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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-03-31-TCC-min.pdf 311 Town Celebrations Committee March 31, 1060 The twenty-third meeting of the 1959-'60 Town Celebrations Committee was held in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building at 8 :n0 p m. Present were Mrs Pullen Mrs Litchfield , Mrs Williams , and Messrs Cole, Cobb, Cronin, and Bongiorno Also present were Mr John Ingraham and Mr Harold Worth of the Shrine Grotto Oriental Band Mrs Litchfield reported: APRIL 19 1 The Selectmen have been invited to the luncheon 2 The Governor of N H , Wesley Powell, sent a letter of regret th. t he cannot come 3 A letter will be sent to Mr Sumner of Hayden Center thanking the Center for the mimeographing of the morning parade roster 4 General Yancey of the Second Briaale sent a letter of regret 5 Senator Saltonsta.11 sent a letter regretting that his schedule will not permit him to attend the Celebration 6 A letter from Harold Smalley indicates that the Salvation Army Band would like to participate 7 General Verbeck, Commanding General. of Ft Devens plans to attend Lexington Clergymen will be invited to partici- pate in the morning parade 9 A request will be made to churches to have church bells rung on April 19 10 A shuttle bus will be ordered 11 Wreaths for the Revolutionary Monument will. be ordered from Carlsons' Florist Luncheon Mr Howard reported 1 The Battlegreen Inn restaurant, (The Heritage Room) , was most cooperative in making plans for the April 19 luncheon The main dining room will be give over to the Committee for the luncheon which will cost '1 45 (plus gratuities, plus tax ) (MOTH The Committee expressed the opinion that if the luncheon in successful this year, the Battlegreen Inn restaurant should be considered for the luncheon in 1961 ) 2 Mr Howard and Mr Cole hal made reservations and scheduled lunch for bands which will eat at the Navoy Restaurant in Bedford L_. 312 Booklet : 1 A form for copyrighting the booklet has been - obtained The charge for copyrighting is 0 00 plus X42 00 The form must have the signature of the chair- man of the Celebrations Committee and must be notarized 2 Mr Poehler, Director of Instruction of Lex- ington Public Schools had sent a. letter which gives enrollment figures for each school and he requests that the booklets must go to each school in time for the Principal to place them in the appropriate boxes A cover letter must go to each school with the booklets 3 The booklets will be delivered to the Church of the Redeemer for counting out and for distribution to the schools by the men of the Committee Mr Bongiorno and Mr Howard , the High School and 2 Junior High Schools Mr Cole,-Parker, Fiske and Maria Hastings : Mr Cronin--Hancock, Franklin, Munroe and Adams Mr Cobb--Harrington 4 Medill Bair, Supt of Schools, had sent a letter of conratulations for the publication of the booklet 5 Mr Howard stated that he is "tremendously impressed" with the brochure Movies Mr Cobb was authorized by the Committee to obtain official movies of the 1060 parade, and to rent the camera and sufficient equipment from the Theater Pharmacy (David Vogt will take the movies ) Lexington Guides : Mr Leigh Jones had made an official portrait photograph of Lady Lexington on Saturday morning The Boston Herald newspaper is interested in a three-picture story about "Lady Lexington-1960" for its April 17, 1960 issue (Rotogravure Section ) Lady Lexington should be invited to the Rotary Club' s Patriots ' Eve Ball (Mr Bonpiorno will ascertain whether or not she and her escort will be invited ) Bands Mr Harold Worth reported that the Shrine Grotto Oriental Band will have several features making up a unit 1 Color bearers 2 Patrol 3 Little Float 4 One man 5 Leader of the Band 6 Band (23 pieces) The $50 donation will go to the Cerebral Palsy Fund and about i30 will be requested for transporta- tion expenses Mr Worth gave a picture of the Grotto Band for use in the newspaper article Miscellaneous : A letter had come to Lexington (via the Dept of Uommerce of the Commonwealth) from Valley Forge Center, King-of-Prussia, Pa , requestin- informa- tion about the April 19 celebrations and Paul Revere 313 (Mrs Pullen will send a packet of material to Valley Forge Center ) 'I Future Suggestions : 1 Mr Cole recommended that there should be a library of photographs of participating units and floats 2 Mr Cronin stated that the Sunrise Parade should be kept historical----a Lexington feature the Afternoon Parade could be an "All -out 1960 parade " Georgia H Williams, Recording- Secretary 314