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SELECTMEN'S MEETING 0 August 18, 1941 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on Monday evening, August 18, 1941 at 7:25 P. M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Locke, Rowse and Sarano were present. The Assistant Clerk was also present. At 7:25 P. M. Mr. Carroll appeared before the Board for the drawing of one juror to serve on Criminal Business Juror First Session at Cambridge, Mass., beginning Wednesday, September 3, 1941. Mr. Walter H. Wilson, market gardener, of 5 Pleasant Street, was the juror drawn. The records of the meeting held on August 4, 1941, having been mailed to each member of the Board on August Records 8, 1941, upon motion of Mr. Potter, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was voted that the reading of those records be waived and that they be approved. At 7:30 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the peti- tion of the Boston Edison Company and the N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co. for permission to locate four (4) poles on Wood Street, easterly from a point approximately 800 feet east of the Lexington -Bedford Town line and for the Pole removal of six (6) poles on Wood Street, (Old Roadway), location easterly from a point approximately 770 feet east of the Lexington -Bedford Town line. No persons appeared in favor or in opposition. Mr. Potter moved that the locations be approved and the Order signed. Mr. Locke seconded the motion, and it was so voted. At 7145 P. M. Mr. John T. Cosgrove, representing Mr. Paxton who is away on vacation, appeared before the Board. Mr. Cosgrove asked approval of the rental of the Rental of Town grader and roller to Mr. R. H. Stevens for use in Town equip- the Follen Hill Estates development. It is the under- ment standing of the Board that the usual charge of $25.00 er day for the grader, plus the operator's time, and 15.00 per day for the roller, plus the operator's time, is to be paid. Mr. Potter moved that the rentals be approved. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Cosgrove reported that Mr. Walker, of the Lex- ington Trust Company, informed him that the bank wants $1500. for the land at the corner of Waltham Street and Park Drive. The Chairman asked how much of this land the Town would need.