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_J. Wadland, Niehdlaa J. Janedy, Carl 74165
Anthony £>idris, George J. Karageorge, James- Hi_
Wel.ctj, James J. Papadlnls, all of Somerville, under the name
of JFlamingo Athletic and Social Club, Inc. , for the purpose
of the following; To foster a spirit v of "civic duty and to
promote the civic and social benefits of the residents of
Somerville, Massachusetts, in particular the area around
Union. Square, Somerville, Mass., and to do any and all acts
incidental to or helpful in order to perpetuate these alms
and to engage in such enterprise and to own real or personal
property as may be necessary to promote the welfare
o:f the corporation, and these purposes shall not Include the
right to apply for a license to sell alcoholic beverages; to
be located in the city of Somerville, Masa.f 149 Washington
St.
applications being accompanied by reports from the
Chief of Police stating that upon investigation he
to find any record In this city of the above mentioned
cers$os ever having been engaged in the illegal selling of
intoxicating liquors or in the keeping of places or tenements
for the purpose of illegal gaming or in any other business
prohibited by law .
Placed on file and certificates to be signed by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen and forwarded to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth*
To the Honorable
Board of Aldermen
Somerville, Mass.
Doctor Kurd and Gentlemen:
COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY OFFICERS
Communication
City of Somerville 74166
Massachusetts
Office of
Commissioner of Public Buildings
February 26, 1948
In answer to your order of
February 15th relative to tn"e~pur chase of various properties
t'he following information has >eer^'ascertained^>y_'Wiiri'aml~J*
Shea of the Building Department.
!« The Heinemann property on_School__Street._
property is nqw_owned by the Somerviye Savings Bank ln_
Un i on S q uar e ^Some r v ill e" und e r the direction of Mr. Sullivan,
and Mr* SulTivan is wiTllng to_ sj^l_same_for _&850_0_._ and after
a survey it is the opinion of the Building .Department, that
anywhere from $>T5,000 to $20,000 must be^ spent In order to
put tho building in satisfactory condition. _
2. The Swedis_h_church which is called Trinit_y_
Lutheran Church, 22 Park Avenue, Somervil'le. Rev. Milton
GuTtaYson, 86 Mt. Vernon Street, Arlington, Mass, is the
minister in charge and in talking with him he mentioned
that_ approximately $20,000. would buy the property but this
muot be subjected to a vote by the entire congregation. , An
"inspection of this property reveals that a considerable
amount of money would have to be spent because it is really
a church built" within a church. ._
5. The so-called Greek Orthodox church, 217
erville Avenue , 'Somerville , Mass. A Mr. Henry Vangeel, Secure
i^Tii 3 ^ Mansfield Street, Somerville, Ma 3 s_^ was contacted
and as far as he knows they are undecided as to the disp.osition
of the property and services are being conducted there
a"t present' and will be for another month, and in any _e vent
he would have _to call a meeting of the congregation as to
€he sale" price if it were decided to sell, and there _is a,
m^ve~"orr~foo't to'us'e the" building for childrens "activities
after the church activities are removed from these p
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