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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - March 3 , 1952
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 3 , 1952
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 third in the year of our Lord nine-
teen hundred and fifty-two 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 John H. Dacey
Joseph P. Waddleton Inspector Ralph. I. Dale
George E. Foster Inspector Randall Richards
Mary E. Stankard Clerk F. Louis Carroll
Mary A. Rowland Teller Mary S. H. Ellis
Rose A. McLaughlin Teller Edward McGrory
George F. Stygles Teller Barbara M. O'Connor
Ilda J. Field Teller Eleanor T. Rusted
Helga M. Carlson Teller Elizabeth Downey
Gwendoline Johnson Teller Beatrice F. Morse
Annie J. McDonnell Teller Mary Pierce
Alice G. Marshall Teller Mary E. Gowan
Precinct Three Precinct Four
Henry P. Meade Warden Lester L. Andrews
Emma Zitso Inspector Laurina M. Wilson
Edna D. Anderson Inspector Helen M. Kirk
Elizabeth A. McCormack Clerk Mary J. Ferry
Florence M. Bruce Teller Mary A. Spellman
Agnes Buckley Teller Michael McDonough
Gladys T. Watson Teller Caroline F. Deloury
Rosalie MacDonald Teller Madeline V. Peterson
Elizabeth B. Fardy Teller Eleanor Cosgrove
Doris L. Moakley Teller Agnes G. Hall
Mary R. McDonough Teller Mary A. Hallett
Teller Ingrid W. Newhall
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 2014 Two thousand fourteen
Precinct Two 1644 One thousand six hundred forty-four
Precinct Three 1946 One thousand nine hundred forty-six
Precinct Four 2264 Two thousand two hundred sixty-four
Total 7$6$ Seven thousand eight hundred sixty-eight
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.
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The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the '
result as follows:
Precinct One 926 Nine hundred twenty-six
Precinct Two 718 Seven hundred eighteen
Precinct Three 897 Eight hundred ninety-seven
Precinct Four 933 Nine hundred thirty-three
Total 3474 Three thousand four hundred seventy-four
Pre.1 Pre .2 Pre .3 Pre .4 Total
TOWN CLERK
James J. Carroll 803 659 813 830 3105
Kenneth J. Packhard 1 0 0 0 1
Blanks 122 59 84 103 368
926 718 897 933 3474
James J. Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year.
SELECTMEN
Winfield S. Caouette 167 190 226 235 818
Lincoln P. Cole , Jr. 108 142 115 233 598
Haskell W. Reed 612 371 530 431 1944
Blanks 39 15 26 34 114
72b 717 777 933 3474
Haskell W. Reed was elected Selectman for three years.
TOWN TREASURER
James J. Carroll 814 661 825 826 3126
Kenneth J. Packhard 1 0 0 0 1
Blanks 111 57 72 107 347
926 718 897 933 3474
James J. Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
G. Mildred Thompson 795 634 $04 815 3048
Blanks 131 84 93 118 426
926 718 897 933 3474
G. Mildred Thompson was elected Collector of Taxes for one year.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER
Gail W. Smith 769 635 806 813 3023
Blanks 157 83 91 120 451
926 718 897 933 3474
Gail W. Smith was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE --__
Joseph D. Brucchi 368 227 260 361 1216
Myron C. Fisher 598 516 631 572 2317
Charles H. Norris 576 530 688 653 24+7
Clifton M. Emery 0 1 0 0 1
Earl A. Jones 0 0 1 0 1
Blanks 310 162 214 280 966
1852 1436 1794 1866 6948
Myron C. Fisher and Charles H. Norris were elected to the School
Committee for three years.
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Pre.l Pr-e.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total
MODERATOR
Charles E. Ferguson 770 643 $03 $12 302$
Blanks 156 75 94 121 446
926 718 897 933 3474
Charles E. Ferguson was elected Moderator for one year.
PLANNING BOARD
Donald D. Hathaway 739 627 776 7$2 2924
Blanks 187 91 121 151 550
926 718 897 933 3474
Donald D. Hathaway was elected to the Planning Board for five years.
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Howard S. 0. Nichols 737 621 787 794 2939
Blanks 189 97 110 139 535
926 718 897 933 3474
Howard S. 0. Nichols was elected Trustee of Public Trusts for
six years.
CONSTABLES
Joseph A. Belcastro 194 142 151 1$4 671
William G. Dooley 322 167 204 207 900
James F. Mowat 495 434 60$ 597 2134
William E. Russell 542 527 617 644 2330
Blanks 299 166 214 234 913
1852 1436 1794 1866 6948
James F. Mowat and William E. Russell were elected Constables for
one year.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS
PRECINCT ONE
*Gilbert A. Arnold 403 *James Paul McCarthy 403
*Henry Brask 450 Vincent A. McCrossen 203
Alfred S. Busa 330 James F. McNulty 249
Daniel P. Busa 276 *Elizabeth Moakley 374
*Donald T. Clark 457 *Thomas C. Morris 3$1
Edward A. Copithorne 322 *Haskell W. Reed 654
*Frank A. Currier, Jr. 396 Harold E. Roeder 2$4
*Ernest Cutter 532 Alexis R. Shea 290
Frank S. Dickerson, Jr. 296 George C. Sheldon 322
*Myron C. Fisher 4$5 Leslie J. Simon 312
Eileen M. Gamester 240 Herbert F. Stewart 330
Daniel J. Griffin 274 Thomas Sullivan 315
John F. Groden 245 Barney Tocio 247
*Lloyd C. Harding 411 *Donald K. Tucker 362
*Arnold E. Howard 391 *Emile J. Vadeboncoeur 34$
*Lewis L. Hoyt 451 John J. Yosgandes 261
*John Lamont 417 Blanks 3725
William F. Mason 306
*Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years.
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P".,11TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS P".,11'c
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PRECINCT TWO ':%i
*Walter S. Baird 453 *Robert C. Holmes 401
*Marcia W. A. Dane 477 *Robert H. Holt 512
*John F. Downey 414 *Selden M. Loring 463
Donald P. Faulk 353 *John F. Manley 407
Haynes H. Fellows Jr. 355 *Donald T. Pring 442
*William Wallace Ferguson 492 *Leslie C. Read 389
*Martin A. Gilman 455 *Henry W. Robertson 430
*Bertram P. Gustin 468 *Charles E. Scribner 475
*William M. Hall 468 James J. Walsh, Jr. 270
*Harold T. Handley 531 Albert W. Hruby 1
Elizabeth J. Hannah 379 Blanks 3131
*James A. Harding, Jr. 440
*Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR
PRECINCT TWO
*Horace K. MacKechnie 379
Frederick A. Schloman 238
Blanks 101
*Town Meeting Member elected for term of one year.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS
PRECINCT THREE
*Alan G. Adams 734 Mildred B. Marek 434
*Ronald D. Brown 645 *Richard W. Maynard 667
*Edward B. Cass 650 *Charles A. McCormack 490
*George B. Colesworthy,Jr.614 *Ruth Morey 582
*Gardner C. Ferguson 646 *Clayton M. Morse 662
*Donald M. Fifield 617 Robert T. Sanford Jr. 402
*Frederic B. Fletcher 508 *Clarence Shannon 553
*Bradford Giddings 479 *Dexter A. Smith 557
*Milton F. Hodgdon 527 *Ralph H. Tucker 656
*Raymond W. James 587 Robert L. Ryder 4
Edward B. Krevis 263 Peter Helburn 1
Edward A. Larner, Jr. 467 Blanks 3504
*Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR TWO YEARS
PRECINCT THREE
Marie T. Foskett 213
Philip Godley, 2nd 261
*James M. West 282
Blanks 141
*Town Meeting Member elected for term of two years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS
PRE CIN CT FOUR
Joseph D. Brucchi 435 *Paul Hanson 597
*Carl E. Bryant 558 *Elmer C. Houdlette 484 1 1
*Edith B. Cheever 444 *Roy Johnsen 527
*Adrian W. Cleveland 537 *Thomas H. Moon 566
*Francis W. Copp 524 *Donald E. Nickerson,Jr. 562
Robert M. Coquillette 276 *C. Raymond Reed 4$0
*Francis B. Culbertson 546 Arthur W. Roberts 30$
*Howard E. Custance 622 *Gail W. Smith 632
*Chesley M. Dunlap 481 Rupert H. Stevens 424
Charles G. Esterberg, Jr. 306 306 *Ingeborg N. Swenson 559
Dan H. Fenn , Jr. 362 *Frederick D. Wells 57$
*George M. Fuller 569 Thomas J. McElligott 1
Elizabeth K. Govan 33$ Blanks 4145
*Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years.
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QUESTION
"Shall the Town of Lexington withdraw from the School Superin-
tendency- Union
uperin-
tendencyUnion Comprising said. Town and the Town of Bedford?"
Pre.l Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total
Yes 630 566 704 663 2563
No 119 86 109 119 433
Blanks 177 66 $4 151 47$
926 718 897 933 3474
A true record.
Attest :
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Toy4/. le rk
March 4, 1952
To Whom It May Concern:
As of this fourth day of March , 1952 I do hereby appoint
Mary R. McDonough as Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Town
Treasurer, Town of Lexington.
TownClerk
Tova4re surer
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March 17 , 1952 `'
SPECIAL ELECTION OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS * PRECINCT ONE
Meeting called to order by James J. Carroll, Town Clerk at
7:30 P. M.
Ernest Cutter was elected as Chairman of the meeting. Marjorie
K. Blaisdell was elected Clerk for the meeting. Vernon C. Page and
John A. Wilson were appointed as tellers.
Nominations were made from the floor for the election of one
Town Meeting Member for a term of three years as follows: Herbert
F. Stewart and Alfred S. Busa.
By written ballot Herbert F. Stewart received 24 votes and
Alfred S . Busa received 11 votes. Therefore Herbert F. Stewart was
duly elected as a Town Meeting Member for a period of three years.
Nominations were made from the floor for the election of one
Town Meeting Member for a term of one year as follows: Alfred S.
Busa, Harold E. Roeder and Frank S. Dickerson, Jr.
By written ballot Alfred S. Busa received 19 votes; Frank S.
Dickerson, Jr. received 9 votes; Harold E. Roeder received 7 votes.
Alfred S. Busa was duly elected as a Town Meeting Member for a term
of one year.
Nominations were made from the floor for the election of one
Town Meeting Member for a term of one year as follows: John F.
Groden , George C. Sheldon, Edward A. Copithorne , Frank S. Dickerson, Jr.
and Harold E. Roeder.
By written ballot George C. Sheldon received 11 votes; Frank S.
Dickerson, Jr. received 9 votes; John F. Groden received 6 votes;
Harold E. Roeder received 6 votes; Edward A. Copithorne received 5
votes. George C. Sheldon was duly elected as a Town Meeting Member
for a term of one year.
(Signed) Marjorie K. Blaisdell
March 17, 1952
SPECIAL FT,ECTION OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT THREE
Meeting called to order by James J. Carroll, Town Clerk , at
7:55 P. M.
Gardner C. Ferguson was elected Chairman of the meeting . Alan
G. Adams was elected Clerk for the meeting. Milton F. Hodgdon and
Donald M. Fifield were appointed as tellers.
Nominations were made from the floor for the election of two
Town Meeting Members for a term of one year as follows : Philip
Godley 2nd, Edward A. Lamer , Jr. and Mildred B. Marek.
By written ballot Philip Godley 2nd received 22 votes; Edward
A. Lamer received 20 votes; Mildred B. Marek received 14 votes.
Philip Godley 2nd and Edward A. Lamer , Jr. were duly elected as Town
Meet ing Members for a term of one year.
(Signed) Alan G. Adams
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March 17 , 1952
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 , 1955.
(Signed) Herbert F. Stewart
March 17 , 1952
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 , 1953.
(Signed) George C. Sheldon
March 17 , 1952
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 , 1953.
(Signe d) Alfred S. Busa
March 17 , 1952
James J. Carroll
Town Clerk
Lexington 73 , Mass.
Dear Sir :
I do hereby accept my election as a Town Meeting Member in
Precinct Three for a term of one year, ending- March , 1953 .
(Signed) Philip Godley , 2nd
March 17 , 1952
James J. Carroll
Town Clerk
Lexington 73 , Mass .
Dear Sir :
I do hereby accept my election as a Town Meeting iviember' in
Precinct Three for a term- of one year, ending March , 1953.
(Signed) Edward A. Lamer , Jr.