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ART. 34. Motion to indefinitely postpone. Tellers used and the count was; one hundred two in favor, sixty-six opposed.
ART. 35. VOTED: To instruct the Board of Health to designate and provide one or more public dumps, if possible, on land now owned by the Town, and to prohibit dumping of rubbish along public roads, and for the Police to take notice thereof.
ART. 36. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,293.69 to pay bills of the State Department of Public Welfare, and cities and towns for welfare support of persons with Tewksbury settlements resid- ing elsewhere.
ART. 37. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to be used in conjunction with Federal Funds for Work Projects Administration expenses for the year 1940.
ART. 38. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose of paying the 1938 salary as Road Commissioner of John T. Gale.
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ART. 39. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,877.46 to reimburse the treasurer for money spent in the Welfare Depart- ment under Chapter 44, Section 31, General Laws.
ART. 40. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $205.50 to reimburse the treasurer for money spent in the Aid to Dependent Children Account, under Chapter 44, Section 31, General Laws.
ART. 41. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $137.66 to reimburse the treasurer for money spent in the Police Department, under Chapter 44, Section 31, General Laws.
ART. 42. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $241.55 to reimburse the treasurer for money spent in the Fire Department under Chapter 44, Section 31, General Laws.
ART. 43. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 44. VOTED: To refer this Article to the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 45. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 46. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 47. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 48. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 49. Motion to adopt this Article defeated. Tellers used and the count was eight in favor, fifty-nine opposed.
ART. 50. VOTED: To instruct the Selectmen, to meet with the Lowell Electric Light Corp., Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co., for lower rates.
ART. 51. Motion to indefinitely postpone was defeated.
VOTED: That any Citizen of Tewksbury, receiving $25.00 or more per week, in one department of the Town, cannot collect for services in any other department of the Town.
ART. 52. Motion to indefinitely postpone was defeated. VOTED: To refer this Article to the Highway Department.
ART. 53. Motion to indefinitely postpone was defeated.
VOTED: To adopt this Article as it appears in the Warrant.
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ART. 54. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $601.00 to pay counsel expenses and other expenses incurred in defending the case before the Appellate Board of tax appeals of Blanche B. Ames against the Board of Assessors.
ART. 55. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 and adopt this Article.
ART. 56. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 and adopt this article.
Mrs. May L. Larrabee nominated and elected to serve as direc- tor under this Article.
ART. 57. VOTED: To permit, in accordance with Section 34 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws, the use of the following described parcel of land in Tewksbury for the extension of the cemetery owned by the Tewksbury Cemetery Corporation :-
Said parcel is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly corner of the parcel on the Northerly side of East Street; thence northerly along the stonewall and land of the Tewksbury Cemetery Corporation about five hundred and twenty (520) feet to land formerly of the Lowell and Lawrence Railroad; thence easterly three hundred and thirty-four (334) feet to an iron pipe; thence southerly about four hundred and twenty feet (420) to an iron pipe; thence westerly ninety (90) feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of land of A. W. Pendleton; thence still westerly along the northern side of said Pendleton land one hundred (100) feet; thence still westerly thirty (30) feet to an iron pipe; thence southerly one hundred (100) feet to East Street; thence westerly about one hundred fourteen (114) feet to the point of the beginning. Being a part of the premises conveyed to Walter J. Robinson by deed of Albert S. Briggs dated July 9, 1912 and recorded in Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 490, Page 720.
Mr. Ralph J. Tousignant appointed and sworn as a Teller by the Moderator to act with Mr. Berube and count of the vote was taken; forty-six in favor, twenty-seven opposed.
Meeting adjourned at forty-five minutes past ten o'clock P.M. A true record.
ATTEST:
H. LOUIS FARMER, Jr.
Town Clerk of Tewksbury.
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TOWN WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Primaries to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury, on Tuesday, the 30th Day of April, 1940, at twelve o'clock P.M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
4 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
4 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Con- vention of the Republican Party.
12 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
12 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Con- vention of the Democratic Party.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.
2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Conven- tion of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.
4 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.
4 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Conven- tion of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.
DISTRICT MEMBERS OF STATE COMMITTEE-(One Man and One Woman) for each Political party for the 7th Middlesex Senatorial District.
15 MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE.
10 MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE.
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The polls will be open from 12 P.M. to 8 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices and leave one hundred copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said Meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid :
Given under our hands this seventh day of April A. D. 1940.
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, DUNCAN J. CAMERON,
Selectmen of Tewksbury.
A true copy.
ATTEST:
CYRIL L. BARKER, Constable
April 20, 1940.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss:
Tewksbury, Mass., April 30, 1940
I have served the within warrant by posting up Attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the post offices, and by leaving 100 copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said town, eight days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
CYRIL L. BARKER,
Constable of Tewksbury.
A true copy.
ATTEST:
H. LOUIS FARMER, Jr., Town Clerk.
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts April 30, 1940. At a meeting of the inhabitants qualified to vote in primary elections, held this day, the following business was transacted. Polls opened at twelve o'clock noon with Thomas P. Sullivan, Anna McPhillips, Wallace Farwell, and Jesse French as tellers. Register showed 00000. Polls closed at eight o'clock P.M. and register showed 64 which checked with the voting list. Following is the result of the count:
Republican Party
Delegates at Large
William H. Masters of 7 Rutland Street, Cambridge 8
Byron P. Hayden of 159 Maynard Street, Springfield 7
Harry P. Gibbs of 62 Denton Street, Brockton 7
Selden G. Hill of 34 Ash Street, Danvers 10
Alternate Delegates
Abbie L. Tebbets of 104 Summer Street, Waltham 8
Berton S. Evans of Groton-Harvard Road, Ayer 8
Annie L. Brown of 1263 Main Street, Leominster 9
Lucius K. Thayer of 156 Washington Street, Marblehead 8
Delegates at Large
Leverett Saltonstall of 240 Chestnut Hill Road, Newton 27
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of 275 Hale Street, Beverly 27
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of 54 Grove Street, No. Attleborough 23
John W. Haigis of 24 Church Street, Greenfield 23
Alternate Delegates
Mary B. Besse of 120 Main Street, Wareham 22
Orin S. Kenney of 5 Somerset Avenue, Beverly 20
Mary Phillips Bailey of Hampton Ter., Northampton 20
Irene Gowetz of 384 Chandler Street, Worcester 18
Alternate Delegates Not Grouped
1
Henry Morris
Blanks
114
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District Delegates Group One
Emile Marquis of 83 Central Street, Woburn 8
John H. MacDonald of 255 Hildreth Street, Lowell 7
Alternate Delegates Group One
Elvy N. Prentiss of 15 Fremont Street, Reading 9
Grace N. Knight of 11 Tanger Street, Arlington
8
District Delegates Group Two
Paul R. Foisy of 259 Beacon Street, Lowell 11
Raymond S. Wilkins of 25 Cabot Street, Winchester 11
Alternate Delegates
Maude M. Johnson of 100 Bellevue Avenue, Melrose
10
District Delegates
Elizabeth F. Taylor of 117 School Street, Belmont ........... 11
Not Grouped
Mary Walsh Brennan of 437 East Merrimack Street, Lowell 2
Ralph K. Coleman of Hildreth Street, Westford 0
Robert J. W. Stone of 20 Lovell Road, Melrose 0
Blanks 103
State Committee
John Howard Pearson of 69 Clitheroe Street, Lowell
27
Herbert Trull
1
Blanks
17
State Committee
Helen W. Learoyd of 101 Chestnut Street, Wakefield
22
Blanks
23
Town Committee
Herbert Trull
10
Harris Briggs
4
Maude Griffin
2
35
William Caster
2
Bertha Bennett
2
Anna Young
2
Melvin Rogers
2
Austin French
1
Jesse French
1
Irving French
3
May Larrebee
2
Arthur Fairgrieve
1
Louis Farmer, Jr.
3
Franklin Spaulding
3
Harold Patten
1 1
Winifred Colbath
Mark Roper
5
Cyril Barker
1
Phillip Battles
2
Abbott Battles
1
J. Harper Gale
1
Samuel Crown
1
Elmer Olson
1
Walter Ackles
1
George Marshall
1
Percy Haines
1
Herman Bischoff
1
Democratic Party
Delegates at Large Group One
David I Walsh of 37 Day Street, Fitchburg 15
Paul A. Dever of 86 Buckingham Street, Cambridge 15
John W. McCormack of 726 Columbia Road, Boston 14
Maurice J. Tobin of 30 Hopkins Road, Boston 15
William H. Burke Jr. of 70 Main Street, Hatfield 15
15
Charles F. Hurley of 57 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge 15
Joseph B. Ely of 66 Broad Street, Westfield 15
Francis E. Kelly of 1176 Morton Street, Boston 14
Roger L. Putnam of 216 Central Street, Springfield 15
William J. Foley of 388 West Fourth Street, Boston 15
Alexander G. Lajoie of 180 Strafford Road, Worcester 15
James M. Curley of 350 Jamaicaway, Boston
Blanks 50
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Alternate Delegates
Henry K. Cushing of 497 Washington Street, Brookline 12
Joseph A. Scolponeti of 31 May Street, Boston 11
Elizabeth L. McNamara of 239 Upland Road, Cambridge 12
Catherine E. Hanifin of South Main Street, Belchertown 11
Sadie H. Mulrone of 48 Terrence Street, Springfield 12
Clementina Langone of 190 North Street, Boston
11
Anna A. Sharry of 730 Pleasant Street, Worcester
11
Margaret M. O'Riordan of 14 Asticou Road, Boston
12
John Zielinski of 473 Hillside Avenue, Holyoke 11
Mary Maliotis of 272 Foster Street, Boston 11
Michael J. Batal of 56 Nesmith Street, Lawrence 11
Morris Kritzman of 36 Woolson Street, Boston
11
Blanks
92
District Delegates
Daniel O'Dea of 109 Glenwood Street, Lowell 11
George T. Ashe of 201 Cross Street, Lowell 12
James J. Bruin of 161 School Street, Lowell 8
8
Alternate Delegates
Gerald F. Cronin of 344 Varnum Avenue, Lowell 11
Edward P. Gilgun of 112 Garfield Street, Woburn 6
Walter H. Wilcox of 6 Eaton Street, Woburn 7
6
District Delegates Not Grouped
Walter McCarron of 142 Myrtle Street, Lowell 6
Elizabeth F. O'Sullivan of 27 Burtt Street, Lowell 1
Francis J. Roane of 46 Burtt Street, Lowell
4
Raymond A. Willett, Jr. of 77 Salem Street, Woburn 2
Blanks 24
Alternate Delegates Not Grouped
Edward F. Clancy, Jr. of 68 Newhall Street, Lowell 2
Firmo Correa of 196 Merrimack Street, Lowell 0
John H. Gallagher of 89 Washington Street, Stoneham 1
Bartholomew B. O'Sullivan of 27 Burtt Street, Lowell 2
James F. McCarron of 142 Myrtle Street, Lowell 5
Blanks 36
37
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Edward W. Kenney of 485 Main Street, Woburn
Eleanor L. Daly of 399 Broadway, Cambridge
State Committee Man
Harry C. Carragher of 147 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell 1
Frank A. Cassidy of 305 East Merrimack Street, Lowell 4
Maurice D. Condrey of 91 Fort Hill Avenue, Lowell 6
William D. Dacey of 176 Andover Street, Lowell 4
William P. McGarry of 31 Grove Avenue, Lowell Blanks
0
4
State Committee Woman
Frances Z. O'Toole of 48 Meade Street, Lowell
6
Blanks
13
Town Committee
Ed. Walsh
1
Louis Breube
2
Herbert Fairbrother
2
Thomas Sullivan
1
John Belton
1
Howard King
4
Arthur Fairgrieve
2
William McGowan
2
John Kelley
3
Anthony Kelley
1
Jeremiah Houlihan
1
Herbert Trull
1
Leo Bonugli
1
Anna McPhillips
1
A true record.
Attest:
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex ss:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :
ยท Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury,
On Friday, the 10th Day of May, 1940,
at eight o'clock, P. M. to act on the following articles:
ART. 1. To see what sum the Town will vote to make repairs and alterations at the Foster and Shawsheen Schools, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the present treasurer or any subsequent Treasurer to sell with the consent of the Board of Selectmen, or any subsequent Board of Selectmen, lots acquired by the foreclosure of tax titles under Section 79 and 80 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Tercen- tenary Edition, 1932, whenever said tax title does not exceed $15 .- in unpaid charges thereon, for such sum as may in their judgment be advantageous to the Town.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices and leave one hundred copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said Meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid :
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of April A. D., 1940
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, DUNCAN J. CAMERON, Selectmen of Tewksbury.
A true copy.
Attest:
CYRIL L. BARKER,
Constable.
4-27-40.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex ss.
May 10, 1940.
I have served the within Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and by leaving 100 copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Offices in Said Town, eight days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said Meeting.
CYRIL L. BARKER,
Constable of Tewksbury.
A true copy.
Attest:
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
May 10, 1940
Meeting called to order at eight o'clock P. M. by Moderator Melvin G. Rogers. Check list used and a necessary quorum was found to be present. The following business was transacted:
ART. 1. Motion by Franklin F. Spaulding that the sums of $700.00, $150.00, $230.00 and $20.00, making a total of $1,100.00, be appro- priated. Seconded.
Amendment accepted that the amount appropriated be paid out of Surplus Balances.
Motion by John T. Gale that $6,000.00 be appropriated for this Article. (Not Seconded.)
Motion by John Belton that the sum of $3,500.00 be appropriated for the purposes outlined in Article 1, said amount to be paid out of Surplus Balances. Seconded.
Voted unanimously that the above motion be adopted.
ART. 2. VOTED: That the Town authorize the present Treasurer or any subsequent Treasurer to sell with the consent of the Board of Selectmen, or any subsequent Board of Selectmen, lots acquired by the foreclosure of tax titles under Section 79 and 80 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Tercentenary Edition, 1932, whenever said tax title does not exceed $15.00 in unpaid charges thereon, for such sum as may in their judgement be ad- vantageous to the Town.
Meeting adjourned at 8.44 o'clock P. M.
A true record.
Attest:
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.,
Town Clerk.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex ss:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are here- by directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewks- bury, qualified to vote in the Primaries, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury,
On Tuesday, the 17th Day of September, 1940, at twelve o'clock M. to act on the following articles:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political parties for the following offices:
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 Fifth Congressional District
Councillor
for Sixth Councillor District
Senator
for 7th Middlesex Senatorial Dis. One Representative in General Court for 19th Representative District
Clerk of Courts
for Middlesex County
Register of Deeds
for North Middlesex District
County Commissioners (2)
(except in Suffolk and Nantucket
for Middlesex County Counties)
VACANCIES
In County of Dukes County: A County Treasurer In Hampshire County: A County Treasurer In Middlesex County: A County Treasurer In Suffolk County: A Sheriff
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And for the election of the following officers,
Three Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party Two Delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic Party
The Polls will open from 12 o'clock Noon to 8 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices and leave one hundred copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said Meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid:
Given under our hands this third day of September, A. D., 1940
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, DUNCAN J. CAMERON,
Selectmen of Tewksbury.
A true copy. Attest:
CYRIL L. BARKER, Constable 9-7-1940.
Conmmonwealth of Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Mass.
Middlesex ss:
Sept. 17, 1940
I have served the within Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and by leaving 100 copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said Meeting.
:
CYRIL L. BARKER, Constable of Tewksbury
A true copy.
Attest:
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.,
Town Clerk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Mass.
Middlesex ss:
Sept. 17, 1940
At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, quali- fied to vote in State Primaries, held this day in the Town Hall, Tewks- bury, Massachusetts, the following business was transacted. Polls opened at noon (12 o'clock) with William A. Smith, Jesse J. French, Anna E. McPhillips, Jeremiah Houlihan, Thomas F. Sullivan and Wal- lace Farwell sworn in as tellers. Register showed 0000. Polls closed at eight o'clock P. M. with the register showing 506 which checked with the voting list and the number of ballots counted. Following is the result of the count.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Leverett Saltonstall 346
Blanks 32
Lieutenant -- Governor
Horace T. Cahill 331
Blanks 47
Secretary
Frederick W. Cook 332
Blanks 46
Treasurer
William E. Hurley 329
Blanks
49
Auditor
Russell A. Wood 322
Blanks
56
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes 27
Robert T. Bushnell 208
William C. Crossley
15
Edmund R. Dewing
19
Michael A. Fredo
1
George W. Roberts
87
21 Blanks
44
Senator in Congress
Henry Parkman, Jr. 309
Blanks 69
Congressman, Fifth District
Edith Nourse Rogers 351
Famagust S. Paulson
17
Blanks
10
Councillor, Sixth District
Eugene A. F. Burtnett 130
Mary Walsh Brennan
99
Oscar Codding
8
Meril A. Dorion
10
Willis A. Hutton
9
Frank E. Lewis
55
Blanks 67
Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
Arthur W. Coolidge 280
Louis Ellenwood
44
Blanks
54
Representative in General Court, Nineteenth Middlesex District
Sam G. Pillsbury 319
Blanks 59
Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County
Frederic L. Putnam 293
Harold A. Murray
24
Blanks
61
Register of Deeds, Middlesex Northern District
Wilfred J. Achin 92
Georges E. Caisse 14
Arthur W. Colburn 101
Harold W. Hartwell, Jr. 107
George E. Marchand 17
Blanks 47
45
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Nathaniel I. Bowditch
96
Lewis A. Adams
4
Leslie G. Ainley
18
Howe Coolidge Amee
2
Robert W. Beyer
5
Maurice V. Blomerth
2
Thomas B. Brennan
4
Edward J. Bushnell
18
Ernest J. Chislom
4
Donald B. Falvey
0
Harry R. Gardner
2
Archibald R. Giroux
11
William A. Hastings
23
Arthur K. Reading
12
Charles A. Stevens
95
John A. Sweeny
1
Herbert L. Trull
293
Frank D. Walker
14
Blanks 152
County Treasurer, Middlesex County (To fill Vacancy)
William F. Drake 40
Charles P. Howard
243
John E. Howard
10
Frank M. Syrewicz
18
Blanks
67
Delegates to State Convention
H. Louis Farmer, Jr. 335
Mark Roper
279
Maude G. Griffin
257
Harris Briggs
2
Samuel Crown
1
Blanks 260
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Paul A. Dever 83
Francis E. Kelly
42
Blanks 3
46
Lieutenant-Governor
John C. Carr 38
Owen A. Gallagher
16
Francis P. Kelley
29
Michael Phillip McCarron
35
Charles E. O'Neill
0
Raymond A. Willett, Jr.
1
Blanks
9
Secretary
Albert L. Fish 3
Katherine A. Foley
50
Arthur Michael MacCarthry
25
Albert E. Morris
24
Blanks
20
Treasurer
Ernest J. Brown 19
Patrick M. Cahill
37
Joseph W. Doherty 22
John J. Donahue
20
John J. McGrath
10
Blanks
20
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley 53
Thomas P. Flaherty
25
William P. Husband, Jr. 16
15
Blanks
19
Attorney General
John H. Backus 10
James Henry Brennan
24
Thomas M. Burke
20
Joseph V. Carroll
11
Jeannette C. Chisholm
3
Joseph Finnegan
3
John W. Lyons
10
Edward A. Ryan
8
Harold W. Sullivan
26
Blanks
13
Leo D. Walsh
.
47
Senator in Congress
David I. Walsh 106
Blanks 22
Congressman, Fifth District
Francis J. Roane 90
Blanks 38
Councillor, Sixth District
James J. Brennan 41
Edward J. Coughlin 6
Walter McCarron 61
Thomas McGrath
3
Blanks
17
Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
William D. Dacey 95
Blanks
33
Representative in General Court, Nineteenth Middlesex District
Thomas F. Murphy 78
Guy G. Wilson 32
Blanks
18
Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County
J. Gordon Duffy 57
Martin Leo Vahey
39
Blanks 32
Register of Deeds, Middlesex Northern District
Daniel F. Moriarty 84
Arthur E. McGlinchey 29
Blanks
15
County Commissioners, Middlesex County
Thomas B. Brennan 64
Francis J. Kelley 78
Blanks
104
County Treasurer, Middlesex County (To fill vacancy.)
Raymond H. Hurley 103
Blanks
25
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Delegates to State Convention
Winthrop Jones
1
L. K. Kelley
1
Edward Walsh
2
Louis Berube
6
Mary Berube
1
William McGowan
2
John Belton
3
Herbert Fairbrother
2
Blanks
138
A true record.
Attest:
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
Middlesex ss:
To either of the Constables in the Town of Tewksbury in said County :
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall in said Tewksbury,
ON TUESDAY, THE 5th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1940 at ten o'clock A. M. to vote on the following Officers and Questions. The Polls will open from 10 A. M. until 8 P. M.
Presidential Electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Senator in Congress, Representa- tive in Congress, Councillor, Senator, Representative in General Court (1), Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds, County Commissioner (2).
VACANCY
In Middlesex County: A County Treasurer
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QUESTIONS
To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all 3 of the following questions:
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this 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.
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