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Thence N. 34 degrees-03'-40" W., a distance of 207.78 feet by lands of Harold' D. Russell and the Meadow Brook Golf Club to a point of curvature :
Thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 1040.00 feet a length of 146.77 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 25 degrees-14'-40" W., a distance of 113.10 feet to an angle point :
Thence N. 29 degrees-37'-00" W., a distance of 148.0) feet to an angle point :
Thence N. 35 degrees-36'-40" E., a distance of 209.88 feet to a point of curvature :
Thence with a curve to the left having a radius of 400.00 feet, a length of 301.90 feet to a point of tangent : said curve not being tan- gent with the previously described course :
Thence N. 21 degrees-01'-30" W., a distance of 183.59 feet follow- ing an old stone wall to the end of this layout ;
The six previously described courses being all by land of the Meadow Brook Golf Club :
The easterly line is parallel with and' forty feet distant from the above-described westerly line throughout its first three courses ;
Thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 199.09 feet, a length of 188.44 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 28 degrees-58'-30" E., a distance of 44.39 feet to a point of curvature ;
Thence with a curve to the left, having a radius of 440.00 feet, a length of 383 97 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 21 degrees-01'-30" W., a distance of 183.59 feet to the end of this layout ;
The above-described easterly line passes through lands of John A. McLeod, Charles A. Loring and the Meadow Brook Golf Club.
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled, "Portion of Grove Street, Reading, Mass." under date of No- vember, 1931, by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., and said plan being a part of this report.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us we hereby report to the town for acceptance and recommend that when this re- port is accepted and adopted by the town, that said public highway
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shall thereafter be laid' out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN HAROLD W. PUTNAM WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH
FRANK M. MERRILL
ROBERT E. FOWLE
Board of Public Works
On motion of Martin B. Hartshorn, it was voted to accept said re- port on the laying out and alteration of Grove Street and adopt its recommendations.
Article 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00) to place a fire alarm box at or near the corner of Hartshorn Street and Winthrop Avenue, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Elmer A. Dykens and others
Article 36. On motion of Orville O. Ordway, it was voted to in- definitely postpone Article 36.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to have a committee of two appointed by the Moderator to co-operate jointly with a similar committee appointed by the Town of Wakefield and North Reading, to consider the advisability and cost of printing in book form the old records of the Town of Reading from 1644 to 1812, and report thereon at any subsequent Town Meeting, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Clinton L. Bancroft and' others
Article 37. On motion of Clinton L. Bancroft, it was voted that a committee of two be appointed by the Moderator to co-operate joint- ly with a similar committee appointed by the Town of Wakefield and North Reading to consider the advisability and cost of printing in book form the old records of the Town of Reading from 1644 to 1812 and report thereon at any subsequent Town Meeting.
The Moderator appointed as the committee, Clinton L. Bancroft and Millard F. Charles.
Article 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Associa- tion and the Board of Health, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Inez H. Damon and others
Article 38. On motion of Josephine L. Fowler, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars for, child wel- fare work to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health. $400.00
Article 39. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to renew the present lease for suitable headquar- ters for Reading Post No. 62, of the American Legion, for a further
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term of one year, and will raise and appropriate therefor the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or what it will do in relation thereto.
Irving C. Austin and others
Article 39. On motion of Irving C. Austin, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, empowered and directed to renew or extend the present lease, providing for suit- able quarters for Reading Post No. 62, of the American Legion for a further term of one year and to sign and execute said renewal or ex- tension thereof in the name and behalf of the Town of Reading and that the sum of one thousand dollars be and is raised and appropriated therefor as rent of such premises. $1,000.00
Article 2. On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted to take this article from the table.
On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted to accept reports of Town Officers and the Finance Committee.
On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted to adjourn sine die.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Security Hall, April 25, 1932
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a Presidential Primary was held at the time and place specified therein and was called to order by Mollie A. Sweetser, one of the Selectmen. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles when it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Con- stable's return, which was duly read'. The ballots were duly delivered to the Selectmen in charge of the meeting. The ballot boxes were duly examined and found empty and registering 0000.
Then the polls were duly declared open and they were duly closed at 8 o'clock p. m. with the following result :
REPUBLICAN PARTY Delegates at Large
George F. Booth, 64 Beechmont St., Worcester 207
William M. Butler, 231 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 208
Alvan T. Fuller, 81 Appleton St., Malden 220
Mary Pratt Potter, 486 Main St., Greenfield 202
Blanks 79
Alternate Delegates at Large
Frank G. Allen, 289 Walpole St., Norwood 215
Gaspar G. Bacon, 222 Prince St., Boston 209
Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton 204
210
Louise M. Williams, 3 Dean St., Taunton Blanks 78
42
Fifth District Delegates
Amos L. Taylor, 117 School St., Belmont
Walter Perham, Westford Rd., Chelmsford 211 31
Blanks
Alternate Fifth District Delegates
Kenneth B. Williams, 10 Forest Park Rd., Woburn
216
Estelle Irish Pillsbury, 267 Nesmith St., Lowell Blanks 40
200
Whole No. Republican ballots cast
229
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Delegates at Large
James M. Curley, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston 39
James Roosevelt, 19 Cooliage Hill Rd., Cambridge
42
James H. Brennan, 60 Monument Ave., Boston
36
Thomas F. Cassidy, North St., Cheshire James T. Moriarty, 1650 Columbia Rd., Boston
33
Edward A. Mclaughlin, Jr., 51 Park Ave., Newton Prime Robechaud, 337 Park St., Gardner
35
Joseph Santosuosso, 80 School St., Boston
36
Nellie L. Sullivan, 106 Highland Ave., Fall River
36
36
34
34
133
Marc.is A. Coolidge, 164 Blossom St., Fitchburg William J. Foley, 388 West Fourth St., Boston
129
William P. Connery, Er, 11 Bellevue Rd., Lynn
128
John J. Douglas 35 Dayswater St., Boston John W. McCormack, 726 Columbia Rd., Boston William J. Granfield. 47 Ellington St., Longmeadow Mary L. Bacigalupo, 211 Salem St., Boston
130
127
126
Helen G. Rotch, Highland Rd., Lakeville
124
Charles H. Cole, 34 Gloucester St., Boston
126
130
John F. Fitzgerald, 39 Welles Ave., Boston Roland D. Sawyer, District No. 9, Ware Blanks
197
Alternate Delegates at Large
38
Ilelen C. Galvin, 7 Strathcona Ra., Boston Dorothy Whipple Fry, 447 Warren St., Brookline Edward G. Morris, 51 East Elm Ave., Quincy Mabel R. Worthy, 239 Northampton St., Boston
35
34
34
33
33
33
Joseph J. Hurley, 336 Vermont St., Boston Paul H. Hines, 22 Peak Hill Rd., Boston Joseph H. Hanken, 565 Beach St., Revere David I. Walsh, 35 Day St., Fitchburg Joseph B. Ely, 65 Broad St., Westfield
133
126
129
3
Agnes H. Parker, 270 Brookline Ave., Boston Francis J. W. Ford, 245 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Eugene Wainbaugh, 22 Berkeley St., Cambridge
216
35
35
43
Alice E. Cram, 32 Sigourney St., Boston Arthur W. Heidke, 46 Chestnut Ave., Boston 33
Francis Zaletskas, 448 Cambridge St., Cambridge 33 Mathew P. Maney, 18 Ames St., Lawrence 32 M. Grace Barry, 37 Quincy St., Malden 32 William G. Thompson, 517 Hammond St., Newton Edward P. Barry, 32 Sigourney St., Boston 121 John C. Mahoney, 34 Piedmont St., Worcester 121 Charles H. Slowey, 20 Eighth St., Lowell 121 Mary H. Ward, 24 Beaufort Rd., Boston 121 J. Henry Goguen, 163 Seventh St., Leominster Samuel Kalesky, 120 Sewell Ave., Brookline 121 Charles F. Riordon, 66 Viaduct St., Sharon J. Leo Sullivan, 11 Columbus Rd., Peabody 117 John P. Buckley, 48 Chestnut St., Boston 121 Leo M. Birmingham, 72 Hobson St., Boston 121 Daniel F. O'Connell, 71 Addington Ra., Brookline 123 Blanks 319
34
122
120
120
Delegates, Fifth District
James J. Bruin, 161 School St., Lowell
33
Cornelius Desmond, Jr., 195 Stackpole St., Lowell
37
Cornelius F. Cronin, 344 Varnum Ave., Lowell 118
Patrick J. Meehan, 48 Highland St., Lowell
116
John F. Leavitt, 17 Sanborn St., Lowell 4 Blanks 54
Alternate District Delegates, Fifth District
Luke A. Manning, 139 Wildwood Ave., Arlington
37
Thomas H. Duffy, 265 Main St., Woburn 37
J. Frank Facey, 54 Pemberton St., Cambridge
118
Daniel O'Dea, 109 Glenwood St., Lowell 117
Blanks
53
Whole No. Democratic ballots
181
STATE PRIMARY
Security Hall, Sept. 20, 1932
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a primary was held at the time and place mentioned and was called to order by Albert N. Leman, Selectmen in charge of the meeting. The warrant was duly read and the Constable's return. The ballots were delivered to the Selectman in charge of the meeting. The ballot boxes were examined and found empty.
Whole number of ballots cast for Republican Party 2506
Whole number of ballots cast for Democratic Party 385
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REPUBLICAN PARTY Governor
Walter E. Brownell of Boston
34
Frank A. Goodwin of Boston
1094
F. Mark Sullivan of Boston
62
William Sterling Youngman of Brookline Blanks 89
Lieutenant Governor
Gaspar G. Bacon of Boston
1276
Chester I. Campbell of Quincy
1069
Blanks 161
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville
2224
Blanks 282
Treasurer
Francis Prescott of Grafton
1648
Max Ulin of Boston
503
Blanks
355
Auditor
Emerson Johnson Coldwell of Weymouth
752
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
1489
Planks 265
Attorney General
Joseph E. Warner of Taunton
Blanks 303
Congressman, 5th District
John M. King of Lowell
277
Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell
2116
Blanks 113
Councillor, 6th District
415
George A. Bonney, Medford
175
Eugene A. F. Burtnett, Somerville
357
James F. Cavanagh, Everett
107
Waldo Parker Elliott, Somerville
188
James G. Harris, Medford
330
Lewis H. Peters, Medford
267
Blanks
727
Senator, 7th Middlesex District
Joseph R. Cotton, Lexington
1613
John H. Pearson, Lowell 562
Blanks 331
2203
George H. Bailey, Medford
1227
45
Representatives in General Court, 18th Middlesex District
Heber Bishop Clewley, Woburn
25
Louis Ellenwood, Reading
1212
Norman L. Duncan, Woburn
1307
Ernest A. L. Hill, Reading
235
Robert B. Mount, Reading
963
Mollie A. Sweetser, Reading
781
Blanks 489
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Nathaniel L. Bowditch, Framingham
1082
Frederick H. Bowser, Jr., Woburn
885
Francis P. Byrne, Everett
192
James Ray, Melrose
235
George A. C. Stone, Somerville
264
Walter C. Wardwell, Cambridge
106
Blanks
1293
Sheriff, Middlesex County
Thomas H. Braden, Lowell
433
Edmund J. Cheney, Lowell
125
John R. Fairbairn, Cambridge
1421
John H. Gartland, Somerville
111
Blanks
416
State Committee, 7th Middlesex District
Mary F. Daniel, Reading
1775
Blanks
731
Delegates to State Convention
Edward B. Eames, Reading
2055
Myrtle L. Leman, Reading
2055
Louise B. Jenkins, Reading
1990
Ruth W. Currier, Reading
1990
Katherine G. Howard, Reading
2015
Harold F. Parker, Reading
2038
Charles E. Tasney, Reading
2044
Rolland L. Perry, Reading
2015
Jenny F. Weeks, Reading
1988
Edgar O. Dewey, Reading
2071
Blanks
4799
Town Committee
Louis Ellenwood
2112
Edward B. Eames
1985
Arthur S. Cook
2018
Ruth W. Currier
1935
Louise B. Jenkins
1929
Mary F. Daniel
1993
Myrtle L. Leman
2001
46
Louis Davis
Edward E. Harnden
Harold F. Parker
Katherine G. Howard
Harriette P. Leuchtman
1924
Charles E. Tasney
1982
Horace A. Bailey
1953
Gertrude F. Stratton
1953
Blanks 7896
A total vote of 2506 which were counted and declared in open town meeting as the total vote of the Republican Party.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Joseph B. Ely, Westfield
317
Blanks 68
Lieutenant Governor
Edward P. Barry, Boston
93
David J. Brickley, Boston
23
Raymond A. Fitzgerald, Cambridge
47
William I. Hennessey, Boston
16
Francis E. Kelly, Boston
11
John F. Malley, Newton
12
Michael C. O'Neill, Everett
50
John E. Swift, Milford
91
Blanks
42
Secretary
John F. Buckley, Boston
88
J. Edward Callanan, Newton
33
John W. Cussen, Boston
6
Arthur G. Flynn, Boston
14
George F. Gilbody, Boston
8
George F. Grogan, Concord®
9
Edward J. Garry, Cambridge
8
John D. O'Brien, Boston
15
Joseph Santosuosso, Boston
61
Ray H. Shattuck, Boston
6
Charles R. Sullivan, Boston
25
Henry J. Sullivan, Boston
25
Blanks
90
Treasurer
Charles F. Hurley, Cambridge
303
Planks 82
1974 1986 1996 1953
47
Auditor
John E. Buckley, Quincy
38
John J. Harrington, Boston
19
Francis X. Hurley, Cambridge
199
22
32
Alfred J. Moore, Boston Leo A. Spillane, Boston Blanks 75
Attorney General
John P. Buckley, Boston
76
Harry E. Casey, Boston
18
Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr., Arlington
17
William R. Scharton, Reading
162
Harold W. Sullivan, Boston
19
Raymond E. Sullivan, Boston
25
Blanks
67
Congressman, 5th District
James J. Bruin, Lowell
45
Joseph M. Halloran, Lowell
101
George S. McLaughlin, Belmont
127
Henry C. Rowland, Arlington
27
Blanks
85
Councillor, 6th District
John J. Brennan, Somerville
93
John H. Connor, Lowell
36
Edward J. Coughlin, Somerville
28
Francis R. Gaffney, Somerville
14
John W. Gahan, Medford
33
Daniel V. MacIsaac, Somerville
23
Henry G. McIver, Everett
0
Philip P. A. O'Connell, Medford
35
Thomas L. Toomey, Malden
25
Blanks
98
Senator, 7th Middlesex District
Rena M. Colson, Wakefield
170
Charles P. Fox, Lowell
25
John Patrick O'Connell, Lowell
122
Blanks
68
Representatives, 18th Middlesex District
John P. Cullen, Woburn
74
Martin C. Doherty, Woburn
127
Patrick J. Foley, Woburn
76
Michael T. Golden, Woburn
136
James P. Maguire, Woburn
130
Celia A. Reade Mahern, Woburn
60
Blanks
167
48
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Thomas J. Boynton, Arlington
75 91
Thomas J. Brennan, Somerville
Anthony B. Cassidy, Cambridge
24
Francis D. Donahue, Somerville
68 34 16
Robert F. Donavan, Somerville
James L. Egan, Cambridge
Herbert S. Hill, Revere
10
Timothy J. Horan, Cambridge
33
Edward A. Hughes, Cambridge
22
George C. McMenimen, Cambridge
43 37
Reginald J. Murphy, Cambridge
14
William J. Sullivan, Cambridge
31
John A. Williams, Framingham Blanks
269
Sheriff, Middlesex County
James T. Barrett, Cambridge
21
Edward J. Connelly, Wakefield
134
Timothy J. Cronin, Somerville
3
Philip E. Gallagher, Woburn
102
Stephen C. Garrity, Lowell
40
Daniel L. Herlihy, Cambridge
6
William R. Murphy, Somerville
3
Bernard J. Sheridan, Somerville
3
William H. Walsh, Framingham
22
Blanks 51
State Committeee, 7th Middlesex District
James F. Desmond, Reading Blanks 378
Delegates to State Convention
James F. Desmond, 4 Centre Ave.
13
Bernard W. Conefy, 59 Haven St.
10
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.
12
Martin P. Riley, 5 Centre Ave.
12
Thomas J. Murray, 7 Sweetser Ave.
10
James H. Fleming, 18 Green St.
10
James E. Lewis, 10 Park Street
12
Catherine E. Reilly, 19 Glen Road
9
Henry M. Donegan, 15 Federal St.
10
Daniel J. Desmond, 138 Main St.
10
Blanks 3740
7
Cyril J. Shaw, Medford
3
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Town Committee
James F. Desmond, 4 Centre Avenue
267
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Avenue
250
John J. Carney, 17 Lincoln Street
222
Bernard W. Conefy, 59 Haven Street Daniel J. Desmond, 138 Main Street
221
242
Catherine L. Doherty, 71 Green Street
240
James H. Fleming, 18 Green Street
228
Rose A. Gadbois, 5 Maple Street Paul Geary, 16 Minot Street
217
Owen McKenney, 116 John Street
220
Thomas J. Murray, 7 Sweetser Avenue
221
Catherine E. Reilly, 19 Glen Road
226
Martin P. Riley, 5 Centre Avenue
223
George Robbins, 28 Park Avenue William Sullivan, 49 Grove Street
214
Leo A. Surette, 11 Temple Street
215
James A. Waters, 9 Chute Street
214
James E. Lewis, 10 Park Street
223
Charles A. Sullivan, 5 Winthrop Avenue
214
George F. A. McDougall, Lafayette Road
3
Blanks
3793
The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting and the meeting closed at 4.30 o'clock A. M. on Wednesday, September 21, 1932.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk
Recount of Votes Cast for Republican Candidates to Legislature on September 20, 1932
Primary
Recount
Heber Bishop Clewley, Woburn
25
25
Norman L. Duncan, Woburn
1307
1310
Louis Ellenwood, Reading
1212
:1210
Ernest A. L. Hill, Reading
235
233
Robert B. Mount, Reading
963
964
Mollie A. Sweetser, Reading
781
780
Blanks
489
490
Total
5012
5012
The above votes were recounted by the Board of Registrars on Saturday, September 24, 1932.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk
218
213
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Recount of Votes Cast for Democratic Candidates to Legislature at Primaries on September 20th, 1932
Primary
Recount
John P. Cullen, Woburn
74
74
Martin C. Doherty, Woburn
127
127
Patrick J. Foley, Woburn
76
75
Michael T. Golden, Woburn
136
137
James P. Maguire, Woburn
130
128
Celia A. Reade Mahern, Woburn
60
61
Blanks
167
168
Totals
770
770
The above vote was recounted by the Board of Registrars on Tuesday, September 27, 1932.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk
STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTION
Security Hall, Woburn St., Nov. 8, 1932
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a town election for state and national officers was held at the time and place mentioned therein and was called to order by one of the Selectmen, Albert N. Leman .. The warrant was partially read when it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's re- turn, which was duly read. The ballot boxes were duly opened, ex- amined and found empty, the keys of which were delivered to the Con- stable in charge, James W. Sias. The ballots were delivered by the Town Clerk to the Selectmen in charge. The polls were duly declared closed at 8 o'clock P. M. The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting with the following result. The check list and ballot boxes :showed that 4844 persons had voted and counters reported the same, -4844 votes, divided as follows :
ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT Electors for President and Vice-President
Foster and Ford, Communist Party
1
Hoover and Curtis, Republican Party
3578
Reynolds and Aiken, Socialist Labor
3
Roosevelt and Garner, Democratic Party
1146
Thomas and Maurer, Socialist Party
43
Upshaw and Regan, Prohibition Party
7
Blanks
66
Governor
John J. Ballam of Boston
7
Joseph B. Ely of Westfield
1315
Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge
43
51
Charles S. Oram of Boston
5
William Sterling Youngman of Brookline
3374
Blanks
100
Lieutenant Governor
Gaspar G. Bacon of Boston
3573
Morris I. Becker of Boston
14
James W. Dawson of Boston
7
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield
37
John E. Swift of Milford
1076
Blanks 137
Secretary
John F. Buckley of Boston
1013
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville
3613
Albert S. Coolidge of Pittsfield
45
Max Lerner of Worcester
3
Albert L. Waterman of Boston
6
Blanks
164
Treasurer
Domenico A. Digirolamo of Boston
6
Eva Hoffman of Boston
6
Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge
1136
Francis Prescott of Grafton
3474
Glen Trimble of Boston
35
Blanks 187
Auditor
Jule Babbitt of Worcester
7
Daniel I. Blessington of Somerville
13
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
3263
David A. Eisenberg of Chelsea
32
Francis X. Hurley of Cambridge
1240
Blanks 289
Attorney General
John P. Buckley of Boston
946
Marie C. Correia of New Bedford
5
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody
6
George E. Roewer of Cambridge
35
William R. Scharton of Reading
152
Joseph E. Warner of Taunton
3508
Blanks 192
Congressman, 5th District
James J. Bruin of Lowell
923
Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell
3714
Blanks 207
52
Councillor, 6th District
John J. Brennan of Somerville
997
Eugene A. F. Burtnett of Somerville
3467
Blanks 380
Senator, 7th Middlesex District
Joseph R. Cotton of Lexington
3563
John Patrick O'Connell of Lowell
983
Blanks 298
Representatives in General Court, 18th Middlesex District
Martin C. Doherty of Woburn
919
Norman L. Duncan of Woburn
3412
Michael T. Golden of Woburn 857
3193
Blanks 1307
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham
3211
Thomas J. Brennan of Somerville
950
George C. McMenimen of Cambridge
837
Walter C. Wardwell of Cambridge
3249
Blanks
1441
Sheriff, Middlesex County
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge
3543
Stephen C. Garrity of Lowell
1014
Blanks 287
Question No. 1, Chiropractic Law by Initiative Petition
Yes
895
No
2502
Blanks
1447
Question No. 2, Amendment to U. S. Constitution
Yes : 2069
No
932
Blanks
1843
Question No. 3, Naming or endorsing candidates by Convention for the Primaries
Yes : 2953
No
375
Blanks
1516.
The Town meeting was duly adjourned at 3.15 o'clock in the morn- ing; November 9, 1932.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk
Mollie A. Sweetser of Reading
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS County of Middlesex CITY OF WOBURN
In accordance with the provisions of Section 125, Chapter 54 of the General Laws of Massachusetts of 1921, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Reading, North Reading, being the City and Town Clerks of every city and town in Representative District number eight- een within said County, met at the City Hall, Woburn at noon on Friday, November 18, A. D. 1932 being the tenth day succeeding the day of the State Election held on Tuesday, November 8, A. D. 1932 and then and there opened, examined and compared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the office of representative and determined therefrom that Norman L. Duncan of Woburn and Mollie A. Sweetser of Reading were elected to the office of Representative.
The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said District and the number of votes given for each person, viz :-
Martin C. Doherty of Woburn, had Five Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-eight (5,268)
Norman L. Duncan of Woburn, had
Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-five (7,255)
Michael T. Golden of Woburn, had
Four Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-three (4,893)
Mollie A. Sweetser of Reading, had Six Thousand Four Hundred Twenty (6,420)
In witness whereof, we the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Reading and North Reading hereunto set our hands this eighteenth day of November, A. D. 1932.
WILLIAM T. LANE, City Clerk, Woburn
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk, Reading
HERBERT L. ABBOTT, Town Clerk, North Reading Clerk's Office, Reading, Mass.
Received and recorded,
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk Attest :
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, December 12, 1932
Pursuant to the warrant duly issued and returned to the Town Clerk by the Constable, a Town meeting was held in Security Hall, Woburn Street, and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The Town warrant was partially read when on motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's return which was then read by the Town Clerk.
Article. 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees and determine what instructions will be given Town
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officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of W. Homer Morrison. it was voted to lay Article 1 on the table.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the voluntary contributions from municipal employees for Public Welfare Aid and Soldiers' Relief, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 2. On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted that the Town accept for Public Welfare Aid and Soldiers' Relief the vol- untary contributions made and to be made by its employees from August 1, 1932 to December 31, 1932 inclusive, amounting in the aggre- gate to a sum not exceeding $16,500.00 and that the action of the Town Treasurer in accepting such contributions already made, be and the same is hereby ratified and approved and that the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to receive such further contribu- tions as may be made from December 13, 1932 to December 31, 1932 in- clusive.
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