By Muriel Bristol | January 7, 2024
Continued from Milton Selectmen, 1802-1907
This list of Milton Selectmen for this period has been compiled from Milton annual Town Reports. (The bolded ones were identified as being the Chairman of that particular year).
1908 – Edgar A. Wentworth, Hazen Plummer, Charles A. Jones – Kidnapping
1909 – Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, Haven R. Jewett
1910 – Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, Haven R. Jewett
1911 – S.E. Drew, B.B. Plummer, C.S. Philbrick
1912 – S.E. Drew, B.B. Plummer, C.S. Philbrick
1912 – B.B. Plummer, C.S. Philbrick, R.M. Kimball
1913 – C.S. Philbrick, R.M. Kimball, B.B. Plummer
1914 – C.S. Philbrick, R.M. Kimball, G.E. Nute – Grammar School burned
1915 – R.M. Kimball, Forrest L. Marsh, Fred B. Roberts – Hotel Milton burned
1916 – Forrest L. Marsh, Fred B. Roberts, George E. Jordan
1917 – Forrest L. Marsh, Bard B. Plummer, James F. Reynolds – WW I
1918 – Forrest L. Marsh, Bard B. Plummer, James F. Reynolds – “Spanish” Flu
1919 – Forrest L. Marsh, B.B. Plummer, Fred M. Chamberlin
1920 – Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick, Joseph H. Avery
1921 – Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick, Joseph H. Avery
1922 – Charles S. Philbrick, Fred M. Chamberlin, Joseph H. Avery
1923 – Charles S. Philbrick, Joseph H. Avery, Fred M. Chamberlin
1924 – Joseph H. Avery, Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick
1925 – Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick, Hervey W. Dorr
1926 – Charles S. Philbrick, Hervey W. Dorr, Fred M. Chamberlin
1927 – Hervey W. Dorr, Charles S. Philbrick, Fred M. Chamberlin
1928 – Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick, Hervey W. Dorr
1929 – Charles S. Philbrick, Hervey W. Dorr, Fred M. Chamberlin – Depression
1930 – Hervey W. Dorr, Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick
1931 – Fred M. Chamberlin, Charles S. Philbrick, Louis E. Tibbetts
1932 – Charles S. Philbrick, Louis E. Tibbetts, Leroy J. Ford – Firemen strike
1933 – Louis E. Tibbetts, Leroy J. Ford, Charles S. Philbrick* (“*Deceased December 2, 1933”) – Prohibition repealed
1934 – Leroy J. Ford, Frank F. Spencer, Louis E. Tibbetts
1935 – Frank F. Spencer, Louis E. Tibbetts, Leroy J. Ford
1936 – Louis E. Tibbetts, Leroy J. Ford, Phillip G. Hayes – Town Clerk died
1937 – Leroy J. Ford, Phillip G. Hayes, Frank F. Spencer
1938 – Phillip G. Hayes, Frank F. Spencer, Stanley C. Tanner – Great Hurricane
1939 – Frank F. Spencer, Stanley C. Tanner, Leroy J. Ford – Horne murder
1940 – Stanley C. Tanner, Leroy J. Ford, Edward R. Stone
1941 – Leroy J. Ford, Edward R. Stone, Porter J. Durkee – WW II
1942 – Report not yet found
1943 – George E. Jordan, Leroy J. Ford, Arthur M. Flye
1944 – Leroy J. Ford, Arthur M. Flye, John G. Gilman
1945 – John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh, Halton R. Hayes
1946 – John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh, Halton R. Hayes
1947 – Ralph W. Pugh, Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman
1948 – Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh
1949 – John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh, Robert P. Laskey
1950 – Ralph W. Pugh, Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman – Korean War
1951 – Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman, Leroy J. Ford
1952 – John G. Gilman, Leroy J. Ford, Robert P. Laskey – Sesquicentennial
1953 – Leroy J. Ford, Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman
LINE PERAMBULATED. Middleton and Milton selectmen spent three days last week walking the town line – a chore performed every 7 years. John Gilman and Stanley Tanner were the Milton selectmen and Donald Francoeur represented Middleton (Farmington News, January 9, 1958).
References:
Milton Observer 