Wayland Town Crier 8/24/12: Wayland selectmen welcome director of veterans district. The Board of Selectmen formally greeted Stanley Spear on Monday night, the director of the West Suburban Veterans District, which the town recently joined. Spear served in the Marines during the Vietnam War and lost his left hand aboard ship. Wayland’s move to the regional office came along with the recent retirement of longtime Veterans Agent John Turchinetz.