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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
November 19, 1959
The tenth meeting of the 1959-'60 Town Celebra-
tions C-)mmittee was held in the Selectmen' s Room of the
Town Office Building at 8 :00 p m Present were Mrs
Litchfield, Williams , Pullen and Messrs Cole, Cobb,
Cronin and Bongiorno .
Mr Cole opened the meeting b congratulating THANKS-
Mrs Pullen on the articles about Thanksgiving Service GIVING
and speaker which had been published in the Lexington
paper.
Hancock Press -ill have programs printed by
Friday morning Mrs Litchfield will take stamped
envelopes to Hancock Press for mailing of programs to
the Clergy.
Mr Cobb will initial an announcement for use
over the loud speaker system at L FI S.
Mrs Litchfield will order carnations for the
14 ushers and flowers for stage
Future sug7estions : An announcement of the date
of the Thanksgiving Service shoi-ld be included in the
United Nations letter which go s out to all organiza-
tions in Spring
In the near future an invitation should be sent
to Dean EdwPrd K. Graham inviting him to be speaker at
the 1960 Thanksgiving Service.
Miss Hall and Mr. Kershaw High School Faculty U N
chaperones for the U.N Essay Contest winners , gave ESSAY
permission for their letter of appreciation to the Com- CONTEST
mittee to be published in the paper
MRS Kaufman of the League of Women Voters has
submitted a. report on the U N Essay Contest to the
Committee
Mrs Pullen and Mr Cobb will meet with the APRIL 19
Selectmen on Monday, November 23, at 8:15 p.m to out-
line their plans for a booklet about April 1.9 celebra-
tions.
Letters of acceptance have been received from the
Athol High School Band, Woburn High School and the
l Coast Guard.
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Luncheon Committee : Mrs Litchfield and. Mrs
Williams will contact restaurants and will report back
to the Committee
Reception Committee VOTED That the Belfry
Club be engaged for the after-parade reception
Mr Ray Lewis , former member of the Celebra-
tions Committee will be asked to be in charge of the
reception He would be assisted by Arthur Douglass,
of the Committee
Suggestions : That some reliable person be in
charge of getting participants from the luncheon to
the parade
That chairs for the reviewing stand be gotten
from the Belfry Club and returned to the Belfry Club
after the parade (It was suggested that J A Bean,
Parker St , be engaged for this job. )
Themes of tie day were suggested
"Freedom The Right To Choose"
"Four Freedoms For A1.1" Cronin's su.rgestion
"Four Freedoms" Cole ' s suggestion
MISCEL- The last meeting of the year will be December 3,
LANEOUS 1959 Lexington High School Guides will be invited to
attend at 8 15 p m Mr `rank Bateman of the Jaycees
will be invited to attend at A 30 p m
January 7, 1960 will be tie first meeting next
year A discussion of the April 19th theme will be on
the agenda
January 14, 1960 meeting, Youth Groups and Civic
Groups will be invited The official 1959 film of the
April 19th parade will be shown (Mr Gustin has the
film, it is believed )
Lteorgia Williams
Recording Secretary