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Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the use of the treasurer to pay the expenses of the local dog officer. The town will be re- imbursed for the amount spent, by the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the specific repairs and widenings of School Street, South Acton, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both for this purpose or take any other action in relation thereto.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Art. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars or any other sum for the sup- pression of brown-tail and gypsy moths or act anything thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars.
Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars or any other sum for the care of shade trees or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars; five hundred dollars for the care of trees and two hun- dred dollars for new planting of trees.
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Art. 20. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for Work Relief or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the redemption of tax titles held by the town.
Voted: To appropriate one hundred dollars for the redemp- tion of tax titles.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as as- sessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto and including Chapter 400, Section 25G. (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936, or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of ten hundred eleven and 55/100 (1,011.55) dollars.
Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and fifty (550) dollars or any other sum to purchase new fire hose.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the Acton Center fire house or vote anything thereon.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the South Acton fire house or vote anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over this article.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salaries paid to the members of the Board of Selectmen to the following figures: the chairman $300, the other members $200 a year. To do and act thereon.
Action recorded under Article 1.
ยท
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Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to investigate all cases presented by property owners who claim to have been exempt from two thousand dollars of taxation on their property during the years 1936 and 1937, under the provisions of paragraph 17, section 5, of Chapter 59 of the General Laws; and to authorize the refund, on order of the Board, of such exempt taxes to those who have paid their tax bills; and to pay the tax collector, (without commission), if those tax bills have not been paid by the recipients, in all cases where the exemption is clearly shown; to do or act thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Art. 28. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money or act anything thereon to put in a catch basin or suitable drain to take care of the water flowing down off the hill from the Curley place opposite the residence of E. S. Cooper on Arlington Street in West Acton.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to provide proper police protection at Quimby Square, South Acton, after the noon and afternoon dis- missals of the South Acton Elementary School.
A motion to raise and appropriate the sum of $180 did not prevail.
Art. 30. To see what money the town will appropriate for necessary repair of school buildings.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for the repair of school buildings.
Art. 31. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to purchase one or more trucks for the Street Department or act anything thereon.
Voted : To appropriate twelve hundred (1200) dollars to pur- chase a truck for the Street Department.
Art. 32. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the repair of Nagog Hill Road or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to expend a sum not to
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exceed $100. for the purpose of having appraised the town build- ings and their contents, submitting same to the Massachusetts Rating and Inspection Bureau so that a blanket insurance rate may be established or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of the Jones Community Field at South Acton as an athletic field and maintain the same or act anything thereon.
Voted: That the Town of Acton accept a deed of gift from the trustees of the Elnathan Jones Community Field, of a parcel of land situated in that part of Acton called South Acton, bound- ed southeasterly by Stow Street, southwesterly by Martin Street and northeasterly by the brook said land being known as the Elnathan Jones Community Field and appropriate the sum of $300 for the maintenance and care thereof the current year.
Art. 35. To see if the town will appropriate $300 or any other sum, to provide for the transportation and circulation of books of the Memorial Library, for South and West Acton to be expended under the direction of the library trustees.
Voted: That the town appropriate $300 to provide for the transportation and circulation of books of the Memorial Library for South and West Acton to be expended under the direction of the library trustees.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following Proposed Zoning Laws or act anything thereon.
The proposed by-laws are recorded under Art. 36 in the record of the warrant for the annual meeting March 14, 1938.
A motion that the town adopt the proposed By-Laws and that the selectmen be authorized to appoint a Board of Appeal in accordance with by-laws, did not prevail.
The Moderator ordered a hand vote and declared the result as follows :
Voting yes 94
Voting no 122
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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Special Meeting Held August 1, 1938.
Art. 1. To see if the town will raise and appropriate ten thousand (10,000) dollars for the Work Relief Fund by borrow- ing under Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938 or transfer from avail- able funds.
Voted: Unanimously, to raise and appropriate (10,000) ten thousand dollars for the Work Relief Fund by transferring thirty-five hundred (3500) dollars from the overlay surplus account and by transferring sixty-five hundred (6,500) dollars from the surplus revenue account, the appropriation to be ex- pended in 1938 and 1939.
Art. 2. To see if the town will raise and appropriate an additional sum of money for the use of the Welfare Department by borrowing under Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938 or transfer from available funds.
Voted: Unanimously, to raise and appropriate twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars by transferring said amount from the overlay surplus account for the use of the Welfare Department for the remainder of the current year.
Art. 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate an additional sum of money for the use of the Soldiers' Relief De- partment by borrowing under Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938 or transfer from available funds.
Voted: Unanimously, to raise and appropriate for the use of the Soldiers' Relief Department one thousand (1,000) dollars by transferring said amount from the overlay surplus account.
Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of financing the construction of a consolidated elementary school in the vicinity of Kelley's Corner and authorize and direct the selectmen to accept on be- half of the town an offer of the United States of America to aid in financing the construction of said project by making a grant of money to the town, and authorize a building committee to construct said project and contract with respect thereto and authorize the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen to borrow such sums as may be necessary to meet any appropria- tion made or take any action relative thereto.
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The following motion was made and seconded:
Moved: For the purpose of constructing a consolidated ele- mentary school and to enable the town to secure the benefits of funds granted by the Federal Government under the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938, there be raised and appropriated the sum of $105,000.00 and the treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is au- thorized to borrow the sum of $60,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 50 of the Acts of 1938, said bonds or notes to be payable in not more than 20 years at such term and maximum rate of interest as may be fixed by the Emer- gency Finance Board.
All moneys received by way of grant from the Federal Gov- ernment, on account of this project shall be applied first to meet the cost of construction thereof and any balance shall be applied to the payment of the loan herein authorized.
The selectmen or Building Committee are hereby authorized and directed to accept on behalf of the town, for use in carrying out such project, a Federal grant of money, pursuant to the Pub- lic Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938; and the. Building Committee is authorized to proceed with the construc- tion of said project and to enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements in respect thereto, all subject to ap- plicable Federal regulations; and the selectmen and the Building Committee are authorized to do all other acts and things neces- sary or convenient for obtaining said grant, making said loan, and constructing said project.
It was voted, to vote on the motion by ballot. The Moderator appointed Elwyn Hollowell, Edward Bursaw, Raymond Gallant and W. Henry Soar to act as tellers, to receive and count the ballots.
The Moderator declared the vote as follows:
Total number of ballots cast 338
Necessary two-thirds
226
Yes
167 No 168
Blanks
3
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Record of State Election, November 8, 1938
S. L. P .- Socialist Labor Party
I .- Independent
S .- Socialist
D .- Democratic
I. T .- Independent Tax Reform
C .- Communist S.S.G .- Sound Sensible Government T. R. P .- Townsend Recovery Plan R .- Republican
P .- Prohibition
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Total
Whole number of ballots cast
405
495
468
1368
GOVERNOR
Henning A. Blomen, S.L.P.
0
0
0
0
Roland S. Bruneau, I.
0
0
0
0
Jeffrey W. Campbell, S.
0
1
0
1
James M. Curley, D.
42
102
77
221
William A. Davenport, I.T.
0
0
1
1
Otis Archer Hood, C.
0
0
0
0
Charles L. Manser, S.S.G.
0
0
C/
0
William H. McMasters, T.R.P.
1
3
1
5
Leverett Saltonstall, R.
358
385
379
1122
George L. Thompson, P.
0
0
0
0
Blanks
4
4
10
18
LIEUT. GOVERNOR
Manuel Blank, C.
1
0
0
1
James Henry Brennan, D.
35
94
74
203
Horace T. Cahill, R.
359
386
380
1125
Freeman W. Follett, P.
5
3
0
8
Joseph E. Massidda, S.
0
2
0
2
George L. McGlynn, S.L.P.
0
0
0
0
Blanks
5
10
14
29
SECRETARY
Frederick W. Cook, R.
360
387
394
1141
Hugo De Gregory, C.
0
0
0
0
Katharine A. Foley, D.
35
95
64
194
Eileen O' Connor Lane, S.
1
6
0
7
Malcolm T. Rowe, S.L.P.
0
1
0j
1
Blanks
9
6
10
25
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TREASURER
Frank L. Asher, C.
0
10
0
10
Albert Sprague Coolidge, S.
0
9
2
11
Owen Gallagher, D.
38
106
58
202
John J. Hurley, I.
4
5
6
15
William E. Hurley, R.
354
314
389
1057
Ralph Pirone, S.L.P.
0
38
0
38
Blanks
9
13
13
35
AUDITOR
Thomas H. Buckley, D.
41
104
81
226
Michael C. Flaherty, S.
0
1
0
1
Horace I. Hillis, S.L.P.
0
1
0
1
Michael Tuysuzian, C.
0
0
0
0
Guy S. Williams, P.
2
3
2
7
Russell A. Wood, R.
349
367
366
1082
Blanks
13
19
19
51
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Clarence A. Barnes, R.
326
334
327
987
Paul A. Dever, D.
58
138
126
322
Joseph C. Figueiredo, C.
0
0
1
1
George F. Hogan, P.
1
2
0
3
Alfred Baker Lewis, S.
0
1
0
1
Fred E. Oelcher, S.L.P.
1
1
0
2
Blanks
19
19
14
52
CONGRESSMAN-Fifth District
Francis J. Roane, D.
25
70
49
144
Edith Nourse Rogers, R.
367
412
407
1186
Blanks
13
13
12
38
COUNCILLOR-Third District
Frank A. Brooks, R.
355
381
379
1115
George L. Paine, S.
1
18
0
19
Francis J. Roche, D.
32
71
66
169
Blanks
17
25
23
65
SENATOR-Fifth Middlesex
Louis B. Connors, D.
59
125
130
314
George G. Moyse, R.
324
348
319
991
Blanks
22
22
19
63
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REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Eleventh Middlesex
David T. Kinsley, D.
82
119
195
396
John H. Valentine, R.
309
361
267
937
Blanks
14
15
6
35
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-Northern District
Robert F. Bradford, R.
356
389
390
1135
Joseph V. Carroll, D.
39
88
62
189
Blanks
10
18
16
44
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Thomas B. Brennan, D.
39
103
84
226
Sylvester J. McBride, S.
1
2
2
Charles C. Warren, R.
349
362
359
1070
Blanks
16
28
23
6.7
SHERIFF
Oliver W. Anderson, S.
1
4
1
6
Michael J. Dea, D.
39
78
65
182
Herbert Harris, I.
3
2
4
9
Joseph M. McElroy, R.
350
394
380
1124
Blanks
12
17
18
47
CLERK OF COURTS
Edward L. Ford, D.
41
96
76
213
Frederic L. Putnam,R.
350
370
368
1088
Blanks
14
29
24
67
Question No. 1-Binnial Sessions
Yes
173
201
201
575
No
99
111
150
360
Blanks
133
183
117
433
Question No. 2-Taxicab Stands
Yes
109
142
132
383
No
163
173
203
539
Blanks
133
180
133
446
Licenses for Sale of Liquors
1. All Alcoholic Beverages
Yes
151
226
144
521
No
190
179
283
652
Blanks
64
90
41
195
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2. Wines and Beer
Yes
195
270
214
679
No
154
139
217
510
Blanks
56
86
37
179
3. All Beverages in Packages
Yes
175
250
184
609
No
158
159
236
553
Blanks
72
86
48
206
Pari-Mutuel Betting on Horses
Yes
183
201
185
569
No
127
197
203
527
Blanks
95
97
80
272
Pari-Mutuel Betting on Dogs
Yes
157
181
153
491
No
154
209
229
592
Blanks
94
105
86
285
Schedule of votes cast for a Representative in the General Court from the 11th Middlesex Representative District, No- vember 8, 1938 :
Acton
Bedford
Carlisle Chelmsford Littleton Westford
Totals
David T. Kinsley
of Acton
396
247
51
658
116
455
1923
John H. Valentine
of Chelmsford . 937
673
254
2581
592
877
5914
Blanks
35
88
31
140
38
74
406
1368
1008
336
3379
746
1406
8243
A true record attest:
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Town Clerk
Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting Held November 21, 1938
Art. 1. To see if the town will vote to accept an Act to au- thorize the placing of the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Acton under the civil service laws as provided in Chapter 493 of the Acts of 1938, viz: (Chapter 493) An Act to authorize the placing of the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Acton under the Civil Service laws.
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Be it enacted, etc. as follows:
Section 1. The office of Chief of Police of the Town of Acton shall, upon the effective date of this act, become subject to the civil service laws and rules and regulations relating to police officers in towns, and the tenure of office of any incumbent of said office shall be unlimited, subject, however, to such laws, but the present incumbent of said office may continue to serve therein without taking a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of the inhabitants of said town at a special town meet- ing held during the current year, but not otherwise.
A motion was made and seconded that the Act be accepted.
Voted : Unanimously that the vote on the question be taken by ballot.
The following persons were appointed and sworn by the Moderator to act as tellers
Henry Engman Theron A. Lowden
Arthur W. Lee
The Moderator declared the vote as follows:
Total number of ballots cast 486
Voting Yes 360
Voting No
125
Blanks 1
Art. 2. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of six hundred (600) dollars from the Cemetery Land Fund, to be equally divided between Mt. Hope and Woodlawn cemeteries, for the purpose of clearing up and repairing storm damage.
Voted: To appropriate six hundrd dollars from the Cemetery Land Fund for clearing up and repairing storm damage, to be apportioned equally between Mt. Hope and Woodlawn cemeteries.
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer one hundred (100) dollars from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Ac- count.
Voted: To transfer one hundred dollars from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account.
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Town Clerk's Report
Births
Whole number recorded
42
Born in Acton
6
Native parentage
34
Males
23
Foreign parentage
-
Females
19
Mixed parentage
8
Marriages
Whole number recorded
30
Residents of Acton
34 Residents of other places
26
Deaths
Whole number recorded .53
Residents of Acton 50 Residents of other places 3
Occurring in Acton 38 Occurring in other places 15
Average Age in Years 65+
Births Registered in 1938
Date Place of Birth
June 11 Concord
Sept. 16 Concord
Nov. 18 Concord Chliszczyk, Josph Bugbee
Aug. 12 Concord
Feb. 19 Concord
Coughlin, John Francis, Jr.
April 3 Concord
Flerra, Mary Lois Goucher, Richard Alan
Jan. 10 Concord
June 21 Concord
Mar. 29 Concord
Sept. 27 Jan. 28
Acton
Howe, Richard Norman
April 21 Concord
Feb. 24
Concord
Janericco, Terence Kazokas, Irene Jane Kendall, Richard Garfield
Dec. 17 Acton
Nov. 29 Concord
Kilburn, Gordon Lloyd
Dec. 5 Concord
Knippel, Ernst August
Dec. 3 Concord Leavitt, Sandra Jean
Dec. 1 Concord Lee, Martha Winifred Feb. 17 Cambridge Lockwood,
Feb. 8 Concord
Dec. 16 Concord
Sept. 18 Concord
Feb. 17 Acton
Loring, Dexter Lindsey Marsh, Joan Graham McKelvie, Leita Marie Nelson, Sonja Marian
Name of Parents
James W. and Marion Barker Leo and Florence J. Mauro Joseph F. and Eunice A. Bugbee John and Esther Gray
John F. and Annie M. Foley Louis A. and Mary L. Curley Robert A. and Barbara Swift
Sterling B. and Annie M. Granberg Russell G. and Lillian M. Shaw Raymond L. and Edith R. Hadley James S. and Arlene Stuart Jacob and Helen Curran William C. and Jennie A. Bygot William S. and Laomi King Harry G. and Bernice L. Downie Ernst A. and Jessie F. A. Wood Arnold B. and Madine F. Chalmers Arthur W. and Minetta B. Decoster Ralph H. and Dorothy Pottle Donald L. and Margaret L. Waite Norman and Mary Fallon Arthur and Mabel S. Crosby Emery D. and Margaret J. Christofferson
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Name of Child
Baker, James Wesley
Bradley, Janet Ann
Clayton, William Edward
Hager, Dennis Sterling
Hartwell, Robert Stanley
Needham
Hatch, Judith Diane
Births Registered in 1938-Continued
Date Place of Birth Name of Child
Mar. 7 Concord
Newport, Lucy
July 16 Concord
O'Neil, Richard Joseph
April 1 Acton
Peavey, Sheldon Wallace
Nov. 26 Concord
Priest, Joan Grace
Nov. 26 Concord
Priest, Jean Elizabeth
Dec. 5 Arlington
Quin, Thomas James
Aug. 14 Concord
Reynolds, Phyllis Ann
June 23 Concord
Robbins, Clarence Addison
May 2 Concord
Roberts,
Aug. 3
Acton
Rooney, Calder
April 9 Concord Sampson, Sally Elizabeth
July 6 Natick Shipp, Ann Dorothy
June 19 Cambridge Taylor, John Philip
Dec. 30 Acton Teele, William Henry, Jr.
Jan. 18 Concord
Tracy, Beulah Hazel
Jan. 17 Concord Tuttle, Mary Martha
Sept. 27 Concord
Whitwer, Hilda Margaret
Oct. 11 Concord
Wilson, David Alden
May 22 Concord
Wise, Richard Norman
Name of Parents
Harold F. and Sue E. Parker Richard J. and Gertrude M. McVey Howard J. and Lettie Burham Lloyd W. and Dorothy M. Jones Lloyd W. and Dorothy M. Jones Thomas J. Jr. and Wilda M. Marsolais Arthur P. and Miriam O. Whitney Clarence R. and Mildred H. Tuttle Nathan A. and Alice Franklin George M. and Madeline Innes J. Harold and Ethel W. Massie Frederick and Genevieve Hjelm Paul M. and Audrey Reber William H. and Katherine Muise Howard S. and Portia E. Hardy Osgood and Mary T. Heath Amel W. and Elsie B. Sskwoy James B. and Eleanor P. Hall Edward J. and Glenola L. Hart
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Marriages Registered in 1938
Date
Place
Names
Residence
Anderson, Edwin A.
Paolino, Josephine R.
June 28 Acton
Ashley, Luther B. Bumpus, Lizzie Kate
Acton
May 13 Acton
Bartz Robert K.
Stow
Fogarty, Isabel Inez
Acton
Feb. 22
Townsend
Bradley, Leo
Acton
Lucas, Florence
Acton
June 25 Fitchburg
Braman, George A.
Acton
Puhakka, Gertrude
Acton
June 18 Acton
Charter, George Henry
Acton
Matthews, Dorothy Beatrice
Waltham
Davis, Warren J.
Acton
Phalon, Florence Madaline
Lowell
Day, Harold E.
Acton
Fisher, Florence A.
Manchester, N.H.
Delfino, Albert
Concord
Ferrand, Julia (Stevens)
Concord
Acton
Duggan, Martin Joseph Conquest, Aloretta May
Acton
Acton
Concord
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Aug. 15 Lowell
April 8 Acton
Sept. 29
Acton
Nov. 22 . - Maynard
Aug. 8 Concord
Dunn, Irving Theron Locke, Virginia May
Acton Waltham Acton
Sept. 3
Weston
July 30
Ayer
July
2
Westford
Aug. 11
Acton
Dec. 18 Acton
Groth, Raymond G.
Minneapolis, Minn Acton
Liese, Blanche I. Hardy, George M.
Acton
Dillon, Mary
Arlington
June 25 Waltham
Hollowell, Frederick Elwin
Acton
Greany, Helen Louise
Newton
Holmes, Carl D.
Acton
Miner, Dorothy E.
Concord
Jones, Charles H.
Acton
Massie, Alison Elaine
Acton
May 22 Concord
Lawrence, Walter William
Acton
Concord
Oct. 2 Acton
Oct. 2 Concord
Aug. 13 Maynard
Perkins, Edgar A.
Acton
Acton
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Acton Littleton Acton Westford Manchester, N.H.
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O'Brien, Elizabeth Rose Liebfried, Robert Elmer Charter, Mabel Beatrice Massie, William A. Jr.
Acton
Acton
Acton
Ogilvie, Evelyn P.
Littleton
Byron, Eleanor
Feehan, Faustin T. Mannion, Kathryn E. Gagnon, John F. Ricard, Marie Jeannette Gilmore, Harley E.
Friberg, Sigrid Lindquist
Manchester, N.H.
April 16
Nashua
N. H.
Mar. 9 Brookline N. H.
Mar. 26 Acton
Marriages Registered in 1938-Continued
Date
Place
Names
Residence
April 16
Maynard
Reed, Thomas E.
Acton
Foley, Laura M. (Johnston)
Maynard
Dec. 17
Maynard
Stevens, Woodbury Hatch
Acton
Phalon, Marion Edith
Stow
Dec. 31
Brattleboro Vt.
Stewart, Alfred H. McMarsters, Florence M. Twombly, Warren A.
Lexington
Acton
Nov. 23 Acton
Maynard
Parmenter, Nellie L.
Maynard
Aug. 12 Maynard
Vitkauskis, Anthony Jr.
Acton
Schmitt, Elizabeth
New York City
June 4 Concord
Whitcomb, Frederick Stanley
Acton
Palma, Rasina
Concord
Aug. 13 Acton
Willey, Charles Francis
Lynn
Mayell, Laura Smith 2nd
Acton
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Deaths Registered in 1938
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mos.
Dys.
Mar. 31
Boyce, Charles E.
74
9
26
Mar. 21
Bragdon, Hannah G. (Stearns)
79
5
11
July
7 Brown, James Perry
87
2
21
Jan. 3
Cahoon, Jean
9
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Feb.
28
Case, John E.
81
3
1
June 18
Chaffin, Myron Lewis
85
3
18
Sept. 2 Chaplin, Herman
90
4
13
Nov. 11 Clarke, Catherine C.
53
10
4
Aug. 29
Clark, Charles L.
71
6
25
Feb.
5 Coolidge, Hattie May
54
4
29
Feb.
10, Conant, Abbie F.
90
1
18
May
16
Darling, Silas
70
5
20
July 2
Davis, Elizabeth Bishop
90
6
13
July 8 Dunlap, Chester I.
29
5
17
Feb.
22 Durkee, Charles A.
69
1
16
Aug.
15
Edney, Cora Esther
62
1
8
Nov. 24
Fairbanks, Nellie L.
82
8
13
Sept. 16
Fletcher, Aaron J.
97
4
19
Sept. 7 Fletcher, Jonathan P.
89
8
26
Nov.
27
Fobes, Edward S.
76
2
April 17
Fogg, Emma A. (Priest)
59
21
Feb.
24
Harris, Hattie Adele
71
8
-
Dec.
4
Hazel, Mary Durgin
78
11
9
May
7
Hoffman, Elizabeth A. .
75
2
7
Oct. 18
Holton, George E.
71
9
15
Sept. 7
Houghton, Oliver Ellsworth
76
9
13
Mar. 19
Janvrin, Catherine M. (Connelley)
64
11
19
Mar. 13 Johnson, William
61
11
Mar. 1
Jones, Warren Henry
72
7
14
Mar.
14
Lawrence, Lendall Aurelius
89
9
16
Feb. 21 Lockwood,
4
April 5
Manion, Charlotte E.
59
1
22
Feb.
6 Morse, Edna M.
80
8
25
Nov. 2 Nealey, Edward F.
67
3
2
Aug.
30 Newton, Virginia M. (Roche)
24
1
25
Sept.
13 Noyes, George L.
70
10
-
-
-
-46-
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mos.
Dys.
Feb. 14
Noterman, Celina
47
7
4
April 30
Pratt, Edward F.
73
7
29
April 22
Reed, Mildred M.
44
3
22
April 19
Reynolds, Arthur
1
4
24
Oct. 1 Richardson, Mary L. (Peck)
55
11
23
May 2
Roberts
4 hr.
Dec. 3
Richardson, Elizabeth B.
80
4
4
Sept. 22
Schofield, Anthony Kimball
63
9
5
July 3 Sheehan, Catherine Anastasia
42
6
13
Apri! 20
Shepherd, Beaumont
78
April 11
Stanley, Edward Z.
83
June 19
Tasker, Frank E.
74
6
6
Oct.
15
Taylor, Silas Hammond
91
6
20
Nov. 14
Twitchell, Martha M.
86
10
15
June 18 Washburn, Ella S.
66
10
13
July
30 Watt, Ernest
54
3
9
July
7
Whitcomb, Fred Stanley
71
-
25
-
-
-
Non-Resident Burials in 1938
Date of Death
Name
Yrs.
Age Mos.
Days
Place of Death
Place of Burial
May 23
Beach, Isley H.
67
0
11
Tewksbury
Mt. Hope
Jan. 26
Burger, Owen Francis
42
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mt. Hope
Oct. 23 Clave, Genieve H.
39
8
23
Worcester
Mt. Hope
April 2 Clark, Mary E. Russell
92
2
4
Wayland
Mt. Hope
Sept. 22
Crampton, George Edward
61
8
13
Brattleboro, Vt.
Woodlawn
June
23 Edwards, Ida M.
52
-
Waltham
Woodlawn
June
23
Farwell, Elizabeth E.
87
2
23
Maynard
Woodlawn
May 4
Fiske, Wilbur
77
5
19
Waltham
Woodlawn
Aug.
10
Flint, Carrie Augusta
77
10
22
Exeter, N. H.
Mt. Hope
June 7
Fredericksen, Gunnar F.
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