Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1930-1934, Part 17

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 1020


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ARTICLE 16-Referred to the voters at Town Meeting.


Article 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to paying for telephones for Town Officers.


ARTICLE 17-The Finance Committee recommends that the Town pay for NO telephones in private homes except those


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of the Chief of Police, Chief of Fire Department and one telephone in Cochesett to cover the Tapper system of the Fire Department located there.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sin- nott Street as laid out by the Selectmen.


ARTICLE 18-The Finance Committee recommends that this be referred to the Selectmen as action on this proposi- tion was taken at the Town Meeting last year.


Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the maintenance of Visiting Nurse service in West Bridgewater.


ARTICLE 19-The Finance Committee recommends favor- able action.


Article 20. To see what action the Town will take in regard to rearranging the Town Offices and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 20-The Finance Committee does not recommend the appropriation of any money for this purpose at this time.


Article 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to printing a list of tax payers in the Town Report every year.


ARTICLE 21-The Finance Committee recommends that this list be omitted in the Town Report.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $6281.00 from Water Revenue to pay bonds and interest of the Water Loans.


ARTICLE 22-The Finance Committee recommends the appropriation of $6105.09 for this purpose.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $9050.00 from Water Revenue for maintenance of the Water Department.


ARTICLE 23-The Finance Committee recommends the appropriation of $9000.00 for this purpose.


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Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $95.20 from the Reserve Surplus to pay a bill of the Highways of 1930.


ARTICLE 24-The Finance Committee recommends favor- able action.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Reserve $8.65 to pay overdraft of the Public Welfare.


ARTICLE 25-The Finance Committee recommends favor- able action.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the Schoolhouse on North Elm Street at Public Auction.


ARTICLE 26-The Finance Committee recommends favor- able action.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000.00 to build a sidewalk on West Center Street beginning at Elm Square and going westerly as far the appropriation will go. By petition.


ARTICLE 27-The Finance Committee does not recommend the construction of this sidewalk this year.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a Town Director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.


ARTICLE 28-The Finance Committee recommends the appropriation of $100.00 for this purpose.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1258.36 for maintenance of Plymouth County Hospital.


ARTICLE 29-The Finance Committee recommends favor- able action.


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Article 30. To if the Town will vote to appropriate from Overlay Surplus the sum of $310.50 for overdraft on East Street, 1930, as ordered by the State Auditor.


ARTICLE 30-The Finance Committee recommends favor- able action.


Article 31. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town Officers


OF THE TOWN OF


West Bridgewater


1932


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town Officers and Committees


OF THE TOWN OF


WEST BRIDGEWATER


FOR THE YEAR 1932


AH-WILLIS PRINTER BRIDGEWATER MASS


EDWARD H. CROCKER, Town Clerk.


Born in Barnstable, Mass,, August 5th, 1864. Died in West Bridgewater, November 12th, 1932.


On March 15th, 1909 he was sworn in as Town Clerk, and con- tinued in that capacity for Twenty-three Years. Mourning the loss of his wife who died in 1927, and with continually fail- . ing health, he strove on, meeting his misfortunes and valient- ly striving to perform his obligations of Office and his self- imposed duties to the Public, who will long remember him for his many helpful acts, performed without publicity.


A Faithful and Competent Official.


Town Officers for 1932.


MODERATOR Howard B. Wilbur


TOWN CLERK Edward H. Crocker


TOWN ACCOUNTANT Arthur C. Peckham


SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Elected Term Expires


James A. Hemenway,


1930


1933


Morton A. Simmons,


1931


1934


Gustaf A. Peterson,


1932


1935


ASSESSORS


Elected


Term Expires


Edwin H. Thayer,


1930


1933


Robert G. Dean,


1931


1934


Albert Manley,


1932


1935


TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR Catherine M. Howard


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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


Elected Term Expires


Basil M. Soule,


1930


1933


Ada M. Wood,


1930


1933


Louis P. Hayden,


1931


1934


Martha B. Mason,


1931


1934


Edith F. Howard,


1932


1935


Daniel J. Lothrop,


1932


1935


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Elected


Term Expires


Frank G. Chadwick,


1930


1933


Edwin H. Thayer, resigned Sept. 12, 1932, 1930


1933


Corelli C. Alger,


1931


1934


Walter C. Whiting,


1931


1934


Edith M. Alger,


1932


1935


Harold S. Lyon,


1932


1935


Faelton C. Perkins, appointed to fill vacancy by joint action of School Committee and Selectmen.


WATER COMMISSIONERS


Elected Term Expires


Faelton C. Perkins,


1930


1933


Warren P. Laughton,


1931


1934


Hervey Dunham,


1932


1935


TREE WARDEN Christopher Read


CONSTABLES


Ervin W. Lothrop Chester R. Ripley


May 9th, 1932, Christoper Read was appointed a Con- stable and was sworn to faithful performance of his duties on same date.


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SURVEYORS OF LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK Albert A. Howard Elmer Sullivan James A. Hemenway Chester R. Ripley Robert G. Dean


FIELD DRIVERS


George F. Ryder Albert A. Howard John Fallon


FENCE VIEWERS


Charles E. Kinney George Tucker


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Bert L. Carter, Ralph S. Frellick, Emmons C. Porter, John M. Richards, Alfred T. Wells, term expires 1933.


Mason W. Alger, Kenneth L. Hardenbrook, George W. Smith, B. Frank Hanscom, Nils P. Nillson term expires 1934. G. Willard Peterson, Arthur E. Ryder, George N. Davis, John Olson, Chester Thayer, term expires 1935.


OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Daniel A. Penpraese


TOWN PHYSICIAN Dr. Adolor O. Belmore


CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Warren P. Laughton


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ASSISTANT CHIEF Edward L. Bourne


CHIEF OF POLICE Warren P. Laughton


POLICE OFFICERS


Ervin W. Lothrop


Chester R. Ripley


SPECIAL OFFICERS


Daniel A. Penpraese Christopher Read


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Elected


Term Expires


Paul Revere,


1930


1933


Francis A. Mahoney,


1931


1934


John L. Sullivan,


1932


1935


Edward H. Crocker, Town Clerk


SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK Christopher Read


FOREST FIRE WARDEN Warren P. Laughton


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Christopher Read


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING David Dailey


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DOG OFFICER Ervin W. Lothrop


BURIAL AGENT' Edward H. Crocker


TOWN COUNSEL Harold S. Lyon


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


Arthur D. Todd Chester R. Ripley Gustav A. Peterson


DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS


Albert Manley, Ervin W. Lothrop, Levi T. Nute, Gerald L. Wilbur, Edward L. Bourne, William I. Irwin.


Town Clerk's Report.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


A meeting, duly warned, of the inhabitants of the Town of West Bridgewater, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs was held in the Town Hall on Monday, March 7th, 1932 at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and the following is a record of the doings of said meeting, viz:


The meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock by the Moderator, Howard B. Wilbur, and the call for the meeting was read by the Town Clerk. After Article one had been read, which was to elect the Town Officers named on the Official Ballot, it was voted to waive the reading of the other articles. The record of the service by the Constable was read by the Town Clerk, Edward H. Crocker. Following the reading of the call for the meeting and the Constable's return of the Warrant, the Polls were declared open. The ballot box was inspected by the election officers, and then locked and the key delivered to Ervin W. Lothrop, Constable at the ballot box.


The following persons were sworn as election officers by Town Clerk Edward H. Crocker: Thomas Luddy, Orrin King, Grace G. Keenan, Mary H. Pratt, Daniel T. Sullivan, Margaret Kent, Lulu B. Gardner, Stella J. Snow, Arthur C. Peckham, James A. Hemenway.


The polls were open ready for the reception of ballots at 9 o'clock a. m. and at 8 o'clock p. m. it was voted to close same.


Upon counting the ballots from the ballot box it was found the total number of ballots cast was 872, which agreed


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with the number registered on the ballot box. 493 men and 380 women voted.


The result of the count and tabulation was as follows:


MODERATOR


Howard B. Wilbur


697


Fred J. McCormick


3


John J. Kent, Jr. John Courtney


1


1


TOWN CLERK


Edward H. Crocker


750


Joseph Nugent


3


Faelton C. Perkins


2


Raymond Keith


1


SELECTMAN (for three years)


Gustav A. Peterson 458


Walter C. Whiting 386


ASSESSOR (for three years)


Albert Manley 683


William McGarry


4


TREASURER


Catherine M. Howard 611


Arthur E. Ryder 247


Martha B. Mason


1


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Gustav A. Peterson 447


Walter C. Whiting 380


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TAX COLLECTOR


Catherine M. Howard Arthur E. Ryder Martha B. Mason


604


244


1


TREE WARDEN


Christopher Read


708


Bert Carter


2


Arthur Peckham


1


Francis Luddy


1


WATER COMMISSIONER (for three years)


Hervey Dunham


677


John Toomey


2


John Courtney


2


A. Eldridge


1


Elmer Sullivan


1


SCHOOL COMMITTEE (for three years)


Edith M. Alger


646


Harold S. Lyon


640


John Courtney


3


Bill Ellis


2


Arthur E. Ryder


1


Margaret Mahoney


1


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (for three years)


Edith F. Howard


682


Daniel J. Lothrop


634


Frank Hanscom


3


Liz Crosby


2


Mary Courtney


1


12


John Kent John Courtney John Murray


1


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CONSTABLES


Ervin W. Lothrop


720


Chester R. Ripley


663


Fred McCormick


8


Armando Gamboa


3


John Kent, Jr.


ยท


2


Elmer Sullivan


2


Mary Laughton


1


Raymond Keith


1


Charles Andrews


1


George W. Peterson


1


Walter C. Whiting


1


Francis Dupuis


1


Edgar Perkins


1


After the result of the balloting had been announced the Moderator declared the meeting adjourned until Monday night, March 14th, 1932 at 7.30 o'clock.


Edward H. Crocker was sworn to a faithful performance of his duties as Town Clerk by the Moderator, Howard B. Wilbur.


The oath was administered to the Moderator by the Town Clerk.


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ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 14, 1932


In accordance with the vote passed at the meeting, March 7, 1932, the adjourned meeting was held Monday, March 14, 1932 at 7.30 o'clock p. m. in charge of the Moderator, Howard B. Wilbur. The following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant:


Article 2. To choose Town Officers for the ensuing year not elected on the Official Ballot.


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark- Albert A. Howard, Elmer Sullivan, James Hemenway, Ches- ter R. Ripley and Robert G. Dean.


Field Drivers-George F. Ryder, Albert A. Howard and John Fallon.


Fence Viewers-Charles E. Kinney and George G. Tucker.


Members of Finance Committee for three years-G. Willard Peterson, Arthur E. Ryder, George N. Davis, John Olson and Chester Thayer.


Article 3. Voted to accept the Reports of the Town Officers and Committees as printed in the Town Reports. It was also voted to accept the verbal report of the Committee on Road Program for the year as made by G. A. Peterson.


Article 4. Voted-That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1932, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and any debt or debts incurred under this note to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


Article 5. The following sums were raised and appro- priated to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year:


Moderator


$25.00


Selectmen


900.00


Town Accountant 700.00


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Treasurer and Collector


1,700.00


Assessors


1,600.00


Other Financial Officers and Accounts


25.00


Town Clerk


600.00


Election ond Registration


700.00


Law


25.00


Town Hall and Offices


2,800.00


Police


2,700.00


Dog Officer


30.00


Fire Department


2,400.00


Hydrant Rental


1,800.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


125.00


Moth Suppression


2,000.00


Tree Warden


500.00


Board of Health


1,200.00


Inspection of Animals


100.00


Inspection of Slaughtering


300.00


Plymouth County Hospital (maintenance)


1,258.36


Highways


10,000.00


Snow Removal


1,000.00


Sidewalks


250.00


Street Signs and Bridges


500.00


Street Lights


3,950.00


Public Welfare


7,500.00


State Aid


250.00


Soldier's Relief


600.00


Military Aid


300.00


Soldier's Burial


200.00


Public Library


875.00


School Appropriation


50,500.00


Care of Monument Grounds


60.00


Flags and Parks


50.00


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Memorial Day Observance


100.00


Town Reports


485.00


Fire Insurance


600.00


Liability Insurance


550.00


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Reserve Fund


2,000.00


Interest 2,000.00


Care of Cemeteries 150.00 50.00


Finance Committee


Old Age Assistance 7,000.00


Under this article it was voted, on motion of Orvis F. Kinney, that the sum of $4,500.00 be appropriated for the improvement of Copeland Street, provided that the County and State make no allotments of money. Yes 122; No 7. (Found to be illegal by State Official. )


Article 6. Voted-That the matter of building a tarvia top road on East Street from East Center Street south, be referred to the Selectmen and Road Committee.


Article 7. Voted-To raise and appropriate $2,250.00 for a tarvia top road on Copeland Street providing the State will pay $4,500.00 and the County $2,250.00.


Article 8. On a motion made and duly seconded it was Voted not to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to widen Plain Street. Yes 3; No 51.


Article 9. No action taken on the article.


Article 10. Voted-To refer the matter to the Select- men and Road Committee.


Article 11. Voted-To raise and appropriate $1,500.00 to construct a bituminous concrete sidewalk on Matfield St. The vote was unanimous.


Article 12. No action taken on the article.


Article 13. No action taken on the article.


Article 14. Voted-To refer the installation of a street light in front of the Town Hall to the Selectmen, and that any money so used be taken from the Town Hall appropria- tion.


Article 15. No action taken on the article.


Article 16. No action taken on the article.


Article 17. Voted-That the Town pay for no telephones in private homes, except those of the Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department, Treasurer and Tax Collector, Tree


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Warden, and the one in Cochesett covering the tapper sys- tem of the Fire Department located there. The vote was unanimous.


Article 18. No action taken on this article.


Article 19. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the maintenance of a Visiting Nurse service in West Bridgewater.


Article 20. No action taken on this arnicle.


Article 21. A motion was made and seconded that the list of Taxpayers be omitted in the printing of the Town Report. Motion lost by a vote of Yes 17, No 112.


Article 22. Voted-To appropriate the sum of $6,105.09 for Water Revenue to pay Bonds and Interest of the Water Loan.


Article 23. Voted-To appropriate the sum of $9,000.00 from Water Revenue for maintenance of the Water Depart- ment.


Article 24. Voted-To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue the sum of $95.20 to pay a bill of the Highway De- partment of 1930.


Article 25. Voted-To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue, the sum of $8.65 to pay overdraft of the Public Welfare Department.


Article 26. Voted-That the Selectmen be authorized to sell the schoolhouse on North Elm street at public auction.


Article 27. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to build a sidewalk on West Center Street, begin- ning at Elm Square and extending westerly as far as the appropriation will go. By unanimous vote.


Article 28. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, and chose Mrs. Corelli C. Alger Town Director, as provided in Sections 40 and 41 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws.


Article 29. No action taken on this article. Cared for in article on Bridges.


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Article 30. Voted-To appropriate from Overlay Surplus the sum of $310.50 for overdraft on East Street 1930 as ordered by the State Auditor.


Article 31. Voted-That a committee of three be ap- pointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of, and method by which the number upon the Finance Com- mittee be reduced to five (5) or less, that the committee hold public hearings, investigate Statutes regarding the duties pro. and con. of Town Finance Committees, that this committee have printed and distributed their report and rec- ommendations with the next Town Report, and cause to be inserted in the Warrant an article on the above question, for action by the voters at the Annual Town Meeting. The Mod- erator appointed as the members of that committee, Herbert E. Bryant, Lynn H. Harris and Ralph S. Frellick.


There being no further business it was voted to dissolve the meeting at 9.40 o'clock P. M.


EDWARD H. CROCKER,


Town Clerk.


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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, APRIL 26, 1932.


Whole number of ballots cast, 46. 13 Female, 33 Male. 27 Republicans, 19 Democrats.


REPUBLICAN PARTY.


DELEGATES AT LARGE.


George F. Booth, 64 Beachmont St,, Worcester.


William M. Butler, 231 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.


Alvin T. Fuller, 81 Appleton St., Malden.


Mary Pratt Porter, 486 Main St., Greenfield.


ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE.


Frank G. Allen, 289 Walpole St., Norwood.


Gasper G. Bacon, 222 Prince St., Boston.


Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Road, Newton.


Louise M. Williams, 3 Dean St., Taunton.


DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. Oscar V. Dionne, 220 Wood St., New Bedford. Mary B. Besse, 120 Main St., New Bedford.


ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.


Charles B. Barnes, Jr., Summer St., Hingham. Lois C. Turner of Norwell.


REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE. Herbert C. Hoover.


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DEMOCRATIC PARTY.


DELEGATES AT LARGE. Group 1.


James M. Curley.


James Roosevelt


James H. Brennan.


Thomas F. Cassidy.


James T. Moriarty.


Edward A. Mclaughlin, Jr.


Primo R. Robichard.


Joseph Santosuosso.


Nellie L. Sullivan


Joseph J. Hurley


Paul H. Hines


Joseph H. Hanken


DELEGATES AT LARGE. Group 2.


David I. Walsh.


Joseph B. Ely.


Marcus A. Coolidge.


William J. Foley.


William C. Connery, Jr.


Joseph J. Douglas. John W. McCormack.


William J. Granfield.


Mary J. Bacigalupo.


Helen G. Roth.


Charles H. Cole.


John F. Fitzgerald.


Not Grouped. Roland D. Sawyer, District No. 9 Ware.


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ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE. Group 1.


Helen C. Galvin.


Dorothy Whipple Fry.


Edward G. Morris. Mabel R. Worthy. Agnes H. Parker.


Francis J. W. Ford.


Eugene Wambaugh.


Alice E. Cram.


Arthur W. Heidks.


Francis E. Zaletskas. Matthew P. Money. M. Grace Barry.


ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE. Group 2.


William G. Thompson.


Edward P. Barry.


John C. Mahoney,


Charles H. Slowey.


Mary H. Ward. J. Henry Gognen. Samuel Kalesky. Charles F. Riordan. J. Leo Sullivan. John P. Buckley. Leo M. Birmingham. Daniel F. O'Connell.


DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.


Group 1. John H. Backus. Arthur Goular. Group 2. Patrick M. Doyle. Thomas H. Buckley.


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ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.


Group 1.


August J. Cormier.


Thomas F. Kelleher.


Group 2.


Alphonse Normandin.


John F. Mannion.


DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE.


Franklin D. Roosevelt.


STATE PRIMARY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1932


DEMOCRATIC PARTY


GOVERNOR


Joseph Ely


46


Blanks 12


FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Edward P. Barry


16


David J. Brickley


1


Raymond A. Fitzgerald


8


William I. Hennessey


2


Francis E. Kelley


3


John F. Malley


1


Michael C. O'Neill


3


John E. Swift


15


Blanks 9


22


FOR SECRETARY


John F. Buckley


23


J. Edward Callahan


2


John W. Cussen


2


Arthur G. Flynn


0


George F. Gilbody


1


George F. Grogan


1


Edward J. Gurry


3


John D. O'Brien


4


Joseph Santosuosso


2


Ray H. Shattuck


0


Charles R. Sullivan


5


Henry J. Sullivan


1


Blanks


14


FOR TREASURER


Charles F. Hurley


46


Blanks


12


FOR AUDITOR


John E. Buckley


12


John I. Harrington


1


Francis X. Hurley


21


Alfred J. Moore


6


Leo A. Spillane


5


Blanks


13


FOR ATTORNEY


John P. Buckley


19


Harry E. Casey


3


Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr.


6


William R. Sharton


0


Harold W. Sullivan


11


Raymond E. Sullivan


3


Blanks


16


23


FOR CONGRESSMAN FIFTEENTH DISTRICT


Thomas H. Buckley


36


Charles E. Harrington


7


Blanks 15


FOR COUNCILLOR, FIRST DISTRICT


James McQuade


8


Robert G. Clark, Jr.


40


Phillip J. Russell 0


Blanks 10


FOR SENATOR, PLYMOUTH DISTRICT


Christopher M. Clifford


12


John C. Handricken


7


Joseph La Fountaine


16


Edmund P. Neafsey


14


Blanks 9


FOR REPRESENTATIVE, SIXTH PLYMOUTH DISTRICT


J. Frank Currie 33


Raymond S. Hill


18


Blanks 7


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


Louis A. Reardon 40


James F. Shanahan,


27


Blanks 49


FOR SHERIFF, PLYMOUTH COUNTY


Daniel B. Daley 45


Blanks 13


24


FOR STATE COMMITTEE, PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Arthur A. Hendricks 28


Blanks 30


DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION


Henry J. Pomeroy 34


Daniel T. Sullivan


37


Blanks 45


FOR TOWN COMMITTEE


Henry J. Pomeroy 36


Margaret M. Kent


40


Grace G. Keenan 40


Thomas Luddy


35


Daniel T. Sullivan


36


Dennis E. Drislane


39


Jennie M. Sullivan


35


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Walter D. Crowley


37


REPUBLICAN PARTY


FOR GOVERNOR


Walter E. Brownell 12


Frank A. Goodwin


515


E. Mark Sullivan 3


270


William Sterling Youngman


Blanks 81


FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Gaspar G. Bacon 357


Chester I. Campbell 360


Blanks 164


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FOR SECRETARY


Frederic W. Cook 655 Blanks 226


FOR TREASURER


Francis Prescott


550


Max Ulin


97


Blanks


234


FOR AUDITOR


Emerson Johnson Coldwell


191


Alonzo B. Cook


478


Blanks 212


FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL


Joseph E. Warner


670


Blanks 211


FOR CONGRESSMAN, FIFTEENTH DISTRICT


Charles L. Gifford


633


Blanks 248


FOR COUNCILLOR, FIRST DISTRICT


Edmund Cote 485


Joseph R. Glennon


116


John T. Mahoney


54


Blanks 226


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FOR SENATOR


Frank E. Barrows


71


Frank W. Eaton


171


John Holmes


176


Michael J. McCarthy 85


Charles G. Miles


239


Blanks 139


FOR REPRESENTATIVE, SIXTH PLYMOUTH DISTRICT


William F. Churchill


62


Lester R. Fisher


45


Orvis F. Kinney


763


Blanks 11


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PLYMOUTH COUNTY


Frederic T. Bailey


295


Harold D. Bent 424


Elroy S. Thompson 296


Oscar E. Young 190


Blanks 557


FOR SHERIFF, PLYMOUTH COUNTY


Charles H. Robbins


642


Blanks 239


STATE COMMITTEE, PLYMOUTH DISTRICT


Fred D, Rowe 543


Blanks 338


DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION


Edward H. Crocker 677


Lulu B. Gardner 608


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Alice M. Dean Fealton C. Perkins William G. May Blanks


600


2


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755


TOWN COMMITTEE


Albert C. Snow


628


Warren P. Laughton


679


James A. Hemenway


621


Sarah H. Richards


602


Faelton C. Perkins


609


Lulu B. Gardner


609


Jane T. Dunbar


602


Howard B. Wilbur


610


Mary H. Pratt


601


Alice M. Dean


605


Elmer Howard


1


Blanks


2,643


SPECIAL PRIMARY, OCTOBER 25, 1932


FOR NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY TREASURER


REPUBLICAN PARTY


William H. Armstrong


0


Henry W. Barnes


1


Avis A. Ewell


47


Knowlton B. Holmes


2


E. Leroy Lane


0


28


Robert F. Schindler


12


Philip L. Schuyler Chester T. Swanson


2


Elroy S. Thompson


20 47


Harry S. Torry Blanks


1


1


DEMOCRATIC PARTY


Albert C. Snow


1


Blanks


0


STATE ELECTION, NOV. 8, 1932


Whole number of ballots cast, 1,304.


FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT


Foster and Ford


9


Hoover and Curtis


940


Reynolds and Aiker


0


Roosevelt and Garner


309


Thomas and Nauver


20


Upshaw and Regan


1


Blanks 25


FOR GOVERNOR


John Ballom


10


Joseph B. Ely


318


Alfred Baker Lewis


11


Charles S. Oram


0


William S. Youngman


927


Blanks 38


1


1


:


29


FOR LIEUTENENT-GOVERNOR


Gasper G. Bacon


933


Morris I. Becker


7


James W. Dawson


10


Walter S. Hutchins


17


John H. Swift


265


Blanks


72


FOR SECRETARY OF STATE


John F. Buckley


218


Frederic W. Cook


960


Albert S. Coolidge


26


Max Lerner


10


Albert Waterman


3


Blanks


87


FOR TREASURER


Dominick A. Digivolamo


5


Eva Hoffman


15


Charles Hurley


265


Francis Prescott


904


Glen Trumble


20


Blanks


95


FOR AUDITOR


Jule Babbitt


7


Daniel T. Blessington


5


Alonzo B. Cook


942


Daniel A. Eisenberg


8


Francis X. Hurley


248


Blanks


94


30


FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL


John B. Buckley


224


Maria C. Correia


11


Fred E. Ollcher


1


George E. Roewer


15


William R. Scharton


1


Joseph E. Warner


964


Blanks 88


FOR CONGRESSMAN


Thomas H. Buckley


245


Charles L. Gifford


931


Jacob Minkin


19


Blanks


109


FOR COUNCILLOR


Edmund Cote 941


Philip J. Russell


221


Blanks 142


FOR STATE SENATOR


Charles G. Miles 942


Edward P. Neafsey


261


Blanks 101


FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE


J. Frank Currie 178


Orvis F. Kinney


1072


Blanks 54


31


TWO FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


Frederick T. Bailey


791


Harold D. Bent


864


Louis A. Reardon 168


James F. Shanahan


169


Blanks


616


FOR COUNTY SHERIFF


Daniel Daly


232


Charles H. Robbins


958


Blanks


114


FOR COUNTY TREASURER


Theodore E. Andrews


245


Avis A. Ewell


932


Blanks


127


QUESTION NO. 1 Law Proposed by Initiative Petition- Chiropractic


Yes 317


No


474


Blanks 513


QUESTION NO. 2 Law Proposed by Initiative Petition- Pre Primary Convention


Yes 370


No


256


Blanks 678


QUESTION NO. 3 Proposed Amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States, relative Expiring Terms


Yes 617 No


149


Blanks


538


32


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, NOV. 19, 1932




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