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Voted to pass over.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Ac- countant to close out the unexpended balance of the following appropria- tion, the purpose of which has been completed : Fire Department Equipment $401.32, or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by Advisory Board. )
Voted the Town Accountant be authorized to close out the unexpended balance of the Fire Department Equipment of $401.32.
Article 15. Will the Town vote to appoint a committee to consider a suitable memorial to our men and women in the Armed Forces and bring before the next Town Meeting as many ideas as they may deem advisable, or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by Advisory Board. )
Voted the Moderator appoint a committee to consider a suitable me-
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morial to our men and women in the Armed Forces and bring before the next Town Meeting as many ideas as they may deem advisable.
Committee appointed under this Article as follows: A. Ralph Gordon, chairman; John D. Murphy, Alan C. Virtue, Edwin S. Parker, Helen Lin- coln, John G. Marland, Grace E. Cole, Theodore M. Dyer, Edith W. Keefe, Alfred J. Wilson, Frank W. Rounds.
Article 16. Will the Town vote to instruct the Selectmen with the aid of any committee they may wish to appoint to assist them; to bring in one or more plans for the Town to accept the land, as mentioned in the will of Henry Barton Jacobs containing approximately 120 acres, including Jacobs Pond; or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by Advisory Board. )
Voted to instruct the Selectmen, with the aid of any committee they may wish to appoint to assist them, to bring in one or more plans for the Town to accept the land, as mentioned in the will of Henry Barton Jacobs, containing approximately 120 acres, including Jacobs Pond.
The committee appointed under this Article consists of: Thomas Leav- itt, chairman; William D. Jacobs, Sydney S. Dean, Ralph L. Ripley, Alan C. Virtue.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out the first to sixth sections inclusive, therefore, or take some other action in relation thereto. (Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of not more than seven, not more than one-third of that committee being of the former committee, to consider the revision of the Zoning By-Laws, they to hold a public hear- ing if necessary, and report at the next Town Meeting.
The committee appointed under this Article to consider the revision of the Zoning By-Laws consists of: Henry R. Sewell, chairman; Donald C. Wilder, Kenneth A. Torrey, Clement R. Thomas, Louis C. Osberg, Hum- phrey W. Turner, James H. Barnard.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for sav- ings banks, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer to purchase $15,000 worth of U. S. Treasury Bonds, Series G, to be paid for out of the Surplus Overlay.
Article 19. Will the Town vote to instruct the Selectmen to accept as a gift the land and building thereon now occupied by Fire House No. 3 on Tiffany Road and instruct the Selectmen to survey the land and record the deed, or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to accept as a gift the land and build- ing thereon now occupied by Fire House No. 3 on Tiffany Road and instruct the Selectmen to survey the land and record the deed.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1945 and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. (Approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a
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note or notes therefore, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws.
Article 21. Will the Town act with the Town of Hanover to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assinippi. (Approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted that the Town act with the Town of Hanover to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell, and Broadway, Han- over, and at Assinippi.
Article 22. Will the Town give any instructions to Town officers? -
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to start a plan of the property in the Town of Norwell.
Voted that the Selectmen appoint a committee of three Norwell par- ents with children in the Norwell schools, to act with the School Committee and bring in a recommendation at the next Town Meeting as to the advis- ability of a new primary school building, either as an addition to the present High School or as a separate unit.
Committee oppointed under this Article consists of : Emily Ripley (Mrs. Ralph L.), Tiffany Road ; Margaret McMullan (Mrs. Richard), Main Street; Beatrice Thomas (Mrs. Clement), High Street.
Voted to instruct the School Committee to dispose of the woodshed and outside toilet at the Centre Primary school-both of which buildings are an eye-sore and worthless.
Article 23. What salary and compensation will the Town vote to pay all its elected officers in accordance with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws. (Approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted that town pay all its elected officers the same salary and com- pensation as in 1943. This in accordance with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.
Selectmen-chairman, $300; other members, $100.00.
Assessors-chairman, $300; other members, $100.00; while assessing $5.00 per day.
Board of Public Welfare-chairman, $300.00; other members, $100.00. Town Clerk-$600.00.
Town Treasurer-$500.00.
Tax Collector-$800.00.
Moderator-$10.00.
Board of Health-secretary, $100.00; other members, $25.00 each. School Committee-secretary, $150.00; other members, $75.00 each. Highway Surveyor-$4.50 per day.
Tree Warden-$4.50 per day.
The two fish rights were purchased by Sydney Dean at $1.50 each. Meeting adjourned until Saturday, March 11, 1944 at 11 A. M.
Attest : NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Town Clerk.
SUBSEQUENT MEETING FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS, March 11, 1944
Pursuant to the warrant, the qualified voters met and took up Article 24: To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk for one year: one Selectman, one Assessor and one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, a Moder- ator and a Tree Warden, for one year; one member of the School Commit-
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tee for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Trustee for the William J. Leonard Memorial Library for three years.
The polls opened at 11 A. M. and closed at 7 P. M.
The Moderator, Cecil E. Whitney, acted as Presiding Election Officer. Harry G. Pinson was in charge of the ballot box. Other officers were Ethel C. Turner, Eleanor Gaudette, James A. Liddell, Albert Cava- nagh, Carrie Newcomb, Edith Osberg, Martha Henderson.
Names checked in, 593. Names checked out, 593. Reading on ballot box, 593. Ballots taken from box, 593, of which 8 were absentee votes.
Upon being canvassed and counted, the result was as follows:
MODERATOR-For One Year
Cecil E. Whitney 455
Henry Sewell
2
Frederick Cheever 1
Humphrey Turner 1
Thomas Finnegan 1
Ralph Gordon
1
Lyonal Forkey
1
Alfred J. Wilson
2
Blanks 129
TOWN CLERK-For One Year
Nellie L. Sparrell 532
Ralph Gordon 1
Blanks 60
SELECTMAN-For Three Years
Ralph H. Coleman 496
Lyonal D. Forkey 88
Blanks 9
ASSESSOR-For Three Years
Ralph H. Coleman 495
Lyonal D. Forkey
85
Blanks 13
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-For Three Years
Ralph H. Coleman 492
Lyonal D. Forkey 89
Blanks 12
TREASURER-For One Year
Margaret Crowell 525
John D. R. Woodworth
1
Blanks 68
TAX COLLECTOR-For One Year
Donald C. Wilder 524
Blanks 69
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For Three Years
Nellie L. Sparrell 520
Lee Turner
1
John Kenerson 1
Blanks 71
BOARD OF HEALTH-For Three Years
John D. R. Woodworth 131
Horace Gaudette 2
Ralph Gordon 1
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Dr. Weller
3
Dr. Frank Rounds
1
George Cavanagh
1
Dr. Marshall Bailey
1
Lyman Wadsworth
Sydney Dean
Alan Virtue
Don Porter
Ralph Coleman
1 1
Ruth Simpson
2
Mrs. Ernest Knight
1 1
Perry H. Osborn
Harold G. Dutton
Humphrey Turner
William O. Prouty
1
Lloyd R. Farrar
1 3
Richard Gaudette
Margaret Crowell
1
Samuel Turner
1 1
A. Maxwell
1
Lorenzo Marston
2 1
Constance Dillon
1
Nellie L. Sparrell
Blanks 426
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR-For One Year
Perry H. Osborn 496
Blanks 97
TREE WARDEN-For One Year
John T. Osborn 493
Blanks 100
TRUSTEE WILLIAM J. LEONARD LIBRARY-For Three Years
William O. Prouty 486
Ida Ross 1
Walter A. Johnson 1
R. H. Coleman 1
Blanks 104
The Town Clerk, Selectman, Assessor, Member of the Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Member of School Committee, and Highway Surveyor, were each sworn in by Cecil E. Whitney, who in turn was sworn in by the Town Clerk, Nellie L. Sparrell.
The meeting was dissolved.
Attest :
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES-APRIL 25, 1944
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed and return thereof made by Lloyd B. Henderson, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall Tuesday, the 25th Day of April at 12 o'clock noon and took the following action :
James A. Liddell was the presiding election officer and Harry G. Pinson was in charge of the ballot box. Other election officers were: Albert
3 1 1
1 1
Minot F. Williamson
Florence Damon
1
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Cavanagh, Mattie Henderson, Edith Osberg, Carrie Newcomb, Ethel Turner, Eleanor Gaudette, A. Lester Scott.
Names checked in, 54. Names checked out, 54. Reading on ballot box, 54. Ballots taken from box, 54.
Upon being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons:
Republican
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Group
50
Leverett Saltonstall
52
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 52
Sinclair Weeks 52
Louise M. Williams
50
George B. Rowell
50
Margaret A. Green
52
George F. Booth
50
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Group
41
Katherine G. Howard
43
Laurence Curtis
44
Doris M. A. Kundig
41
Rosa M. Levis
41
Horace E. Handford
43
Carolyn L. Purcell
44
J. Edward Lajoie
42
DISTRICT DELEGATES TO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 9th DISTRICT
Joseph F. Frances 45
47
Not Grouped
0
George H. Young
38
ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION 9th DISTRICT
43
Aurare B. Surprenant
41
STATE COMMITTEE
37
Josephine E. Clark
36
TOWN COMMITTEE
Pauline W. Leonard
49
Chester A. Bell
47
Henrietta T. Virtue
48
Isabella F. Fogg
50
Nellie L. Sparrell
49
Thomas Leavitt
47 48
Sydney S. Dean
47
Dorothy G. Lind
48
Eleanor E. Weare
46
Louis W. Wheeler
48
Horace !S. Johnson
46
Donald C. Wilder
49
Archibald R. Gordon
48
Robert E. French
Group 45
Josephine E. Clark
Frederick H. Lutz
John T. Osborn
56
NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
William D. Turner
49
Wayland S. Bailey
48
Democratic
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
David I. Walsh
2
William J. Foley
2
Joseph E. Casey
2
James M. Curley
2
William H. Burke, Jr.
2
Frank W. Tomasello
2
John W. McCormack
2
Maurice J. Tobin
2
Joseph B. Ely
2
Margaret M. O'Riordan
2
Charles F. Hurley
2
Mathias La Pierre
2
Group
2
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Elizabeth L. McNamara
2
John Zielinski
2
Joseph K. Zemaitis
2
Joseph M. McDonough
2
Samuel Michelman
2
Charles Kaplan
2
Mary Maliotis
2
Paul V. McDonough
2
Clementina Langone
2
Silas F. Taylor
2
Bernard J. Killion
2
Catherine E. Hanifin
2
Group
2
DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION 9th DISTRICT
Group
2
Helen L. Buckley
2
Louis A. Cordeiro
2
Antonio England
2
Edward C. Peirce
2
ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION 9th DISTRICT
Group
2
Albert M. Heath
2
Noemi C. Hinkley
2
Henry Landreville
2
Vincent O'Neil
2
STATE COMMITTEE
0
Helen L. Buckley
0
Meeting dissolved.
Edward A. Sheehan
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Town Clerk.
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STATE PRIMARY-JULY 11, 1944
Pursuant to a Warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly exe- cuted and return thereof made by Lloyd B. Henderson, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Tuesday, the eleventh day of July, 1944, at 12 o'clock noon and took the following action:
James A. Liddell opened the polls as presiding election officer and was relieved by A. Lester Scott at 2:15 P. M. Other officers were: Ethel Turner, Eleanor Gaudette, Albert Cavanagh, Carrie Newcomb, Edith Osberg, Martha Henderson, Ralph H. Coleman.
Harry Pinson was in charge of the ballot box. The presiding officer publicly opened the ballot box, showed it to be empty, locked same and gave the key to the constable. The register was zero which fact was recorded by the clerk. The polls were closed at 8 P. M. by A. Lester Scott.
Three hundred names were checked on the voting lists and the ballot box registered 300. When canvassed and counted, the result was as fol- lows: 293 Republican and 7 Democratic votes.
Republican GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill 237
Blanks 56
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Robert F. Bradford
123
Jarvis Hunt
55
Rudolph F. King 90
Daniel E. McLean
3
William H. McMasters
8
Blanks
14
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook
258
Blanks
35
Fred J. Burrell
112
Laurence Curtis
154
Blanks
27
AUDITOR
Frank A. Goodwin 158
Wallace E. Stearns
22
Russell A. Wood
88
Blanks
25
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
179
Charles Fairhurst
23
James E. Farley
64
Blanks
27
SENATOR IN CONGRESS (To Fill Vacancy)
274
Blanks
19
CONGRESSMAN (9th DISTRICT)
Charles L. Gifford
259
Blanks 34
TREASURER
Clarence A. Barnes
Leverett Saltonstall
58
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COUNCILLOR (2nd DISTRICT)
Clayton L. Havey
251
Blanks
42
SENATOR
Newland H. Holmes
255
Blanks
38
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT (3rd PLYMOUTH DISTRICT)
Nathaniel Hurwitz 159
Edgar T. Brickett
10
Gerald E. Bruen
1
M. Lincoln Simpson Blanks
7
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY)
Frederic T. Bailey
154
Elva M. Bent
93
Norman G. MacDonald
183
Blanks
156
SHERIFF
261
Blanks
32
Democratic
Francis X. Hurley
3
Maurice J. Tobin
4
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
John B. Carr
4
Alfred P. Farese
0
Alexander F. Sullivan
0
John S. Sullivan
2
Blanks
1
SECRETARY
2
Margaret M. O'Riordan
2
Blanks
3
TREASURER
2
Francis C. McKenna
0
Michael A. O'Leary
1
John F. Welch
2
Blanks
2
AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley
4
Blanks
3
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
John J. Backus
3
Francis D. Harrigan
0
Francis E. Kelly
3
Joseph M. McDonough
0
Blanks
1
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
John H. Corcoran
3
0
Joseph A. Langone, Jr. Joseph Lee
2
116
Charles H. Robbins
GOVERNOR
John M. Bresnahan
John E. Hurley
59
TOWN OF NORWELL
Richard M. Russell 2
William McAuliffe
CONGRESSMAN (9th DISTRICT)
4
Blanks
COUNCILLOR (2nd DISTRICT)
Samuel George Thorner
4
Blanks
3
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT (3rd PLYMOUTH DISTRICT) No candidate submitted.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY)
4
Thomas A. McCann
1
Blanks
2
George F. Adams
2
Blanks
5
Meeting dissolved.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTION
Pursuant to a Warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly exe- cuted and return thereof made by Lloyd B. Henderson, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall on November 7, 1944, and took the following action: Polls opened at 6 A. M. and closed at 8 P. M.
A. Lester Scott, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, was the presid- ing election officer. Other officers were James A. Liddell, Ralph H. Cole- man, Ethel Turner, Eleanor Gaudette, Alice Merritt, Margaret Crowell, Al- bert Cavanagh, Jr., Carrie Newcomb, Helen Norris, Annie Merritt, Blanche Pinson and Harry Pinson, the last named presiding at the ballot box.
One thousand seventy names were checked on the lists and the ballot box registered 1070. Upon being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons:
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT 808
Dewey and Bricker
234
Teichert and Albaugh
1
Watson and Johnson
0)
Blanks
27
GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill
813
Maurice J. Tobin
243
Henning A. Blomen
2
Guy S. Williams
0
Blanks
12
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Robert F. Bradford
857
John B. Carr 177
Alfred Erickson
6
3
Henry J. Pomeroy
SHERIFF
Roosevelt and Truman
60
NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
George Lee McGlynn Blanks
2
28
SECRETARY OF STATE
Frederic W. Cook
909
Margaret M. O'Riordan
124
Horace Hillis
2
Blanks
35
TREASURER
Fred J. Burrell
773
John E. Hurley
236
Herbert Crabtree
5
Earle L. Smith
1
Blanks
55
AUDITOR
Thomas Buckley
239
Frank A. Goodwin
776
Gote Elvel Palmquist
6
Charles E. Vaughan Blanks
48
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Clarence A. Barnes
830
Francis E. Kelly
185
Fred E. Oelcher
3
Howard B. Rand
1
Blanks
51
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
John Corcoran
123
Leverett Saltonstall
912
Bernard G. Kelly
2
E. Tallmadge Root
3
Blanks
30
CONGRESSMAN
Charles L. Gifford
861
Blanks
51
COUNCILLOR
Clayton L. Havey
843
Samuel G. Thorner
149
Blanks
78
SENATOR
Newland H. Holmes
853
Theodore S. Luddington 146
Blanks
71
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Nathaniel Hurwitz
878
Blanks
192
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
845
Elva M. Bent
614
Thomas A. McCann
136
Henry J. Pomeroy
109
Blanks
436
Frederic T. Bailey
William McAuliffe 158
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SHERIFF
George F. Adams 167
Charles H. Robbins 816
Blanks 87
QUESTION NO. 1-Proposed amendment to the Constitution to provide a fair, concise summary of each proposed amendment to the Constitu- tion and each law submitted to the people, under the initiative and the referendum, and certain changes relative to the filing of initiative petitions.
Yes 526
No 90
Blanks
454
QUESTION NO. 2-Proposed amendment to the Constitution to provide that the General Court may prescribe the terms and conditions under which pardons of offenses which are felonies may be granted. Yes 362
No 256
Blanks 452
QUESTION NO. 3-Proposed amendment to the Constitution restoring annual sessions of the General Court and an annual budget.
Yes
261
No 375
Blanks 434
QUESTION NO. 4-Proposed amendment to the Constitution providing for absent voting by qualified voters who by reasons of physical dis- ability are unable to vote in person.
Yes
No 76
Blanks 432
QUESTION NO. 5-Law submitted upon referendum after passage author- izing Beano and Whist.
Yes
466
No 156
Blanks 400
ALL ALCOHOLIC-1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all alcoholic beverages) ?
Yes 446
No 373
Blanks 251
WINES AND MALT BEVERAGES-2. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
Yes 479
No 323
Blanks 268
PACKAGE STORES-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 652
No 205
Blanks
213
Meeting adjourned.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
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CONVENTION OF TOWN CLERKS Third Plymouth Representative District
On the seventeenth day of November, A. D. 1944, the Town Clerks of Hingham, Cohasset, Hull and Norwell, said towns comprising the Third Plymouth Representative District, assembled at the office of the Town Clerk in Hingham at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose of examining the returns of votes given in and determine who had been elected to represent said District in the General Court, proceeded to canvass said returns and found the ballots given in for the candidates to be as follows:
Hingham 3880
Cohasset 1560
Hull 1217
Norwell 878
Total
Nathaniel Hurwitz
7535
Philip P. Patch
1
1
Blanks
748
278
523
192
1741
Total
4629
1838
1740
1070
9277
It appearing that Nathaniel Hurwitz of Margin Street, Cohasset, had received a plurality of the votes given in, a certificate of election was issued him.
WILLIAM L. HOWARD, Town Clerk of Hingham WILLIAM M. MORRIS, Town Clerk of Cohasset ANDREW F. POPE, Town Clerk of Hull NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Town Clerk of Norwell
RECOUNT OF BALLOTS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN NORWELL December 7, 1944
In accordance with an order from the Secretary's' Office, the Registrars of Voters met at the Town Office Thursday, December 7, 1944, at 1:30 P. M. and recounted all the ballots cast in Norwell for the office of Attorney General at the election, November 7, 1944. The result was found to be as follows:
1 Clarence A. Barnes
830
Francis E. Kelly
182
NORWELL-GAL. SEVEN
Fred E. Oelcher
3
Howard B. Rand
1
Blanks 53
An amended return was made to the office of the Secretary of State forthwith.
HARRY G. PINSON, CHARLES G. PROUTY, NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Registrars of Voters.
Attest :
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Town Clerk.
DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1944
198 Males @ $2.00 $396.00
50 Females @ $5.00 250.00
73 Spayed Females @ $2.00 146.00
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2 Kennell @ $25.00
50.00
Fees
64.60
Paid to Town Treasurer
$777.40
FISH AND GAME LICENSES ISSUED IN 1944
19 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $ 38.00
116.00
58 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00
39 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 126.75
11 Female and Minor Fishing Licenses @ $1.25 13.75
10.50
2 Resident Citizens Trapping Licenses @ $5.25
4 Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses (70 years and over)-Free
8 Resident Military and Naval Sporting Licenses-Free
Fees
32.25
Forwarded to Division of Fisheries and Game
$272.75
LIST OF PERSONS QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS JURORS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL From July 1, 1943 to July 1, 1944
Avon, Victor, Insurance
Baird, Alan C., Salesman
Barlow, Chester F., Carpenter
Barnard, James H., Wool Broker
Bittenbender, S. Theodore, Manufacturer
Blackhall, Allan J., Salesman
River Street
Davis, John A., Farmer
Main Street
Dean, Sydney S., Real Estate
River Street
Dyer, Arthur H., Machinist
Dyer, Theodore M., Installation Engineer
Gardner, Jared A., Photographer
Graves, Elmer A., Retired
Stetson Road Stetson Road Pine Street Prospect Street Stetson Road
Monto, William W., Poultryman
High Street
Oakman, Stanley W., Farmer Perry, Gardner, Farmer
Bowker Street High Street
Sousa, Joseph B., Laborer
Common Street High Street
Torrey, Kenneth A., Accountant
Wheeler, Louis W., Merchant
Washington Street Washington Street
LIST OF PERSONS QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS JURORS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL From July 1, 1944, to July 1, 1945 .
Avon, Victor, Insurance Baird, Alan C., Salesman
Assinippi Avenue : River Street
Assinippi Avenue River Street High Street Main Street Mt. Blue Street
Hall, James P., Insurance
River Street
Pike, Charles H., Insurance
Williams, Hiram B., Chemist
$842.00
$305.00
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Baldwin, Charles H., Ship Fitter
Barnard, James H., Wool Broker
Bittenbender, S. Theodore, Manufacturer
Cheever, Frederick L., Salesman
Dickman, John S., Machinist Dyer, Arthur H., Machinist Easton, John A., Retired
Forkey, Lyonal D., Proprietor
Fuller, Pierce, Personnel
Gardner, Jared A., Photographer
Graves, Elmer A., Retired Hall, James P., Insurance
Hills, William, Fore River Worker
Oakman, Stanley W., Farmer
Osborne, George W., Mechanic
High Street
Painten, Ralph, Salesman
River Street
Pike, Charles H., Insurance Ramsey, Harold, Salesman
Grove Street
Sousa, Joseph B., Laborer
Common Street
PERSONS DRAWN TO SERVE AS JURORS DURING 1944
Grand Jury
Feb. 7-Gardner Perry, Farmer Bowker Street
Traverse Jury
Feb. 15-Sydney Dean, Real Estate
River Street
March 14-William Monto, Poultryman
April 10-Kenneth Torrey, Accountant May 8-Chester Barlow, Carpenter
June 5-Louis Wheeler, Merchant
Washington Street
June 5-Allan J. Blackhall, Salesman
River Street Washington Street
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1944
January 28. Married in Durham, N. H., Donald Church Merritt of Norwell and Ruth Mary Sawin of Connersville, Indiana, by Emerson G. Hangen, Minister.
February 12. Married in Boston, W. Clarke Atwater, of Norwell and Mary W. Hedstrom (Warren) of Boston, by Palfrey Perkins, Clergyman.
February 17. Married in Boston, Lloyd Albert White of Norwell and Mary Elizabeth Connolly, of Dorchester, by Rev. John A. York.
February 27. Married in Rockland, Joseph Russell Adams and Mar- garet Roman, both of Norwell, by Rev. James F. Cassidy.
March 22. Married in Rockland, Walter David Braga of Norwell and Virginia Ripley Worden of Rockland, by Rev. Clarence E. Southard.
April 14. Married in Norwell, William Page McIntosh, Jr., of Buf- falo, W. Virginia and Betty Victoria Bartington of Hanover, by Myron C. Insko, Minister of the Gospel.
April 24. Married in Norwell, Albert C. Bates of Boston and Gladys Rollins of Glen Falls, N. Y., by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
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