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BOARD OF APPEALS" • October 6,1944 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectman's Room, Town Office Building on Friday October 6, 1944 at 8:00 p.m Chairman Glynn, Messrs. Nickerson, Bowker and Associate Members Brown and Lynah were pre- sent. The Clerk was also present. At 8:00 p.m. hearing was declared open upon the peti- tion of Mrs. Margaret Kimball Harch for permission to maintain a nursery school on the premises located at 2117 Massachusetts Avenue_,, Lexington. Mrs. Harch and lur. & Mrs. Rich were present at the hearing. The notice of the hearing was read by Dir. Bowker. Mr. Rich stated that he is a member of a committee formed by a group of parents who are trying to get the, nursery school organized for children under six years of age. He said that there would be twenty children, pos- sibly, attending the school. He stated -.that Mrs. Kimball, the owner of the property at 2117 Massachusetts Avenue, had consented to allow the use of two or three rooms and a portion of the yard for the purpose of conducting the • school, providing the school pays expenses. Mr. Rich further informed the Board that the school would be op- erated entirely on a non-profit basis, the idea being to provide adequate nursery school at cost for the members. He said that it is the desire to incorporate at some future date and read the following names of parents in- terested in forming the nursery school: Mesdames Richey, Fogler, McGregor, Byfield, Harch, Jackson, Packard, Kepple, Burrows, Funkhouser, Pilkington, Pagliucca, Gardner, Annis and Lenhart. The Chairman asked what the age of the children would be and Mr. Rich replied from two and onehalf years to six years. The Chairman asked if the school would be more or less or a kindergarten and Mrs. Harch replied that it would be less organized and probably better described as a school of supervised play. She said that there would be a day to day attendance and at least one mother present each day to work with a paid director. The Chairman asked if his understanding that there would be only twenty children attending was correct, and Mrs. Harch replied in the affirmative and stated that there would not be room for more. The Chairman stated if a permit were issued, it would have to be made out in some particular name. Mrs. Harch r