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Mr. Thomas Lynah of 32 Muzzey Street said that he supposed a clubhouse at 20 Muzzey Street would not affect him as much as it would Mrs. Mara or Mrs. Daey, but that Muzzey Street is a short street and now has one clubhouse and a telephone exchange. He said that he objected to the granting of the petition fully appreciating that the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or any other organization, is entitled to a club. However, he did not want another clubhouse on Muzzey Street and wished to be recorded in opposition. Mrs. Tarbell of 2 Raymond Street said that she objected to the petition being granted as she thought this section should be kept residential. Mrs. Henry Robertson of 4 Raymond Street said that she ob- jected to changing the zoning of this section as it would affect her property. Mr. Charles Beaudry of 5 Raymond Street said that he would like to have this section kept strictly residential. He stated that he wished to be recorded as being opposed to changing this zone from that of residential. Mr. Herbert Lawrence of 22 Muzzey Street said that he hoped this street would remain residential. He believed ,property owners had purchased their homes and improved them with the idea that the Zoning Laws would protect them. Mrs. Rice of 26 Muzzey Street also stated that she opposed to having a men's club on this street. The group retired at 8:30 P.M. The Chairman said that it seemed significant that no persons appeared in favor of granting the petition except those who be- longed to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He said that this particular section was originally included in the two-family zone and at the request of the residents it was taken out of the two-family zone and put in the residential zone. It was the feeling of the Board that the request from the Veterans of Foreign Wars was all right as far as the organization was concerned, but as a strict matter of planning, they would not be entitled to the petition being approved over the objections of the property owners. The Board has been guided very largely, when the Town is not generally affected, by the feeling of the immediate property owners. Mr. Maddison felt that one clubhouse in the neighborhood was enough for the residents to have to contend with. Upon motion of Mr. Maddison, seconded by Mr. Bowker, it was unanimously voted to deny the petition in the following form: The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as amended, having received a written petition addressed to it by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was i•