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480 SELECTMEN'S MEETING APRIL 79 1931. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Trask, Custance, Blake, Shannon and Gilcreast were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. Mr. Edward Wood, Chairman, ,Cemetery Commissioners, came before the Board to see if he could get an article inserted in the Town Warrant to secure the property Land for adjacent to the Westview Cemetery, formerly owned by Cemetery Mrs. Frost. This property consists of approximately purposes, one acre of land which has been used as a dump and is a very unsightly piece of property to adjoin the cemetery. The Commissioners understood that the taxes had not been paid on the land for some time, and felt that possibly an article in the Warrant could turn the land over to them for use. Mr. Blake stated that at one time he had a tax . title on this property and he would look the matter up and see how it stood. Mr. Russell I. Prentiss, Commander of the American Legion, came before the Board to request that an article be inserted in the Warrant. Mr. Prentiss explained that the Legion voted to. request an article be inserted in the Warrant. He stated that the Legion has a Building Committee add a fund of about $3500, and they felt that they would like to have a piece of land purchased or leased for a building for the Legion; suggestion was made of the piece of property owned by Legion Mr. Blake on Waltham Street. request Mr. Blake called attention to the fact that he for land. understood that they were interested in the Bennett property next to the Post Office, where Mr. Everett Locke formerly lived. Mr. Blake stated that he under- stood this property could be purchased and a building could be built in the rear for an assembly hall. He felt that this property, being in the business district, in a few years to come would be very valuable and the proposition would pay for itself. Mr. Albert A. Ross stated that Mr. Dennett was asking 12,000 for this piece of property, and he would donate 2000 for the purpose by giving them the property for $101000. He believed, however, that they might get the property for $9000. The Board questioned whether or not the Legion had sufficiently gone into the locations of property, and wondered if it would not be better to make a more complete investigation before putting an article in the Warrant. i n