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(Signed) DANIEL M. HOOLEY, Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
Arlington, March 7, 1927.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the legal voters of the Town of Arlington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Monday, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, at seven o'clock in the forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct 1, Crosby School Building, Winter Street; Precinct 2, Hardy School Building, Lake Street; Precincts 3, 4, 5 and 6, Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Precinct 7, Locke School Building, Park Avenue.
The following elected officers, having been duly appointed by the Selectmen, were assigned for duty at the various precincts as follows :-
Precinct 1, Jack J. Donaldson, 29 Cleveland Street; Herbert B. Kellogg, Warden, 34 Cleveland Street; Ralph E. Kinsman, 54 Marathon Street; Percy S. Morine, 58 Cleveland Street; Chester E. Smith, 57 Cleveland Street; John S. Kelley,
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27 Cleveland Street; Ethel Mellin Rush, 55 Cleveland Street; Claire L. Pavey, 45 Hilton Street; E. A. Sullivan, 52 Hilton Street; Alice L. Hamall, 57 Cleveland Street; Elizabeth Doherty, 35 Warren Street; H. F. Baumeister, 29 Cleveland Street, Clerk.
Precinct 2, Edward A. Smith, Warden, 4 Belknap Street; Walter Buckley, Clerk, 166 Brooks Avenue; Robert K. Wallace, 55 Randolph Street; Clarence E. Biathrow, 13 Belknap Street; Claud J. C. Hamilton, 14 Lakehill Avenue; Ralph H. Kindred, 159 Brooks Avenue; Mae T. Lyons, 170 Lake Street; Elizabeth Cain, 39 Orvis Road; Florence M. Orton, 157 Brooks Avenue; Ruth Evers Corey, 36 Surry Road; Carl O. Larson, 86 Brainerd Road, Allston, Mass., Suite 2.
Precinct 3, David T. Dale, Warden, 280 Broadway; Walter T. Chamberlain, Clerk, 16 Palmer Street; Joseph J. Duffey, 93 Medford Street; E. D. McCarthy, 75 Warren Street; Carrie M. Fowle, 11 Wyman Street; Robert P. Cusack, 66 Webster Street; May M. Dale, 280 Broadway; H. H. Mar- den, 11 Wyman Street; P. K. Lincoln, 355 Mass. Avenue; Thomas J. Flatley, 105 Medford Street; Leonard P. Chamber- lain, 16 Palmer Street.
Precinct 4, Roger W. Homer, Warden, 25 Addison Street; Stanwood H. Cook, Clerk, 23 Addison Street; Edward J. Dineen, 15 Avon Place; Francis J. Gallagher, 140 Pleasant Street; Frank B. Hargrove, 105 Pleasant Street; Mildred M. Hargrove, 105 Pleasant Street, Therese N. Turner, 130 Jason Street; Ruth C. Turner, 37 Wellington Street; M. Alice Morrissey, 232 Pleasant Street; Joseph F. Ochs, 16 Swan Place; Robert P. Cook, 21 Addison Street; Helen F. Gallagher, 140 Pleasant Street.
Precinct 5, Arthur J. Hendrick, Warden, 17 Court Street; Maurice L. Hatch, Clerk, 17 Farrington Street; Chester R. Whitman, 59 Ronald Road; Charles P. Ladd, Jr., 12 Willow Place; Emily G. Alden, 61 Rangeley Road; Therese B. Thomas, 45 Fairview Avenue; John G. Kelly, 8 Farrington Street;
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Michael J. Canniff, 23 Dudley Street; Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr., 65 Brattle Street; Mary M. Donahue, 923 Mass. Avenue; Albert K. Peirce, 12 Court Street; Fred J. Barry, 169 Mystic Street.
Precinct 6, James E. Doughty, Warden, 146 Oakland Avenue; John R. Hendrick, 15 Trent Street; John M. Dunn, 56 Appleton Street; Augustine D. Doyle, Clerk, 17 Temple Street; Roger S. Dunbar, 56 Jason Street; Conrad W. Mellin, 29 Fessenden Road; James G. Moir, 15A Jason Street; C. E. Dockrill, 1138 Mass. Avenue; Benjamin D. Knowles, 10 Mt. Vernon Street; Eliza G. Kirsch, 48 Walnut Street; John J. Mahoney, 962 Mass. Avenue.
Precinct 7, Floyd R. Battis, Warden, 12 West Street; Carlton J. Meade, 131 Florence Avenue; Ernest Cavicchi, Clerk, 1257 Mass. Avenue; James F. Colgan, 17 Bow Street; Michael E. Gaddis, 83 Bow Street; Alvah H. Gray, 185 Dothan Street; Frederick D. McNamara, 23 Alpine Street; May F. Currier, 82 Claremont Avenue; George C. Tewksbury, 45 Claremont Avenue; C. Frederic Evans, 109 Claremont Avenue; Edward A. Curley, 1271 Mass. Avenue; Sarah R. Vaughn, 164 Park Avenue.
The foregoing officers were sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The necessary ballots prepared for each precinct and all other paraphernalia for the proper conduct of the election was supplied by the Town Clerk and turned over to the officers of the various precincts.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock in the morning and remained open until eight o'clock in the evening, at which time after due notice they were declared closed.
The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total tally sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used.
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The ballots cast, after being counted, were enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, and encased in wooden boxes which were locked and the same were de- livered to the Registrars of Voters in the Town Clerk's Office.
The Town Clerk and Registrars of Voters upon receipt of the returns from the several precincts forthwith canvassed the same and announced the result.
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Ballots Cast 744 790 1278 782 810 1044 964 6412
Moderator for One Year
Precinct . 1
2 3 4
5 6 7 Total
*John G. Brackett 476 548 769 689 585 812 728 4607 Blanks 1805
Selectman for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2
3 4
5 6 7 Total
Wilson D. Clark, Jr. 232 269 304 590 371 630 560 2956
*Luke A. Manning 503 511 951 184 422 399 376 3346 Blanks . 110
Town Clerk for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total *E. Caroline Pierce 513 589 847 693 618 857 737 4854 Blanks 1558
Town Treasurer for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total *Charles A. Hardy 488 573 755 678 569 818 706 4587 Blanks 1825
Collector of Taxes for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total *Edward A. Bailey . 483 566 753 681 567 822 733 4605 Blanks . 1807
*Declared elected by the Chairman of the Registrars of Voters
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Board of Public Works for Three Years
Precinct . 1 3 4
2 5 6 7 Total Daniel W. Callaghan. 355 339 806 152 305 236 303 2496
*William S. Fairchild 315 379 362 596 439 733 609 3433 Blanks . 483
Assessor for Three Years
Precinct 1 2 3 5
4 6 7 Total Augustus J. Power 424 448 899 156 405 365 375 3072
*Egbert E. Stackpole 281 310 314 608 390 651 550 3104 Blanks 236
School Committee for Three Years
Precinct 1 3
2 4 5 6 7 Total Angus Joseph Chisholm . . 438 428 903 270 453 425 387 3304
*Eugene F. Freeman. 364 464 467 547 366 649 631 3488
*William M. Hatch. 345 399 492 589 417 680 610 3532
*Alexander H. Rice. 343 380 465 574 402 706 624 3494 Blanks 5418
School Committee for One Year
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total *Ethel S. Downs 425 484 590 609 433 729 665 3935 Blanks . 2477
Trustees Robbins Library for Three Years
Precinct . 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 Total *Cyrus E. Dallin 423 498 709 662 546 829 737 4404 *William A. Muller 445 492 591 570 431 697 586 3812 Blanks 4608
Board of Health for Three Years
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total *Charles F. Atwood 496 559 768 654 540 822 732 4571 Blanks 1841
*Declared elected by the Chairman of the Registrars of Voters
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Park Commissioner for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total *Percy A. Goodale 461 524 692 643 502 782 692 4296 Blanks 2116
Planning Board for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total *Herbert M. Dutcher 451 501 657 618 475 766 676 4139 Blanks 2268
Commissioner of Sinking Fund for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total *Frank H. Walker 451 510 658 641 474 774 673 4181 Blanks 2231
Trustee of Pratt Fund for Five Years
Precinct . 1 2' 3 4 5 6 7 Total
*Frank H. Walker 449 499 655 637 476 765 666 4147 Blanks 2265
Trustee Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows Fund and Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for Five Years Precinct . 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 Total *Arthur J. Wellington . 480 539 754 669 541 804 710 4497 Blanks 1715
Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years
Precinct . 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 Total *J. Edwin Kimball 467 541 712 650 503 766 692 4331 Blanks 2079
Tree Warden for One Year
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total *Daniel M. Daley 535 592 934 668 585 815 713 4842 Blanks 1570
*Declared elected by the Chairman of the Registrars of Voters
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The vote on the Town Meeting Members in the various precincts resulted as follows, the persons elected being indicated by a star:
Precinct One-Three Years
*Ernest I. Anderson, 72 Trowbridge Street. 373
*William A. Corcoran, 45 Cleveland Street. 406
*David D. Edmunds, 100 Everett Street. 395
*Chester D. Harrington, 82 Grafton Street. 377
*Patrick D. Harrington, 88 Grafton Street 320
364
*William O. Hauser, 23 Oxford Street . Harold L. Kinsman, 36 Cleveland Street 311
*John J. Lane, 13 Winter Street . 473
*Arthur C. McCarthy, 39 Everett Street 331
Thomas E. McFarland, 91 Grafton Street 311
P. Joseph McManus, 35 Winter Street . 292
*James Meikle, 68 Oxford Street . 326
Braman Proctor, 35 Everett Street . 292
Rollin P. Puffer, 100 Broadway . 255
*Joseph H. Rockett, 38 Grafton Street 312
William J. Sheridan, 54 Hilton Street . 302
*M. Norcross Stratton, 11 Trowbridge Street 414
*James H. Young, 103 Grafton Street . 351
Blanks . 2723
Precinct One-One Year
*Alexander Campbell, 35 Trowbridge Street 432
*Francis W. Porter, 90 Everett Street 415
Blanks 641
Precinct Two-Three Years
*William J. Atwood, 37 Varnum Street 490
*William T. Bryant, 32 Freeman Street 467
*James J. Carney, 47 Lake Street. 467 John M. Carney, 26 Randolph Street 406
*G. Elberne Hopkins, 288 Massachusetts Avenue . 456
John Lyons, 22 Elmhurst Road . 431
*Arthur L. MacRae, 27 Varnum Street 454
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*William I. Marsters, 9 Belknap Street 450
*Carl S. Nelson, 10 Marion Road. 434
*Edward F. O'Neil, 18 Magnolia Street 463
*Henry E. Richards, 80 Orvis Road 470
*Harold A. Tenney, 9 Melrose Street
*Irvin E. Wilson, 17 Egerton Road . 476
435
*Arthur P. Wyman, 128 Lake Street 482 Daisy M. Snelling, 56 Melrose Street 2
Hugh A. Carney, 76 Thorndike Street 4
Blanks . 3093
Precinct Two-Two Years
*Charles T. Allen, 14 Linwood Street. 502
*Ralph D. Kinney, 23 Varnum Street 516
*Edwin J. Pollay, 60 Milton Street 482
Blanks . 870
Precinct Two-One Year
*Peter Pearson, 49 Lake Street . 509
*Daisy M. Snelling, 56 Melrose Street. 11
Richard Larkin, 7 Freeman Street 1
Roger Wallace, 55 Randolph Street 1
Joseph Cohalan, 10 Magnolia Street 1
William J. Marster, 9 Belknap Street 1
Richard Larkin, 5 Freeman Street 1
Ella A. Johnson, 11 Egerton Road 1
Blanks 1054
Precinct Three-Three Years
*Anna B. Callahan, 14 Webster Street . 840
James E. Campbell, 20 Foster Street . 489
*Philip F. Coleman, 98 Medford Street 686
*Daniel M. Daley, 18 Medford Street 820
*Paul B. Fraser, 41 Webster Street 624
*Cornelius S. Gallagher, 159 Warren Street 750
*David P. Geary, 8 Park Terrace. 633
*Edward A. Geary, 64 Wyman Street 727
William C. Hyland, 43 Webster Street 314
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*Luke M. Monroe, 87 Medford Street 667
M. Ernest Moore, 361 Massachusetts Avenue 465
*Daniel E. Murphy, 7 Park Terrace . 679
*William J. Robinson, 14a Webster Street 687
John J. Sullivan, 49 Webster Street . 596
*Maurice D. Sullivan, 110 Webster Street 682
*William J. Toomey, 85 Beacon Street 793
Blanks 4884
Precinct Three-One Year
George T. Daly, 180 Palmer Street 405
*John M. Murray, 120 Palmer Street 406
Blanks 467
Precinct Four-Three Years
*Philip W. Alsen, 30 Swan Place . 600
*Harrison G. Bourne, 3 Brantwood Road 615
*Charles B. Devereaux, 8 Wellington Street 621
*Ethel L. Gray, 40 Hopkins Road. 604
*John C. Hood, 111 Pleasant Street 598
*Angus P. Macdonald, 40 Pleasant Street 625
*Edith F. Marsh, 61 Norfolk Road . 612
*Bertha F. Murphy, 36 Lombard Terrace 613
*Harold J. Rogers, 28 Whittemore Street 620
*Walton H. Sears, 160 Pleasant Street . 616
*Charles H. Stevens, 29 Devereaux Street 620
*Mabel D. Yeames, 41 Brantwood Road . 615
Blanks 2024
Precinct Four-Two Years
*Harrison L. Evans, 12 Lakeview. 581
*Harold L. Frost, 93 Brantwood Road 597
*Benjamin Thomas, 31 Hopkins Road. 576
Blanks 592
Precinct Five-Three Years
*William B. Barry, 169 Mystic Street 424
*Nelson B. Crosby, 10 Davis Avenue . 504
*William S. Fairchild, 441 Mystic Street. 469
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*Percy A. Goodale, 55 Falmouth Road 459
*Nathan B. Hartford, Jr., 363 Mystic Street 434
*William M. Hatch, 12 Water Street 466
*Edward W. Higgins, 14 Court Street Place. 453
*Charles P. Ladd, Jr., 12 Willow Place 453
*M. Francis Mead, 67 Grove Street . 471
*Walter C. Sargent, 785 Massachusetts Avenue. 444
*Egbert E. Stackpole, 39 Fairview Avenue 471
*Frank P. Stearns, 17 Draper Avenue 458
Chester R. Whitman, 59 Ronald Road 405
Blanks 3809
Precinct Five-Two Years
*James F. Younie, 210 Mountain Avenue . 449
Blanks . 361
Precinct Five -. One Year
*Ralph E. Perkins, 28 Crawford Street 430
Blanks . 380
Precinct Six-Three Years
*Fred E. Brown, 36 Highland Avenue 686
Leonard Collins, 116 Highland Avenue. 570
*Philip Eberhardt, 248 Gray Street 691
*Hollis M. Gott, 90 Churchill Avenue 650
*Edmund W. Hayes, 100 Highland Avenue 606
*John R. Hendrick, 106 Trent Street 693
*Charles H. Higgins, 3 Jason Street 654
*John J. Hill, 27 Bartlett Avenue 653
*Francis C. Marion, 67 Bartlett Avenue 598
*Alice J. Moore, 81 Walnut Street . 615
William A. Parr, 36 Harvard Street 503
*Harold B. Richmond, 100 Gray Street 657
*George H. Shirley, 16 Walnut Street 610
*John Slack, 9 Jason Street . 583
Blanks 3759
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Precinct Six-Two Years
*Willard A. Wallace, 114 Trent Street 732
*Oceana M. Yale, 12 Jason Terrace . 699
Blanks 657
· Precinct Six-One Year
*William G. Rice, 25 Woodland Street 744
Blanks . 300
Precinct Seven-Three Years
*Henry K. Brown, 52 Westmoreland Avenue 618
*Carl H. Bunker, 81 Hillside Avenue . 621
*Gertrude M. Byram, 26 Florence Avenue 601
*Maude T. Clark, 34 Cliff Street 610
*Wallace J. Columbus, 79 Crescent Hill Avenue 604
*Foster P. Doane, 29 Cliff Street . 620
*George H. Lloyd, 71 Hillside Avenue 617
*Ethel Ware Mead, 206 Appleton Street 614
*Herbert R. Peirce, 14 Ashland Street 621
*Fred W. Robinson, 123 Appleton Street 621
*Arthur W. Sampson, 21 Cliff Street . 609
*Clinton W. Schwamb, 27 Peirce Street 619
Blanks 3693
All ballots, used and unused, tally sheets, total tally sheets, copy of Precinct Records of Election and all other records pertaining to the election, properly signed and sealed, were delivered to the Town Clerk to be preserved by her during the time required by law.
A true record of the election. Attest:
E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.
Arlington, March 12, 1927.
A petition for a recount of the votes cast on March 7, 1927, for the office of Assessor for the term of three years was
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filed in accordance with law in the office of the Town Clerk on Wednesday, March 9, 1927.
A petition for a recount of the votes cast on March 7, 1927, for Town Meeting Member for the term of one year in Precinct 3 was filed in accordance with law in the office of the Town Clerk on Wednesday, March 9, 1927.
Accordingly a recount of the above mentioned offices was held on Saturday, March 12, 1927, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon in the Hearing Room, Robbins Memorial Town Hall. Messrs. Eben F. Dewing, John W. Dacey, William H. Keefe and Miss E. Caroline Pierce, Registrars of Voters, made the recount. Candidate Egbert E. Stackpole and Candidate Augustus J. Power, both accompanied by counsel, were present. Candidate George T. Daly for Town Meeting Member in Precinct 3 was present.
The result of the recount was as follows:
Augustus J. Power
Egbert E. Stackpole
Blanks
Total
Precinct 1
426
280
38
744
Precinct 2
449
309
32
790
Precinct 3
899
314
65
1278
Precinct 4
157
606
19
782
Precinct 5
405
390
15
810
Precinct 6
371
645
28
1044
Precinct 7
376
550
38
964
Total
3083
3094
235
6412
The vote as recorded
March 7, 1927, was .
3072
3104
236
6412
George T. Daly 413
John M. Murray 402
Blanks 463
Total
Precinct 3
1278
The vote as recorded March 7, 1927, was . 405
406
467
1278
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In accordance with law the ballots were returned to the Town Clerk.
A true record, Attest :
·E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.
Arlington, March 14, 1927.
I hereby certify that I have this day appointed Elizabeth V. Trask Assistant Town Clerk of the Town of Arlington, and that she has taken the oath required for the faithful per- formance of her duties.
E. CAROLINE PIERCE, . Town Clerk.
ANNUAL MEETING
Arlington, March 24, 1927.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served accord- ing to law upon the inhabitants of the Town by a Constable of said Town, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, and posted at two places in each precinct, the Town Meeting Members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Thursday, March 24, 1927, at eight o'clock in the evening.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of James F. Higgins and Albert K. Peirce. The lists contained the names of two hundred and sixty-seven Town Meeting Members qualified to participate and vote in Town Meetings in Arlington.
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The Check Lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that two hundred and nine members attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock P.M. by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.
The Town Meeting Members were sworn by the Moderator.
Copies of the Warrant having been supplied to the Town Meeting Members, the Town Clerk read only the Call and the Constable's Return of the Warrant, the meeting voting on Nelson B. Crosby's motion to dispense with the reading of the remainder of the Warrant.
On motion of Nelson B. Crosby :
Voted: That if the business in the warrant calling this meeting has not been disposed of on this date, the meeting adjourn to March 31, 1927, at eight o'clock.
On motion of Nelson B. Crosby :
Voted: That Article 2 be taken up.
Article 2 taken up. (Choice of other Town Officers.)
Voted: That the Town Clerk cast one ballot for each of the offices designated for the term of one year:
Fish Preserver Everett S. Chapman
Measurers of Wood and Bark Patrick F. Brosnahan Edmund L. Curtis Eugene W. Cole
On motion of Nelson B. Crosby :
Voted: That Article 3 be taken up.
Article 3 taken up. (Reports of Selectmen-Other Town Officers and Committees.)
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Voted: That the report as presented by Edward N. Lacey of the committee under vote of the Town passed May 28, 1925, to consider the amendment, alteration, repeal or revision of or additions to the Town's by-laws be received.
The report is as follows:
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
March 24, 1927.
The Committee on revision of Town By-Laws, appointed under vote of the Town May 28, 1925, made a partial report at the Annual Meeting in 1926, and the changes in several of the Building By-Laws which it recommended were accepted and later approved by the Attorney General, and already several apartment houses have been constructed under the revised By-Laws.
Revision of other sections are necessary to bring the Build- ing By-Laws up to date, and the Committee expects to submit the revised sections at a later meeting, but will have to ask for additional funds before it can present amendments to the Town for consideration.
The Committee had appropriated, for its use, $500.00, but it now finds that this sum has been practically exhausted, due to an expense of $358.10 which the Committee did not anticipate would be charged against its appropriation. This sum was for advertising the new By-Law after its approval by the Attorney General, and required by law before it could become effective.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD N. LACEY, FREDERIC F. LOW, ARTHUR J. NORWOOD, WALTER F. ROBINSON.
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Voted: That the report as presented by Elliott R. Barker of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 5, 1926, to investigate and consider the matter of a memorial or memo- rials commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons who served in the World War be received.
The report is as follows:
January 26, 1927.
Mr. Moderator, and Town Meeting Members:
At the annual town meeting of March 26, 1926, it was voted,-
"That a special committee of five citizens be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and consider the matter of a memorial or memorials commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons who served in the World War, such com- mittee to have the power to fill vacancies, and to report to the Town not later than the annual meeting of 1927; and that the sum of $500 be and hereby is appropriated for the use of said committee."
The Moderator appointed John A. Bishop, Warren A. Peirce, Sr., Walter E. Lombard, Frank M. Harwood and Elliott R. Barker members of this committee. The resigna- tion of Mr. Peirce caused a vacancy which was filled by the election of Roger W. Homer.
In order to appreciate the amount of thought and work devoted to the problem of a suitable World War Memorial for Arlington we must look back to the days immediately follow- ing the armistice of November 11, 1918, over eight years ago, when every patriotic citizen was filled with pride at the success- ful conclusion of the war. More than 1,000 men registered from Arlington, and we are justly proud of their service and sacrifices.
To express the sentiment of the Town and its appreciation for this loyal patriotic service it was first proposed to erect a roll of honor recording the names of all who served in the war.
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Our former Town Clerk, Mr. Robinson, Miss Pierce, our present Town Clerk, and the American Legion have tried to compile a correct list, but so far have been unsuccessful.
Our Town Meeting of Dec. 18, 1918, voted to have the Planning Board report on a Roll of Honor. Reports were made at our meetings of March 24, 1919, and March 24, 1920, pointing out the difficulties encountered and finally recom- mending a special committee to consider. the question.
Following the Roll of Honor movement a few years elapsed before an effort was made by the Arlington Board of Trade to crystallize sentiment for a memorial, to investigate costs and locations, and to enlist the cooperation of the various churches, societies and clubs in some definite plan of action. At the invitation of the Board of Trade forty-three of our organiza- tions each appointed two members to a World War Memorial Committee, thus forming a committee of 86 members. During 1925 and 1926 this committee through sub-committees and in full committee meetings made careful investigations of all types of memorials selected by neighboring towns and cities and of all suggested memorials for Arlington.
Through suggestions from all sources they had the follow- ing 10 types of memorials to consider, (1) monument, (2) memo- rial park, (3) athletic field with memorial entrance, (4) bas relief like the Shaw Memorial, (5) community building, (6) statue, (7) memorial tablet, (8) bronze group, (9) memorial swimming pool, and (10) memorial flag pole.
The meetings of the committee of 86 developed many excellent suggestions and crystallized sentiment along certain lines. At the suggestion of the American Legion it was decided that the proposed memorial should commemorate those who lost their lives in the war. It was also decided that it was the duty of the Town to pay for the memorial, this being the only way in which each individual would pay his share and have a part in the project.
Your committee thus fell heir to very valuable suggestions, committee reports and sentiments from many of our most able
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citizens. We therefore bring to you our own decisions strength- ened by the thoughts developed in a series of very instructive meetings.
We make the following recommendations:
1. That a memorial be erected without further delay.
2. That the Town's sentiments can best be expressed through a work of art or a piece of statuary.
3. That the memorial should commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in the World War.
4. That the best location for the memorial is on the spacious lawn in front of the senior high school, where our youth will most readily learn the memorial lesson.
5. That the Town should make the necessary appropria- tion.
We estimate the cost of the completed project as follows:
Cost of memorial, walks, shrubbery, plumb-
ing connections, etc., complete. $33,000
Contractor's bond 112% 495
Liability insurance 25
Dedication
1,480
Total $35,000
This estimate is based on a proposal made by our towns- man, Cyrus E. Dallin, who in collaboration with William Proctor has submitted a design approved by us and recom- mended for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK M. HARWOOD, Secretary, WALTER E. LOMBARD, ROGER W. HOMER, JOHN A. BISHOP, ELLIOTT R. BARKER, Chairman.
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Elliott R. Barker reported that there was no formal report to make from the committee under vote of the Town passed January 20, 1927, to procure plans and estimates for the con- struction of a Junior High School Building on land of the Town situated on Tufts Street, or on any other land within the area bounded by Foster Street, Massachusetts Avenue, Harlow Street and Broadway.
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