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VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 35
To see if the Town will vote to accept the following chapters and amendments:
"Chap. 265. Authorizing the closing of public offices in cities and towns on Saturdays. Whereas, the deferred oper- ation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which in part is to authorize prompt action by cities and towns as a result of which public offices therein may be closed on Saturdays, thereforc this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 110 the following section :- Section 110A. Any public office in any city or town may remain
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closed on any or all Saturdays as may be determined from time to time, in a city by the city council, subject to the provisions of the city charter, or, in a town, by vote of the town at a special or regular town meeting, and the pro- visions of section nine of chapter four shall apply in the case of such closing of any such office on any Saturday to the same extent as if such Saturday were a legal holi- day." Or act thereon.
VOTED: To accept and authorize the closing of public offices on Saturdays.
ARTICLE 36
To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 207, Section 4B of the Acts of 1946; an act relative to the licensed operation on the Lord's Day of Bowling Alleys, or act thereon.
VOTED: To accept.
ARTICLE 37
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,980.00 for the purchase of a mist blower to combat the Dutch Elm Disease, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,980.00.
ARTICLE 38
Will the Town raise and appropriate $1,500.00 for the control of Dutch Elni Disease or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,500.00.
ARTICLE 39
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,900.00 to cover the expenses and disbursements of the Retire- ment Systems and Pensions for 1948, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,842.85.
ARTICLE 40
Will the Town appropriate a sum of money up to $200.00 for the purpose of stocking ponds and other inland water located within the Town limits with fish and of liberating game, as defined in Sec. 1, Ch. 129A, within said limits and to meet the necessary expenses incidental thereto, including the feeding of game so lib- erated, as provided in Ch. 142 of the Acts of 1938, or act on any- thing relating thereto.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $200.00.
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ARTICLE 41
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, mak- ing a part of River Street, a part of Alden Street, all of Ocean Drive and a part of Julian Street Town Ways and raise and ap- propriate the sum of $5,153.00 for the construction and to pay for land damages, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the Town accept the layout of the part of River Street as shown on plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office, and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 for construction thereof and land damages if any there be, and that the other lay- outs described in this article be acted upon at the next Special or Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 42
To see if the town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, making a part of Captain Pierce Road, all of Hatchet Rock Road and all of Blueberry Lane Town Ways and raise and appropriate the sum of $3,820.00 to pay for construction, or act thereon.
VOTED: To postpone action under Article 42 to next Special or Annual Town Meeting. Yes, 326; No, 76.
ARTICLE 43
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, making Foam Road a Town Way and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,900.00 to pay for construction, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 44
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, making Stone Avenue a Town Way and raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 to pay for construction, or act thercon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Yes, 76; No, 43.
ARTICLE 45
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, making a part of Richfield Road a Town Way and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,400.00 to pay for construction, or act thercon.
VOTED: To accept layout and raise and appropriate $2,400.00.
Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 46
To see if the Town will place the Kilborn Merritt Cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen for perpetual care and raise and appropriate money for same or take any action thereon. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will vote to name the plot of land com- monly known as the Parking Space or Eastern Parkway at Scituate Harbor "Cole Parkway," and erect a suitable marker thereon.
VOTED: To name plot commonly known as Eastern Park- way at Scituate Harbor "Cole Parkway" and to erect a suitable marker thereon.
ARTICLE 48
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 for a new power grader for the Highway Department, and will the Town authorize the Highway Department to sell or use as trade-in value the old grader now ten years old and obsolete.
VOTED: To take $12,000.00 out of the Excess and Deficiency Account, in conjunction with trade-in value of old grader estimated at $500.00.
ARTICLE 49
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $14.60 for the payment of bills of the previous year, said payments to be as follows :
1947 Bill of Hobbs & Warren Co., Inc. $ 1.60 (Welfare Department)
1947 Bill of Grace G. Reynolds 9.00
(Zoning Board of Appeals)
1947 Bill of Franklin Publishing Co.
4.00
(Zoning Board of Appeals)
$14.60
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $14.60. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 50
Will the Town authorize the Town Accountant to transfer the following unused balances of special appropriations of former years to the Excess and Deficiency Account?
Equipment - Police Department
$ 10.00
Equipment - Fire Department
15.45
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Committee - Memorial Building 200.00
Airport Committee 500.00
Purchase of Land - Jericho Road 55.79
$781.24
VOTED: To so authorize the Town Accountant.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 51
To see if the Town will amend its By-Laws as published in the Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1945 by re- pealing the following provisions:
Beginning on Page 57 of said Report, said amendment to be by the repeal of the provision noted therein at the bot- tom of Page 60 under "Annual Report of 1904" being a clause with reference to granting licenses which is now superfluous;
Provision from the 1905 Annual Report, now obsolete, as to constables enforcing the Town By-Laws.
VOTED: To so amend By-Laws. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will vote to accept the residue of the trust fund of the Ella Gertrude Gardner Trust to be added to the "Scituate Trust Fund for Needy Women?"
VOTED: To accept. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 53
To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Planning Board to investigate the practicability and desirability of contracting with property valuation experts with a view to establishing a new and equitable basis of property assessments in the Town, and report thereon to the Annual Town meeting in 1949 or an earlier Special Town Meeting, or act thereon.
VOTED: To so instruct the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 54
To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Planning Board to investigate into the feasibility and advisability of petitioning the Legislature for leave to adopt a town manager form of govern- ment and report thereon to the 1949 Annual Town Meeting or to an earlier Special Town Meeting, or act thereon.
VOTED: To so instruct the Planning Board.
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ARTICLE 55
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $3,000.00 to make an aerial survey of the Town, or act thereon.
VOTED:
Yes, 43; No, 69.
ARTICLE 56
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a new ambulance unit, using the Town's present ambulance as a trade-in value, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,750.00 to purchase a new ambulance, and use the trade-in al- lowance of the present town ambulance ($1,250.00) , total $6,000.00.
The meeting adjourned at 11:40 P. M.
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
March 8, 1948
Polls open from 10 o'clock A. M. to 8 o'clock P. M.
Presiding Election Officer: Moderator Nathaniel Tilden. Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
In charge of ballot box: Arthur H. Lane.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Jonathan Story, Jr., Barbara Tobin, Anne E. Larkin, Helen J. Morton, Erving L. Studley, Jr., Charles S. Connolly.
Tellers: Don W. Freeman, James L. M. Harrigan, George E. Story, Robert P. O'Hern, Leo P. Murphy, Harry M. Litchfield, Nelson W. W. Lee, Paul F. Young, Norman Reddy, P. Nelson Ewell.
Police Officers: Sgt. William F. Kane, Fred W. Stanley, Jo- seph A. Dwyer, James E. O'Connor.
Total Vote: 2,407.
Moderator for One Year
Nathaniel Tilden
2,013
Blanks
394
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Selectman for Three Years
Osborne A. McMorrow
1,023
Dennis H. Shea Blanks 190
Selectman, term expiring March 1949, To fill vacancy
James M. P. Hall
219
William F. Slattery
1,205
Russell J. Wilder
918
Blanks
65
Assessor for Three Years
Henry T. Fitts
1,765
Richard A. Levangie
429
Blanks
213
Assessor, term expiring March 1950, To fill vacancy
William F. Cashman
405
Charles R. Harris 90
354
Stanley F. Murphy
713
Paul A. Reynolds
725
Blanks
120
Public Welfare for Three Years
Franklin T. Sharp
1,824
Blanks
583
Town Clerk for Three Years
William M. Wade
2,051
Blanks
356
Town Collector for Three Years
Joseph R. Dillon
1,977
Blanks 430
Town Treasurer for Three Years
Rose A. Smith
1,944
Blanks 463
Constables for One Year
Vote for Three
Cecil V. Craig 1,226
Charles B. Jensen 1,486
Lawson C. Vickery
1,666
Blanks
2,843
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1,194
Lester D. Hobson
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Water Commissioner for Three Years
Wilson S. Brown
910
Edward Raymond Gillis 389
George A. Kelley 117
Allan R. Wheeler
566
Paul F. Spencer
312
Blanks
113
Park Commissioner for Three Years
F. Eugenia Brown 1,440
Luciano Conte
357
Eugene J. Jellows
373
Blanks
237
Board of Health for Three Years
Walter L. Enos
1,391
Margaret J. O'Donnell
893
Blanks
123
School Committee for Three Years
Vote for Two
Howard F. Fettig
219
Nels H. Sandberg 1,071
John J. Scanlon
806
Fred T. Waterman
1,347
Andrews Wyman
500
Blanks
871
School Committee for Two Years
John W. Locke, Jr.
365
Margaret B. Miles
1,079
George W. Murphy
752
Blanks
211
Planning Board for Five Years
Mark W. Murrill
1,874
Blanks 533
Attest :
WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Scituate 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 Scituate High School Auditorium, Tuesday, the Twenty-seventh Day of April, 1948, at 4 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:
7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
16 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
16 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 9th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 9th Congressional District.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 9th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 9th Congressional District.
District Members of State Committee, One Man and One Woman, for each political party for the Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District.
10 Members of the Republican Town Committee.
10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
The polls will be open from 4 o'clock P. M. to 8 o'clock P. M.
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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 First day of April, A. D., 1948. DENNIS H. SHEA, WILLIAM OTIS ANDREWS, WILLIAM F. SLATTERY, Selectmen of Scituate
A true copy.
Attest: LAWSON C. VICKERY, Constable.
April 22, 1948.
Plymouth, ss.
April 22, 1948
By virtue of the within named warrant I have hereby notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein stated by posting up attested copies thereof, one in each of the Post Offices in said Town and one at the Town Hall, said posting being seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
LAWSON C. VICKERY, Constable of Scituate.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
April 27, 1948
Polls open from 4 o'clock P. M. to 8 o'clock P. M.
Presiding Election Officer : Dennis H. Shea.
Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Barbara Tobin, John J. Lonergan, Ruth M. Meyers.
Tellers: Robert P. O'Hern, Harry M. Litchfield, Leo Murphy, Paul F. Young.
In charge of ballot box: Arthur H. Lane.
Police Officer: William F. Kane.
Total Vote: 112. Republican 92, Democratic 20.
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group
Vote for not more than seven
Robert F. Bradford 73
Leverett Saltonstall 71
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 77
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
74
Clarence A. Barnes
70
Katherine G. Howard
69
Edwin L. Olander Blanks
142
Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group
Vote for not more than seven
Esther W. Wheeler 67
Carroll L. Meins 68
Clara F. Roberto 68
72
Florence G. Claussen
71
Anne M. Zyfers
66
Milton P. Higgins
70
Blanks
162
District Delegates to National Convention - 9th District
Group 1 Vote for not more than two
Harry B. Albro 48
Timothy J. Moriarty
56
Blanks 80
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention - 9th District
Group 1 Vote for not more than two
Mary J. Schindler 59
Henrietta T. Virtue
62
Blanks 63
District Delegates to National Convention - 9th District
Group 2 Vote for not more than two
Patrick H. Dupuis
38
George C. P. Olsson 45
Blanks 101
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention- 9th District
Group 2 Vote for not more than two
Oscar J. Cahoon 36
43
John R. Wheatley
Blanks
105
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68
Richard V. Wigglesworth
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State Committee Norfolk and Plymouth District
Frederick H. Lutz
Blanks
29
Vote for one woman
Alma C. Wheatley
63
Blanks
29
Town Committee
Vote for not more than ten
Nathaniel Tilden
26
William F. Slattery
27
Vernetta G. Barnes
26
Fred T. Waterman
26
W. Cleveland Cogswell
25
Walter S. Allen
25
George V. Yenetchi
25
Amy C. Bates
25
Philip S. Bailey
26
John H. McPherson
25
Blanks
664
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group 1
Vote for not more than sixteen
John W. McCormack
8
James M. Curley
5
Thomas J. Buckley
8
William J. Foley
5
Chester A. Dolan, Jr.
5
Joseph E. Casey
5
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
5
Daniel B. Brunton
5
Margaret M. O'Riordan
4
Roger L. Putnam
5
Maxwell B. Grossman
5
Francis E. Kelly
5
John T. McMorrow
5
David J. Brickley
5
Joseph A. Scolponeti
4
Edward P. Gilgun
4
Blanks
237
Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group 1 Vote for not more than sixteen
William R. Conley
6
33
Vote for one man
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Frank T. Y. Goon
5
Michael A. O'Leary
5
Bernard J. Killion
5
Clementina Langone
4
Michael LoPresti
4
Mary E. McDonald
4
Charles H. McGlue
4
Thomas F. Graham
5
Samuel Michelman
4
Rita M. Moylan
4
Mary Higgins
5
Charles Collatos
4
Silas F. Taylor
4
James T. Violette
4
Daniel F. Donovan
5
Blanks
248
Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group 2
Vote for not more than sixteen
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
6
John George Asiaf
5
Stanley Borsa
5
Gerald T. Bowler
5
Jeremiah D. Crowley
5
Joseph T. Conley
5
Walter A. Cuffe
5
C. Gerald Lucey
5
Francis V. Matera
5
Harvey A. Pothier
5
William H. J. Rowan
5
Colin J. Cameron
5
Charles J. Artesani
5
Francis X. Casey
5
Daniel Rudsten
5
John M. Shea
6
Blanks
238
Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group 2
Vote for not more than sixteen
James A. Burke
7
Joseph E. Duffy
5
Howard B. Driscoll
5
Gerald P. Lombard
5
John J. Toomey
5
1
Robert G. Connolly
5
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Edward J. Mulligan
5
James J. Twohig, Jr.
5
Anthony Parenzo
5
John G. Curley
6
Patrick Cronin
5
Harold C. Nagle
5
Thomas F. Reilly
5
John H. O'Connor, Jr.
5
James E. Hannon
5
Frank B. Oliveira
5
Blanks
237
Delegates at Large to National Convention
Not Grouped
Vote for not more than sixteen
James A. Bowes
0
Francis E. Cassidy 0
Lawrence W. Caton
0
Joseph H. Downey
1
Leo A. Gosselin
1
Thomas A. Keating
0
Mathias LaPierre
0
Leo F. McGrath
1
James Leo O'Connor
1
James F. Reynolds
0
George W. Stanton
0
Alice D. Sullivan
0
Blanks
236
Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention
Not Grouped
Vote for not more than sixteen
Marie F. Akey
0
Thomas B. Brennan
0
Joseph J. Buckley
0
John C. Carr
0
Lawrence E. Corcoran
1
Frederick M. Kelley
0
Ida C. McDonough
2
Edward Mclaughlin
0
Wilfred J. Paquet
0
Luke Ryan
0
Anna A. Sharry
0
Jacob W. Shinberg
0
Wanda Walczak
0
Blanks
257
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District Delegates to National Convention - 9th District
Group
Vote for not more than two
Helen L. Buckley
9
Rodolphe G. Bessette Blanks 26
5
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention - 9th District
Group
Vote for not more than two
Jacinto F. Diniz 4
Octave O. Desmarais 5
Blanks 31
State Committee Norfolk and Plymouth District Vote for one man
James P. Fitzgerald 9
Blanks 11
Vote for one woman
Helen L. Buckley
7
Blanks
13
Town Committee Vote for not more than ten
William H. McDonald
6
Elizabeth T. Harrigan
5
Rose M. Brady 5
George W. Murphy
9
Laurence L. Rice
5
George W. Duffey
11
Ann E. Larkin
5
Paul A. Reynolds
9
Daniel J. Queeney
14
James W. Welch
9
Leo Murphy
8
John F. McCormack
9
Joseph C. Driscoll
9
Luciano Conte
7
Blanks
58
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING July 2, 1948
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs held at the High
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School Auditorium in said Scituate on Friday, the 2nd day of July, 1948, at 8 o'clock P. M., order was called by Moderator Nathaniel Tilden.
The warrant was read by Town Clerk William M. Wade.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk were: Evan F. Bailey, William J. Mays, John F. McCormack, Bernard E. Meyers, George F. Dwyer.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the Town will vote to establish a Housing Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Authority Law, Chap. 121 of the G.L. of Mass., and authorize the Selectmen to appoint four (4) members to serve until the next Annual Town Election and transfer from the Excess & Deficiency Account $500.00 for the initial expense of the Authority, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the Town establish a Housing Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Authority Law, Chapter 121 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, and transfer $500.00 for the initial expense of the authority to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Yes, 151; No, 44.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, making a part of Captain Pierce Road; all of Hatchet Rock Road; and all of Blueberry Lane, Town Ways and transfer from the Excess & Deficiency Account the sum of $3,820.00 to pay for construction, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the Town accept Captain Pierce Extension, Hatchet Rock Road, and Blueberry Lane as laid out by the Select- men in accordance with the plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk as public ways, and transfer $3,820.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Yes, 109; No, 92.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, making a part of Alden Street, all of Ocean Drive, and a part of Julian Street, Town Ways and transfer from the Excess & Deficiency Ac- count the sum of $2,353.00 to pay for construction, or act thereon. VOTED: To postpone action until the next Annual Town Meeting. Yes, 150; No, 2.
At this part of the meeting the Moderator requested an ex- pression of the voters present as to the desirability of changing
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the date of the Annual Town Meeting from Monday evening to Saturday afternoon and evening.
The sense of the meeting was strongly in favor of such a change.
ARTICLE 4
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money sufficient to install or otherwise effect adequate drainage for the Hatchet Rock Gardens Area, so called, or take any action relating thereto.
VOTED: To transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $18,503.50 for drainage of road areas as accepted under Article 2 of this meeting. Yes, 98; No, 68.
The meeting adjourned at 10:43 o'clock P. M.
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARIES
Plymouth, ss.
Greeting:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Scituate.
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 the High School Auditorium, Tues- day, the Fourteenth Day of September, 1948, at 2 o'clock to 8:00 o'clock P. M., for the following purposes :
To bring their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomi- nation of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
Governor for this Commonwealth
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Attorney General for this Commonwealth Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress for 9th Congressional District Councillor for 2nd Councillor District
Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District
Representative in General Court for 2nd Plymouth Rep. District
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Register of Probate and Insolvency for Plymouth County County Commissioners for Plymouth County County Treasurer for Plymouth County
The polls will be open from 2:00 P.M. o'clock to 8:00 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 second day of September, A. D. 1948.
DENNIS H. SHEA, WILLIAM OTIS ANDREWS, WILLIAM F. SLATTERY, Selectmen of Scituate.
A true copy. Attest :
LAWSON C. VICKERY, Constable.
September 8, 1948.
Plymouth, ss.
September 8, 1948.
By virtue of the within named warrant I have hereby notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein stated by posting up attested copies thereof, one in each of the Post Offices in said Town and one at the Town Hall, said posting being seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
LAWSON C. VICKERY, Constable of Scituate.
STATE PRIMARY
September 14, 1948
Polls open from 2 o'clock P.M. to 8 o'clock P.M.
Presiding Election Officer: Dennis H. Shea.
Ballot Clerks: Barbara Tobin, Charlotte L. Chessia, Ruth M. Meyers, John J. Lonergan.
Tellers: Robert P. O'Hern, Paul F. Young, Leo P. Murphy, Harry M. Litchfield.
In charge of ballot box: Frank W. Dowd.
Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
Total Vote: 311-Republican, 287; Democratic, 24.
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Robert F. Bradford 242
Edward M. Rowe
40
Blanks
5
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur W. Coolidge
267
Blanks
20
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook
267
Blanks
20
Treasurer
Laurence Curtis
265
Blanks
22
Auditor
Douglas Lawson
111
Edwin L. Olander, Jr.
87
Wallace E. Stearns
6
Russell A. Wood
71
Blanks
12
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes
259
Blanks 28
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall
267
Blanks 20
Congressman Ninth District
Donald W. Nicholson
190
Paul G. Archambault
7
William B. Perry, Jr.
74
Blanks
16
Councillor Second District
Clayton L. Havey
214
Joseph B. Grossman
51
Blanks 22
Senator Norfolk and Plymouth District
Newland H. Holmes
255
Blanks 32
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Representative in General Court Second Plymouth District
Nathaniel Tilden
267
Blanks 20
Register of Probate and Insolvency Plymouth County
Walter H. Gilday
243
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