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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
March 6, 1958
The 24th meetingof the Town Celebrations Com-
mittee was held at 8 1p.m , March 6, 1958 in the
Conference Room, Cary Memorial Hall Present were
Messrs Gustin, Rooney, Lewis, Cole, Poehler and
Mesdames Pullen, Litchfield and Williams
Also present were Chief of Police John Rycroft
and Mr William Fitzgerald representing the Lexing-
ton Fire Department
The format of the parades was outlined Prob-
lems of placement of parade divisions before the
parade were discussed in an effort to keep the wait-
ing units from congesting streets with. heavy traffic
Police Chief Rycroft volunteered to see that
the Common is roped off properly, and offered to se- POLICE
cure the rope He reported that lunch. will be DEPARTMENT
served to the policemen at police headquarters that
day He hoped that M P ' s from Hanscom Field might
be available to assist Lexington police that day,
and would look into the matter
Mr Fitzgerald, reported that seven fire chiefs
from surrounding towns have accepted invitations to FIRE
participate in the parade Five will send fire appar- DEPARTMENT
atus and C D units The Committee moved, seconded
and voted to send a letter to the Boston Fire Dept
Bandmaster requesting that band' s participation The
Lexington Fire Dept will serve refreshments to the
visiting firemen at the fire station
"All Americans Birth Record" was the title
suggested by Mr Lewis for a book recording the names
of people receiving an April 19th Certificate of
Birth.
Mrs Pullen reported that the Chamber of Com-
merce will sponsor three trophies for floats in three FLOATS
categories to be named by the Committee, one of which.
should be Youth-Sponsored The Committee voted to
accept the Chamber of Commerce offer, and named the
other two categories, Community-Sponsored and Commerce-
Sponsored, with, the stipulation that on commercially
sponsored floats there should be not more than two iden-
tifications and they should be no larger than fifteen
square feet each.
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In regard to the matter of the Student Council ' s f`
being asked to begin handling the distribution of. the
"Birth Certificates" right away, Mr Poehier suggested,
and the Committee voted, that the Chairman process the
matter through the Selectmen and the proper channels
first
Mr Cole agreed to make up an early morning
parade format and to get it to the Boy Scouts and Gird.
Scouts
It was voted that any elementary children, not
in youthgroups and who want to march in the early
morning parade, should meet at Rowland Avenue at 7 15
a.m , where someone from the Stanley Hill Post of the
American Legion will be there to be responsible for them
The suggestion of Mr Jack Frost to add an
additional slogan, "Rebirth of a Nation" to our program
was turned down because of lack of space
Mr Gustin reported that the Promenaders will
have a float, and that their queen will be named "Lady
Lexington" She and her court will attend the luncheon
April 19th which will be planned by Eleanor Litchfield
and Georgia Williams Mr Dearborn will be asked to
plan the afternoon reception
George H Williams
Secretary