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Respectfully submitted,
W. E. GUSHEE, Superintendent.
January 27, 1919.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY 1919
Name
School
Date of Appointment
Home Address
Walter E. Gushie
Superintendent of Schools
Dec.
1901
Ludlow, Mass.
Phoebe Hooper
Music Supervisor
Sept.
1916
30 High St., Springfield, Mass.
Helen L. Arnold
Drawing Supervisor
Dec.
1912
26 Hermon St., Worcester, Mass.
Katherine G. Danahy, Prin
Mittineague, Grades VIII, IX,
Sept.
1899
Mittineague, Mass.
Nellie T. Granfield
Mittineague, Grade VII
Sept.
1918
14 Genesee St., Springfield, Mass.
Anna Powers
Mittineague, Grade VI
Sept.
1917
39 Maple Terrace, Mittineague, Mass.
Olive A. Fox
Mittineague, Grade V
Sept.
1914
18 Hampden St., Westfield, Mass.
Ella R. Taylor
Mittineague, Grade IV
Dec.
1914
93 High St., Springfield, Mass.
Julia T. Keenan
Mittineague, Grades III, IV
Sept.
1914
454 Chesnut St., Springfield, Mass.
Jennie M. Lucas
Mittineague, Grade I
Sept.
1900
Plantsville, Connecticut
Kate Adams, Prin.
Agawam Center, Grades VIII, IX
Sept.
1917
Route 14, Concord, N. H.
Mary Kerr
Agawam Center, Grade VII
Sept.
1917
Box 125, Weston, Mass.
Lillian M. Hayhurst Lena Collis
Agawam Center, Grades IV, V
Jan.
1917
14 Walnut St., Palmer, Mass.
Theresa B. Lee
Agawam Center, Grades III, IV
Sept.
1915
72 Chapman St., Willimantic, Conn.
Mary Begley
Agawam Center, Grade II
Sept.
1916
Mittineague, Mass.
Sarah Wheaton
Agawam Center, Grade I
Sept.
1914
15 Hollywood St., Springfield, Mass.
Madrine L. Wood, Prin.
Feeding Hills, Grades VIII, IX
April
1918
7 Beacon St., Concord, N. H.
Hattie Bolton
Feeding Hills, Grades VI, VII
Sept.
1918
Northfield, Mass.
Cora E. Halliday
Feeding Hills, Grades IV, V
Sept.
1915
Suffield, Conn.
Olive C. Duguid
Feeding Hills, Grade III
Sept.
1918
Penacook, N. H.
Mabel D. Allen
Feeding Hills, Grades I, II
Jan.
1919
248 N. Main St., Springfield, Mass.
Faolin M. Peirce, Prin.
Springfield St. School, Grade I
Sept.
1909
20 Riverdale St., West Springfield, Mass.
Miss Isherwood
Springfield St. School, Grade II
Sept.
1918
Hazel M. Sullivan
Springfield St. School, Grades III, IV
Sept.
1914
Mittineague, Mass.
Mary A. Danaher
Springfield St. School, Grades IV, V
Sept.
1914
Williamstown, Mass.
Edna B. Harmon
West St. School, Grades I, IV
Sept.
1918
Great Barrington, Mass.
Edith Barr
Suffield St. School, Grades I, III
Sept.
1918
28 Windsor St., Springfield, Mass.
Mary E. Worthington
South St. Schocl, Grades I, III
Jan.
1919
226 Union St., West Springfield, Mass.
Agawam
Center, Grades V, VI
Sept.
1918
96 Bay St., Springfield, Mass.
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ENROLLMENT
The following tables shows the enrollment by schools and by grades as of January, 1919
AGAWAM PRECINCT
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Total
Room 1
31
29
29
Room 3
38
7
45
Room 4
34
14 24
21
45
Room 6
38
Room 7
26
38
Suffield
16
9
5
12
30
South
13
6
4
23
Totals
60
44
47
41
38
21
38
26
12
327
MITTINEAGUE PRECINCT
Room 1
37
37
Room 2
12
26
38
Room 3
29
11 17
24
41
Room 5
35
Room 6
24
24
Room 7
19
5
24
Totals
49
26
29
28
24
35
24
19
5
239
FEEDING HILLS PRECINCT
Room 1
22
11
33
Room 2
22
22
Room 3
13
14
27
Room 4
25
10
35
Room 5
21
2
23
West Street
3
3
8
6
20
Totals
25
14
30
19
14
25
10
21
2
160
SPRINGFIELD ST. SCHOOL
Room 1
35
35
Room 2
39
39
Room 3
21
9
30
Room 4
11
17
28
Totals
35
39
21
20
17
132
Grand Total
169
123
127
108
93
81
72
66
19
858
101
31
Room 2
48 .
Room 5
38
40
Room 4
35
. Articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the annual reports of the Town Officers.
Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and provide for its expenditure.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety in the official bond of its officers.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to amend their by-laws relating to the finance committee, so as to allow town officers to serve thereon.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to purchase one or more fire trucks and. appropriate a sum of money for the payment of the same.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the improvement of the town hall.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended within the town under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boy's and girl's club work, and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the town including agriculture demonstration work on land owned by the town or owned by any resident of the town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to give a Quit-Claim Deed of a tract of land situated near and below Agawam Bridge, on the river bank.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the employment of district nurse under au- thority of Chapter 72, Acts of 1911.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will autohrize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the current municipal year beginning Jan. 1, 1919 in antici- pation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expense of the Town.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate th sum of ten thousand dollars or any portion thereof for the purpose of constructing a permanent pavement on Springfield Street and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow said sum or any por- tion thereof, or act in any way relating thereto.
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Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to print and distribute a list of 1919 valu- ations.
Art. 18. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
Art. 19. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
DANIEL J. COLLINS JAMES H. CLARK
Selectmen of Agawam.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1919
Care of Poor
$2,000.00
Highways and Bridges
Schools .
46,000.00
Town Officers
2,200.00
Clerk, Treasurer and Collector
1,600.00
Police .
2,000.00
State aid .
100.00
Memorial Day Observance
100.00
Health
500.00
Assessors
800.00
Forestry
800.00
Fire department
1,200.00
Street lights.
5,800.00
Libraries.
200.00
Town buildings
Contingencies
600.00
Surety bonds.
100.00
Liability insurance
Interest.
9,500.00
Town debt
11,500.00
Boy's and Girl's club work
300.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
AGAWAM MASS.
OF
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For the Year Ending December 31 1919
Town Officers 1919-1920
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health DANIEL J. COLLINS JAMES. F. BARRY JOHN R. LLOYD
Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA
School Committee
J. ARSENE ROY Term expires 1921
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term expires 1920
PERCIVAL V. HASTINGS Term expires 1922
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR. Term expires 1921
H. PRESTON WORDEN Term expires 1920
ALSON W. ALLEN Term expires 1922
Auditors EDWARD W. PILLSBURY OTIS H. ADAMS (deceased)
Library Trustees
HENRY L. TOWER. Term expires 1921
AVERY K. GLEASON Term expires 1920
RALPH PERRY. Term expires 1922
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund
FREMONT H. KING Term expires 1921
ALBERT H. BROWN Term expires 1920
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Cemetery Commissioners
ROBERT ELY .
Term expires 1920
EDWIN LEONARD
Term expires 1921
DELOS J. BLOOM
Term expires 1922
Water Commissioners
EDWARD A. KELLOGG.
Term expires 1920
DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term expires 1922
JOHN L. BURKE Term expires 1921
Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Constables
WALTER E. ALLEN
RILEY S. FARNSWORTH
DWIGHT E. BAILEY
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
MOSES V. BESSETTE ALVIN R. KELLOGG
FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL FREDERICK LARRO
EDWARD S. CONNOR
LEO J ROY
Game and Fish Wardens
LEVI RIVERS
CHARLES H. WYMAN
ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
Surveyors of Lumber
EDWARD A. KELLOGG
CHARLES W. HASTINGS
FRANK W. KELLOGG GEORGE H. TAYLOR
Measurers of Wood
CHARLES W. HULL, JR.
NELSON G. KING
Public Weighers
HARVEY E. PORTER JAMES F. BARRY
FRANK WHITTAKER JAMES D. CLEARY JAMES F. BARRY, JR.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
EMILE A. ROY Term expires 1920
CHARLES W. HULL, JR. Term expires 1921
JAMES D. CLEARY Term expires 1922
Inspector of Animals EDWIN LEONARD
Inspector of Meats EDWIN U. LEONARD
Fire Engineers WILLIAM H. PORTER CHARLES W. BROWN J. ARSENE ROY
Fence Viewers SANFORD H. SAWYER HOWARD D. STEERE
Field Drivers WILLIAM S. HALLADAY SPENCER F. LEONARD
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 3, 1919 Precinct A
B C Total
Number of ballots cast,
192
162
149 503
RESULT OF THE COUNT OF BALLOTS
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health:
James F. Barry,.
104
83
66
253
Daniel J. Collins,
118
51
71
240
Giles W. Halladay,
40
86
48
174
John R. Lloyd, .
91
60
121
272
Alvin R. Randall,
33
46
39
118
H. Preston Worden,
81
78
70
279
Theodore Smith,
0
0
2
2
Blanks,
109
82
30
221
For Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector:
Sidney F. Atwood, .
27
55
8
90
Henry E. Bodurtha,
108
84
122
314
Blanks,
57
23
19
99
Assessors for three years:
Alson W. Allen,
73
80
76
229
Charles F. Barden,
82
56
71
209
Blanks, .
37
26
2
65
1
1
1
6
Precinct
A B C Total
School Committee for three years:
Percival V. Hastings,
134
116
141
391
Blanks, .
58
46
8
112
Water Commissioner for three years:
Dennis M. Crowley,
164
126
124
414
Blanks,
28
36
25
91
Water Commissioner for two years:
John L. Burke, .
116
99
130
345
Blanks, .
76
63
19
158
Auditors:
Otis H. Adams, .
42
66
110
218
Raymond F. Finnegan,
106
45
19
170
Edward W. Pillsbury,
87
86
106
279
Blanks, .
149
127
63
339
Tree Warden:
Edwin M. Hitchcock,
122
117
135
374
Blanks,
70
45
14
129
Trustee Whiting Street Fund:
Fremont H. King,
63
75
106
244
John Merrill,
72
49
35
156
Blanks, .
57
38
8
103
Library Trustee:
Ralph Perry, .
113
102
120
335
Barry Kendall,
0
0
1
1
Blanks,
9
60
28
167
Cemetery Commissioner:
Delos J. Bloom,
104
94
124
322
Blanks,
88
68
25
181
7
Precinct
A
B
C
Total
Constables:
Walter E. Allen, .
62
70
120
252
Dwight E. Bailey,
55
82
108
245
Moses V. Bessette,
88
46
66
200
John J. Bryce, .
53
35
22
110
Frankie H. Campbell,
62
49
108
219
Daniel O. Cesan,
32
72
49
153
Edward S. Connor,
140
76
87
303
Jasper J. Deforge,
80
46
37
163
William Deforge, .
79
41
40
160
George M. Deno, .
71
26
19
116
Riley S. Farnsworth,
45
94
83
222
Edwin M. Hitchcock
47
40
90
177
Alvin R. Kellogg,
42
107
79
228
Frederick Larro,
81
42
48
171
Leo J. Roy,
84
44
68
196
Winfield S. Safford,
37
73
33
143
Charles H. Wyman,
43
97
86
226
Blanks,
819
580
347
1746
Shall License be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
Yes,
130
60
55
245
No,
34
73
77
184
Blanks,
28
29
17
74
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Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL March 5, 1919
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of ballot:
Whole number of votes cast, 30
William H. Porter received, 24
James H. Clark received, 4
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Scattering,
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Result of action: Sanford H. Sawyer and Howard D. Steere were elected Fence Viewers. William S. Halladay and Spencer F. Leonard were elected Field Drivers.
Art. 3. To receive the annual reports of the Town Offi- cers and act thereon.
Voted: That the reports of Town Officers, as printed, be accepted, errors and omission excepted.
Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
Voted: That the care of the Poor be left to the Overseers of the Poor.
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and provide for its expenditure.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the observance of Memorial Day; and that a committee of two be appointed to have the expenditure of the same in charge.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Voted: That the School Committee be paid three dollars a day for time actually spent.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Voted: To appropriate one hundred dollars for the pay- ment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the liability insurance of its employees.
Art. 9. 'To see if the Town will vote to amend their by- laws relating to the finance committee, so as to allow town officers to serve thereon.
Voted: That the by-laws adopted in 1914 regarding finance committee be amended by striking out in section one, the words "no one of whom shall be a town officer."
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to purchase one or more fire trucks, and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of the same.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of six thousand dollars for the purchase of three fire trucks, and that the committee to purchase the same shall consist of fire commissioners and one member of each fire department.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the improvement of the town hall.
Voted: To pass over.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended within the Town under direction of the Hampden County Improve- ment League for the promotion of boys' and girls' club work, and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town, in accordance with the provision of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended, one hundred dollars in each precinct, under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and girls' club work; and the im- provement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to give a quit-claim deed of the tract of land sit- uated near and below Agawam Bridge on the river bank.
Voted: To pass over.
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Art. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the employment of a District Nurse, under author- ity of Chapter 72, Acts of 1911.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars for the employment of a District Nurse, under the authority of Chapter 72, Acts of 1911.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow, during the current municipal year, beginning January 1, 1919, in an- ticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the mu- nicipal year beginning January 1, 1919, to an amount not ex- ceeding in the aggregate the sum of the tax levy of 1918 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year: any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars or any portion thereof for the purpose of constructing a permanent pavement on Spring- field Street, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum or any portion thereof, or act in any way relating thereto.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of ten thou- sand dollars for the purpose of constructing permanent pave- ment on Springfield Street, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow such sum and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of
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1913, and Acts in amendment thereof or in addition there- to, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. (Voting in the affirmative, 64; negative, none.)
Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Assessors to print and distribute a list of 1919 valuations.
Voted: To pass over.
Art. 18. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
Voted: The following appropriations:
Care of the poor,.
$2,000.00
Highways and bridges,.
10,000.00
Schools, Superintendent and supplies,
46,000.00
Town office, .
2,200.00
Clerk, Treasurer and Collector,
1,600.00
Police,
2,000.00
Health department,
400.00
Memorial Day,
100.00
Assessors, .
800.00
Forestry,
800.00
Fire department,
1,200.00
Street lights,
5,700.00
Library,.
200.00
Town buildings,
800.00
Contingencies,
600.00
Surety bonds, .
100.00
Liability insurance,
200.00
Boys' and girls' work,
300.00
District nurse,
2,000.00
Fire trucks,
6,000.00
Interest, .
8,500.00
Town debt, .
10,000.00
$101,500.00
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Art. 19. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Voted: To adjourn.
The following were appointed by the Moderator as the finance committee for the ensuing year: Harry P. Hinckley, Daniel J. Collins, R. Mather Taylor, Edward A. Kellogg, Henry E. Bodurtha.
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Special Town Meeting
August 2, 1919
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Whole number of votes cast, 17, of which William H. Porter received 12 and was declared elected.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for the installation of heating apparatus in the Feeding Hills and Mittineague hose houses.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars to install heating apparatus in the hose houses of Feeding Hills and Mittineague.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the installing of fire alarm whistles in Agawam and Feeding Hills.
Voted: To defer action and that the Fire Commissioners be instructed to investigate the matter of fire alarm systems and report at a future meeting.
Art. 4. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Voted: To adjourn.
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State Election
November 4, 1919
Precinct
A
B
C
Total
Number of ballots cast,
187
173
196
556
For Governor:
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton, ...
95
127
174
396
William A. King of Springfield, ....
1
2
1
4
Richard H. Long of Framingham,. .
84
40
21
145
Ingvar Paulsen of Boston,
2
0
0
2
Blanks, .
5
4
0
9
For Lieutenant Governor:
Charles J. Brandt of Brockton,.
3
3
4
10
Channing H. Cox of Boston, .
93
117
162
372
H. Edward Gordon of Boston, .
1
1
3
5
John F. J. Herbert of Worcester, . .
77
39
25
141
0
3
0
3
Patrick Mulligan of Boston, Blanks,
13
10
2
25
For Secretary:
Harry W. Bowman of Boston,
4
5
8
17
James Hayes of Plymouth, . .
3
2
1
6
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield,
99
119
161
379
Charles H. McGlue of Lynn, .
64
33
17
114
.
Herbert H. Thompson of Haverhill,. Blanks,
1
5
3
9
16
9
6
31
16
1
Precinct
A B C Tot 1
For Treasurer:
Fred J. Burrell of Medford,
81
103
126
310
David Craig of Milford,
2
2
2
6
Charles D. Fletcher of Somerville, . .
0
2
4
6
Louis Marcus of Boston, .
1
4
2
7
Charles M. Wood of Winchester,
82
45
60
187
Blanks,
21
17
2
40
For Auditor:
Arthur J. B. Cartier of Fall River, ..
77
40
24
141
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston,
79
108
154
341
Oscar Kinsalas of Springfield,
2
3
0
5
Walter P. J. Shahan of Springfield, .
2
4
4
10
Henry J. D. Small of Boston,
1
4
5
10
Blanks,
26
14
9
49
For Attorney General:
J. Weston Allen of Newton,
90
113
159
362
Morris I. Becker of Chelsea,
2
2
0
4
Joseph A. Conry of Boston, .
66
35
22
123
Conrad W. Crooker of Melrose,
4
3
5
12
William R. Henry of Lynn,
2
4
3
9
Blanks,
23
16
7
46
For Councillor:
Henry L. Bowles of Springfield,
124
137
183
444
Blanks,
63
36
13
112
For Senator:
DeWitt C. DeWolf of Chester, ..
.
91
63
24
178
Leonard F. Hardy of Huntington, .. Blanks,
71
96
164
331
25
14
8
47
17
Precinct
A
B C Total
For Representatives:
Herbert L. Miller of Southwick,. . .
64
113
145
322
Florence J. Sullivan of Agawam,. ..
118
57
41
216
Frederick A. Warren of Wilbraham, .
45
81
117
243
24
23
13
60
James A. Wickham of Ludlow Blanks, .
123
72
76
271
For County Commissioner:
George W. Bray of Chicopee, .
83
117
166
366
Thomas J. Carmody of Holyoke, ... Blanks, .
30
13
9
52
For Associate Commissioner:
Israel Ducharme of Holyoke, .
85
90
135
310
Arthur A. Sibley of West Springfield, Blanks, .
178
140
100
418
For District Attorney :
Thomas C. Maher of Holyoke, .
83
50
30
163
Charles H. Wright of Pittsfield,
79
112
159
350
Blanks,
25
11
7
43
Shall the rearrangement of the constitution of the Commonwealth, submitted by the Constitutional Con- vention, be approved and ratified?
Yes,
86
65
95
246
No,
22
22
26
70
Blanks,
79
86
75
240
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1919 entitled "An Act relative to the establishment and mainte- nance of continuation schools and courses of instruction for employed minors" be accepted?
Yes,
108
95
117
320
No,. .
10
12
22
44
Blanks,
69
66
57
192
74
43
21
138
384
111
116
' 157
18
Shall Chapter 116, General Acts of 1919, approved by the General Court without division, which provides that deposits in savings banks and savings departments of trust companies may be placed on interest once a month and not oftener; that dividends on such deposits may be declared semi-annually and not oftener, and that interest shall not be paid on any such deposits withdrawn between dividend days, be approved?
Precinct
A
B
C
Total
Yes,
71
70
84
225
No,
29
28
39
96
Blanks,
87
75
73
235
Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation to regulate and license the manufacture and sale of beverages containing not over four per cent of alcohol by weight, and to define same to be non-intoxicating?
Yes,
126
90
74
290
No,. .
25
41
85
151
Blanks,
36
42
37
115
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
HAMPDEN, ss.
West Springfield, Nov. 14, 1919.
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the several towns representing the Second Hampden Representative District, the votes of the several towns were canvassed, as follows:
Herbert Florence Frederick James
L.
J.
A.
A.
Miller Sullivan Warren Wickham Blanks Total
Agawam,
322
216
243
60
271
1112
Blandford,
65
6
51
6
32
160
Chester,
126
37
105
33
129
430
E. L'meadow,
192
35
149
.29
127
532
Granville,
79
11
55
8
43
196
Hampden,
56
20
46
10
28
160
Longmeadow,
293
41
242
29
149
754
Ludlow,
293
168
260
198
243
1162
Montgomery,
30
4
24
4
10
72
Russell,
150
43
114
25
124
456
Southwick,
166
25
123
13
57
384
Tolland,
13
2
10
3
6
34
West Spfd.,
979
554
832
315
666
3346
Wilbraham,
137
27
154
23
85
426
2901
1189
2408
756
1970
9224
20
Henry E. Bodurtha, Town Clerk of Agawam. Enos W. Boise, Town Clerk of Blandford. John E. Cooney, Town Clerk of Chester. Charles L. Cooley, Town Clerk of East Longmeadow. S. B. Root, Town Clerk of Granville. C. I. Burleigh, Town Clerk of Hampden. Frank E. Smith, Town Clerk of Longmeadow. Olin G. Parent, Town Clerk of Ludlow.
W. D. Allyn, Town Clerk of Montgomery. E. D. Parks, Town Clerk of Russell. R. M. Fletcher, Town Clerk of Southwick. Wilbur Munn, Town Clerk of Tolland.
F. H. Sibley, Town Clerk of West Springfield. W. H. McGuire, Jr., Town Clerk of Wilbraham ..
21
Special Town Meeting
December 19, 1919
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Whole number of ballots cast 9, of which John R. Lloyd received 5 and was declared elected.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will take any action for pro- viding for the needs of the Town for additional school room.
Voted: That a committee of six be appointed, three of whom shall be the School Committee, to consider the needs of the Town for additional school room, to procure plans and estimates, and report at the next annual Town Meeting.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will instruct their assessors to increase the valuation of the Town.
Voted: To pass over.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept Tower Terrace as recommended by the Selectmen.
This article was ruled out of order.
Art. 5. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Voted: To adjourn.
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Births Registered in Agawam For the Year 1919
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Jan. 1
Manuel Alonso
Manuel & Marie Sanchecz
Jan. 1
Violanda DiGiorgio
Circosta & Teresa Bare
Jan. 1
Evelyn L. Leroux
Ernest J. & Viola Jerome
Jan. 3
Annie L. Perkins
Frank & Minnie Kingsley
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