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Home My WebLink About1974-03-02 Town Election ResultsH- COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on February 14', 1974, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1. First National Stores, 275 Salem Street JoAnn's Variety Store, 143 Salem Street Fire Station, 67 Pleasant Street Precinct 2. Dragon Corner Store, 106 West Street Hanson's Service Station, 4 West Street $lais- Porter, 452 Main Street Precinct 3. Masonic Building, 60' Main Street Municipal Building, 16 Lowell Street Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street B & M Railroad Station, High Street Precinct 4. Zitzow's Store, 287 Lowell Street Convenient Food Mart, 1349 Main Street Old Hose House, 1249 Main Street days The date of posting being not less than fourteen prior to March 2, 1974, the date set for the meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of February 14, 1974, the same being more than fourteen days prior to the date of said meeting. (s) Sally M. Hoyt Constable of Reading ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION March 2, 1974 Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a Town Election was held at the time and places specified in the Warrant and was called to order by the Wardens in the precincts as follows: Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School Russell H. Stone, Jr. Precinct 2 Joshua Eaton School John H. Crooker Precinct 3 Community Center C. Dewey Smith Precinct 4 Memorial High School Kenneth C. Latham who then partially read the Warrant, when on motion of Florence E. Campbell, Eva C. Swift, Ann Cusato, and John F. Cronin in Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively, it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the Warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Wardens in charge. The ballot boxes were examined by the Wardens in charge and each found to be empty and all registered 000. 15 Town Election - March 2, 1974 Prec 1 Prec 2 Prec 3 Prec 4 Totals Selectman for three years - Vote for One James J. Sullivan, Jr 522 720 550 782 2,574 Blanks 138 184 101 187 610 Totals 660 904 651 969 3,184 Board of Public Works for three years - Vote for One Laurence B. Hodson 311 348 324 434 1,417 John W. Price 311 500 303 508 1,622 Blanks 38 56 24 27 145 Totals 660 904 651 969 3,184 Board of Assessors for three years - Vote for One Michael T. Sullivan 320 415 323 452 1,510 Edwin H. Bjorkman 182 275 196 336 989 Robert J. Murphy 112 109 89 101- 411 Blanks 46 105 43 80 274 Totals 660 904 651 969 3,184 School Committee for three years - Vote for Not More than Two Nancy E. Elgart 386 531 349 553 1,819 Carl B. Bertelsen 187 245 196 293 921 Martha Jane Heineck 264 378 264 448 1,354 Elizabeth A. Walsh 273 390 311 430 1,404 Blanks 210 264 182 214 870 Totals 1,320 1,808 1,302 1,938 6,368 Planning Board for three years - Vote for Not More than Two 4 rT; 1 1 ;- u UT . t r Robert B. Stone 16 3 13 40 72 Curt E. Nitzsche 37 39 26 44 146 Robert H. Stone 2 2 Frank E. Wandrey 1 1 John M. Devir, Jr. 1 1 Andrew B. White 1 1 H. Lee Donley 2 2 James J. Varney 1 1 Cheryl S. O'Halloran 1 1 Bernard F. Bertelsen 1 1 Blanks 1,265 1,763 1,261 1,851 6,140 Totals 1,320 1,808 1,302 1,938 6,368 Municipal Light Board for three years - Vote for One Patricia M. George 5 1 6 Frank C. Graupner 18 3 14 27 62 Peter E. Nebolsine 1 1 2 Anthony J. Puopolo 2 2 Frank E. Wandrey 1 1 Robert H. Peterson 1 1 Marvin M. Rosenthal 2 2 Elizabeth E. Racine 3 1 4 rT; 1 1 ;- u UT . t r 9 9 n Board of Cemetery Trustees for three years - Vote for Not More than Two Harold E. Davis Town Election - March 2, 1974 735 2,380 Herbert F. Gent, Jr. Prec 1 Prec 2 Prec 3 Prec 4 Totals Tree Warden for three years - Vote for One 434 297 492 1,595 Irving E. Dickey, Jr. 536 727 535 778 2,576 Blanks 124 177 116 191 608 Totals 660 904 651 969 3,184 Housing Authority for five years - Vote for One 495 703 2,323 Blanks Gary B. Walker 494 685 513 750 2,442 Blanks 166 219 138 219 742 Totals 660 904 651 969 3,184 Board of Health for three years - Vote for One Nancy Wilson Anderson Thomas J. Dowd 509 709 524 751 2,493 Blanks 151 195 127 218 691 Totals 660 904 651 969 3,184 Board of Cemetery Trustees for three years - Vote for Not More than Two Harold E. Davis 481 680 484 735 2,380 Herbert F. Gent, Jr. 467 694 521 711 2,393 Blanks 372 434 297 492 1,595 Totals 1,320 1,808 1,302 1,938 6,368 Board of Library Trustees for three years - Vote for Not More than Two William H. Diamond 513 719 523 752 2,507 Alfred R. Johnson 448 677 495 703 2,323 Blanks 359 412 284 483 1,538 Totals 1,320 1,808 1,302 1,938 6,368 PRECINCT I Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for Not More than Seventeen Nancy Wilson Anderson 390 William F. Burnham, III 305 William R. Burns 268 Delmer D. Cotreau 314 Katherine F. Ebeling 300 David C. Pratt 276 Lawrence S. Webster 325 Barbara E. Winkler 375 Edward D. Winkler 321 Italo F. Agostino 205 Joseph F. Anderson 251 Harold S. Bigwood, Jr. 283 William C. Bliss 277 John F. Browne 284 Elaine M. Cacciapuoti 234 Leo R. Campbell, Jr. 259 Kevin P. Cignetti 166 Michael M. Guenther 181 Gerald F. Hoyt 327 Shirley A. King 267 John S. Manita 196 John F. Webster 298 Blanks 5,118 Totals 11,220 Town Meeting Member for two years - Vote for One 17 I Town Meeting - March 2, 1974 PPWrTMrT TT Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for Not More than Seventeen Gilbert F. Bulley 473 Stephen W. Carr 445 James T. Chamberlain 380 William E. Clark 335 Paul E. Dube 471 H. Paul Fortin 343 Robert L. Fuller 367 DeMelle C. Garey 399 John B. Harker 379 Kenneth H. Little 424 Charles Stratton 424 George A. Theophanis 413 John J. Watson 418 William A. Westwater 411 Allan E. Ames 243 Arthur L. Dahill 280 Eleanor S. Dustin 382 Richard C. Evans 236 W. Robert Jackson 237 David W. Kruger 244 Frederick J. Milley, Jr. 246 Anne M. Schofield 238 Frank A. Smith, Jr. 361 Robert S. Wells 392 Peter K. S. Wu 339 Michael S. Zbailey 246 Blanks 6,242 Total 15,368 Town Meeting Members for one year - Vote for Not More than Two Jack G. Cairl 316 Elia Ann Dangelmaier 378 Myrna R. Jones 394 Andrew B. White 162 Blanks 558 Total 1,808 PRECINCT III Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for Not More than Seventeen Louis B. Bacigalupo 345 Richard Benshimol 316 Donald W. Davidson 338 James J. Fandel 296 Richard A. Nihan, Jr. 251 Carol A. O'Donoghue 261 Kenneth P. Roberts 328 Ralph E. Snyder, Jr. 272 James J. Sullivan, Jr. 311 Gloria A. VanBeaver 275 William H. Watt 278 Anna Champa 214 Ronald M. D'Addario 172 Francis Michael Keane 201 Town Election - March 2, 1974 PRECINCT III Town Meeting Member for one year - Vote for One John P. Perry 468 Blanks 183 Total 651 PPVrTATPT TIT Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for Not More than Seventeen Town Meeting Member for one year - Vote for One Dorothy M. Anderson John H. Austin 491 113 Paul R. Bergholtz 451 Richard J. Gallagher William C. Brown 439 122 Richard H. Curtis 479 Total Walter F. Cutcliffe 434 Harry M. Johnson, Jr. 442 Lawrence W. Leonard 442 Bayard R. Lincoln 519 Louis H. Martinage 538 Neil H. Murray 459 Joseph J. Parziale 322 James S'. Rouvalis 390 Thomas J. Ryan 416 Norma T. Sweeney 476 Sumner H. Weston 513 James C. Gibney 501 Robert F. McCaffrey 389 Barbara B. Monsler 421 Robert A. Pelosi 416 George J. Robinson 300 Claire Shea 304 Gary B. Walker 400 Blanks 6,931 Total 16,473 Town Meeting Member for one year - Vote for One Thomas J. Flaherty, Jr. 418 Arthur P. Skelley 292 Blanks 259 Total 969 Town Meeting Member for one year - Vote for One Dorothy M. Anderson 305 Starr E. Bartlett 113 Daniel W. Brown 113 Richard J. Gallagher 135 John J. Scanlan 122 Blanks 181 Total 969 The polls were closed at 7:00 P. M. with the following results: Whole number of votes cast 3,184. The votes were declared in Open Town Meeting, sealed in ballot envelopes and transmitted to the Town Clerk to be placed in the vault for safe keeping. 9