see if the town will vote to accept Sherwood Road from Forest Avenue to the line of its present acceptance as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Morris Rosenthal et al.
Article 72. To se if the town will vote to accept Pine Hill Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Leon Glosband et al.
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Article 73. To see if the town will vote to accept Nason Road from the present point of acceptance to the westerly boundary of Laurel Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Robert M. Rose et al.
Article 74. To see if the town will accept Laurel Road from Nason Road to Forest Avenue as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Elinor B. Rose et al.
Article 75. To see if the town will vote to accept an extension of 300 feet of Lewis Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Francis M. Kirkpatrick et al.
Article 76. To see if the town will vote to accept Brewster Terrace as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Stuart W. Graham et al.
Article 77. To see if the town will vote to accept Bates Road from Muriel Road to the Ross property line as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on con- dition that all the abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Ellis Kalish et al.
Article 78. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of Real Estate now or hereafter owned by the town and acquired through foreclosure or purchased under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 60, as amended, for non-payment of taxes and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 79. To see what action the town will take on the matter of trans- ferring certain unexpended balances, as shown on the books of the Town Accountant as of December 31, 1951 to the Excess and Deficiency Fund, or take any action rela- tive thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 80. 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. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen ..
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, March 17, 1952
Precinct 1
362
Precinct 2
356
Precinct :
274
Precinct
346
Precinct 5
411
Precinct 6
327
Precinct 7
567
Precinct 8
441
3084
Total Votes Cast
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Town of Swampscott
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
Moderator for 1 Year
Vincent P. O'Brien (E)
285
265
219
281
333
264
456
369
2472
Blanks
77
91
55
65
78
63
111
72
612
Selectmen for 1 Year
Frederick R. Champion (E)
266
227
161
186
217
205
381
313
1956
Ralph I. Lindsey (E)
198
174
152
215
236
192
375
298
1840
Andrew R. Linscott (E)
187
206
175
207
289
216
337
254
1871
Lawson H. O'Brien
126
128
79
77
102
85
95
60
752
Albert F. Pashby
152
194
138
183
208
143
220
194
1432
Blanks
157
139
117
170
181
140
293
204
1401
Town Clerk for 3 Years
Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr. (E) Blanks
62
88
57
75
83
65
113
64
607
Water and Sewerage Board for 3 Years
Harold C. Hudson (E)
170
189
133
187
271
180
264
282
1676
Francis N. Lang
114
108
80
99
93
82
193
71
840
Raymond P. Smith
45
32
36
43
18
44
53
55
326
Blanks
33
27
25
17
29
21
57
33
242
Assessor for 3 Years
John A. Holmes (E)
297
275
211
276
338
269
444
365
2475
Blanks
65
81
63
70
73
58
123
76
609
Park Commissioner for 3 Years
Roland C. Booma (E)
181
180
147
192
251
157
294
318
1720
James J. Wallis
161
156
111
137
138
149
240
109
1201
Blanks
20
20
16
17
22
21
33
14
163
School Committee for 3 Years
George A. Chadwell
110
88
48
68
82
75
89
31
591
Harvey A. Craig
52
95
48
56
52
42
52
42
439
A. Bruce Durkee
77
53
55
58
67
52
129
101
592
William H. Rothwell, 2nd (E)
42
39
41
51
66
57
193
216
708
Blanks
37
24
26
3-4
49
31
60
27
238
Trustee of Public Library for 3 Years
George W. Howe (E)
274
264
215
268
319
250
434
364
2388
Blanks
88
92
59
78
92
77
133
77
696
Trustee of Public Library for 1 Year
Benjamin F. Cornwall (E)
269
262
214
264
327
249
426
368
2379
Blanks
93
94
60
82
84
78
141
73
705
Board of Public Welfare for 3 Years
Walter L. Ranger (E)
289
275
212
286
332
258
432
369
2453
Blanks
73
81
62
60
79
69
135
72
631
Board of Health for 3 Years
E. Wallace Donald (E)
294
287
224
283
325
257
431
366
2467
Blanks
68
69
50
63
86
70
136
75
617
Constable for 1 Year
Wayne Anderson (E)
280
265
202
266
314
241
399
336
2303
Leonard H. Bates (E)
279
279
209
279
317
247
416
342
2368
Willis E. Shephard (E)
269
265
206
270
313
257
431
347
2358
Blanks
258
259
205
223
289
236
455
298
2223
300
268
217
271
328
262
454
377
2477
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Precincts 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
Planning Board for 5 Years
James R. Maddock (E)
277
264
211
265
319
250
420
352
2358
Blanks
85
92
63
81
92
77
147
89
726
Commissioner of Trust Funds for 3 Years
Henry S. Baldwin (E)
266
265
208
270
322
256
415
353
2355
Blanks
96
91
66
76
89
71
152
88
729
Swampscott Housing Authority for 2 Years
Walter F. Livermore (E)
276
263
207
273
320
250
418
345
2352
Blanks
86
93
67
73
91
77
149
96
732
Swampscott Housing Authority for 1 Year
John A. Massey (E)
278
269
201
259
316
235
399
340
2297
Blanks
84
87
73
87
95
92
168
101
787
Question No. 1
Yes
172
137
113
134
165
142
237
162
1262
No
(E)
127
172
128
180
192
129
233
196
1357
Blanks
63
47
33
32
54
56
97
83
465
Question No. 2
Yes
75
125
89
89
161
97
237
139
1012
No (E)
230
199
160
242
218
206
260
264
1779
Blanks
57
32
25
15
32
24
70
38
293
Town Meeting Members for 3 years Precinct 1
Leonard H. Bates, Jr. (E) 285
Lewis H. Berry (E)
282
John H. Cropley, Jr. (E) 266
Otto W. Friedman (E) 274
William S. Healy (E)
264
Lillian G. Knowlton (E)
255
Fred H. Whittier, Jr. (E) 255
Arthur Ventre (E)
33
Blanks
982
Town Meeting Member for 2 Years Precinct 1
Thomas Boyce, Jr. (E)
11
Blanks
351
Town Meeting Members for 3 Years Precinct 2
I. Murray Adams (E) 276
Thomas J. Cahill (E) 267
Harvey A. Craig (E) 270
Jeanne M. Craig (E) 254
Leo W. Frechette (E) 264
John A. Holmes (E)
264
Selden D. Hulquist (E)
253
John I. MeGougan (E)
261
Blanks 739
Town Meeting Member for 2 Years
Precinct 2
Anthony Pierre (E) 11
Blanks 345
Town Meeting Members for 3 Years Precinct 3
George C. Chaisson (E) 212
Michael Coraine (E) 204
Clarence M. Finch (E) 213
Harold F. Harvey (E)
203
Edward E. Jaffee (E)
204
Ernest Manchin (E)
208
Daniel J. Myers (E)
203
Leland S. Ross (E)
203
Blanks
542
Town Meeting Members for 3 Years Precinct 4
Robert G. Byrne (E) 270
John T. Coan, Jr. 165
Raymond O. Doane (E) 237
Lyndon W. Ellis (E) 211
Stuart W. Graham (E) 198
Arthur E. Hardy (E) 190
Earle L. Hutchings
134
Walter L. Ranger (E)
232
Fred M. Seaton (E)
211
Philip H. Stafford (E) 217
Richard A. Wales 170
Blanks 533
Town Meeting Member for 2 Years Precinct 4
Francis J. Cassidy 137
Frederick D. Morrill (E) 186
Blanks 23
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Town Meeting Members for 3 Years Precinct 5
Harold R. Austin (E) 315
Harold P. Brown (E) 301
Henry M. Hale (E) 302
Frederick S. Hall (E) 300
George E. Hutchinson (E) 309
John Clarke Kane (E)
313
Andrew R. Linscott (E)
312
John R. Miller (E) 293
Blanks 893
Town Meeting Member for 1 Year Precinct 5
Joseph M. MeCarron (E)
7
Blanks 404
Town Meeting Members for 3 Years Precinct 6
Robert F. Baur (E) 225
Edward F. Burke (E) 238
Harold F. Carlson (E) 247
Clementine L. Emery (E) 219
Vera F. Gould (E) 223
Wendell F. Jones (E) 236
Marion D. Morse (E)
242
Frederick J. Rudd (E) 239
Blanks 747
Town Meeting Member for 1 Year
Precinct 6
June Morse (E)
22
Blanks
305
Town Meeting Member for 2 Years Precinct 6
B. Shapleigh Symonds (E) 211
Blanks
116
Town Meeting Members for 3 Years Precinct 7
Thomas A. Bailey (E) 370
Israel Bloch 294
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