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Home My WebLink About1970-09-15 State Primary Warrant , (�` Adjourned Speci.al Town Meeting June 22 , 1970 I el O nRTICLE 18. O❑ motion of Nathan C. White it was voted that the sum of Eight Thousa�d Five fIvndred Dollars ($B, SOG.GO) be raised from the tax levy ana tnat the sum of Six 'lhousand Nive Hundred Uollars � ($6 , 500. 00) be transferred from the Hu}>bish Collection System Account, voted unner Article 41 at the Annual To4m Nleetinq �eld March 23, 197G, a.s iollows: 5alaries - Nine 'Phousznd ilollars (�9, G00.00) �z+nd i;xpensee - Six 'PhousanQl llollars (56, 000.00) for the maintenonce oE the IIump, and such snms so raised and appropnia.ted to be added to ttte sum of Forty- three Thousand Five Hu�dred DoYlass ($43, 500.00) , voted -at the i+nnual. 'Poivn Nleetinq heln Piarch 15 , 1570, for the maintenance oE the llump, and that the Town Accountont be, and he hereby is, authorized, empo�oere3 ann instructed to make such tr�ansfer to carry ovt ti�e pnrpose of this vote. On notion of Fred C. Kenney, Jr. , it was voted to take :+r+icle 1 ' from the table. On motion of Fred C. Ke�ney, Jr. , it was voted that Article 1 be indefinitely nostponen. . On motion oi 'rred C. Kenney, Jr. , it was voted that the meetinq stand adjourned sine die at 10: 50 P. N:. 157 'fown hleeting h1embers were present A trne copy. Attest: L,�-�' - .. ...,�-,' �_ �. � L,c•s�ence, llr�'�. . iP�".11 .,-,i r. TOWN WARRRNT FOR STATE PRIMARY 'C��. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Seal Middlesex, ss. � To either of the Constables o£ the Town of Reading, Greeting: In the name o£ the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, who are qualified to vote in Primaries, to meet in the following places designated for the four pre- cincts in said Town, namely: Precinct 1 Pearl Street School PreCinct 2 Joshua Eaton School Precinct 3 Community Center Bvilding Precinct 4 rlemorial High School on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of September, 1970 at seven o'clock, a. m. , for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: SENATOR IN CONGRESS for this Commonwealth GOVERNOR £or this Commonwealth LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR for this Commonwealth SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH for this Commonwealth TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL for this Commonwealth � AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH for this Commonwealth REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for Fi£th Co�gressional District COUNCILLOR for Fifth Councillor Di�trict SENATOR for Third Essex Senatorial District TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT for Twenty-£irst Middlesex Repre- SentatiVe DiStriCt DISTRICT ATTORNEY for Northern District CLERK CF COURTS for Middlesex County REGISTER OF DEEDS for Middlesex Southern District COUNTY COMMISSIONER foc bliddlesex County SHERIFF for Middlesex County (to fill vacancy) The polls will be open from 7: 00 A. Pi, to 8:00 P. M, Town Warrant State Primary September 15, 1970 �(� And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each of the four precincts of the town not less tha❑ seven days prior to September 15 , 1970, the date set for the meeting in said warrant and to cause this Warrant to be . published in the Reading Chronicle one day at least prior to said date. Hereof £ail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for this meeting. Given under our hands this 27th day of August, A. D. , 1970. Fred C. Kenney, Jr. Edward P. Cameron � Robert 5. Cummings A true copy. nttest: Selectmen of Reading Samuel H. Grammer, Jr. Constable o£ Reading COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex ss, OEficer's Retntn, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on September B, 1970, notified and warned the inhabitants o£ the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elec- tions and town af£airs, to meet at the place and at the time speci£ied by posting attested copies of this Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1. Central Fire Station, Pleasant Stieet VanHorn' s store, 143 Salem Street Municipal S;initary Land Fill, John Street Precinct 2. Masonic Building, Main Street Hanson' s Service Station, 4 West Street nragon Corner Store, 206. west Street Precinct 3. Railroad Station � Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street Municipal Suilding, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 4. Zitzow's Store, 287 Lowell Street First Nationa�, 1348 Main Street Northern Residents nssociation, 1249 Main Street The date of posting being not less than seven days prior to Septem- ber 15, 1970, 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 September 3, 1970, the same being more than one day prior to the date of said meeting. Samuel H. Grammer, Jr. Constable of Reading STF�TE PRIMARY September 15, 1970 Pursuani�to the Warrant and the Constable' s Return thereon, a Party Primary was held at the time and places speci£ied in the Warrant, and was called to order by the wardens in the Precincts as £ollows: Precinct 1 Pearl Street School John F, Cronin � Precinct 2 Joshua Eato❑ School Joseph P. Reimer Precinct 3 Community Center Building Henry A. Grebenstein Precinct 4 Memorial High School John H. Crooker who then partially read the Warrant, when on motion of. Pearl E. Malphrus, Precinct 1; Georgia C, Grebenstein; Precinct 2; Annie O'Malley, Precinct 3; Eva C. Swift, Precinct 4, it was voted to dispense with the £urther read- ing o£ the Warrant, except the Constable' s Return, which was then read by the Wr:sdens in charge. The ballot boxes were examined by the Wardens in charge and found to be empty and all registered 000. The polls were then declared open at 7:00 A. M. and were closed at 8:00 P. M. with the £ollowing results: 1305 Republican Votes 1487 DemocratiC Votes for a total of 2792 as £ollows: