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24 HAMPTON TOWN REPORT<br />

Mr. Douglass Hunter moved that Article 5 be<br />

accepted as read.<br />

Seconded. So Voted.<br />

ARTICLE 6<br />

Sale of Lots at Plaice Cove<br />

Mr. Howard Page moved that this article be indefinitely<br />

postponed. Seconded.<br />

Mr. Lawrence Hackett spoke in favor of the sale<br />

of the lots in question to bring in more revenue.<br />

Mr. H. Clifford Bean said that the area between<br />

Plaice Cove Lots and North Shore Lots was the onlybeach<br />

front area left open. In 1909 the Selectmen<br />

were authorized to protect the rights of the town in<br />

regard to the land on the beach front between Winnacunnet<br />

Road and the North Hampton town line.<br />

William Ross, in 1909, and subsequently William<br />

Grover laid out lots in that section.<br />

Mr. Bean expressed the<br />

opinion that the value<br />

of maintaining the beach front open to the people<br />

of Hampton in the above area, far exceeded the<br />

revenue that might be derived from its sale. Years<br />

ago it was dedicated informally as a Park in memory<br />

of "Joe Billy" Brown who by repute did more for<br />

the development of the Town of Hampton than any<br />

former Selectmen. The town has lost or given away<br />

many of its rights to the beach front, and may be<br />

happy to keep this strip of land as a Park.<br />

Attorney Wilfred Sanders spoke in opposition<br />

to selling the Plaice Cove Lots. He said that he could<br />

add little to Mr. Bean's comments but holders of<br />

leases in that area had understood that it would remain<br />

vacant. Townspeople also like to go to a quiet<br />

area. Too much stress on building on all vacant land.

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