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235 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING OCTOBER 14, 1938 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chair- man Maddison and Messrs. Glynn, Kimball and Ferguson were present. The Secretary was also present. In the absence of Clerk Robbins, Mr. Kimball was elected Clerk Pro -tem. At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open on the applica- tion of Victor N. Rochette, M. D. for permission to maintain a physician's office at 255 Bedford Street, Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk Pro -tem. Several people appeared at the hearing. Dr. Rochette and his father-in-law were present. The Chairman asked Dr. Rochette if he had lived in Concord, New Hampshire and was simply moving his practice down here, and he replied in the affirmative. The Chairman asked him if he was registered in Massachusetts, and he said that he was and that his Registration number was 17823. Mr. Glynn asked if he desired to have a general practice, and he replied that he did. Dr. H. B. Osgood of Bedford Street asked if this involved the zoning law, and the Chairman said that it,did not. He then asked if Dr. Rochette intended to have any resident patients, and he said that he did not. Dr. Rochette said that he had been a doctor in a mental hospital in Concord and was very glad to get away from patients. Dr. Osgood said that he had obtained a letter from the State Board of Registration of Medicine in New Hampshire which spoke very favorably of Dr. Rochette, and had received a wire from a Dr. Dollof of the State Hospital, also speaking very highly of Dr. Rochette. He said that if Dr. Rochette was not going to have resident patients and was going to have a general practice, he thought that section of the Town would be very glad to welcome him to Lexington. No persons appeared in opposition, and the hearing was declared closed at 8:07 P.M. The group retired. The matter of the petition of Dr. Victor N. Rochette for permission to occupy 255 Bedford Street for the mainten- ance of a physician's office was considered, and letters from Concord, New Hampshire to the effect that his reputation while there was good having been received, it was unanimously voted to grant the petition in the following form (Mr. Robbins wishing to be recorded in favor) :