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06 5 RECOUNT OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, PRECINCT FOUR, MARCH 18, 1955 ► ON PETITION OF WALTER S. BEATTY, 183 Waltham Street -Term of 3 years The following were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as election workers by the Town Clerk and served under the direction of the Board of Registrars: Charles J. Dailey Ilda J. Field William W. Ferguson- Louise E. Ahern Eugene J. Buckley Mary R. McDonough Lester Le Andrews Helen M. Kirk Julia Vaughan Emma Zits() George E. Foster Clarence E. Delp Results as follows : *Carl E. Bryant 672 Richard H. Battin 374 *Edith B. Cheever 648 Walter S. Beatty 381 *Francis B. Culbertson 662 *Otis S. Brown, Jr. 481 *Felix V. Cutler 552 *Howard D. Butler 418 *Chesley M. Dunlap 603 John E. Harvey 355 *George M. Fuller 622 *Robert L. Lyon 415 *Paul Hanson 671 Donald R. Mahoney 246 *Roy Johnsen 567 John P. Meehan 250 *Thomas H. Moon 637 Paul K. Murphy 235 *Donald E. Nickerson, Jr. 650 William S. Sullivan 236 *Gail W. Smith 669 John E. Ward 316 *Ingeborg N. Swenson 590 *Clement N. Williams 390 Frederick D. Wells 599, Blanks 3656 *Town Meeting Members elected for a term of three years. - The final result of the recount showed that Walter S. Beatty lost five votes and Clement N. Williams gained one vote. / i 4414 :. �•� .. .�. , ,Awn lerk Clerk, :9ard of Registrars SPECIAL ELECTION, TOWN METINT MEMBERS, P ECINCT FOUR March 21, 1955 Town Meeting Members of Precinct IV met in Estabrook Hall, Monday, March 21, at 7:45 P.M. for a special election. Mr. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, was asked to serve as chairman, and Mrs. Edith B. Cheever, secretary of Precinct IV, was asked to be clerk for the special meeting. Mr. Carroll explained that there were only two vacancies for one-year terms instead of four as was printed on the ballot of March 7 and read the results of the voting of March 7 for the six contestants. He asked the clerk to take charge of the action of the meeting. Mrs. Eleanor Litchfield made the motion that this group vote to confirm the voting of all the members of Precinct IV by electing the two highest scorers to be Town Meeting Members of Precinct IV for one-year terms. Mr. Robert Lyon seconded the motion. • After a brief discussion and explanation the motion was passed. Mr. Clifford Birch and Mr. Robert Clements were elected as Town Meeting Members for the term of one year. Respectfully submitted, • Edith B. Cheever, Clerk