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Home My WebLink About1944-04-25 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY .7-f APril 25, 1944. Pursuant to warrant'~he' inhabitants of '~heftown of'Nantucket ~met in the American'Legion Hall, on Washington St., April 25, 1944. at 9:00'A.M. '" ~'~".'-'-' . ..... ."- Cards of'instructions.to Voters,'penalty cards, voting lists_and'specimen ballots were posted outside the guard rail.'~Instru0tions to,voters and penalty cards were posted in the booths. '" ..... ~'-,' ~ · " '- · The following ball0t"cl~rks were-sworn'~'in: Ira W.'Appletofl Edward P.~Tice, William H. Barrett, and Joh~ J~Driscoll Jr. The ballots in.three packages ~m~ said t~-~contain 238V official ballots were delivered to the ball~'clerks and I ' their receipt taken therefore. '~ : .... The ballot box was then opened for public.inspection. was examined by Edward P. Tice; Franklin S~ Chadwick, Ira W. 'Appleton, John J. Driscoll Jr., Lawrence F~ .~ney and Charles ClarkCoffin and'found to be empty.'The register,on'the box was set at 0000., the ballot box locked and t~e keys thereof turned over to Constable Franklin'S. Chadwick.'j-~ Th~ warrant Was presented by'Cdnstable Nboney'and-read by T0~n Clerk Coffin~ At 9:00 A.~. the polls were declared open... Atl~:00 P.M. the polls were decIared cloSed~ .... The following tellers'were sworn in: Fran~ W;'Ra~del~', Charles C~ Barr, Leroy H~True,' Lincoln J.'Ce~ley~"Ch~rles H. Blount, Stuart B; Day, Harold W. Killeff, Clinton H.-; Murray, Frank Worth, and Leslie P. Martin. The register on the ballot box standing at'46 the box was unlocked by Constable-Charles C. Chadwick."~he ballots were removed sorted and counted and found'to be:;' Republican'36; .Democratic 10. Republican, 28 men, 8 women, Democratic, 9 men, l'woman;'.: .... ' ".!:--: ' ~ ...... At.5:15 P.M. the tally~of votes tmving been completed the Clerk read the following results. .~n.~ T REPUBLICAn. " ~:,:~ ,, ~: Delegates at Large to the Nati0~al-Coventio~' ~ Lever~tt~Salt0hstaI1 . ~ Thirt~ f0u~ ~''~. ~ ~ -34' Joseph W. Martin Jr. ~"~ Thirty two' ~ ' ~ 32 Sinclair'Weeks' '~ Thirty Nine'"- -~ :'' ':39 Louise M; Williams ". Thirty :" '~ ~ : '30 George B. Rowell ' Thirty ' '-"~ ' ' Margaret'A. Green. -"' 'Twenty ~ine,. 29 George F. Booth Thirty ~30_~ ..... Blank~ ~'' ....... Twenty eight'-". 28 i~ Alternate Delegates ' '" "" Katherine G. Howard t" Thirty .,-' :' 30 Laurence Curtis '"~. Thirty ' " 30 Doris M. A. Kundig :" Twenty nine .~ ~[1~ ~9 Rosa M. Levis ' '. '" Thirty -", 30 Horace E.'Handford '~ Thirty .:.,..ij 30 Carolyn L. Purcell ~' Twenty nine-'~'-" . · ""29 J. Edward LaJole '- Twenty .eight.. ~ 28 Blanks Forty six ~ ' " 46 ~ District Delegates to National C~nve'ntion~ Joseph F. Francis. Thirty two . 32 Robert E.'French '" Twenty eight 28 Blanks Twelve Alternate Delegates ~ ':- Josephine E. Clark Aurare B. Suprenant Blanks ~venty five' 25 Twenty seven 2V ~venty 20 311' 312 ' ~N0t Or0upedTT~!egates George H. Young~ · , Blanks Man ,,, Howard Cahoon Robert E. French Blanks .... Woman,' ..~ . . '~" Town Committee We slgy X.':,Ford~ce - Cora ~tevens' Irving A. soVeri~o ~ ira.W.~Appl~ton --- Charles'E.~Congd0n Nanqy,S. Adams John J, Gardner 2nd George N; Lake Orison V. Hull T~elve ~- ...... 19. iSventy four, ~irteen 13 Sixteen T~rteen : Six Four ' '' ' ':".Three " Three,., Four~ Six Four " ~ Three. '4 6' 4 ~Gilbert M&uter ,,. ,. : ,,,. Three Scattering .. ~ Fifteen Bla~ks " ,Three hundred five .~: ,: ., ., DE~0CRAT!C,..~,., ,.,:. .. ~ w :~ Del6gates a~ Large to Na{ional"Oonventi0n I. sh'- · -: ,; . -, Nilliam J. Foley ° ;" Joseph E. Casey James M. Curley William'H.'Burke Jr. Frank W. Tomasello John-W. M6Cormack Maurice J. Tobin Joseph B.' Ely ',',,i' Mar.garet M, O$Riordan., Charles Fi Hurley. ~/~/ Mabhias LaPierre ,~ Blanks · . Alternate De!egabes to National Convention Elizabeth L. McNamara John Zielinski Joseph K. Zemaitis Joseph M. McDonough~- Samuel'Michelman,~ Charles Kaplan Mary Maliotis Paul v. McDonough Clementina Langone Silas F.,Taylor Bernard J. Killion Catherine E. Hanifin Blanks ,Seven Eight ,Seven Seven SeVen Eight Seven Seven Five Fiv~ Four Four Five Four Four Four Four 'Four Four Four Four~.. Seventy Helen L; Buckley Louis A. Cordeiro Antonio England Edward C. Peirce .... Blanks District"Deleg;tes to National conv;n~ion, Ei e s Six .,- 6 Seven 7 Eight . 8~ Eleven, 11-~ 5 4 4 4 VO ,, District Alternates ~lbert ~ ' Noemi C.~ttinkley'. Henry Landreville Vincent'O'Neil ' ~ Blanks ,' six Six Six" Eight Fourteen State Committee Man ¥incent D. O'Neil .... Blanks Woman Mary M. Crowle~lanks Six Four Four Six .6 6 8 6 4 4 6 Town Committee Edward P, Tice~ Frederick C, Ayers Melvin Ray Charles Al'Selden John E; Moore~ John J. Driscoll Jr. Charles W. Ellis Blanks One One One One One One One Ninety three 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 93 The ballots voted,~the unused ballots and the check lists were then sealed up in separate'packages, endorsed as the law reqQires and delivered into the custody of the town Clerk. Charles Clark CofT-in, .TOw~/Cl&rk 315 SPECIAL TOWN ~IEETING ' Pursuant to Warrant, the Inhabitants Of ~he Town ~et in American~gion Hall on April BS, 1944 at 7:30 ?.M. · ~oderato~: . "~e time having ar~ived to which this ~ee6ing was called, the house. Will please., be in order. ArelCi~ l, .- to choose a Moderator has been taken care of.. Article ~, ~o receive ~eports of the co~ittees. Are~there any ~inan'ce ~ Co~ittee's ~ePq~t presented. ?--;'. .. ~..~.~. Moderator: .......,?8ecpe~apY ~aine, of ~he ~inance Co~ittee, hands in a..~epor~ of ~he ~eco~endattons which I will ask .the -..[~: ''.],CO ', .- ,.'.: clerk to read." Clerk': ' """Article 1--To choose.a Moderator to.preside at ' - said ee n . ' : -'"' ':"Article 2--To receive reports from co~ittees' which shall come before this meeting. We reco~end the','repdrts of the Co~ittees ceived. ' ~ ' " ,~, ....k~i¢le $--~o see tF ~he Town wi~ the s~ of Five Thousandj 'F0u~ Hundred Dollars f~9~'the Overlay Sur~l~s"~ a reserve fund,~in a~o~d' with the provisions of Section 6, ~apter 59, of the General ~ws, (Ter. Ed.) :We reco~end thd' s~ of ~Ive Thousand ($8,000)' do1- Surplus lars.be t~a sferred ~rsmI the Overlay as a reserw fund, i~ accord with Provisions of Section 6, ~apter 59 ~f General ~ws (Ter. Ed.) ' "A~%iole 4--?o see iF ~he Town will om the Excess and Defic ney account the s~ of E cbt H~e6 Dollars (~800.00) %o shin61e ~he ~own~s buil~In6 ~ %he oo~ne~ oF Sou%h streets. ' We reoo~ena ~he s~ of ~ight Huna~e8 (~800) be ~anafe~ea ~om ~he Excess aha Defielen¢y acco~ 3'16 shingle the roof of the Town's building at the corner of South Water and Broad~streets. Article 5--To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Defici'ency account the sum' of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to the s'i'd"ewa'i and curb'aacount. We recommend the sum of Three Hundred ($300) dollars be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency account to sidewalks 'and curb account. A~ticl~'~6-LTo See if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to complete the hard' surface on Nobade~r Road. We recommend the sum 0f Three Thousand ($5,000) dol- lars be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency account to complete the' hard '~ .i~ :~"' ~: surface on Nobadeer Road. Article 7--To see if the Town will vote to transfer frbm the Excess and Deficiency account the sum Of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) to the Election and Registration a~'co~nt.~ ~ "~ ~ '' We recommend the sum of Eight Hundred ($800) Dollars be transferred from the Excess and ,Deficiency account to the~Eiection and R~'sistrati;-'n account; Article 8--To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the'Exc'ess and Deficiency account 'the sum' of Two Hun- dr~d DolZars (~200.00) to the Forest Fire account. We're C'0mmend sum of Two Hundred ($200) dollars be tr&~ns'fer~d from the Excess and Deficiency account to Forest Fire account. Respectfully submitted~ Finance Committee for 'the Town Node~ator':'"The assembly ha~ heard the reading o~ the articles and-the re'co~endations of the Finance Co~ittee."- I move that the Finance Co~ittee's report be accepted in its entirety." Se c ended : "~'. soverino has moved that the Finance Co~tttee~s Mr. Tioe: Moderator: report be accepted in its entirety. raise their hands." "It is a unanimous vote." "I move we adjourn." Se c onded. "The meeting is adjourned." ~.~eeting adjourned at 7:33 P.M. All those~in favor