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Art. 40.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN ON THE LAYING OUT OF DEERING STREET
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, after giving due notice to all parties interested, have laid out for the use of the Town as a public way, described as follows :
This portion of Deering Street, being the extension of the present Town way known as Deering Street, between Middlesex Avenue and Dudley Street, and bounded and described as follows, viz .: the westerly line commences at a point on the northerly line of Dudley Street which is S 85° 10' E, a distance of 419.85 feet (measured along said
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northerly line ) from the easterly line of High Street; thence the line runs N 5º 20' 30" E, a distance of 177.75 feet to an angle, and thence N 30° 44' 30" W, a distance of 223.80 feet to a stone bound at the southwest corner of Middlesex Avenue and Deering Street.
The above described street being 50 feet in width throughout and lays on the easterly side of the above de- scribed westerly line.
The plan and profile made by Clarence E. Carter under date of January, 1915, and hereunto attached being a part of this description.
We recommend the way be called Deering Street.
The above mentioned way is to conform to the lines shown in red on a plan made by Clarence E. Carter dated January, 1915.
We have estimated the cost of building said Town way as $600.
We recommend that when this report is accepted and adopted by the Town that said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town way.
OTIS B. RUGGLES EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON EDGAR O. DEWEY Selectmen of Reading.
On motion of Edgar (). Dewey, it was voted to accept report of Selectmen and adopt their recommendations and raise and appropriate $600 to lay out said Deering Street.
Art. 34. On motion of George W. Abbott, it was voted to reconsider action taken on this article at a former meet- ing. On motion of George W. Abbott it was voted to raise and appropriate $1300 to extend the water main from the present last hydrant on West Street to the Wilmington line.
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Art. 41.
READING, MASS., Feb. 20, 1915.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE LAYING OUT OF HILL CREST ROAD
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, after giv- ing due notice to all parties interested, have laid out for use of the Town as a public way, described as follows :
This portion of Hill Crest Road being an extension of the present Town way known as Hill Crest Road, between Howard Street and Prescott Street, and is bounded and described as follows, viz: the easterly line commences at a point on the northerly line of Howard Street, which is on the extension of the line between the stone bound at the southeast corner of Howard Street and Hill Crest Road and the stone bound at the northeast corner of Hill Crest Road and Scotland Road, said point of beginning also being 6-100 feet east of the stone bound at the northeast corner of Hill Crest Road and Howard Street, thence the line runs N 16° 05' W, a distance of 382.15 to a point on the southerly line of Prescott Street, which is S 70° 17' W, a distance of 290.65 feet (measured on said southerly line of Prescott Street) from the westerly line of Summer Avenue.
The above described road being 45 feet in width throughout and lying on the westerly side of above described line. The plan and profile, made by Clarence E. Carter un- der date of January, 1915, and hereunto attached being a part of this description.
We recommend the way be called Hill Crest Road.
The above mentioned way is to conform to the lines shown in red on a plan made by Clarence E. Carter dated January, 1915. We have estimated the cost of building said Town way as $540.
We recommend that when this report is accepted and
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adopted by the Town that said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town way.
OTIS B. RUGGLES EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON EDGAR O. DEWEY
Selectmen of Reading.
On motion of Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted to rescind vote whereby it was voted to refer this article back to the Selectmen and instruct them to make a new survey of Hill Crest Road where it enters Prescott Street.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the report on the laying out of Hill Crest Road be accepted and adopted and that the sum of $540 be raised and appropriated to lay out said Hill Crest Road.
Art. 45. The Committee, by Edgar O. Dewey, chair- man, made a report as to what town officials could be accom- modated in the Grouard House and the expense. Estimated cost of alterations $1700; furniture $500; maintenance $500; total $2700. It was voted to accept report of Committee.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, to raise and appropriate $2700 for the purpose set forth in Article 41, this motion was declared not carried.
Art. 5. It was voted to take this article from the table.
On motion of Charles F. Brown, it was voted that the Selectmen be instructed to confer with the Historical Com- mittee and give them the use of the building (the Grouard House ) or a part of it for such a time as they think best.
Art. 5. Voted to lay this article on the table.
Art. 4. On motion of Lewis M. Bancroft, it was voted to take this article from the table. On motion of Lewis M. Bancroft it was voted to accept the reports of the Town Officers as printed : also the report of the Finance Commit- tee.
Art. 5. On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to take this article from the table.
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On motion of Lewis M. Bancroft, it was voted that the Selectmen be given full power in the matter of suit of A. E. Batchelder vs. Town of Reading.
On motion of Edwin L. Hutchinson, it was voted that the Selectmen be authorized to pay the Moderator $10 for the first meeting and $5 for each other meeting.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to give the Selectmen authority to sell the stable on the Grouard prop- erty.
Voted to adjourn without date.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, TOWN OLERK.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
LYCEUM HALL, READING, MASS., July 12, 1915.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon a town meeting was held at the time and place specified therein, and was called to order by the Town Clerk Millard F. Charles. The warrant was partly read when it was moved and voted to dispense with further read- ing of the warrant except the Constable's return, which was read.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 1. Proceeded to ballot for a Moderator. Edgar O. Dewey was appointed to check voters. The result of the ballot was as follows: whole number of ballots cast, two; necessary for a choice, two; Jesse W. Morton had two rotes and was declared elected Moderator.
Art. 2. To see what instructions the Town will give its Town Officers.
It was voted to lay Art. 2 on the table.
Art. 3. To see what action the Town will take to pro- vide a site for a free public library building to be built
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under a gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, or what they will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted that for the purpose of providing a site for a free public library building to be built under a gift from the Carnegie Cor- poration of New York and in compliance with a condition of said gift the Trustees of the Public Library are authorized to take a portion of the "Grouard Lot," so called, owned by the town, beginning at the boundary line between said lot and the estate formerly of the late Dr. F. F. Brown, and continuing with a frontage on Lowell Street of about 125 feet, more or less, as shall be approved by the Selectmen in conference with said Trustees ; and said land is hereby set apart as a site for the said library building.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize and empower the Trustees of the Public Library to act in its behalf in the erection of a free public library building under a gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, or what it will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted that the Trustees of the Public Library are hereby authorized and empowered to act in behalf of the Town in the erection of a public library building under a gift from the Carnegie Cor- poration of New York, with authority to make contracts and to do every necessary thing in the name of the Town in con- nection with the erection of said building, but nevertheless without authority unless expressly authorized by an appro- priation duly made therefor, to bind the Town to an expense in excess of the sum of $15,000, pledged by the said Carne- gie Corporation as a gift to the Town for the erection of said building ready for occupancy, exclusive of site, furnishings and fittings.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000, more or less, to provide for furnishings and fittings and other expenses, not covered by the gift of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, in connection with
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the erection of a free public library building in Reading, or what they will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted to take up Art. 5. After some discussion it was voted to lay the article on the table.
On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted to rescind votes on articles 3 and 4.
On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted to refer Articles 3 and 4 and 5 to a committee to be appointed by the Moderator,-this committee to be instructed to report in print in THE READING CHRONICLE before the date to which this meeting is to be adjourned, viz: Monday, Sept. 20, 1915, at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
The Moderator appointed as the committee the Board of Trustees of the Public Library.
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It was voted to lay Articles 3, 4 and 5 on the table.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will extend the water main on Pine Street from opposite the house of George I. Loomis to Haverhill Street, and authorize the sale of one water bond to pay the cost of same, or what it will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Henry R. Johnson, it was voted that the Water Commissioners are hereby authorized to extend the water main on Pine Street from opposite George I. Loomis' to Haverhill Street, provided a satisfactory guaranty of 4 per cent. is given. The Treasurer is hereby authorized to sell one one thousand dollar water bond for the purpose of the above extension. Forty-seven voted in favor, none voted against above motion.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1200 from the amount in the Contingent Account, the same to be applied in part toward the indebtedness matur- ing in 1915, or what they will do in relation thereto.
On motion of John H. Sheldon, this article was laid on the table.
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Art. 2. On motion of Galen A. Parker, it was voted to take this article from the table.
On motion of Galen A. Parker, it was voted that the Trustees of the Cemetery be and are hereby authorized and instructed to exchange with the Methodist Society, land now owned by them for land in the Cemetery, if in their judg- ment, it is advantageous for the Town that it be done.
It was voted to lay Art. 2 on the table.
Art. 3. It was voted to take this article from the table.
On motion of John W. Oronin, it was voted that $100 be appropriated from Contingent Account for the use of the Committee to investigate a site for a public library.
Art. 7. It was voted to take this article from the table.
On motion of John H. Sheldon, it was voted that eleven hundred dollars be appropriated from the Contingent Fund to be applied in part towards the payment of the indebted- ness maturing in 1915.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to appoint a Committee to consider the matter of bet- ter accommodations for Town offices, or what it will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Charles H. Stinchfield, it was voted that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint a Committee to con- sider the matter of better accommodations for town offices.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to consider the matter of motorizing the Fire Department, to report at the next annual town meeting, or what it will do in relation thereto.
On motion, it was voted that the present Board of Selectmen, the present Board of Fire Engineers, Lewis M. Bancroft, Mahlon E. Brande, and one more to be appointed by the Moderator, be a Committee to investigate and report at the next adjourned town meeting or annual town meeting on the advisability of motorizing the Fire Department. The Moderator appointed Frederick L. Springford.
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Voted to adjourn as per previous motion to Sept. 20, 1915, at 7.45 o'clock P. M., in this hall.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
LYCEUM HALL, READING, MASS., Sept. 20, 1915.
Pursuant to a warrant and the Constable's return there- on a town meeting was held at the time and place specified therein and was called to order by Town Clerk Millard F. Charles. The warrant was partially read when, on motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant except the Constable's return, which was duly. read.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Proceeded to the election of a Moderator. The polls were duly opened and closed and the result of the ballot was as follows: whole number of votescast, two; necessary for choice, two; Jesse W. Morton had two and was declared elected.
Art. 2. To see what instructions the Town will give its Town Officers.
It was voted to lay Art. 2 on the table.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to enter into a contract in behalf of the Town with the Massachusetts Highway Commission, to construct a State highway within the Town on Main Street, from Minot Street to the Boston & Maine Railroad crossing, or what they will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the Selectmen are hereby authorized to enter into a contract in behalf of the Town with the Massachusetts Highway Com-
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mission to construct a State highway on Main Street, from Minot Street to the Boston & Maine Railroad crossing, under the provisions of Chapter 47 of the Revised Laws, and said Selectmen are given authority to sublet the con- tract.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to stipulate and agree to indemnify and save harmless the Commonwealth against all claims and demands for damages, which may be sustained by any person whose property is taken or injured by construction of highway described in Art. 3.
It was voted to pass over Art. 4.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to continue the construction of concrete sidewalks and appropriate the unexpended balance of amount raised and appropriated at the last annual town meeting for that pur- pose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the Selectmen are hereby authorized to continue the construc- tion of concrete sidewalks and that the unexpended balance of the amount raised and appropriated at the last annual town meeting for that purpose be appropriated to continue the work.
At this time, on motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to adjourn to meet at close of the meeting of July 12, 1915, adjourned to this date.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF JULY 12, 1915
LYCEUM HALL, READING, MASS., Sept. 20, 1915.
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Jesse W. Morton at time and place adjourned to.
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Art. 2. On motion of George P. Abbott, it was voted to take Art. 2 from the table.
On motion of George P. Abbott, it was voted that it is the wish of this meeting that the Water Commissioners be instructed to lay the water pipes on West Street from near George P. Abbott's house to Wilmington line.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the Moderator fill vacancy on Committee for Motorizing the Fire Department made vacant by the resignation of Mahlon E. Brande. The Moderator appointed John W. Cronin.
On motion of Harry P. Bosson, it was voted to instruct the Selectmen to oppose the proposed raise in fares of the Bay State Street Railway Company.
The Trustees of the Public Library, acting as a Commit- tee on the proposed gift of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, made a report of their recommendations which it was voted to receive and place on file.
Art. 3. On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted that for the purpose of providing a site for a free public library building to be built under a gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and in compliance with a condition of said gift the Trustees of the library are authorized to take a portion of the Grouard lot, so called, owned by the Town, to wit: the northerly portion of said lot extending along Lowell Street from the boundary line between the same and the estate of Mrs. Emma F. Brown, placing the northerly end of the building in any case not farther than twenty feet away from this boundary line; and providing the Town acting under warrant for a meeting to be held this day shall acquire the right to purchase eventually the said Brown estate with a right of way in the existing driveway on same, then not farther than ten feet away or nearer if found practicable.
Art. 4. On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted that the Trustees of the Public Library are hereby author- ized and empowered to act in behalf of the Town in the
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erection of a public library building under a gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, with authority to make contracts and to do every necessary thing in the name of the Town in connection with the erection and completion of said building ready for occupancy, but nevertheless without authority unless expressly authorized under an appropria- tion duly made therefor, to bind the Town to any expense in excess of the sum of $15,000 pledged by said Carnegie Corporation as a gift to the Town for the erection of said building ready for occupancy, exclusive of site, furnishings and fittings.
Art. 5. On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted that the sum of $5000 is hereby appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Public Library for fur- nishings and fittings, preparation and planning of site, grading, walks, professional services and expenses of super- vision, and other incidental expenses not covered by the gift from Carnegie Corporation for the erection of a free public library building in Reading; and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is authorized to borrow said sum and to issue the notes of the Town therefor bearing in- terest at a rate of four per cent. per annum and payable annually in sums of $1000 each. One hundred and fourteen voted yes, none voted no.
It was then voted to adjourn this meeting sine die.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
LYCEUM HALL, READING, MASS., Sept. 20, 1915.
Pursuant to adjournment the Moderator called to order the special town meeting of this date which had been pre- viously adjourned this evening until meeting adjourned from July 12, 1915, was completed and adjourned.
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Art. 6. To see if the Town will authorize and direct its Selectmen to proceed in its behalf in the acquisition for municipal purposes, by purchase or by right of eminent domain, as the circumstances may require, certain estates, in whole or in part, assessed in the present year to the fol- lowing parties, to wit: the estate on Woburn Street adja- cent to the Grouard lot, so called, now owned by the Town, assessed to the heirs of George A. Boyce; the estate on Lowell Street adjacent to the said Grouard lot, assessed to Emma M. Brown; the estate on Lowell Street adjacent to the said Brown estate, assessed to Clara R. Burleigh; and to see how much money the Town will appropriate to meet the expense of acquiring the said estates in whole or in part and what action it will take to provide the same by loan or otherwise, or what they will do in relation to the subject of this article.
On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, it was voted that the Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed to act forth- with in behalf of the Town in the execution of a mutual agreement between the Town and Mrs. Emma M. Brown under which she will agree to sell and the Town shall agree to purchase at a date and for a price hereafter to be fixed by agreemeet between the parties (which price shall not exceed 25 per cent. above the assessed value) her estate on Lowell Street adjacent to the Grouard lot now owned by the Town, containing 14,000 square feet of land, more or less, with the buildings thereon; and with power to acquire, upon terms to be agreed upon, a right of way in the driveway on said estate giving access to the said Grouard lot; it being fully understood that, until the title to the Brown estate is finally passed to the Town, no other than the existing buildings shall be placed thereon by the present owner, nor other changes made or suffered by her that shall change the. status of the property as it now exists, or its title, or con- stitute a lien upon the estate adverse to the right of the Town to purchase under the agreement herein contemplated ;
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and that in consideration of the agreement the Town will not in the meantime exercise the right of eminent domain.
Voted to adjourn without date.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Vote at Primaries for Candidates for State Election September 21, 1915
REPUBLICAN PARTY
GOVERNOR
Grafton D. Cushing, 20 Chestnut St., Boston 131
Eugene N. Foss, 11 Revere St., Boston 15
Samuel W. McCall, Myopia Road, Winchester 271
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Calvin Coolidge, 21 Massasoit St., Northampton 220
Guy Andrews Ham, Canton Ave., Milton 182
Blanks . 23
SECRETARY
Albert P. Langtry, 242 Pearl St., Springfield
368
Blanks
57
TREASURER
Charles L. Burrill, 25 Chestnut St., Boston 368
F. A. Nichols
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AUDITOR
Edward C. R. Bagley, 36 W. Eagle St., Boston 82 Alonzo B. Cook, 177 Ruggles St., Boston . 181
Samuel W. George, 45 Highland Ave., Haverhill 103
Blanks . 59 .
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Henry C. Atwill, 5 Ocean Ave., Lynn 348
Blanks . COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT
77
Henry C. Mulligan, 7 Highland St., Natick 342
Blanks . 83
SENATOR, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Charles A. Kimball, King St., Littleton 350
Blanks . 75 .
REPRESENTATIVES, TWENTIETH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Fred J. Brown, 37 Arlington Road, Woburn 183
Edward B. Eames, 393 Main St., Reading 342 .
Edward Nelson Eames, Church St., Wilmington .
166
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John Lathrop Dyer, 77 Larch Road, Cambridge 84 Harry A. Penniman, 55 Granite St., Cambridge 39
Chester B. Williams, 19 Pond St., Wayland .
226
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COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Joseph O. Hayden, 114 Summer St., Somerville 280
Harold David Wilson, 182 Morrison Ave., Somerville 70
Blanks . 75
SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John R. Fairbairn, 50 Thorndike St., Cambridge 252
Adelbert B. Messer, 15 Central St., Concord 121
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STATE COMMITTEE, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Louis Pfeiffer, South Road, Bedford . 324
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DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
James P. Carleton, 179 Summer Ave. 344 Solon Bancroft. 25 Sanborn St. . 339
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Louis Ellenwood, 10 Gould St. 336
Frederick L. Springford, 55 Middlesex Are. 341 Willie E. Twombly, 35 Highland St. 337
Clarence C. White, 26 Sanborn St. .
346
Arthur E. Roberts, 128 Summer Ave. .
335
Archer R. Prentiss, 33 Berkeley St.
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338
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REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE
James P. Carleton, 179 Summer Ave. 340
Harvey A. Bancroft, 17 Mineral St. 332
Carl M. Spencer, 39 Chute St. 334
Edgar O. Dewey, 76 Main St.
337
Jesse W. Morton, 114 Woburn St.
329
Frederick L. Springford, 55 Middlesex Ave. 334
Frank F. Strout, Mill St. 330
Louis Ellenwood, 10 Gould St. 321
James W. Grimes, 141 Woburn St. 327
John F. Sawyer, 8 Arlington St. 5
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
GOVERNOR
Frederick S. Deitrick, 1664 Mass. Ave., Cambridge 1
David I. Walsh, 520 Main St., Fitchburg 32
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Edward P. Barry, 59 Thomas Park, Boston . 32
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SECRETARY
Edwin A. Grosnover, 7 College St., Amherst . 32
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TREASURER
Henry L. Bowles, 303 Main St., Springfield . 33
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AUDITOR
Jacob O. Morse, 440 Harvard St., Brookline 32
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Joseph Joyce Donahue, 47 Court St., Medford 24
Harold Williams, Jr., 79 Walnut Place, Brookline 9
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COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT
Joseph McNally, 50 Church St., Watertown .
28
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SENATOR, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Frederick W. Burke, 54 Robinson St., Lynn 29
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REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT, TWENTIETH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
George L. Flint, 42 Highland St., Reading 31
John J. Geary, 135 Bedford St., Woburn 24
Blanks 15
COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Michael M. O'Connor, 26 Woodbridge St., Cambridge 32
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TREASURER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
David A. Keefe, 8 Wood St., Cambridge 30
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SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John J. Donavan, 42 Claire St., Lowell 20
George A. Ferris, 10 Lake Ave., Woburn . .
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STATE COMMITTEE, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
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DELEGATE TO DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
George L. Flint, 42 Highland St., Reading . 26
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TOWN COMMITTEE, READING
George L. Flint, 42 Highland St., Reading 26
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