Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04
WILLIMANTIC

The vote for offices was as follows
 star indicating election:
 Assessor-George H. Spencer 1504 sJoseph F. Gaudreau d 1541. Board of Reiief-*Alphonse Chagnon r 1705, George B. MtCracken q 1913. Seiectmen--"James M Smith S040 George A. Cook 1793, sFrank M. Lin 1 coin 14s6.
 Town Clerk-Charles H. Beebe 1892 +Frank P. Fenton d 1923. Town Treasurer-Charles H. Beebe I 146s. Crank P. Fenton 1924. Agent of Town Deposit Fund-'Ed-
 win H. Hall 1645, Bert F. More d 1889 Auditor-HJ. Raymond Smith 106Si | John H. Morrison 1884. Collector of Taxes-*Joseph M. Be
 rard 1885, William H. N. Mckinley d 14s2.
 Constables-*Harry W. Avery 15Ss,
 'Wilbur G. Stevens r 1574, *Elmer M Young 1888, "Joseph H. Haddad r 1850, *Thomas ]. Killourey d 1425, | civilian D. Kelley 1514, Andrew Ogo- | zalek d 1882, Patrick Moriarty q 1407 Registrar of Votets-*A. Linn Wea-
 therhead 1877, *Thomas A. Shea q 14o6.
 Town School ommittee-'Frank E. Guild 1851, Harriet B. Fenton 1868
  i Bugbee d 1417.
 l Poor weather conditions failed to prevent a fair sized vote in the annual l town election of Windham Monday. The vote cast was about 61 per cent. of the ] total registration. The call for the an | nual town meeting contained eight other clauses but these were continued by vote until Saturday afternoon at O. clock, when the following items will be put to vote: receiving of reports of town officers and school committee author izing selectmen and town treasurer to
 borrow money to carry current expenses
 of the town for the ensuing year; to de- termine whether the town of Windhanl will vote to appropriate $960 for the Willimantic Welfare Bureau and $950
 for St. Josephs hospital and s100 for the public library at Windham Center and to act on a petition of Richard A.
 Perry and twenty-two others of the town of Windham for additional electric lights at South Windham. The voting in the morning hours on Monda ywas slow and at 10 o'clock the total vote was $40, of which $40 were mems votes and 300 women's votes This was an average of 210 an hour | and at that rate the total vote would l have reached but little over 2300, or | less than fifty per cent. of the total. This vote. however. was heavier thar | Monday was slow and at 10 o'clock the l only 720 had voted. Both the republi. can and democratic headquarters were
 busy checking up the lists and caring | for their voters and the vote came ir | heavier from this time on. During the noon hour in spite of tht downpour the vote was heavy At 1 O l clock the figures showed that 1710 vot CTS had cast their ballots, 10S0 men ant $50 women. At this rate the total vot
 would reach about 5000 for the day. A l noon, Moderator Judge Otto B. Robin 1 son had lifted but six votes which hat
 been mutilated.
 Voting speeded up during the late af i ternoon as usual and at 3 o'clock tn
 vote stood 145O men and $50 women,
 total of 240O. Voting speeded up dur
 ing the last two hours and when tn polls closed at o'clock the total vet
 was announced as 3125 or 61 per cen
 of the total vote of the town which i 5,lO4 according to the voting lists.
 The wornen's vote was lessened some
 what during the day owing to the wea
 ther, but the women at headquarters fir
 ished their work by bringing out 126
 voters while the men brought out 1S6