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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-10-02-TCC-min.pdf 165 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE October 2, 1958 The third meeting of the 1958-59 Town Celebrations Committee was held in the Selectmen' s Room of the Town Office Building at 8 00 p m , October 2, 1958 Present were Messrs Gustin, Rooney; Mesdames Pullen, Litchfield and Williams Mr Gustin read a letter from Margaret (Mrs J M ) Biggs, Chairman of the Theater Guild of Lex- THEATRE ington Arts and Crafts Society, expressing the hope GUILD that the Theater Guild might be given the opportu- nity to present a comedy on April. 18th or early the evening of April 19th The "First American Comedy" was mentioned as a possible performance The Com- mittee was interested in the idea and members of the Theater Guild will be invited to the next meeting of the Celebrations Committee to discuss the possibility of sucha performance Mr Gustin read a letter from a Brookline High. School student asking that their band be asked to participate in the 1959 April 19th. parade Mrs Williams reported that Miss Morrison, Principal of Adams School, has chosen a maple tree to TREE be planted at the United Nations tree-planting cere- PLANTING mony at Adams School on Friday, October twenty-fourth, at 11 00 Mrs Williams will inquire of Miss Morrison whether or not she would like to have a Selectman, member of the School Committee, or a member of the Celebrations Committee to speak Mrs Pullen reported that three people have assepted—as—j-udg-e-s—f-o-r—the—high—sehoo-SUN. Essay U—N. ESSAY Contest At present, there are no plans for an CONTEST assembly program at the highschool on U N Day Mr Gustin will bring this to the attention of a member of the Student Council Mrs Pullen will ask the League of Women Voters to speak to the Student Council, also Miss McIntyre, teacher of Social Sciences of the High School, has invited Miss Sureshst Renjen, graduate student at Harvard, to speak at the high school on Mon- day, October sixth The Committee will provide trans- portation Mrs Pullen will ask Miss McIntyre to select a 11 convenient date for the trip to the United Nations Mrs Pullen. will ask Mr Peirce of the Lexington Travel 166 Bureau for an estimate of expenses for a trip to New UNITED York by air for two days and one night Mr Rooney NATIONS and Mr Dearborn will inquire whether or not the Rotary and Lions Clubs plan to underwrite the expenses for the trip to New York for the essay winners Mr Nelson of the Cary Memorial Library reported to Mrs Williams that the League of Women Voters will set up a display of U N books and material inside the entrance to the library Mrs Ralph. Tucker of the Cary Lecture Committee has received publicity material about the Cary Lecture United Nations speaker She will send the material on to Mrs Pullen The Committee awaits the Historic Districts Commission' s approval of the plaque which will mark the tree which was planted on Lexington Green on U N Day in 1908 If approval is granted, Mr Gustin, Mr Maloney and Mr Greeley will participate in a simple tree-marking ceremony at 12 15 p.m , on Sunday, October 26th All Lexington citizens will be invited through the Lexington Minute-man newspaper, and all Lexington ministers will be notified The use of Committee funds for purchasing rope for controlling crowds from Bedford Street to Woburn Street was discussed Georgia Williams Recording Secretary