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Home My WebLink About1959-03-26-TCC-min.pdf 217 TOWN CELEBRATION COMMITThE March 26, 1959 The twenty-first meeting of the Town Celebrations Committee was held in the Selectmen' s Room of the Town Office Building on March 26, 1959 at 8 00 p.m Present were Messrs Gustin, H utchins, Bongiorno, Cole, Cobb, Cronin, Mesdames Pullen, Williams, and Litchfield Also present were Mr Donald Guiler ( representing the Lexington Minute Men) ; Mr Gerald Tabeling ( repre- senting the Blue Birds of the Camp Fire Girls) ; Mr Leo Gaughan ( representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars ) Mr Guiler reported that the Minute Men entertained 172 visiting members of the Centennial Legion last year LEXINGTON and expect to entertain 75 this year MINUTE MEN The Minute Men have traditionally greeted the National Lancers ' riders when they arrive in Lexington, and they plan to do so this year VOTE The Committee voted to appropriate 575 .00 to the Minute Men, this year, toward their expenses in providing a collation after the parade for visiting mem- 1 bers of the Centennial Legion, and an additional $10 00 for the expenses of providing lunch for the National Lancers ' riders who impersonate the original "messengers" of 1775 Thirty to fifty Blue Birds plan to participate BLUE BIRDS Mr Cronin instructed them to assemble at the Junior High School and he assigned to the Blue Birds a position behind the Lexington High School band in the morning—parade — The following drill teams will participate in. the VETERANS parade under the auspices of the V F W OF FOREIGN WARS 1 The Most Blessed Sacrament ( 80 persons) sponsored by the Malden V F W 2 The Waltham V F W Post No 2152 Boys ' Drill Team 3 The Isaac Wilson Taylor Drill Team, Cambridge V F W Post No 2443 Mr Gaughan was authorized by the Committee to invite an Arlington Marine Corps drill team and the Im- maculate Conception Drill Team of Winchester which is sponsored by the Woburn Post of the V F W 21S (Mr Cronin suggested that, in the future, organi- zations should be asked to submit to the Committee lists of prospective parade participants, the Committee should decide whichof these units would best fit into the parade and authorize organizations to invite those units to par- ticipate ) Fifteen floats have been promised They are FLOATS Youth 1 Troop 160, Boy Scouts of America 2 Willard Club of the Hayden Recreation Centre 3 Baptist Youth Fellowship 4 Minute Man Council of Girl Scouts 5 Y-Teens 6 Pilgrim Youth Fellowship 7 4-H Club Civic 1 Lex Junior Chamber of Commerce 2 The Theater Guild of the Arts and Crafts Society 3 The League of Women Voters of Lexington 4 Lexington Lions ' Club 5 Lexington Knights of Columbus Commercial 1 Countryside Corners 2 Lexington Gardens 3 Lexington Nursery Arthur D Little , Inc declined the invitation to enter a float this year A letter from Mr Sheldon Kennedy of Trans-Sonics, Inc stated that the company is unable to enter a float this year Mrs Pullenvolunteered to meet with Martha Nason of PUBLICITY the High School Photographers Club to plan publicity for the Club ' s contest Mr Cobb reportedthat the start of the contest awaits the completion of the mimeographing of entry blanks The Rotary Club will have a dance on April 18th Mrs Pullen will find out from Mr MacNeil of the Rotary Club whether or not they have plans for introducing "Lady Lexing- ton" at the dance Mr Cobb reported that he had completed the Lexington portion of the Patriots Day program and Mr Gustin reported that it had beensent to Boston Mrs Pullen hoped that there would be extra copies of the program available for distribu- tion Mr Gustin asked Mrs Litchfield to send a letter of 219 4-26-59 -2- invitation to the Reading High. School Band and Major- ettes AFTERNOON PARADE Mrs Litchfield reported that the Girl Scout Drum Corps of the Thirties plans to participate (Mr Cobb was asked to reserve the Junior High. School gym- nasium for its rehearsal, Sunday, April 19th, after Mrs Lois Burnham Smith has been consulted as to the exact time ) The M I T marching unit will not come The Boston Fire Department Band sent a letter of acceptance Ten towns will each send one fire chief's car and one piece of equipment Reading will send a horse-drawn steamer, and two hand tubs may, also, be in the parade Mr Gustin read a letter from the Appropira- tions Committee approving the appropriation by the MISCELLANEOUS Town Meeting of $4000 plus 5500 from the LeRoy S Brown Fund for Town Celebrations' Committee expenses The 4-H Club has been notified that its riders and horses must have proper identification insignia Mr Cobb has suggested to the High School Student Council that its after-parade reception be less informal this year He suggested a receiving line and a plan for giving souvenir certificates to each visitor at the reception VOTE The Committee voted that, for this year, i,he High School Student uouncii will oe asicea to en- tertain the Lexington Senior and Junior High. School bands and all visiting youthgroups whichwill parti- cipate in the parade Mr Gustin mentioned a letter which he had re- ceived from Mr William Page of Oakland Street which requested various organizations to provide homes for twenty-five or thirty visitors from the United Nation ' s Secretariat who will be in Lexington for the weekend of May 15th George Williams, —' Recording Secretary 220 C, i