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"Yes" 100. "No" 46.
On Motion of M. E. S. Clemons.
Voted: That our representative to the General Court be directed to apply for the necessary legislation to validate the bond issue herewith voted.
A resolution by Mr. Robbins directing any committee charged with the erection of any school building to make no contract in case the United States should become involved in the war was lost.
Article 43.
Motion by J. C. Hartshorne to take up Article 43 was lost.
Article 31. To see if the town will instruct the Light Board to extend the gas mains through Sheffield Road and Morrison Road West as far as Eustis Avenue Extension .- Warner V. Taylor.
Motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 32. To see if the town will give authority to the Light Board to establish an office and appliance room in some building in Wakefield, other than the Town Hall .- Edwin C. Miller.
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Motion by Finance Committee to give authority to Light Plant as asked for in Article was lost.
Article 33. To see what action the town will take in regard to installing electric street lights on the following streets, namely: Cyrus Street, Shady Avenue, Wharton Park, corner Lowell Street, Nahant Street, near residence of W. J. Bazley, and that the Light Commissioners be directed to carry out any action taken under this article .- Board of Selectmen.
Motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That street lights be installed on Wharton Park and Nahant Street as asked for in this article.
Article 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for new construction and improvement in the street light system, and also raise and appropriate such additional sums or sum as may be necessary to cover the estimated expense of installing the street lights which are voted under the preceding article .- Edwin C. Miller and others.
Motion of Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $375 for the purposes outlined in this article, the same to be added to its depreciation account.
On Motion of S. T. Parker.
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, April 16, at 7.30 o'clock.
Adjourned at ten o'clock. Attendance 225.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Result of Primaries Held April 3rd, 1917 for Delegates to Constitution Convention.
Delegates-at-Large
Prec. I Prec. 2 Prec. 3
Totals
Charles Francis Adams, of Concord
210
105
112
427
George W. Anderson, of Brookline
121
81
62
264
William G. Andrew of Somerville
50
31
22
103
Albert S. Apsey of Cambridge
80
36
49
165
Charles J. Barton of Melrose
160
85
84
329
John L. Bates of Brookline
211
112
107
430
Addison P. Beardsley of Boston
34
21
15
70
William H. Brooks of Holyoke
102
54
43
199
Walter A. Buie of Boston
44
33
25
102
Harvey S. Chase of Brookline
76
46
28
150
Charles F. Choate, Jr. of Southborough
131
57
80
268
Charles W. Clifford of New Bedford
68
26
41
135
George W. Coleman of Boston .
136
65
51
252
Louis A. Coolidge of Milton
146
67
81
294
John W. Cummings of Fall River
103
40
67
210
Edwin U. Curtis of Boston
167
82
77
326
Samuel R. Cutler of Revere
56
32
19
107
Arthur W. DeGoosh of Boston
17
8
8
33
Daniel E. Denny of Worcester .
36
9
14
59
Daniel R. Donovan of Springfield
69
16
42
127
George H. Doty of Waltham
47
24
35
106
Hugh P. Drysdale of North Adams
20
12
12
44
Frank E. Dunbar of Lowell
71
38
48
157
Samuel J. Elder of Winchester
194
87
102
383
Wilmot R. Evans of Everett
94
42
49
185
Eugene N. Foss of Boston .
116
67
44
227
Harry A. Garfield of Williamstown
79
28
30
137
Ralph W. Gloag of Boston
7
5
2
14
Gurdon W. Gordon of Springfield
22
19
7
48
Matthew Hale of Boston
138
75
58
271
Arthur D. Hill of Boston
106
77
52
235
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield
42
20
19
81
Patrick H. Jennings of Boston
63
25
33
121
Lewis J. Johnson of Cambridge
52
36
26
114
Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Cambridge
133
70
78
281
Nathan Matthews of Boston
113
47
64
224
James T. Moriarty of Boston
69
19
37
125
Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston
131
56
74
261
Josiah Quincy of Boston
127
66
66
259
Clarence W. Rowley of Boston
33
9
13
55
John Weaver Sherman of Boston
45
17
28
90
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James A. Stiles of Gardner
26
18
17
61
Moorefield Storey of Lincoln
117
45
51
213
Charles B. Strecker of Boston
56
30
25
111
Wendell Phillips Thore of Boston
27
1
11
13
51
Whitfield L. Tuck of Winchester
76
35
45
156
Joseph Walker of Brookline
128
91
66
285
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
163
55
82
300
Robert M. Washburn of Worcester
46
26
25
97
Sherman L. Whipple of Brookline
191
87
112
390
Lombard Williams of Dedham .
21
23
17
61
George H. Wrenn of Springfield Blanks
2061
585
1017
3663
Eighth Congressional District
Claude L. Allen of Melrose
119
94
62
275
Everett C. Benton of Belmont .
104
61
56
221
John Q. A. Brackett of Arlington
204
57
98
359
Lawrence G. Brooks of Medford
87
32
47
166
James A. Cotting of Medford
18
9
15
42
Theodore Eaton of Wakefield
331
138
172
641
Wilton B. Fay of Medford
75
47
38
160
George A. Goodwin of Cambridge
38
23
10
71
Albert Bushnell Hart of Cambridge
143
37
71
251
Harry A. Penniman of Cambridge
21
8
10
39
Harry N. Stearns of Cambridge
38
21
19
78
Charles C. Willard of Cambridge
22
18
21
61
Blanks
472
175
233
880
Nineteenth Middlesex Representative District
Raymond P. Dellinger of Wakefield
100
64
69
233
Samuel K. Hamilton of Wakefield
125
28
83
236
Edwin C. Miller of Wakefield
158
28
44
230
Earl H. Morton of Wakefield
28
51
9
88
Blanks
7
9
8
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 16, 1917
Meeting called to order at 7.45 o'clock by Moderator Eaton
By the consent of the meeting Mr. W. C. Robbins offered the following Resolution which was unanimously adopted.
RESOLUTION No. 2
That the Town Clerk be and is hereby instructed and directed to com- municate in the name of the town with the town's Representative and Senator from this district and request them to assist in any way possible to bring changes in the laws of the Commonwealth that will permit gardening and general agricultural work on Sundays during the continuance of the war in which this Nation is now engaged.
57
29
34
120
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Moderator appointed the following committee under Article 26.
J. Richard Lunt, Arthur H. Boardman, Charles C. Cox, Chester W. Dalrymple, Percival B. Evans, Michael J. Neagle, John G. Reid, Samuel T. Parker, Willis C. Robbins, Ashton H. Thayer.
Article 35. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to pay certain bills or claims of John Minnikin against the town for services and materials furnished the Light Department, the said bills and claims being more than six years old, provided said bills and claims are approved by the Light Com- missioners .- M. E. S. Clemons.
On Motion of Finance Committee as amended by F. J. Henkel.
Voted: That the town authorize the Treasurer to pay certain bills or claims of John Minniken against the town for services and materials furnished the Light Department, the said bills and claims being more than six years old, provided the said bills and claims are approved by the Light Commis- sioners, Town Counsel and Town Treasurer.
Article 36. To see if the town will extend the sewer on Converse Street from Jordan Avenue to 47 Converse Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor. Patrick Dinan and others.
On Motion of Finance Committee.
Voted: That subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 37. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $175.24 to reimburse H. S. Kelsey and $653.74 to reimburse Morrison-Skinner Co., Inc., being the sums they respectively advanced to defray the labor cost of laying water pipes in Sheffield Road and New Salem Street .- Albert R. Perkins and others.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $175.24 to reimburse H. S. Kelsey and $653.74 to reimburse Morrison-Skinner Co., Inc., being the sums they respectively advanced to defray labor cost of laying water pipes in Sheffield Road and New Salem Street, and that the same be added to the construction account of the water Department.
Article 38. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum to purchase land of the Heirs of Arria Cotton, south of Crystal Lake, about 222,615 square feet, or what they will do about it .- John K. Ferris and others.
On Motion of Michael Lowe.
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to a committee consisting of the Water Commissioners, with addition of three other members.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to take or purchase any or all the land on the westerly shore of Crystal Lake and owned by the Securities Co-operative Association, or to see what the town will do about it .- Charles A. Bowser and others.
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Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the same committee as authorized under Article 38 and that they report at the next meeting. ·
Article 41. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for a permanent fireman at the Greenwood Hose House .- John A. Meloney and others.
On Motion of Finance Committee.
Voted: That subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to install a fire alarm box at or near the corner of Main and Sweetser Streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same .- Morrison Merrill and others.
On Motion of Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $135. for the purpose of installing a fire alarm box at or near the corner of Main and Sweetser Streets, and that the same be added to the Fire Alarm Account
Article 44. To see if the town will accept Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1907, entitled, "An Act to Authorize the Establishment of Boards of Survey in towns."-Hubbard B. Mansfield.
On Motion of H. B. Mansfield.
Voted: That the town accept Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1907, entitled "An Act to Authorize the Establishment of Boards of Survey in Towns."
On Motion of John A. Meloney.
Voted: That Article 4 be taken up.
On Motion of George E. Walker.
Voted: That the vote of April 2d, that all salary increases take effect as of March 1st be reconsidered.
On Motion of John A. Meloney.
Voted: That all salaries voted under Article 4 or special articles, take effect as of January 1st.
On Motion of E. E. Biggs.
Voted: That Article 16 be taken up.
On Motion of George E. Walker.
Voted: That the action of the town on March 26 whereby the subject matter of this article was indefinitely postponed be reconsidered. "Yes" 97. "No" 66.
On Motion of John A. Meloney.
Voted: That the town authorize the selectmen to appoint an additional permanent police officer who shall receive the regular rate of police officers' pay and raise and appropriate the sum of $900 therefor, the same to be added to the police department appropriation.
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Article 45. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee appointed under Article No. 41 of the annual meeting of 1916, relating "to a new form of town government."
Mr. A. S. Hill made a report for the committee.
Motion by Mr. Lowe.
That report be accepted as a report of progress.
Motion by M. E. S. Clemons.
That the recommendations of the committee be taken up in their order. Before action was taken on this motion it was
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, April 23, at 7.30 o'clock. Attendance 200.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 23, 1917
Meeting called to order at 7.40 o'clock p.m., by Moderator Eaton, Article 45 being in order.
Articles 38 and 39
Moderator appointed the following committee to act with the Water and Sewerage Board as voted under the above articles.
Forrest A. Seavey, Joseph L. Gooch, John J. Butler.
. On Motion of A. H. Boardman.
Voted: That Article 45 be laid upon the table.
Voted: That Article 4 be taken up.
Voted: That the School Committee is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a State Aided Vocational Agricultural Department in connection with the High School, in accordance with Chapter 471 of the Acts of 1911, and any Acts in amendment thereof or dependent thereon, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars to be added to the school appropriation for this purpose.
Voted: That the sum of $2,500 be raised and appropriated and that the same be added to the school appropriation.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to sell the marsh land situated in Saugus, owned by them, or what they will do about it .- Hugh Connell.
On Motion of Mr. Taylor for Finnace Committee.
Voted: That Article 47 be taken up.
Voted: That the town accept the offer of Forrest L. Mitchell to purchase the town's marshland situated in Saugus and authorize the Treasurer to execute and deliver in the name of the town a deed therefor at the rate of $50.00 per acre.
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Article 48. To see if the town will vote to place electric lights on the private ways known as Grafton Street Extension, near new hydrant, also on Harrison Avenue Extension, near residence of I. S. Blake, or what they will do about it .- George Stanley.
On Motion of Finance Committee.
Voted: That Article 48 be taken up.
Motion by Finance Committee.
That street lights be installed on Grafton Street Extension as asked for in this article.
Amendment by Mr. Morton.
That street lights be installed on Harrison Avenue Extension as asked for in this article.
Amendment was declared not carried. "Yes" 34. "No" 34 and original motion by Finance Committee was then voted.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to place electric lights on the private ways known as Druid Hill Avenue and Fellsmere Avenue, or what they will do about it .- Horace K. Geizer.
On Motion of Finance Committee.
Voted: That Article 49 be taken up.
Voted: That subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 46. To hear and act upon a report of the Committee on the Revision of the By-Laws, and to amend the said By-Laws, or take any action in relation thereto .- M. E. S. Clemons.
On Motion of George E. Walker.
Voted: That Article 46 be taken up.
Mr. Walker made report of progress for committee reading Sections 33 to 37 inclusive of Amendment to Building By-Laws. After considerable discussion it was
Voted: That By-Laws as read be referred back to same committee.
Voted: That the vote whereby By-Laws were referred back to committee be reconsidered. "Yes" 53. "No" 37.
A Motion to refer back to committee was lost.
After much discussion it was
Voted: That Section 37 of amendments to By-Laws as read be accepted and adopted and that the remaining sections be referred back to the committee.
On Motion of John J. Round.
Voted: That Article 45 be taken up.
Voted: That the recommendations as made in the committee report be taken up separately.
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Recommendation No. I
Motion by Mr. Round.
That the town adopt this recommendation and that it be referred back to this committee with instructions to frame a by-law to be presented at the next town meeting for enactment.
Motion by A. H. Boardman to indefinitely postpone was lost and original motion was then voted.
Recommendation No. 2
Motion by J. J. Round.
That the Water and Sewer and Light Boards be instructed to put this recommendation into effect provided it can be done without increased expense to the town.
A Motion by S. T. Parker that meeting be dissolved was lost.
A Motion by F. H. Emerson to adjourn was lost.
An amendment by L. W. Sweetser to strike out Light Board was lost.
Original motion was then voted.
Recommendation No. 3
On Motion by J. J. Round.
Voted: That the town adopt this recommendation, refer it back to this committee and authorize them to take the necessary steps to obtain the required legislative sanction to carry it into effect.
Recommendation No. 4
On Motion by J. J. Round.
Voted: That the town adopt this recommendation, refer it back to this committee and authorize them to take the necessary steps to obtain the re- quired legislative sanction to carry it into effect.
Recommendation No. 5
On Motion by J. J. Round.
Voted: That the town adopt this recommendation and that it be referred back to this committee with instructions to frame a by-law to be presented at the next Town Meeting for enactment.
On Motion by Michael Lowe.
Voted: That the committee reporting under this Article be instructed to have placed on the ballot, if legally permissible, otherwise in the warrant for the next annual town meeting the question, "Shall the Town of Wakefield adopt the City form of government", the question to be answered "Yes" or "No".
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Adjourned at eleven o'clock.
Maximum attendance 110. Minimum 68.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Result of Election, May 1st, 1917 for Delegates to Constitutional Convention
Delegates at Large
Prec. I
Prec. 2 Prec. 3
Total
Charles Francis Adams of Concord
409
187
200
796
George W. Anderson of Brookline
345
125
171
341
Albert S. Apsey of Cambridge
230
106
122
458
Charles J. Barton of Melrose
330
167
170
667
John L. Bates of Brookline
375
184
192
751
William H. Brooks of Holyoke
247
105
138
490
Walter A. Buie of Boston
202
61
93
356 .
Charles F. Choate, Jr., of Southborough
285
142
170
597
Charles W. Clifford of New Bedford
213
102
115
430
George W. Coleman of Boston .
346
98
158
602
Louis A. Coolidge of Milton
312
159
166
637
John W. Cummings of Fall River
371
116
202
689
Edwin U. Curtis of Boston
332
153
168
653
Daniel R. Donovan of Springfield
266
39
141
446
Frank E. Dunbar of Lowell
247
97
12
468
Samuel J. Elder of Winchester .
359
161
178
698
Wilmot R. Evans, Jr., of Everett
226
93
103
422
Eugene N. Foss of Boston
240
123
102
465
Matthew Hale of Boston
33
120
163
620
Patrick H. Jennings of Boston
241
34
111
386
Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Cambridge
289
133
146
568
Nathan Matthews of Boston
246
102
142
490
Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston
321
81
162
564
Josiah Quincy of Boston
274
133
141
548
Charles B. Strecker of Boston
194
50
101
345
Joseph Walker of Brookline
371
132
170
673
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
382
93
203
678
Sherman L. Whipple of Brookline
408
131
198
737
George H. Wrenn of Springfield
255
59
122
436
Lewis J. Johnson
2
0
0
2
Blanks
2857
637
1431
4925
Eighth Congressional District
Claude L. Allen of Melrose
322
186
165
673
Everett C. Benton of Belmont
256
133
122
511
John Q. A. Brackett of Arlington
323
105
148
576
Lawrence G. Brooks of Medford
197
r 62
89
348
Theodore Eaton of Wakefield
567
.190
287
1044
.
.
.
Arthur D. Hill of Boston
295
126
152
573
James T. Moriarty of Boston
339
100
17
612
Moorfield Storey of Lincoln
238
43
112
393
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Wilton B. Fay of Medford
190
77
81
348
Albert Bushnell Hart of Cambridge
.
272
67
129
468
Harry N. Stearns of Cambridge
175
68
91
334
Blanks
794
160
448
1402
Nineteenth Middlesex Representative District
Raymond P. Dellinger of Wakefield
377
177
210
764
Samuel K. Hamilton of Wakefield
371
79
167
617
Blanks
26
6
13
45
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Result of Primaries Held September 25th, 1917 REPUBLICAN
Governor
Prec. I
Prec. 2. Prec. 3
Total
Grafton D. Cushing of Boston .
21
15
15
51
Samuel W. McCall, of Winchester
105
50
52
207
Blanks
1
0
0
1
Lieutenant Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton
113
56
61
230
Blanks
14
9
6
29
Secretary
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield
114
58
59
231
Blanks
13
7
8
28
Treasurer
Charles L. Burrill of Boston
111
57
57
225
Blanks
16
8
10
34
Auditor
Charles Bruce of Everett
39
19
21
79
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston .
78
43
37
158
Blanks
10
3
9
22
Attorney General
Henry C. Attwill of Lynn
113
55
60
228
Conrad W. Crooker of Brookline
.
8
4
0
12
Blanks
6
6
7
19
Councillor Sixth District
James G. Harris of Medford
99
51
55
205
Blanks
28
14
12
54
Senator Sixth Middlesex District
Edwin T. McKnight of Medford
104
52
55
211
Blanks .
23
13
12
48
Representative in General Court, Nineteenth Middlesex District
Eden K. Bowser of Wakefield
·
116
58
61
235
Blanks
11
7
6
24
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43
County Commissioner, Middlesex County
Walter C. Wardwell, Cambridge
108
52
56
216
Blanks
19
13
11
43
State Committee, Sixth Middlesex District
Raymond P. Dellinger
1
1 2
Sidney F. Adams
1
1
Lyman Hawkes
1
1
Matthew Hale
1
1
Eden K. Bowser
1
1
Richard Britton
1
1
Earl H. Morton
1
1
C. Thresher
1
1
Frank V. Noyes
2
2
Warner V. Taylor
1
1
Blanks
121
63
63
247
Delegates to State Convention
Prec. I
Prec. 2 Prec. 3
Total
Charles W. Boynton of Spring St.
112
56
58
226
Fred E. Bunker of 24 Wave Avenue
113
53
58
224
Harris M. Dolbeare of 13 Chestnut St.
114
54
60
228
Theodore Eaton of 23 Avon St.
112
54
61
227
Andrew A. Magee of 24 Prospect St.
106
52
56
214
Lauren L. McMaster of 36 Yale Avenue
114
54
58
226
Earl H. Morton of 46 Myrtle Ave.
105
51
56
212
E. Horace Perley of 190 Main St.
108
53
57
218
Harry M. Wheeler of 20 Park Ave.
114
54
60
228
Blanks
145
104
79
328
Town Committee
Raymond P. Dellinger of Shumway Circle
104
54
54
212
Andrew G. Anderson of 27 Park St.
107
54
51
212
David E. Hufton of 30 Salem St.
104
52
49
205
Albert D. Oxley of 31 Converse St.
104
52
50
206
Ezra F. Melendy of 4 Overlook Rd.
104
52
48
204
Loring P. Jordan of 12 Church St.
107
53
53
213
Chester W. Gould of 2 Grafton St.
106
55
50
211
Clarence E. Learned of Shumway Circle
104
54
51
209
George L. Dillaway of Harts Hill
106
53
52
211
Thomas M. Reynolds of 7 Nichols St.
106
54
50
210
Frank H. Hackett of 12 Birch Hill Ave.
10
55
51
214
Harry M. Wheeler of 25 Park Ave.
106
55
54
215
E. H. Morton
2
2
Blanks
258
135
191
584
.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEMOCRATIC
Governor
Prec. I Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston
·
2
2
1
5
Blanks
34
7
12
53
Lieutenant Governor
Matthew Hale
21
6
2
29
Henry Madden
1
1
Blanks
14
3
11
28
Secretary
Arthur B. Reed
20
6
0
26
John F. O'Connor
1
1
Blanks
15
3
13
31
1
Treasurer
Humphrey O'Sullivan
21
6
2
29
Eugene Sweeney
1
1
Blanks
14
3
11
28
Auditor
E. H. Croquette
19
6
0
25
Blanks
17
3
13
33
Attorney General
Josiah Quincy
20
6
2
28
Blanks
16
3
11
30
Councillor, Sixth District
.
Blanks
36
9
13
58
Senator,. Sixth Middlesex District
Charles A. Dean
1
1
W. L. Tuck .
1
1
Blanks
35
9
12
56
Representative in General Court, Nineteenth Middlesex District
John J. Butler of Wakefield
29
8
12
49
Blanks
7
1
1
9
County Commissioner, Middlesex County
Blanks
36 9
13
58
.
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.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
45
State Committee, Sixth Middlesex District
William H. Henchey of Woburn
26
8
10
44
Blanks .
.
10
1
3
14
Delegates to State Convention
Prec. I Prec. 2 Prec. 3
Total
Charles A. Deane
2
1 3
John I. O'Hea
2
2
Henry Madden
1
1
Partick Kelley
1
1
William H. Butler
2
2
Albert D. Cate
1
1
2
S. K. Hamilton
1
1
Daniel H. Reagn .
1
1
Cornelius Donovan
1
1
Thomas Collins
1
1
John J. Butler
1
1
Michael F. Roache
1
1
A. W. Brownell
1
1
Blanks
314
81
109
504
Town Committee
Daniel H. Regan, 11 Emeral St., Wakefield
32
8
11
51
James F. Curley of 2 Birch Hill Ave.
32
8
11
51
Patrick J. Kelley of 452 Main St.
33
7
10
50
John F. Coakley of 236 Albion St.
31
6
10
47
Edward T. Clothey of 21 Crescent St.
30
6
10
46
Frank N. McIntire of 36 Emerson St.
31
6
9
46
John J. Butler of 6 Bartley St. .
30
7
9
46
Augustus M. Baxter of 781 Main St.
33
8
9
50
J. Frank Conway of Vernon St.
26
6
10
42
Harry Clemons of 1 Nichols St.
30
7
10
47
Joseph Low of 56 Bennett St.
28
6
11
45
Blanks
60
24
33
117
46
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Result of Election November 5th, 1917
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Governor
Prec. I
Prec. 2 Prec. 3
Total
James Hayes of Plymouth
13
1
1
15
Chester R. Lawrence of Boston
10
3
4
17
Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston
321
17
180
518
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester
567
224
260
1051
John McCarty of Abington
25
7
6
38
Blanks
18
4
5
27
Lieutenant Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton
570
221
253
1044
Matthew Hale of Boston
:
284
21
167
472
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown
34
7
6
47
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody
S
0
0
8
Blanks
58
7
30
95
Secretary
Herbert S. Brown of Greenfield
17
8
9
34
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield
551
211
242
1004
Ingvar Paulsen of Boston .
17
2
3
22
Arthur B. Reed of Abington
275
17
155
447
Marion E. Sproule of Lowell
28
5
7
40
Blanks
66
13
40
119
Treasurer
Charles L. Burrill of Boston
555
220
240
1015
Solon Lovett of Beverly
7
3
4
14
Joseph A. Murphy of Lowell
33
10
8
51
Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell
280
11
161
452
Mary E. Peterson of Somerville
14
0
2
16
Blanks
65
12
41
118
Auditor
Elzear H. Choquette of New Bedford
254
17
147
418
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
538
210
231
979
David Craig of Milford
17
1
1
19
Walter S. Peck of Stockbridge
30
8
6
44
Henry G. Smith, Jr., of Somerville
15
4
3
22
Blanks
100
16
68
184
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
47
Attorney General
Henry C. Attwill of Lynn .
564
207
235
1006
Franck Auchter of Belmont
5
6
5
16
William R. Henry of Lynn
29
9
7
45
Thomas J. Maher of Medford
14
3
2
19
Josiah Quincy of Boston
268
20
165
453
Blanks
74
11
42
127
Councillor, Sixth District
James G. Harris of Medford
607
215
265
1087
Blanks
347
41
191
579
Senator, Sixth Middlesex District
Edwin T. McKnight of Medford
597
215
261
1073
Samuel T. Parker
1
1
Blanks
356
41
195
592
Representative in General Court, Nineteenth Middlesex District
Eden K. Bowser of Wakefield
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