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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
February 1', 1960
The eighteenth meeting of the 1959-'60 Town
Celebrations 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, Howard and Douglass Mrs Arthur •
Douglass was also present as an observer
Important Guests : Mrs Litchfield. reported that APRIL 19
letters of invitation have been sent to Major General
Ernest Harmon, President of Norwich University, and to
Mr Turtelot, author of "William Diamond's Drum "
Dance Mr Douglass announced that the Rotary Club is
tentatively making plans for a dance which will be open
to the public at Cary Hall on April 18
Bands and Drill Teams :
1 Mr Ray Lewis had received a letter from Clan Mac
Pherson Kiltie Band which requested an invitation to
come to Lexington this year (Last year Clan Mac
Pherson Kiltie Band participated for x,165 which
included e donation to its band fund and transportation
coats. )
VOTED That a letter of invitation will. be sent to the
Clan MacPherson Kiltie Band offering them P1.3K which
will include a band fund donation and transportation
costs The letter would stipulate that the number of
participants should be kept as high as possible (The
number of band members was small in 1959 )
2 The Hanscom Field Air Base Marching Unit will be
invited. again this year
3 A letter will be sent to the Mummers Group, James
Durning String Band of Philadelphia, requesting in-
formation as to the conditions under which it would
consider participating in the Patriots ' Day parade
4 VOTED That a letter will be sent to the Civil Air
Patrol Drill. Teem The letter will state that the
Committee has a policy which stipulates that it does
not pay for drill teams or marching units
5 A letter had been received from the Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War The letter asks that the
Committee reconsider its band's request to come to
Lexington this year (It was suggested that the Com-
mittee respond to the letter to the effect that the
Committee finds itself unable to change its decision as
of its previous letter )
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VOTED That the Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War
Band will not be invited
Floats Hayden Center will not enter a float this year
Camera Contest The Lexington High School Photography
Club does not plan to sponsor a photographic contest
thi year, Mr Cobb reported
Booklet Mr Cobb reported that the booklet which
records the history of the Patriots ' Day Celebrations
was sent to the printer Tuesday Galley proofs will
be ready by March 9 Page proofs will be ready a week
later The booklet will be printed by the middle of
March (The Committee has not yet receiveda reply
from the Superintendent of Schools to its request that
the booklet be distributed to the townspeople through
the school children )
Georgia H Williams,
Recording Secretary