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Chief O. O. Ordway.
Article 46. On motion of O. O. Ordway, it was voted that the sum of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) be raised and appropriated to reimburse Fireman Charles H. Heselton for medical attendance and care oc- casioned by injuries received at a fire on October 1, 1935.
Article 47. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for further development of the Town Forest, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Committee on Re-forestation.
Article 47. On motion of O. O. Ordway, it was voted that the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) be raised and appropriated for the fur- ther development of the Town Forest.
Article 48. To see what action the Town will take regarding the
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installation of additional street lights on the public streets during 1936, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Department.
Article 48. On motion of Henry R. Johnson, it was voted that the subject matter of Article 48 be referred to the Municipal Light Board, and that said Board be and it hereby is authorized to install such ad- ditional street lights as in its judgment are required, to make such changes in the size, type and location of existing street lights as it may deem advsiable, the expense of same to be paid from the income of the plant.
Article 49. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the installation of a traffic light at the corner of Main and Haven Streets or what it will do in relation thereto.
Mary A. McCormack and others.
Article 49. Harold F. Parker moved that the sum of twelve hun- dred dollars ($1,200.00) be raised and appropriated for the installation of a traffic light at the corner of Main and Haven Streets.
On motion of George T. Lewis, it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article.
Article 50. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to renew the present lease for suitable head- quarters for Reading Post No. 62, of the American Legion, for a fur- ther 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.
Thomas Ferris, Jr. and others.
Article 50. On motion of Thomas Ferris, Jr., it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and are hereby authorized, empowered and dir- ected to renew or extend the present lease for providing suitable quar- ters for Reading Post No. 62 of the American Legion for a further term of one (1) year; and to sign and execute said renewal or exten- sion thereof in the name of the Town of Reading and the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be and hereby is raised and appropriated for said lease.
Article 51. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association, and the Board of Health, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Inez H. Damon and others.
Article 51. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) be raised and appropriated for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association, and the Board of Health.
Article 2. On motion of Albert N. Leman, it was voted to take Article 2 from the table.
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On motion of Albert N. Leman, it was voted to accept the reports of the Town Officers as printed.
"On motion of Albert N. Leman, it was voted to adjourn sine die. :
A true copy attest.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Security Hall, Woburn St., April 28, 1936.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon a Presidential Primary was held at the time and place specified and was called to order by Selectman Albert N. Leman. The warrant was par- tially read, when on motion it was voted to dispense with further read- ing. . The ballot boxes were duly examined by the Constable James W. Sias and declared empty and the keys delivered to him. The ballots were delivered to the Election Officer in charge and the polls were opened at 12 o'clock noon and were closed at 7 o'clock p. m. with the following result: 105 Democratic votes were cast and 596 Republican votes were cast.
Eight Delegates-at-Large to National Convention of Democratic Party David I. Walsh, 37 Day Street, Fitchburg 79
Marcus A. Coolidge, 164 Blossom Street, Fitchburg 59
James M. Curley, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston 64 William J. Granfield, 74 Park Drive, Springfield 57
Joseph McGrath, 10 Caspian Way, Boston 56
Margaret M. O'Riordan, 14 Asticou Road, Boston 57
Elizabeth L. McNamara, 239 Upland Road, Cambridge 54
Grace Hartley Howe, 464 Locust Street, Fall River 52
Not Grouped
Timothy E. Carroll, 10 Eighth Street, Cambridge 8
Alexander F. Sullivan, 92 Wadsworth Street, Boston 11
Blanks
343
DEMOCRATIC PARTY Alternate Delegates at Large
Clementina Langone, 190 North Street, Boston 60
Mary Maliotis, 272 Foster Street, Boston 55
Golda R. Walters, 6 Blake Street, Woburn 58
·Sadie' H. Mulrone, 48 Terrace Street, Springfield 56
'Louise B. Clarke, 92 Pleasant Street, Bridgewater
55
H: Oscar Rocheleau, 116 Summer Street, Worcester 57
Stanley W. Wisnioski, 254 Washington Avenue, Chelsea 56
Julian D. Rainey, 40 Waumbeck Street, Boston 58 Blanks 385
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Presidential Preference
Roosevelt
42
Father Coughlin 4
A. Smith 3
Landon 1
Blanks
55
Fifth District Delegates
Michael T. Golden, 5 Hill Street, Woburn
58
William F. McCarty, 35 Oakland Street, Lowell 46
Not Grouped
James J. Bruin, 161 School Street, Lowell 8
Thomas J. Corbett, 287 Fairmount Street, Lowell 3
George J. Murray, 8 Wiley Road, Belmont 2
Blanks
93
Alternate Fifth District Delegates
Alice I. Goland, 1090 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington
38
Joseph F. O'Connell, 31 Norris Street, Cambridge 39
Not Grouped
Clement G. McDonough, 727 Bridge Street, Lowell 6
Jeremiah J. O'Sullivan, 105 Mount Washington Street, Lowell 21
Blanks 106
State Committee, Seventh Middlesex District
Frank A. Cassidy, 305 East Merrimack Street, Lowell
Blanks 39
Delegate to State Convention
Richard F. Drew, 110 Salem Street, Reading 79
Orville S. Poland, 59 Oak Street, Reading 18
George F. A. McDougall, 13 Village Street, Reading 1
7
Democratic Town Committee
James H. Fleming, 18 Green Street 77
Daniel J. Desmond, 138 Main Street 82
John Carney, 42 Mineral Street 75
Owen McKenney, 116 John Street
74
Thomas J. Murray, 7 Sweetser Avenue
70
Leo A. Surrette, 11 Temple Street
71
Edwin E. Wendell, 23 Warren Avenue
65
Catherine E. Reilly, 19 Glen Road
69
Catherine L. Doherty, 71 Green Street
75
Arthur L. Doiron, 81/2 Village Street
56
Catherine Peters, 2 Center Avenue
68
Charles A. Sullivan, 5 Winthrop Avenue
68
William Sullivan, 12 Green Street
69
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Avenue
Paul Geary, 16 Minot Street 67
66
Blanks
41
Rose Gadbois, 5 Maple Street 66 Richard F. Drew, 110 Salem Street 77
Frank J. Dunn, 28 Pleasant Street 72
Bernard W. Conefy, 59 Haven Street 68
Walter Scanlon, 10 Eaton Street George Robbins, 28 Park Avenue
70
67
George F. A. McDougall 6
Orville F. Poland 1
Blanks
816
REPUBLICAN PARTY Delegates at Large
Charles F. Adams, Fairhaven Road, Concord 510
George F. Booth, 64 Beechmont Street, Worcester 491
Joseph W. Martin, Grove Street, North Attleboro 489
Allen T. Treadway, Main Street, Stockbridge 504
Blanks 390
Alternate Delegates at Large
Mary Phillips Bailey, 34 Columbus Avenue, Northampton 475
Florence H. LeFevre, 24 Shattuck Road, Norwood 463
Wallace Stearns, 60 Charlesgate East, Boston 484
Anna C. Tillinghast of 6 West Bellevue Avenue, Cambridge 473
Blanks 489
Presidential Preference
Borah
60
Landon
378
Knox 12
Vandenberg
8
Hoover
37
Roosevelt
2
Talmadge
2
Townsend
1
Blanks
District Delegates, Fifth District
Robert E. Goodwin, 9 Wood Street, Concord 420
Wallace R. Lovett, 63 Stratford Road, Melrose 434
Not Grouped
Forest A. Rogers, 118 South Walker Street, Lowell 37
John R. Russell, 32 Harvard Street, Winchester 51
Blanks 250
Alternate District Delegates, Fifth District
Ethel G. Gray, 220 Pleasant Street, Arlington 459
Anna S. Hard, 79 High Street, Lowell 453
Louis Ellenwood, 50 Lowell Street, Reading 1
Blanks 279
42
State Committee, Seventh Middlesex District
John H. Pearson, 69 Clitheroe Street, Lowell 456
John M. Woodbridge 1
Blanks 139
Delegates to State Convention, Reading
Horace A. Bailey, 43 Salem Street
431
Edward F. Harnden, 195 Summer Avenue 453
Paul E. Wilson, 29 Center Avenue 149
Louis Ellenwood
1
Louis Lyons
1
O. S. Poland
1
Blanks 156
Reading Republican Town Committee
Horace A. Bailey, 43 Salem Street 473
Natalie Burnham, 9 Copeland Avenue 435
Thomas F. Classen, 11 Chute Street 427
Arthur F. Cook, 59 Bancroft Avenue 465
Mary F. Daniel, 17 Harnden Street
441
Louis Davis, 6 Vine Street
436
Louis Ellenwood, 50 Lowell Street
473
Edward E. Harnden, 195 Summer Avenue
473
Katherine G. Howard, 122 Summer Avenue
449
Louise B. Jenkins, 93 Salem Street
444
Dudley B. Killam, 16 Arlington Street 452
Myrtle L. Leman, 13 School Street 455
Harriette P. Leuchtman, 16 Belmont Street 427
Harold F. Parker, 24 Pratt Street 450
Gertrude F. Stratton, 91 Oak Street
448
Norman W. Haines, 28 Thorndike Street
456
Christine H. Young, 6 Union Street
432
Clarence C. White
1
Charles Grant
1
Grace M. Harriman
1
Blanks 2495
The votes were counted and declared in open Town Meeting and sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk whereupon the meeting was adjourned sine die.
Attest.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., August 3, 1936. A town meeting was held at time and place as specified in the war- rant and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard.
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The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles, whereupon it was moved to dispense with further reading of the war- rant except the Constable's Return thereon which was duly 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 officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of Albert N. Leman, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to amend the vote passed at the annual town meeting of March 1936, under Article 36 of the warrant, by striking out the following: "providing the State and County appropriate six thousand dollars ($6,000.00)" and substituting therefor the following, "together with such sums as may be allotted by the State and County," or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 2. On motion of Clinton L. Bancroft, it was voted that the vote passed at the annual town meeting of March, 1936 under Article 36 of the warrant be amended by striking out the following, "providing the State and County appropriate six thousand dollars ($6,000.00)" and substituting therefor the following "together with such sums as may be alloted by the State and County," so that the vote shall read, "That the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Lowell Street under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be alloted by the State and County."
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to amend the vote passed at the annual town meeting of March, 1936, under Article 37 of the war- rant, by striking out the following, "providing the State and County appropriate eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00)" and substituting there- for the following, "together with such sums as may be allotted by the State and County," or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 3. On motion of Clinton L. Bancroft, it was voted that the vote passed at the annual town meeting of March, 1936 under Article 37 of the warrant, be amended by striking out the following, "providing the State and County appropriate eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00)", and substituting therefor the following "together with such sums as may be allotted by the State and County," so that the vote shall read, "That the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of improving and constructing West Street, from the end of the 1934 construction at Prescott Street, to Woburn Street; thence easterly on Woburn Street, toward Reading Square, under Sec- tion 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be allotted by the State and County.
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Article 4. To see if the town will vote to accept and agree to the provisions of the Waiver of Claim for Damages, prepared by the Socony Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., in connection with the relocation of the South- easterly corner of Main and Washington Streets, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 4. On motion of Clinton L. Bancroft, it was voted that the town accept and agree to the provisions of the Waiver of Claim for Damages prepared by Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Incorporated in connection with the taking of an easement for the purpose of relo- cating the public highways at the southeasterly corner of Main and Washington Streets, and that the Town hereby authorizes the Board of Public Works to sign said Waiver of Claim for damages in their behalf.
On motion of Albert N. Leman, it was voted to adjourn sine die. Attest.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
STATE PRIMARY
Security Hall, Woburn Street, Sept. 15, 1936
Pursuant to the warrant a Primary was held at time and place specified therein and was called to order by Selectman Albert N. Leman. 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 thereon which was duly read. The ballot boxes were examined and declared empty and the keys delivered to the Constable in charge, James W. Sias. The ballots were delivered to the Selectman in charge and the polls were duly opened and closed at the hours speci- fied in the warrant and the votes counted in open town meeting with the following result.
2708 Republican and 227 Democratic.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
John W. Haigis, 24 Church Street, Greenfield 2570
Blanks 13%
Lieutenant Governor
Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Road, Newton 2547
Blanks 161
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook, 75 Benton Road, Somerville 2508
Blanks
200
45
Treasurer
William E. Hurley, 42 Wheatland Avenue, Boston 1841
William G. Andrew, 472 Cambridge Street, Cambridge 205 Fred Jefferson Burnell, 41 Washington Street, Medford 454
Blanks 208
Auditor
Richard Darby, 18 Gilmore Street, Everett 554
Russell A. Wood, 9 Whittier Street, Cambridge 1705
Blanks 449
Attorney-General
Felix Forte, 78 Belmont Street, Somerville 2371
Blanks 337
Senator in Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 275 Hale Street, Beverly 2304
Alonzo B. Cook, 4 Bulfinch Place, Boston 212
Guy M. Gray, 15 Russell Street, Greenfield 27
Thomas C. O'Brien 15
Blanks
150
Congressman, Fifth District
John T. Kevin, Jr., 474 Haverhill Street, Reading 226
Wilbur J. McCrady, 88 Washington Street, Lowell 295
Frank L. Roberts, 5 Lodge Road, Belmont 51
Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover Street, Lowell 2068
Blanks
67
Councillor, Sixth District
Edward T. Bailey, 462 Chelmsford Street, Lowell 537
George H. Bailey, 172 Sheridan Avenue, Medford 128
Joseph George Bates, 62 Mount Vernon Street 249
Frederick E. Bean, 69 Playstead Road, Medford 339
Richard E. Bourdon, 347 Bedford Street, Lexington 91
Chester Brown, 95 Jefferson Avenue, Everett 86
Councillor, Sixth District
Eugene A. F. Burtnett, 39 Ware Street, Somerville 371
James G. Harris, 90 Wyman Street, Medford 185
Charles H. LeDuc, 299 Shaw Street, Lowell 17
Blanks 705
Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
Joseph R. Cotton, 123 Marrett Road, Lexington
2381
Joseph LaBelle. 97 Pleasant Street, Lowell 89
Blanks 238
Representatives in General Court, 18th Middlesex District
Eli Beaumont, Main Street, North Reading 37
Arthur W. Coolidge, 136 Summer Avenue, Reading 1694
Louis Ellenwood, 50 Lowell Street, Reading 610
Gustave W. Everberg, 11 Cleveland Avenue, Woburn 1391
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J. Warren Killam, Jr., 212 Summer Avenue, Reading 1176 George F. A. McDougall, 13 Village Street, Reading 54
Blanks 454
Register of Probate and Insolvency
Harry R. Gardner, 18 Fountain Street, Medford 343
Loring P. Jordan, 12 Church Street, Wakefield 1974
Blanks 391
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Harold R. Acres, 5 Field Street, Malden 526
John A. Anderson, 9 Spring Street, Malden 381
Nathaniel I. Bowdith, Edmands Road, Framingham 1307
Walter B. French, 55 Varnum Street, Lowell 352
William R. Griffin, 12 Nesmith Street, Lowell 165
Walter C. Wardwell, 79 Oxford Street, Cambridge 1387
Blanks 1298
County Treasurer, Middlesex County
Charles E. Hatfield, 108 Cherry Street, Newton
2034
William John Shield, 50 Hume Avenue, Medford 234
Blanks 440
Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County (to fill vacancy)
Frederick C. Bean, 26 Bridge Street, Chelmsford 700
George H. Brown, 2 Melton Street, Lowell 236
Arthur F. Carver, 216 Elm Street, Cambridge 72
John R. Mackinnon, 309 Waverley Avenue, Watertown 1162
Archie J. MacNicholl, 262 School Street, Somerville 16
Ralph Smith, 134 Liberty Street, Lowell 107
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Charles F. Hurley, 57 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge
191
Blanks 36
Lieutenant-Governor
Philip J. Philbin, 23 Berlin Street, Clinton 100
Thomas F. Galvin, 28 Pearl Street, Lawrence
46
Francis E. Kelly, 24 Topliff Street, Boston 50
Blanks
31
Secretary
Joseph Santosuosso, 60 School Street, Boston 73
William J. Ahearne, 28 Baker Street, Lynn 13
John J. Buckley, 59 Aquavia Road, Medford 40
John D. O'Brien, 68 Decatur Street, Boston
27
Edward W. O'Hearn, 2 Centervale Park, Boston 25
William F. Sullivan, 28 Arborough Road, Boston 16
Blanks 33
47
Treasurer
James C. Scanlon, 25 Munroe Street, Somerville 99 James M. Hurley, 131 Pleasant Street, Marlborough 100
Blanks 28
Auditor
Thomas H. Buckley, 198 Centre Avenue, Abington 145
Leo D. Walsh, 1 Plummer Place, Boston 42
Blanks 40
Attorney-General
Paul A. Dever, 86 Buckingham Street, Cambridge 184
Blanks 43
Senator in Congress
James M. Curley, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston 112
Robert E. Greenwood, 33 Mechanic Street, Fitchburg 84
Thomas C. O'Brien 8
Blanks 23
Congressman, Fifth District
Daniel J. Coughlin, 400 Stevens Street, Lowell 133
Arthur F. Grenier, 20 Alberta Terrace, Cambridge 18
Henry C. Rowland, 67 Pleasant Street, Arlington 23
Blanks
53
Councillor, Sixth District
James J. Brennan, 10 Putnam Street, Somerville 96
Edward J. Coughlin, 301/2 Hanscom Street, Somerville 15
Richard J. Donohoe, 284 Beacon Street, Lowell 13
Manuel Gomes, 284 Perry Street, Lowell
5
Edward J. Griffin, 71 Swan Street, Everett
16
James E. Lamb, 397 Broadway Street, Lowell
5
John J. Murphy, 21 Highland Avenue, Somerville
10
Edward H. O'Connor, 63 Clare Street, Lowell
John J. O'Neil, 9 Phillips Street, Lowell 3
Robert P. O'Rourke, 34 Fiske Avenue, Somerville 8
Blanks 47
Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
Raymond Brennan, 9 Third Street, Lowell 45
John W. Buey, 40 Whipple Street, Lowell 5
Thomas J. Carlin, 19 Beech Street, Lowell 5
Walter J. Cleary, 47 Swift Street, Lowell
49
William D. Dacey, 176 Andover Street, Lowell
5
Richard T. O'Brien, 58 Willow Street, Lowell
26
James T. Sullivan, 57 Pond Street, Lowell 35
Thomas C. O'Brien 1
Blanks 56
48
Representatives in General Court, 18th Middlesex District William M. Carpenter, 371/2 Church Street, Woburn- 57 John P. Cullen, 3 Richmond Park, Woburn
Richard F. Drew, 110 Salem Street, Reading 156
Cecilia A. Mahern, 15 Federal Street, Woburn 45
Blanks 1,36
Register of Probate and Insolvency, Middlesex County
Francis E. Burke, 88 Bedford Street, Lexington 35
John J. Butler, 6 Bartley Street, Wakefield 82
Robert J. Curran, 28 Manet Road, Newton 3
George F. Haggerty, 15 Rhodora Street, Lowell 8
Florence C. Ramsey, 328A Summer Street, Somerville 8
James H. Riley, 155 Methuen Street, Lowell 15
Joseph B. Spillane, 47 Munroe Street, Somerville .6
Charles Otis Sullivan, 404 Hovey Street, Lowell 13
Blanks 57
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Edward J. Barrett, 74 Newton Street, Somerville 35
William P. Bennett, 151 Hudson Street, Somerville 23
James M. Canney, 100 Fourth Street, Cambridge
6
Michael DeLuca, 36 Walker Street, Cambridge
9
Joseph B. Doherty, 39 Villa Avenue, Everett
44
Francis D. Donahue, 51 Governor Winthrop Road, Somerville
10
John J. Donoghue, 148 Summer Street, Somerville
6
Howard W. Fitzpatrick, 491 Pleasant Street, Malden 45
William R. Griffin, 12 Nesmith Street, Lowell 9
Edward L. Harley, 46 Crosby Street, Lowell
20
William C. Harrington, 15 By Street, Lowell
11
Edmund S. Haverty, 2 Russell Street, Waltham
4
Edward J. Lane, 17A Harrison Street, Somerville 2
Luke A. Manning, 145 Gray Street, Arlington 9
Jeremiah F. Murphy, 45 Enfield Road, Winthrop 11
Thomas Murray, 85A Franklin Street, Somerville 9
Edward A. Rose, 229 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville 22
John J. Shine, 185 Holworthy Street, Cambridge
6
Philip A. Sheridan, 11 Russell Terrace, Arlington 8
Glenn J. Steeves, 31 Cameron Avenue, Cambridge 1
John A. Sweeney, 8 Essex Street, Cambridge
5
Joseph Paul Talarico, 32 May Street, Cambridge 2
Blanks 157 1
County Treasurer, Middlesex County
John J. Bray, Jr., 49 Linwood Street, Medford 42
Cornelius P. Cronin, 45 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge 38
John J. Devine, 47 Houghton Street, Somerville 8
James Patrick Dolan, 69 Fulton Street, Lowell 17
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James H. Duggan, 23 Kingston Street, Somerville 7 Thomas F. Mackey, 52 Madison Street, Somerville 29
Henry F. Sullivan, 16 Dutton Street, Lowell 19
Blanks 67
Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County (to fill vacancy)
John J. Breen, 83 Beacon Street, Somerville 20
John J. Brennan, 39 Cutter Street, Somerville 52
James E. Burns, 28 Thorpe Street, Somerville 9 John B. Carr. 67 Lowell Street, Somerville 7
Robert E. Coughlin, 18 Bleachery Street, Lowell 23
John A. Crowley, 106 Beacon Street, Lowell
12
Edward L. Ford, 390 Broadway, Cambridge 20
Francis J. Greeley, 57 Dimick Street, Somerville 16
Stephen A. Murphy, 7 Hildreth Street, Marlborough 10
Blanks
58
The votes were sorted, counted and declared in open Town Meeting : and the meeting adjourned sine die.
Attest.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTION
Security Hall, Woburn Street, November 3, 1936.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon a State and National Election was held at the time and place specified therein and was called to order by Selectman Newell H. Morton. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles, when it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's Return thereon, which was duly read. The ballot boxes were examined and declared empty and the keys were delivered to the Constable in charge, Leon G. Bent. The ballots were delivered to the Selectman in charge and the polls were duly opened and closed at the hours specified in the warrant and the votes counted in open Town Meeting with the following result.
Total number of ballots cast 5343
Electors for President and Vice-President
Aiken and Teichert, Socialist Labor Party
1
Browder and Ford, Communist Party 7
Colvin and Watson, Prohibition Party 2
Landon and Knox, Republican Party
3793
Lemke and O'Brien, Union Party
202
Roosevelt and Garner, Democratic Party 1239
Thomas and Nelson, Socialist Party 8
Blanks 91
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Governor
Fred G. Bushold of Lawrence 40
Alfred H. Evans of Northfield
10
John W. Haigis of Greenfield
3936
Horace I. Hillis of Saugus
6
Otis Archer Hood of Boston
13
Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge 1127
Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge
7
William H. McMasters of Cambridge 126
Blanks 78
Lieutenant-Governor
Henning A. Blomen of Cambridge
12
Freeman W. Follett of Haverhill
13
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield
19
Francis E. Kelly of Boston
1120
Leverett Saltonstall of Newton
4046
Paul G. Wicks of Greenfield
13
Blanks 120
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville 4177
Ralph Dow of New Bedford
12
George L. McGlynn of Springfield
10
Mary E. Moore of Boston
18
Joseph Santosuosso of Boston
958
Blanks 168
Treasurer
Thomas Gilmartin of Boston
9
Mabelle M. Groves of Newton
14
Harold J. Hatfield of Belmont
19
Eva Hoffman of Boston 4
James M. Hurley of Marlborough 1033
4102
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown
16
Blanks 146
Auditor
Lyman M. Aldrich of Worcester
17
Richard Darby of Everett
12
Elizabeth Donovan of North Brookfield 18
6
Walter J. Hogan of Springfield
12
Russell A. Wood of Cambridge
3960
Blanks 207
51
William E. Hurley of Boston
Thomas H. Buckley of Abington 1111
Alfred Haase of Fitchburg
Attorney General
Morris Berzon of Everett 14
Paul A. Dever of Cambridge 1306
Felix Forte of Somerville 3820
George F. Hogan of Nahant
14
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody
7
Michael Tuysuzian of Chelsea
9
Blanks 173
Senator in Congress
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston 38
Albert Sprague Coolidge of Cambridge
16
James M. Curley of Boston
923
Ernest L. Dodge of Beverly
11
Charles Flaherty of Boston
9
Guy M. Gray of Greenfield
22
Moses H. Gulesian of Newton
11
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Beverly
3994
Wilbur D. Moon of Lynn
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