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134 SILECTMENIS MEETING ,.APRIL 9, 1940. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7=30 P,X9 Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Locke and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. At 7s30 P.M. Father Mackey and Father Connor of the Sacred Heart Church in East Lexington, and Mr. A. Thomas Ferry, representing the American Legion, appeared before the Board. The Chairman said that the purpose of having them in was to.discuss the matter of a carnival permit forEast Lexington. He said that last year when the Selectmen had applications for four permits#',they asked that the four Carnival organizations get together and decide which ones were to permit* have the permits. They decided that the Church was to have one for 1939. The Selectmen have taken the stand that they would allow not more than one carnival a year due to Qom• plaints from the residents of East Lexington. Last winter the Legion submitted an application for permission to run a carnival in East Lexington the week of June 17th and the Church has made a similar application for the week of June ' 16th. Father Connors said that nine years ago, his parish was started. Eight years ago, they waw the prospect of using the Viano lot on Mass. Avenue as a place where a carnival might be successful. $hurt,17 after that they ran their first carnival and they have been running one each year since. The Selectmen received complaints because the carnivals were allowed to run for three consecutive weeks. However, the people had no objection to the parish running the carnival. Father Connors said he skid not believe that the people would object to two carnivals if one was run the first of the summer and the other one later on. The objection before was that there were carnivals there three weeks in succession* He said that his parish needed the Aloney it would realize from the carnival. He said that some of the Legionaires he talked to knew nothing whatsoever of the plan to have a carnival. The Legion represents people from all over town, but his parishoners are from East Lexington entirely. He had no objection to the Legion, but thought that the parish should not be penalized. The Chairman read a letter from Nellie H. Viano, owner of the lot of land in cg estion. She said a short time ago two representatives of the Legion Post in Lexington asked if the land would be available for a carnival for them and she replied in the affirmative, but no agreement was made. She said that since then she had heard of the ' Selectmen's ruling allowing only one carnival in East Lexington and said that she would not make any contract