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• is SELECTMEN'S MEETING May 42 1942. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux and Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Locke, and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, appeared before the Board and stated that it was necessary to draw a juror to serve on criminal business at Cambridge, First Session, beginning June 1, 1942. Mr. Arthur Pierce, 6 Juror Dexter Road, chauffeur, was the juror drawn. Mr. Carroll retired. At 7:31 P.M. hearing was declared open upon peti- tion of Giles Smith, representing the Trustees of the Simonds Farm, for approval of the Board of Survey of proposed new roads and lots on the Homestead Property, located on Grove Street, Lexington. Mr. Giles Smith, Mr. W. S. Caouette, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Edward W. Kimball, Mr. E. B. Worthen, Jr., Mr. Feed Newhall, Mr. W. Roger Greeley, Mr. Donald Nickerson, and Mr. and Mrs. Royal D. Chandler of 101 Grove Street were present at the hearing. The notice of the hearing was read by Chairman Giroux. Mr. Smith said that after they began work, their attention was called by the Planning Board to the importance of finding out where Route 128 would go. They asked the State for the location, and had to wait several days, as the engineers were making surveys of the site. Mr. Smith was told that the State officials did not wantto be committed too definitely, and that it might be a matter of five to ten years before the road went through. The question of straightening out Grove Street arose, and he asked the Planning Board what it had in mind. After talking with them, he had a new plan made in which the changes were incorporated. This plan was presented to the Board. It showed Route 128 with a width of 200'. He said the Trustees wanted to keep the pond, and they planned the layout with the contour of the ground in mind. They planned on about twenty houses at the present time. The Chairman asked if Route 128 would go through the Simonds Estate, and Mr. Smith replied in the affirm- ative. The Chairman said that if the plan was approved, It would be subject to changes made necessary on account of the layout of Route 128. Simonds Board of Survey hearing