HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-04-25 Presidential Primary Warrant TOWN WARRANT �'�' �
FOR
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
The Commo�wealth of Massachusetts
(Seal )
Middlesex, ss.
. To either of the Constables o£ the Town o£ Reading, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify
the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to
' meet in the followinq places designated for the four precincts in said
Town, namely:
Precinct 1 Killam Elementary School
Precinct 2 Joshua Eaton School
Precinct 3 Community Center
Precinct 4 Memorial High School
on
Tuesday, the Twenty-fifth Day of April , 1972
at nine o' clock A. M. , for the following purposes:
To brinq in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of
Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices :
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
20 DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention o£ the Democratic Party.
12 ALTERNATE �DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention of the Demo-
cratic Party.
10 DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention of the 2epublican Party.
10 ALTERNATE DELEGATES at LARGE to the National Convention of the Republi-
can Party
7 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party,
� 7th Conqressional District.
5 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Demo-
cratic Party, 7th Congressional District.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Republican Party,
7th Congressional District.
2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Conaention of the Republi-
can Party, 7th Congressional District.
DISTRICT MEMBERS OF STATE COMMITTEE (one man and on woman) for each
Political Party for the Third Essex Senatorial District.
35 MEMBERS of the Democratic Town Committee.
35 MEMBERS of the Republican Town Committee.
The polls will be open from 9 : 00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested
copy thereof in at least three public places in each of the £our precincts
of the Town not less than seven days prior to April 25, 1972, 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 fail not and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings
thereon, to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeti�g.
' Given under our hands this lOth day of April , A. D„ 1972.
� Robert S. Cummings
Fred C. Kenney, Jr.
Edward P. Cameron
A true copy. �ttest: Board of Selectmen
Sally M. Hoyt
Constable of Reading
G J� COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer ' s Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I , on April 18, 1972, notified and
warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, quali£ied to vote
in elections and tow� 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. Police Station, 49 Pleasant Street
Fire Station, 67 Pleasant Street
JoAnn' s Variety Store, 143 Salem Street
Precinct 2. Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street �
Hanson' s Service Station, 4 West Street
Hobart ' s Garage, 178 Main Street
Precinct 3. Masonic Building, 600 Main Street
Municipal Building, 16 Lowell Street
Atlantic Food Mart, 30 Haven Street
H & M aailroad Station, High Street
Precinct 4. Zitzow' s Store, 287 Lowell Street
Convenient Food Mart, 1349 Main Street
Northern Residents Association, 1249 Main Street
The date oE posting being not less than seven days prior to April
25 , 1972, the date set for the meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be pUblished in
the Readinq Chronicle in the issue of April 20, 1972 , the same beinq
more than one day prior to the date of said meeting.
Sally M. k3oyt
Constable of Reading
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION �
April 25, 1972
PUrsuant to the Warrant and the Constable' s Return thereon, a
Presidential Primary was held at the time and places specified in the
Warrant, and was called to order by the Wardens in the precincts as £ol-
lows:
Precinct 1 Killam Elementary School Russell H. Stone, Jr.
Precinct 2 Joshua Eaton School Joseph P. Riemer
Precinct 3 Community Center Herbert F. Gent, Jr.
Precinct 4 �emorial High School John H. Crooker
who then partially read the Warrant , when on motion of Robert W. Foley,
. Precinct 1; Henry �. Murphy, Jr. , Precinct 2; Ann Cusato, Precinct 3;
Margaret C, Hubbard, Precinct 4, it was voted to dispense with the fur-
ther 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 reqistered 000.
The polls were then declared open at 9 :00 A. M, and were closed at
8:00 P. M. with the following result:
2105 Democratic Votes �
1175 Republican Votes
for a total of 3280 votes as follows:
Prec 1 Prec 2 Prec 3 Prec 4 Total
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Democratic
Shirley Chisholm 19 14 17 10 60
Edward T. Coll 1 1 �- 2
vance Hartke 1 1
Hubert H. Humphrey 38 38 36 37 149
Henry M, Jackson 7 6 5 7 25
John V. Lindsay Z 2 4
Eugene MCCarthy 4 4 3 5 16
George MCGovern 388 303 287 361 1339