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47h Dr. Ellicott suggested that a letter be gent to Mr. Morey stating that the program for Medical Service for the Elderly was ready to start and since the Selectmen had approved the taking of funds from the Public Trusts if he would send the quarterly payments directly to the Visiting Nurse Association the program would be initiated. Dr. Ellicott also requested he be notified when this letter was sent so that he could check with Mr. Morey. Mr. Manfred Freidman, 176 Grove Street, came before the MOSQUITO Board to discuss the mosquito control program. CONTROL Mr. Freidman said as he understood the mosquito control program it was done in two parts (1) drainage work, (2) spraying the adult mosquito. He said he had asked a number of questions of Mr. Armstrong at Town Meeting and never seemed to get any answers. He went on to say when Mr. Armstrong speaks at Town Meeting it is always about comfort and convenience and never about health reasons. Mr. Freidman said he felt there was no reason for the spraying of the adult mosquito because he felt this part of the program was very ineffective. The insecticide lasted only a day or two at best. The drainage work and the treating of the larvae was good. It has been proved in Cal- ifornia the insects build up an immunity to the insecticides and then if there was an emergency these insecticides would not be effective. Dr. Cosgrove said he felt the whole program was effective because there would be many areas in town where people could not be in their back yard if this program was not carried out. After further discussion Mr. Freidman said he would like to know from Mr. Armstrong the following: 1. What their pro- gram is? 2. What they use for the treating of drains and ditches and what they use for spraying? 3. Where he carries out this program? Mr. Lambie said he had obtained a late study about mos- quitos put out by Cornell University which he lent to Mr. Friedman. The Board thanked Mr. Friedman for coming in and assured him they would check this program before the next Town Meeting. At 8:00 P.M. Mr. Ralph Cataldo, Mr. Sullivan, engineer for CATALDO'S the Town of Arlington, and Mr. Williams of the Conservation DUMP Committee came before the Board to discuss the request of Mr. Cataldo to have the time extended for his agriculture land re- clamation project. Mr. Heustis explained to the Board that a complaint had been received regarding the trucks going in and out of the area where Mr. Cataldo was filling. One truck had no tail- board, another truck was uncovered and there had also been complaints of dust and mud on the street. Mr. Heustis said when he spoke to Mr. Cataldo these things were corrected. Mr. Cataldo explained that he had let a private contractor in to dump fill from the Junior High West and he brought in over 300 trucks of fill in one day. It was good fill but because Cr *14 1 1 1