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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1954
Page
5
A local figure contends for re election to the Maynard board aiming to serve another term. The article outlines years of service and belief in fit for continued leadership.
Letters to the editor praise Ted Chase for his training integrity and dedication to Concord citizens. Florence M Damon and John K Damon endorse him, while concerns about a school manager role and town governance are raised, urging voters to elect a qualified, intelligent town manager with strong local ties.
Maynard voters hear a spirited bid by John Mitzcavitch known as Honest John The Laundry Man for a seat on the Board of Selectmen. He promotes change after years of leadership and questions current expenditures under the present regime. The Republican party endorses him as they seek a party member on the board amid a Democratic-leaning council.
On Monday February 22 the Stow annual election was held at the town hall. Earle M. Crysler of Lake Boon won the selectman seat while other offices saw incumbents re elected. Three hundred fifty one votes were cast from 951 registered voters as the town meeting opened at 7 pm. The town approved 56 of 57 articles with Article 22 increasing janitor service funds from 600 to 850. The final article to ban firing firearms in town was defeated.
Sudbury reports Winthrop H. Fairbank elected to the Water Commissioners board last night. He warns voters not to cross his name for the Planning Board on March 1, citing his engineering background and value to the water district.
Concord held a Town Affairs Night at Wells A Hall Memorial Auditorium with about 400 attendees. Candidates for the March 1 town election appeared in the school library and debated the selectman town manager form of government.
Boxboro and nearby Stow completed town meetings and elections. Boxboro set the 1954 tax rate at $51, the first in Massachusetts to fix the rate, with a $5 increase over 1953. Stow followed a week later with the same vote.
Maynard-Rowland Daw son, a 3 year member of the Planning Board since its 1951 organization, seeks reelection as a board member as his current term expires next month. He pledges to bring three years of experience to the community.
Maynard voters head to the polls Monday from 8 am to 8 pm for the town election with a light forecast. The selectman race features incumbent Democratic Chairman Joseph P. Dinneen seeking reelection against Republican John Mitzcavitch. Maynard annual town meeting follows at 7 30 pm Monday the 8th at the People's Theatre with 35 articles to be enacted.
Lincoln townspeople gathered at the First Parish Church parish house for a town affairs meeting after a roast beef dinner. Moderator Donald P. Donaldson led a panel with Selectmen John Otis Wilson Edmund W. Giles and Henry C. Ward as candidates discussed the warrant ahead of the March 1 annual meeting and March 6 election.
After a Monday meeting approving 28 articles, Lincoln prepares for the March 6 election. School committee candidates are Lucy Bygrave seeking a third term against Elizabeth Donaldson. Water commissioner sees incumbent Robert W. Scott opposed by Edward S. Taylor for three years.
Carlisle schedules its annual adjourned meeting for next Monday night March 1 at 7 30 in Union Hall First Parish Unitarian Church Moderator Guy W Clark presides with 28 warrant articles. The fire department seeks 3500 for a tank truck and highway 1600 for a power sand spreader. A 2000 ask aims at Concord street repairs in conjunction with state and county funds. Budget totals rise slightly from last year per departments and the finance committee.
West Acton James Edward Kinsley longtime participant in Acton public affairs seeks a three year term on the Acton board of selectmen and the Nagog regional school district committee at the March 1 town election. He chairs the water commission and serves as Nagog district treasurer. He was appointed to the Nagog committee March 1953 and has attended every meeting.
Maynard lodge of Elks initiated fifteen candidates into the order. The initiation was performed by several Past Exalted Rulers of the Grand Lodge. A banquet followed at the Elks Hall with about two hundred attendees.
Acton selectmen set next Monday polling from 12 noon to 8 pm in all three precincts Precinct 1 at Town Hall Acton Center Precinct 2 at South Acton Congregational Church Precinct 3 at West Acton Women's Clubhouse voters urged to vote at their designated locations
Acton officials post the annual town meeting warrant listing 44 articles for discussion starting at 7:30 p.m. Monday March 8 with Albert Durkee as moderator. Proposals include 4000 for Main Street construction, 1825 for fire radios and alternators, 1000 for poison ivy eradication, 2200 for a highway tractor loader, 2225 to extend the fire alarm system, 1550 for a heating system at South Acton Fire Station, 300 for Pony Baseball, 700 for state census, 3200 for a police cruiser, and other appropriations for library, fire depreciation, water safety, planning, plows, forestry pumps, town employee indemnity, and Dutch elm disease control.
Alonzo B Reed won the Carlisle selectman post for three years in a Carlisle annual election. He defeated George A Clark the caucus nominee by 60 votes, tallying 173 to 113 of 300 total votes. Reed is a seven year Carlisle resident, former Arlington finance committee member, and consulting engineer. Moderator Guy W Clark led with 276 votes.
Sudbury Times lists town elections and town meeting dates for Acton Bedford Carlisle Concord Lincoln Lexington Littleton Maynard and Sudbury. Key dates show March 1 for many towns with varying March 8 or March 15 adjournments and a February 23 entry for Carlisle.
Concord voters face a 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. polling day at the three precincts for the annual town election. A town manager referendum tops five contests including Selectman planning board recreation commission and library committee. Precinct 1 votes at Hunt Memorial Gymnasium Precinct 2 at Harvey Wheeler School Precinct 3 at Veterans Building.
Fin.Com reports circulating to voters as town meeting at the state armory is scheduled for Monday March 8 at 7 30. Budget nears 1 5 million with 983 000 to be raised by tax while tax rate is expected about 59 dollars per thousand. Gas as an illuminant predates its use as fuel.
Acton voters face a crowded race with 28 candidates across four contests including three selectman seats for one two three and five year terms. Candidates span Carl A. Christoffeson Walter Custance Charles MacPherson Leo Cunningham William Chipman etc. Also contested are school committee planning board and Nagog Regional School District posts.
Acton and West Acton clubs sponsored a candidates night at Town hall. All 28 candidates spoke in three minute turns presented by Mrs. Allen G. Moody. Guest speaker Charles E. Downe of the Massachusetts Department of Commerce urged a planning board to shape local affairs with his talk Tomorrow is Here.
The town will have only one selectman from Friday until Monday as two members tendered resignations. George S. Braman of North Acton resigns to visit sons in Oregon, Lawrence A. Donnelly steps down after 12 years due to health, and Chairman W Lee ends four terms.
Lexington voters face two contests in the annual town election for school committee and tax collector. For the school panel three years, four candidates challenge the vacancy of Mrs. George P. Morey: James H. Aker W Neil Chapman Miss Marcia W A Dame Mrs Mildred B Marek. Joseph D Bruce is ruled out for insufficient nomination names. The one year post for Miss G Mildred Thompson draws five candidates Jerome F Garrity Wallace E Miller Mrs Ethel A Hich Mrs Lillian Tullar Raymond L White.
Bedford voters face four contests at Monday's annual election with polls 12 noon to 6 pm at the school cafeteria. Incumbents Robert Sands and Hubert Dunsdon defend Warden and Board of Health posts against challengers Robert Meade and Thomas McDonald. Planning Board incumbent Jeptha Wede is opposed by Joseph Carrig for five years, while selectman Richard Brown and town clerk Ruth Webber seek new terms amid other potential candidates.
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