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Home My WebLink About1945-03-12Annual Tow~ Meeting Ia ch 19 5 335 Pursuant to Warrant the Inhabitants of the Town of Nantucket met in the American Legion Hall March 12, 1945 at 7:00 A.M.. ~.Cards of instructions to voterS, penalty cards, Voting lists and specimen ballots were posted outside the guard rail.'~ Instructions to voters and penalty cards'were posted in the booths. ~ ~e following Ballot Clerks were sworn in:-~ George P. Fee, Edward P. Tice, Ira W. Appleton, and William H Wesley A. Fordyce was sworn in as Warden. The official ballot~'in one package said to contain 1900 ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks and their receipt taken therefor. Barrett. Constable Lawrence ~. Mooney presented the Official War- rant of the meeting to Town Clerk Charles Clark Coffin. .Edwar~he ballot box was inspected by Lawrence F. Nooney, P. Tice,~ Wesley A. Fordyce, Herbert P. Smith and Charles Clark Coffin and Found to be empty. The register on the ballot box was set.at 0000, the ballot box locked and the keys turned over to Charles C. Chadwick, constable in charge. ~t 7:00 A.M. the To~n Clerk called order and read the Official Warrant. ~.Upon motion of Irving A. Soverino, duly seconded, it was Voted, that the polls close at 5:00 P.M., and that when the meeting adjourn it be until 7:80 P.M. Tuesday, March 1Jth~'at Dreamland Theatre. The Town Clerk then declared the polls open, and voting started at once. .At 4:55 P.M. the Town Clerk d~clared the polls would 'close 'in five minutes.'~ . At 5:00 P.M. the polls were declar. closed; People inside the guard rail were given'ten min- utes in which to complete and cast their ballots, j.i. The register on the ballot' box standing at 545, the ballot box was opened by Constable Charles C. Chadwick, and ~ the ballots removed. ~ The following Tellers were sworn in:- Frank ~[~[:. Ramsdell, Sidn:ey W. Thurston, James J..Levins, Cecil'Richrod, Charles H. Blount, Harold W;'Killen, 'Stuart B.' Day, Clinton H. Nurra Clarence H. Swift, Lincoln J. Ceeley, Frank Worth, Leslie P. Martin, Herbert C. Wood, Howard W. McLean, Edward R. Terry, Charles W Ellis, B{ulford A. Small, ,,~ll~am H.' Winslow, Joseph S. Rezendes, Herbert L. Brown, Stanley T. V~elden, and Edwin F. Scully .... The Absentee Ballots were then voted. ~-: '~[~ere were lO'men and 17 wOmen, ~:t0tal 'of 2V, giving the total of 572 on' the ballot box register.' ,~ ~. '~' (i"The °fficial~ballots were sorted and c6unted and found to be'545 and the absentee ballots 27, a total of 572. The ballot clerics at the gate and at the ballot box checked their lists and found 325 men and 247 women voted, a total of 572. At 7:05 P.M. the canvas of the votes having been completed, the following results were read by the Tovm Clerk. 336 ' ~, Moderator ..... ~ Orison V. Hull. Three hundred seventy-three Blanks ~ One hundred ninety nine 373 'Elected. 199 Walter'D. Glidden Arthur C. Hayden Herman G. Johnson~ .Marcus L. Ramsdell Thomas F. Sheehan Herbert P. Smith Irving A. Soverino .Scattering Blanks Selectmen' ~ ~ ~. Four hundred sixty eight .... 4~8-~ ~'~'~ Elected Eighty .... . Four hundred seven One hundred fifty three Four hundred twenty eight Four hundred forty one Four hundred twenty four One Four hundred fifty eight ,40V Elected 153 428~ E~ected ~441~ Elected 424 Elected '1 458 James Ellen Backus Bla~cs Clifford R. Morris · Blanks Town Treasurer Four' hundred fifty One hundred tw6nty-tw° Collector of TaXes Four hundred seventy One'hundred two 450 Elected 122' '4~0 Elected 102. '- George E. Grimes Blanks Assessor - 3 years - Four hundred sixty seven One hundred five 46V 105 , Elected Ma~k Johnson Blanks Irvin M. WYer, BI ank s Frank B. Gardner Bla~s .Helen E'.' Hoitt Wa,ret Comnissi0.ner~- 3 years ~-.~ i ~ ~, Four hundred forty three 4~3 ..Elected One hundred' twenty nine 129 Sewer Commissioner - three years - Four h~dred fifty fb~ '~54 ~Elected One h~dred eighteen 118 '- Tree Warden Four ~dr~d ~sixty seven One h~dred five SchobI coZmnitt ee One hundred thirty two Clarissa M..McKinstry Three hundred .thirty seven 33V.. Blanks · ~ One hundred, three ~ 103 ~ Constables Charles C. Chad~ick Franklin S. Chadwick Wendell H. Howes Everett V. La,nb Lawrence F. Mooney Marcus L. R~asdell Charles H. Talford Blanks Four hundred'tWenty ~hree Four'hundred fifty. 'Four hundred thirty four Four hundred ten Four hundred three One hundred seventy' Three h~ndred thirty Eight hundred twelve 105 132' '~23 ~Eleoted 450 Elected ~434 Elected 410 Elected 403 Elected 'lV0 330 Elected 812