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GUY W. ELLISON,
Town Clerk
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
The fact that this meeting was an adjourned meeting of the March 4, 1946 meeting, no notice was required by the Town Clerk.
Article 35. J. Warren Killam, Jr. moved that the Board of Select- men be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to acquire for and in behalf of the Town by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon in or adjoining Birch Meadow, so-called, being the northeasterly portion of Lot 61 containing approximately 3.37 acres, which lot is shown on Town of Reading As- sessors' Plat 35, Lot 41, 47, 117, 118, 122 and 123 as shown on Town of Reading Assessors' Plat 64, and to dedicate certain other parcels of land now owned by the Town, being Lots 33 to 40 both inclusive, Lots 42 to 46 both inclusive, Lot 116, 119, 120, 121, 124 and 125 all as shown cn said Town of Reading Assessors' Plat 64, including that part of Cold Spring, Hillside, Glendale and Oakland Roads, Private Ways, as may be
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determined by the School Committee or such portions of the above lots or parcels as said Committee may deem advisable for school purpose, and that the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for such purchase or taking.
This motion was defeated.
Article 36. J. Warren Killam, Jr. moved that the Board of Select- men be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to acquire for and in behalf of the Town by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise. certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon in Birch Meadow so-called, being Lots 45, the southwesterly portion of 61 containing ap- proximately 2.66 acres, and Lots 61A, 62, 63, 65, 99 and 99A as shown on Town of Reading Assessor's Plat 35, as the School Committee may deem advisable for school purposes, and that the sum of fifteen thou- sand ($15,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for such purchase or taking.
This motion was defeated.
Article 38. J. Warren Killam, Jr. moved that the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purchase and installation of additional bleachers for the Junior High School Ath- letic Field.
This motion was defeated.
Article 39. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of eleven thousand two hundred ($11,200.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the transportation of school children for the year 1946.
Article 40. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr. it was voted that the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated to provide for cafeterias in the Highland School and Pearl Street School.
Article 41. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr. it was voted that the sum of seven hundred ($700.00) dollars be raised and appropriated to pay into the teachers retirement system for the benefit of teachers on military leave of absence during the year 1945 as provided for and under authority of Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943.
Article 42. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr. it was voted that the sum of eighty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents ($82.89) be raised and appropriated under authority of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1941, for the payment of certain unpaid bills for the year 1945 in the School Department Tuition Account.
Article 46. On motion of Herbert K. Miller it was voted that the sum of one hundred dollars be raised and appropriated under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to appoint a Director to co-operate with the Middlesex County Trustees for the County Aid to Agriculture and work of the Middlesex County Extension Service and the 4-H Clubs.
Article 48. On motion of Lester W. Edwards it was voted that the
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sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise, suitable headquarters for Reading Post No. 685 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Article 49. On motion of Charles W. H. Smith it was voted that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise, suitable headquarters for Reading Post No. 62 of the American Legion.
Article 50. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted that the sum of four hundred ($400.00) dollars 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 3. Kenneth C. Latham moved that the School Committee be instructed to make further study and investigation of all suitable sites for new Senior High School, the estimated cost to the Town of acquiring the land for each of such sites and the cost of the necessary facilities, such as sewers, drains and the necessary streets for convenient access thereto and said committee is further instructed to report the result of such study at the Annual Town Meeting in 1947 or at any special meeting to be held prior thereto.
This motion was defeated.
Article 3. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that a committee of eleven members b'e and hereby is established for the purpose of making a comprehensive study and investigation of all the suitable sites for new Senior High School and the estimated cost to the Town of acquiring the land for each of such sites, including the cost of the necessary sewerage, drainage and streets as access to such land, such committee to consist of two Town Meeting members from each of the four precincts, one member of the Planning Board, one member of the Finance Committee and one member of the Board of Public Works, such members to be chosen and designated by each of the four precincts and by each of their respective Boards and Committees ; such committee shall report the result of its study and investigation at the next annual Town Meeting or at any special meeting to be held prior thereto.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take Article 3 from the table.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 3 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take Article 2 from the table.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 2 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to adjourn Sine Die. A true copy. Attest :
GUY W. ELLISON,
Town Clerk
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TOWN WARRANT
(Seal)
The 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 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, The Twentieth Day of May, 1946
at seven forty-five 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 instructions will be given Town officers and special committees.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote adopted under Article 19 at the Annual Town Meeting held on March 11, 1946 relating to amendment of Section 1 of Article I of the Town By-Laws. Board of Selectmen
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the third para- graph of Section 1 of Article I of the By-Laws by striking out in the third line thereof, the word "second" and substituting in place thereof the word "third" :- so said paragraph will read as follows :
Upon completing the election and counting the votes and de- claring the result thereof, the meeting shall stand adjourned until the third Monday of March, at such time as the Selectmen shall name in the warrant calling the meeting for the transaction of all other business that may be properly brought before the meeting. Board of Selectmen Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to rescind vote adopted under Article 11 at the annual Town Meeting held March 11, 1946 re- lating to the sale of two parcels of land on Union Street.
Board of Selectmen
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine. two parcels of land owned by the Town as follows: 15,940 sq. ft. of land at the southwesterly corner of Union and Middle Streets, and 15,863 sq. ft. of land at the southwesterly corner of Union and John Streets, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine a parcel of land situated on Mishawum Road in the City of Woburn and shown as Lot D on Plan filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South
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Registry District of Middlesex County in Registration Book 10, Page 405 with certificate number 1637. Board of Selectmen
Article 7. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to reimburse Police Officer Thomas F. Fitzpatrick for medical expenses incurred for injuries sustained in line of duty or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 8. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the celebration of the 4th of July, 1946, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the gift of $500 for the benefit of the Public Library made by Susan R. Tuttle and Mildred Tuttle in memory of Donald N. Tuttle, Junior, the income of such Fund to be applied for the purchase of books for such Library or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Library Trustees
Article 10. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the maintenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 annual Town Meeting or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Cemetery Trustees
Article 11. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for general salaries for the School Department to be added to the ap- propriation voted at the March 1946 annual Town Meeting or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 12. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the Dental Clinic for Health and Sanitation to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 annual Town meeting or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Health
Article 13. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for Old Age Assistance to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 annual town meeting, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Welfare
Article 14. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sport, physical education and other social educational and recreational activ- ities upon such land and buildings as defined in Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Recreation Committee
Article 15. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for salaries for the Fire Department to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 annual Town Meeting, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 16. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for salaries for the Police Department to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 annual Town Meeting, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each Precinct of the town, not less than seven days prior to May 20, 1946, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant 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, to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this tenth day of May, 1946.
KENNETH C. LATHAM HERBERT K. MILLER CHARLES E. WILKINSON Selectmen of Reading
Officer's Return
Middlesex, ss.
Reading, Mass., May 20, 1946
By virtue of this warrant, I on May 13, 1946, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in town affairs to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading, at the time specified in this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in the following public places within the Town of Reading :
Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden St .; Danforth Drug Store, 1 Harnden St .; Central Fire Station.
Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building, Lyceum Hall Building, M. F. Charles and Sons Store, 610 Main St., Boston & Maine R.R. Depot.
Precinct 3. Waterhouse's Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral St .; Benny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell St., Fire Station No. 2.
Precinct 4. Municipal Building, Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell St .; Mclaughlin Neighborhood Store 1051 Main St. the date of posting being seven days prior to the date set for the meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of May 17, 1946, the same being more than one day prior to date of meeting.
LEON G. BENT,
Constable of Reading
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 20, 1946
Security Hall
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at the time specified in the Warrant.
The Warrant was practically read by the Town Clerk, when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the Warrant, except the Constables Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to lay Article 1 on the table.
Article 2. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the vote adopted under Article 19 at the annual Town Meeting held on March 11, 1946 relating to amendment of Section 1 of Article I of the Town By-Laws be and the same hereby is rescinded.
Article 3. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the third paragraph of Section 1 of Article 1 of the By-law of the Town be, and the same hereby is amended by striking out in the third line thereof the word "second" and substituting in place thereof the word "third" so said paragraph will read as follows :
Upon completing the election and counting the votes and de- claring the result thereof, the meeting shall stand adjourned until the third Monday of March, at such time as the Selectmen shall name in the warrant calling the meeting for the transaction of all other business that may be properly brought before the meeting.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the vote adopted under Article 11 at the Annual Town Meeting held March 11, 1946 relating to the sale of two parcels of land on Union Street be and the same hereby is rescinded.
Article 5. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered for and in behalf of the Town to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, two parcels of land owned by the Town as follows : 15,940 square feet of land at the southwesterly corner of Union and Middle Streets, and 15,863 square feet of land at the southwesterly corner of Union and John Streets, and said Board are further authorized and empowered to execute for and in the name of the Town, Deeds of Conveyance and such other instruments which may be necessary for conveying said lots to the purchasers thereof.
Article 6. On motion of Herbert K. Miller it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered for and in behalf of the Town to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine a parcel of land situated on Mishawum Road
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in the City of Woburn and shown as Lot D on Plan filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in Registration Book 10, Page 405 with certificate number 1637 and said Board are further authorized and empowered to execute for and in the name of the Town Deed of Conveyance and such other instru- ments which may be necessary conveying said land to the purchaser thereof.
Article 7. On motion of Herbert K. Miller it was voted that the sum of ten (10) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of reim- bursing Police Officer Thomas F. Fitzpatrick for medical expenses in- curred for injuries sustained in line of duty.
Article 8. Charles E. Wilkinson moved that the sum of twelve hundred and fifty ($1.250.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for thr celebration of the Fourth of July, 1946.
This motion was lost.
Article 9. On motion of William J. Tonks it was voted that the gift of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars for the benefit of the Public Library, made by Susan R. Tuttle and Mildred Tuttle in memory of Donald N. Tuttle, Junior, be and the same hereby is accepted, the income of such gift tu be applied for the purchase of books for the Library.
Article 10. On motion of James W. Fairchild it was voted that the sum of Twelve Hundred ($1.200.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the maintenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery to be added to the appropriation voted at the appropriation voted at the March 1946 Town Meeting.
Article 11. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred ($18,800.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the School Department to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 Town Meeting.
Article 12. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted that the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty ($450.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the Dental Clinic for Health and Sanitation to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 Town Meeting.
Article 13. On motion of Joseph D. Knight it was voted that the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7.000.00) be raised and appropriated for Old Age Assistance to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 14. On motion of Harold W. Putnan. it was voted that the sum of Forty-Five Hundred ($4.500.00) Dollars be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sport, physical education and other social. educational and recreational activities upon such land and buildings as defined in Section 14 of Chap- ter 45 of the General Laws, with authority to exercise all the powers conferred therein including the purchase of the necessary equipment
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and the employment of teachers, supervisors and other officers and employees and the fixing of their compensation.
On motion of James W. Fairchild an amendment was proposed that payment for damage to property be taken from the fund and the various departments of the Town be reimbursed from this fund.
This motion was lost.
On motion of Adelbert F. Hurt an amendment was proposed that no persons outside the limits of the Town of Reading be employed by the Committee on the summer recreational program.
This motion was lost.
Article 15. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for salaries for the Fire Department to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 16. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200.00) be raised and appropriated for salaries for the Police Department to be added to the appropriation voted at the March 1946 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 1. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 1 be taken from the table.
On mnotion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to indefinitely post- pone Article 1.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to adjourn, Sine Die. Attest :
GUY W. ELLISON,
Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY
(Seal)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middles'ex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Odd Fellows Building, Woburn Street, in said Reading, as the polling place designated for the four precincts in said Town on
Tuesday, the Eighteenth Day of June, 1946
at seven 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 offices :
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Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth 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 Eighth Congressional District.
Councillor for Sixth Councillor District.
Senator for Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District.
2 Representatives in General Court for Eighteenth Representative District.
District Attorney for Northern District.
Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County.
Register of Deeds for Southern District.
County Commissioner for Middlesex County.
County Commissioner for Middlesex County (To fill vacancy) The polls will be open from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each of the four precincts of the Town not less than seven days prior to June 18, 1946, the date set for the meeting in said warrant and to cause this warrant to be pub- lished 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 to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this 3rd day of June, A. D., 1946.
KENNETH C. LATHAM HERBERT K. MILLER CHARLES E. WILKINSON
Selectmen of Reading
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Officer's Return
Middlesex, ss.
Reading, Mass., June 15, 1946
By virtue of the within Warrant, I on June 10, 1946 notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in the primaries to meet in Security Hall as the polling place for the four precincts of the Town of Reading, by posting attested copies of this warrant in the following public places within said Town.
Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden St .; Danforth Drug Store, 1 Harnden St .; Central Fire Station, Pleasant St.
Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building, Lyceum Hall Building, M. F. Charles and Sons Store, 610 Main St .; Boston & Maine R.R. Depot, Odd Fellows Building.
Precinct 3. Waterhouse's Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral St .; Benny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell St .; Fire Station No. 2, Wo- burn St.
Precinct 4. Municipal Building; Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell St .; McLaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 Main St. the date of posting being more than seven days prior to the date set for the meeting in this warrant. And I also caused an attested copy to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the isue of June 14, 1946, the same being more than one day prior to the date of meeting.
LEON G. BENT, Constable of Reading
Ballot of The Republican Party
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Governor
Robert F. Bradford, 106 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge 308 381 451 393 1533
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22 19 32 : 24 97
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Lieutenant Governor
Albert Cole, 31 Church St., Lynn
23 17 19 21 80 Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Ave., Reading 304 378 462 389 1533 Blanks 3 5 2
7 17
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Secretary
Frederick W. Cook, 75 Benton Rd., Somerville ..
313 381 462 402 1558 17 19 21 15 72 Blanks
Treasurer
Fred J. Burrell, 41 Washington St., Medford 128 116 135 135 514 Lawrence Curtis, 84 Beacon St., Boston 182 252 323 252 1009 20 32 25 30 107 Blanks
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Auditor
Wallace E. Stearns, 110 Gainsborough St., Boston 58
91 103 75 327
Russell A. Wood, 11 Whittier St., Cambridge 226 256 333 288 1103 46 53 47 54 200 Blanks
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Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes, 79 Rumford Ave., Mansfield .. 302 373 454 387 1516
28 27 29 30 114 Blanks
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Senator in Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 275 Hale St., Beverly 311 382 451 401 1545
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18
32
16
85
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Congressman
Angier L. Goodwin, 52 Sheffield Rd., Melrose 303 361 441 387 1492 27 39 42
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30 138
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Councillor
Victor A. Friend, 32 F. Wyoming Ave., Melrose .. 294 363 436 378 1471
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36 37 47 39 159
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Senator - Seventh Middlesex District
George J. Evans, 18 Morningside Rd., Wakefield . . 56 67 54 65 242
W. Edward Magiera, 129 Llewellyn St., Lowell 0 0
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2 1 Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St., Reading 255 321 419 334 1329
John Howard Pearson, 69 Clitheroe St., Lowell . .
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2 10 22
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13 8 7
7 35
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Representative in General Court (Two)
Logan R. Dickie, 86 Walnut St., Reading 282 349 411 345 1387 Herman P. Peterson, 133 Montvale Ave., Woburn 129 217 247 216
809 Albert B. Carlson, 15 Winter St., Woburn 39 33 48 39 159 Louis Ellenwood, 326 Haven St., Reading 161 134 177 172 644 49 67 83 52 261 Blanks
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