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r�ovem';er 6, 1936.
A meetin,- of the Board. of Appeals ;:las `:old in the select-
men's ROOM., `°ov:n Of:iice3uildinrx, at y;00 P. r•'. C'_.airman
r"addison and T essrc. 7obl;i? T nn and Assoc:_a e
�s, Ki.loa_l, .ly �~ t
.iember John .q. Lyons ti•Jere -�firesent. 'hie Secretary -:,,as also
nresert.
Thi; seas an adjourned. meetinc on �e a y;lication of
Cnarlec ','v. nyder fo., pernissIon to 1a :lntain a cOnVale,scent 1-;;nie
at Car- Avenue, Lexin-ton.
Yr. Ro? ert L. Ryder introdaced T'rs. 13Tladys Luss',.er, who
is the _r,rospective lessee of t1 -.e -o- operty. He said traL- "rs.
Lussier was now a resident o ' Lex:in-;ton , pas a fa,.,'ly, i,> a
registered nur e, and '.as had e ;nerie-nce in runnin, a sanatcrIllm.
Irs. Lussier Mated that i_e 'read never r -_,.n anyt`In eYce_nt
a >,rivate sanator'lun, 1,,`!c;'1 wa:> in Jar"tont. she , ," 90 oys
that she ,,]ants to ^end to college, and .:aid that ^.e %-O_,ld
have not'-Inrn that 1,1,oald Oe olcleci,-ionable.
I'he :;hairman as' -ed i, s e ra_a rola �*_nes to advertise.
'.rs. Lus;'-er replied in ^.e ne ati_ve, and sa`d that she
' had taken care of conva le_- cents frorn :)r. Leahy's clinic, and
would continue to do so. `31Ae lao,.ld have nc r ental case:-, r10
alco'aolics, nor neurotics,. tier patients viould be a`led ,)eople,
thyroids, and such cases that wo',zld 'require tTiirlee cr foi:.r
months' convalescin, . ;'.lrs. Tx -,,-,ter State; that tfe sanatorium
she had operated was in 'nosburJ 7alls, ',It., and t --at she still
owned the -rorerty,
Yr. Kimball as'ced if s'ce was ref erring to Dr. Leahy of the
Leahy -linic when she said that sl -ie had taken care of Dv. Leahy's
convalescents. Airs. Lussier said that a Dr. ;ample of St.
Albans, Vt., who took care of -Patients that had been operated
on by r. T.,ea`y, sent her most of her patients. "he stated
that she could furnish references as to her character and
tegrity.
17r. ?rimball asked if s':,.e would other nurses, and
she replied that slie would ta':e care of those she could, but
might require talc or three other nurses. She expected that '^.er
patients would pay j -,-,O. to .75. per week. TIrs. Lussier said
that there ?-:ere eleven rooms on the upper floor, and t;iat she
would need two of these rooms for her family and. anoth-1, room
for the nurses, and that she therefor could not accommodate
more than eicht patients at t::e outs --de,
rir. Ryder asked the Chairman if he had rece`ved a letter
from 7el-1 T:Icintosh, and he re -,lied in t'_re ne- ative. said
that he had told ycTntosh :chat 1=e had told the Loard, and he
said that he ;s 7oir_tg to a-ite a letter to the oa °d requesting
that he be recorded in favor of the petition.
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?.r. Hobert 30leyn asked :i_f stipulations such as the type
of patients, etc. ,would 'cc on the permit, as the present
manacer might be all ri-ht, 'out if t'�e roperty cl�anles.hands, the
permit �,aould go to the re -.,j owner.
The Chairman said that it would depend I -Coon the
wording of the permit, and that the 3oard would have to
decide what to include in the permit.
,1: '0' `�illiam r. Knecht asked if the lessee wo,_ild be
interested if the permit ;was limited to surgical cases.,IvIrs.
Lussier stated that she frequently had patients aaho were merely
a, --,ed and needed nursing care, and she would ,^aant to 'care .for
t'_em. I'r. i'necht said t1lat he %Iid.not object to normal
people who were operative convalescents, but that he was
fearful of tuberculor patients and people who mere aged, as
they were apt to be dangerous. lie said that his fear was for
the neigrhborhood, althou�4h he was sympathetic toward1lyder s
problem. i'r.. Lussier said that she;,L-ad never had anybody
in .er place that was undesirable jhe old. people she cared
for ;were not mentally deficient, but people who �,ae.rc ill
from old age.
kr_S. `i'. K. "ichardS asked if '-rs. Zussier ',Vas a reEistered
nurse. "'rs. 'Fussier Said that she was a registered nurse in
Vermont, but 1';irs. itichards said that -he would have to be a
registered nurse in jassac'_iusetts in order to do business
here. 'Tle asked if the 'zome would be under the supervision '
of a doctor, and l,irs.. �u�oier said that it would be under the
supervision of a doctor at all times.
Lyons stated that as he understood the case lairs.
Lu. sier mould. accept the ermit w-Itr the stipulation that
no contagions, alcoholic,,psychopatMc, or narcotic patients
were to be allowed, and s'ie replied in the affirmative.
'ir. 11imball asked if she considered tuberculosis a con-
tagious disease, and she replied that sine did not and t_iat
she would not be afraid to nurse it, but urould not have a
t. b.patient in t'e hawse.
l+,r. nnecht asked if the lessee would be willing to
accept a restriction as to the nurber of patients she -could
have. i*ie also thought a check should be made on the sana-
torium she conducted in Vermont.
r. Lyons asked DIrs. Ljussler if she would be willing to
accept a restriction as to the number of patients, and she
replied that she would be willing to limit it to ten patients.
6he said that she had two boys aged 14 and lfi, and a husband.
p,•r. Lyons asked if her husband assisted her, and she replied
that fie did not -0
T, -o other persons wishing to be heard, the hearing was
declared closed at 85.30 n. Ti.
yr. -lynn said that he thought that it would be a good
idea to checlt up on what experience the woman had in Vermont
be:'o-re the hoard came to any decision on the matter, in view
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of the local interest.
to have the local nhief
The Chairman requested the n.ecretar"
of Police get a statemer:t of cha-acter
on Yrs. Lussier from -Vermont.
The matter of 1r.
Ryder+s petition
was further discussed
and the 73oard adjourned,
pending receipt
of the report from
the Chief of Police.
The records of the
meeting; held on
October 30th were
approved.
Mr. �-. J. Silva of 643 ,Valtham street appeared before
the Board. He said that when Mr. Spellman talked for him at
his hearing, he dill 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.
' The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P. M.
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