Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-02
NORWICH GOES LICENSE BY lO96
Seectnen C. R. Bailey and C. F. Bushnell Re-elected-Town
 Went Republican With Exception of Assesso.M M J. Cur !. ran Defeating Joseph C. Marsan by. .92 Majority.

the second Joseph c. Marsan, republi- can candidate, had a majority of IS, in the fourth a majority of 21 and in, ilis home district, the fifth. majority of sixteen votes. The fight for agents of the town de- posit fund was close the majority be- ing about fifty. The republican ma jority for constables was somewhat larger. being in the neighborhood of eighty. It was a close vote for the school committee, the majority beins 54.
 Polls CIossd at Two.
 The polls in all districts but the first closed at o'clock in the afternoon but 1t was after five o'clock before rhe final district had reported at head at three o'clock the. polls in .thet first district were declared closed by Mod- orator Martin E. Jensen,r Moderator Jensen then appointed as counters for cester, Arthur D. Libby, Herman Alof- sin, 2nd, William H. Callahan. James P. Hayes and John F. Craney.
 Th4 counters after being sworn in immediately went to work on tAe bal lots while the moderator and checkers took the readings from the three ma = chimes in the district.
 Several Ballots Thrown Out.
 Several license ballots were thrown out as marked or Inultilated, one or two envelopes were found empty, and one or two had double ballots The counting proceeded smoothly and was completed about five o'clock.
 When the final figures had been ar ranged on the tally sheet Moderator Jensen called the town meeting togeth- CT and read the results. The meet ing adjourned until Monday evening. October 9th.
 The Election Officials.
 ay.iA e districts were as follows:
 First district: Moderator, Martin F. Jensen. Doorkeepers, Philip Spellman, Noyes E. Lamb: checkers, Thomas M. Shields and Alfred r. Allen; box tend CT, James E. Hart; Cha1lengers. James F. Drew, Lester Greenman, William E.. Wilson, Carlton Havens: ticket booths. James P. Hayes. Herman Alofsin, 2nd; booth. tenders. John Geoghegan. Alex under Ferguson: machine tenders, Gustave D. Andrews. William H. Mc Guinness. William H. Bresnahan. AL bert A. Clark Harvey l.. Muzzey and Louis Mabrey.
 Second district. Moderator, Stephen Stetson. doorkeepers: Saul Alofsin, boxtender: chaIlensers. M. F. Murphy. Joseph F. Cobh. C. !. O'Brien and Herbert G. Pierce; checkers, Reuben HeiYnan and F. G. Rawson; envelope booth. Timotfy Sullivan and Otto
  jams. George w Stanton. John Con- nell aud Timothy Devine: booth tend CTS. John Barry, J. B. Oat.
 ThNd District-Moderator Albert C. Greens deorkeeper, James Lumsdem; box tender. Joseph McIsaac: challeng- CTS. J. C. Atterbury and Joseph Me Mahon; checkers, Earl IT, Christman and Thomas Driscoll: envelope booth, Laurence Nolan and A. F.. Blackledge; booth tenders. Walter A.. Armstrong and Thcmas H. Smith: machine tend CTS. Fred C. Geer and John F. Malone
 Fourth District-Moderator, William E. Wilcox, John Hoolihan and Frank E. Lathrop. checkers: John Dawson and John Casey. challengers; machine tenders, John Blacker and Moves D. Chase: Henry Brown, box tender; John w Murphy, doorkeeper: Henry J. Brown. box tender; envelope booths, w. S. Case and Arthur A. Bennett: booth tenders. Theodore Geritz and John German.
 Fifth District-Moderator - Bryan challengers, Henry F'ontaine and Adolph Larow; Byron Tarbox. box tender; machine tenders, Harry