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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-02-28-TCC-min.pdf 35 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE February 28, 1956 The twelfth regular meeting of the Town Cele- brations Committee was held on the evening of Feb- ruary 28 in the American Legion Room All were present except Belcher, Dearborn, Rooney, Gillespie, and Poehler Mrs Cheever called the meeting to order because Mr Lewis was attending another meeting and would arrive late The minutes were corrected to include Williams and Robinson in attendance last meeting and then accepted as printed. Discussion centered about the floats : sugges- tion that a safety engineer check on floats; points FLOATS in judging the floats ; and qualifications for judges Mr. Lewis arrived and introduced our guest of the evening, Mr. Norton Hood of the Minute Men Mr NORTON Hood had three suggestions to make to us to help us HOOD in smoother running of the April 19 activities - SUGGESTIONS 1) We should seek help from the police and sea scouts in roping off the common for the arrival of horses. 2) We should arrange with the Board of Selectmen to greet Revere and Dawes. 3) We should be sure to have someone on hand to receive dignitaries on April 19 Unaer new business Mr Gustin asked permis- sion and received it for 1) the 5-mile road race put on by the Lions Club, 2) the use of the loud speaker to award prizes in the morning, and 3) the time to present white tricorns hat Mrs . Litchfield was voted assistant secretary Mr Lewis said that he would formulate a list of duties involving the Selectmen and present it to us later Matters needing attention soon are 1) Notify Park Department about the ringing DELEGATION of the Belfry Bell (Lewis) OF DUTIES 2) Write to the whistle man for blowing of 36 1-7-7-5 ( Cheever) 3) Ask churches with bells to ring at 6 30 a.m (Litchfield) 4) Inform Mr Smith about the flag raising and lowering by janitors 5) Ask Post Office superintendent to decorate the building 6) Have Mr Poehler arrange for the Adams School to be open from 6 30 a m to 7 30 a.m and from 12 m to 2 p.m and the Munroe school from 6 45 a.m to 7 45 a.m and from 12 m to 2 p.m 7) Check with Mr Adzigian about the baseball game in the morning 8) Set up a tentative schedule for the day of April 19 (Lewis) Because of the warrant meeting to be held in the Junior High School on March 13 it was voted to hold our next meeting on March 12, Monday Edith B Cheever, Secretary