[3] In 1924, he was a candidate for State Senate in the Seventh Middlesex District, but lost in the Republican primary to Charles P.

During his tenure on the board, Evans and fellow selectman C. F. Nelson Pratt paid out of pocket for repairs to a bridge frequently used by Saugus residents that the town could not pay to fix because it was on private property.

[9] In 1937, the Saugus Public School System became embroiled in a controversy after English teacher and dramatic coach Isabelle Hallin was not reappointed by the school committee amid rumors that she had served cocktails to students during a drama club rehearsal at her home.

[10] The three members of the School Committee who voted against keeping Hallin insisted that their actions were based on reports from Evans on her abilities as a teacher and not the unproven rumors.

[13] In 1938, he traveled to Amherst, New Hampshire and helped convince Saugus High School graduate and college football star Harrington Gates to leave The Holy Ghost and Us Society, a cult led by Frank Sandford, and return to Dartmouth College.

[20] Evans would later become a supporter of Stinson and was the only Selectmen who opposed his firing in 1967, although he was unable to attend the meeting due to illness.

[25] On September 16, 1931, Evans married his second wife, Annie M. Emrick, at the Center Congregational Church in Lynn, Massachusetts.