John F. McBride

John F. McBride was a Billerica Town Meeting member from 1956 through the mid-1960s and served the town on the Housing Authority, the Finance Committee and the School Committee. He was first elected a town meeting member in 1956, for a one-year term, and was returned at later elections through the mid-1960s. In 1963 he was secretary of the Billerica Housing Authority, of which Joseph H. Johnson was chairman. He was named to the Finance Committee for a term running to 1967, but resigned on October 20, 1966, and Stephen Berecz was appointed in his place.

In March 1968 he was elected to the School Committee for three years with 1,934 votes, second to Irving Folk with 2,251, ahead of Elaine T. Horlink (1,650) and Paul T. Lanigan (352). He served as the committee's secretary for the whole of his term, with Folk and Andrew T. Card among his colleagues. He did not run again for the School Committee in 1971; at that March election he was instead a candidate for a one-year unexpired term as associate assessor, receiving 243 votes in a field of seven won by Charles H. McNulty with 1,424. From 1972 to 1975 he was a member of the Gilson Hill Committee, chaired by George S. Gracie Jr., which planned the recreational use of Gilson Hill, land the Commonwealth had deeded to the town.

References

1. Billerica Town Reports 1955-1959: 1956 election, town meeting members (one year), John F. McBride 316; precinct lists 1958-1959
2. Billerica Town Reports 1960-1964: Billerica Housing Authority 1963, John F. McBride, Secretary; Finance Committee list 1964
3. Billerica Town Report 1966, Finance Committee: John McBride, term 1967, resigned Oct. 20, 1966; Stephen Berecz appointed to the vacancy
4. Billerica Town Report 1968, annual election: School Committee (3 years), Folk 2,251, McBride 1,934, Horlink 1,650; McBride secretary
5. Billerica Town Report 1971, annual election: Associate Assessor (unexpired term), Charles H. McNulty 1,424, John F. McBride 243
6. Billerica Town Report 1972: Gilson Hill Committee, George S. Gracie Jr., chairman, including John F. McBride