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119 Mr. Paxton said that the 4-H Club had requested the use of Estabrook Hall on December 18, 1942 at 8:00 P.M. Mr. Locke moved that the use of the hall be granted free of charge. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Paxton said that Joseph Maienza would like to rent the grader to scrape Haskell Street. Mr. Sarano moved that the rental of the equipment be authorized proveded Mr. Maienza paid for the same, plus the operator's time. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Paxton said that he had changed the hours of all the night watchmen at the Public Works Building. One man Equipment Rental street was done. He said that walls had been built on Wood Street in front of Syerts, H. Maguire's, F. Maguire's, and Holten's but not in front of the Bashian property. After his brother wrote the letter, the Selectmen said that the work would be done and some work was done on the trees which his brother supervised but when he took sick the work stopped. Mr. Rowse asked what the Town agreed to do and Toras Bashian said that his brother came to a Selectmen's meet- Bashian ing and the Selectmen agreed to do what he asked, but all they did was to start work on the walls. The Chairman said that the taking was made in 1930 and they had the right to claim damages within one year. The letter request- ing thatcertain things be done was dated 1934. The Chair- man said that Bedros Bashian may have had some agreement with someone for certain work to be done but what obliga- tion there was was simply a moral one. He pointed out that Mr. Bedros Bashian's letter written in 1934 was ad- dressed to Mr. Robert P. Trask as E.R.A. Administrator and not as a Selectman. Mr. Bashian said that Mr. T. A. Custance was on the Board at the time the taking was made and he promised him that the property would be put back into as good condition as it was before the work was done. The.Chairman told Mr. Bashian that the Selectmen would investigate the matter as thoroughly as they could and would consider it further, and advise him of their decision. Mr. Bashian retired at 8:55 P.M. The matter was held over for two weeks. Mr. Paxton said that the Lexington Minute Men wished to meet in the corridor of Cary Hall on December 16, 1942 from 8:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. Uses Mr. Rowse moved that the request be granted. Mr. of Locke seconded the motion, and it was so voted. halls Mr. Paxton said that the 4-H Club had requested the use of Estabrook Hall on December 18, 1942 at 8:00 P.M. Mr. Locke moved that the use of the hall be granted free of charge. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Paxton said that Joseph Maienza would like to rent the grader to scrape Haskell Street. Mr. Sarano moved that the rental of the equipment be authorized proveded Mr. Maienza paid for the same, plus the operator's time. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Paxton said that he had changed the hours of all the night watchmen at the Public Works Building. One man Equipment Rental