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SELECTMENtS MEETING ' FEB. 2nd, 1940 A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on February 2, 1940, at 4:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux and Messrs. Locke, Potter and Sarano were present. Mr. Rowse appeared at 4:45 P.M. The Clerk was also present. At 4:40 P.M. Mr. Beach and Mr. Paxton appeared before the Board. Mr. Beach said that Mr. Byrle J. Osborne came to see him and wanted him to bring the following matter to the attention of the Board. He wanted the Board to write up a W.P.A. project for historical records of the town. On this project, it would cost ten dollars per month per person besides supplies and so forth which would probably make the cost $15. The Chairman suggested that Mr. Beach take this matter up with Mr. Worthen and see what he thought of it and then report to the Board next Monday evening. The Chairman asked Mr. Beach if there was any way he knew of for getting information as to whether or not the W.P.A. project requested woulA or would not be approved before Feb. 19, 1940, and Mr. Beach replied in the negative. Mr. Locke said that he talked with Mr. Cosgrove this morn- ing. Cosgrove said that one of the projects had come back as ' the W.P.A. is objecting to some of the things included such as Sponsor's contribution. It was Mr. Cosgrove's opinion that the other projects would be returned also. Salaries can no longer be included. If all the projects submitted are coming back for revision without the salaries, equipment, rentals may be included but operator's salaries cannot be. included. Mr. Rowse asked what the status of the surface drain- age projects were. He said he thought our program for the year should be made up so that only the most important things would be done. The Chairman said that a great many projects had to be submitted to see which of them would be approved then the Board must decide which are the best projects to be done. Mr. Rowse agreed that these projects had to be submitted, but his idea was that if we were going to be restricted to doing without town personnel, or rather the inclusion of their salaries, we want to make sure that we do the most worthwhile projects. The .Chairman asked if the Town could stop a project when it wished and Mr. Beach said that it could if there was hood reason for it. He .said, however, that we never had stopped a project yet. We may discontinue one at any time however for good and sufficient reason. The Chairman wanted to know that if the sewer projects were approved and the Board told Mr. Beach to take the men off the Playground project he could do it without trouble, ' and he replied in the affirmative. The Chairman told Mr. Beach that on Feb. 15th the Selectmen were going to have a joint meeting with the Appropriation Committee regarding W.P.A. He asked Mr. Beach to have as much information as