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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-10-18-TCC-min.pdf 169 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE October 18 , 1958 The fifth meeting of the 1958-59 Town Cele- brations Committee was held in the Selectmen' s Room of the Town Office Building at 8 00 p.m Pre- sent were Messrs Gustin, Hutchins, Cole; Mesdames Litchfield, Pullen and Williams Because of the Cary Lecture on Thursday, October twenty-third, the next meeting of the Cele- THANKSGIVING brations Committee will be on Oct 30, 1958 Mr Bandes ( Jewish Community Center) , Father Casey ( Catholic) , Mr Taylor ( Protestant) , and Mr Wads- worth (Lexington. Council of Churches ) will be in- vited to that meeting to formulate final plans for the Thanksgiving Service Mrs. Litchfield reported that the Park De- partment will plant the tree at Adams School on Friday morning at the U N ceremony Mr Gustin reported that the Historic Dis- tricts Commission will have a hearing to approve the U N Tree-marking plaque on October twenty- fourth at 7 30 p.m Mr Cole restated that the Young People ' s groups of the churches should be notified of the Community Thanksgiving Service, immediately Mr Cole will ask Dr. Hunt to be the speaker on that occasion Mr Maloney will be asked to read the Governor' s Proclamation Mr Wadsworth. will be asked to get ushers Mrs Litchfield wrote to Mrs Biggs of the Theatre Guild Mrs Biggs and another member of that guild will come to a Celebrations Committee meeting Ncverber sixth was suggested as a suit- able time to invite them Mrs. Pullen reported that the Adams School U N Day program is planned A photographer will be there ; Mr Poehler will speak; members of the Committee are invited to attend and the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen will be invited Mr Cole had suggestions of possible bands for April nineteenth, and felt that ',re should begin APRIL 19th plans for that celebration right away. Mr. Cole had seen a Newport elementary school fife group and BANDS 1. 70 thought that they were good He mentioned as other possibilities, a Shriners band, the Salvation Army band and the Marshfield band Mrs Pullen made a motion and it was voted that a sub-committee on bands be appointed in the near future to contact bands well in advance and the sub-committee would be empowered to employ secretarial help, if needed Mrs Pullen moved that Lincoln Cole, Jr be appointed Marshal of the April nineteenth. afternoon parade It was voted Murray P Dearborn was voted Marshal of the morning parade It was voted that Mr Gustin appoint Joseph Rooney to be in charge of bands Mr Gustin refreshed the corranittee of the policy on bands With a $2400 limit on expenditures for music, and with bandts expenses averaging $150 each, we may plan to have about sixteen bands in the parade At the second November meeting, we will re- view the budget and specifically develop plans Mr Gustin has spoken to Sue Steele of the High School Student Council She reported that there will be a high school assembly at which the United Nations Essay Contest winners will be announced Georgie Williams Recording Secretary