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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
March. 13, 1958
The 25th meeting of the Town Celebrations
Committee was held at 8 15 p.m. , March 13, 1958 in
the Conference Room, Cary Memorial Hall Present
were Messrs Gustin, Rooney, Lewis, Cole, and
Mesdames Litchfield, Williams and Pullen
Also present were Mrs LaPorte representing
Girl Scouts; Mr and Mrs Colby Kelly, Bob Baptiste
and Pauline Borselli representing the "Prom-enaders";
Charles Glenn representing the Student Council; Mr
M A. Seabury from "The Lexington Inn"; and Miss
Louella. Cannam representing "Yankee Homecoming "
Proofs of programs for April 19, 1958 were
passed around, and corrections were made in them.
It was reported that the "Promenaders" Queen
will be chosen at the Promenaderst Birthday Ball, PROMENADERS
March twenty-ninth Initial publicity about the Queen
will come from the Committee and the public will be
welcome to come to the Ball to see the Queen chosen
Mrs LaPorte reported that a prize-winning Girl
Scout drum-and-bugle corps of some years ago is get- GIRL SCOUTS
ting together drums, bugles and uniforms and plans to
marchin the parade
Mr Seabury asked whether the reception that
day could be held at "The Lexington Inn" instead of LEXINGTON
Cary Hall He offered the entire facilities of the INN
Inn to the Celebrations Committee for use on April
19th and suaaested that we n1a^ mv-ite- Se-natcrs
Saltonstall and Kennedy and Governor Furcolo to par-
ticipate in the activities for the day The Com-
mittee voted that we have the luncheon at "The Lex-
ington Inn, " and voted that we accept Mr Seabury' s
invitation to have the reception at the Inn, also
Mr Murray Dearborn will be in charge of the recep-
tion
Invitations will be sent to the six New Eng-
land governors to be guests that day
Questions about securing national publicity
for the 1958 Celebration were brought up by Mr Sea-
bury and Miss Cannam Mrs . Pullen suggested that
she act as researchperson for Miss Cannam, and send
L- all news about the activities on to her Miss
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Cannam could decide whether or not the news was of
sufficient national interest to be released
Mrs Pullen reported that the Lexington
League of Women Voters will invite foreign students
to come out to Lexington to see the parade
It was voted to have Mr Gustin take up with
the New England Council, the possibility of sending
framed copies of the "Birth Certificates" to the
governors of the forty-eight states It was also
voted that bills be paid for art work and printing
of the "Birth Certificates "
The Town Celebrations Committee will meet
next week at seven o'clock
George Williams
Secretary