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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
June 11, 1959
The thirty-first meeting of the .1958-59 Town
Celebrations Committee was held in the Selectmen' s
Room, Town Office Building, on June 11, 1959 at 8 00
p m Present were Messrs. Gustin, Cronin, Hutchins,
Cole, Cobb; Mesdames Pullen, Litchfield and Williams
The incoming Superintendent of Schools should
be notified of plans for planting a tree at Fiske UNITED
School in connection with Lenngton' s observance of iTATIONS
United Nation ' s Day Iie should also be notified of DAY
the plans for conducting a United Nation ' s Essay Con-
test at the High School
The 1959 United Nation' s "ssay Contest has
been officially planned Miss Frank of the United
Nations in New York has been notified and has been
sent a copy of the essay subject
The members of the Celebrations Committee felt
that a statement regarding the Committee ' s position.
in the celebration of Un_ted Nations Day should be
entered into the minutes as follows
"The Committee will ac+ively promote and sup-
port United Nation' s Day school programs and
will have the Park Department, under the
direction of the Town Celebrations Committee,
plant a tree , suitably marked, as an official
act of Lexington' s United Nation' s celebration "
The Lexington High School Art Department will
be asked to design the cover for the Thanksgiving THANKSGIVING
probrw
The Lexington Field and Garden Club will be
asked to decorate the High School auditorium for the
Thanksgiving service
Mrs Williams had heard Dr Bixler, President
of Colby College , recently and hoped that he might
consent to be the Thanksgiving speaker (Mrs . Litch-
field will write to him )
Mr Gustin described possible contents for a
folder which would explain the background, functions , FOLDER
duties, schedules and policies of the Town Celebra-
tions Committee
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Mr Cronin demonstrated a McMillan. Record Book
and recommended that such a book should be purchased
and that all Town Celebration' s Committee minutes
should he entered therein He recommended that a pro-
fessional secretary be engaged to accomplish the job
VOM It was voted a sub-committee consisting of Mrs
Litchfield, Mrs Cheever and Mrs Williams will hire a
secretary to bring the T C C minutes up- t0-date by
September
VOM It was voted that Mr Gustin purchase notebook
binders for each. Celebration ' s Committee member ( The
members will be expected to keep Committee minutes in
the notebooks and to bring them to each. meeting )
A member of the Salvation Army Central Band has
PATRIOTS' been asked to suggest that the Band consider coming to
DAY Lexington for April 19, 1960 as it makes plans for the
coming year
Mr. Lauritzen of Lexington will be present at a
Fourth. of July celebration in Denmark at which time he
will have Certificates of Birth, Liberty Bills and
tricorne hats from Lexington for distribution
It was suggested that Mr Lauritzen be asked to
organize a group of residents who have come to Lexing-
ton from foreign countries to appear in the Patriots '
Day parade in costumes of their native country
Press and Publicity personnel should be invited
to a Celebration' s Committee meeting prior to April
19, 1960
Lexington Girl Scouts have requested "Certifi-
MISCE'L- cates of Birth" for use in the Swap Program of the
LANEOUS International Girl Scout Roundup in Colorado. (Mr
Gustin explained that two boxes , each containing three
hundred certificates, can be shipped to the Roundup
Lila Towle will be asked to contact Mr Gustin )
Mr Hutchins will follow up Mr Bortman' s offer
of a Peace Dollar and a copy of the Minute Man National
Park bill for eachmember of the Committee
Lady Lexington 1958 is recovering from an appen-
dectomy The portrait exchange ceremony has been in-
definitely postponed
Mrs Pullen and Mr Cobb have begun their sumer
project of compiling information for a souvenir program
for April 19, 1960 L
Georgia [,villiams
Recording Secretary