Town of Westford annual report 1927-1931, Part 9

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 750


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Mar. 12 Neill, Dorothy Lillian. Robert M. and Annie (Tansey)


Apr. 21 Nystrom, Evelyn May.


Arthur R. and Helene (Merrill)


Feb. 28 Perron, Doris Alma ..


Wilfred and Rose A. (Allard)


Apr. 1 Prescott, Marjorie Stuart


Robert and Marjorie S. (Arnold)


Oct. 1 Reeves, Constance Joan. . Oliver and Lillian (Hosmer)


Feb. 4 Remis, Anna .. . Stanley and Frances (Prackneck)


Apr. 7 Ricard, Marie Anne Alice .Maxime and Rosa B. (Grenier)


Mar. 23 Rice, Richard.


Ralph Jr. and Elizabeth (Hildreth)


Jan. 14 Rockwell, Rupert. Ralph N. and Edith (Reynolds)


Sept. 14 Rogers, Mary Lillian


Edmund D. and Ellen M. (Morton)


Mar. 10 Sawosik, Mary. Michael and Vera (Davenchuk) Michael and Vera (Darencliuk) Mar.10 Sawosik, Michael Jr.


Jan. 31 St. Germain, Joseph Real. Alfred and Aurore (Bernier)


Sept. 16 St. Onge, Eugene Frederick June 14 Stone, William Fennimore. Stanley K. and Mary R. (Morton) .Nicholas and Mary (Urbanovich)


July 30 Sudak, Fred ..


Dec. 13 Sunbury, Muriel. Kenneth A. and Margaret (Carroll)


Adam and Sofie (Wojnorskie) Aug. 12. Szylvain, Irene.


Sept. 3


Vincent, Theresa.


Raoul O. and Ellen (Donovan)


July 7 Walesévich, Helen Frank and Katherine (Kostecko)


Sept. 27 Walsh, Edward Jr. Edward and Margaret (Thompson) Feb. 27 Wilk, Tadeusz. . . Stanley and Jennie (Litkivich) Apr. 30 Woods, Delmar Edwin Jr. Delmar E. and Laura A. (Morton)


Number recorded in 1928: Males 36; Females 42.


Peter and Merilise (Blanchard)


Apr. 4 Grenier, Marie Therese Jaqueline


. Alberic and Blanche (Lamy)


Oct. 16 Guilemette, Therese Marie


Albert and Antoinette (Lamy)


July 17 Gregoire, Alice Eliz


. Joseph If. and Angeline (Boisvert) George and Maria (Brule)


Clifford E. and Alice (Golden)


Oct. 20 McKniff, Helena ..


Eugene F. and Julia M. (Tilton)


.


Jan. S Byron, Mary Olive Teresa.


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Marriages RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, 1928


Date of Marriage 1928 Name


Age Residence


Birthplace


Aug. 6 Anderton, Daniel


26 Westford


England


Carbonneau, Leona


19


Westford . Westford


Nor. 24 Barton, Ralph Henry


27


Billerica . . Burlington, Vt.


Hosmer, Adelaide May


26 Westford.


Westford


Aug. 27


Bellemore, Omer Josepli


25


Westford


.Canada


Milot, Oneda Marie


19


Westford


Westford


Gelinas, Flora


25


Westford.


Canada


June 30 Blowey, Willian Reginald


Holmes, Hilda


25


Westford. England


Dec. 30


Boisvert, Romeo Josephi


21


Westford. Canada


St. Pierre, Anna Mary


21


Westford. Canada


Sept. 3 Boucher, Camille


25


Chelmsford .


.Canada


Moreau, Paulette Rose


19


Westford.


Canada


Feb. 21 Boyd, John Edward


2S


Westford. Westford


Mountain, Alice Viola


19


Westford. Westford


Dec. CO Connell, Earle Russell


23 Tyngsborough


.Tyngsborough


Dane, Lillian Eva


20


Westford.


Westford


June 18 Drolet, Alfred Edward Jr ..


22


Westford. .Westford


Gingras, Angeline Alphonsine .


22


Groton. Lawrence


May 20


Gagnon, Arthur Amos


22


Pepperell . Pepperell


Dare, Anna Agnes


23


Westford. England


Oet. 14


Gervais, Alexander Alphonse


22


Chelmsford


.Chelmsford


Pivirotto, Winifred Agnes


20


Westford.


Westford


Sept. 17


Gingras, Alfred


21


Amesbury Lawrence


Caron, Valeda


20


Westford. Lowell


May 30


Johnson, Ilarry Carl


21


Westford.


Warwick


Nov. 28


Kerr, William Glenroy


21 Lexington .C'anada


Pentz, Margaret Jane


21


Westford.


Canada


Sept. 29 Logan, Douglas Jr. Bradley, Lois Eudora


27


Westford. Nashua, N. II.


May 5


Lundgren, Werner William


22


Westford. Chelmsford


Canton, Bernadette Elsie


20 Westford. . Westford


Sept. 5 Lyons, Richard Anthony


O'Neil, Mary Frances


27 Westford.


England


Sept. 29 Mclellan, Walter R.


23


Nashua, N. H. .Boston


Bradley, Ruth JI


22


Nashua, N. H ..


Nashua, N. H.


24


Westford.


Canada


Oct. 16 Mulcahy, David Joseph


Supple, Helen Florence


32


Westford.


Pepperell


May 4 Mulno, Herbert L. Jr.


28 Lowell.


Tewksbury


Bell, Jessie C.


22


Westford.


Chelmsford


Feb. 18


O'Clair, L Ernest


28


Westford


Spencer


Blott, Jennie Veronica


19


Westford.


Lawrence


June 9 Peterson, Carl Douglas Melia, Sarah Elizabeth


21


Westford


England


June 21 Phillips, Nathaniel Howard


21 Westford Westford


Hildreth, Ilelen Doris


18 Westford. Westford


Feb. 23 Reeves, Oliver Arthur


24


Westford. Lowell


Hosmer, Lillian Gertrude


19 Westford.


Westford


July 16 Ricard, Joseph


20


Westford. .Canada


Boueher, Mary Ida


18 Westford .Canada


Jan. 16 Roux, Lucien


22


Westford. Canada


Jalbert, Florida


27


Westford. Canada


Feb. 4 Roux, Napoleon


23


Westford.


Canada


Jalbert, Virginia


25 Westford.


Boston


Feb. 8 Scrizzi, Angelo


22 Westford.


Italy


Lajeunesse, Marie Ina


23


Westford. Lowell


May 27 Seavey, Morton Rice


25


Westford. Westford


Cousins, Bernice Evadell


22


Lincoln.


· Lincoln


July 23 Serre, Joseplı Eugene


25


Canada. .Canada


Boisvert, Mary Marguerite C ...


24


Westford. Canada


Elliott, Margaret Barbara


24


Westford.


Westford


May 12 Vose, Almon S.


65 Westford.


Westford


Pollard, Ethel M ..


31 Westford England


Jan. 21 Wetmore, V. C. Bruce.


52 Westford. Canada


Davis, Loretta


39 Mt. Vernon, N. Y .. Texas


June 30 Wilson, George Douglas


34 Westford. Lowell


Newcomb, IIelen


26 Ware. Ware


24


Westford.


.Westford


Sept. 3 Blowey, Thomas Hall


22 Westford Westford


Gagnon, Dorothy


17 Billerica . Chelmsford


26


Nashua, N. H. .Seotland


31 Chelmsford.


.England


Nov. 29 Milot, Wilfred Thomas Vincent, Cecile


24


Westford .


Canada


33 Cambridge Ashburnham


25 Maynard. . Maynard


Nov. 5 Tuttle, Rose Belden


23 New London, Conn. Westford


Number recorded 37.


10


Deaths


RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, 1925 .


AGE


Years Months Days


Sept. 6


Belidia, John, son of Peter and Mary ( Fclidia)


42


.


5


13


Jan. 4 Burnham, Arthur UJ., husband of Addie M


70


2


20


Aug. 21


Carmichael, John B., husband of Charlotte


.68


5


5


June 20 Chandler, JJohn F .. husband of Emma


70


. .


Jan. 28 Chaney, George Warren, son of William F. and Clarissa ( Davis


69


9


2


Dec. 29


Coburn, John F., son of Peter and Mary (Sullivan )


73


S


4


Feb. 13 Dubey, Johu, son of Joseph and Drina (Ducheneau)


92


10


27


Mar. 10


Eaton, Samuel Newell, husband of Johanna


50


10


29


Mar. 7 Fletcher, Sherman Heywood, son of Sherman D. and Emily A. (Fletcher)


2


12


Aug. 13 Foye. Michael Joseph. husband of Mary F.


.57


11


25


July 22


Gross, Irene F., daughter of Frank Worthen ( Fletcher)


and Ama


9


2


Oct.


6


Gumb, William, son of John A and Manda (Turple)


73


2


29


Feb. 22


Haley, Matthew Stephen, husband of Edith


53


23


July 1 llay, Jenie B. T .. daughter of James .1. and Ilannah


68


10


28


May 10 Ilealey, Alice F., wife of Philip II. .25


1


5


Jan. 21


Hitchcock, Nettie C., wife of Wade V. .30


65


10


6


Jan. 12 Lord, David, son of Varney and Eliza ( Quimby)


75


7


21


Apr. 1S MeDonald, Margaret Esther, widow of Angus 84


3


7


Apr.


7 MeKiddie, Margaret. widow of William


S1


3


7


Feb. 18


Mckniff, wife of John . HANNAH


56


4


29


Feb. 6 Milot, Napoleon, husband of Evilina


.65


5


17


Aug. 26


Sweetser, Rebecca E., daughter of Nathaniel and Esther


.70


Apr. 1 Treble, Harold E., son of George E. and Lillie D. (Slater) . 13 Velantgas, Forania, wife of James


.65


.


Nov. 21


Ward, Mary G., widow of William


9


19


Aug. 23 Whigham. Irene, danghter of James N. and Ada (Cotterell) . 16


3


16


June 1 Whiting, Harry E., Jr .. son of Harry E. and Martha (Grant) . 4


5


22


Nov. 29 Wright, Emma M .. widow of Hammet D. .65


7


2.2


Whole number recorded


. 21


18


39


Number of deaths in Town


18


16


31


Residents of Westford


20


17


37


Date of Death


Name


Oct. 4 Blaisdell, Elizabeth An, widow of J. Alvin


72


.36


1


9


Jan. 23


Iloward, William S .. husband of Addic


11


11


Tune 28


Males Females T'tal


( Fletcher)


18


(O'Brien)


14


July 2 Eastman, Asa B., son of Elias and Mary (Dunton)


11


Note


All persons are respectfully requested to examine the foregoing reports of births, marriages and deaths, and report to the Town Clerk any errors or omissions that may be discerned therein, so that the records may be corrected. An error in the record, other than a mistake in copying a certificate or return, can be corrected only in accordance with a deposition under oath, made by one who was required by law to furnish the information for the original record or by one or more creditable persons having knowledge of the case. (See General Laws, Chapter 46, Section 13.)


Births occurring late in the year are sometimes returned with- out the Christian name. In such cases parents should return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as selected, as incompleteness of the record may occasion trouble in the future.


Attention is particularly called to the following extracts from the General Laws.


GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46


Section 1. Each city and town clerk shall receive or obtain and record facts relative to the births * * * in his city or town.


Section 3. Eevry physician or medical officer registered shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge and *


* * shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town where such birth occurred a report * * If the child is illegitimate, the name and other facts relating to the father shall not be stated except at the request in writing of both father and mother filed. * Upon pre- sentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treasurer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty-five cents for each birth so reported. *


* A physician or any such officer violating any pro- vision of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.


Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which a child is born, having knowledge of the facts required shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the town * or of any person authorized by him. (Penalty for refusal not more than ten dollars).


Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder within forty days after a birth in his house shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born.


Section 8. (Penalty for neglect to comply with the provisions of Section 6, not more than five dollars.)


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GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 207


Section 36. If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this Commonwealth, who return to dwell here, they shall within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or registrar of town where either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts required in a notice of intention of marriage.


Section 55. Whoever violates Section 36 shall forfeit ten dollars.


The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor with blanks for return of births as required by law.


CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Town Clerk.


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Town Clerk's Report on Dogs


Number of Dogs Licensed Dec. 1, 1927, to Dec. 1, 1928 237 Males at $2.00 $474.00


39 Females at $5.00 195.00


Total


$669.00


Clerk's fees 276 licenses at 20 cents 55.20


Paid into County Treasury, June 1 and Dec. 1, 1928 as per receipts 613.80 Number of Dogs to be accounted for to County Treasurer in 1929:


2 Males at $2.00 4.00 Number of dogs returned by Assessors: Male 226, Females 29 Total 255


The attention of owners and keepers of dogs is called to the following extracts from Chapter 140 of the General Laws:


Section 137. The owner or keeper of a dog which is three months old or over shall annually, on or before the thirty-first day of March, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for one year from the first day of April following, if kept in any town, in the office of the clerk thereof. The owner or keeper of a licensed dog shall cause it to wear around its neck a collar distinctly marked with its owner's name and its registered number.


Section 138. The owner or keeper of a dog may at any time have it licensed until the first day of April following; and a person who becomes the owner or keeper of a dog after April first which is not duly licensed, and the owner or keeper of a dog which becomes three months old after March thirty-first in any year shall, when it is three months old cause it to be registered, numbered, described, licensed and collared as required in the preceding sections.


Owners and Keepers of Dogs Who Have Procured Licenses For Year ending March 31, 1929


Abbot, Edward M. (2m)


Blaney, Cyril A. (1nl & 2f)


Ackerman, Joseph


Blodgett, C. A. (& F. R.)


Alexander, Mary C.


Borodafka, Michael


Balmforth, Mena G.


Bosworth, Hilda


Barretto, John Batchelder, Walter J.


Boyd, Jolın


Boynton, Elwood D. (Hoffman)


Bechard, Mary


Branch, Guy E.,


Beebe, Willard H.


Bridgeford, Elmer K.


Belida, Wasil


Bridgford, Joseph


Belland, Yvonne


Britko, Jacob


Blackadar, George A.


Brooks, Fred


Blaisdell, Elizabeth A.


Bubesko, Alexander


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Burbeck, Fred A. Burke, George H. Butterworth, William L. Butko, George Byron, Oliver J.


Byron, Rudolphe L.


Caless, Thomas (1m & 1f)


Carbonneau, Ludger


Carkin, Perley Carmichael, Charlottie


Carver, William K.


Cavanaugh, Cecelia F., (f)


Chandonait, Alcide


Charlton, Arthur


Clement J. Edward


Coburn, Charles H.


Connell, Harold


Coupal. Napoleon


Courchaine, Fred (f)


Custy, Edward (Hoffman)


Cutting, Ralph T. (2m)


Day Viola M.


Day, Otis (1m & 1f) Defoe, Ruth


Desmond, Gerald F.,


Downing, Edward A.


Drew A. Mabel


Drolet, Alfred


Dubey, Joseph T.


Dubinski, Joe (2m)


Duguid, Alexander


Dupras, Fred L.


Dupras, Gilbert (f)


Edwards, Charles


Egerton, Albert M.


Elliott, Augustine R. (f)


Elliott, Matthew (f)


Farlon, James Fecteau, Bros.


Feeney, John Fletcher, Harry N. (5m) Fletcher, Henry A. Fletcher J. Herbert (2)


Fletcher, Priscilla


Fletcher, Ralph A. Fletcher, Walter W. Foss. Raymond Foster, Lewis Freeman, Charles (2m)


Frost, Lecnard Furbush, Russell F. Furbush W. Carroll (2m) Gavill, Wilbur W. George, Frank R. Gibbons, George P. Godfrey, Arthur (2f)


Gould, Edwin H. Graves, Margaret Greig, Donald F. Hale, Alfred H.


Hall, Isaac L. (2m)


Hall, John H.


Harrington, William C. (2m) Hartford, Elizabeth J., Est Harvey, Lewis


Healey Healey, Arthur L. (1m & 1f)


Healy, Henry J.


Healy J. Austin, Jr.


Healy, John A.


Healy, Mary C. (f)


Heywood, Alice F.


Hildreth, Albert (2m)


Hitchcock, Wade V.


Holt, Donald Hosmer, William F.


Hubbard, Fanny


Ingalls, Harry L. (f)


Jacques, Rufus S.


Jarvis, Everett P. (3m)


Jenkins, Mark Jeroma, Frank Johnson, Ernest


Johnson, Peter (2m) Johnson, William H. Judd, Don


Kavanagh, William


Keyes, Edward H. Keizer, Roy Kimball, George A. (f)


Knight, John F. Kofford, Walter T.


Lagassa, Wilfred Lamy, Arthur Lawrence, Mary Leclere, Joseph Lecuyer, Emile Leduc, Francis A.


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Levasseur, Onesime Light, Daniel H. (1m & 1f) Lord, Marion E. (1m & 1f) Lougee, Charles F. (1 m & 1f) Mann, Clarence Mann, George (1f) Matthews, Joseph McCarthy, Robert J. McCoy, Fred I. McDonald, Henry A. (2m1) McDonald, Leo C.


McDonald, William O. (1m & 1f) McGlinchey, Michael (1m & 1f) McIntosh, John (1m & 1f) McTeague, Joseph Miller, Everett F. Miller, Frank E. Millis, Willard N. Milot, Anthony Monahan, Catherine


Monroe, William S. Morton, Walter F.


Mountain, Albert E. Murphy, Henry Nelson, Oscar A. Nesmith, Harry L. Nordloff, Ernest


Nutting, Blanche O'Brien, James (2m) O'Brien, John W. (2m) O'Brien, Walter ' O'Connell, John A. (2m) Oliver, Joseph Paduano, Frank Page, Narcisse Parfitt, William J.


Patterson, Henry Pendlebury, Edmund F. Perkins, Joseph J. Perrins W. Arthur Peterson, H. C. Phillips, Norman A. Picking, Fred H. Picking, Richard Pickup, Blanche Polley, Amos B. Profita, Joseph Provost, Edmund


Provost, Leo Prescott, Robert (f) Rafalko, Frank Regnier, Joseph (2m) Rice, Ralph Jr. Richard, Conrad Rivinius, Handel V. and William B. (4m)


Roberge, Alphonse Rockwell. Ralph Rogers, Edward


Roudenbush, William C. (f) Sargent, Vivian Schneider, Adolph (f) Scott, David Scott, Everett A (2m)


Sedach, Wasil Seifer, William F. (2m & 32)


Shaughnessy, Walter (f) Sherman, Leslie Shugrue, Frank P.


Simons, Sigmund (3m & 1f) Soubosky, Michael


Spinner, Elizabeth


Stadig, Jolın (1m & 1f) Stalmonis John (1m & 1f) Ste. Marie, Anna


Sullivan, Margaret (2f)


Sullivan, Veronica M.


Sullivan, Timothy Sunbury, Kenneth A.


Sundberg, John C. Supple, Jeremialı Swanson, Alfred Swanson, Axel G. Sygla, Tony Tandus, John


Thifault, Joseph (f) Thwing, Stanley G. (f) Treat, Orrin Treat, Orrin, Jr.


Treble, George Tuttle, Alfred W. (f) Velantgas A.


Verge, Walter Vose, Almon S. Walker, Joseph G. Walker, Sarah M. Wallace, Frank


16


Ward, Ernest White. George F. Whitney, H. Gordon Whitney, Hamilton E. Whitton, Winifred E.


Williams, William P. Wilson T. Arthur E. Worden, Chester Wright, Frank A. Wright, Frank C.


17


Annual Town Election, February 13, 1928


Prec.


Prec. 2 277


92


261


916


Selectman


Fred R. Blodgett


177


100


60


15


352


Burton D. Griffith


106


167


32


243


548


Blanks


3


10


0


3


16


Assessor


J. Willard Fletcher


251


180


69


114


614


Julia Wall


1


0


0


0


1


Blanks


34


97


23


147


301


Board of Public Welfare


Perley F. Wright


246


168


68


107


589


Blanks


40


109


24


154


321


Treasurer


Eva F. Wright


248


171


69


107


595


Blanks


38


106


23


154


321


Collector of Taxes


Henry F. Charlton


89


49


37


18


193


Arthur L. Healy


193


223


53


240


709


Blanks


4


5


2


3


14


Moderator


Alfred W. Hartford


181


177


56


119


533


Blanks


105


100


36


142


383


Constable


John L. Connell


97


85


45


20


247


John F. Sullivan


182


183


44


235


644


Blanks


7


9


3


6


25


School Committee


Albert G. Forty


157


194


34


164


549


Axel G. Lundberg


234


119


81


76


510


Frances R. Sugden


69


87


21


48


225


Mabel Drew


1


0


0


0


1


Blanks


111


154


48


234


547


Prec


Prec. Total


1


3


4


Whole number of ballots cast


286


18


Trustee of the J. V. Fletcher Library


William C. Roudenbush 241 166


66


114


587


Blanks


45 111


26


147


329


Cemetery Commissioner


David L. Greig


235


169


71


122


597


Julia Wall


1


0


0


0


1


Blanks


50


108


21


139


318


Tree Warden


Alfred J. Couture


75


153


22


56


306


Harry L. Nesmith


197


102


61


152


512


Blanks


14


22


9


53


98


Board of Health


Cyril A. Blaney


189


148


71


130


574


F. Russell Furbush


76


82


16


116


290


Blanks


21


11


5


15


52


CHARLES L. HILDRETH,


Town Clerk.


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State Election, November 6, 1928


Party designations: (R) Republican: (D) Democratic. : (W) Workers: (S. L.) Socialist Labor: (S) Socialist: (V. P. E.) Vigorous Prohibition Enforcement: (I. C.) Independent Citizen.


Prec.


Prec.


Prec.


Prec. Total 4


Whole number of ballots cast .406


1


2 299


133


306


1144


Electors of President and Vice-President


Foster and Gitlow (W)


2


2


1


0


5


Hoover and Curtis (R)


347


130


93


109


679


Reynolds and Crowley (S. L.)


0


0


0


3


3


Smith and Robinson (D)


54


149


33


176


412


Thomas and Maurer (S)


0


2


1


0


3


Blanks


16


5


18


42


Governor


Frank G. Allen (R)


333


126


94


105


658


Chester W. Bixby (W)


0


2


1


0


3


Charles H. Cole (D)


51


133


28


168


380


Washington Cook (V. P.E.)


1


2


0


2


5


Mary Donovan Hapgood (S)


0


4


0


0


4


Edith Hamilton McFadden (I. C.)


0


2


0


0


2


Stephen J. Surridge (S. L.)


0


0


0


0


0


Blanks


21


30


10


31


92


Lieutenant-Governor


John Corbin (W. P.)


2


5


1


2


10


Henry C. Hess (S. L.)


0


0


0


0


0


Walter S. Hutchins (S)


0


4


1


0


5


John F. Malley (D)


47


134


25


163


369


Walter Sterling Youngman (R)


321


113


90


108


632


Blanks


36


43


16


33


128


Secretary


Harry J. Canter (W.)


1


2


1


2


6


Frederick W. Cook (R)


307


118


88


106


619


Oscar Kinsales (S. L.)


6


0


5


0


11


Joseph Santosuosso (D)


28


118


14


150


310


Edith M. Williams (S)


7


7


0


0


14


Blanks


57


54


25


48


184


3


20


Treasurer


James P. Bergin (D)


41


114


21


154


330


Albert Sprague Coolidge (S)


2


6


1


1


10


John W. Haigis (R)


314


119


84


101


618


Albert Oddie (W)


0


0


1


0


1


Charles S. Oram (S. L.)


0


1


0


0


1


Blanks


49


59


26


50


184


Auditor


John W. Aiken (S. L.)


1


0


0


0


1


Alonzo B. Cook (R.)


306


121


85


112


624


David A. Eisenberg (S)


0


4


0


0


4


Eva Hoffman (W.)


0


2


2


0


4


Francis J. O'Gorman (D)


44


111


18


147


320


Blanks


55


61


28


47


191


Attorney General


Edward P. Barry (D)


41


126


20


157


344


Morris I. Becker (S. L.)


0


1


0


1


2


Max Lerner (W)


0


1


1


1


3


John Weaver Sherman (S.)


0


4


0


1


5


Joseph F. Warner (R.)


314


117


88


105


624


Blanks


51


50


24


41


166


Senator in Congress


John J. Ballam (W.)


2


2


1


0


5


Alfred Baker Lewis (S)


1


2


0


0


3


David I. Walsh (D)


54


167


10


180


441


Benjamin Loring Young (R)


322


100


83


107


612


Blanks


27


28


9


19


83


Congressman Fifth District


Cornelius F. Cronin (D)


39


100


23


146


308


Edith Nourse Rogers (R)


348


162


102


134


746


Butler Ames


1


0


0


0


1


Blanks


18


37


8


26


89


Councillor Sixth District


Harvey L. Boutwell (R)


309


108


87


100


604


Robert J. Muldoon (D)


37


117


18


152


324


Blanks


60


74


28


54


216


Senator Eighth


Middlesex


District


Michael H. Hoar (D)


39


135


17


157


348


Walter Perham (R)


329


124


95


103


651


Blanks


48


40


21


46


145


21


Representative in General Court Eleventh Middlesex District


Edward J. Robbins (R) 325


137


86


114


662


Blanks 81 162


47


192


482


County Commissioners Middlesex County


Nathaniel I. Bowditch (R)


262


93


76


74


505


George L. Colson (D)


32


100


17


121


270


Daniel F. McBride (D)


34


82


11


127


254


Walter C. Wardwell (R)


278


92


73


89


532


Blanks


206


231


89


201


727


Clerk of Courts Middlesex County


John D. Medeiros (D)


34


100


16


134


284


Ralph N. Smith (R)


297


107


80


101


585


Blanks


75


92


37


71


275


Register of Deeds Middlesex Northern District


Abel R. Campbell (R)


282


97


76


95


550


William C. Purcell (D)


64


145


33


168


419


Blanks


60


57


24


43


184


Associate Commissioner Middlesex County (to fill vacancy)


Melvin G. Rogers (R)


296


122


80


113


611


Blanks


110


177


.53


193


533


LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION


Shall the proposed law which provides that it shall be lawful in any city which accepts the act by vote of its city council and in any town which accepts the act by vote of its inhabitants, to take part in or witness any athletic outdoor sport or game, except horse racing, automobile racing, boxing or hunting with firearms, on the Lord's day between 2 and 6 P. M .; that such sports or games shall take place on such playgrounds, parks or other places as may be designated in a license issued by certain licensing authorities; that no sport or game - shall be permitted in a place other than a public playground or park within one thousand feet of any regular place of worship; that the charging of admission fees or the taking of collections or the receiving of renumeration by any person in charge of or participating in any such sport or game shall not be prohibited; that the license may be revoked; and that in cities and towns in which amateur sports or games may be held until the proposed law is accepted or the provisions of the existing law fail of acceptance on resubmission to the people, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 9 in the affirmative and 22 in the negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 93 in the affirmative and 110 in the negative, be approved?


22


Yes


110


111


45


170


436


No


196


73


42


46


35


Blanks


100


115


46


90


351


Question of Public Policy


Shall the senator from this district be instructed to vote for a resolution requesting Congress to take action for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, known as the prohibition amendment?


Yes


97


140


47


138


422


No


220


71


54


55


400


Blanks


89


88


32


113


322


Return of Votes for Representative in General Court from Eleventh Middlesex District


Acton


Bedford


Carlisle


Chelinsford


Littleton


Westford


Total


Edward J. Robbins


of Chelmsford


830


476


187


2129


541


662


4825


Blanks


317


258


56


878


140


482


2131


Total


1147


734


243


3007


681


1144


6956


CHARLES L. HILDRETH,


Town Clerk.


23


Annual Town Meeting, February 20, 1928


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Monday, February 20, 1928, the following business was transacted:


Alfred W. Hartford, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order. 1. Voted to dismiss the article relative to adopting Roberts' Rules of Order to govern the parliamentary procedure of Town Meet- ings.


2. Voted to accept the report of the Finance; Committee as printed.


3. Voted to accept the report of the Town Accountant as printed.


4. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as printed.


5. Voted to accept the report of the Board of Public Welfare as printed with the following correction: the total of Westford Home Appraisal to be $5479.60 instead of $1738.65.


6. Voted to accept the report of the School Committee as printed.


7. Voted to accept the report of the Trustees of the Public Library as printed.


8. Voted to accept the report of the Cemetery Commissioners as printed.


9. Voted to accept the report of the Forestry Committee as printed.


10. Voted that the compensation of the Tax Collector be three- fourths of one per cent of the amount collected.


11. Voted that the Finance Committee be instructed to prepare such revision of the schedules of salaries of the town officers as seem advisable and report thereon at a future meeting.


12. Voted that the article relative to rescinding the vote passed at the Annual Meeting held in 1892, whereby the insurance of its public buildings was placed with the Selectmen, be referred to a special committee consisting of the chairman of each department having buildings to be insured. Said committee to report at the next town meeting.


13. Voted that the article relative to the Town's voting not to insure against loss by fire any of its public buildings be referred to a special committee consisting of the chairman of each department having buildings to be insured. Said committee to report at the next town meeting.




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