Town of Tewksbury annual report 1939-1944, Part 45

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1076


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Following is official result of count.


Selectman for Three Years


Irving F. French


742 votes


Elected and sworn


William Noll


1 vote


George J. McCoy


1 vote


William McGowan


1 vote


Blanks


298


Selectman for Two Years


Victor N. Cluff


446 votes


Bernard H. Greene


471 votes


Elected and sworn


Blanks


126


Selectmen for One Year


Duncan J. Cameron 465 votes


Edward J. Sullivan


547 votes


Elected and sworn


Blanks


31


Board of Public Welfare Three Years


Irving F. French


744 votes


Elected and sworn


Jacob Noll


1 vote


William McGowan


1 vote


Blanks


297


20


Board of Public Welfare Two Years


Victor N. Cluff


442 votes


Bernard H. Greene


466 votes Elected and sworn E. J. Sullivan


. vote


Blanks 134


Board of Public Welfare for One Year


Duncan J. Cameron


456 votes


Edward J. Sullivan


546 votes Elected and sworn


Blanks


41


Board of Health Three Years


Irving F. French


736 votes


Elected and sworn


Jacob Noll


1 vote


William McGowan


1 vote


Blanks


305


Board of Health Two Years


Victor N. Cluff


442 votes


Bernard H. Greene


463 votes Elected and sworn


Blanks


138


Board of Health for One Year


Duncan J. Cameron


454 votes


Edward J. Sullivan


546 votes


Elected and sworn


Blanks


43


Assessor for Three Years


Austin F. French


781 votes Elected and sworn


William McGowan


1 vote


Blanks


261


Clerk for One Year


Alice A. Pike


869 votes


Elected and sworn


George Gale 1 vote


Blanks


173


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Treasurer for One Year


George A. Marshall


857 votes


1 vote Blanks 185


Auditor for One Year


Robert E. Gay 810 votes


Elected and sworn


Blanks ,233


Moderator for One Year


Melvin G. Rogers 815 votes


George Gale


1 vote


Blanks


227


Tax Collector for One Year


Harry C. Dawson 825 votes


Elected and sworn


William McGowan 1 vote


Blanks 217


Tree Warden for One Year


Harris M. Briggs 826 votes Elected and sworn


George Gale


1 vote


Nelson Brown


1 vote


Blanks


215


Trust Fund Commissioner for Three Years


Frederick M. Carter


778 votes Elected and sworn Blanks 265


Constables for One Year


Cyril L. Barker


736 votes


Elected and sworn


Lauchie McPhail


785 votes


Elected and sworn


Jeremiah J. Houlihan


765 votes


Elected and sworn


Henry Morris


2 votes


Victor N. Cluff


1 vote


Geo. Hazel


1 vote


Raymond Zambeck


1 vote


M. Shanley


1 vote


Price


1 vote


Blanks


835


Elected and sworn James Crosby


Elected and sworn


22


Highway Commissioner for Three Years


Thomas P. Sawyer 804 votes Elected and sworn Blanks 239


School Committee for Three Years


J. Harper Gale 548 votes Elected and sworn


William J. O'Neill 435 votes


Blanks 60


Trustees Public Library for Three Years


Marian E. French 769 votes


Elected and sworn


Harry Priestley


692 votes


Elected and sworn


Blanks


623 votes


Joseph A. Curtin


1 vote


V. N. Cluff


1 vote


Park Commissioner for Three Years


Thomas C. McCausland


809 votes Elected and sworn


William McGowan


1 vote


Barker


1 vote


Blanks


232


Meeting adjourned at 11 o'clock P.M.


A true record. Attest:


ALICE A. PIKE,


Town Clerk.


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts February 9, 1944


At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held this day, at the Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the following business was transacted :-


The Meeting was called to order by Moderator Melvin G. Rogers at Eight o'clock P.M. and a necessary quorum not being present a recess of ten minutes was called. On a second count the necessary number for a quorum was found to be present and the meeting was opened by a prayer offered by Rev. Fr. Joseph Curtin, O.M.I., pastor of Saint Williams Church, Tewksbury, Mass.


ART. 1. (Acted on at the Meeting held February 2, 1944).


ART. 2. All reports of Town Officers and Committees accepted.


ART. 3. VOTED: To lay on the table.


ART. 4. VOTED: That money arising from licensing dogs for the ensuing year be used in support of the Public Library.


ART. 5. VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


ART. 6. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day and that the Moderator appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, or Sons of Veterans.


ART. 7. VOTED: That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are,


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or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts, or agreements in behalf of the Town.


ART. 8. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $1,142.72 to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto including Chapter 400, Section 23 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936.


ART. 9. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purposes outlined in this article.


ART. 10. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for repairs to and maintenance of the athletic field and structures thereon at the High School and for the maintenance of athletics at the High School.


ART. 11. VOTED: That this article be accepted.


ART. 12. VOTED: That this article be accepted.


ART. 13. VOTED: That the Town establish a Highway Machinery Fund and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the year 1944, from which fund the Highway Commissioners are hereby authorized to purchase, when in their judgment it becomes necessary, what- ever new equipment, or trucks the said Commissioners deem expedient, the same being consistent with the amount of money appropriated, and to pay from said fund costs arising from repair and maintenance of equipment used in the usual operation of Highway Department. It is further moved tliat all money allotted to the Town for the use of Town owned equipment working in conjunction with the State and County, be set aside under a separate Highway Machinery Fund, from which fund there may be appropriated in the year 1945, the sum to be spent for mainte- nance and renewal of highway equipment in said 1945.


ART. 14. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 for the Maintenance of Chapter 90, Highways: said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.


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ART. 15. VOTED: That this article be referred to the Highway Commissioners.


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Moved and seconded that Article 36 be taken up here.


ART. 36. VOTED: To pay the Town Clerk $1000 per year.


Moved and seconded that Article 23 be taken up here. ART. 23. VOTED: To pay the Tax Collector $2500 for 1944.


Moved and seconded that Article 24 be taken up here.


ART. 24. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for Clerical Services in the office of the Town Treasurer for the year 1944.


ART. 16. VOTED: That this Article be accepted.


ART. 17. VOTED: That $1000 be taken from W.P.A. balance, the balance to revert to the town treasury closing account.


ART. 18. VOTED: That the Town make the following addition to its by-laws:


At least ten days before the annual business meeting of the Town, the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Public Welfare, the Board of Health, the Assessors, the Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes. the School Board, Town Auditor, Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department, Tree Warden, and the heads of other town depart- ments shall submit in writing to the Secretary of the Finance Committee an estimate of the prospective expenditures of this or their respective departments. Such estimates shall contain a breakdown of the principal items of proposed expenditures, in- cluding wages, salaries, equipment, supplies and such other items as may be deemed advisable by the department.


If the estimate for wages or salaries includes compensation for employment additional to the employment for the previous year, or any reduction or increase of salary or wages is contemplated such estimates shall state the work contemplated to be performed by such additional employees, and the reduction or increase in compensation of any employees, and the reduction or increase in compensation of any employee or officer of the department shall be stated in the estimate.


Unless such estimates are submitted at the time and in the form provided, no appropriation in excess of the appropriation for the previous year of the department failing to file the estimates as above provided shall be made at the annual town meeting.


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Upon request of the Chairman of the Finance Committee such officials and heads of the above named departments shall appear before the Finance Committee to explain the reasons for their respective estimates.


At this time Irving F. French and Bernard H. Greene were sworn in as Tellers by the Moderator and a count was taken to determine the vote under Article 18. 137 were found to be in favor and none opposed.


ART. 19. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.


ART. 20. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.


ART. 21. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.


ART. 22. VOTED: To furnish the telephone for the Collector of Taxes, the expenditure for same to be paid from the appropriation for Collection of Taxes.


ART. 25. VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to demand that the Trustees of the Eastern Mass. Railway adjust the Bus Fares as they apply in the Town of Tewksbury to include the following changes.


1. Eliminate the Pike Street Zone and the Zone at Carter's.


2. Adjust the Zone fares as follows.


a. Tewksbury-Wilmington line to Tewksbury Center the fare shall be 5c


b. Tewksbury Center to the Tewksbury-Lowell line the fare shall be 5c


3. Other fares.


a. Tewksbury Center to Kearney Square the cash fare shall be 10c


b. Tewksbury Center to Church St. Wilmington the cash fare shall be 10c


c. The cash fare between the Tewksbury-Wilmington line and the Tewksbury-Lowell Tine shall be 10c


d. The cash fare between the Tewksbury-Wilmington and the Kearney Square shall be 15c


e. The cash fare between the Tewksbury-Lowell line and Church Street Wilmington shall be 15c


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4. Adjust the ticket fares so that there will be a saving effected for all regular users on fares of 10c or over.


Also that the Board of Selectmen be further instructed that if the Railroad Trustees do not act favorably that they petition the State Legislature when they next come into Session.


ART. 26. VOTED: That the Selectmen, in case the Trustees do not voluntarily adjust the rates as before mentioned in Art. 25, do demand a hearing before the Board of Trustees in regards to the operation of Eastern Massachusetts buses in Tewksbury.


ART. 27. VOTED: That this article be referred to the Selectmen with the authority to raze.


ART. 28. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $50 in support of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture through the Middlesex County Extension Service, said money to be spent under the direction of the local director.


ART. 29. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $375 for necessary expenses of the Civilian Defense Committee.


ART. 30. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5000 for a reserve fund under Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws.


ART. 31. VOTED: To lay on the table and take up under Art. 3.


ART. 32. VOTED: To pay the Assessors $5.00 per day and the Tree Warden $6.00 per day, from respective appropriations.


ART. 33. VOTED: To invest $15,000 in war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings bank, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.


ART. 34. VOTED: To amend the by-laws of the Town relating to the time of holding the Annual Town Meeting by striking out such by-laws and substituting the following:


"The annual election of Town Officers shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in February. Polls shall be open from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. All other business shall be transacted on the third Wednesday in February, commencing at 7.30 P.M."


Count of votes in favor 64 and opposed 5 as reported by the Tellers.


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ART. 35. VOTED: To refer to the Road Commissioners.


Motion was made and seconded that Article 3 be taken from the table at this time.


ART. 3. VOTED: To set aside $10,000 from free cash or surplus balances to reduce the tax rate.


To raise and appropriate the following sums:


Street Lighting


$ 6,300.00


Incidentals 1,300.00


Highways


17,000.00


Schools


70,156.00


Library-In addition to dog tax


1,300.00


Police


12,821.00


Teller's count showed 81 in favor 8 opposed ($650 to be allowed towards a new machine and $40 for a new radio).


Stationery and Printing


1,200.00


Board of Health


3,000.00


Park Commission


300.00


Tree Warden


1,500.00


Fire Department


10,330.00


Department of Public Welfare


6,000.00


Aid to Dependent children (plus Federal grants)


4,500.00


Bureau of Old Age Assist. (plus Federal grants)


18,500.00


Town Hall


4,650.00


Assessors


3,300.00


Vocational Schools


1,000.00


Inspection of Meat and Animals


900.00


Aid, State and Military


2,000.00


Interest on Loans


600.00


Collection of Taxes


1,000.00


Municipal Insurance


1,500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


225.00


Dog Officer


200.00


Maintenance, Legion Headquarters


125.00


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths


1,500.00


Board of Registrars


600.00


SALARY ACCOUNT


Auditor


1,000.00


Town Clerk (exclusive of all fees)


1,000.00


Tax Collector


2,500.00


Selectmen


1,100.00


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Road Commissioners


400.00


School Committee


225.00


Election Officers


200.00


Treasurer


2,000.00


At the suggestion of Mr. George A. Marshall the voters paid a tribute to the memory of the late Louis Oliver Berube by standing in silence a few minutes during the business meeting.


Meeting adjourned at 11.30 P.M.


A true record. Attest :


ALICE A. PIKE,


Town Clerk.


Addition and Amendment to By-Laws.


ART. 18. VOTED: At least ten days before the annual business meeting of the Town, the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Public Welfare, the Board of Health, the Assessors, the Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes, the School Board, Town Auditor, Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department, Tree Warden, and the heads of other town departments shall submit in writing to the Secretary of the Finance Committee an estimate of the prospective ex- penditures of his or their respective departments. Such estimates shall contain a breakdown of the principal items of proposed expenditures, including wages, salaries, equipment, supplies and such other items as may be deemed advisable by the department.


If the estimate for wages or salaries includes compensation for employment additional to the employment for the previous year, or any reduction or increase of salary or wages is con- templated, such estimates shall state the work contemplated to be performed by such additional employees, and the reduction or increase in compensation of any employee or officer of the depart- ment shall be stated in the estimate.


Unless such estimates are submitted at the time and in the form provided, no appropriation in excess of the appropriation for the previous year of the department failing to file the estimates as above provided shall be made at the annual town meeting.


Upon request of the Chairman of the Finance Committee such officials and heads of the above named departments shall appear before the Finance Committee to explain the reasons for their respective estimates".


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ART. 34. VOTED: The annual election of Town Officers be held on the fourth Wednesday in February. Polls shall be open from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. All other business shall be transacted on the third Wednesday in February, commencing at 7.30 P.M.


Boston, Mass. February 21, 1944.


The foregoing addition and amendment to by-laws are hereby approved.


ROBERT T. BUSHELL,


Attorney General.


A true copy. Attest:


ALICE A. PIKE,


Town Clerk.


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TOWN WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY


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 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 Tuesday, the 25th Day of April, 1944, at twelve o'clock 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:


7 DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


7 Alternate DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


12 DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


12 Alternate DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention 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 Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.


4 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.


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4 Alternate DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.


DISTRICT MEMBERS OF STATE COMMITTEE-(One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the 7th Senatorial District.


15 MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE.


10 MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE.


The Polls will be open from 12 M. to 8 P.M.


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 5th day of April, A.D. 1944.


IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, EDWARD J. SULLIVAN


Selectmen of Tewksbury.


A true copy : Attest: CYRIL L. BARKER, Constable.


Saturday, April 15, 1944.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Middlesex ss


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.


Filed at the Town Clerk's Office at 12 o'clock noon April 25, 1944. A true copy. Attest:


ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk.


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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY


Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, April 25, 1944.


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 F. Sullivan, Anna Mc- Phillips, Jesse French, William H. McGowan, Malcolm Buchanan and Harry A. Treadwell sworn in as Tellers. Register on Ballot Box showed 00000. Polls closed at eight o'clock P.M. and register showed 52 which checked with voting list. There were 37 Republican votes cast and 15 Democratic votes. The result of count follows:


REPUBLICAN PARTY


Delegates at Large.


Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Road, Newton. 35


Votes


Joseph W. Martin, Jr., 54 Grove Street, No. Attleborough. 33 Votes


Sinclair Weeks, 97 Valentine St., Newton 34 Votes


Louise M. Williams, 3 Dean Street, Taunton 31 Votes


George B. Rowell, 25 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge 31 Votes


Margaret A. Green, 84 Park Slope, Holyoke. 30 Votes


George F. Booth, 64 Beechmont Street, Worcester 31 Votes


34 Blanks


Alternate Delegates.


Katherine G. Howard, 186 Summer Avenue, Reading 31 Votes


Laurence Curtis, 15 River Street, Boston 31 Votes


Doris M. A. Kundig, 46A Elm Street, Worcester 31 Votes


Rosa M. Levis, 30 Bellevue Street, Boston


29


Votes


Horace E. Handford, 26 Rotch Street, New Bedford. 29 Votes


Carolyn L. Purcell, 465 Park Drive, Boston. 29 Votes


J. Edward Lajoie, 423 Middle Street, Fall River 28 Votes


51 Blanks


District Delegates and Alternate District Delegates to National Con- vention 5th District.


Delegates.


Harris, S. Richardson, 15 Mount Pleasant Street, Winchester 34 Votes


Thomas A. Pappas, 23 Long Avenue, Belmont 31 Votes


9 Blanks


Alternate Delegates.


Minerva C. Farrow, 198 Highland Avenue, Arlington 32 Votes


Royal Shawcross, 40 Newfield Street, Chelmsford. 32 Votes


10 Blanks


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State Committee. 7th Middlesex District.


George E. MacNeil, Jr., 23 Middlesex Rd., Stoneham


30


Votes


7 Blanks


Marion R. Symonds, 170 Bancroft Avenue, Reading 27 Votes


10 Blanks


Town Committee.


Herbert L. Trull, Andover St. 16 Votes


H. Louis Farmer, Lee St. 15 Votes


J. Arthur Trull, River Rd. 14 Votes


Alice A. Pike, Main St. 14 Votes


Harold Carson, North St. 13 Votes


Philip Battles, North St. 13 Votes


Edwin Osterman, Billerica Rd. 11 Votes


George A. Marshall, Summer St.


9 Votes


Roy D. Pennock, Trull Rd.


9 Votes


Evelyn Whitehead, Whipple Rd.


8 Votes


Melvin C. Rogers, Whipple Rd.


7 Votes


Anna Young, South St.


6 Votes


Maude Griffin, Cross St.


5


Votes


Bertha Benner, South St.


4 Votes


Harris M. Briggs, East St.


3 Votes


Irving F. French, Whipple Rd.


2 Votes


Frederick M. Carter, Pleasant St.


2 Votes


Mark Roper, Pleasant St.


2 Votes


J. Harper Gale, Helvetia St.


1 Vote


Winthrop Bean, Main St.


1 Vote


Homer Darby, East St.


1 Vote


George E. MacNeil


1 Vote


William Smith, Marshall St.


1 Vote


Ralph Battles, North St.


1 Vote


Harry Treadwell, Summer St.


1 Vote


Duncan Cameron, Andover St.


1 Vote


209 Blanks


DEMOCRATIC PARTY


Delegates at Large.


David I. Walsh, 37 Day St., Fitchburg 10 Votes


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


8_ Votes


Joseph E. Casey, 295 Church St., Clinton 8 Votes


James M. Curley, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston 10 Votes


William H. Burke, Jr., 211 State St., Northampton 7 Votes


Frank W. Tomasello, 36 Alteresko Ave., Boston 8 Votes


John W. McCormack, 726 Columbia Rd., Boston 7 Votes


Maurice J. Tobin, 30 Hopkins Rd., Boston 8 Votes


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Joseph B. Ely, 66 Broad St., Westfield 10 Votes Margaret M. O'Riordan, 4 Arborway, Boston 8 Votes


Charles F. Hurley, 56 Fresh Pond Lane, Boston


9 Votes


Mathias LaPierre, 216 Seventh St., Leominster 7 Votes


80 Blanks


Alternate Delegates.


Elizabeth L. McNamara, 239 Upland Rd., Cambridge 10 Votes


John Zielinski, 473 Hillside Ave., Holyoke 9 Votes


Joseph K. Zemaitis, 42 Providence St., Worcester 10 Votes


Joseph M. McDonough, 106 Melville Ave., Boston 11 Votes Samuel Michelman, 36 Butler Place, Northampton 9 Votes


Charles Kaplan, 102 Columbia Rd., Boston 10 Votes


Mary Maliotis, 272 Foster St., Boston


9 Votes


Paul V. McDonough, 254 French St., Fall River 10 Votes


Clementina Langone, 190 North St., Boston 9 Votes


Silas F. Taylor, 8 Warwick St., Boston


9 Votes


Bernard J. Killion, 62 Boylston St., Boston


9 Votes


Catherine E. Hanifin, So. Main St., Belchertown 10 Votes


65 Blanks


District Delegates and Alternate District Delegates to National Con- vention 5th District.


Delegates.


Edward P. Gilgun, 112 Garfield Av., Woburn 9 Votes


William C. Geary, 56 Butterfield St., Lowell 12 Votes


Joseph J. Sweeney, 27 Court St., Lowell


12 Votes


Daniel O'Dea, 109 Glenwood St., Lowell 10 Votes


23 Blanks


Alternate Delegates.


Walter H. Wilcox, 6 Eaton Ave., Woburn


7 Votes


Meyer Lipchitz, 106 Fairmont St., Lowell


8 Votes


Dennis A. Heslin, 12 Burns St., Lowell


9 Votes


Alice D. Sullivan, 122 Russell Ave., Watertown 8 Votes


28 Blanks


Not Grouped Delegates.


Gerald F. Cronin, 344 Varnum Ave., Lowell 5 Votes


12 Blanks


State Committee 7th Middlesex District.


6 Votes


Frank A. Cassidy, 12 Oak St., Lowell


9 Blanks


Mamie Dugau, Chandler St., Tewksbury 1 Vote


14 Blanks


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Town Committee.


William McGowan, Pleasant St.


4 Votes


John Kelley, East St.


3 Votes


Howard King, North St.


4 Votes


Edward Walsh, Rogers St.


2 Votes


Herbert Fairbrother, Chandler St.


2 Votes


Leo Bonugli, South St.


2 Votes


Fred Meloy, Andover St.


2 Votes


John Belton, Main St.


2 Votes


Charles Broe, Livingston St.


2 Votes


Patrick Canavan, Chandler St.


2 Votes


Arthur Fairgrieve, Main St.


2 Votes


Robert Martin, Andover St.


1 Vote


Thomas Sullivan, Main St.


1 Vote


121 Blanks


A true record. Attest :


ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk.


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TOWN WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY


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 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 11th Day of July, 1944, at twelve o'clock 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:


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 (to fill vacancy), for this Commonwealth.


Representative in Congress, for 5th Congressional District.




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