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Home My WebLink About1940-04-30 APRIL 30,~ Pursuant to warrant the'inhabitance of the town of Nantucket ~t in the American Legion Hall,on Washington Street,April 30,1940 ~t~12' noon.~ '~ Cards of instruction to vot~rs',P~nalty "~ ...... ~ J ~ ~ ~ ~ I $ ~ cards,voting lists ~nd specimen ballots were posted.outside.the guard rail. Instructions ;o voters and penalty cards were posted in the booths. · , The following ballot~clerks were sworn in:- Ira W.Appl~ton, ~dward P.Tice,WilliamBarrett,and Charles Bart. ..... '~ ~. ....... The ballots in three packages said to contain 2305 bfficial ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks and their hec~ipt taken therefor. The ballot box was then opened for public inspection. t was examin~ed~by Irving A.Soverino,Edward P.Tice,Arthur R. ~a~lwitz,Charles C.Barr,Franklin S.Chadwick,William H.Barrett ~and Wesley A.Fordyce,fou~d'to be empty. The register set at 0.~. e ballot box was then locked and the~keys thereof turned over o Constable Chadwick. . ~ ,~ · · ~ ' The Warrant,was~presented by Constable'Mooney., ~ I i The po~ls ,~were~ declared open .at~l~ noon,by Ch~i~Enah'. ~,~ overino,~,~' .~ . ~ . At 4:50 P..M. the following were sworn~ as tellers:- ~oy True,Jay H.Gibbs,Clarence Swift,Joseph M.Cadrain,Walter Royal, . ~ne polls were declared closed at 5 P..M. by Chairman overino,the register on the ball~t box standing at 50. ~ . Constable Chadwick unl$cked~the.ballot.box, the ballots were removed',sorted and counted, and~found'to~be,:-.Republican 36 ~emocrat 14. Republican;'28 men,8 women: Democrat; 13 men, 1 woman. At 6:28 P~M. the tally of votes having been completed the Clerk read the following result:- ,RepubliCan Delegates' at 'L~e~ to the National Convention 3roup 1 ¥illiamH.McMasters Three ~ 3~,~L~ ~yron P.Hayden Five : "Y'~ 5 Harry P.Gibbs ........ Three .... ~. 3 ~elden G.Hi'll .... '~ Four ' ~ 4 ~ Alternate Delegates Blanks 129 Group 1 ~bie L.Tebbets Five ~ 5 ~erton S.Evans~ · Three .... 3 ~nnie L.Brown ~Five 5 Lucius K. Thayer .... Five Blanks 126 - Delegate~ Leverett S~ltonstail Twenty one ,21 ' ~enry Cabot Lodge,Jr. ~en~$m ~oseph W.Mortin, Jr. Eighteen 18 $ohnW.Haigis Nineteen '~ 19 Alt'ernate Delegates Blanks 66 roup 2 , ary B.Besse Fourteen 14 0tin S.Kenney Fourteen 14 ~ary Phillips Bailey Twelve 12 ~rene Gowetz Twelve ~· 12 Blanks 92 ~elegates Not Grouped Blanks 144 Alternate Delegates iot Grouped Blanks 144 ' District Delegates to the National Convention Group 1 eorge F.Cobb Eight 8 ~oseph B.Porter Seven Blanks Alternate Delegates ~roup 1 ~ertrude C.Rich Five 5 ~.Florence~ Soule Four Blank~ 63 4 ...... 2Delegates Vernon w. Marr Ten ~o~ ~ ~L Jo~ A.Stitt~ ~* ~ ~elve '~:~ ~ :~ Blanks Alternate Delegate s 0~ie C .B~pus -- Ten ImabeI K.Winsper Eight 0 Blanks ~ Delegates .... Not Grouped ~ :.'.~ AlFred M.Bessette One Bla~s ~, Alternate Delegates :.~:.~, :- Not Grouped ~,~- ~" /.~ State Co~ ee Man Robert E.Franch ~enty one .~ Blanks Woman ......... Blanks Town Comittee . :.? ~, John J, Gardner,2nd Thirty one Charles E.Congdon ~enty nine Earl S.Ray ~venty nine Jo~ F,Shaw~ J~. Twenty seven Gilbert Mante~ ~enty nine Nancy S.Ad~s ~enty eight Cora Stevens ~enty nine~ ~ Roy E.Sanguinetti ~enty nine Henry B.Coleman ~enty nine :~o) Irving A.Soverino ~enty eight ..... ~ '~-a::~ . Bl~ks :. Delegates at large to the National Convention Group - ~ ~ ' ' David I.Walsh TWelve Paul A.Dever ~'.~--'~ Nine Jo~ W' McCormack Nine Maurice J.Tobin. ~'.'- ~ ...... Nine ,~ ~ -~, ~.. ".- Charles F; Hurley Nine Joseph B.Ely ,~ .~ ~'.) -~ . T~n ~ a ~. ~ F~ancis E.Kell~y ~? ~ Eleven Roger~ L.~tman - ~.~ Nine Willi~ J.Foley Ei~t Alexander G.LaJote Ei~t Bla~s Altemnate Delegates Henr~ K. Cushing~ Six Jo seph A. Sco~poneti Seven Elizabeth L.McNamara Five Catherine E. Hantfin Five Sadie H. Nulrone Five Clementima Langone Six Anna A. Shar~ ~ Five Margaret Mg0'Riordan Five Jo~ Zielinski Five Mary M~liotis Five Michael J.Batal Five Morris Kritzman Five Bl~ks I66' Delegates ~ot GrOuped Blanks 168 ' '-~ ~ Alternate Delegates :';tf:J :.,~:;::~,,'Y ~,:,.,.~ ..... ~,,.~'r,. Not Grouped ~.~ ').A/,~ Blanks' :::;f~'~L i~168 District Delegates to Nationa~ Convention ' J ~:;/? ? Helen L,Buck~ey ~ Ten ~ ~: :'" .x '~ -, ~:' :~ ~': 10-~ ~ugust J, Cormier Ralph Silva ]harles C.Paine ; Alternate Delegates ~roup '-~' HenryL.Murphy ~medee Gautreau Michael Zajac ~ ~imothy J.Manning Nine Nine ~ Nine ' ' Blanks Seven Seven Seven Seven Delegates ~t~'Grouped .... :, ,';,~, Alternate Delegates lot' Grouped ::,-: --..,'; Blanks Blanks 56 Blanks 56 State Committee [an Henry R; Conley roman [ary M. Crowley -~- ittee~ '",~ Town Comm ;dward P.Tice , Five ,;.,' :;~/ Two 2~ . C. Ayers One 1 lbert A.Fee One 1 rthur P.Howes One 1 illiam Holland ' One ~' ~ ~" '~' 1 ~eorge E. Grimes One ...... 1 ~,~atthew L. Jaeckle One 1 ,Leon A.Royal. , - ,1'~ ' One ~, ~ ' ' ', ~," .-~,,~ .:? 1 ~athan F. Thurston~ .... One ~iis~s Were ~hen sealed ~iaw' direo~s and delivered in~o:,~he ~us~od~ of ~he Town Clerk,.'- Adjourned at 6:40 P.M., '.By force' of a writ of venire Facias eminating from our Supe~&~v Court for the County of Nantucket,the Slectmen,the Town Clerk and John F.Lougee and James A.Norcross Deputy. Sheriffs,met. in the Slectmens Room,' Thursday,April 11,1940 st 4:00'P.M~ V~nereupon,Charles H.Blount Acting Chairman of the~ Board of Selectmen, in the presence of the Selectmen,the Town Clerk, and the Deputy Sheriffsserving the writ,drew from the Jury Box the names of the following persons to act as Grand Jurors at our Superior Court to be held the'seventh day of Nay,1940 it being the first Tuesday,to wit~- Allen W'Holdgate Arnold Duce,George M.Lake,George Elmore Taylor,Arthur C.Fish, Donald S.Gifford,CliSton H.Murray,Mark Johnson,Charles H.Talfo Oscar E.Quigley,Merwin W.Blount,William Voorneveld, Jr.,Elliott E.Whelden,Eugene H.G.Colletz,Randolph M.Swain,William M.Allen, Edward 0.Gardner,Harold W.Killen,Ernest C.Thomas,Ellison H. Pease,Daniel Regan,William LoMather,Winthrop F.Ellis. Grand, Juri~ May ~, 1940 ~d 'By force of a writ of Venire Facias emanating from our Superior Court for the County of Nantucket,th~ Selectmen the Town Clerk, John F'Lougee and James A.Norcross Deputy .. Sheriffs serving the writ,met in the ~e~mc~en~ Room, Thursday April 11,1940 at 4:15 P:M. ¥~ereupon Charles H.Blount Acting Chariman of the Board of Selectmen, in the presence of the Selectmen, the Town Clerk, and the Deputy Sheriffs serving the writ,drew from the Jury BoE the names of the following person~ to act as traverse jurors at the Superior Court to be held the seventh day of May,1940 being the'first Tuesday,to wit:-. Oscar Folger,George Sykes,Elmer F.Pease,Arthur L.Reith,Walter E.Fairbanks,Edouard AoStackpole,0rin K.Coffin,Eliaa'J.Lyon, William 0'Donnell,Jr.,0scar C.Norc~oss,Frederick W.Howes, Edmund P.Crocker,Lester S.Harris,J hn A.Blaser,. ' . _ ~ittest:~~'~ ~/ Town C~ler~ Traverse Jury May V,1940 By force of a writ of Vehire Facias emanating from out Superior Court for the County of Nantucket, the Selectmen the Town Clerk, James A. Norcross, Deputy Sheriff serving the writ, met in the Selectmen's Room, September l~., 1940 at $:03 P.~ N. ~ Whereupon Irving A. Soverino, Chairman~of the Board~of Selectmen, in ~the presence of ~the Selectmen, the .Town Clerk, and the Deputy Sheriff serving the writ, drew ~,~ from the Jury Box the names of the following persons to act' as traverse Jurors at the Superior Court~ to be held the ~ first~ day of October , 1940 being the first .Tuesday, to wit: Monroe~ P. ~Cahoon,~ Stephen S. Gibbs, George F. Reith, William Waine,' Linwood E. ~ Proctor, Ernest R. ~ Coffin,~ Thomas'F. ~Shee- han, Harrison C. Gorman, Francis Conway, George~ A. Studley, Jr., Adelbert R. Baker, Frederick R.'~ Cuttle,. Harry E.' Smith, THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .~ ~- ...... · To either of the Constables of the Town of Nantucket~ ~'~ ~ ~ In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are' qulaified to vote in Primaries to meet in Legion Hall, Washington Street, Tuesday, the Seventeenth ~ay of 'September 1~40 at nine o'clock A. M., for the following purposes:~ To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates:of Political Parties for the following offices': GOVERNOR LIEUTEEANT GOVERNOR SECRETARY OF THE COmmONWEALTH TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL AUDITOR OF Tt~E COmmONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL · SENATOR iN CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGREES COUNCILLOR SENATOR 1 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT CLERK OF COURTS REGISTER OF DEEDS ~Sth Congressional Dist: ict 1st Councillor " Cape and Plymouth Sen- atorial District 1st ~'Nantucket Repre- sentative District. Nantucket County Nantucket District And for the elect'{on of the following officers, ~ Delegates to the.State.Convention of the Republican Party. 2 Delegates to the State Convention~of the Democratic'Party. The polls will be open from nine A. N. to five P. N. Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and p~ace of saidmeeting. Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of August Irving A.' sovePino Henry B. Coleman ..:"~-':, ~',(:". -Herbert P. Smith Selectmen of. ~[~ Charles H. ~lount Nantucket , John L. Hardy A True copy. 'Attest:-- -.- .... ,~ .,--., : :' ,.~ Lawrence F. Mooney,J~. September 6, 1940 Cons table