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23, GREY NUNS, INC. HEARING ' At 8:00 p.m. hearing was declared open upon the petition of the Grey Nuns Charities, Inc., for permission to use the first and second floors of the brick house at 6 Eliot Rd., Lexington as a convalescent and rest home. Notice of the hearing was read by Mr. Locke. Notices of this hearing had been mailed to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list. Mr. Locke: Mr. Lynch, do I understand that you will present the case to the Board? Mr. Lynch: Yes, Mr. Locke Locke - Will yok give us the story please. Lynch - Mr. Chairman, gentlemen, for the purposes of the record I would like to state that I am appearing as Attorney for the Grey Nuns Charities, Inc. I do not know what your agenda is tonight Mr. Chairman, do you have other hearings in addition? Locke - I think there are five or six. Lynch - Much of what I will say will apply to both of these petitions. I will not repeat it. I think that this is the first time in the history of the Town of Lexington that a group of Catholic mzns have come to this Board asking for something in the Town of Lexington. Mr. Chairman I would like to present to this Board the Sisters who have accompanied me here tonight. (Mr. Lynch introduced the Sisters by name, to the Board.) The Grey Nuns were organized in 1738 in Montreal, Canada. At the present time the Nuns operate 33 General Hospitals, 2 Hospitals for Incurables, 14 Homes for the Aged, 15 Schools and Orphanages and many other Homes and Services. (Mr. Lynch stated in detail the many other operations of the Sisters.) I think this will give us a general background of the Sisters, who they are and what they are. They came in to Lexington and have purchased the Engstrom and Bond properties. The Sisters are already living in the Engstrom property. I have prepared a plan of the Engstrom and Bond prop- erties, and all the property in that general area taking in Warren St., Eliot Rd'., Bennington Rd., Washington St., etc., showing the location of all properties and I have had the Assessors put on this plan the assessed value of the property. The Engstrom and Bond properties are adjoining properties and the properties so sold to the Sisters as one piece. Locke - There was one piece? I Lynch - The Sisters acquired from Mr. and Mrs. Bond and also the Tower property. The Engstrom property is the property they desire to use as a Rest Home, maintaining not more than 14 patients. on the second floor of