Putnam patriot., 1924-10-10
THOMPSON ELECTORS
 REFLECT BELLERUSE
Splitting of Republican Tickets Also Re-eIects Philip Du-
 hamel
Annual Town Meeting Quiet.-Pelle-
 tier ls Victor Over Cortiis

ter ls victor ONeF Nortth
 There were several things about Mondays annual town election in Thompson which set 1t of as one of more than usual interest. There was the reelection, for instance. of Will fred II. Bellerose as first selectman on the Democratic ticket, proving his popularity with his townspe0ple. The other two selec.men are Republicans, Charles V. Chase, who is reelected, and George F. Whitney, chairman of the Republican town committee, who IS the new member of the board, and who by receiving 426 votes, ran ahead of his ticket.
 Reflect Philip Duhamel
 Then also is the reelection of Philip Duhamel as tax collector over his Re- publican aspirant, Edward Desaul- niers. Perhaps greatest interest in the election centered in this contest, the voters giving Mir. Duhamel 469 votes. and Mr. Desaulniers 396.
 There is also the contest for places on the school committee. Two Repub- licans and two Democrats were elect ed. E. II. Corttis. for years a mem Der and at one time chairman, was de- feated. Frank A. Pelletier, who was elected to the school board, may not legally have been chosen for the board as, in his case. it has not been deter mined if the vacancy exists for which he was elected to fill John Kennedy, who formerly resided in Mechanics vile and is now living in Putnam. has not resigned as yet as a member of the school board. One contention is that Mir. Kennedy has lost his legal resi- denee in Thompson and Is therefore no longer a member of the board. wheth- r he has resigned or not This point is in doubt and legal advice will be sought to clear 1t up. 1T a vacancy ex- ists. then Mr. Pelletier is entitled to membership on the school board.
 ss9 Ballots Cast
 4 total of S89 ballots was cast in the annual election, fourteen of which were threwn out. Of the good ones. 333 were straight Democratic ballots and 303 straight Republican. The majority of the 253 split tickets were east by Republicans
 adge Oscar MunyaB was moderator of the annual town business meeting. and Town Clerk Dyer <. Elliott acted as clerk. The business of the meeting was disposed of as follows: Appro- priated S26 900 for district schools; appropriated S3l 500 from the income ef the Tourtellotte Fund for running expenses of the high school: appro- nriatcd Sl GOO for furnishing the new school al Meehaniesville; appropriated s2 .0o0 from the accumulated income of the Tourtellotte Fund for repairs to high school building; appropriated SI06 from accumulated income of rouftellotte Fund for repairs of Tour tellotte House; laid on table the pro posed appropriation of S20, 900 for an addition and alterations to North Grosvenardale school; appropriated sl0.000 for highways; left in the hands of the seleetmen the matter of clearing the highways of snow; ap- proprinted $500 for the observance of Memorial Day; appropriated S2O0 for the Thompson Library; appropriated 5000 for the Day Kimball Hospital; i; instructed the selectmen to make an inventory of all town property, wher- ever found and report at the annual town meeting in 1925; took no action on the proposal to build q road to the kingsbury farm in East Thompson.
 The Results of Balloting
 The result of the balloting in Mon days election was as follows:
 Assessors, Fred L. Hutehins, r. 399. William St Marie, d. 425, both elected board of relief, Barton Jac- obs. r. 807, Fernando C. Ross, d, 390, | Mir Jacobs elected; selectmen. Nilfred Bellerose. d, 477, George l.. Whitney, r. 426, Charles B. Chase, r, 4l6, Geo. | w Tefft, d, 379. the first three elect ed, Mir Bellerose first selectman. au- | ditors. Otto F.. Sward, r. and Louis Elliott, d. both elected; grand jurors, J. Emile Johnson. E. S. Backus and T. J. Davern. r. Frank J. McMullan, l Amodee Bellernse and Fred Loiselle |, all elected tax collector, Philip Du- hamel. d. 469, Edward Desaulniers, r 396. Mir. Duhamel elected; eonstables William N. Bates, Neri Coderre. An drew Rosene. Harry Evans. r, and Jo- seph Blanchette. William :. Marie and Frank J. Bates. q, ali elected regis thars of voters George Whitney. r, l0l. and Clarence Stevens, d, 376, both elected: school committee for three years. Rev. Bernard NJ. Donnelly. d, 424. O. E. Sward r, 3s4. Dyer $. FL liott, r, 422. all elected; school com mittee one year Frank A. Pelletier. d.
 i33. r. II. Colt, r, 369, MT. Pelletier