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FRANK Vg. PERKINS HEARING June 6, 1932 8:05 - 9:45 P.M. y hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room of the Tonin Office Building,, Yond.ay evening, June 6th, in response to the petition of Frank a. Perkins, Plessrs, Emery, 1111ne, and Scheibe were present. The secretary was also present. The Chairman read the petition, notice of hearing which appeared in a local paper an(. Section 17 of the Zoning By -Law under which the hearing was held. 'i+hen asked for petition signed by 50% of the land owners, Mr. Perkins stated that he had no such list and asked for postponement. 1„r. Emery stated that if ldr. Perkins could get such list in to the Board within a week, the hearing would be held, as no letter was . sent giving him the district within which he should get the signa- tures of property owners. `:r. Perkins said he would furnish such list tivithln the given time. Mr. O'Connell informed the Board that he represented every- one present except the petitioner and was ready to voice their objections, as they were all opposed to the change. He presented letters from IGIr. Peavy and Yr. Carrigan both opposing the change and stated that Wr. Joy was sick in bed_. 'i`he Chairman then asked ?,:r. Perkins to name the people he thought would have signed the petition if asked. P.r. Perkin's stated that he had fourteen names on the petition he had presented to the Board -of Appeals and named the following as being in favor: John Russell , Te;ile s and Frederick J ones, Ronald Shea. Frank Hadley, Ch rlottP' d.lPy, Justin Shea.. Carlotta Brander, Katherine Jacobs, Henry P. & Eleanor Clark, Delphina Cooke, P�Ie.ry Busconi and himself. There were seven people he did not interview. I;is reason for wanting his property changed into a business zone is because - „ his bus.i.icss has expanded so he wa,:ts to make a bi ,r g� place,because he has to leave cars outside now as there isn' t any room for them inside. he also intends to move his house so it will front on Oak Street and widen the corner to make more room for business. He wants to beautify the place. If the buildings were destroyed by storm or otherwise, he would have no right to rebuild them so he wants to protect himself. The buildings are just shell buildings and are very old. One is said to have been there 120 Years ago. The Building Inspector looked the place over and said it was 'n good shape and that there was a lot of room for repairs. The place is not large enough for the business he is doing. He stater',. that if the change is made, it will allow him to build up a nice spot, improve the very bad. corner and move his house back so he will live on Oak Street. It is very noisy there both day and night. He stated that if he had someone to appear for Him who understood the case, it could be more fully explained. The Hadley Press is on one corner and is running day and night; the