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Home My WebLink About1949-03-07-ATE-Reuslts 256 3� WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 7, 1949 (See Warrant Book - Page ANNUAL TOWN ME ETIN G March 7, 1949 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington Monday , March the seventh in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine at seven-thirty o'clock in the forenoon. The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct One , Adams School; Precinct Two , Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officers having been duly appointed by the Selectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows : Precinct One Precinct Two Charles J. Dailey Warden Helen K. Fitzgerald K. Claudine Foster Inspector Randall Richards Alice G. Marshall Inspector Ralph I. Dale Mary E. Stankard Clerk John H. Dacey Ilda J. Field Teller Elizabeth R. Nourse Annie H. McDonnell Teller Eleanor T. Husted George F. Stygle s Teller Gertrude H. Mara Helga M. Carlson Teller Mary G. Oliver Henry F. Brander Teller Edward McGrory Gwendoline Johnson Teller Barbara O'Connor Frances Balough Teller Clyde E. Steeves Frances Lewis Teller Mary S. H. Ellis PRECINCT THREE Precinct Four Sidney U. Robbins Warden Lester L. Andrews Charles F. Vaughan Inspector Harry Boyd Florence M. Bruce Inspector Helen M. Kirk Emma Zitso Clerk Mary J. Ferry Henry P. Meade Teller Agnes G. Hall Rosalie MacDonald Teller Catherine _ M. Ferry Gladys T. Watson Teller Florence P. Tobin Elizabeth A. McCormack Teller Robert E. Ryan Edna D. Anderson Teller Marie E. McAnaul Ella G. Callahan Teller Mary A. Spellman The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven-thirty o'clock A. M. and remained open until eight o$clock P. M. , after which time , after due notice, they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each prec- inct , the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being psed. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Precinct One 1$72 One thousand eight hundred seventy-two Precinct Two 1464 One thousand four hundred sixty-four Precinct Three 1640 One thousand six hundred forty Precinct Four 1929 One thousand nine hundred twenty-nine Total 6905 Six thousand nine hundred five 257 The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers., together with the unused ballots , and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct One 7$$ Seven hundred eighty-eight Precinct Two 713 Seven hundred thirteen Precinct Three $4$ Eight hundred forty-eight Precinct Four 770 Seven hundred seventy Total 3119 Three thousand one hundred nineteen TOWN CLERK Fre .' Pre .2 Pre.3 Pre .4 Total James J. Carroll 6$3 650 763 702 279$ Blanks 105 63 $5 6$ 321 788 713 848 770 3119 James J. Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year. SELECTMAN Lewis L. Hoyt 3$0 421 503 411 1715 Paul J. McCormack 392 269 320 342 1323 Dorothea S. Dodge 0 1 0 0 1 Blanks 16 22 25 17 $0 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 Lewis L. Hoyt was elected Selectman for three years. TOWN TREASURER James J. Carroll 714 656 773 704 2$47 Blanks 74 57 75 66 272 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 James J. Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year . COLLECTOR OF TAXES William S. Scamman 713 655 7$9 70$ 2$65 Blanks 75 5$ 59 62 254 788 713 848 770 3119 William S. Scamman was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Gail W. Smith 67$ 632 755 6$3 274$ Paul Hederstedt 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 110 $1 92 $7 370 788 713 848 770 3119 Gail W. Smith was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Charles G. Davis 399 49$ 520 504 1921 Myron C. Fisher 454 42$ 496 46$ 1846 Dorothea S. Dodge 377 222 300 220 1119 Charles McCormack 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 346 278 379 348 1351 1576 1426 1696 1540 6238 Charles G. Davis and Myron C. Fisher were elected to the School Committee for three years. 258 MODERATOR b Pre.1 Pre .2 Pre .3 Pre .4 Total Charles E. Ferguson 662 629 739 6$3 2713 Dorothea S. Dodge 1 0 0 0 1 Robert H. Holt 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 125 $4 10$ $7 404 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 Charles E. Ferguson was elected Moderator for one year. PLANNING BOARD - ONE YEAR Aiden L. Ripley 650 609 706 636 2601 Blanks 138 104 142 134 51$ 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 Aiden L. Ripley was elected to the Planning Board for one year. PLANNING BOARD FOR TWO YEARS Richard P. Cromwell 63$ 603 6$7 635 2563 Blanks 150 110 161 135 556 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 Richard P. Cromwell was elected to the Planning Board for two years. PLANNING BOARD THREE YEARS Winfield S. Caouette 44$ 473 502 4$4 1907 Peter Zitso 27$ 193 295 242 100$ Dorothea S. Dodge - 0 0 1 0 . 1 Blanks 62 47 50 44 203 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 Winfield S. Caouette was elected to the Planning Board for three years. PLANNING BOARD - FOUR YEARS Frederic K. Johnson 642 603 720 670 2635 Blanks . 146 110 12$ 100 4$4 7$$ 713 $4$ 770 3119 Frederic K. Johnson was elected to the Planning Board for four years. PLANNING si ARD - FIVE YEARS Alan G. Adams 5$$ 5$3 674 613 245$ William G. Potter 552 550 633 560 2295 Blanks 436 293 389 367 1485 1576 1426 1696 1540 6238 Alan G. Adams and William G. Potter were elected to the Planning Board for five years. 1 CONSTABLES James J. Lima 346 401 405 432 1584 John C. Russell 639 570 664 601 2474 William S. Sullivan 306 244 320 250 1120 Blanks 285 211 307 257 - 1060 1576 1426 1696 1540 6238 James J. Lima and John C. Russell were elected Constables for one year. 259 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS PRECINCT ONE PRECINCT TWO *Gilbert A. Arnold 491 *Robert M. Coquillette 405 *Henry Brask 417 *Ernest J. Crerie 42$ Alfred S. Busa 296 *William. Wallace Ferguson 492 James B. Bushard 320 *Howard W. Foley 476 Gaetano Butt aro 351 *Bertram P. Gust in 444 Donald T. Clark 367 *William M. Hall 453 *Frank A. Currier , Jr. 379 *Harold T. Handley 523 *Ernest Cutter 514 *James A. Harding, Jr. 42$ *Myron C. Fisher 423 *Alice Munson Holmes 3$0 *John Fowle 405 *Robert H. Holt 509 *Patrick J. Furdon 3$5 *Selden M. Loring 46$ Jerome F. Garrity 307 *John F. Manley 3$0 Ellis J. Green 314 Edmund J. Nagle 2$1 Howard F. Hamacher 352 Frank R. Parsons 369 *Lloyd C. Harding 423 *Marjorie Pierce 475 *Arnold E. Howard 419 *Donald T. Pring 422 *Donald Irwin 410 Leslie C. Read 347 *James Paul McCarthy 451 *Henry W. Robertson 429 Francis J. Moore 379 *Charles E. Scribner 473 *Eugene L. Morgan 420 *Dexter A. Smith 467 *Thomas C. Morris 3$5 Joseph L. Weis 230 *Haskell W. Reed 394 Dorothea S. Dodge 1 *Harold E. Stevens 405 Blanks 3 241 Roger W. Thwing 233 *Emile J. Vadeboncoeur 43$ Rudolf Summers 2 Blanks 3716 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR PRECINCT TWO *Edward Hamlin 515 Blanks 19$ *Town Meeting Member elected for t erm of one year TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS *Alan G. Adams 5$4 4Richard W. Maynard 475 John B. Beardsley - 261 *Charles A. McCormack 364 Carroll H. Beers 2$9 *Ruth Morey 419 *Ronald D. Brown 472 *Clayton M. Morse 463 *Albert H. Burnham 503 Lyle M. Morse 267 James N. Carey 215 Robert A. Porter 211 Edward B. Cass 227 *Robert L. Ryder 3$6 Grant B. Cole 293 *George B. Sargent 39$ *George Colesworthy, Jr. 296 *Clarence Shannon 379 Philip A. Comley 152 Donald J. Shaw 199 Edward D. Duncan 140 Milton C. Shaw 124 *Gardner C. Ferguson 306 James W. Smith, Jr. 252 Donald M. Fifield 252 *Frederick J. Spencer 29$ John T. Fitzgerald 203 William S. Sullivan 1$1 Bradford Giddings 27$ *Carl W. Terhune 343 *John W. Hess 305 *Ralph H. Tucker 379 *Milton F. Hodgdon 397 Ralph P. Webster 263 John F. -MacNeil 210 Donald E. Williamson 195 Dorothea S. Dodge 3 Blanks 3434 *Town MeetingMembers elected for three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR TWO YEARS PRECINCT THREE *H. Webster Thomas 565 *Peter Zitso 609 Blanks 522 *Town Meeting Members elected for two years. 260 TOWN IVEETINGI MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS PRECINCT FOUR t==.4 *Carl E. Bryant 482 Alice F. Burrows 329 William P. Clark 334 *Adrian W. abveland 403 Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 292 *Francis W. Copp 376 *Francis B. Culbertson 415 *Hward E. Custance 507 *George M. Fuller 493 *Ernest A. Giroux 462 W. Elliott Hanna 279 *Paul Hanson 501 John E. Harvey 251 *Elmer C. Houdlette 412 *Roy Johnsen 383 Winston H. Johnson 250 Merlin J. Ladd 353 *George A. Mallion 355 *Thomas H. Moon 449 *Donald E. Nickerson, Jr. 374 Daniel P. O'Connor 190 *William C. Paxton, Jr. 503 Helen Barry Sarano 303 *Gail W. Smith 519 *Ingeborg N. Swenson 395 *Frederick D. Wells 463 Dorothea S. Dodge 4 Blanks 3011 *Town Meeting Members elected for three years. TO MN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR. PRECINCT FOUR *Caroline F. Deloury 540 *James A. Peirce 575 Blanks 425 *Town Meeting Members elected for one year. QUESTION - PENSIONS Pre.1 Pre.2 Pre .3 Pre.4. Total Yes 272 288 266 307 1133 No 228 239 220 242 929 Blanks 288 186 362 221 1057 788 713 848 770 3119 a true record. Attest: / Town 1rk SPECIAL ELECTION TOWN MEETING 'EMBERS, PRECINCT ONE 261 MARCH 21 , 1949 Special Election held to decide the tie vote between Donald T. Clark , 25 Moon Hill Road and Francis J. Moore , 222 Follen Road , for the seventeenth position at the Annual Town Election held March 7, 1949. Meeting called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Town Clerk , James J. Carroll. There were forty Town Meeting Members present. Paul J. McCormack was unanimously elected as Clerk for the meeting. Charles T. Abbott was unanimously elected as Chairman for the meeting . served as Teller. Voting was by means of secret ballot . Donald T. Clark received twenty-five votes. Francis J. Moore received fifteen votes. Donald T. Clark was elected as a Town Meeting Member, Precinct One, for a term of three years ending in 1952 . ii wn Clerk P Lexington, Mass. March 23 , 1949 I , Donald T. Clark, do hereby accept my election as a Town Meeting Member, Precinct One , for a term of three years ending in March , 1952. (Signed) Donald T. Clark SPECIAL ELECTION TOWN MEETING MEMBERS , PRECINCT THREE MARCH 21, 1949 Special Election held to elect a Town Meeting Member for a term of one year to fill the vacancy of George Ripley, 73 Meriam Street. Meeting called to order at 7:4.5 P. M. by Town Clerk , James J. Carroll. There were thirty Town Meeting Members present. George E. Graves was unanimously elected as Clerk for the meeting . Norman A. Downs was unanimously elected as Chairman for the meeting. Leland H. Emery served as Teller . Nominations were made from the floor for Grant B. Cole , 97 Blake Road, which was duly seconded, also for Bradford Giddings, 3 Stetson Street , which was duly seconded. Nominations closed, as motion made and seconded. So voted. Balloting was by means of a secret ballot .