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1 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITThE
November 13, 1958
The eighth meeting of the Town Celebrations
Committee of 1958-59 was held in the Conference
Room of the Town Office Building on November 13,
1958 at 8 00 p.m Present were Messrs Gustin,
Cobb, Hutchins, Mesdames Litchfield, Williams and
Pullen
The members of the Theater Guild described
the first American comedy, "The Contrast, " by Royall THEATRE
Tyler - 1970, which they would like to present in GUILD
connection with the celebration of April 19, 1959
The hero is from New England, the play is seldom done,
and no one owns it ( Royall Tyler, a descendant of
the author is presently a student at M I T or Har-
vard )
The Committee gave its approval to the Theater
Guild to proceed with plans for producing the play
Two performances on Saturday (matinee and evening)
April 18th, seemed preferable Mr Cobb will reserve
the High. School for that date, if possible About
three hundred dollars will be needed to cover ex-
penses for costumes cost of auditorium, sets, etc
Mr Hutchins will speak to Mr Sands, President of
the Lexington Historical Society, to find out whether
or not the Historical Society would be interested in
cooperating with the Theater Guild in presenting the
play
Mr Cole reported that the Thanksgiving program
is complete; 1000 programs have been ordered Mr THANKSGIVING
Niles Woodbridge Bond, a resident of Lexington and at
pre-se-n-t—a member—of the- Amrsr-ioan dslega-t-1on o Gha =
Center of International Affairs at Harvard University,
will give the Thanksgiving address Mr Cole read a
biography of Mr Bond Mrs Litchfield will order
flowers for Mrs Bond and Mr Bond' s mother, and
fourteen boutonnieres for the ten Lexington Council of
Churches ushers and others
Mrs Williams will take the Thanksgiving program
and the speaker' s biography to the Minute-man newspaper
Mr Gus tin will ask Mr Warren to announce to high
school students that a former Lexington high school
student will give the Thanksgiving address
Mrs Litchfield will write to the ministers and
advise them of the Thanksgiving speaker She will thank
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Mr Taylor of the Unitarian Church, on behalf of the
Committee, for suggesting Mr Bond as the speaker
The following people were suggested as possible
future Thanksgiving speakers
1 Dr Sachar, President of Brandeis University
2 Dr Wessel, President of Tufts
3 Dean Francis Keppel, Harvard School of Education
4 Professor Chase of Boston University, School
of Education
5 Professor Sanborn Brown of M I T , resident of
Lexington
6 Professor Bertrand Fox of Harvard, resident of
Lexington
The Committee gave a rising vote of thanks to Mr Cole
for his efforts in securing a speaker and planning the
Thanksgiving Community Service program
The following suggestions were made for April 19th
1 Mr Cole suggested that the Committee select
a speaker for April 19th as soon as sanction is given
by the Board of Selectmen and after the new Celebrations
Committee is formed
2 Mrs Pullen suggested that two sub-committees
be named
a Band Committee Mr Rooney
b Important Guests Committee Mrs Hutchins
Vice President Nixon, General MacArthur and
General Grunther were suggested as possible honored guests
Mr Hutchins will speak to Mr Whitney of Welles-
ley about the possibility of having General MacArthur
and the arrangements which would be necessary in that
event
Mr Cobb will speak to Miss McIntyre about having
Junior and Senior High School students submit themes for
April 19th
Mr Gustin read a letter from Miss Helen McIntyre
thanking the Committee for asking her to chaperone the
High School United Nations Contest winners on their New
York trip Mr Cobb will ask Miss McIntyre for permis-
sion to have her letter published in the "Letter to the
Editor" column of the newspaper
There will be no meetings until December 11th
Geormia Williams
Rgcording Secretary