Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1940, Part 5

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 354


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Group 2


Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton 272


Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 275 Hale St., Beverly 272


Joseph W. Martin, Jr., 54 Grove St., No. Attleborough 255


John W. Haigis, 24 Church St., Greenfield 259


Blanks


1162


Alternate Delegates


Group 2


Mary B. Besse, 120 Main St., Wareham 207


Orin S. Kenny, 5 Somerset Ave., Beverly 213


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Mary Phillis Bailey, Hampton Ter., Northampton 209 Irene Gowetz, 384 Chandler St., Worcester 203


Blanks 1388


District Delegates and Alternate District Delegates to National Convention Delegates


Group 1


Emile Marquis, 83 Central St., Woburn 156


John H. MacDonald, 255 Hildredth St., Lowell 165


Blanks


789


Alternate Delegates


Group 1


Elvey M. Prentiss, 15 Fremont St., Reading 189


Grace N. Knight, 11 Tanager St., Arlington 177


Blanks


744


Delegates


Group 2


Paul R. Forsy, 259 Beacon St., Lowell 140


Raymond S. Wilkins, 25 Cabot St., Winchester 151


Blanks


819


Alternate Delegates


Group 2


Maude M. Johnson, 100 Bellevue Ave., Melrose 135


Elizabeth F. Taylor, 117 School St., Belmont 131


Blanks


844


Delegates


Not Grouped


Mary Walsh Brennan, 437 East Merrimack St., Lowell 6


Ralph K. Coleman, Hildredth St., Westfield 14


Robert J. W. Stone, 20 Lovell Rd., Melrose 63


Blanks


1582


State Committee


John Howard Pearson, 69 Clitheroe St., Lowell 259


Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Ave., Reading 1


Blanks


295


State Committee


Helen W. Learoyd, 101 Chestnut St., Westfield 239


Blanks


316


Town Committee


Norman W. Haines, 32 Thorndike St. 355


Louise B. Jenkins, 161 Salem St. 354


Harriette P. Leuchtman, 18 Belmont St. 347


Thomas F. Classen, 11 Chute St. 345


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Dudley B. Killam, 16 Arlington St. 369


Myrtle L. Leman, 35 School St. 367


Arthur S. Cook, 73 Bancroft Ave. 364 Louis Ellenwood, 78 Lowell St. 366


Natalie Burnham, 17 Pine Ridge Road


357


Katherine G. Howard, 186 Summer Ave.


360


Marjorie L. Schoppelry, 196 Prescott St. 351


Loring F. Wilcox, 67 Hillcrest Rd.


361


Gertrude F. Stratton, 117 Oak St.


349


Sara G. Harnden, 311 Summer Ave.


361


Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St.


379


Guy W. Ellison, 90 Grand St.


363


Robert E. Fowle, 3 Perkins Ave.


362


Mae A. Tanner, 124 Oak St.


349


Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Ave.


380


Louis Davis, 8 Vine St.


349


Marcia C. Foxcroft, 100 Prescott St. 342


Marion R. Symonds, 170 Bancroft Ave. 343


Harold F. Parker, 106 Prescott St. 362


Mollie A. Sweetser, 192 Woburn St. 368


348


Blanks


4924


Town Committee


Group 2


Henry A. Murphy, Jr., 134 Pearl St.


68


Blanks 487


Alfred J. Thieme, 107 Woburn St. 72


Blanks


483


Delegates at Large and Alternate Delegates at Large to National


Convention


12 Delegates and 12 Alternate Delegates, Democratic Party Delegates


David I. Walsh, 37 Day St., Fitchburg 26


Paul A. Dever, 86 Buckingham St., Cambridge 27


John W. McCormack, 726 Columbia Rd., Boston 26


Maurice J. Tobin, 30 Hopkins Rd., Boston 28


William H. Burke. Jr., 70 Main St., Hatfield 26


James M. Curley, 359 Jamiacaway, Boston 24


Charles F. Hurley, 57 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge, Mass. 25


Joseph B. Ely, 66 Broad St., Westfield 26


Francis E. Kelly, 1176 Morton St., Boston 26


Roger L. Putnam, 216 Central St., Springfield 26


William J. Foley, 388 West Fourth St., Boston 27


Alexander G. Lajoie, 180 Stafford St., Worcester 25


Blanks 120


Robert S. Ralston, 9 Dudley St.


Alternate Delegates


Henry K. Cushing, 497 Washington St., Brookline 21


Joseph A. Scalpone, 31 May St., Boston 20


Elizabeth L. McNamara, 239 Upland Rd., Cambridge 20


Catherine E. Hanifin, South Main St., Belchertown 19 Sadie H. Mulrone, 48 Terrence St., Springfield


20


Clementine Langone, 190 North St., Boston Anna A. Sharry, 730 Pleasant St., Worcester


20


Margaret M. O'Riordan, 14 Asticou Rd., Boston


22


John Zielinski, 473 Hillside Ave., Holyoke


20


Mary Maliotis, 272 Foster St., Boston 19


Michael J. Bates, 56 Nesmith St., Lawrence 20


Morris Kritzman, 36 Woolson St., Boston 19


Blanks 192


District Delegates and Alternate Delegates to National Convention


Daniel O'Dea, 109 Glenwood St., Lowell 20


George T. Ashe, 201 Cross St., Lowell 22


James J. Bruin, 161 School St., Lowell 21


Edward W. Kenney, 485 Main St., Woburn 23


Blanks 58


Alternate Delegates


Gerald F. Cronin, 344 Varnum Ave., Lowell 15


Edward P. Gilgun, 112 Garfield St., Woburn 16


Walter H. Wilcox, 6 Eaton St., Woburn 16


Eleanor L. Daly, 399 Broadway, Cambridge 14


Blanks


83


Delegates


Not Grouped


Walter McCarron, 142 Myrtle St., Lowell 1


Elizabeth F. O'Sullivan, 27 Burtt St., Lowell 3


Francis J. Roane, 46 Burtt St., Lowell 1


Raymond A. Willett, Jr., 77 Salem St., Woburn 5


Blanks


134


Alternate Delegates


Not Grouped


Edward F. Clancy, Jr., 68 Newhall St., Lowell 2


Firmo Correa, 196 Merrimac St., Lowell 0


John H. Gallagher, 89 Washington St., Stoneham 8


James F. McCarron, 142 Myrtle St., Lowell


0


Bartholomew B. O'Sullivan, 27 Burtt St., Lowell 1


Blanks


169


State Committee


Henry C. Carragher, 147 Wentworth Ave., Lowell


4


Frank A. Cassidy, 305 East Merrimac St., Lowell 7


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20


Maurice D. Condrey, 91 Fort Hill Ave., Lowell 3


William D. Dacey, 176 Andover St., Lowell 5


William P. McGarry, 31 Grover Ave., Lowell 5


Blanks


12


State Committee


Not Grouped


Frances Z. O'Toole, 48 Meade St., Lowell


21


Blanks 15


Town Committee


Richard F. Drew, 158 Salem St. 23


James H. Fleming, 18 Green St. 26


Catherine L. Doherty, 111 Green St. 26


Catherine W. Peters, 2 Center Ave.


23


George Robbins, Mineral St. 25


Rose A. Gadbois, 8 Maple St. 23


Catherine E. Reilly, 67 Mineral St. 22


Paul J. Geary, 24 Minot St. 22


Edwin E. Wendell, 28 Minot St.


21


Owen McKenney, 130 John St. 25


Blanks 125


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 : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT (Seal)


Commonwealth Massachusetts


To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs. to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading on Wednesday, the First Day of May, 194^, at eight o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles :


Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees, and determine what instruction will be given Town Officers and special committees.


Article 2. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise by bor- rowing or otherwise, and appropriate for the purchase of a ladder truck for the Fire Department, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 3. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the administration, operation and for meeting the requirements of the Contributory Retirement System as defined in Section 26 to 31H


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inclusive of Chapter 32 of the General Laws or what it will do in re- lation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Paragraph C of Section 77 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws relating to the pensions of laborers, foremen, inspectors, mechanics, draw tend- ers, assistant draw tenders, and storekeepers in the employ of the Town or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish a committee for the purpose of studying the administration, cost of operation, activi- ties and functions of the Welfare and W. P. A. Departments and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate therefor or what it will do in relation thereto.


Finance Committee.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way known as Lewis Street, under the provisions of law au- thorizing the assessment of betterments, such highways being laid out in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way as laid by the Board of Public Works as Lewis Street, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the rentals for the current year from the buildings situated at numbers 1 Haven and 31 and 33 High Streets, and to see what sum the Town will ap- propriate by transfer from the receipts of the Municipal Light Depart- ment for the maintenance, operation and improvement of the premises located on Haven, High and Green Streets, or what it will do in re- lation thereto.


Municipal Light Department.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting an at- tested copy thereof in at least ten public places in the Town, not less than seven days prior to May 1, 1940, the date set for the meet- ing in said warrant and to publish this warrant in the Reading Chron- icle, one day at least prior to the said date.


Hereof fail not to make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.


Given under our hands this eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1940.


NEWELL H. MORTON,


CARL W. GOODRIDGE,


Selectmen of Reading.


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OFFICER'S RETURN


Middlesex, ss.


Reading, Mass., April 23, 1940.


By virtue of this Warrant, I this day notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs to meet in the place and at the time specified in this Warrant by posting attested copies in the following public places within the Town of Reading.


Municipal Building


Reading Fire Station, Eng. No. 2


Odd Fellows Building


Austin's Lunch


Reading Police Station


M. F. Charles' Store


Boston & Maine R. R. Station


Danforth's Drug Store


Reading Fire Station, Eng. No. 1


Haven Spa


The same being not less than seven days prior to May 1st, 1940, the date set for said meeting. I also caused the same to be printed in the Reading Chronicle, date of April 26, 1940, the same being at least one day prior to said date of meeting.


JAMES W. SIAS, Constable of Reading.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Security Hall


May 1, 1940.


Article 1. On motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted to lay this Article on the table.


Article 2. Newell H. Morton moved that the sum of fourteen thou- sand five hundred ($14,500) dollars be and the same is raised and ap- propriated for the purchase for the Fire Department of a ladder truck and the necessary equipment therefor; and for the purpose of raising said sum five thousand ($5,000) dollars thereof shall be included in the current year tax levy, and the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow for the above purpose the sum of nine thousand five hundred ($9,500) dollars and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Acts amendatory thereof and in addition thereto, so that the whole of the said loan shall be paid in not more than five (5) years or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen may determine, and said bonds or notes shall be signed by the Treasurer and counter-signed by the Selectmen.


Mr. Berle moved that the further action on Article 2 be deferred to the next annual Town Meeting. This motion did not prevail.


The original motion was then acted upon. The same being a bond issue, a two thirds vote was required. 188 having voted in the affirma- tive and 36 in the negative, the motion was carried.


Article 3. Warren Killam moved that the sum of Seven Thousand ($7,000) dollars be raised and appropriated for the administration, op-


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eration and for meeting the requirements of the Contributory Retire- ment System as defined in Section 26 to 31H inclusive of Chapter 32 of the General Laws. This motion was voted and carried.


Article 4. On motion of Warren Killam it was voted that Para- graph C of Section 77 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws relating to the pensions of laborers, foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders, assistant draw-tenders and storekeepers in the employ of the Town be and the same is hereby accepted.


Article 5. Mr. Devaney moved that the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of studying the administration, cost of operation, activities and functions of the Welfare and W. P. A. Departments, and that a committee of fifteen be and hereby is established consisting of members of the Finance Committee and such Committee shall cause such study to be made and report at the next annual Town Meeting or at any special meeting to be held prior thereto the result of such study with recommendations as to what action it deems necessary and proper in the matter.


Herbert Wooldridge moved to appoint a committee of 15 not to include any Town Officers, to investigate the Welfare and W. P. A. Departments, names of recipients of welfare not to be made public. This was not voted. Mr. Devaney's motion was then voted and carried.


Article 6.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Middlesex, ss.


Town of Reading


The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to the owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the town running Westerly from West Street opposite Scotland Road to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Lewis Street, the bound- aries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :


Beginning at a point on the Westerly side line of said West Street, said point being N. 24 degrees-18' E., a distance of 106.88 feet from a County Stone Bound set in said Westerly side line of West Street at the Northerly terminus of a curve having a radius of 373.43. ft. in said Westerly side line of said West Street.


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Thence by a curve North to West, having a radius of 20.0 ft. through lands of E. Idella Kenney, a length of 41.90 ft. to a point of tangent;


Thence S. 40 degrees-16'-40" W., still by lands of said Kenney, a distance of 512.80 feet to a point;


Thence turning and running N. 12 degrees-33'-20" W. by lands now or formerly of Janet Grant, a distance of 40.29 feet to a point ;


Thence turning and running N. 84 degrees-16'-40" E., by lands of Town of Reading (formerly Wilfred L. Porter, Est.), lands of Ethel M. Anderson, Arthur P. French, Heirs or Devisees, Bartholomew J. Lehan, Joseph E. Larkin and Hilda P. Larkin, Robert W. French and Edith J. French, John B. Shaffer, and Charles Stratton, a distance of 563.82 feet to a point of curve;


Thence by a curve to the Left, having a radius of 20.00 feet and through land of said Stratton, a length of 20.94 feet to a point on the Westerly side line of said West St.


Thence turning and running S. 240.18', by said Westerly side line of said West Street, a distance of 92.40 ft. to the point of beginning.


The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Lewis Street, Reading, Mass.", dated April, 1940, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch Supt., said Plan being a part of this description.


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. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments and betterments are to be assessed therefor.


This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public town way and named Lewis Street, and that the sum of one thousand, one hundred and seven ($1,107.00) dollars be raised and ap- propriated for such laying out and for the construction of said way. WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chm. HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Sec. EDWARD A. BROPHY ALEX LINDSAY


Members of the Board of Public Works, Town of Reading. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a public way of a private way known as Lewis Street, and adopt the recommend- ations contained therein, and that the sum of Eleven Hundred and Seven ($1,107.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of the said way.


Article 7. On motion of Henry Johnson it was voted that the rentals for the current year from the buildings situated at numbers 1 Haven and 31 and 33 High Streets, be and the same hereby are ap-


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propriated and that the further sum of Seven Hundred Thirty-Five ($735) Dollars, being the amount of rentals collected from said premises for the year 1939, be appropriated by transferring said sum from the unexpended balance of the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Plant and that such appropriations be expended by the Municipal Light Board for the maintenance, operation and improvement of said premises located at numbers 1 Haven and 31 and 33 High Streets and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said seven hundred thirty-five ($735) dollars as above provided.


Article 1. Newell H. Morton moved to take Article 1 from the table. On motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted to indefinitely post- pone this article.


It was on Newell H. Morton's motion the meeting voted to adjourn sine die.


A true Copy Attest : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


Special Town Meeting Checkers


R. Lawton E. Dickinson, 4 Kingston St.


D. James W. Ryland, 16 Center Ave.


D. Margaret A. Thornton, 10 Minot St.


236 were checked as attending the meeting.


WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY (Seal)


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to no- tify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Security Hall, Woburn St., Tuesday, the Seven- teenth Day of September, 1940, at 7 o'clock A. M., for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following officers :


Governor


Lieutenant Governor


Secretary of the Commonwealth


for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth


Treasurer and Receiver General Auditor of the Commonwealth Attorney General


for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth


Senator in Congress


for this Commonwealth


Representative in Congress Councillor


for 5th Congressional District for 6th Councillor District


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Senator for 7th Middlesex Senatorial District 2 Representatives in General Court for 18th Middlesex Representative District


Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County


Register of Deeds


for Southern Middlesex District


County Commissioners (2) for Middlesex County for Middlesex County


County Treasurer (to fill vacancy)


and for the election of the following officers :


1 Delegate to the State Convention of the Democratic Party.


14 Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party.


The polls will be open from 7 o'clock A. M. to 8 o'clock P. M. and you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in at least ten public places in the town not less than seven days prior to September 17, 1940 and to cause to be published an attested copy of the same in the Reading Chronicle one day at least prior to said date. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before the time or at the time and place of said meeting,


Given under our hands this sixth day of September, A. D. 1940. NEWELL H. MORTON, ROBERT E. FOWLE, CARL W. GOODRIDGE, Selectmen of Reading.


OFFICERS' RETURN


Middlesex, ss. Reading, Mass., Sept. 9, 1940.


By virtue of this Warrant, I this day warned and notified the in- habitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the place and at the time specified in this Warrant by posting attested copies in the following public places within the Town of Reading.


Reading Fire Station No. 1


Municipal Building


Reading Fire Station No. 2 Masonic Building


Reading Police Station


Lyceum Hall Building


B. & M. Railway Station


Odd Fellows Building


M. F. Charles' Store


Danforth's Drug Store


Weadick's Drug Store


Haven Spa Austin's Lunch


Sanborn Hill Station


The same being not less than seven days prior to Sept. 17th, 1940. I also caused the same to be printed in the Reading Chronicle, date of Sept. 13th, 1940, the same being at least One day prior to Sept. 17th, 1940 the day of said meeting.


J. W. SIAS, Constable of Reading.


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STATE PRIMARY The following persons served at the Primaries, Sept. 17, 1940:


Ballot Boxes


R. Helen DeCoster, 14 Grand St.


D. Charles A. Sullivan, 11 Winthrop Ave. Ballot Clerks


R. Gladys R. Dickinson, 25 Arlington St.


D William Carney, 35 Park Ave. Checkers


D. Nellie E. Whelton, 7 High St.


R.


Winnifred McClintock, 188 Wakefield St.


D. Catherine E. Reilly, 67 Mineral St.


D. Catherine L. Doherty, 111 Green St.


R. Harriette Leuchtman, 18 Belmont St.


D. John E. Murray, 61 Vine St.


D. Mary C. Barrett, 38 Warren Ave.


R. M. Louise Classen, 13 Chute St.


R. Jessie N. Thaxter, 11 Winter St. Counters


R. Robert F. Nichols, 5 Lowell St.


D.


Margaret Thornton, 10 Minot St.


D.


Francis J. Thornton, 58 Hancock St.


D. John F. Cummings, 25 Temple St.


R. Harold Flater, 33 Minot St.


R. May Horrocks, 505 Main St.


R. Vaughan F. Burnham, 89 Highland St.


D. Charles McKenney, 18 Arlington St.


D. Annie G. Linder, 187 High St.


R.


Charles C. Wakefield, 22 Mt. Vernon St.


D). Da. id J. Whelton. 7 1Tgh St.


R. Bernard Schimpfke, 179 West St.


R.


Robert Shannon, 339 Haven St.


D. Virginia N. Doiron, 71 Curtis St.


D. Rose A. Gadbois, 8 Maple St.


R. Elcanora Crowe, 114 Ash St.


D.


Edwin J. Doherty, 18 bancroft Ave.


R. A bert C. Graupner, 149 Pleasant St.


R. Sadie B. Riseman, 196 Washington St.


D). George Robbins, 9 Mineral St.


R. Jo'n W. Goff, 9 Arlington St.


R. William R. Zwicker, 26 Charles St.


D. S. S. Spellman, 37 Mt. Vernon St.


R.


Cwen Bredbury, 42 Deering St.


D. John J. Galvin, 17 Winthrop Ave.


R.


William E. Bloom, 154 Woburn St.


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D. Margaret Greene, 7 Warren Ave.


R. Orin L. Crowe, 114 Ash St.


D. Edgar Davis, 7 Michelini Lane


R. William Campbell, 55 Salem St.


D. Walter Collins, 179 Green St.


D. Catherine Winslow. 2 Warren Ave.


D. George Meaney, Jr., 42 Hancock St. Tabulators, 6 P. M.


R. Lawrence Winchester, 232 West St.


R. Joseph R. Clark, 81 Ash St.


D. John Walsh, 20 Sweetser Ave.


R. Eleanor Taylor, 507 Main St.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a Primary was held at the time and place specified and was called to order by Selectman Robert Fowle. The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Norman P. Charles when it was voted by Carl Goodridge's motion 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, James W. Sias. The ballots were delivered to the Selectmen in charge.


The polls were duly opened and closed at the hours specified in the Warrant and the votes were counted with the following results :


1990 Republican-164 Democrat-Total Vote 2154.


Republican Party Governor


Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton 1872


Blanks


118


Lieutenant Governor


Horace T. Cahill, 60 Arborway Drive, Braintree


1862


Blanks


128


Secretary


Frederick W. Cook, 75 Benton Rd., Somerville 1862


Blanks


128


Treasurer


William E. Hurley, 37 Carruth St., Boston 1814


Blanks 176


Auditor


Russell A. Wood, 11 Whittier St., Cambridge 1813


Blanks 177


Attorney General


Clarence A. Barnes, 79 Rumford Ave., Mansfield 435


Robert T. Bushnell, 193 Fuller St., Newton 738


William C. Crossley, 288 Montgomery St., Fall River 121


Edmund R. Dewing, 200 Grove St., Wellesley 325


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Michael A. Fredo, 9 Webster St., Arlington 122 George W. Roberts, 90 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 189


Blanks 160


Senator in Congress


Henry Parkman, Jr., 243 Beacon St., Boston 1761


Blanks 229


Congressman


Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover St., Lowell 1855


Famagust S. Paulson, 237 East Merrimac St., Lowell 88


Blanks 44


Councillor


Eugene A. F. Burtnett, 39 Ware St., Somerville 791


Mary Walsh Brennan, 437 East Merrimac St., Lowell 98


Oscar N. Codding, 19 Yale St., Winchester 112


Meril A. Dorion, 138 Gray St., Arlington 116


Willa A. Hatton, 525 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose 155


Frank E. Lewis, 2 Hampshire St., Everett 411


Blanks


307


Senator


Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Ave., Reading 1454


Louis Ellenwood, 18 Gould St., Reading 489


Blanks


47


Representatives in General Court


Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St., Reading 1599


Herman P. Peterson, 133 Montvale Ave., Woburn 942


Mollie A. Sweetser, 192 Woburn St., Reading 1022




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