Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1935-1939, Part 11

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 1086


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Treasurer, Robert G. Dean, March 4, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.


Tax Collector, Walter C. Dunbar, March 4, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.


Selectman, James A. Hemenway, March 4, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.


Board of Public Welfare, James A. Hemenway, March 4, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.


Board of Health, James A. Hemenway, March 9, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.


Water Commissioner, George May, March 9, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.


Chief of Police, Warren P. Laughton, March 9, by H. E Bryant, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 9, 1936


Following a vote taken at Annual Town Meeting, held March 2nd, the adjourned meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Howard B. Wilbur. The reading of the Articles in the Warrant was, upon vote, waived.


Article 2. Voted to choose Town Officers not elected on official ballot.


The following named were by vote of meeting chosen.


Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark-Albert A. Howard, Chester Ripley, Eben Wood, Robert G. Dean, James A. Hemenway.


Field Drivers-George F. Ryder, Richard Keith, Doug- las Eaton.


Fence Viewers-Robert Keith, Charles Kinney, Albert A. Howard.


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Article 3. Officers' report. Moved and carried, that the Town Officers' report as given, be accepted.


The following appropriations were, upon vote, adopted.


APPROPRIATIONS


Moderator


$25.00


Selectmen


700.00


Accountant


700.00


Treasurer


800.00


Tax Collector


2,085.00


Other Financial Officers


25.00


Assessors


1,500.00


Town Clerk


580.00


Election and Registration


825.00


Law Department


25.00


Town Hall and Offices


2,600.00


Police Department


2,200.00


Dog Officer


35.00


Fire Department


2,400.00


Hydrants


1,240.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


100.00


Moth Department


2,000.00


Tree Warden


600.00


Board of Health


1,700.00


Inspector of Animals


100.00


Inspector of Slaughtering


175.00


Highway Department


10,000.00


Snow Removal


2,000.00


Street Lights


3,850.00


Board of Public Welfare


11,825.00


Old Age Assistance


9,000.00


State Aid


150.00


Soldiers' Relief


500.00


Soldiers' Burial


50.00


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Military Aid


50.00


Public Library


1,200.00


School Department


47,000.00


Monument Grounds


10.00


Flags and Parks


25.00


Memorial Day


125.00


Printing and Distributing Town Reports


626.88


Fire Insurance


529.12


Liability Insurance


1,159.04


Overlay Surplus


2,000.00


Interest


100.00


Care of Cemeteries


100.00


Finance Committee


15.00


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, of the General Laws. It was so voted.


Article 5. To raise such sums as may be necessary to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for the same. It was so voted.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00), (balance held on books in 1935 to West Street project) to the required amount to finish West Street. It was so voted.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) provided the State will contribute Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) and the County Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to rebuild West Street as laid out by the County Commissioners.


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Amended by motion that the amount of Town appro- priation be reduced to Twenty-five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2,550.00). So voted as amended.


Article 8. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture (Plymouth County Extension Service) and choose a Town director as provided in Sections 41 and 42 of revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and Acts thereof.


Upon motion the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) was voted, and Mrs. Correlli C. Alger was selected as Di- rector for the Town.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Hundred Twenty-three Dollars and Sixty-seven Cents ($1,423.67) for maintenance of Plymouth County Hospital, under provision of Chapter 111, Section 85, of the General Laws. It was so voted.


Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for maintenance of Visiting Nurse Service in West Bridgewater. It was so voted.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the pur- pose of preserving the Town Records. It was so voted.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) to rebuild and black top Ellis Avenue. On motion this article was passed.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to repair and black top Cross Street as far as this amount will provide. On motion this article was passed.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars


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($200.00) to gravel Pleasant Street from West Center Street south to number 56. On motion this article was passed.


Article 15. To see if the Town will build a sidewalk from West Center Street to River Street through Howard Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same. On motion this article was passed.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk from prop- erty of Armando Gamboas to Brooks Place on North Elm Street. On motion this article was carried.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to install two street lights on West Center Street, one on West Center Street opposite Pleasant Hill Cemetery entrance; second opposite Pleasant Street on right hand side of West Center Street, and raise and appropriate money for same. On motion this article was passed.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to install two lights on Sinnott Street. On motion this article was passed.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on pole nearest driveway to property of David Daily and raise and appropriate money for same. On motion this article was passed.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Sixty-one Dollars and Sixty-three Cents ($761.63) to pay the overdraft in the School Department for the year 1935. On motion this article was carried.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Three Dollars Ninety- nine Cents ($503.99) to pay overdraft of 1935 for coal to Town Hall. On motion this article was carried.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to create a Municipal Unemployment Department and raise and appro-


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priate a sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the same.


On motion giving the Selectmen supervision over this fund, the motion was carried.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the dedication expense of Memorial Park Dedication to be held July 4th, 1936. On motion this article was passed.


Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the use of School Physician for Schick Test against Diphtheria. On motion this article was so carried.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to build additional office room to the present Town Offices, and place in the hands of the Selectmen the authority to direct the construction and location of the same. On motion this article was passed.


Article 26. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to be used for Baseball Field on Town lot. To erect suitable backstop and benches, purchase set of bases and make any other improvements necessary.


Amended to raise and appropriate One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00). Amendment on motion was carried.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) for the pruning of dead wood from the elms and for the removal of any dead or dying elms on the public streets. On motion it was carried.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Seven Hundred


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Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for land damage on River Street, a Federal and State project to rebuild this street.


On motion the sum of Five Hundred Dollars was sub- stituted and the article as then read was carried.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to purchase drain pipe to be laid from Ryders Corner easterly to railroad, for cellar drainage, if labor can be secured through the W. P. A. On motion this article was passed.


Article 30. To see if the Town will request the Depart- ment of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture a project for the construction of a highway along West Center Street from West Bridgewater Square to the Easton line with funds apportioned to the Commonwealth under the Emergency Re- lief Appropriation Act of 1935 and will agree with said De- partment that if such a project is approved and constructed by the Department and the Secretary of Agriculture it, therefore, at its own cost and expense, will maintain the project in a manner satisfactory to them or their representa- tive and will make ample provision each year for such main- tenance and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign such a request and agreement in behalf of the Town or take any other action thereto.


Motion made that the Town will so request and so agree, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sign such a request and agreement in behalf of the Town. This motion was carried.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for land damage provided the State re- builds West Center Street from Easton line to Monument, West Bridgewater. On motion it was carried.


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Article 32. To see what action, if any, the Town will take with regard to abandoning the portable school building at Matfield, and building another story on the wooden school building in the same yard, to accommodate the grades now in the portable building.


Moved that a Committee of five be appointed to investi- gate the condition of the Matfield School. Upon ballot vote the motion was carried, sixty-six (66) in the affirmative, sixty (60) in the negative.


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote for the ap- pointment of a committee of three, by the Selectmen, for the purpose of drawing up a set of building rules and regulations and to present them at the next regular or special Town meeting to be held for adoption or rejection. These rules and regulations, if so adopted, to become a part of the By- Laws of the Town. On motion this article was carried.


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to Surplus Revenue the following balances in the several de- partments. Highway, Copeland Street, Ninety-nine Dollars Fifty-five Cents ($99.55) ; Plain Street, Six Dollars Sixty- one Cents ($6.61) ; Old Home Week Celebration, One Dollar Seventy-three Cents ($1.73) ; and to Water Surplus from Water Department Thirteen Dollars Fifty-four Cents ($13.54) ; North Main Street, One Hundred Sixty-two Dol- lars Eighty-six Cents ($162.86) ; Turnpike Street, Fourteen Dollars Thirty-eight Cents ($14.38) ; six inch (6") main replacement, Eighty-one Dollars Sixty-one Cents ($81.61).


On motion this article was carried.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under Tax Title procedure, provided that the Selectmen, or whomsoever


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they may authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action rela- tive thereto. This article on vote was adopted.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article IX of the Town By-Laws by adding the following : Sec. 4. All fines and fees paid to the Tax Collector shall be turned over to the Treasurer and accounted for as re- ceipts of the Town.


On motion it was voted to carry this article as written if the same received the approval of the Attorney General.


Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($225.00) for the purchase of additional land adjoining the Park property and that the purchase price, within the limitations as above stated, be left to the discretion of the Board of Selectmen.


This motion was amended, to appropriate One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) to purchase a parcel of land which will include Pulpit Rock. The amendment was carried.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) for administrative expense on W. P. A. projects, State, and Public works projects. On motion this article was carried.


Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to erect a street light on Howard Street between Spring Street and Druary Lane. By Petition. On motion this article was passed.


Article 40. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Seventy-one Hundred Fifty Dollars ($7,150.00) from Surplus Water Revenue to replace two inch (2") water main with a six inch (6") main on Copeland Street. By Petition.


It was moved that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be appropriated from Surplus Water Revenue to purchase pipe and fittings, provided the labor on this project


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can be secured through the Federal W. P. A., or to have the Town purchase six inch (6") pipe, lay the same, and pro- ceed as far as possible with this amount. The motion was upon vote carried.


Article 41. To transact any other business that may come before the meeting.


Moved that the several amounts appropriated be assessed upon the Real Estate and Polls of the Town.


There being no further business to come before the meeting it was moved to dissolve the same. So voted.


HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1936


Meeting called to order by Moderator, Howard B. Wil- bur, the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk and the meet- ing declared open to act upon the following Articles :


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the maintenance of the Water Department.


This article was adopted and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) was voted to be appropriated for water revenue. It was so voted.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Forty-nine Hundred Eight Dollars and Seventy-three Cents ($4,908.73) for the payment of Water Bonds and Interest. It was so voted.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 136, Sections 21 to 25 inclusive, rela- tive to regulations of Sunday baseball and other games per- missible under this Chapter of the General Laws. On motion this article was accepted.


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Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Five Dollars ($105.00) for Old Age Assistance Taxes abated in 1935. On motion this article was carried.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixty-four Dollars Twenty-seven Cents ($64.27) Overlay Deficit of 1931 levy. On motion this article was carried.


Chairman Christopher Read reported for the commit- tee on the Matfield School extension.


It was moved that a special Town Meeting be called within three weeks. On vote this motion was lost.


There being no further business to come before the meeting it was moved to dissolve the same. So voted.


HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 14, 1936


Meeting called to order by Moderator, Howard B. Wil- bur, the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk and the meet- ing declared open to act upon the following Articles :


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account an amount of money to provide for materials in connection with the Federal Works Progress Administration.


Moved by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Arthur Ryder, that the first four articles for which money was requested, viz: Cleaning River-Eighty-three Dollars Thirty-eight Cents ($83.38), Sewing-Fifty Dollars ($50.00), Vital Statistics-Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), Rebuilding River Street-One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), a


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total of Two Hundred Fifty-eight Dollars Thirty-eight Cents ($258.38), be appropriated from the Surplus Revenue. The motion as taken by voice vote in the affirmative was doubted and a show of hands counted by Albert Snow re- sulted 92 yes and 32 no. Motion declared carried.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Surplus Revenue Account for ad- ministration of the local Works Progress Administration.


Moved by Chairman of Finance Committee that the sum of Four Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars ($477.00) be appropriated from the Surplus Reserve to cover administra- tion expenses of Sponsor's Agent and Clerk. Motion carried.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to establish headquarters for telephone calls for the Fire Department, Water Department and the Police Department and reim- burse from these respective Departments a sum of money for the attendants' services.


Upon motion that the Selectmen handle this entire case as they see fit it was unanimously carried.


At this point it was moved that the request for an appropriation for use to furnish Trucks and materials to finish the War Memorial Park in an amount of Four Hundred Ninety-five Dollars Twenty-nine Cents ($495.29) be passed without appropriation. The motion was carried.


The project to do certain work with W. P. A. labor on Spring Street calling for an appropriation of Two Hundred Forty-two Dollars Twenty-five Cents ($242.25) was upon motion declared carried, and was doubted. Vote by show of hands, 38 yes 35 no. Motion declared carried.


The Committee on the Matfield School Building recom- mended :


"That an addition be built to the Matfield School, and that action be taken at the regular Town Meeting in 1937


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and appropriation be made for same. Unanimous vote of the committee.


"Mr. Curtis W. Carrigan, "G. A. Peterson, "Christopher Read, "George N. Davis."


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money from the Surplus Revenue Account to the Public Welfare Department necessary for the balance of the year.


On motion the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) was appropriated from the Surplus Revenue Account.


It was moved to pass the three remaining W. P. A. Pro- jects without action. Motion carried.


There being no further business to come before the meeting it was moved to dissolve the same. So voted.


HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 11, 1936


Meeting called to order by Moderator, Howard B. Wil- bur, the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk and the meet- ing declared open to act upon the following Articles :


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept the State and County appropriation, as amended, for the rebuild- ing of West Street.


Moved that the reduced sums of money now appro- priated by the State and County, viz: twenty-five per cent less than the original amounts of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) and Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), re- spectively, be accepted for rebuilding West Street. Motion carried.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate


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from Surplus Revenue a sum of money to safeguard Old Age Assistance Account for the balance of the year. Moved that this article be passed. Motion carried. Funds available.


There being no further business to come before the meeting it was moved to dissolve the same. So voted.


HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Clerk.


STATE PRIMARIES, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936


The Polls were open at 10.00 A. M. by the reading of the Warrant and declaration of the Warden, James A. Hemen- way.


The ballot box was inspected by the police officer in charge and the register set at 0000.


At 8.00 P. M. the Warden declared the Polls closed and the register in ballot box showed that 501 ballots had been cast.


The result of the ballot showed the following result:


REPUBLICAN PARTY


FOR GOVERNOR


John W. Haigis 495


Charlotte Hurley


1


FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Leverett Saltonstall 441


FOR SECRETARY


Frederic W. Cook 445


31


FOR TREASURER


William E. Hurley


406


William G. Andrew


40


Fred Jefferson Burrell


103


FOR AUDITOR


Richard Darby


138


Russell A. Wood


268


FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL


Felix Forte


422


FOR SENATOR IN CONGRESS


Henry Cabot Lodge


378


Alonzo B. Cook


57


Guy M. Gray


16


Thomas G. O'Brien


4


FOR CONGRESSMAN


Charles L. Gifford


326


John Henry McNeece


129


FOR COUNCILLOR


Joseph P. Correia


31


Joseph R. Glennon


14


Edgar S. Lindsay


308


Robert L. Manley


28


Walter E. McClane


28


John M. Stone


35


Thomas G. O'Brien


1


Orvis Kinney


1


FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT


Leo F. Nourse 219


Mary J. Schindler


219


Louis P. Wood 32


32


FOR SENATOR


Charles G. Miles


435


FOR REGISTRAR


Sumner A. Chapman 216


Dexter Winfield Wilbar


230


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Frederick T. Bailey


349


Harold D. Bent


369


James A. White


130


FOR COUNTY TREASURER


Avis A. Ewell 331


Francis F. Kane 125


FOR ASSOCIATE COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Frank L. Sinnott 323


DEMOCRATIC PARTY


FOR GOVERNOR


Charles F. Hurley 39


William McMaster


5


John W. Haigis


2


Orvis Kinney


1


Thomas O'Brien


1


FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Philip J. Phillbin


28


Thomas F. Galvin


8


Francis E. Kelley


12


Charlotte Hurley


1


33


FOR SECRETARY


Joseph Santosuosso


22


John J. Buckley


6


William J. Ohearne


4


John D. O'Brien


7


Edward W. Ohearn


1


William F. Sullivan


4


Albert Snow


1


FOR TREASURER


James C. Scanlan


18


James M. Hurley


26


Ernest Evrard


2


FOR AUDITOR


Thomas H. Buckley


31


Leo D. Walsh 16


FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL


Paul A. Dever 49


FOR SENATOR IN CONGRESS


James M. Curley


24


Robert E. Greenwood


13


Thomas R. O'Brien


13


FOR CONGRESSMAN


John D. W. Bodfish


23


Albert Crossley


0


Edward C. Pierce


2


James M. Quinn


20


John H. McNeece


3


FOR COUNCILLOR


Charles F. Archambault 12


Philip J. Russell 26


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FOR SENATOR


Zenon A. Benoit


Frank A. Manning John W. O'Neil


8 20


18


FOR REPRESENTATIVE


James M. Fruzetti 46


FOR REGISTRAR


Alfred G. Malagodi 36


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


Louis A. Reardon 38


FOR COUNTY TREASURER


James P. Fitzgerald 45


FOR ASSOCIATE COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Walter Crowley 1


The motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 8.00 P. M.


A True Copy,


Attest :


HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEEETING, OCTOBER 23, 1936


Meeting called to order by Moderator, Howard B. Wil- bur, the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk and the meet- ing declared open to act upon the following Articles:


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Reserve the sum of One Hundred Twenty-


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five Dollars ($125.00) to the Material Account of the W. P. A. for brush removal on sides of roadways. On motion it was so voted.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Reserve the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to Material Account of W. P. A. to finish water course on Spring Street through property of John Kerisza. It was so voted.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Water Department Surplus available the sum of Five Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars Twenty-seven Cents ($567.27) to the account of the Water Department. It was so voted.


There being no further business to come before the meeting it was moved to dissolve the same. So voted.


HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Clerk.


STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1936


The Polls were open at 8.00 A. M. by the reading of the Warrant and declaration of the Warden, James A. Hemen- way.


The ballot box was inspected by the police officer in charge and the register set at 0000.


At 8.00 P. M. the Warden declared the Polls closed and the register in ballot box showed that 1,481 ballots had been cast. Four of these ballots were folded wrong, therefore sticking and registering twice. Therefore making the total ballots cast, 1,477 as being the correct number.


The result of the ballot showed the following results:


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FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT


Aiken and Teichert


1


Browder and Ford


3


Calvin and Watson


1


Landon and Knox


958


Lemke and O'Brien


60


Roosevelt and Garner


420


Thomas and Nelson


3


FOR GOVERNOR


Fred G. Bushold


20


Alfred H. Evans


10


John W. Haigis


976


Horace I. Hillis


4


Otis A. Hood


4


Charles F. Hurley


365


Alfred B. Lewis


6


William H. McMasters


59


FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Hennina A. Blomen


4


Freeman W. Follett


12


Walter S. Hutchins




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