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258 BOARD OF APPFL" S IwIEETIi1G ' June 1-4, 191x1 A meeting of the Board of Appeals vias held at the home of I;ir. C. Ea,,,'ard Cxlynn, 56 Hancock Street, at 8:15 P. Pi. TaIessrs. Glynn, ?;inball, Robbins, Loc'_.e, and Brown were present. The Secretary was also present. The record of the meeting held on Jure 6th was de- clared aaproved,with a few minor corrections. The Board in private session considered the petition of Frances M. Wilson, Inc., for permission to maintain an undertaking establishment at 1556 TIass. Ave., Lexington. Upon motion of Er. Locke, seconded by L. -r. Brown, it was voted to deny the petition in the following form: The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chap- ter 40, Sec. 127, having received a written petition addressed to it by Francis M. Wilson, Inc. a copy of which is hereto annexed, h6ld a public hearing thereon of which notice was Trailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear ' on the riost recent local tax list, and also advertised in the Lexington Minute aian, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Roca, in the Town Office Building; on June 6, 1941. One Associate and three rembers 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 they desired permission to maintain an undertaking establishment at 1556 Mass. Ave., Lexington, the premises being owned at present by Daniel J. O'Connell; that Frances E.. Wilson, Inc. had been operating in Somerville for some forty or fifty years; that it was proposed to have P,rlr. Burt R. I,Iartin as the resident undertaker, and that he also probably would live on the premises; that the premises would be used for both undertaking, and a funeral home, and that it would be necessary to mane some interior changes in order to provide a chapel, also a preparation room and living quar- ters upstairs; that no plans had been drawn up; that the garage would be used for one car, but probably no hearse would be kept on the premises; that the property in question is 96' deep with an 80' frontage. Evidence was offered on behalf of the citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show that there , would be an iir_pairment to the status of the neighborhood