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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
MAY 19, 1960
The twenty-eighth meeting of the 1959-'60 Town
Celebrations Committee was held in the Selectmen's Room
of the Town Office Building at 8 no p m Present were :
Mrs Williams, Mrs Litchfield and Messrs Cole, Cobb,
Cronin, Douglass and Howard Also present was Mrs
Roger Wilson, L W V United Nations Essay Contest Chair-
man
It was suggested that letters be sent to all U N DAY
Lexington organizations requesting that United Nations
programs be planned for October (The previous letter
should be checked to be sure that the facts are correct )
Essay Contest Mr Cole, Chairman, announced that the
League of Women Voters will, again, sponsor the High
School United Nations Essay Contest
The Celebrations Committee will be expected to
make arrangements for the contest prize (Mr Douglass
will approach the Rotary Club to find out whether or
not it will sponsor the prize trip to the United Nations
again this year )
The Essay Contest topic will be chosen by the
L
W V immediately so that the topic can be announced
to students before school closes for the summer (Mrs
Wilson will report to the Committee when the topic is
chosen )
Mr Cobb will apply for the High School auditor-
ium for the United Nations Day assembly for the nearest
scnooi day to United Nations Day, October 24
Tree-planting Ceremony: The site for the 1960 U N
tree planting will be Parker School which especially
requested it for this year (Note If more than one
school had requested the tree, the question of which
school woull have been decided alphabeticali )
Flags : The Lions Club has indicated, previously, that
it plans to pre ent United Nations flags to each Lex-
ington school (Joseph Rooney , incoming Lion Club
president, will he contacted about the matter. )
•1r Kingston Howard was named chairman of the Thanks- THANK S-
giving Service GIVING
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Auditorium Mr Co b will reserve the High School
auditorium for Nov 20, 1960, for. tie Thanksgiving
service
Speaker: Mr Cole will contact Dean Graham of Boston
University who has indicated that he will be the speaker
for the 1960 Thanksgiving Service (Dr Bechar of
Brandeis University was mentioned as a possible speaker
if Dean Graham is unable to do so )
Programs : Hancock Press will print the programs
Participants Mr Cole and Mr Howard discussed pos-
sible participants in the service
COMMITTEE ORFANIZATIO FOR 1060-1061 :
Voted Chairman Cornelius P Cronin
Voted Vice-chairman Kingston L Howard
Voted : Recording Secretary Georgia H Williams
Voted : Corresponding Secretary Eleanor B Litchfield
Mr Cole expressed his appreciation, for having
served on the Committee and turned the meeting over. to
Mr Cronin
An official letter reporting the reorganization
of the Celebrations Coi-mittee will be sent to the Board
of Selectmen
APRIL 19 The Coast Guard Academy Band may be willing to
participate in the 1961 parade (Note because it is
an Academy, the hand would lead the parade )
MISCEL- Mrs Litchfield reported that the Celebrations
LANEOUS Committee is in good financial condition Total ex-
penditures to date have amounted to $2272 05 ( W500 00
was the appropriation voted for t e Celebrations Com-
mittee by the Town Meeting )
Mr Cobb reported that the Lexington Guides
•
Association has invited Celebrations Committee members
• and their families for a guided tour by the Guides of
historic points of interest in Lexington and Concord on
Sunday, June 5, at 2 00 p m (The Cnmmitte voted to
accept the Lexington Guides invitation )
Georgia H Williams,
Recording Secretary