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MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATI `N OF TO'R'N FINANCE COMMITTEES December 13, 1944. A meeting of the Association of Town Finance Committees was held at the Hotel Sheraton, Bay State Road, Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday evening, December 13, 1944 at 6;00 P.M. The following Appropriation Committee members were present: - Lewis L. Hoyt George M. Hynes Raymond L. p bite Danforth Comins, the Executive Secretary, stated at the beginning of the meeting that the next meeting of the Association will be held Thursday evening, January 25, 1945; he hope'. that each member would make note of this and plan to be present. Mr. Comins further stated that each Town representative should be sure to mail 100 extra copies of the Appropriation Comm' ttee RePort direct to him as he Intends to assort the different towns and send a complete set to each To member of the Association. The first speaker of the evening was Danforth Com:i_ns, Executive Secretary, and his subject was to standardize budgets so that the information would be of service to all the towns. He also submitted a sample budget for the guidance of the members in preparing their reports. mr. George walker was present and he was one of the men who won recognition at the Metropolitan Contest. Mr. ramble of Harvard was also at the meeting, and he with Mr. walker and others were the ones who submitted the excellent plan of ways and means of improving Boston. George Searles, Division of Accounts, was the next speaker and his subject was the School Department. He plans to send to each member a copy of his speech, so the details have been eliminated from this record.