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287 SELECTMENIS MEETING I MAY 290 1933. A regular meeting of the Selectmen was held at the Selectments Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Trask, Gilcreast, Ferguson, O'Connell and Lyons were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Benjamin McDonald of 7 Harvard Avenue, Brookline came before the Board to ask the opinion of the Board on whether or not they would approve of the proposition he had to offer. He stated that he had been approached by Mr. Ryder to rent the Mohawk Club with the intention of purchasing. Mr. John O�Rourke of Cambridge, and himself were interested in renting the place as a strictly private club for professional and business men. They proposed to have a golf driving range, archery and tennis. They Ir oose to have a State Charter. The membership fee is set at 11009 and they felt that the place is just far enough Mohawk from Boston so that members would be interested in driving Club from Boston to visit the club. By way of entertainment property they intend to Use,the piano and they also intend to fix the veranda by increasing the length and having dancing perhaps once in two weeks for the club members. The meals he stated could be ordered prepared by the members. He read ' the lease which was prepared for the rental of the property and stated that they had to give Mr. Ryder some guarantee within six months as to whether they would btry" the property. He felt that taking this property over for that purpose would be far better than some other purpose for which it might be used and as long as Mr. Hyder was anxious to get rid of it, he may sell to some undesirable person. He stated that Mr. Ryder had no interest whatever in the proposition. He also stated that he would send to the Board, within a few days the names of the persons whose names would appear on.the charter. He desired to get the view point of the Board as to whether they would be in favor of this proposition, but -the Chairman informed him that it was up to the Board of Appeals to pass upon such matters and he should commun- icate with Mr. Arthur N. Maddison, Chairman of the Board of Appeals. Mr,. Lawrence G. Mitchell came before the Board and stated that he recieved a letter from the Department of Public Seeds. Welfare authorizing the furnishing of seeds to the welfare recipients, and stating that the state department would furnish the seeds. Mr. Mitchell reported regarding Domonle Modoono of 134 Woburn Street, that he had taken out his first papers, owns house at 98 Woburn Street free and clear. Mortgage on his own house has been reduced $500, and there is also small personal indebtedness at Lexington Savings Bank.