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118 unescelled anywhere in the United estates for a town of its size, and that the town officials ought not to do anything to obstruct the plans of the donor. He said that the question was whether or not this would in any way be a nuisance to the neighborhood. He said he could speak from experience. He said that the Hancock Church had allowed the Girl Scouts the use of the parish house and no objection has ever been made by the neighbors and noneof the parish people feel that harm has come to the church because of the use. Last Fall, after having had this experience with the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts wanted to use the church. Mr. Hill was on the committee to investigate the advisability of allowing them to use the church and the committee recommended that the Boy Scouts be given this priv- ilege. For these reasons he could not see that it was a question of whether or not anyone was going to be harmed as he did not believe that they could be harmed. Mr. Hill said that in his opinion, doing things for young people was what we are here for. He said that he hoped the Board would be able to grant the petition. Mr. Walter Rowse of 17 Winthrop Road was the next speaker. He said he was happy to attend this meeting as he wished to go on record on behalf of the Home for Aged People which is in the vicinity of the locus in question, voicing the opinion of the directors that they welcome this home for the Girl Scouts. He said that the going and coming of the scouts holding their events, etc., would interest the residents of the Home. He said that a great deal of thought had been given to the matter and the Directors could not find a single reason for opposing the granting of the petition. They thought there was a great deal to be happy about. Hethought that the donor should be en- couraged and felt that if this petition was not granted, he might be offended. Mr. Rowse thought that the donor was in a position to bring a great deal of advantages to the Town. He said that he was willing to accept anything that would be of benefit to younger groups and organizations. He thought the Townspeople should be willing to accept any slight inconveniences to bring the greatest good to the largest number. He said he hoped that the Board would grant the petition. Mr. Hollis Webster of 1960 Mass. Avenue said he wished to second what had been said by the other two speakers. He wanted to emphasize the fact that the Girl Scouts was an organization that everybody was very proud of. The Girl Scouts develop character and educate children. He said that the fact that the Girl Scouts were so proud to be part of the Town had some bearing on the matter. He said that some of the acts of the Girl Scouts were noisy and that no doubt drum and bugle practice would be carried on in the headquarters. How- ever, he thought that this would be nothing like the noise of the playground in the immediate rear where ball games were carried on, etc. There would be no noise from the Girl Scouts 1 1 1