HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-03-06-ATE-Results (WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION - SEE WARRANT FILE)
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
MARCH 6, 1978
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 6,
1978 at 7:00 in the forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various
precincts: Precinct One, Harrington School; Precinct Two, Bowman School;
Precinct Three, Bridge School; Precinct Four, Senior High School; Precinct Five,
Cary Memorial Hall; Precinct Six, Diamond Junior High School; Precinct Seven,
Estabrook School; Precinct Eight, Central Fire Station; Precinct Nine, Maria
Hastings School.
The election officers and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for
duty as follows:
Precinct One Precinct Two
D Eileen J. Fradette Warden R Agnes Heimlich
R Norma B. Jervis Clerk D Lorraine C. Baron
D Margaret M. Potter Inspector D Phyllis C. Bradford
R Virginia M. Warner Inspector D Ann M. Pace
R Josephine S. Siders Inspector R A. Estelle Szalajeski
Precinct Three Precinct Four
D Marjorie Modoono Warden D Edna F. Marshall
R Mildred M. Cronin Clerk R Carol A. Goldthwait
D Mary Gail Faulkingham Inspector D Marguerite A. Cronin
R Winifred F. Hubbard Inspector R Mary G. McCauley
D Marie E. Roberts Inspector D Bruce S. Gordon
Precinct Five Precinct Six
R Dolores M. Swan Warden D Mary C. Casey
D Gloria J. Bresnihan Clerk R Caroline P. Johnston
R Elinor M. Vassallo Inspector D Helen M. Hoyle
D Anne C. Williamson Inspector D Elizabeth H. Clarke
R Winifred C. Ivester Inspector R Harold W. Josephson
Precinct Seven Precinct Eight
R Mary F. Irwin Warden R Helen L. Perry
D Ann M. Baum Clerk D Rita E. Kiley
R Irene Norcross Inspector R Margaret S. Wilson
D Evelyn T. Lawson Inspector D Mary C. Abegg
D Jean E. Rubenstein Inspector R Barbara M. Collins
Precinct Nine
D Mary C. Joseph Warden
R Sally S. Hooper Clerk
R Caroline F. Deloury Inspector
R Shirley E. Bullock Inspector
D Mary N. Ayvazian Inspector
The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock A.M. and
remained open until eight o'clock P.M., at which time, after due notice, they
were declared closed.
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The total number of registered voters in each precinct eligible to vote as of
February 14, 1978 ,as follows:
PRECINCT REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS AMERICANS INDEPENDENTS TOTALS
1 366 1,001 0 741 2,108
2 357 1,110 3 698 2,168
3 308 837 1 727 1,873
4 565 974 1 793 2,333
5 390 965 2 790 2,147
6 633 859 2 663 2,157
7 463 970 0 721 2,154
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8 473 815 0 653 1,941
9 463 916 0 828 2,207
Totals 4,018 8,447 9 6,614 19,088
Recap sheets were delivered to the Town Clerk at her office as follows:
Precinct One 8:40 P.M.
Precinct Two 8:48 P.M.
Precinct Three 8:45 P.M.
Precinct Four 8:25 P.M.
Precinct Five 8:27 P.M.
Precinct Six 8:55 P.M.
Precinct Seven 8:58 P.M.
Precinct Eight 8:55 P.M.
Precinct Nine 9:45 P.M.
The Town Clerk and the members of the Board of Registrars canvassed the
results as follows:
Precinct One 522 voters cast their vote
Precinct Two 699 voters cast their vote
Precinct Three 586 voters cast their vote
Precinct Four 668 voters cast their vote
Precinct Five 636 voters cast their vote
Precinct Six 757 voters cast their vote
Precinct Seven 702 voters cast their vote
Precinct Eight 689 voters cast their vote
Precinct Nine 440 voters cast their vote
Total 5,699 voters cast their vote
29.8% of the eligible 19,088 registered voters cast their vote.
ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN
APPLICATIONS BALLOTS BALLOTS RETURNED RETURNED
PRECINCT PROCESSED RETURNED UNUSED TOO LATE UNUSED
IN PERSON
1 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 3 0 0 0
3 8 8 0 0 0
4 8 5 3 0 0
5 3 2 1 0 0
6 3 3 0 0 0
7 5 5 0 0 0
8 4 4 0 0 0
9 4 3 1 0 0
Totals 38 33 5 0 0
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ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN (CONT.)
APPLICATIONS BALLOTS BALLOTS RETURNED RETURNED
PRECINCT PROCESSED RETURNED UNUSED TOO LATE UNUSED
BALLOTS MAILED
1 3 2 0 1 0
2 2 1 0 1 0
3 8 6 1 1 0
4 13 9 4 0 0
5 6 5 1 0 0 j
6 3 3 0 0 0
7 8 6 2 0 0
8 1 0 0 0 1
9 00 0 0 0
Totals 44 32 8 3 1
TOTALS 82 65 13 3 1
BALLOTS REJECTED
3 1
4 1
5 3
Total 5 Rejected
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
SELECTMEN
Robert B. Kent 274 400 343 440 366 487 466 376 252 3,404 ,
James F. Crain 295 417 314 385 334 428 406 431 289 3,299
Blanks 475 581 515 511 572 599 532 571 339 4,695
Totals 1,044 1,398 1,172. 1,336 1,272. 1,514 1,404 1,378 880 11,398
Robert B. Kent and James F. Crain were elected to the Board of Selectmen, each
for a three year term ending in March 1981.
MODERATOR
Lincoln P. Cole,Jr.364 479 417 492 469 554 513 525 330 4,143
Blanks 158 220 169 176 167 203 189 164 110 1,556
Totals 522 699 586 668 636 757 702 689 440 5,699
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. was elected Moderator for a one year term ending in
March 1979.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Otis S. Brown,Jr. 258 353 286 338 314 394 295 363 268 2,869
Thomas F. Culhane 230 291 256 304 276 343 384 307 156 2,547
Blanks 34 55 44 26 46 20 23 19 16 283
Totals 522 699 586 668 636 757 702 689 440 5,699
Otis S. Brown, Jr. was elected to the School Committee for a three year term
ending in March 1981.
PLANNING BOARD (For Five Years)
Stephen I. Owren 193 236 171 223 143 205 167 228 145 1,711
Frank Sandy 274 409 354 400 438 495 491 387 250 3,498
Blanks 55 54 61 45 55 57 44 74 45 _ 490
Totals 522 699 586 668 636 757 702 689 440 5,699
Frank Sandy was elected to the Planning Board for a term of five years ending
in March 1.983.
(Annual Town Meeting - March 6, 1978.)
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
PLANNING BOARD (For One Year)
Laura F. Nichols 290 383 334 415 380 475 446 438 254 3,415
Blanks 232 316 252 253 256 282 256 251 186 2,284
Totals 522 699 586 668 636 757 702 689 440 5,699
Laura F. Nichols was elected to the Planning Board for a term of one year ending
in March 1979. Mrs. Nichols is filling the vacancy on the Planning Board
caused by the resignation of Paul J. MacKenzie.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT ONE
*James Cataldo 280 *Evangeline Legassie 238
*Stephen W. Doran 370 *Bernice Manning 226
Jerome J. Green 215 *Benny A. Santosuosso 245
*Patricia K. Hagedorn 270 Blanks 1,572
*Albert P. Zabin 238
*Elected for three years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT TWO
*Julian J. Bussgang 349 *Mary M. McIver 367
*Norman N. Connolly 338 Joachim R. Sinek 175
*Frank I. Michelman 379 David W. Stumpp 212
George S. Silverman 271 Jane M. Stumpp 192
*Arthur C. Smith 381 *Carolyn C. Wilson 339
*Nancy Abelmann 303 Blanks 1,318
Karen A. Dooks 269
*Elected for three years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT THREE
**John P. Carroll 233 *Donald H. Briggs, III 256
*Erna S. Greene 281 *Joy C. Buchfirer 291
*Gloria V. Holland 276 Richard J. Comings 193
*John J. McWeeney 292 *Suanne C. Dillman 307
*James P. Reilly 278 Ira Richer 216
***Paul V. Riffin 227 Blanks 2,424
*Elected for three years.
**Elected for two years.
***Elected for one year.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT FOUR
*Edward E. Furash 332 Anne Gilmer Berg 198
Robert M. Gary 271 ***Frederick C. Frick 312
*Martin A. Gilman 361 *Georgia S. Glick 345
*Daniel L. McCabe 319 Stephen I. Owren 235
*Karsten Sorensen 350 *George P. Wadsworth 331
*Martin K. White 375 Blanks 1,515
*Elected for three years.
***Elected for one year.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS-PRECINCT FIVE
*Otis S Brown, Jr. 317 *Barry Altman 350
***Arthur E. Burrell 248 *Elaine Dratch 375
*Wallace Cupp 265 ***Madeline A. Shaughnessy 242
*Jonathan P. Doran 323 Martin V. Sussman 196
*Sam Silverman 326 *Ephraim Weiss 306
***Lloyd D. Taylor 258 Blanks 2,946
Walter L. Williams 208
*Elected for three years.
***Elected for one year.
(Annual Town Election - March 6, 1978.)
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT SIX
****Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. 279 Frank B. Stille 258
*Levi G. Burnell 294 *Fred C. Bailey 391
Irving Goldberg 254 *Margaret N. Brooke 295
*Paul W. Marshall 303 Charles J. Code, Jr_. 241
*H. Bigelow Moore 323 ****James J. McDevitt 279
*William R. Page 313 George E. Rowe, Jr. 269
*William T. Spencer 324 Blanks 2,233
*Elected for three years.
****Tie for eighth place. Special Election March 20, 1978 to determine the winner
of the one year term ending in March 1979. (See Page
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT SEVEN
*Lloyd Gilson 369 *Martha C. Wood 429
*Clarice B. Gordon 351 Francis X. Fields 301.
*Myron L. Miller. 375 Kenneth I. Goodman 200
*David Reiner 365 ***Marthur H. Kalil 345
*William J. Scouler 406 Blanks 2,093
*Jacquelyn H. Ward 382
*Elected for three years.
***Elected for one year.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT EIGHT
*William P. Fitzgerald 354 *Christopher McCabe 343
*Richard A. Michelson 412 *Jack Sarmanian 413
*Laura F. Nichols 332 Blanks 1,875
*Temple E. Scanlon 313
*Shirley H. Stolz 327
Louis C. Bentley, Jr. 223
Joanne C. Fray 231 *Elected for three years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT NINE
*Joan N. L. Collins 248 *Roy Weinstein 198
*James E. Cosgrove 211 ****Anna P. Currin 20
*Richard M. Perry 245 ****Donald J. Lynah 2
*Daniel E. Power 236 ****Louise G. R. Colwell 1
*Donald J. Shaw 243 ****Robert J. Martin 3
*Daniel A. DiPietro 213 ****Patricia Hadley 1
***Fred D. Rosenberg 172 Blanks 1,727
*Elected for three years.
****Write-in vote.
***Elected for one year.
A true copy.
Attest:
EA • /16 At144kA Ai,
Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk
Anna P. Currin, 6 School Street, Precinct 9, having received the highest number
of votes (20 write-in votes) as a defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member in
Precinct 9 at the March 6, 1978 Annual Town Election, accepted a position as Town
Meeting Member. from Precinct 9 on March 8, 1978. Mrs. Currin will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Frederick V. McMenimen, Jr., 26 School Street,
on February 15, 1978, for a term of one year ending in March 1979.
SPECIAL ELECTION - TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT SIX
March 20, 1978
At the Annual Town Election held March 6, 1978 Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. and
James J. McDevitt received 279 votes each for Town Meeting Member from Precinct
Six, therefore creating a tie. A special election of Town Meeting Members from
Precinct Six only was held Monday, March 20, 1978 at 7:30 P.M. in Estabrook Hall
to determine the winner of the one year term ending March 1979.
Susan S. Beck acted as Chairman of the meeting and Sam V. Nablo acted as
Clerk.
There were 19 Town Meeting Members from Precinct Six present.
The election was held by paper ballot, counted by the Chairman and the
Clerk, results as follows:
Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. 8
James J. McDevitt 11
TOTAL 19
James J. McDevitt was declared elected to the oneear term endingin
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March 1979.
/Signed/ Susan S. Beck, Chairman
/Signed/ Sam V. Nablo, Clerk