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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-01-14-TCC-min.pdf 279 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE Janaury 14, 1960 The thirteenth meeting of the 1959-'60 Town Cele- brations Committee was held in the Selectmen' s Room of the Town Office Building at 8 nO p m Present were : Mrs Pullen, Litchfield„ Williams and Messrs Cole, Cobb, Cronin, Howard , Bongiorno Present also were repre- sentatives of various organizations of Lexington Mr Cole , Chairman, explained the function of the Committee and introduced present members and 3 former members, Mr Bertram Gustin, Mr Bentley Hutchins and Mr Joseph Rooney to those present 1960 Theme : "Freedom With Justice" was an- nounced as the theme chosen for this year Floats : Mr Bongiorno passed around a list for organizations which plan to enter a float to sign Mr Cole asked each organiza`ion representative to give comments and suggestions and to report on his organization' s plans for Patriots ' day 1 American Legion (Mr Howard Rycroft and Mr Mel Hunt) reported that invitations will be sent to about 40 Posts of the Legion Representatives will attend a later meeting of the Committee to work out details of the Stanley Hill Post ' s being host to the visiting Legionaires 2 Hayden Recreation Center (Mr Skinner) will enter a float and will have more marchers in the parade and possibly will have an electric organ 3 Grange and 4-H (Mr John Garrity) observing 4 Grotto (Mr Worth) will have miniature float, 4• hoboes and a swing band with the trend to- ward humor 5 Temple Isaiah (Mrs Plain) will enter a float 6 PTA Council (Mr Collins) Representative will take back to the Council the message that adult interest and assistance would be helpful to the Student Council or other student group which will be in charge of entertaining visiting High School bands Guides should be stationed at the end of the parade to extend invitations and direct the way to the High School The High School parking lot might be restricted to the parking of High School band buses 280 7 League of Women Voters (Mrs Fernberger) plans to utilize the "Get out the Vote" idea since the parade comes before the Primary Sixty to seventy- five foreign students will be guests in the homes of League members for the day 2 Junior Chamber of Commerce (Mr Nowell ) will have a refreshment booth and possibly a float 9 Baptist Youth Fellowship (Mr John Jacobs ) plans to enter a float 10 V F W (David Toomey) observing. 11 Battle Green Chapter of DeMolay will have a patrol both morning and afternoon 12 Girl Scouts (Mrs LaPorte) will march in the morning Mrs LaPorte will inquire whether or not the Old Scout Drum Corps is willing to participate 1i Mass Rescue Service will participate 14• Lexington Guides Association (James Connel, William Bongiorno, Jr , and Eric Handley) presented a mimeographed report of the Guides Association, copies of which were passed around Outlined were suggestions such as the Guides donating their services on Patriots ' Day by giving short talks at historical points of interest on the Green inviting the author of "William Diamond' s Drum" to come to Lexington as a guest of honor for the day; a flag raising ceremony on the Green with 77 men arranged in battle formation as were the original 77 : and inviting "Revere" and "Dames" to stay in Lexington for the afternoon and participate in the parade (Mr Cole complimented the Guides on their offering of their services for April 19 ) 15 Lions' Club requested that a solution be found for the congestion of traffic at the origin of the parade 16 The Minute Men' s Organization representa- tive extended a cordial invitation to the younger men of Lexington to rive consideration to becoming members of the Minute Men Mr Cole mentioned that the Selectmen BOOKLET had approved the publishing of the booklet in a longer form than was originally planned, and had. authorized Mr Cole to go before the Appropriations Committee to seek additional funds in addition to Celebrations Committee funds which will be used for the publishing Mr Cole announced that material has been col- lected by Mrs Pullen and Mr Cobb and is being com- piled for a booklet which will be the only record of the Patriots ' Day Celebrations from 1775 to the present day, and t at the booklets should be ready for dis- 281 tribution before Patriots ' Day this year (The an- nouncement was received with enthusiastic approval ) VOTED That the author of "William Diamond's Drum" be invited to be a guest of honor in Lexington on Patriots ' Day Mr Cole will ascertain from the National NIOCrf - Lancern organization whether or not the ride of r_ 4J'iOUO "Revere" and "Dawes" is to take place again this year Mrs Litchfield and Mrs Williams plan to contact restaurants in January as to the possibility of their providing the luncheon for visiting digni- taries on Patriots ' Day The official film of the 1959 Patriots ' Day Parade will be kept by Mrs Litchfield along with slides of the 1050 Celebration It was noted that "FAITH IN FHE DOM" should be recorded for future consideration as a Patriots" Day theme Georgia H Williams, Recording Secretary 282 1 .