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T'ovember 1q36.
A meetin;e of the Board of Appeals aa, :eld in the elect-
menrs room, "loner Office BeeLldin , at 90 I . n . Cha..rr_an
r"addison and ' essrs . T-obhins, Ki:iball, :Tlynn and Assoc-ate
lember Jo__n q Tyors aere presen ' The aecre-ar;J as also
?re ent .
This : as an adjourner' meetinr' on ie a -)y12_cation of
Charle, ,Y. Ryder io- permis s.:_on to a intain a convalescent. h-me
3t -, f lar Averue, Le _Ln: ton .
Lr. ioti,eyt L. `�y*der i.itro,?aced i'rs :xladys Luss er , who
is the prospective lessee of the P- opertf. He said that .rs
Lussier was nova resident °J. Lexin ton, .>_as a la<. ly, a
registered nar._e, and el -; ha: e nerieuce __n runn.n a suatoriim.
r Le-ssLer ,toted that . e-e __ad nes er r .n anyt-in _ e cent
a private sanatur. um, 'J'" ic'.'i wa in ie on` . ,:,lh.e 1.a. ,9n boys
t -iat brie ,,rants to end to college, .end aid thai; e o ld
have rc.t in.. that ould se o',;ac :i on able.
he ;hnirman asked i' s e va nlar -n _nz, to adJei'tLee .
rs , i,us er replied _n e ne rati_Je, and sa I thn. .;he
' had taken tale of convale.icents from Jr. Leahy' s clinic, and
would continue to do so . _ e w ; ld have no mental cage , no
alcoholics, nor neurotics . ?ler patients would oe aced '>eol'le,
tayroids, and such cases that ';'ould -regaire three or four
months f convalescins. ira . Tusnier stc.tel that t e sanatorium
she had operated was in ;,nosourg fails , rt. , and teat she still
owned the :nioperty.
Yr. Kimball asked if .,he was referring to Dr. Leahy of the
Leahy "linic when she said t _at she iiad taken care of D . Lealhhy' s
convalescents . Yrs. Lussier said that a Dr. ;ample of t.
Albans, Vt . , who took care of natients that had been operated
on by Lr. Leahy, sent her most of her patients. "he stated
that she could furnish references as to her character and
tegrity.
Kr. Trimball asked if :?.e v?o',.l(' reqairc other nurses, and
she replied t.at s e would to e care of tl: ose ..he could, but
might require tyro or three other nurses. She exsected that her
patients would pay ""0. tor75. per "'eek. Rrs. Iussier said
that there were eleven room o . the upper floor, and that she
would need two of these rooms for her lam,ly and anoth_e_ room
for the nurses, and that she therefor could not accommodate
more than eirrht patients at t .ie outs__de.
Mr. Ryder asked the Chairman if he read rece`ved a letter
from „eil McIntosh, and he re lied in tie ne .ative "cyder said
that he had told cTntosh what he had told the ''oard, and he
sail that he J`;s Moin_t to write a letter to the -'oa d. request ng
that be ne recorded in favor of the petition.
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1r. l'obert Jcleyn asked f stipulations such as the type
of nat _ents, etc. ,would 'oe on tne permit, as the present
manager might be all ri Tht, but if t le roperty changes hands, the
permit wculd Mo to t-e new owner.
the Chairman said that it aould depend upon the
wording of the permit , and that the board would have to
decide what to include _n the permit.
r. 'tlilliam r Knecht asked if the les ee would be
interested if the permit was limited to ourgical cases Mrs.
Lussier stated that she frequently had patients who were merely
a-ed and needed nursins care, and she would sant to care for
teem. mr. Knec t said that he lid not object to normal
people who were operative convalescents, but that he was
fearful of tubercular patients and people who were aged, as
they were apt to be dangerous. `ie said that his fear was for
the neir_^hborhood, although he was sympathetic toward hyder s
pro',lem. l,.r . Lussier said that she lad never had anybody
in er place that w4s tndes i_rable. 'he old people she cared
for were not mentally deficient, but people wuo were ill
from old age.
Mrs. 2. K. "ichards asked if rs. Lussier was a registered
nurse . rs . Lussier said that she was a registered nurse in
Vermont , but Lirs itichards said that ' e would have to be a
registered nurse in j' assacuusetts in order to do business
here . -he asked if the zome would be under the supervision
of a doctor, and irirs. '-'ussier said that it would be under the
supervision of a doctor at all times.
1"r. Lyons stated that as he understood the case lairs .
Lu sier Po ildaccent the permit with the stipulation that
no contagions, alcoholic,/ psychopathic, or narcotic patients
were to be allowed, and sae replied in the affirmative .
ir. 1`imball asked if she considered tuberculosis a con-
tagious disease, and she replied that she did not and that
she would not be afraid to nurse it, out would not have a
t. b. patient in t e hn,_se .
Knecnt asked if the lessee would be willing to
accept a restriction as to the nu ber of patients she could
have de also thought a check should be made on the sana-
torium she conducted in Vermont .
Ir. Lyons asked hrs . Luss_er if she would be willing to
accept a restriction as to the number of patients, and she
replied that _he would be willing to limit it to ten patients .
ohe said that she had two boys aged 14 and 16, and a husband.
T;•r. Lyons asked if her husband assisted her, and she replied
that he did not .
-o other persons wishing to be heard, she hearing was
declared closed at x. 30 n. TR.
yr. -lynn said that he thought that it would be a good
idea to check u- on what experience the woman had in Vermont
be., ore the Roard came to any decision on the matter, in view
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of the local interest. The Chairman requested the gecretar -
IIto have the local chief of Police get a statemert of cha,-acter
on Irs . Lussier from --ermont.
The matter of Ix. Ryder ' s petition was further discussed
and the board adjourned, pending receipt of the report from
the Chief of Police.
The records of the meeting held on October 30th were
approved.
Mr. z1 J. Silva of 613 waltham treet appeared before
the Board. He said that when Mr. Spellman talked for him at
his hearing, he did not explain the situation correctly. What
he wished to do was to move the whole stand back, and make an
addition ten feet long on the permanent stand.
Mr. Glynn asked why he needed such a long stand, inas-
much as no one else in town had such a long stand. Silva said
that he had no trucks, and had to dispose of all his produce
at the stand. The Chairman remarked that Silva would not be
able to do his business on the size stand he says now that he
wants, from what he intimated tonight. He told Silva that
there was nothing that the Board could do for him, and he re-
tired.
IIThe meeting adjourned at 9:50 P. M.
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