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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-10-15-TCC-min.pdf 259 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE October 15, 1959 The fifth meeting of the 1959-' 60 Town Celebra- tions Committee was held in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building at 8 :00 p m. Present were Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Williams, and Messrs, Cole, Cobb, Cronin, Bongiorno and Douglass Mr Cronin, Vice-chairman, presided over the meeting until the arrival of Mr Cole, Chairman, who had been detained at another meeting Mr Cronin welcomed Mr Arthur Douglass to the meeting Mr Douglass and Mr Kingston Howard were recently appointed to the Committee by the Board of Selectmen, Mr Howard was unable to attend this meet- ing because of another appointment With the exception of a main speaker, all ar- THANKS- rangements have been made for the Thanksgiving Service GIVING A sample program will be made up by Mrs Litchfield ( She will bring it to the next Committee meeting so that the program can be approved by the Committee It is hoped that by that time the speaker' s name will be available for inclusion in the program so that it may be sent to the printer (The Committee awaits a reply to an invitation which was sent to Nils Y Wessel, President of Tufts College, to be the speaker ) The High School has been reserved for the Thanksgiving Program from 7 :30 p m. until 9 30 p m on November 22 .yrs Libchfield, Corresponding aecretiary, re- ported that letters have been sent to the Lexington clergymen informing them of the plans for the Thanks- giving Service so that announcements may be made in the churches The Committee felt that an effort should be U.N Day made to obtain a United Nations' flag which could be used by the town on occasions such as the United Nations ' Day programs in the schools (Mr Cobb tele- phoned Mr Gustin who assured him that the Lexington Lion' s Club would be pleased to present a U.N flag to the High School at its U.N Assembly program at the High School on Friday, October 23, at 10 45 a m ) Members of the Celebrations Committee were ur •ed by �._ the Chairman to be present at this program and at the tree-planting ceremony at Fiske School at 9 15 a m on the same day 260 Mrs Litchfield and Mrs Williams, in the (-s absence of Mrs Pullen, will prepare publicity about the United Nations ' programs and about the U N Essay Contest, its winners and their prize trip to New York This will be sent to the Lexington Minute Man news- paper In the article, Mr Joseph Gibson of the Social Studies Department of the High School will be given credit for his part in working out many details of the Essay Contest Requests as to the availability of U N material for use in school programs had come to the Committee from the Principals of Adams and Munroe Schools They were referred to the U.N Bookshelf of the Cary Memorial Library APRIL 19 The subject of the purchase of additional rope for the roping off of crowds in Lexington Center on Patriots Day was discussed It was the sense of the meeting that ,$200 of Committee funds night be used for this purpose (Mr Cole will meet with Mr Gustin, who purchased rope for the Committee last year for this purpose Refer to Dec 11, 1958 minutes ) Letters have been sent by the Corresponding Secretary to Norwich University, Fort Devens and to the First Naval District inviting their bands and marching units to participate in the 1960 Patriots Day Parade BUDGET After reviewing 1958 and 1959 budgets, the Committee felt that a $4500 00 budget (the same as 1959) would adequately cover expenses of the Town Celebrations Committee for 1960 The Committee will submit this request before Town Meeting It was men- tioned that Committee expenditures for bands and march- ing units eere less this year than had been estimated because of the rainy April 19th However, host ex- penses were higher this year than had been estimated because of additional youth groups having been brought to town oy the American Legion I MISCEL- Mrs Litchfield will order new stationery for LANEOUS the Town Celebrations Committee The new members ' names will be included Mrs Williams will mail a complete set of 1959- ' 60 minutes to Mr Howard Mrs Litchfield gave E5 00 to Mrs Williams to cover postal expenses of the Recording Secretary The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p m. Georgia Williams Recording Secretary