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SPECIAL ELECTION - REFERENDUM - FOR $128,000.00 FOR PLANS FOR
SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO
THE HIGH SCHOOL - HELD JULY 10, 1961
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, July the tenth in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and sixty-one 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,
East Lexington Fire Station; Precinct Three, Cary Memorial Hall;
77 Precinct Four, High School Building; Precinct Five, Central Fire
Station; Precinct Six, Maria Hastings School.
The following -electron officers having been duly appointed by
the Selectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned
for duty as follows:
Precinct One Precinct Two
Mary E. Clifford Warden John McDonough
Margaret E. Marshall Clerk Ilda J. Field
George E. Foster Teller Alice G. Marshall
Nellie I. Batstone Teller Ida B. Fisk
Lillian Meadows Teller Ruth P. Lutz
Precinct Three Precinct Four
Randall W. Richards Warden Clarence E. Delp
Edna Anderson Clerk Lena Rochette
Edna Marshall Teller Mary G. Oliver
Mary A. Spellman Teller Eulah M. Cassidy
Ann L. Ford Teller Helene L. Ignico
Teller Mary E. Connell
Precinct Five Precinct Six
Joseph 0 . Rooney Warden Mary J. Ferry
Otis S. Brown, Jr. Clerk Louise E. Ahern
Grace V. White Teller Michael Lovezzola
Alice L. Osgood Teller Jeanette M. Kanis
Teller Mary I . Bach
Teller Mary G. McCauley
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 total number of registered voters in each precinct as follows:
Precinct One 2,343 (twenty-three hundred forty-three)
Precinct Two 2,319 (twenty-three hundred nineteen)
Precinct Three 1,989 (nineteen hundred eighty-nine)
Precinct Four 2,018 (two thousand eighteen)
Precinct Five 2,424 ( twenty-four hundred twenty-four) .
Precinct Six 2,234 ( twenty-two hundred thirty-four)
Total 13,327 (thirteen thousand three hundred twenty-seven)
Reconciliation sheets were delivered to the Town Clerk at his
office.
The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the
result as follows:
Precinct One 914 (nine hundred fourteen)
Precinct Two 1,074 (one thousand seventy-four)
Precinct Three 885 (eight hundred eighty-five)
Precinct Four 995 (nine hundred ninety-five)
Precinct Five 1,316 ( thirteen hundred sixteen)
Precinct Six 1,031 (one thousand thirty-one)
Total 6,215 ( sixty-two hundred fifteen)
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To vote YES of NO by ballot on the following question submitted to C`
the voters at large, pursuant to petition for a referendum filed with P
the Selectmen requesting such a referendum upon the vote adopted CD
under Article 2 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on
June 19, 1961:
Shall the town vote to approve the action of the representative
town meeting whereby it was voted to appropriate $128,000.00 and
authorize the Standing School Suilding_Committee topreparefinal
plans, based upon the preliminary plans that were submitted to that
meeting, for new secondary school buildings on land in the vicinity
of the senior high school, additions to the senior high school and
any alterations in the high school required by such construction,
and, after approval of the plans by the School Committee, to
obtain bids for the construction?
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Total
YES 203 208 228 320 323 235 1,517
NO 711 866 657 675 993 796 4,698
TOTALS 914 1,074 885 995 1,316 1,031 6,215
In accordance with Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1954, Article 2
as passed at the Special Town Meeting held on June 19, 1961 was
defeated.
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flown Clerk
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September 6, 1961
Dear Mr. Carroll:
I am hereby submitting my resignation as a town meeting member
from Precinct ##4, effective August 31, 1961.
Dan H. Fenn, Jr.
22 Sherburne Road
September 9, 1961
Dear Mr. Carroll:
I acknowledge receipt of your notification for my service as a
Town Meeting Member from Precinct 4 ( term expiring March, 1962) ,
and I am pleased to accept same.
(Filling vacancy caused by the resignation of Dan H. Fenn, Jr.)
Paul M. Mahoney
34 Wachusett Drive