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136 The hearing will be held on March 25th, 1938, at 8:15 P. M., in the Selectmen's Room, 'mown Office Building, Lexington, Mass. Arthur`N4 ,Maddison, Chairman, -Board of Appeals. The petition of the Girl Scouts of Lexington was discussed, and the vari•bus objections offered by neighbors was.considered. The Board felt that with the playgrounds and swimming pool so near, with the consequent noise from football, baseball, and other act- ivitiesthat with proper codtions this permit shld be Granted or one,ear, whenre petitioners desire to continue thV use of the property, another hearing can be held. Upon motion of Mr. Glynn, seconded by Mr. Kimball, it was voted to grant the following permit to the Girl Scouts of Lexington for permission to maintain a Girl Scout House at 2 Lincoln Street, as follows: BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by the Girl Scouts of Lexington, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building, on the 15th day of April, 1938. All members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That the Girl Scouts of Lexington had been offered the use of the property at 2 Lincoln. Street, Lexington, for the main- tenance of a Girl Scout House; that they did not have any head- quarters at the present time and many educational things had been offered them which they had no place to keep and conse- quently were distributed among the various people interested in the Girl Scout movement; that it was not their intention to use bugles and drums on the property. Various interested parties spoke in favor of the granting of the permit. Petitions and letters signed by 555 people were presented to the Board, about forty of them living in the vicinity of the property. At the request of the persons pres- ent, 34 were counted in favor of the granting of the petition, and 11 were opposed. Several of those opposed felt that it. would be detrimental to their property and would depreciate the value of same and that it would be noisy and expressed the fear that this would be a change in the Zoning Law. 1 1