The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About1953-03-02-ATE-Results 411 WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - March 2, 1953 (See Warrant Book - Page ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 2, 1953 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 second in the year of our Lord nine- teen hundred and fifty-three 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 William W. Ferguson Joseph P. Waddleton Inspector Randall Richards K. Claudine Poster Inspector Ralph Dale Helga M. Carlson Clerk John H. Dacey George F. Stygles Teller Eleanor T. Husted Ilda J. Field Teller Barbara O' Connor Gwendoline A. Johnson Teller Elizabeth Downey Annie H. McDonnell Teller Mary S. H. Ellis Rose A. McLaughlin Teller Mary Pierce Mary E. Clifford Teller Edward McGrory Jerome Garrity Teller Louise E. Ahern Alice G. Marshall Teller Precinct Three Precinct Four Emma Zitso Warden Lester Andrews Ella Callahan Inspector Mary E. Gowen Florence Bruce Inspector Helen M. Kirk Edna Anderson Clerk Mary J. Ferry Julia Vaughan Teller Michael J. McDonough Gladys T. Watson Teller Mary A. Hallett Clarence E. Delp Teller Ingrid N. Newhall Rosalie MacDonald Teller Agnes G. Hall Dorothy A. Parks Teller Caroline F. Deloury Agnes T. Buckley Teller Eleanor Cosgrove Jean E. Baker Teller Madeline V. Peterson Muriel S. Williams 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 precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Precinct One 2365 Two thousand three hundred sixty-five Precinct Two 1$63 One thousand eight hundred sixty-three Precinct Three 229$ Two thousand two hundred ninety-eight Precinct Four 2709 Two thousand seven hundred nine Total 9235 Nine thousand two hundred thirty-five 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 . 1 9 The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: T _yy Precinct One 925 Nine hundred twenty-five 7D Precinct Two $45 Eight hundred forty-five Precinct Three 972 Nine hundred seventy-two Precinct Four 1077 One thousand seventy-seven Total 3819 Three thousand eight hundred nineteen Pre .1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre .4 Total TOWN CLERK James J. Carroll $29 773 893 961 3456 Lawrence Ballard 1 0 0 0 1 Blanks : 95 72 79 116 362 925 845 972 1077 3819 James J. Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year. SELECTMEN Gabriel Baker 317 347 367 499 1530 Leon W. Bateman 400 414 455 456 1725 Frederick M. Gay 51$ 34$ 3$6 407 1659 Milton F. Hodgdon 103 94 12$ 159 4$4 Raymond W. James 346 377 4$$ 437 164$ Blanks 166 110 120 196 592 1850 1690 1944 2154 7638 Leon W. Bateman and Frederick M. Gay were elected Selectmen for three years. TOWN TREASURER James J. Carroll $1$ 764 $79 955 3416 Lawren ce Ballard 1 0 0 0 1 William J. Blanchard 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 106 $1 92 122 401 925 845 972 1077 3$19 James J. Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES G. Mildred Thompson 819 746 879 955 3399 William J. Blanchard 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 106 99 92 122 419 925 845 972 1077 3819 G. Mildred Thompson was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER George M. Hynes $13 752 $$2 9z6 3373 William H. Lyon 1 0 0 0 1 Blanks 111 93 90 151 445 925 845 972 1077 3819 George M. Hynes was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Joseph D. Brucchi 265 200 17$ 352 995 Richard Pi Cromwell 39$ 322 445 364 1529 Charles E. Kitchin 73 $4 155 1$$ 500 Edward T. Martin 394. 379 301 381 1455 George P. Wadsworth 475 524 6$4 59$ 22$1 Blanks 245 1$1 1$1 271 87$ 1850 IF7U 1944 7I5 7638 Richard P. Cromwell and George P. Wadsworth were elected to the School Committee for three years. 413 Pre.l Pre .2 Pre .3 Pre.4 Total MODERATOR Charles E. Ferguson 778 744 $6$ 927 3317 Blanks 147 101 104 150 502 925 845 972 1077 3819 Charles E. Ferguson was elected Moderator for one year. PLANNING BOARD Thomas S. Grindle 4$$ 504 581 585 2158 Richard S. Morehouse 354 293 340 40$ 1395 Blanks $3 4$ 51 $4 266 925 845 972 1077 3819 Thomas S. Grindle was elected to the Planning Board for five years . CONSTABLES Joseph A. Belcastro 319 373 359 406 1457 William G. Dooley 532 40$ 476 54$ 1964 James F. Mowat 5$3 561 735 75$ 2637 Robert L. Lyon 1 0 0 0 1 Blanks 415 348 374 442 1579 1850 1690 1944 2154 7638 William G. Dooley and James F. Mowat were elected Constables for one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS PRECINCT ONE *Charles T. Abbott 5$1 *Frederick M. Gay 569 *George A. Baldwin 576 Thomas A. Graves , Jr. 413 *J. Harper Blaisdell 469 Frank T. Grosser 1$$ *Sanborn C. Brown 539 Elinus B. Hadley 400 **Alfred S. Busa 420 *Clarence E. MacPhee 4$2 Daniel P. Busa 271 Robert W. Mann 259 **Gaetano Buttaro 420 William F. Mason 356 Anthony N. Cataldo 346 *Rufus L. McQuillan 421 *Richard P. Cromwell 54$ *Vernon C. Page 595 *Thomas J. Donnelly 499 *Robert T. Person 490 J. Henry Duffy 459 *George C. Sheldon 469 Arthur R. Ferrera 170 *Ernest C. Smith 442 *George E. Foster *Carroll C. Taylor 4$3 Blanks 4345 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years . **Tie vote - not elected. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT ONE FOR ONE YEAR FOR TWO YEARS *Thomas Sullivan 737 *Harold E. Roeder 6$7 Blanks 1$$ Blanks 23$ *Town Meeting Members elected. 414 ,T TOWN MEETING MEBSERS FOR THREE YEARS PRE CI NC T TWO *Tracy W. Ames 625 *Edward Hamlin 429 *George H. Anker 506 *Ernest R. Hunt 557 Andrew C. Bayle 230 W. Lloyd LeBoeuf 1$3 *Walter G. Black 556 *Horace K. MacKechnie 4$7 *George W. Butters 53$ Alden C. Manchester 269 Edward B. Cass 344 *John E. Murray 496 *Charles G. Davis 57$ Paul V Riffin 133 *Anne G. Fisher 379 *Edward W. Sibley 4$0 *William P. Fitzgerald 507 *Winslow J. Tower 546 Lawrence D. Freeman 262 *Alfred P. Tropeano 527 *Thomas S. Grindle 577 Alan B. Wade 322 *Helen H. Hager 553 Joyce R. Waksman 195 `Stephen F. Hamblin 533 Blanks 3553 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. PRECINCT THREE David E. Acker 37$ *Edward A. Larner 590 Newton E. Bennett 3$0 *William H. Lyon 647 *Kenneth F. Blodgett 669 John F. McKearney 263 Eugene T. Buckley 532 *Robert C. Merriam 729 Thornton S. Cody 243 *A. Edward Rowse - 614 *Grant B. Cole 692 *Walter E. Sands 6$$ *Howard E. Custance 590 Robert T. Sanford, Jr. 2$4 *Arthur C. Dodge 621 Lorne R. Sutherland 240 *George W. Emery 5$1 *Gerald C. Turner 561 *Leland H. Emery 601 *Harvey F. TAnlock 594 *Gardner L. Frost 647 *Edward B. V orthen 761 *Philip Godley,2nd 554 Blanks 3512 *Wilbur M. Jaquith 552 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT THREE FOR ONE YEAR FOR TWo YEARS *William E. Maloney $20 *Woodruff M. Brodhead- ?95 Blanks 152 Blanks 177 *Town Meeting Members elected. TOW MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS PRECINCT FOUR *Joseph D. Brucchi 534 *Merlin J. Ladd 643 *Levi G. Burnell 652 Paul M. Mahoney 332 *Winfield S. Caouette 572 *Thomas A. Napoli 640 Robert J. Clements 46$ Daniel P. O'Connor 333 *Charles T. Cogswell 641 *James A. Peirce 605 Charles E. Connolly 405 *William R. Rosenberger 567 *W. Warren Custance 656 Robert E. Ross 429 *Dan H. Fenn, Jr. 576 *James C. Shaw 621 Elizabeth K. Govan 519 *Robert P . Trask 653 *Donald D. Hathaway 656 *Robert H. Watt 700 *Norton T. Hood 6$5 *John P. Whalen 670 *Frederic K. Johnson 736 Blanks 4916 A true record. Attest : r 2J,,-.44(....C.4,k---,ze - Town Clerk 415 March 3 , 1953 To Whom It May Concern: As of this third day of March , 1953 I do hereby appoint Mary R. McDonough as Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Town Treasurer , Town of Lexington. 0 / To$n Cler &%Town Treasurer / J ` RECOUNT HELD MARCH 11_._ 1953 Upon petition of forty-three registered voters from the four precincts of the Town, certified by the Town Clerk, a recount of the votes cast for the office of Selectmen at the March election held March 2, 1953 was held March 11, 1953. The following Election Officers were sworn to their faithful performance for the recount as follows : PRECINCT ONE PRECINCT TWO Charles J. Dailey William Wallace Ferguson Mary E. Stankard Louise E. Ahern PRECINCT THREE PRECINCT FOUR 1 Eugene T. Buckley Lester L. Andrews Mary R. McDonough Helen M. Kirk The recount started at 7 P. M., the Board of Registrars in charge. The recount was completed at 11 P. M. with the following results : Pre.l Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total Gabriel Baker 318 353 370 501 1542 Leon W. Bateman 399 401 454 473 1727 Frederick M. Gay 516 350 389 414 1669 Milton F. Hodgdon 104 94 127 157 482 Raymond W. James 346 383 488 439 1656 Blanks 167 109 116 170 562 1850 1690 1944 2154 7638 Gabriel Baker gained 12; Leon W. Bateman gained 2; Frederick M. Gay gained 10; Milton F. Hodgdon lost 2; Raymond W. James gained 8; Blanks lost 30. Leon W. Bateman and Frederick M. Gay were declared elected as Selectmen for a term of three years each. "r „s_eez r iL" 40 TilClerk (//// 416 SPECIAL ELECTION TOWN MEETING MEMBERS OF PRECINCT ONE HELD MARCH 16, 1953 ESTAB .00K HALL There were 37 Town Meeting Members present. Meeting called to order by Town Clerk, James J. Carroll. Gordon E. Steele was duly elected the chairman of the meeting. Vernon C. Page was duly elected as clerk of the meeting James P. McCarthy and were appointed as tellers. The voting was for the purpose of deciding a tie vote between Alfred S. Busa and. Gaetano Buttaro as Town Meeting Member for a term of three years. The ballots were counted with following results : Gaetano Buttaro: 30 votes Alfred s. Busa : 7 votes It was declared. Gaetano Buttaro elected. GORDON E. STEELE At the above meeting an _election was held, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Herbert F. Stewart for a term of one year. The names of Alfred. S. Busa and Thomas A. Graves, Jr. were nominated and seconded for the office. The final count of votes cast were: Thomas A. Graves, Jr. : 19 votes Alfred S. Susa: 16 votes Thomas A. Graves, Jr. was declared duly elected as a Town Meeting Member for a term of one year. - GORDON E. STEELE James J. Carroll Town Clerk Lexington 73, Mass. Dear Sir: I do hereby accept my election as a Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term of three years, ending March, 1956. (Signed) Gaetano Buttaro James J . Carroll Town Clerk Lexington 73, Mass. Dear Sir: I do hereby accept my election as a Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term of one year, ending March, 1954. (Signed) Thomas A. Graves, Jr.