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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
April 10, 1956
The fifteenth regular meeting of the Town Cele-
brations Committee was held on the evening of April
10, in the American Legion Room. All were present
( at least for part of the time) except Mrs Litchfield
and Mrs LaPorte The minutes of the second special
meeting were discussed ( April 3) and corrected as
follows next to the last paragraph cross out after
the word sample "for --- Woburn" and change to "of play
money as a basis of her idea " After the last sentence
in same paragraph write "It was voted to use $200 for
this project if it could be done
Mr Lewis asked all members of the committee to
pick up their arm bands from Mr Hutchins and be sure ARRANGE-
to meet the morning of the 19th in front of the Follen MENTS
Church at 6 45 a.m to march as a group in the Sunrise
Parade He warmly thanked all the members of the
Celebrations Committee for the splendid help and cooper-
ation in preparation of the BIG DAY
Mr Gustin moved that a tricorne hat be pre-
sented to Miss Duncan MacDonald of WNAC as "Minute WNAC
Woman" because of devoting time on her program (Yankee
Food Show) to publicize Patriot's Day Next Tuesday
Mrs Cheever will drive Mrs Bernier and the two high
school students (William Abbott and Brinna Baird) to
her station for an interview from 1 15 - 1:45 p.m He
also told us that a Boston writer, Mr Munson., was
interested in publishing a story in some magazine,
such as Life, Look, and McCall He explained that he
had ordered 50,bU Liberty Bels for $150 and that
speu...m1 a.rl, work would cost from ju to Su dollars The
designing was done by Mr Loring for a service as his
part in the celebrations
Mr Lewis gave a brief report on the short
visits he and Mrs Cheever had had with both the Board
of Selectmen and the P T A Council on Monday evening
as to the printing and distribution of the Liberty
Bills He had acceptances from Tufts and Boston Uni-
versity and we made arrangements to add them in the
Roster
The rest of the meeting was devoted to pro's
and con' s of distribution and future plans for the LIBERTY
Liberty Bills The following were final motions BILLS
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1) Money be spent ($223) for framing and mailing of
Liberty Bills to the U S President and governors
of the states and territories
2) Letter be sent to Mr Loring in appreciation of
his work on the Liberty Bill
3) First 200 Liberty Bills be kept in charge of
special distribution by the Celebrations Committee
4) 1000 envelopes with theme printed on be ordered and
used for special mailing purposes ( $11 50 )
5) Each child in public schools be given 5 Liberty
Bills on Friday, April 13
6) Liberty Bills be available to adults in the public
libraries and the Town Office on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday (April 16, 17, 18)
7) A tricorne hat be presented to Nelson Bragg of WBZ
for publicity on his Swan Boat program
8) Celebrations Committee purchase a dozen tricorne
hats ($18)
9) Printing on the float awards ( silver plates) read
FLOAT AWARD
First
"Let It Begin Here"
April 19, 1956
10) Notify the Board of Selectmen by phone and then by
mail that we recommend that the sale of the Liberty
Bills be given to the Chamber of Commerce and that
the funds be used to defray any expenses and then to
be spent on building, repair, and preservation of
historic landmarks and possessions of the Town of
Lexington
11) Mrs Cheever is to arrange the distribution of the
Liberty Bills to the school children of Lexington
with Mr Poehler
He asked that all be present for a short meeting
next Tuesday night, April 17, after which he would
like to meet with all the marshals and their aids
The meeting adjourned at 9 :45 p.m
Edith B Cheever, Secretary
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INTERIM REPORT OF THE TEMPORARY 1956
APRIL 19 CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
The town has now established a permanent By-law
Celebrations Committee and we believe the following
suggestions should be brought to the attention of the
Town Meeting
1) The April 19th celebration should be in the
form of positive evidence of American liberty
which Was born in Lexington.
2) A concerted effort be made to have repre-
sentation and participation of all organized
[I groups within the town
; 3) The people make their desires and wishes
known through elected representatives
"Let It Begin Here"
The 1956 Celebrations Committee