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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-03-01459, ANNUAL TOWN MEETING --- ¥~RCH 1, 19&8. Pursuant to Warrant the Inhabitants of the town of Nantucket met in the American Legion Hall, ~ at 7:00 A,M. Monday March 1, 19&8. Wesley A. Fordyce was sworn in as Warden. Cards of instructions to voters, penalty cards, vo$ing lists and specimen ballots were posted outside the guard rail. Instructions to voters and penalty cards were posted in the booths. The following Ballot Clerks were sworn in: Edward P. Tice, Ira W. Appleton, John J. Driscoll Jr., and Charles H. Blount. The Official Ballots in three packages said to contain 2000 Official Ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt taken therefor. Constable Lawrence F. Mooney presented the Official Warrant of the Meeting to Moderator Roy E. Sanguinetti. The Ballotbox and Emergency Ballot box were inspected by Lawrence F. Mooney, Edward P. Tice, Charles Clark Coffin, and Seddon W. Legg and found to be empty. The register on the Ballot box was set at 0000 the Ballot box and Emergency Ballot box were locked and the keys turned over to Charles C. Chadwick, Constable. At 7:00 A.M. the Moderator called order and read Article #1 of the Warrant.. Upon motion of Charles C. Chadwick, duly seconded it was VOTED that the polls clcse at 5:00 P.M. and that when this meeting adjourn it be until 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, March 2nd. at Dreamland Theatre. The Moderator then declarde the polls open and voting statrted at once. At 12;25 A.M. the register on the Ballot box standing at 450 the Ballot box was opened and the ballots r~moved to the Emergency Ballot box by Lawrence F. Mooney, Constable, Edward P. Tice, Wesley A. Fordyce and Charles Clark Coffin. At 5:00 P.M. the polls were declared closed. The register on the ballot box standing at 1044 the ballot box was opened by Constable Charles C. Chadwick and the ballots removed. The following Tellers were sworn in: Frank W. Ramsdell, Walter J. Royal, Charles E. S~in, Walter D. Glidden,Jr, James M. Killen, Charles W. Ellis, Irving A.' Soverino, Jr, Eugene Souza, William H. Winslow, Charles F. Handy, Stewart Mooney, John B. Miller, Stanley M.'Smith, Ed~rd A. Olderich, John F. McGrady, Seddon W. Legg Jr, Thomas R. Warren,~Irving T. Bartlett, Roland M. Coffin, C~rles F. Thurston, Charles W. Rogers, Albert L. Manning, Edward E. Backus, James C. Andrews, Robert B. Blair, Norman A. Wilson. The Absentee Ballots were then voted. There were 21 men and 23 womwn, a total of A4, giving the total of 1088 on the ballot box register. ~The Ballots were sorted and counted and found to be 1OA~ and the Absentee Ballots 44, a total of 1088. The Ballot Clerks at the gate and at the ballot box checked their lists and found 625 men and 463 women voted, a total of 1088. At 8:30 P.M. the canvass of the votes having been 'completed the following results were read by the Town Clerk, Charles Clark Coffin. 460 'I MODERATOR Roy E. Sanguinetti Scattering B1Ank~rv~i~i.~ SELECTMEN Seven hundred fifty two 752 elected Two 2 Three hundred thirty six 336 Ernest R. Coffin Henry B. Coleman Walter D. Glidden Arthur C. Hayden Earl S. Ray Irving A. Soverino Mitchell Todd Saattering Blanks Seven hundred seventy ~770 elected 'Seven hundred forty two~ 742 elected Six hundred seventy six 676 elected One hundred eighty five 185 Five hundred forty three 543 Six hundred fifty six 656 elected Seven hundred ten 710 elected Four ~ Eleven hundred fifty eight 1158 TOWN TREASURER James Allen Backus Blanks Eight hundred eighty two Two hundred six COLLECTOR OF TAXES Clifford R. Morris Blanks Eight hundred sixty six Two hundred twenty two ASSESSOR 3 YEARS George E. Grimes Blanks Bight hundred fifty eight Two hundred thirty WATER CO~,~ISSIONER Edward L. Davis Mark Johnson 3 YEARS One hundred ninety four Seven hundred twelve SEWER COM~ISSIONER 3 YEARS John L. Hardy Irvin M. Wyer Blanks Three hundred ninety seven Six hundred sixteen Seventy five SEWER COF~ISSIONER 2 YEARS Walter Marland Rounsville Scattering Blanks 882 elected 2O6 TREE W;_W~DE N Frank B. Gardner Blanks SCHOOL COMMITTEE Richard A. Strong Blanks 3 YEARS SCHOOL CO~4ITTEE Helen Congdon Scattering Blanks CONSTABLES 2 YEARS Charles C. Chadwick Franklin S. Chadwick Wendell H. Howes Lawrence F. Mooney Mark J. Murphy Marcus L. Ramsdell Charles H. Talford Scattering Blanks 866 elected 222 858 elected 230 19& 712 elected 397 616 elected 75 Seven hundred thirty eight 738 elected One 1 Three hundred forty nine 3~9 Seven hundred sixty five Three hundred t~nty three 765 elected 323 Seven hundred sixty eight Three hundred twenty 768 elec%ed 320 Seven hundred eighty three 783 elected One 1 Three hundred four 304 Seven hundred fifty six 756 Seven hundred seventy three 773 Eight hundred one 801 Seven hundred forty three 7~3 Three hundred forty four 3~+ Five hundred thirty 530 Six hundred ninety nine 699 One 1 Eighteen hundred eighty ~e 1881 elected elected elected elected elected elected 462. ~