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Clarence Sayward Wilkinson (born September 26, 1910 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, died July 12, 1996 in Bremen, Maine was an American politician who served as Mayor of Beverly, Massachusetts from 1951– 1957, State Representative from 1957 to 1961, Town Manager of Saugus from 1968 to 1970, and Town Manager of Boothbay Harbor, Maine from 1970 to 1975.
Wilkinson was elected Mayor of Beverly, Massachusetts in 1950 and re-elected in 1952, 1954, and 1956. During his tenure as Mayor, Beverly celebrated its 325th anniversary, hosted World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano, hosted two Sports Car Club of America auto racing events, and built two new schools.
In 1953, Wilkinson was a candidate for State Representative, but lost in the Republican primary to Herbert Tuckerman.
In 1955, Wilkinson received a type-written letter containing a threat to kill him if he did not pay four million dollars. An investigation by Beverly police revealed that the letter was written by a fourteen-year-old boy at a junior high school.
Prior to becoming Mayor, Wilkinson spent four years as a member of the Beverly Board of Aldermen.
Wilkinson was elected State Representative in 1956. He served as State Representative and Mayor simultaneously during his final year as Mayor. He was reelected in 1958, but lost the 1960 Republican primary to George L. Allen.
In 1962, Wilkinson was named Associate State Commissioner of Public Works.
In 1965, Wilkinson made a return to elected office in Beverly as a member of the Board of Aldermen. In 1966, the town offered 207 acres of land abutting Beverly Municipal Airport to Boeing in attempt to convince them to build a proposed multimillion-dollar plant in Beverly. Wilkinson served as the town's liaison officer in the ultimately unsuccessful project. In 1967, Wilkinson ran again for Mayor, but finished third in the primary behind James A. Vitale and Herbert Grimes.
On October 14, 1968, Wilkinson was named Town Manager of Saugus, Massachusetts. He had previously been a finalist for the job in 1962, but the Board of Selectmen decided to give the job to John O. Stinson.
Wilkinson resigned as Saugus Town Manager in 1970 to take the same position in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He remained as Boothbay Harbor's Town Manager until his retirement in 1975.
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Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME)
July 14, 1996
Clarence Sayward Wilkinson, 85, of Waldoboro Road died Thursday at his home.
He was born in Gloucester, Mass., a son of John F. and Lucy Sayward Wilkinson, and was a 1927 graduate of Gardner (Mass.) High School.
During World War II, he worked in the gear plant of General Electric, Lynn, Mass. Mr. Wilkinson was a Massachusetts state representative and was the mayor of Beverly, Mass., from 1950-1957.
From 1969-1970, he was the town manager of Saugus, Mass. For several years, he was the associate commissioner of public works for the state of Massachusetts and owned his own road construction business. He was a member of the Bass River Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Liberty Lodge of Masons in Beverly. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson moved to Bremen in 1970, and he was town manager of Boothbay Harbor until retiring in 1975. He later was a town selectman in Bremen for several years. He was an associate member of the Bristol Masonic Lodge and Round Pond Odd Fellows.
A daughter, Deborah Wilkinson Angelini, died previously.
Surviving are his wife of Bremen; a son, Roger of Stratham, Mass.; a daughter, Susan J. Rich of Hamilton, Mass.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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