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SELECTMEN'S MEETING May 12, 1942. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on Monday evening, May 11, 1942 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Locke, and Sarano were present. The Assistant Clerk was also present. At 7:30 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the petition of the Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for permission Pole to erect ten poles on Winter Street, northerly from location Bedford Street. No persons appeared at the hearing. Mr. Potter moved that the petition be granted and the order signed. Mr. Locke seconded the motion, and it was so voted. At 7:32 P.M. Mr. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, ap- eared before the Board with bids on the loan of 1001,000.00 authorized at the May 1, 1942 meeting. The loan is to be payable to the National Shawmut Bank May 7, 1943 and dated May 12, 1942. Bids were re- eeived as follows: Lexington Trust Company.5A discount Second National Bank .51 discount Mr. Rowse moved that the sum of $50,000.00 be borrowed from each bank. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion, and it was so voted. At 7:55 P.M. Mr. Edward McDonough, of the Adjutant General's Office, Mr. Albert Evans, of the State Guard, and Messrs. Rucker, Emery, Adams, and Clifford of the Lexington Committee on Public Safety appeared before the State Board. Guard The Chairman said that he had invited the Chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and Mr. Clifford of the Auxiliary Police to attend this meeting relative to a State Guard Reserve in Lexington inasmuch as they have been training Auxiliary Police since July, 1940. The Chairman said that many people had the idea that a State Guard unit might be requested to go out of Town. In the meantime the Adjutant General's office has stated that the State Guard Reserve could not be called out except in the case of an invasion. The Chairman asked how the Committee on Public Safety felt about this unit. •