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The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at
7.00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were
approved. ~-,'~ ·
An invitation to attend exercises on April 19, in connection with tha
presentation of citations to Gold Star Mothers, fathers or nearest of .
kin of those North Andover boys who have a!recdy paid the highest.sacrifice
for their country, extended by the American Legion, was accepted by ~unani-
moue vo~e. ....
CF,~PTER 90: Mass. Department of Public Works have a!lo~ed, under provi-,
sions of Section 34, Chapter 90, of the General Law~, Tar. Ed. the sum of
$1,000 for maintenance of Chapter 90 roads in North Andover on condition
~hat at least $2,000 be contributed by the town. This was appropriated
at the annual ~own meeting.
· APPROVAL OF STP~ET LIGHTS: Approval of W.P.B. for installation of ~two
~street lights on Beech Avenue was received.. The third one requested,.ha~
not been approved. Board will advise installation of,~these two !igh.t.s
PETITION FOR STREET L'IGHT: Petition for light on Russell Street, :fiigned .
by all residents (25) was received. The Board accepted the petition'/and
will request this light from the Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. r~ ~:<!
GI~.INAS!UM: R~. Cornelius Heyn came· before the. Board to obtain~ their ~,~ '"'
opinion concerning a gymnasium or some other place where childre~09td
congregate., Mr. Reyn represented ~the Community Sports Group but 's,t~ted~,~'~. ~,
that they do not expect the town'to supply the money for this proJec't, ::
but that he wanted the opinion of the board as ~o the idea. He expects
that the money will be rAised.from private sources.' Mr._ Heyn stated that
he thinks.the most logical place wiI1 be on the,Drummond Memorim~J~Play'_~,~
ground ,~hich is .large and roomy, and will not interfere with other ~:~, ~j /j i,
activities in any way. He also 'said that he thought it would be
idea~ to open two or three such p!~ces throughout the town., THe'.Bd~rd
agreed that the idea was a very good oneand'Mr. Thoms~n stated t~hat '~ j-
become the property of the'town .' The boar~ stat~d!~hatf, they wo~,~,!~, .~
· like to get public 'opinion before giving their cons~nt~e~;. Mr. H~'_~.'i~I '~'~i
agreed that part of the' plan is that ~the gymn~sium~.after being built~/~:
shall.be taken over ~by the town later on and ~run in~.co~junction with,~ ·
the Drummond Memorial Playg=ound.activiti~s. It was ~greed that he
will proceed with ~&s plans and report, to the board in two months~jwith '
mor~ d~finite plans as ~o locations etc.· ~ :
THE FLtGi CENTER: A letter received asking that 'this Cente'~~, '~ ~
"" ~ Bridge~Street, Cambridge, be·placed on our bidding list for new.
: , :The ~gular weekly meeting was.held at '7.o~ P.M..with all members rpr~sent:. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved~
AMERICAN LEGION: .~ ....
A' delegation from' the American Lemio-~ ~-+~ 91~ .l...2 .... +~ + · ,~? ~ :~'~I . ,~ ~
a letter Which the Board .received from Firsb Sergeant ~. MichaelfLawlbr',i~'
regarding a sers. icemen,~s ca~teen in this t0~n.~ Afte~ discuss'ing~the%~tt~r.
at length it was decided unanimously by both the~ delegates and~ th~ <b~ard i
that North Andover is So far sway from {he Army Post~ that ib iSJ ~ub~fu!
if many soldiers would makeuseof the accommodations. Mr. Bamf~d stated
bthat- Lawrence is no~ very successful with their US0. He said most cf?the ~ 1.
oys are' taken care 6f at~ cities nearer camps 'but that. the' Legion,w0~i~L ~,~ ~
be glad to do anything which would be helpful. Mrs.
that she could not see any need for a can%een a~ m~at ~mV.' ~A'~2~75~]~r~- ~
to their homes or to the h me, J.
Higginbottom and James. Bamford represented the post and-President· ,Mrs" ~' '~
William Emmett and Mrs. Reginald Meade re. presented the auxiliary.~,,Mr'.? ',
Lawlor's letter will be duly answered. (Filed under Selectmen,s'imatters)
FIRE ENGINEERS: A Letter of resignation was received from Arthur S~ead,
as fire engineer to become effective as of May 1, 19Z% was accept~d',with
regret. Letter of thanks and appreciati6n will be sent to Mr, Stead.~
James Hargreaves and Leo Fane were nominated by Arthur A, Thomson, seconded
by Harry Foster and voted unanimously to appoiSt M~ssrs. Hargreaves, and Kane.
Edwin Koenig was nominated by Mr. Thomson and seconded b y 'Mr. Fost~r and by
majority vote Edwin Koenig was appointed to replace Arthur Stead. as fire ~
angineers.Mr. Finneran nominated Arthur Broderick but this was ~n$t aeconaeu.
Application received f for a Junk license.