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85
62 106
75
43
98
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Frederick S. Deitrich
1
12
John Kearney
1
Blanks
61
55
50
60
52
61
49
928
Councillor-Sixth District
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Edward J. Coughlin
20
23
27
27
26
16 39
Harold A. Palmer ..
11
12
10
11
10 29
13
25
Blanks
13
14
7
28
12
12
24
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Edward J. Coughlin
17
13
11
18
17
17
10
281
Harold A. Palmer ..
7
6
5
7
4
15
9
128
Francis J. Roche ....
17
17
19
23
16
20 9
16
317
Blanks
20
19
15
13
15
14
215
2
19
Francis J. Roche
27
36
18
41
147
TOWN RECORDS
Senator-Sixth Middlesex District
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Walter E. Noyes ..
1
Francis Hines
1
Jerome Donovan
1
Blanks
70
85
62 106
77
43 106
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Walter E. Noyes
1
2
4
Francis Hines
1
Jerome Donovan
1
Blanks
61
55
49
61
52
59
49
935
Two Representatives in General Court Twenty-fifth Middlesex District Precincts 1-3-5
Precinct
1
3
5
Total
T. Edward Corbett
47
45
60
152
Angus M. MacNeil
37
36
43
116
Blanks
58
43
51
152
Two Representatives in General Court Twenty-eighth Middlesex District Precincts 2-4-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Precinct
2
4 6 7 8
9 10
Luke A. Manning ....
65
84
26
76
45
44
24
John J. Sullivan ....
1
Frederick S. Deitrich
1
Leonard Collins
1
Blanks
105 130
59 136
77
66
66
Precinct
11
12
13
14
Total
Luke A. Manning
45
39
50
35
543
John J. Sullivan
1
Frederick S. Deitrich
1
Leonard Collins
1
Blanks
77 65 72 63
916
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District Attorney-Northern District
Precinct
1 2
3
4
5
6 7
Robert F. Bradford
John L. Murphy ..
Francis Keefe
1
Blanks
71
85
62 106
77
43 107
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Robert F. Bradford
1
1
John L. Murphy
1
1
Francis Keefe
1
Blanks
60
55
49
61
52
61
49
938
Register of Probate and Insolvency Middlesex County
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 6 7
Eleanor L. Daley
1
John Driscoll
1
William F. McCarthy
3
Blanks
71
85
62 102
77
43 107
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Eleanor L. Daley
1
2
4
John Driscoll
1
William F. McCarthy
3
Blanks
61
55
49
61
52
59
49
933
County Commissioner-Middlesex County
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 55
6
7
Thomas B. Brennan
49
54
45
66
30
68
Blanks
22
31
17
41
22
13
39
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Thomas B. Brennan
44
40
34
42
34
42
26
628
Blanks
17
15
16
19
18
19
23
313
149
TOWN RECORDS
County Treasurer-Middlesex County
Precinct
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
Henry C. Rowland ..
2
1
2
4
Luke A. Manning ....
Robert E. Grannan
1
Blanks
71
83
61 106
75
39 107
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Henry C. Rowland ..
1
2
12
Luke A. Manning
1
1
Robert E. Grannan
1
Blanks
60
55
49
61
52
59
49
927
The returns of the Primary were filled out on the blanks furnished for the purpose by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, signed and filed in the office of the Secre- tary of the Commonwealth.
A True Record of the Primary, Attest:
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington :
Greeting :
1
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified as the Constitution requires, to meet in the poll- ing places designated for the several precincts in said Town, viz:
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Precinct 1, Crosby School, entrance on Winter Street Precincts 2-4, Hardy School, entrance on Lake Street Precincts 3-5, Junior High School East, entrance on Tufts Street
Precincts 6-8, Robbins Town Hall, entrance on Mass. Avenue
Precinct 7, Russell School, entrance on Medford Street Precinct 9, Russell School, entrance on Mystic Street Precincts 10-12, Cutter School, entrance on Robbins Road /
Precinct 11, Highland Hose House, entrance on Mass. Avenue
Precinct 13, Peirce School, entrance on Park Avenue North
Precinct 14, Locke School, entrance on Park Avenue
TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER
next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at 7 A. M. to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To bring in their votes for a Governor; a Lieutenant Governor; a Secretary; a Treasurer, an Audi- tor; an Attorney General for this Commonwealth; a Sena- tor in Congress for this Commonwealth; a Representative in Congress for the fifth Congressional District; a Coun- cillor for the sixth Councillor District; a Senator for the sixth Senatorial District, Middlesex County; in Precincts 1, 3, and 5, two Representatives in the General Court for the Twenty-fifth Representative District, Middlesex Coun- ty; in Precincts 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, two Representatives in the General Court for the Twenty-eighth Representative District, Middlesex County; a District At- torney for the Northern District ; a Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County; a County Commissioner
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for Middlesex County; a County Treasurer for Middlesex County.
To vote "Yes" or "No" upon the following questions :
QUESTION NO. 1
LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall the proposed measure which provides that the present statutes which make it a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment knowingly to advertise, print, publish, distribute or circulate any matter containing reference to any person from whom or place where any drug, instrument or means whatever, or any advice or information may be obtained, for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, or to sell, lend, give away, exhibit, offer or advertise any drug, medicine, instrument or other article for the prevention of conception, or to write or print information of any kind stating when, where, how, of whom, or by what means such article can be obtained, or to manufacture or make such article, shall not apply to treatment.or prescription given to married persons for protection of life or health by or un- der the direction of registered physicians nor to teaching in chartered medical schools nor to publication or sale of medical treatises or journals, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirma- tive and 133 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 16 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative, be approved?
Yes No
QUESTION NO. 2
To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the following questions :
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this Town of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "YES" on all three ques- tions.
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(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on question one, "YES" on question two and "NO" on question three.
(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all al- coholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on- the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on questions one and two and "YES" on question three.
(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on question one and "YES" on questions two and three.
(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on all three questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
Yes No
2. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ? Yes No
3. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ? Yes No
QUESTION NO. 3
1. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county?
Yes No
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2. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county ?
Yes No
All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 7 A. M. until 8 o'clock P. M. and you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places herein specified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this Warrant and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall and in a conspicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town seven days, at least, prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands in said Arlington, this nine- teenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
1
ERNEST W. DAVIS HAROLD M. ESTABROOK WILLIAM C. ADAMS Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., October 26, 1942.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an at-
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tested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, places and ob- jects of the meeting was published in the local papers.'
JAMES J. GOLDEN, Jr., Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
Arlington, Mass., Nov. 3, 1942.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the legal voters of the Town of Arlington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Tuesday the third day of Novem- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-two at seven o'clock in the forenoon; the election officers, duly appointed by the Selectmen, having been previously sworn to the faithful performance 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 forenoon 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 and . encased in boxes, which were locked and sealed, and the same were delivered by direction of the Town Clerk to the Police Station where they were placed under police guard until after the expiration of the time within which a pe- tition for recount might be filed.
The returns and keys to ballot boxes from each pre- cinct were turned over to the Selectmen and the Town Clerk
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and with the assistance of the Registrars of Voters and Mr. Clarence Needham, canvassed the same with the following results :
Total number of ballots cast
14,908
Precinct
1
914
2
1,026
3
896
4
1,254
5
881
6
1,070
7
1,104
8
1,149
9
981
10
1,259
11
948
12
1,300
13
984
14
1,142
GOVERNOR
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 539
6 264
685
Leverett Saltonstall ..
475
568
520
665
311
796
400
Henning A. Blomen ..
1
4
1
0
2
0
1
Otis A. Hood
0
5
0
0
4
2
0
Joseph Massidda
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
Guy S. Williams
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
William A. McMasters
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
Blanks
7
6
3
8
24
8
17
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Roger L. Putnam
251
325
322
384
322
354
322
5,581
Leverett Saltonstall
895
645
923
555
960
620
793
9,126
Henning A. Blomen ..
0
0
2
0
1
0
6
18
Otis A. Hood
1
1
1
2
4
0
1
21
Joseph Massidda
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
9
Guy S. Williams
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
William A. McMasters
0
0
2
1
3
6
0
17
Blanks
1'
10
6
10
3
20
130
440
371
573
7
Roger L. Putnam
429
-
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Precinct
1
2
3
4 675 552
5 280 564
6 776 282
347 717
Walter S. Hutchins
0)
6
1
3
3
2
0
George L. McGlynn
0
4
0
0
2
0
1
E. Frank Searle
2
2
0
3
0
0
1
Blanks
16
20
12
21
32
10
38
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Horace T. Cahill
882
622
890
508
937
583
760
8,713
John C. Carr
254
345
344
418
339
381
343
5,859
Walter S. Hutchins
2
1
3
1
3
2
2
29
George L. McGlynn
0
1
1
3
1
1
6
20
E. Frank Searle
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
15
Blanks
9
12
20
17
19
16
30
272
SECRETARY
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 548
6 238
1
Frederic W. Cook
460
509
517
706
284
805
385
Bernard G. Kelly
0
7
2
2
2
4
8
Abbie L. Tebbets ...
2
2
0
4
2
0
1
Peter Wartiainen, Jr.
1
4
0
2
1
2
0
Blanks
22
31
17
35
44
21
57
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Joseph J. Buckley
238
332
321
391
307
351
333
5,479
Frederic W. Cook
887
630
905
521
953
604
762
8,928
Bernard G. Kelly
5
2
6
6
4
1
11
60
Abbie L. Tebbets ..
1
2
3
0
4
4
6
31
Peter Wartiainen, Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
14
Blanks
17
15
24
30
32
22
29
396
TREASURER
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 775
7
Laurence Curtis
432
467
461
654
246
319
Francis X. Hurley
451
517
407
555
585
268
721
Martha E. Geer
2
2
2
5
2
1
1
Gote Elvel Palmquist
1
5
1
0
1
0
3
Anders H. Swenson .
3
5
2
3
2
3
0
Blanks
25
30
23
37
45
23
60
7
Horace T. Cahill
443
513
497
John C. Carr
453
481
386
1
Joseph J. Buckley
429
473
360
505
653
7
157
TOWN RECORDS
1
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Laurence Curtis
834
600
858
498
896
566
717
8,323
Francis X. Hurley
286
359
362
413
364
384
371
6,043
Martha E. Geer
1
2
1
3
1
0
3
26
Gote Elvel Palmquist
3
0
5
2
5
4
6
36
Anders H. Swenson ..
2
0
1
5
2
2
4
34
Blanks
23
20
32
27
32
28
41
446
AUDITOR
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Thomas J. Buckley
466
537
416
569
596
291
734
Russell A. Wood
413
444
455
638
243
748
303
Herbert Crabtree
2
11
2
4
0
2
3
Ethel J. Prince
5
1
1
4
1
7
0
Blanks
28
33
22
39
41
22
64
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Thomas J. Buckley
283
371
366
427
380
383
378
6,197
Russell A. Wood
835
584
849
486
859
569
706
8,132
Herbert Crabtree
3
0
5
3
6
4
9
54
Ethel J. Prince
2
1
2
0
5
0
3
32
Blanks
26
25
37
32
50
28
46
493
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 203
618
Robert T. Bushnell
501
563
532
761
344
836
418
Charles F. Danforth ..
2
1
1
4
0
0
2
Fred E. Oelcher
1
7
0
1
1
0
1
Howard Penley
1
3
3
2
0
3
1
Blanks
29
34
26
40
49
28
64
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
James E. Agnew
213
290
282
344
272
308
288
4,883
Robert T. Bushnell
912
671
934
562
979
635
800
9,448
Charles F. Danforth ..
3
0
5
3
1
3
5
30
Fred E. Oelcher
0
0
3
1
1
4
7
27
Howard Penley
2
1
1
2
1
3
5
28
Blanks
19
19
34
36
46
31
37
492
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Joseph E. Casey
... 428
456
390
516
531
297
650
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 469
542
484
706
329
754
420
7
James E. Agnew
380
418
334
446
487
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Horace I. Hillis
0
4
0
1
0
0
2
George L. Paine
2
5
1
5
0
2
1
George L. Thompson
1
1
1
4
0
4
0
Blanks
14
18
20
22
21
13
31
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Joseph E. Casey
286
349
348
39'
354
379
360
5,741
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 850
614
889
53
922
589
743
8,844
Horace I. Hillis
3
0
2
0
1
1
9
23
George L. Paine ...
1
2
1
0
1
3
3
27
George L. Thompson
0
1
1
3
1
1
4
22
Blanks
9
15
18
15
21
11
23
251
CONGRESSMAN Fifth District
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Edith Nourse Rogers
760
869
752 1,056
675
963
868
John A. Bishop
2
Blanks
154
157
144
198
204
107
236
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
John A. Bishop
2
Blanks
87
130
125
150
165
133
148
2,138
COUNCILLOR Sixth District
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 759
7
Theodore P. Hollis
439
492
476
656
264
345
Francis J. Roche
407
459
354
498
543
232
625
Blanks
68
75
66
100
74
79
134
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Theodore P. Hollis ...
859
607
864
513
909
598
723
8,504
Francis J. Roche
227
320
323
367
300
326
330
5,311
Blanks
63
54
72
68
91
60
80
1,093
SENATOR
Sixth Middlesex District
Precinct
1
2
3
4 495
5 536
6
7
Walter E. Noyes
417
473
363
Harris S. Richardson
431
468
469
664
270
760
360
Blanks
66
85
64
95
75
75
124
Edith Nourse Rogers 1,062
851 1,134
798 1,135
851
994 12,768
...
235
620
159
TOWN RECORDS
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Walter E. Noyes
250
321
316
381
307
341
325
5,380
Harris S. Richardson
844
603
865
502
894
585
719
8,434
Blanks
55
57
78
65
99
58
98
1,094
TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Twenty-fifth Middlesex District Precincts 1-3-5
Precinct
1
3
5
Total
T. Edward Corbett
425
377
561
1,363
John F. Foster
399
455
235
1,089
Allan Roy Kingston
342
367
181
890
Angus M. MacNeil
346
336
470
1,152
Blanks
316
257
315
888
TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Twenty-eighth Middlesex District Precincts 2-4-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Precinct
2
4
6
7
8
9
10
Nelson B. Crosby
535
692
761
450
820
664
851
Hollis M. Gott
489
641
735
411
824
597
816
Luke A. Manning
503 - 548
283
678
311
335
399
Blanks
525
627
361
669
343
366
452
Precinct
11
12
13
14
Total
Nelson B. Crosby
556
881
597
714
7,521
Hollis M. Gott
532
865
558
698
7,166
Luke A. Manning
399
360
389
393
4,598
Blanks ...
409
494
424
479
5,149
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Northern District
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 841
7
Robert F. Bradford
509
564
556
786
367
450
Joseph R. Corish
358
397
288
401
444
178
536
Blanks
47
65
52
67
70
51
118
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Robert F. Bradford
..
926
670
934
581
999
664
805
9,652
Joseph R. Corish
188
267
263
300
236
277
260
4,393
Blanks
35
44
62
67
65
43
77
863
160
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Middlesex County
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Loring P. Jordan
434
491
484
673
287
774
350
William F. McCarty.
413
453
359
488
515
214
622
Blanks
67
82
53
93
79
82
132
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Loring P. Jordan
860
608
881
519
921
599
735
8,616
William F. McCarty.
224
308
293
349
282
318
303
5,141
Blanks
65
65
85
80
97
67
104
1,151
COUNTY COMMISSIONER Middlesex County
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Thomas B. Brennan
382
415
344
478
489
228
598
Charles C. Warren
473
540
497
692
321
778
406
Blanks
59
71
55
84
71
64
100
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Thomas B. Brennan ..
216
303
308
332
290
307
285
4,975
Charles C. Warren ...
877
629
884
555
926
621
765
8,964
Blanks
56
49
67
61
84
56
92
969
COUNTY TREASURER
Middlesex County
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 519
6 868
7
Charles P. Howard
625
726
657
919
652
J. Henry Rooney
1
Blanks
289
300
238
335
362
202
452
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Charles P. Howard
975
757 1,044
713 1,049
773
890 11,167
J. Henry Rooney
1
Blanks
174 224
215
235
251
211
252
3,740
QUESTION NO. 1
-- Re: BIRTH
Precinct
1
2
3
4 459
5
7
Yes
270
297
285
No
552
610
524
667
597
426
800
Blanks
92
119
87
128
111
100
99
...
6 544
205
173
161
TOWN RECORDS
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Yes
578
404
540
304
617
383
482
5,541
No
440
478
576
531
572
472
511
7,756
Blanks
131
99
143
113
111
129
149
1,611
ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Yes
136
195
94
226
138
81
136
No
708
744
754
934
668
941
894
Blanks
70
87
48
94
75
48
74
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Yes
61
99
114
157
160
199
178
1,974
No
1,028
826 1,059
708 1,058
705
865 11,892
Blanks
60
56
86
83
82
80
99
1,042
ALL WINES AND MALT BEVERAGES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Yes
131
198
99
222
142
89
140
No
693
717
731
925
640
924
878
Blanks
90
111
66
107
99
57
86
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Yes
76
111
118
159
169
198
185
2,037
No
998
809 1,024
675 1,034
694
839 11,571
Blanks
75
61
117
114
97
92
11.8
1,300)
ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PACKAGES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Yes
198
295
154
331
197
155
208
No
643
627
686
808
605
873
814
Blanks
73
104
56
115
79
42
82
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Yes
154
178
246
267
281
291
331
3,286
No
930
741
934
591
936
608
714 10,510
Blanks
65
62
79
90
83
85
97
1,112
HORSE RACES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Yes
437
514
400
603
424
330
505
No
396
415
418
534
345
656
468
Blanks
81
97
78
117
112
84
131
162
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Yes
355
348
445
458
501
437
494
6,251
No
708
552
706
386
698
442
529
7,253
Blanks
86
81
108
104
101
105
119
1,404
DOG RACES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Yes
390
469
341
548
390
280
461
No
428
448
461
578
373
693
503
Blanks
96
109
94
128
118
97
140
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Yes
289
299
384
407
442
415
436
5,551
No
762
590
756
421
742
455
575
7,785
Blanks
98
92
119
120
116
114
131
1,572
WAR BALLOT SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Precinct
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total
Joseph E. Casey
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
1
1
1
3
Horace L. Hillis
George L. Paine
George L. Thompson
Blanks
CONGRESSMAN-FIFTH DISTRICT
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total
Edith Nourse Rogers
1
1
Blanks
1
1
2
A True Record : Attest :
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
163
TOWN RECORDS
CANVASS
Arlington, Mass., Nov. 7, 1942.
Pursuant to law Mr. William F. Burns of the Board of Election Commissioners of Somerville, and the Town Clerk of Arlington exchanged duly certified forms on November 7, 1942 for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast on the third day of November for TWO Representatives in General Court, for the Twenty-fifth Middlesex District.
The Canvass showed the following result of the votes cast in Arlington and Somerville.
In Arlington T. Edward Corbett had one thousand three hundred and sixty-three.
In Somerville T. Edward Corbett had three thousand six hundred and seventy-three.
In Arlington John F. Foster had one thousand and eighty-nine.
In Somerville John F. Foster had five thousand fifty- seven.
In Arlington Allan Roy Kingston had eight hundred and ninety.
In Somerville Allan Roy Kingston had four thousand five hundred and eighty-two.
In Arlington Angus M. MacNeil had one thousand one hundred and fifty-two.
In Somerville Angus M. MacNeil had three thousand one hundred and forty-six.
The Canvass showed that John F. Foster and Allan Roy Kingston had a majority of the votes cast.
164
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Certificates showing the results of the election were signed by the Clerks, and one of the certificates was sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
In the Twenty-eighth Middlesex District Nelson B. Crosby and Hollis M. Gott were duly elected, and each was notified, by Constable, of his election and presented with a Certificate thereof; copies of which were duly filed with the Secretary of State.
A True Record, Attest :
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
165
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1942
During the year we received, and deposited with the Town Treasurer, the sum of $8,873.71, a decrease of $877.41 over last year.
Dog Licenses
$4,452.60
1,208 males
162 females
585 spayed females
1 special
4 transfers
56 duplicate tags
(The Town's fees total $397.80) 1
Sporting Licenses 1,444.75
(The Town's fees total $173.25)
RECEIVED FOR
Marriage Licenses
$1,129.18
Mortgages
821.37
Certificates
700.81
Garage Renewals
26.50
Miscellaneous Licenses
226.50
Pole Locations
72.00
2,976.36
$8,873.71
In accordance with the law we have approved vouchers for $137.75-($64.25) to pay doctors for reporting births, and ($73.50) to pay undertakers for reporting deaths.
For particulars regarding births, marriages, and deaths, we refer you to the following pages.
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
1942 DEATH BY MONTHS (Stillbirth Excluded)
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Total:
20
18
19
15
19
21
19
17
12
22
16
17
215
Male
14
27
21
26
18
20
21
21
14
28
21
17
248
Residents died in Arlington :
12
10
10
6
14
10
11
11
8
12
9
14
127
Male
12
19
13
17
11
12
12
15
9
22
13
14
169
Female
Non-residents died in Arlington: Male
2
3
2
3
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
19
Female
0
2
3
6
4
3
0
3
1
2
1.
2
27
Residents of Arlington died out Town:
6
5
7
6
4
10
8
5
3
8
6
1
69
Male
2
6
5
3
3
5
9
3
4
4
7
1
52
Female
£
0
0
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
1
0)
0
8
Male
0
1
0
0
3
2
0
1
0
1
0
8
Female
Between one and ten years:
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Female
Between ten and thirty years: Male
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
Between thirty and sixty years: Male
6
6
5
3
6
8
4
Female
4
2
5
5
5
5
6
2
4
5
3
4
50
Between sixty and ninety years: Male
14
12
12
9
8
13
14
9
Female
9
21
16
20
13
12
12
17
9
21
15
12
177
Over ninety years: Male
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
9
..
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
()
2
Female
....
0
0
0
0
1
1
0)
2
0
1
1
1
7
Female
6
2
7
5
2
60
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
10
13
135
8
13
0
1
3
0
1
0
Male
0
.
1
.
0
Children under one year:
Female
166
167
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
1942 MARRIAGES BY MONTHS
Months
Total
Groom's First
Bride's First
Groom's Second
Bride's Second
Groom's Third
Bride's Third
January
32
29
27
2
5
1
0
February
53
48
52
5
1
0
0
March
26
24
24
2
2
0
0
April
60
55
53
5
7
0
0
May
75
73
71
2
4
0
0
July
42
35
36
6
6
1
0
September
60
54
57
6
2
0
1
October
55
49
52
6
3
0
0
November
47
44
44
2
3
1
0
December
31
26
29
5
2
0
0
578
524
536
50
40
4
2
Number of Marriages Recorded
578
Residents
681
Non-Residents
475
Solemnized out of Arlington
295
Age of oldest groom
69
Age of oldest bride
64
Age of youngest groom
18
Age of youngest bride
16
55
50
52
5
2
0
1
Tune
42
37
39
4
3
1
0
August
168
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
1942
BIRTHS BY MONTHS
In Arlington
Out Arlington
Totals
Months
Total
Males
Females
Males
Females
Males
Females
January
52
9
8
18
17
27
25
February
63
8
12
17
26
25
38
March
49
8
8
16
17
24
25
April
74
16
13
19
26
35
39
May
64
10
16
24
14
34
30
June
71
9
18
29
15
38
33
July
77
11
11
35
20
46
31
August
57
10
11
18
18
28
29
September
62
13
12
20
17
33
29
October
70
12
13
27
18
39
31
November
65
15
8
21
21
36
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