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3,750.00
3,750.00
County Hospital (Estimate)
1,150.00
1,150.00
Voted to appropriate the dog tax refund for the use of schools. Voted that the money necessary to carry out the appropriations not otherwise provided for be raised by taxation and be assessed on the polls and estates of resident and on the estates of non-resident proprietors.
Article 5. Will the town vote to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from the surplus overlay to the Reserve Fund or act on anything relative thereto?
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to transfer $2,500.00 from the surplus overlay to the Reserve Fund.
Article 6. Will the town vote to raise the sum of $550.00 as requested by Fire Company No. 1 for tank truck or act on anything relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $550.00 for this purpose.
Article 7. Will the town vote to raise a sum of money to erect a flag pole on the site of the old flag pole in the triangle in front of the State Police Barracks or act on anything relative thereto.
(Advisory Board approved $100.00 for pole in front of Town Hall.)
Voted to appropriate $100.00 for flag pole.
Article 8. Will the town vote to raise the sum of $200.00 for an addition to the William J. Leonard Memorial Library or act on anything relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $200.00 for addition to Leonard Memorial Library.
Article 9. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the care of the First Parish Cemetery and repair of hurricane damage to said Ceme- tery; such money to be expended by the Trustees of the Cemetery and approved by the Selectmen.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted $250.00 for repairs on First Parish Cemetery in accordance with above article.
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Wash. St. Cemetery
200.00
Armistice Day
150.00
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Article 10. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to take care of a town dump.
($125.00 approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $125.00 for care of town dump.
Article 11. To make allowances to town creditors. Town of Hanover, $1,063.29. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $1,063.29 for Town of Hanover.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of maintaining, during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and choose a Town Director as provided in Chapter 128, Sections 41 and 45, of the General Laws.
($100.00 approved by the Advisory Board.)
Appropriation made under Article 4. William D. Jacobs named Town Director.
Article 14. Will the town vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to surface with tar or some other similar material that portion of Mt. Blue Street from Central Street to Lincoln Street as petitioned by residents and taxpayers of that section or act on anything relative thereto.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to indefinitely postpone.)
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Accountant to close out the unexpended balances on the following appropriations, the purpose of which has been completed: Fire Department Equipment, $81.01; W. P. A. School Grading, $4.06; W. P. A. Removal of Trees from Highways, $1.74.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that he be so authorized.
Article 16. Will the town vote to allow the Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare to meet one evening a week or act on anything relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that they be authorized to meet one evening a week.
Article 17. Will the town vote to allow the Selectmen to hire a full time clerk to act for the Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare or act on anything relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to authorize them to hire a clerk.
Article 18. Will the town vote to have a committee appointed to bring in at the next town meeting suggestions as to building or zoning laws or draft any by-laws relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee to bring in at the next annual Town Meeting suggestions as to building and zoning laws and to draft by-laws rela- tive thereto. The Moderator appointed A. R. Gordon, Chairman, A. Lester Scott, Samuel S. Sylvester, 2nd, Sidney E. Dean, Francis E. MacFarlane, Loring H. Jacobs, Clement R. Thomas, Lionel Forkey and Humphrey W. Turner.
Article 19. Will the town vote to have one or more committees appointed to look into the question of water districts in different sections of the town or act on anything relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
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Voted that the Moderator appoint three committees of three members each repre- senting each section of the town to look into the matter and report at the next meeting.
The Moderator appointed for the South Ward, Edward B. Haskins, Chairman, Charles A. Harris, Henry J. Tolman. East Ward, Henry R. Sewall, Chairman, Irving R. Henderson, Alan C. Virtue. West Ward, Arthur L. Merritt, Chairman, William O. Prouty, Arthur E. Appleford. He also appointed Henry R. Sewall General Chairman in case said water committees should decide to combine their investigations. Mr. Harris resigned and Ralph L. Ripley was appointed in his stead.
Article 20. Will the town vote to abolish the election of Constables after the March election of 1940.
Voted not to elect Constables after March election of this year.
Article 21. Will the town vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint two (2) Constables annually from March 1941.
Voted that Selectmen be instructed to appoint two Constables annually.
Article 22. Will the town vote to accept the Rotary Traffic circle as laid out by the Department of Public Safety or act on anything relative thereto.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed not to accept the traffic circle as laid out. Article 23. Will the town vote to accept Chapter 152 of the Acts of 1939.
"An Act requiring action of city councils accepting provisions of law perinitting absentee voting at regular city elections to be taken at least ninety days before the first elections to which such provisions will apply. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
"Section one hundred and three A of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws, inserted therein by section one of chapter three hundred and thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and as most recently amended by section one of chapter seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby further amended by adding, after the word 'charter', in the sixth line, the words :- at a meeting held not less than ninety days before the regular city election,-so that the first paragraph will read as follows :- Sections eighty six to one hundred and three, inclusive, of this chapter and sections twenty-seven and thirty-four of chapter fifty-six shall, so far as applicable, apply to regular city elections in any city which accepts this section by vote of its city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, at a meeting held not less than ninety days before the regular city election, and to regular town elections in any town which accepts this section at any annual meeting or any special town meeting held not less than ninety days before an annual meeting. All the rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred and imposed upon the state secretary by said sections shall, with respect to said city and town elections, be exer- cised and performed by the clerk of such city or town, and, in construing said sections for the purposes of this section, any reference to state elections shall be considered as referring to said city or town elections in such city or town."
Approved April 26, 1939.
Voted that the provisions of Chapter 152 of the Acts of 1939 be accepted by this town.
Article 24. 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 January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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, General Laws.
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, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in ac- cordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article 25. 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 January 1, 1941, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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, General Laws.
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, 1941, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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, General Laws.
Article 26. 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.
Voted to continue to act with Hanover in maintaining lights at these points.
Article 27. Will the town give any instructions to town officers?
Voted that Highway Surveyor tar prepared portion of Mt. Blue St. out of 1940 appropriation and balance prepared for 1941.
Voted that the Assessors be instructed to keep in touch with the Collector's Accounts and act if found unsatisfactory.
Voted to authorize the Selectmen to expend $150.00 from the Incidental Appropria- tion in clearing Pinehurst Cemetery.
Article 28: What salary and compensation will the town vote to pay all its elected officers in accordance with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws?
Voted the following salaries:
Chairman of Selectmen
$ 300.00
Other Members
100.00 each
Chairman of Assessors
300.00
Other Members
100.00 each
While Asessing
5.00 per day
Chairman Board of Public Welfare
300.00
Other Members
100.00
Town Clerk
600.00
Town Treasurer
500.00
Tax Collector
800.00
Highway Surveyor
4.50 per day
Tree Warden
4.50 per day
Secretary, School Committee
150.00
Other Members Committee
75.00 each
Secretary, Board of Health
100.00
Other Members Board of Health
25.00 each
Moderator
10.00
Article 29. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk; one Selectman, one As- sessor, and one member of the Board of Public Welfare, for three years; a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables, a Moderator and a Tree Warden for one year; one member of the School Committee 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.
At a subsequent meeting for the Election of Officers held March 9, 1940, action was taken on Article 29 as follows:
Polls were open from 11 A. M. to 7 P. M. Moderator Whitney acted as presiding election officer. The other officers on duty were A. Lester Scott, Ralph H. Coleman, Carlton O. Litchfield, Howard L. Jackson, Nelson A. Bennett, Mary DeMarchi, Arline 4. Smith. Harry G. Pinson of the Board of Registrars was in charge of the ballot box. 758 names were checked on the lists and ballot box register and the number
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of ballots cast agreed. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting the result was found to be as follows and was announced by the Moderator:
MODERATOR, For One Year
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR, For One Year
Cecil E. Whitney 566
Lowell MacLean
1
Herbert Lincoln
1
John Queen 1
J. Lyman Woodworth
4
Charles Pike
1
Harry Pinson
1
1 Blanks
183
TOWN CLERK, For One Year
Joseph F. Merritt
662
Lowell MacLean
1
Charles Baldwin Blanks
1
George Cavanagh
1
1 Wesley Osborne Blanks 1017
SELECTMAN, For Three Years
James A. Liddell
436
Alfred H. Prouty
301
Blanks 21
ASSESSOR, For Three Years
James A. Liddell
422
Alfred H. Prouty
303
Blanks
33
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE,
For Three Years
James A. Liddell
431
Alfred H. Prouty Blanks 36
291
TREE WARDEN, For One Year
John T. Osborn 586
George Jones 1
Charles Smith 1
Blanks 170
TAX COLLECTOR, For One Year
Alfred G. Hobson 208
Lorenzo D. F. Marston
121
Howard C. Maybury 54
Alfred H. Prouty 564
Donald C. Wilder 357
Pauline Leonard 1
James Liddell 1
Blanks
16
Blanks 192
The officers elect present were sworn in to their respective offices and the meeting was dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
Andrew Maxwell 316
Perry H. Osborn 420
Blanks 22
CONSTABLES, For One Year
J. Warren Foster 535
Frederic H. Hall 562
Lloyd B. Henderson 561
John T. Osborn
568
Bert I. Richardson
544
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For Three Years
Thomas S. Cann 298
Horace D. Gaudette 391
Blanks 69
BOARD OF HEALTH, For Three Years
Joseph F. Merritt 645
Raymond G. Vinal 3
Charles Baldwin 1
Blanks 109
TREASURER, For One Year
Herbert E. Robbins
637
Blanks
121
TRUSTEE WILLIAM J. LEONARD LIBRARY, For Three Years
For One Year
Harry Pinson 2
95
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STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1940
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters net in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall Tuesday, November 5, at 6 A. M. and took the following action. Ralph H. Coleman, Senior member of Board of Selectmen, acted as Presiding Election Officer; the other officers on duty were, A. Lester Scott, James A. Liddell, Mary DeMarchi, Arline Smith, Carlton O. Litchfield, Esther Whiting, Helen C. McLeod, Margaret Crowell, Ethel C. Turner. Harry G. Pinson of the Board of Registrars was in charge of the ballot box. 1044 names were checked as voting and 1044 ballots cast. The ballot box register agreed. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons:
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
Aiken and Orange, Socialist Labor 0 Roosevelt and Wallace, Democratic 247 Babson and Moorman, Prohibition 1 Thomas and Krueger, Socialist 1
Browder and Ford, Communist Blanks
17
GOVERNOR
Henning A. Blomen, Socialist
0 Otis Archer Hood, Communist 2
Jeffrey W. Campbell, Socialist
0 E. Tallmadge Root, Prohibition 1
Paul A. Dever, Democratic Blanks
209
Leverett Saltonstall, Republican 820
12
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill, Republican
833 Walter S. Hutchins, Socialist 4
Hugo DeGregory, Communist
1 George L. McGlynn, Socialist Labor 0
Owen A. Gallagher, Democratic Blanks
167 Guy S. Williams, Prohibition 1
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SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook, Republican
858 Modestino Torra, Socialist Labor 1
Katherine A. Foley, Democratic
144 Peter Wartiainen. Jr., Socialist 2
Thomas F. P. O'Dea, Communist
0 Blanks 39
TREASURER
John J. Donahue, Democratic Henry Grossman, Communist
Thomas Hamilton, Prohibition Blanks
6 Andrew Swenson, Socialist 58
AUDITOR
Arthur R. Buckley, Communist
5 Bernard G. Kelly, Socialist Labor 0
Thomas J. Buckley, Democratic
184 Harry W. Kimball, Prohibition 3
1 Russell A. Wood, Republican 101
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
James Henry Brennan, Democratic
173 Austin H. Fittz, Prohibition 2
Robert T. Bushnell, Republican
819 Charles R. Hill, Socialist 1
Joseph C. Figueiredo, Communist Blanks
2 Fred E. Oelcher, Socialist Labor 1
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SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Philip Frankfeld, Communist
1 Henry Parkman, Jr., Republican 723
Horace I. Hillis, Socialist Labor
0 George L. Thompson, Prohibition 2
George Lyman Paine, Socialist Blanks
1 David I. Walsh, Democratic 277
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147 William E. Hurley, Republican 828
1 Malcolm T. Rowe, Socialist Labor 1
3
Charles H. Daniels, Socialist Blanks
1 Willkie and McNary, Republican 777
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CONGRESSMAN Fifteenth District 173 Charles L. Gifford, Republican 806
George F. Backus, Democratic Blanks
65
COUNCILLOR Second District 312 Louis Shindler, Democratic 155
Clayton L. Havey, Republican Blanks
77
SENATOR Norfolk and Plymouth District
Helen L. Buckley, Democratic 182 Newland H. Holmes, Republican 75
787
Blanks
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Third Plymouth District
Robert P. Coyne, Democratic 175 John Q. Nowles, Republican 793
Blanks
76 CLERK OF COURTS Plymouth County
George C. P. Olsson, Republican
848
Blanks
196
REGISTER OF DEEDS Plymouth County
Edward C. Holmes, Republican 853 Blanks 191
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Plymouth County
Frederic T. Bailey, Republican 781 Barnicoat
1
Elva M. Bent, Republican 643 Blanks 663
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 city (or town) of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "YES" on all three questions.
(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 alcoholic 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 city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
Yes-330 No-480 Blanks-234
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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-381 No-392 Blanks-271
3. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
Yes-388 No-380 Blanks-276
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of old age assistance?"
Yes-479 No-235
Blanks-330
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth. the net proceeds of which shall provide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund?"
Yes-417
No-296
Blanks-331
Meeting dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING LICENSES-1940
29 Resident Fishing Licenses @ $2.00
$ 58.00
72 Resident Hunting Licenses @ $2.00
144.00
29 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25
94.25
8 Women's and Minor's @ $1.25
10.00
7 Sporting Licenses. free
Fees
$ 306.25
138 Licenses @ .25
34.50
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game
$ 271.75
DOG LICENSES FROM DECEMBER 1, 1939 TO DECEMBER 31, 1940
192 Males @ $2.00
$ 384.00
42 Females @ $5.00
210.00
60 Spayed @ $2.00
120.00
3 Kennel @@ $25.00
75.00
Fees
$ 789.00
297 Licenses @ .20
59.40
Paid Town Treasurer
$ 729.60
REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of Registration October 16. 1940. there were 1163 registered voters on the lists. 592 men, 571 women.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts CONVENTION OF TOWN CLERKS Third Plymouth Representative District
On the fifteenth day of November, A. D. 1940, the Town Clerks of Hingham, Hull, Cohasset and Norwell, said Towns comprising the Third Plymouth Representa- tive District, assembled at the office of the Town Clerk in Hingham at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of examing the returns of votes given in and determined who had been elected to represent said District in the General Court, to be holden at Boston on the first Wednesday of January next, proceeded to canvass said returns and found the ballots given in for the Candidates to be as follows:
Hingham
Hull
Cohasset
Norwell
Total
Robert P. Coyne
773
412
657
175
2017
John Q. Knowles
3309
1031
1130
793
6263
Blanks
219
104
89
76
488
Total
4301
1547
1876
1044
8768
It appearing that John Q. Knowles of Spring Street, Hull, has received a plurality of the votes given in, a certificate of election was issued to him.
WILLIAM L. HOWARD,
Town Clerk of Hingham.
ANDREW F. POPE,
Town Clerk of Hull.
WILLIAM H. MORRIS,
Town Clerk of Cohasset
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell.
RECOUNT OF BALLOTS CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT STATE ELECTION IN NORWELL NOVEMBER 5, 1940
In accordance with an order from the Secretary of State's office the Registrars of Voters met at the Town Office November 30 and recounted all the ballots cast for Governor in Norwell November 5, 1940. The result was found to be as follows:
Henning A. Blomen
1
Leverett Saltonstall 819
Jeffrey W. Campbell
1
Blanks 12
Paul A. Dever
208
Otis Archer Hood 2
Total Ballots
1044
E. Tallmage Root 1
WILLIAM O. PROUTY, HARRY G. PINSON, EDWARD B. HASKINS,
Registrars of Voters.
An amended return was sent to the Secretary of State's office forthwith.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1940
January 12. Married in Scituate, Charles Evans Leavitt and Maude Angela Godfrey, both of Norwell, by Rev. Allan D. Creelman.
January 27. Married in Norwell. William E. Bartels of Norwell and Elizabeth P. Findlay of Quincy, by Rev. C. H. Strippy.
February 4. Married in Norwell, Samuel Franklin Ames and Ruth Little, both of Hanover, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
March 24. Married in Hanover, Harold Sumner Wilder of Norwell and Margaret Elnora LeCain of Rockland, by Rev. Fred Rudder.
March 30. Married in Norwell. Walter Louis Wood and Marjorie Blanche Blake, both of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
April 2. Married in Hingham, James Cullen Thompson of Norwell and Jane Louise Harris of Hingham, by Rev. Francis W. Finnegan.
April 26. Married in Boston, Jonathan Story, Jr., of Norwell and Jessie Moore of New York City, by Charles Kaufman, Justice of the Peace.
May 6. Married in Hanover, Adelbert O. Gooch of Norwell and Natalie Fickett of Hanover, by Rev. Fred E. Rudder.
May 10. Married in Norwell, Harry C. Smith of Woburn and Marcine Anne Scotherne of Quincy, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
May 16. Married in Hull, Karl E. Danielson of Norwell and Vivian Marie Burns of Hull, by Rev. William C. Carroll.
May 30. Married in Quincy. Frank N. Geddes of Norwell and Lucy Philamenea Melanson of Quincy, by Rev. F. K. Daniels.
June 1. Married in Norwell, Alvin William Gardner of Hanover and Charlotte Turner of Scituate, by Rev. M. Topping.
June 8. Married in Weymouth, Robert Gilman Burnett and Ethel Florence Dobson, both of Norwell, by Rev. John Hatch Philbrick.
June 15. Married in Weymouth, Raymond E. Sharp of Norwell and Elizabeth H. Rossiter of Weymouth, by Rev. William G. Sewell.
June 16. Married in Rockland, Mathias Whiting Benner of Rockland and Eleanor Joseph of Norwell, by Rev. George R. Benner.
July 4. Married in Rockland, Lloyd Randall Farrar of Norwell and Martha Lillian McMorrow of Rockland, by Rev. Chester W. Ham.
July 7. Married in Norwell, Roger Prior Sollis and Flora Helen Holmes, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Frederick H. Kidder.
July 10. Married in Cohasset, William Burdick Silver of Cohasset and Jeannette Louise Porter of Norwell, by Rev. Charles W. Wilson.
July 27. Married in Boston. Edward C. Kempton and Mary C. Doherty, both of Norwell, by Rev. Henry N. O'Connor.
August 8. Married in Pembroke, David John Gauley of Norwell and Priscilla Alden Landers of Hanover, by Rev. Floyd L. Cook.
August 10. Married in Hingham, William Bradford Canterbury of Hingham and Marjorie Elaine Elliott of Norwell, by Rev. Daniel R. Magruder.
August 16. Married in Norwell, Henry Orcutt Kelley of Wayne, Pennsylvania and Cynthia Foss Robbins, by Rev. Edward L. Houghton.
August 18. Married in Norwell, Arthur Wesley Sides of Hanover and Marion Ellsworth Appleford of Norwell, by Rev. Fred Rudder.
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August 23. Married in Duxbury, John W. Randall of Marshfield and Gertrude E. Henderson of Norwell, by Rev. Allen Jacobs.
August 24. Married in Hanover, Kenneth Allen Johnson of Whitman and Edith Ramsdell Pike of Norwell, by Rev. Fred Rudder.
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