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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-02-15ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 15, 1943. ~ pUrsuant to Warrant the Inhabitants of the Town met in the American Legion Hall, F~bruary 15th, 1943 at V:00 A. M. Cards of instructions to Vote'rs, penalty cards, voting lists, and Specimen ballots were posted outside the guard rail. Instructions to voters and penalty cards were posted in the ~ci booths. The following ballot Clerks were sworn in:- John J. Driscoll Jr.; Edward P. Tice; Ira W. Appleton; and William H. Barrett. The Official Ballots in four packages said to contain a total of 2350 ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt taken therefore. Constable Lawrence F. Mooney presented the official warrant of the meeting to Town Clerk,'Charles Clark Coffin. The ballot box and emergency ballot box were inspected by Lawrence F. Mooney; Franklin S. Chadwick; Edward P. Tice; Charles Clark Coffin; and Everett V. Lamb and found to be empty. The register on the ballot box was set at 0000, the ballot box and emergency ballot box were then locked and the keys turned over to Franklin S. Chadwick, constable. At 7:00 A.M. the Town Clerk called order and read the official warrant. Upon motion of Irving A. Soverino it was voted that the polls close at 5:00 P.M. and that when this meeting adjourn it ~e until 7:30 P/M, Tuesday February 16th at Dreamland Theatre. ~ne Town Clerk then declared the poils open and voting started at once. At 8:40 A.M. Wesley A. Fordyce was sworn in as Warden.. At 4:55 P.M. the Town Clerk declared the polls would-close in five minutes. At 5:00 P.M. the polls were declared closed. People inside the rail were given ten minutes in which to complete and cash their ballots. The register on the ballot box standing at'614, the ballot box was opened by constable Charles C. Chadwick, and the ballots removed. The following tellers were sworn in:- Charles w.'Ellis;"John E. Moore Jr; Clinton H. Murray; Joseph S. Rezendes; Leroy H. True; Harold W. Killen; Clarence H. Swift; Charles H. Blount; Mulford A. Small; Lincoln J. Ceely; William H. Winslow; Herbert L. Brown; Edward R. Terry; William E. Murphy; Charles S. Glidden; William H. Hamblin; Herbert C. Wood; Sidney W. Thurston; and Frank W. Ramsdell. The absentee b~llots were then voted, there were 41 men and 31 women,.a total of V2~ giving the total of 686 on the ballot box register. The official ballots were sorted and counted and found to be 814 and the absentee ballots 72, a total of 686. The b~llot clerks at the gate and at the ballot box checked their lists and found 378 men and 308 women voted, a total of 686. At 8:00 P.M. the canvass of the votes having been completed, the following results were read by the Town Clerk:- th~s 268~ · Hull MODERATOR :' ' - :" Four hundred thirty four, ele6ted 45 Five'hundred forty £our, Four hundred ninety two, One hundred six 4 2 6 0 9 Three hundred twenty. One hundred twenty two Two hundred ninety nine Four hundred thirty six Four hundred sixteen Ninety Ten Five hundred ninety five One hundred fifty, six ASSESSOR (3 Years) Five.hundred, eight. Nne hundred seventy eight WATER COMMISSIONER (3 Years) Four hundred ni~ety four One hundred ninety two SEWER C0;'$!iSSIONER (3'Years) Four hundred ninety nine One hundred eighty seven TREE WARDEN Five hundred seven" One hundred seventy nine SCHOOL C0~$IITTEE (3 Years) Walter D. Glidden Harry Gordon Arthur C. Hayden Herman G. Johnson Harry Allen Larrabee John C. Ring Herbert P. Smit~ Irving A..Soveri. no Edward J. Tarv2s Scattering Blanks elected '54 elected 49 10 elected 32 12 29 , elected 43 elected 41 9 1 59 TOWN TREASURER James Allen Backus Four hundred ntnety four elected 49 Scattering One "' Blanks . One hundred'ninety one 19 COLLECTOR OF,TAXES Clifford R. Morris Five hundrJd twenty nine 'elected Scattering One Blanks 15~ Joseph M. Larkin' elected 50 Blanks 178 Oscar Folger elected 491 Blanks 192 Edward R. Butler elected 49? Blanks -lSV Frank B. Gardner elected 50~ Blanks 17 Stuart B. Da~ Four hundred, eighty two elected 482 Norman P, Giffin Four hundred seventy five elected 475 Scattering -~' Three Blanks Four hundred.twelve 41~ SCHooL COMMITTEE (2 Years) Daniel A. Bennett -' Four hundred_eighty two -elected 482 Blanks ' Two hundred four 20~ CONSTABLES Charles C. Chadwick .Four hundred fifty elected 41 Franklin S. Chadwick Four hundred sixty eight elected 46~ Lawrence F. M0oney .-?,? Four hundred~fifty five elected~455 Charles H. Talford ~ ~-~'Four hundred forty elected 4~i Scattering Twenty two Blanks Two thousand two hundred eighty one, 2281 Adjourned until 7:30 P. M. at Dreamland Theatre, Tuesday February 16th, 1943. Attest:- Town Cle 270~, ?