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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-03-07-ATE-Results WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - See Warrant Book 501 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 7, 1955 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 on Monday, March the seventh in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five at seven-thirty o'clock in the fore- noon. 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 Louise E. Ahern Joseph P. waddleton Inspector Ralph I. Dale - George E. Foster Inspector Randall W. Richards Ilda J. Field Clerk John H. Lacey Mary A. Rowland Teller Eleanor T. Husted Helga M. Carlson Teller Elizabeth F. Downey Rose I. McLaughlin Teller Jean E. Baker George F. Stygles Teller Mary S. H. Ellis Mary Ella Clifford Teller Beatrice F. Morse George D. Smith Teller Edward McGrory Gwendolin Johnson Teller Gladys T. -Watson" Alice G. Marshall Teller Precinct Three Precinct Four. Emma Zitso warden Lester L. Andrews Julia Vaughan Inspector Helen M. Smith Clarence E. Delp Inspector Helen M. Kirk Edna D. Anderson Clerk Mary J. Ferry Rosalie MacDonald Teller Michael J. McDonough Agnes T. Buckley Teller Mary A. Hallett Ella G. Callahan Teller Mary A. Spellman- Dorothy A. Parks Teller Sally S. Hooper Ethel M. Koester Teller Caroline F. Deloury Elizabeth Fardy Teller Eleanor F. Cosgrove Florence M. Bruce Teller Lucy A. Butters Mary R. McDonough Teller - J. , Carroll Ryan- The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven-thirty o'clock A. M. and remained open until eight o'clock P. rT. , 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 precinct, the tally shetts and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as- follows: Precinct One 2402 Two thousand four hundred two Precinct Two 1804 One thousand eight hundred four Precinct Three 2349 Two thousand three hundred forty-nine Precinct Four 2985 Two thousand nine hundred eighty-five Total 9540 Nine thousand five hundred forty 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. 502 611, The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result r"" as follows: Precinct One 774 seven hundred 'seventy-four Precinct Two 719 Seven hundred nineteen Precinct Three 861 Eight hundred sixty-one Precinct Four 935 Nine hundred thirty-five Total 3289 Three thousand two hundred eighty-nine Pre.l Pre.2 Pre,3 Pre,4 Total SELECTMAN Haskell W. Reed 689 648 773 807 2917 George A. Baldwin 1 0 0 0 1 Ernest Cutter 2 0 0 0 ' 2 Bertram P. Gustin 0 1 0 0 1 George H. Anker 0 1 0 0 1 William H. Lyon 0 0 2 0 2 Ralph H. Tucker_ 0 0 1 0 1 Donald T. Clark _ 0 0 0 1 ' 1 John E. sward _ 0 0 0 1 ' 1 Blanks 82 62 8.i 1.4 362 774 719 861 935 _3289 Haskell W. Reed was elected Selectman for three years. - - TOWN CLERK James J. Carroll 699 664 787 860 - 3010 Blanks _5.5. 74 ,.2-5. 279 774 719 861 935 - 3289 James J. Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year. TOWN TREASURER James J. Carroll. 693 662 781 850 2986 Blanks - 81 62. 80 303 774 719 861 935 3289 James J. Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. W. Neil Chapman 500 467 629 673 2269 George B. Colesworthy, _Jr. 243 304 442 421 1410 Edward T. Martin 254 347 267 363 ' 1231 . Vernon C. Page 417 205 259 268 1149 Albert E. Pratley 1 0 1. 0 0 1 Blanks 134 114 3:25 145 - 518 1548 1438 1722 1870 6578 W. Neil Chapman and George B. Colesworthy, Jr. were elected to the School Committee for three years. MODERATOR Charles E. Ferguson 656 623 738 779 2796 William H. Lyon 0 0 2 0 2 Blanks ,11, 8 ,26 121 , 493, 774 719 861 935 3289 Charles E. Ferguson was elected Moderator for one year. PLANNING -BOARD Charles T. Abbott 443 331 435 399 1608 Paul K. Palmer 118 231 258 276 883 William S. Sullivan 163 100 107 1?7 547 Albert E. Pratley 0 1 0 0 1 Gordon Osgood 0 0 0 1 1 Blanks ZO 66, 61. 249 774 719 861 935 3289 Charles T. Abbott was elected to the Planning Board for five years. 5I3 Pre,J Pre,2 Pre.' Pre.4 Totail COLLECTOR OF TAXES Ethel U. Rich , 688 666 796 855 3Q05 Blanks 86 __ a 80 284 774 719 861 935 3289 Ethel U. Rich was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. - CENETERY COMMISSIONER Gail W. Smith - 679 650 784 ' 839 - 2952 William T, McCarthy - 1 0 0 0 - 1 Blanks _9.11 62 77 ...2.6. 336 774 719 861 935 3289 Gail W. Smith was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. CONSTABLES William G. Dooley 674 631 743 790 ' 2838 James F. Mowat 654 632 770 820" 2876 Blanks 220 17 209 260 864 1548 1438 1722 1870 - 6578 William'G. Dooley and• James F. Mowat were elected Constables for one year. . - TOWN METING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS , - PRECINCT ONE . *Gilbert A. Arnold 540 *Emile J. Vadeboncoeur 564 *Donald T. Clark 545 *Jason H. Woodward 536 *Edward A. Copithorne 554 *Nathaniel P. Blish 467 *Frank A. Currier, Jr. 542 *James B. Bushard 510 *Ernest Cutter 558- *Daniel J. Griffin 514 *Lloyd C. Harding - 548 *William G. Kling 488 *iewis L. Hoyt 547 *William F. Mason 504 *James Paul McCarthy 527 Sidney B. Williams - 419 *Thomas C. Morris 542 William McCarthy 1 *Harold E. Roeder . ' 527 Blanks 3725 *Town Meeting members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR PRECINCT ONE *Alfred S. Busa598 George A. Baldwin 1 *Jacque A. Hogg 551 William McCarthy1 *Robert W. Mann - 575 Blanks 790 *William G. Nowlin - 580 *Town Meeting Members; e lected for term of one year. - TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS ' PRECINCT TWO *John F. Downey 538 *Charles E. Scribner - 541 *William Wallace Ferguson 561 *Nishan Haroian 472 *Martin A. Gilman 535 *Nathan B. Ricker - 510 *Bertram P. Gostin 552 *Frank T. Samuel, Jr. 473 *William M. Hall 544 Irving H. Mabee 29 *Harold T. Handley - 590 Jack W. Hyatt 16 - *James A. Harding 530 Lawrence D. Freeman 16 *Robert H. Holt - 566 Martin Lubin . 2 *Selden M. Loring - 549 Joyce R. Waksman2 *John F. Manley 523 Barbara M. O'Brien *Paul K. Palmer 536 Albert E. Pratley 22 *Donald T. Pring 524 Richard A. Mancib 15 *Leslie C. Read 523 Blanks 3051 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. 504 0:,--/ TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR !7 PRECINCT TWO Lawrence D. Freeman 45 John H. Dacey 1 Richard A. Mancib 38 Walter S. Baird 1 Eleanor C. L'Ecuyer 12 Barbara M. O'Brien 4 *Jack W. Hyatt 103 Jennie N. Easton 1 Matthew Macaulay 13 John A. Lappen 2 Albert E. Pratley 62 Nancy C. Ricker 1 Irving H. Mabee 98 Leonard W. Jackson 1 Shirley D. Bayle 9 Edmund J. Nagle 1 Kenneth M. Smith 1 Russell E. McMakin 1 John F. Downey Jr. 1 Ruth F. Souza 1 Joyce H. Waksman 2 James E. Storer 1 Martin Jaxbin 10 Blanks 1029 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS- FOR THREE YEARS PRECINCT THREE *Alan G. Adams 672 *Clayton M. Morse 600 *Woodruff M. Brodhead 649 *Dexter A. Smith 611 *Ronald D. Brown 613 *Ralph H. Tucker - 613 *George B. Colesworthy, Jr. 670 *Cyrus Brewer 448 *Gardner C. Ferguson 657 William E. Brien 192 *Donald M. Fifield , 588 Philip S. Gilman _ 285 *Frederic B. .Fletcher 581 *Ernest A. Giroux 492 *Bradford Giddings 568 Ernest W. Hazelton 352 *Milton F. Hodgdon 549 Frederick E. Tucker 377 *Russell M. Little 597 David W. Walsh 253 *Richard W. Maynard 616 Harry L. Garrett 1 *Ruth Morey 572 Blanks _ 3081 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR PRECINCT TREE *Thornton S. Cody 669 *William B. Simmons 643 *Donald P. Noyes 649 Blanks 622 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of one year. - - TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS PRECINCT FOUR *Carl E. Bryant 674 Richard H. Battin 376 *Edith B. Cheever 647 Walter S. Beatty 386 *Francis B. Culbertson 662 Otis S. Brown, Jr. 480 *Felix V. Cutler 554 *Howard D. Butler - 419 *Chesley M. Dunlap 603 John E. Harvey 355 *George M. Fuller 621 *Robert L. Lyon 413 *Paul Hanson 669 ' Donald H. Mahoney 247 *Roy Johnsen 568 John P. Meehan 249 *Thomas H. Moon 637 Paul K. Murphy 236 *Donald E. Nickerson, Jr. 650 William S. Sullivan 246 *Gail W. Smith 668 John E. Ward 317 *Ingeborg N. Swenson - 584 *Clement N. Williams - 389 *Frederick D. Wells 601 Blanks 3644 *Town Meeting- Members elected for term of three years. - TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR PRECINCT FOUR Clifford W. Birch, Jr. 529 Richard W. Hoover 406 Robert J. Clements 508 Kenneth L. warden, Jr. 492 Robert M. Coquillette _ 400 Banks 908 Elizabeth K. Govan - 497 No candidates declared- elected. 505 QUESTION (Chapter.381, Acts of 1954) "Shall an Act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four entitled "An Act relative to the reference to the voters in the town of Lexington of certain votes of repres- entative town meetings therein" , be accepted?" Pre.1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 total Yes 518 484 588 602 2192 No 66 64 90 117 337 Blanks 190 171 183 _ 216 760 A true record. Attest: /IIdirty Town CiIr:111 // March 92, 1955 To Whom It May Concern: As of this ninth day of March, 1955 I do hereby appoint Mary R. McDonough as Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Town Treasurer, Town of Lexington. own Clerk 7 Town Treasurer I-- 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