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m ' BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING June 25, 1937. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office building, Lexington at 8:00 o'clock r. M. Ohairman Maddison and Messrs. Glynn, Kimball, Robbins, and Ferguson were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 o'clock P. M. hearing was declared open upon the application of Clarence N. Dalrymple for permission to maintain a roadside stand on the premises owned by the Ross Realty Corp. and located at No. 2621 Mass. Ave., Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk, Mr. Robbins. Mr. Dalrymple appeared in favor of the granting of the petition. He presented a sketch of the proposed stand and said that he would build it of good Igmber and would paint it. He said that he intended to put the stand back about fifteen feet from Mass. Ave. The Chairman asked if the Beople stopping for purchases would sto- right in front, and alrymple said that they could drive in around the driveway. He said that if it was necessary, he could put the stand back farther. ' Mr. Glynn asked if he could put it back twenty feet from Mass. Avenue, and he replied in the affirmative. The Chairman said that kr. Dalrymple had leased the property for a year. He asked him it he intended to grow everything he sold, and he said that he did. The Chairman read a letter received from Albert A. Ross stating that he was not opposed to the granting of the petition. Mr. Hugh Thompson of 2564 Mass. Avenue said that he was the nearest abutter and that he was in favor of the granting of the permit-. Mr. John Sullivan of 2407 Mass. Ave., whose land abuts Dalrymple's, said that he was in favor of the granting of the permit, also. He said that Dalrymple raised his own produce and he thought that he should be given an opportunity to sell it. The Misses Wilma and Yetta Drown of 2526 I�2ass. Ave. were present at the hearing. Miss Wilma Brown said that when they moved there, she was told that it was a residential section, and that someone at the Town Offices told her that a road- side stand would not be allowed there. She said that she and her sister had put considerable of their earnings into their home, and she believed that no one would want a road- side stand so near to his home. ' The Chairman said that whoever made the statement that a roadside stand could not be allowed, did so without authority.