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1 <br />1 <br />BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING <br />APRIL 15th, 1938 <br />A meeting of the Board of Appeals was -held in the Select- <br />men's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chairman <br />Maddison, Messrs. Glynn, Ferguson, Kimball and Robbins were <br />present. The Secretary was also present. <br />At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open on the application <br />of the Girl Scouts of Lexington for permission to maintain a <br />Girl Scout House on the premises located at 2 Lincoln Street <br />owned by Margaret E. O'Brien. The notice of the hearing was <br />read by the Clerk, Mr. Robbins. About sixty persons were <br />present at the hearing. <br />Mrs. Norman I. Downs, Commissioner of the Lexington Girl <br />Scouts, spoke in favor of the granting of the petition. She <br />said that it had been the dream of the leaders of the Girl <br />Scouts for years to have some headquarters. Mrs. Downs read <br />from the Girl Scout Blue Book, the ideals and aims of a Scout. <br />Mrs. Downs said that the house at 2 Lincoln Street had been <br />offered to the Girl Scouts and because it adjoined the play- <br />ground, the location wad ideal. The Scouts could have a <br />nature library, a miniature bird sanctuary, an arts and crafts <br />room, a room in which astronomical charts could be kept, etc. <br />Mrs. Downs said that Concord and Hingham had scout headquarters <br />in residential neighborhoods and these headquarters had proved <br />to be an asset to the neighborhood rather than a detriment. <br />The Chairman asked Mrs. Downs to explain in detail what <br />the house would be used for. She said that it would be used <br />as headquarters for the council meetings and troop meetings. <br />Some of the younger girls will have their activities inside the <br />house. Occasionally there may be picnic groups. <br />Ir. Kimball asked if there would be any evening uses and <br />Mrs. Downs said that the Girl Scout leaders did not encourage <br />evening parties as the girls were too young for that. However, <br />occasionally they might have a tea or something like that take <br />place in the evening but at any rate, it would not be late. <br />Mr. Glynn asked if the hours the children would use the <br />house would be after school, and she replied in the affirmative. <br />Mr. Glynn asked where the present headquarters were and Mrs. <br />Downs said that they did not have any. <br />Mr. Willard C. Hill of 2160 Mass. Avenue spoke in favor <br />of the granting of the petition. He said that he hoped the <br />Board would see fit to grant the permit, speaking not as a <br />near -by neighbor, although he lives in the general vicinity. <br />He said he could not but feel that the interest of the Town <br />almost required that the Board do this for the people. He <br />said he knew he was speaking for a great many mothers and <br />fathers. He said that Lexington was destined to have in the <br />near future, a place for the youth of the Town that would be <br />117 <br />
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