Town of Arlington annual report 1961, Part 6

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1961
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Section 6. On all questions submitted for the consideration of the Town Meeting, there shall be a roll call vote when requested by twenty or more Town Meeting Members present at the meet- ing. All roll call votes shall be recorded so as to indicate the individual vote of each Town Meeting Member who shall have voted. Said roll call votes shall be available as recorded at the Town Clerk's office and shall be published in the Annual Town Report.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 73. To see if the Town will authorize the change of the name of Monument Park; excluding that section of the park on which the Civil War Monument is erected, and to be still known as Monument Park; to Francis J. Neville Memorial Park.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 74. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemeteries.


(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)


Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to re- view the precinct boundaries of the Town or take any action relating thereto.


Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the purpose of converting three coal-firing steam boilers at the Junior High School West to oil-burning boilers and to remodel the heat units and control system and other related work; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the purpose of obtaining architectural and engineering services in connection with a survey of possible remodeling work in the old section of the High School, the Cutter and Locke elementary schools and any other school buildings in the Town of Arlington; said sum to be expended under the direction of the committee appointed under Article 8 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on March 15, 1954; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action re- lating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of the School Committee and the School Survey Committee)


Article 78. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for further alterations and improvements to and reconstruction of part of the Robbins Library to restore, increase and improve existing library facilities; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of the Trustees of Robbins Library)


Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the parcel of land with the building thereon, to Arlington Post 1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc. for the use of said veterans organization as quarters, said parcel of land with the building thereon is located on Railroad Avenue, and is referred to as the former railroad station, at Arlington Center, of the Boston and Maine Railroad.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the parcel of land, to Arlington Post 1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc. hereinafter described. Said parcel of land is owned by the Town of Arlington and is that land in the immediate vicinity of the Winslow Street side of the railroad station situated on Railroad Avenue; bordered on the west by Russell errace; on the north by Winslow Street; on the east on land owned by the' Town of Arlington and on the south by land owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 81. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be ex- pended under the direction of the Town Clerk, for the purpose of defraying the expense of advertising and other incidental costs relating to the By-Laws voted at this Town Meeting; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation for the purpose of providing ornamental and additional light to the streets in the business area of the Town during the Christmas holiday season; determine in what manner the funds shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


Article 83. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for the Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League of Arlington, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)


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TOWN RECORDS


Article 84. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be added to the Stabilization Fund created under Article 73 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 40, Section 5B, as amended; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 85. To see if the Town will authorize taking a sum of money voted for the appropriation heretofore made at this Town Meeting under this Warrant, and not voted to be borrowed, from any available funds in the trea- sury and will authorize the Assessors touse free cash in the treasury in any available funds to an amount not exceeding $325,000.00, in the determination of the 1961 tax rate.


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 before the day of said meeting for the election of officers.


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of the War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the day of said meeting.


Given under our hands, at said Arlington this twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.


(S) DANIEL J. BUCKLEY, JR. SELECTMEN OF THE


JOHN O. PARKER ARTHUR D. SAUL, JR. TOWN


JOSEPH P. GREELEY OF


HORACE H. HOMER ARLINGTON


A true copy. Attest:


FRANK K. NICKSAY Constable, Town of Arlington


CONSTABLE'S RETURN


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


Arlington, March 3, 1961


By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein specified by causing a printed attested copy of said Warrant to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, previous to the day of the meeting for the election of officers and by posting an attested copy of said Warrant at the doors of the Town Hall and in two or more conspicuous places in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting. A notice of the times, places and objects of the meetings was published in the local papers.


(signed) Frank K. Nicksay Constable of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION


In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, met in the polling places designated by the Board of Selectmen for the several precincts in said Town on Monday, March 6, 1961, at seven o'clock in the forenoon.


Upon receipt of the returns as made by the election officers of the several precincts, they were canvassed by Miss Ann Mahon, Town Clerk, Messrs. Timothy J. Buckley, Arthur P. Wyman and Joseph H. Cormier, Registrars of Voters, assisted by Miss Mary A. Farrington, Assistant Regi- strar of Voters, and the results were announced at 7:30 A.M. on Tuesday, March 7, 1961, as follows:


Total Ballots Cast - 12,207 (41.4% of total number of registered voters - 29,511)


Precinct


1


2


3


4


5


6


7 715


8 811


1023


Precinct


10A


10B


11


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


330


473


1209


564


302


833


609


765


SELECTMEN FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct


Arthur D. Saul, Jr.


250


280


253


4 329


5 347


533


William A. Barnstead


110


133


105


120


104


373


James Patrick McGuinness, Sr.


64


98


37


66


72


29


Philibert L. Pellegrini


274


522


229


467


623


144


Daniel A. Purcell


133


114


117


125


279


96


Thomas R. Rawson


149


243


161


193


350


147


Ernest O. Scott


32


59


31


47


78


23


Michael A. Marcellino


6


24


11


55


26


29


Blanks


140


257


104


198


255


102


Precinct


7


8


9


10A


10B


11


Arthur D. Saul, Jr.


230


576


519


195


284


511


William A. Barnstead


77


430


260


134


176


322


James Patrick McGuinness, Sr.


61


42


49


20


17


76


Philibert L. Pellegrini


293


175


385


103


164


470


Daniel A. Purcell


230


76


226


52


64


214


Thomas R. Rawson


342


165


353


78


118


471


Ernest O. Scott


38


53


50


30


36


103


Michael A. Marcellino


10


16


12


7


11


31


Blanks


149


89


192


41


76


220


Precinct


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


Total


*Arthur D. Saul, Jr.


341


200


356


298


305


5807


William A. Barnstead


230


136


338


256


299


3603


James Patrick McGuinness, Sr.


33


10


53


27


49


803


*Philibert L. Pellegrini Daniel A. Purcell


78


28


111


57


72


2072


Thomas R. Rawson


132


84


291


156


165


3598


Ernest O. Scott


50


19


66


102


188


1005


Michael A. Marcellino


16


4


26


11


23


318


Blanks


87


39


167


116


149


2381


1


2


3


6


9


579


865


524


800


1067


738


195


280


4827


161


84


258


*Elected


45


TOWN RECORDS


ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct


1


2


3


4 496


5 554


566


John Patrick Kedian


115


230


122


170


337


127


Ralph G. Picardi Michael A. Marcellino Blanks


53


154


36


81


124


22


Precinct


7


8


9


10A


10B


11


William O. Hauser


417


605


632


216


316


587


John Patrick Kedian


232


146


239


91


104


470


Ralph G. Picardi


40


35


95


8


40


108


Blanks


26


25


57


15


13


44


Precinct


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


Total


*William O. Hauser


317


204


403


321


438


7227


John Patrick Kedian


217


80


331


205


188


3404


Ralph G. Picardi


17


7


61


59


107


1047


Michael A. Marcellino


1


1


2


Blanks


13


10


38


23


32


527


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct


1


2


3


4


5 539


6


Charles R. Kent


307


440


296


437


551


440


Mary E. Porteus


284


436


279


376


413


497


Bernard A. Forest


275


340


229


347


461


300


Edward G. McCann


250


443


226


427


727


201


Michael A. Marcellino


1


1


Blanks


293


485


245


389


510


303


Precinct


7


8


9


10A


10B


11


Carl F. Allen


290


525


577


247


310


596


Charles R. Kent


303


472


532


187


301


759


Mary E. Porteus


298


520


568


181


285


570


Bernard A. Forest


410


350


484


140


214


583


Edward G. McCann


457


226


401


88


152


561


Michael A. Marcellino


3


1


Jeremiah Mahoney


Blanks


387


340


504


147


156


558


Precinct


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


Total


*Carl F. Allen


310


178


471


341


347


6702


*Charles R. Kent


346


195


495


381


454


6896


*Mary E. Porteus


339


194


435


323


427


6425


Bernard A. Forest


304


145


339


244


279


5444


Edward G. McCann


163


91


355


261


454


5483


Michael A. Marcellino


5


Jeremiah Mahoney Blanks


1


230


103


404


277


334


5665


6


William O. Hauser


384


425


346


20


53


52


23


27


56


297


423


473


Carl F. Allen


328


450


Jeremiah Mahoney


Michael A. Marcellino


*Elected


46


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


ARLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR FIVE YEARS


Precinct


1


2


3


4


5 312


6


Myron D. Chace


267


377


230


370


Joseph S. Daly


273


413


249


358


691


196


Blanks


39


75


45


72


64


41


Precinct


7


8


9


10A


10B


11


Myron D. Chace


206


559


511


211


328


353


Joseph S. Daly


457


203


433


104


123


815


Blanks


52


49


79


15


22


41


Precinct


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


Total


*Myron D. Chace


339


230


382


332


429


5937


Joseph S. Daly


198


56


388


236


290


5483


Blanks


27


16


63


41


46


787


QUESTION NO. 1


"Shall the town pay one half the premium costs payable by a retired em- ployee for group life insurance and for group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance?"


Precinct


1


2


3


4 269


5 549


6


YES


227


338


222


NO


266


372


243


394


384


417


Blanks


86


155


59


137


134


102


Precinct


7


8


9


10A


10B


11


YES


345


251


299


95


137


473


NO


289


456


603


189


282


614


Blanks


81


104


121


46


54


122


Precinct


12A


12B


13


14A


14B


Total


YES


220


90


313


228


251


4526


NO


286


176


418


304


424


6117


Blanks


58


36


102


77


90


1564


TOWN MEETING MEMBERS


PRECINCT ONE - TWO YEARS (to fill vacancy)


*John F. Ciano, 50 Marathon Street .


445


Blanks


. 134


PRECINCT ONE - THREE YEARS


*Lester F. Barrett, 16 Cleveland Street .


425


*Velma B. Brown, 45 Cleveland Street .


386


*Jeannette A. Mahoney, 76 Cleveland Street 374


*Howard N. Whitehouse, 46 Cleveland Street 354


Thomas H. Lavin, 47 Trowbridge Street .


320


*Donald J. MacMillan, 12 Cleveland Street Blanks


344


692


*Elected


501


219


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TOWN RECORD


PRECINCT TWO - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


*John M. Carney, Jr., 26 Randolph Street 444


Laura Fabrizio, 78 Melrose Street. 329


Blanks 92


PRECINCT TWO - THREE YEARS


*John J. Berry, 91 Milton Street . 534


*Justin E. Comeau, 34 Fairmont Street 534


*Hartman H. Brower, 12 Brooks Avenue. 429


*Frederick R. Buckley, Jr., 53 Lake Street. 612


Theodore Economo, 92 Melrose Street 421


Bennie P. Gaeta, 18 Magnolia Street. 402


*Pauline M. Keenan, 48 Milton Street. 508


*Carolyn R. Manson, 9 Egerton Road . 491


Blanks 1259


PRECINCT THREE - THREE YEARS


*Blanche E. Fullerton, 23 Wyman Street. 308


*James P. Koenig, 94 Everett Street . 276


*Florence L. Meckel, 15 Adams Street. 256 Arthur S. Hartshorn, 152 Broadway 159


Wayne Hollingsworth, 66 Tufts Street 157


David A. Leone, 11 Foster Street. .


Edward A. Lillis, 81 Bates Road . . . 156


*Matthew J. Riley, 10 Palmer Street 209 . .


· Blanks 376


.


PRECINCT FOUR - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


*Anne E. Hamilton, 6 Edith Street . 408


Richard J. Plunkett, Jr., 30 Spy Pond Parkway. 300


Blanks


92


PRECINCT FOUR - THREE YEARS


*Clarence A. Burke, 48 Mary Street


583


*Robert N. Davis, 76 Spy Pond Parkway . 543


*William O. Hauser, Jr., 11 Marion Road. 523


*Philip D. O'Neill, 50 Mott Street 558


*Burnett Baron, 102 Lake Street . 412


Francis A. Grant, 2 Parker Street 360


Robert J. Kelly, 28 Parker Street .


.


.


.


.


·


. . .


471


.


.


. . .


992


PRECINCT FIVE - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


Dorothy J. Ault, 16 Fremont Street . 310


*James J. Foley, Jr., 8 Dartmouth Street . 503


Eleanor H. Skonberg, 19 North Union Street. 140


Blanks


114


*Elected


358


*Arthur G. Manley, Jr., 9 Littlejohn Street . Blanks


.


199


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


PRECINCT FIVE - THREE YEARS


*Daniel P. Doherty, 4 Memorial Way. 623


*William I. Egan, 107 Gardner Street. 651


*Walter W. Kelly, Jr., 10 Park Street 641


*Luther R. Smith, 121 Sunnyside Avenue. 503


Mary E. Aurilio, 118 Gardner Street .


439


Myra J. Belli, 74 River Street. . 385


Peter Costagliola, 89 Sunnyside Avenue 298


William Drinan, 87 Sunnyside Avenue . . 500


*Sheila A. Kelly, 31 Exeter Street . 503


*Stanford G. McEwen, 152 Gardner Street. 557


*Robert W. Wynne, 16 Dartmouth Street . 794


Blanks 1575


PRECINCT SIX - THREE YEARS


*Louise C. Barker, 20 Lombard Road 442


*Vincent A. Burns, 118 Pleasant Street 340


*Gayle W. Forbush, 80 Pleasant Street. . 468


*Milton C. Paige, Jr., 4 Brantwood Road 494


*George K. Rugg, 16 Spring Street. 477


Mary F. Crosby, 70 Norfolk Road 172


James P. Kiernan, 11 Whittemore Street. 181 .


Jack A. Marshall, 11 Brunswick Road. . 280 .


William C. Wettergreen, 33 Addison Street 243


Blanks 593


PRECINCT SEVEN - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


David S. MacDonald, 152 Palmer Street 139


James L. Madden, Jr., 41 Sherborn Street.


146


*Harold L. Reynolds, 6 Newton Road 304


Francis A. Vaughan, 109 Warren Street 74


Blanks


52


PRECINCT SEVEN - THREE YEARS


William C. Jones, Jr., 40 Sherborn Street 339


*Edward W. Murphy, Jr., 31 Sherborn Street. 393


*Thomas F. O'Keefe, 74 Webster Street . 440


*Paul R. Shanahan, 52 Lewis Avenue 354


*Francis X. Callahan, 78 Hamlet Street 551


205


David R. MacDonald, 47 Sherborn Street .


Norman H. Magnuson, 154 Palmer Street 193


*John T. Reynolds, 6 Newton Road. 387


Blanks 713


PRECINCT EIGHT - THREE YEARS


*Daniel A. Healy, Jr., 36 Jason Street 531


*Raymond P. Hudson, 7 Field Road . 524


*Richard D. Medley, Jr., 15 Churchill Avenue 573


*Ralph F. Tuller, 5 Lincoln Street. . 483


Arthur P. Alexander, 904 Massachusetts Avenue 188


*John F. Atwood, 71 Bartlett Avenue 515


Arthur H. Brickett, 54 Iroquois Road 269


Christopher J. Cammarata, 106 Spring Street 324


Blanks 648


*Elected


49


TOWN RECORDS


PRECINCT NINE - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


John E. Bowler, 27 Central Street 189


Fred L. Chase, Jr., 30 Lake Shore Drive 182


*Carl Henry Freyer, 98 Hutchinson Road 297


Aubrey C. Tobey, 36 Fox Meadow Lane. 114


William F. Van Tassell, 15 Morningside Drive. 130


Blanks 111


PRECINCT NINE - THREE YEARS


*Brewster Ames, 181 Mystic Street 584


*John B. Byrne, Jr., 7 Bacon Street. 605


*Helen Alderson Clifford, 2 Morningside Drive 521


Robert W. Porteus, 38 Frost Street 452


*Daniel A. Purcell, 90 Stowecroft Road 596


Stephan Aghazarian, 82 Beverly Road . 250


Charles C. Grebert, 75 Beverly Road . 236


Paul Minasian, 72 College Avenue 180


*Daniel W. Shea, Jr., 1 Chestnut Street 577


*Maude Thompson, 66 Hutchinson Road Kenneth R. Toomey, 7 Kimball Road. 429


514


Blanks


1194


PRECINCT TEN - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


John V. Curry, 11 Stevens Terrace 125


Richard L. Healy, 35 Fayette Street . 74


*Edward J. Murray, 107 Highland Avenue . 257


Marion F. Root, 51 Eustis Street . . 175


Charles D. Surette, Jr., 19 Glenburn Road. 122


Blanks


50


PRECINCT TEN - THREE YEARS


*Bernard G. Hutchinson, 10 Murray Street 482


*Kenneth H. Joel, 68 Grand View Road . 503


*Phyllis C. Paskauskas, 101 Scituate Street 452


*Hans Tobiason, 191 Newport Street 491


Madelaine I. Barbano, 67 Highland Avenue. 263


Margaret M. Hutchinson, 10 Murray Street


260


Christina Foohey McCaffrey, 29 Albermarle Street. 224


Richard H. Power, 15 Puritan Road . 264


342


*Kenneth G. Sharkey, 70 Bellington Street. Blanks 734


PRECINCT ELEVEN - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


Nancy F. Cahill, 7 Carl Road 222


*Leonard D. Clark, 256 Mountain Avenue 414


Ben R. Cole, 74 Oak Hill Drive . 296


Eileen P. Hughes, 24 Greeley Circle 156


Blanks 121 .


*Elected


50


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


PRECINCT ELEVEN - THREE YEARS


*Haig John Adamian, 57 Richfield Road 492


*Joseph S. Daly, 143 Washington Street 756


*Donald F. Green, 167 Washington Street 559


*William B. Manning, 263 Washington Street . 626


*William E. Taylor, 34 Governor Road. 496


Stanley M. Whitman, Jr., 79 Richfield Road. 386


Ellen A. Belliveau, 163 Summer Street . 283


*John J. Bilafer, 59 Cutter Hill Road . Paul Russell Campbell, 7 Martin Street


305


John G. Chalas, 4 Greenwood Road.


91


*Philip G. Clark, 285 Washington Street .


526


Aram K. Conragan, Jr., 211 Forest Street. John J. Hourihan, III, 11 Grove Street Place


358


Thomas M. Kelly, 20 Pine Street .


398


Frank E. Kirkland, 35 Stone Road


166


Lawrence A. Moseley, 45 Dickson Avenue


201


Margaret M. Silva, 43 Pine Street 269


Blanks 1779


PRECINCT TWELVE - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


Paul F. Flynn, 24 Elmore Street 252


William O. Hughes, 12 Higgins Street . 217


*John Patrick Kedian, 37 Menotomy Road . 327


Blanks 70


PRECINCT TWELVE - THREE YEARS


*Grace H. Ashton, 84 Oakland Avenue 650


*Frederick L. Bloodsworth, 19 Linden Street 575


*William J. Frost, 94 Robbins Road. 657


*Horace D. Hill, 56 Fountain Road. 627


*Horace H. Homer, 48 Florence Avenue . 622


*Robert B. Wilton, 35 Chester Street . .


512


James J. Bagnall, Jr., 30 Florence Avenue 236


Robert A. O'Neil, 41 Kenilworth Road. 391


Blanks


926


PRECINCT THIRTEEN - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)


Elizabeth M. Doherty, 89 Sunset Road. 228


*Seward P. Jarvis, 500 Summer Street. . 244


Charles F. Morris, 615 Summer Street. 137


John J. Mulcahy, 80 Westminster Avenue 145


Blanks . 79


PRECINCT THIRTEEN - THREE YEARS


Joseph J. Doyle, 48 Peirce Street 372


Paul A. Dunkerley, 50 Alpine Street . 349


*John W. Madden, 508 Summer Street 417


Francis E. McKenna, 104 Wright Street 314


*Warren E. O'Leary, 64 Sunset Road . 428


*David C. Snowdon, 84 Park Avenue Extension. 391


Paul J. Bilafer, 158 Lowell Street 372


*Elected


564


208


51


TOWN RECORDS


Werner A. Carlson, Jr., 19 Washington Avenue


327


*Stephen F. Kelleher, 592 Summer Street . 377


Harold G. Larson, 30 Berkeley Street. 362


*Ronald H. McCall, 65 Newland Road . 420


Blanks


869 . .


PRECINCT FOURTEEN - TWO YEARS (to fill vacancy)


Janet Allosso, 209 Sylvia Street. 106


Joseph P. Bane, 7 Nicod Street 79


Andrew Canzanelli, Jr., 477 Appleton Street 220


Walter L. Martin, 41 Kilsythe Road 268


Ruth S. Milley, 37 Golden Avenue. 135


*Robert B. Walsh, 89 Dow Avenue


431


Blanks


135


PRECINCT FOURTEEN - THREE YEARS


*George H. Anderson, 180 Charlton Street 612


*William A. Barnstead, 311 Appleton Street 839


*Everett E. Colburn, 143 Waverley Street. . 562


*John H. Greim, 293 Renfrew Street 607


*Joseph J. Kelley, 45 Dow Avenue . 672


*Edward G. Murray, 83 Valentine Road 612


*Lucille H. Yeaton, 56 George Street . George M. Bilafer, 6 Hathaway Circle 339


528


Charles N. Brennecke, 62 Wollaston Avenue 383


459


C. Richard Coffey, 35 Dundee Road


452


John J. Finnerty, 32 Browning Road .


247


Gordon J. Hannaford, 19 Nicod Street .


254


David A. Hunt, 137 Renfrew Street .


417


Thomas D. Kenna, Jr., 60 Hathaway Circle


338


Lorenzo O. Merola, 24 Nicod Street ..


199


Doris M. Ouellette, 43 Arnold Street


264


Harlan P. Smith, 69 Wollaston Avenue


394


William J. Squires, 307 Park Avenue 311


324


Blanks


2179


All used and unused ballots, tally sheets, total vote sheets, voting lists, and all other records pertaining to the Town Election, properly signed and sealed, were delivered to the Town Clerk to be preserved by her during the time required by law.


The persons declared elected town officers, including town meeting members, were notified as required by the General Laws.


A true record.


ATTEST:


Ann Mahon Town Clerk


In accordance with Section 61 of Chapter 51 of the General Laws, the return of the registered voters in Arlington at the close of registration for the Town Election on February 14, 1961, was forwarded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.


Elected


Paul W. Worcester, 78 George Street


*Paul M. Cochran, 47 Sutherland Road


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


The results of the count of votes cast at the Town Election were for- warded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.


In accordance with Section 132 of Chapter 54 of the General Laws, the total number of voters checked on the voting lists in each precinct was for- warded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.


In connection with the work of the Department of Corporations and Taxation, a list of Town Officials was forwarded to the Director of Accounts.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 20, 1961


Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington by a constable of said Town, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk at least seven days before the day of the meeting to the town meeting members elected and qualified to act in town meetings in Arlington under the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, as amended, and published in the local newspapers as re- quired by the Town's By-Laws, the town meeting members met in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, March 20, 1961, at eight o'clock in the even- ing. The Warrant calling the meeting served as the notice sent by mail to the town meeting members by the Town Clerk.


Certificates were filed with the Town Clerk by the Chairman and Clerks of Precincts 13 and 14 relative to meetings held on March 16 and March 20, respectively, and of the elections to fill town meeting vacancies until the next annual election, as follows:


Precinct 13 - Joseph J. Doyle, 48 Peirce Street, to fill the vacancy arising from the failure of the registered voters in such precinct to elect the full number of town meeting members;


Precinct 14 - Ruth S. Milley, 37 Golden Avenue, to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation of Dorothy A. Vahey, whose term was to expire in 1962.


Lists of the duly qualified town meeting members were used at the en- trances to the meeting place and were in charge of Mary A. Farrington and James. E. Sweeney. The lists contained the names of two hundred forty-two (242) town meeting members and nine (9) town meeting members at large qualified to participate and vote in town meetings in Arlington.


The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting by the checkers showed that two hundred twenty-two (222) town meeting members and nine (9) town meeting members at large (92% of total-251) attended the meeting.


Philip H. Burt was sworn by the Town Clerk as Stenographer to im- partially and correctly report the proceedings of the meeting to the best of his ability.


The Moderator, Lawrence E. Corcoran, declaring a quorum present, called the meeting to order at 8:07 P.M.


The meeting was opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the assembly accompanied by Mr. Anton Kovar, pianist, and Mr. Richard Laman, trumpeter, both of the School Department.


The invocation was given by Reverend Halsey I. Andrews, Rector of Saint John's Episcopal Church.




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