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35 <br /> TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE <br /> February 28, 1956 <br /> The twelfth regular meeting of the Town Cele- <br /> brations Committee was held on the evening of Feb- <br /> ruary 28 in the American Legion Room All were <br /> present except Belcher, Dearborn, Rooney, Gillespie, <br /> and Poehler <br /> Mrs Cheever called the meeting to order because <br /> Mr Lewis was attending another meeting and would <br /> arrive late The minutes were corrected to include <br /> Williams and Robinson in attendance last meeting and <br /> then accepted as printed. <br /> Discussion centered about the floats : sugges- <br /> tion that a safety engineer check on floats; points FLOATS <br /> in judging the floats ; and qualifications for judges <br /> Mr. Lewis arrived and introduced our guest of <br /> the evening, Mr. Norton Hood of the Minute Men Mr NORTON <br /> Hood had three suggestions to make to us to help us HOOD <br /> in smoother running of the April 19 activities - <br /> SUGGESTIONS <br /> 1) We should seek help from the police and <br /> sea scouts in roping off the common for the arrival <br /> of horses. <br /> 2) We should arrange with the Board of <br /> Selectmen to greet Revere and Dawes. <br /> 3) We should be sure to have someone on hand <br /> to receive dignitaries on April 19 <br /> Unaer new business Mr Gustin asked permis- <br /> sion and received it for 1) the 5-mile road race put <br /> on by the Lions Club, 2) the use of the loud speaker <br /> to award prizes in the morning, and 3) the time to <br /> present white tricorns hat <br /> Mrs . Litchfield was voted assistant secretary <br /> Mr Lewis said that he would formulate a list of <br /> duties involving the Selectmen and present it to us <br /> later <br /> Matters needing attention soon are <br /> 1) Notify Park Department about the ringing DELEGATION <br /> of the Belfry Bell (Lewis) OF <br /> DUTIES <br /> 2) Write to the whistle man for blowing of <br />