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Clerk of Courts
Frederic L. Putnam, 288 Main St., Melrose 1674
Harold A. Murray, 181 Pearl St., Newton 121
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Register of Deeds
Thomas Leighton, 72 Rutledge Rd., Belmont 1646
Joseph J. Launie, 25 Vernon St., Medford 88
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County Commissioners
Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Edmands Rd., Framingham 1044
Lewis A. Adams, 10 Pleasant St., Court, Medford 115
Leslie G. Ainsley, 12 Newport Rd., Cambridge 59
Howe Coolidge Amee, 285 Harvard St., Cambridge 98
Robert W. Beyer, 45 Myrtle Terrace, Winchester 62
Maurice B. Blomerth, 89 Dexter St., Malden 47
Thomas B. Brennan, 72 Bower St., Medford 73
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Edward J. Bushell, 182 Hawthorne St., Malden 268
Ernest J. Chisholm, 318 Winthrop St., Medford 58
Donald B. Falvey, 23 Springfield St, Belmont 16
Harry R. Gardner, 18 Fountain St., Medford 77
Archibald R. Giroux, 6 Stratham Road, Lexington
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William A. Hastings, 11 Upham Terrace, Malden
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Arthur K. Reading, 56 Kirkland St., Cambridge
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Charles A. Stevens, 115 Butnam Rd., Lowell
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John A. Sweeney, 53 Cedar St., Cambridge 30
Herbert L. Trull, Andover St., Tewksbury
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Frank D. Walker, 5 Framingham Rd., Marlborough
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County Treasurer
William F. Drake, 222 Walnut St., Framingham
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Charles P. Howard, 186 Summer Ave., Reading 1735
John E. Howard, 158 Riverside Ave., Medford
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Frank M. Syrewicz,, 42 Fairfax St., Somerville 9
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Delegates to State Convention
William E. Bloom, 154 Woburn St.
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Arthur S. Cook, 73 Bancroft Ave 110
Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Ave.
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Guy W. Ellison, 90 Grand St.
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Robert E. Fowle, 3 Perkins Ave.
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Norman W. Haines, 32 Thorndike St.
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Charles P. Howard, 186 Summer Ave.
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Louise B. Jenkins, 161 Salem St.
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Dudley B. Killam, 16 Arlington St.
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Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St.
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Gertrude F. Stratton, 117 Oak St.
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Marion R. Symonds, 170 Bancroft Ave. 102
Loring F. Wilcox, 67 Hillcrest Rd.
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Frank Tanner, 124 Oak St.
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Mollie Sweetser, 192 Woburn St.
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C. Irving Alger, 144 Woburn St.
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Logan R. Dickie, 86 Walnut St.
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Charles S. Hasty, 46 Temple St.
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H. Raymond Johnson, 15 Woodward Ave.
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Ralph Keneely, 189 Haven St.
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Robert Mount, 293 Ash St.
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Charles Tasney, 7 Gould St.
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Edward Rollins, 71 Vine St.
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Myles Higgins, 8 Sanborn St. 1
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Louis Ellenwood, 18 Gould St. 120
Harriette Leuchtman, 18 Belmont St. 2 Horace Bailey, 93 Salem St. 1
William Haley, 73 Hillcrest Road 1
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Democratic Party Governor
Paul A. Dever, 86 Buckingham St., Cambridge 120
Francis E. Kelly, 1176 Morton St., Boston 40
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Lieutenant Governor
John C. Carr, 30 Burnside St., Medford 61
Owen A. Gallagher, 17 Ocean St., Boston 48
Francis P. Kelley, 43 Emerson Rd., Milton 13
Michael Phillip McCarron, 142 Myrtle St., Lowell 4
Charles E. O'Neill, 110 High St., Danvers 3
Raymond A. Willett, Jr., 77 Salem St., Woburn 20
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Secretary
Albert L. Fish, 4 Rundel Park, Boston 19
Katherine A. Foley, 17 Allyn Terrace, Lawrence 55
Arthur Michael MacCarthy, 66 Summit Ave., Winthrop 19
Albert E. Morris, 19 Greenhalge Ave., Everett 49
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Treasurer
Ernest J. Brown, 33 Kenmore Rd., Medford 21
Patrick M. Cahill, 20 Church St .. Peabody 32
Joseph W. Doherty, 67 Carlton St., Brookline 31
John J. Donahue, 108 Summer St., Somerville 32
John J. McGrath, 11 Richview St., Boston
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Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley, 86 Pickney St., Boston 70
Thomas P. Flaherty, 9 Lafield St., Boston 23
William P. Husband, Jr., 49 Raleigh Rd., Belmont 33
Leo D. Walsh,. 1145 Dorchester Ave., Boston 15
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Attorney General
John H. Backus, 71 Bonney St., New Bedford 23
James Henry Brennan, 38 Arborway, Boston 33
Thomas M. Burke, 23 Idaho St., Boston 15
Joseph V. Carroll, 154 Clifton St., Belmont
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Jeannette C. Chisholm, 15 Mayall Rd., Waltham 3
Joseph Finnegan, 163 Train St., Boston 8
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John W. Lyons, 28 Ellsworth Ave., Cambridge 9
Edward A. Ryan, 34 Dayton St., Worcester 4
Harold W. Sullivan, 34 Topliff St., Boston 38
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Senator in Congress
David I. Walsh, 37 Day St., Fitchburg 141
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Congressman
Francis J. Roane, 46 Burtt St., Lowell 132
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Councillor
James J. Brennan, 10 Putnam St., Somerville 90
Edward J. Coughlin, 239 Tremont St., Somerville 16
Walter McCarron, 142 Myrtle St., Lowell 23
Thomas F. McGrath, 217 Willow Ave., Somerville 11
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Senator
William D. Dacey, 176 Andover St., Lowell 130
Richard Drew, 158 Salem St., Reading
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Representatives in General Court
Joseph L. Ring, 275 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington 118
Richard Drew, 158 Salem St., Reading 15
Raymond Logan 1
Louis M. Lyons, 14 Vale Road, Reading 1
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Clerk of Courts
J. Gordon Duffy, 169 Spring St., Cambridge 85
Martin Leo Vahey, 104 Riverside St., Watertown 47
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Register of Deeds
Louis Marchetti 1
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County Commissioners
Thomas B. Brennan, 72 Bower St., Medford 117
Francis J. Kelley, 16 Cottage St., Lowell 112
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County Treasurer
Raymond H. Hurley, 201 Hale St., Lowell 130
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Delegates to State Convention
Louis Bacigalupo, 96 John St. 6
Richard F. Drew, 158 Salem St. 12
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Arthur L. Redmond, 127 Green St. 6 David Whelton, 7 High St. 1
James Fleming, 16 Green St. 1
Andrew A. Zanni, 16 Bolton St. 1
Catherine Doherty, 111 Green St.
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The votes were sorted, counted and declared in open Town Meet- ing and adjourned Sine die.
Attest : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
REGISTRATION FOR MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE
Pursuant to a proclamation by the President of the United States on September 16, 1940, and a proclamation by Leverett Saltonstall, Gov- ernor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on September 25th, a Military Selective Service Registration was held on October 16th, 1940, at the Center School beginning at 7:00 a. m. and closing at 9:00 p. m. with the following result.
Total number of male citizens between the ages of 21 years to 35 years inclusive, registered 1077.
The registrations cards were placed in the vault and turned over to the clerk of the town, Norman P. Charles.
The cards were delivered to the Reading-Wakefield draft board on October 18, 1940.
For further details and list of those registered, see separate book in Town Clerk's office.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
(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 the said town who are qualified to vote in elections to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, Tuesday, the fifth day of November, 1940, at 7 o'clock A. M. for the following purposes : To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for :
Electors of President and Vice-President for this Commonwealth.
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant-Governor for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth.
Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.
Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth.
Representative in Congress for the Fifth Congressional District.
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Councillor for Sixth Councillor District.
Senator for Seventh Middlesex District.
Two Representatives in General Court for Eighteenth Representative District.
Register of Deeds for Southern Middlesex District.
County Commissioners (2) for Middlesex County.
County Treasurer (to fill vacancy) for Middlesex County.
Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County.
Also to vote Yes or No in answer to the following questions :
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in the town of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "Yes" on all three questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt bev- erages only, to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one, "Yes" on question two and "No" on ques- tion three.
(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic bev- erages, but only in packages so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on questions on'e and two and "Yes" on question three.
(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addi- tion other alcoholic beverages, but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one and "Yes" on question two and three.
(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all al- coholic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on all three questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? Yes or No.
4. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein oi wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt bev crages) .? Yes or No.
3. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein oi all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ? Yes or No.
Also to vote Yes or No in answer to the following questions :
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, che net proceeds of which shall provide additional revenue for Old Age Assistance Fund?" Yes or No.
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote foi legislation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of Old Age Assistance?" Yes or No.
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The polls will be opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and will close at 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 November 5, 1940, and by causing an at- tested copy to be published 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 and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 21st day of October, A. D. 1940. NEWELL H. MORTON, ROBERT E. FOWLE, CARL W. GOODRIDGE, Selectmen of Reading.
OFFICER'S RETURN
October 28, 1940. Reading, Mass.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
By virtue of this warrant, I this day notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in Elections 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 No. 1
Masonic Building
Reading Fire Station No. 2
Reading Police Station
Weadick's Drug Store
Lyceum Hall Building
Danforth's Drug Store
Odd Fellows' Building
Haven Spa
M. F. Charles' Store B. & M. R. R. Station
Sanborn Hill Filling Station
Austin's Lunch
The same being not less than seven days prior to November 5, 1940, the date of said election.
I also caused an attested copy to be printed in the Reading Chron- icle, date of Nov. 1st, 1940, the same being at least one day prior to the date of said meeting.
Signed, J. W. SIAS, Constable of Reading.
STATE ELECTION November 5, 1940
Pursuant to the Warrant and the Constables return thereon, a State Election was held at the time and place specified therein, and was called to order by Selectman Robert E. Fowle. The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Norman P. Charles, but on motion
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of James W. Sias, it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the Warrant except the Constables Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
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 Selectmen in charge and the following were duly sworn as Election Officers to serve at this election :
At the 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 E. 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.
R. Mabel E. Bennett, 38 Highland St.
R. Eva F. Gleason, 20 Highland St.
R. May E. Horrocks, 404 Main St.
D. Margaret Thornton, 10 Minot St.
D. Annie G. Linder, 187 High St.
R. Vaughan F. Burnham, 89 Highland St.
D. Catherine D. Winslow, 2 Warren Ave.
Counters
D. George Dunn, 150 Pleasant St. John Goff, 9 Arlington St.
D. Catherine V. Wright, 13 Washington St.
D. Francis J. Thornton, 58 Hancock St.
D. John F. Cummings, 25 Temple St.
R. Harold Flater, 33 Minot St.
R. Warren L. Fletcher, 57 Highland St.
R. Herbert A. Tibbetts, 155 High St.
R. Irving MacCaughey, 14 Woburn St.
R. Catherine P. Clark, 37 Woburn St.
D. Marguerite L. Jones, 64 Minot St.
R. Charles C. Wakefield, 22 Mt. Vernon St.
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D. David J. Whelton, 7 High St.
R. Edward Briggs, 42 John St.
R. Robert Shannon, 339 Haven St.
R. Henry A. Murphy, Jr., 134 Pearl St.
R. Eleanor Upton Chace, 79 Woburn St.
R. Elizabeth H. Bates, 23 Nelson Ave.
D. Virginia A. Doiron, 71 Curtis St.
R. Eleanora Crowe, 114 Ash St.
D. Edwin J. Doherty, 10 Linden St.
R. Albert C. Graupner, 149 Pleasant St.
R. Sadie B. Riseman, 96 Washington St.
D. George Robbins, 9 Mineral St.
D. Margaret Greene, 7 Warren Ave.
R. Marie Day, 18 Elm St.
D. S. S. Spellman, 37 Mt. Vernon St.
D. Richard Hoyt, 90 Washington St.
R. Owen Bredbury, 42 Deering St.
D. John J. Galvin, 17 Winthrop Ave.
R. William E. Bloom, 154 Woburn St.
R. Oren L. Crowe, 114 Ash St.
D. Edgar Davis, 7 Michelini Lan'e
R. William Campbell, 55 Salem St.
D. Thomas Walsh, 16 Elm St.
D. George Meaney, Jr., 42 Hancock St.
R. Myer P. Snyder, 505 Main St.
D. J. Edward Fleming, 16 Green St.
D. J. Fred Ryland, Jr., 16 Center Ave.
R. Bernard C. Bailey, 6 Brande Court
R. Florence E. Tasney, 9 Gould St.
D. Carl H. Hoyt, Jr., 90 Washington St.
R. Loretta Gagnon, 572 Summer Ave.
R. Lawrence H. Parker, 18 Elliott St.
D. Nathaniel Coles, 340 Main St.
R. Dorothy Ambler, 265 Lowell St. Charles Jones, 142 Wakefield St.
Tabulators
R. Lawrence Winchester, 232 West St.
R. Joseph R. Clark, 81 Ash St.
D. John Walsh, 20 Sweetser Ave.
D. Helen Conefy, 149 Haven St.
Additional List of Counters
Claire Collins, 62 Salem St.
Leone D'Entremont, 17 Warren Ave. Margaret DeLong, 18 Green St.
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Ralph Robbins, Bernard Peters, 121 Green St. Eleanor Brennan, 5 Parker St.
Eleanor Brady, 150 High St. Paul Doucette, 26 Warren Ave. Leland Hilts, 831 Main St. John Rideout, 66 Bancroft Ave. Charles Middleton, 5 Sanborn St.
Austin Doherty, 14 Ide St.
Arthur Bernstein, 7 Harnden St.
Charles Laetsch, 11 Percy Ave.
Charles Langdon, 29 Highland St. Olive Bates, 169 Summer Ave.
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, 5851.
Electors of President and Vice-President
Aiken and Orange, Socialist Labor Party 0
Babson and Moorman, Prohibition 4
Browder and Ford, Communist Party 1
Roosevelt and Wallace, Democratic 1460
Thomas and Krueger, Socialist Party 7
Willkie and McNary, Republican 4316
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Governor
Henning A. Blomen of Cambridge, Socialist Labor Party 0
Jeffrey W. Campbell of Boston, Socialist Party 4
Paul A. Dever of Cambridge, Democratic 1385
Otis Archer Hood of Boston, Communist Party 6
E. Tallmadge Root of Somerville, Prohibition 10
Leverett Saltonstall of Newton, Republican 4375
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Lieutenant Governor
Horace T. Cahill of Braintree, Republican 4485
Hugo DeGregory of Springfield, Communist Party 20
Owen A. Gallagher of Boston, Democratic 1170
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield, Socialist Party 10
George L. McGlynn of Springfield, Socialist Labor Party 4
Guy S. Williams of Worcester, Prohibition 6
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Secretary
Frederick W. Cook of Somerville, Republican
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Katherine A. Foley of Lawrence, Democratic 996
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Thomas F. P. O'Dea of Boston, Communist Party 7 Modestine Torra of Boston, Socialist Labor Party 5 Peter Wartiainen, Jr., of Fitchburg, Socialist Party 5
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Treasurer
John J. Donahue of Somerville, Democratic 1077
Henry Grossman of Worcester, Communist Party 24
Thomas Hamilton of Lynn, Prohibition 24
William E. Hurley of Boston, Republican 4517
Malcolm T. Rowe of Lynn, Socialist Labor Party 7 Andrew Swenson of Greenfield, Socialist Party 11
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Auditor
Arthur R. Buckley of Boston, Communist Party 60
Thomas J. Buckley of Boston, Democratic 1154
Charles H. Daniels of North Adams, Socialist Party 13
Bernard G. Kelly of Springfield, Socialist Labor Party 4
Harry W. Kimball of Needham, Prohibition 21
Russell A. Wood of Cambridge, Republican 4390
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Attorney General
James Henry Brennan of Boston, Democratic 1085
Robert T. Bushnell of Newton, Republican 4544
Joseph C. Figueiredo of New Bedford, Communist Party 12
Austin H. Fittz of Natick, Prohibition 12
Charles R. Hill of Brookline, Socialist Party 11
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody, Socialist Labor Party 0
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Senator in Congress
Philip Frankfeld of Boston, Communist Party 10
Horace I. Hillis of Saugus, Socialist Labor Party بب
George Lyman Paine of Cambridge, Socialist Party 10
Henry Parkman, Jr., of Boston, Republican 3838
George L. Thompson of Randolph, Prohibition 17
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg, Democratic 1843
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Congressman, Fifth District
Francis J. Roane of Lowell, Democratic 738
Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell, Republican 4964
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Councillor, Sixth District
James J. Brennan of Somerville, Democratic 1219
Eugene A. F. Burtnett of Somerville, Republican 4268
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Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
Arthur W. Coolidge of Reading, Republican 4893
William D. Dacey of Lowell, Democratic 794
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Representatives in General Court, Eighteenth Middlesex District
Newell H. Morton of Reading, Republican 5143
Herman P. Peterson of Woburn, Republican 3929
Joseph L. Ring of Wilmington, Democratic 930
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Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County
J. Gordon Duffy of Cambridge, Democratic
1088
Frederic L. Putnam of Melrose, Republican 4443
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Register of Deeds, Middlesex Southern District
John P. Clair of Somerville, Democratic 1117
Thomas Leighton of Belmont, Republican 4391
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County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham, Republican 3964
Thomas B. Brennan of Medford, Democratic 1130
Archibald R. Giroux of Lexington, Republican 3960
Francis J. Kelley of Lowell, Democratic 918
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County Treasurer, Middlesex County, To Fill Vacancy
Charles P. Howard of Reading, Republican 4744
Raymond H. Hurley of Lowell, Democratic 894
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1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale of all al- coholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ? Yes
No 4071
1089
Blanks 691
2. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages, (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
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Yes 1177 Nc 3902
Blanks 772
3. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?
Yes 1834
No
3432
Blanks 585
Question of Public Policy
Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legis- lation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of old age assistance?
Yes
3114
No
1629
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Question of Public Policy
Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, the net proceeds of which shall provide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund?
Yes 2444
No 2337
Blanks 1070
The votes were sorted, counted, and declared in open Town Meet- ing, and vote was announced at 3:30 A. M. November 6, 1940, and the meeting was adjourned, Sine Die.
Attest : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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 1932, Ter. Ed., the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Reading, North Reading, and Wil- mington, being the City and Town Clerks of every city and town in Representative District number eighteen within said county, met at the City Hall, Woburn, at noon on Friday, November 15, 1940, being the 10th day succeeding the day of the State Election held on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1940, and then and there opened, examined and compared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the office of rep- resentative, and determined therefrom that Newell H. Morton of Read- ing and Herman P. Peterson of Woburn were elected to the office of Representative.
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The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said District and number of votes given for each persons, viz :--
Newell H. Morton of Reading had Ten Thousand, One Hundred Eighty-Six (10,186) ; Herman P. Peterson of Woburn, had Ten Thou- sand Two Hundred Fifty-Three (10,253) ; Joseph L. Ring of Wilmington, had Five Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five (5,585).
In witness whereof, we the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Reading, North Reading, and Wilmington hereunto set our hands this fifteenth day of November, A. D. 1940.
MARGARET FITZGERALD, City Clerk of Woburn
NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk of Reading
WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk of North Reading WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH, Town Clerk of Wilmington
ORDER FOR RECOUNT FOR GOVERNOR
November 22, 1940.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To City and Town Clerks and Election Commissioners :
Whereas,-petitions have been filed with the State Secretary, in the interest of Paul A. Dever of Cambridge, Democratic candidate for the office of Governor, and Leverett Saltonstall of Newton, Republican candidate for the office of Governor, for state-wide recounts of bal- lots cast at the election held November 5, 1940, for the office of Gov- ernor under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 54, Section 135, as amended: and
Whereas,-after the official tabulation of votes by the Governor and Council it appears that the difference in the number of votes cast for the two leading candidates for said office of Governor is less than one per cent of the total number of votes cast for such office ;
Therefor, under the provisions of said section 135, as amended, it becomes my duty to, and I do hereby order the clerk of each city or town of the Commonwealth to transmit forthwith, and said clerk shall so transmit the envelopes containing the ballots, sealed, to the Regis- trars of the city or town who shall without unnecessary delay, open the envelopes, recount the ballots cast for said office and determine the questions raised.
Very truly yours, FREDERICK W. COOK, Secretary. Names and Addresses of Candidates for Governor Henning A. Blomen, 35 Roseland St., Cambridge, Socialist Labor Party Jeffrey W. Campbell, 33 West Cedar St., Boston, Socialist Party Paul A. Dever, 86 Buckingham St., Cambridge, Democratic
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Otis Archer Hood, 12 Poplar Place, Boston, Communist Party E. Tallmadge Root, 55 Putnam St., Somerville, Prohibition
Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Road, Newton, Republican
The following were appointed to serve as counters at the re- count :
R. Frances B. Draper, 633 Main St.
R. Eva H. Gleason, 3 Highland St.
R. Owen Bredbury, 42 Deering St.
D. Margaret Desmond, 8 Center Ave.
D. J. Edward Fleming, 16 Green St.
D. Edwin Wendell, 21 Minot St.
D. John Wendell, 104 Pleasant St.
R. John E. Rideout, Municipal Light Dept.
R.
Donald C. Tuttle, 129 Pleasant St.
D. Virginia W. Doiron, 71 Curtis St.
R. Sadie B. Riseman, 96 Washington St.
R. Harriette Leuchtman, 18 Belmont St.
D. Edwin J. Doherty, 10 Linden St.
R .. Eleanor Dissell, 141 Summer Ave.
D. Lillian Drew, 158 Salem St.
D. Catherine Winslow, 35 Warren Ave.
Tabulators
R. J. Robert Clark, 81 Ash St.
D. Charles J. McKenney, 20 Arlington St.
Pursuant to the above order, a recount was held in Room 19, Municipal Building on Sunday, Dec. 1, 1940, under the direction of the Board of Registrars, with the following result :
Whole number of votes counted-5851.
Henning A. Blomen 0
Jeffrey W. Campbell 4
Paul A. Dever 1381
Otis Archer Hood
5
E. Tallmadge Root
9
Leverett Saltonstall 4370
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Net change-Saltonstall lost 5 votes; Paul Dever lost 4 votes; Net gain for Dever, 1 vote.
A true record, Attest : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Town Warrant (Seal)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are here- by 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 Monday, December Second, A. D. 1940, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, to act on the follow- ing articles :
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