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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-10-08-TCC-min.pdf 257 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE October 8, 1959 The fourth meeting of the 1959-'60 Town Celebra- tion' s Committee was held in the Accountant's Office of the Town Office Building at 8 :00 p.m Present were : Mrs . Williams and Mrs Litchfield and Messrs Cole, Cobb, Cronin, and Bongiorno. Also present were Rabbi Herbert Rosenbloom of the Jewish Community Center and Rabbi Bernard H Bloom of Temple Isaiah. Mr Cole, Chairman, discussed plans for the THANKS- Lexington Community Thanksgiving Service which will be GIVING held November 22, 1959 at 8 :00 p.m , at the Lexington High School Auditorium He suggested that Rabbi Bloom represent the Jewish faith on the program by reading the scripture and by giving a prayer Elder Myron C Fisher of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be asked to give the Invocation, and Father George W Casey of St Brigid' s i Church will be asked to give the Benediction (Since neither Mr Fisher nor Father Casey attended this meet- ing, Mrs Litchfield will telephone them. ) Mrs Litchfield read a letter from A. L Sachar, President of Brandeis University, in which he expressed his re 'ret that he would be unable to be the speaker at the Thanksgiving Service (Mrs Litchfield will invite Nils Y. Wessel, President of Tufts College to be the speaker) . Mrs Sandberger, director of the High School GUe Clan, x.111 Jireeu Une moral group and sne will also play the organ at the service Mr Maloney, Chairman of the Board of Select- men, will be asked to rend the Governor' s Proclamation at the Thanksgiving Service (Mrs . Litchfield will send a letter to him) . Mrs. Litchfield and Mrs . Williams will prepare U N Day publicity about United Nations ' Day for the Lexington Minute Man newspaper Mr Cobb reported that plans for the Fiske School and High School United Nations ' Day programs are set : Mr Augustus W. Young. Principal of Fiske School, plans a U.N. tree-planting ceremony on Friday, 258 October 23, at 9:15 a.m The Park Department will send personnel to Fiske School for planting the tree The U N Day Assembly will be held at 10 :45 a m , October 23, at the Lexington High School Mr Lincoln P Cole, Jr , Chairman of the Town Celebrations Commit- tee; Mr Maloney, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and Mrs Paul Riffin, President of the Lexington League of Women Voters will say a few words The winners of the Essay Contest will be announced The essays were written by approximately 50 high school seniors at the school today A letter will be sent to Mr Mason of the Cary Memorial Library, reminding him of United Nations' Day, October 24th, and reminding him of the United Nations' Bookshelf which should be on display during United Nations ' Week. The Men' s Club of the Episcopal Church will have an October United Nations ' program as a result of the letter which was sent to all organizations from the Celebrations Committee last Spring The Jewish Community Center will invite eleven or twelve foreign students to Lexington for the weekend of October 30 There will be a social evening at the Jewish Center on October 31, at 8 :30 p m A letter was received from Mr Arnold Miller of 33 Young St , in- viting the Celebrations Committee members and their wives and husbands to attend (Mrs. Litchfield will reply to Mr Miller's letter explaining that several members of the Committee plan to attend) APRIL 19 Mrs Litchfield will send letters of invitation to bands to participate in the April 19, 1960 parade MISCEL- Mrs Williams presented Mrs Louise Baker's bill LANEOUS for $25 00 for typewriting minutes from 1955 to 1959 in the official record book of the Town Celebrations Com- mittee Mr Cole announced the Selectmen's appointment of Mr Kingston Howard as a member of the Town Celebra- tions Committee An article will be sent to the Minute Man newspaper about this appointment and about Mr Cole' s recent election as Chairman of the Committee Mrs Litchfield reported that Mrs Cheever is unable to do mimeographing work for the Committee as she now has a full-time teaching position The next meeting will be held on October 15th at 8:00 p m Georgia Williams Recording Secretary