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Tedi' CvI TRATIOLf COMMITTEE
Parch 4, 19(1
The el eve 7t'1 meetii of the 1460- °(l Toru Cel e-
tratione Committee was hela._ i1 tI' o Town Accoultaiit ' s
!"'fine of the Town Office Building• at C;00 p m
Present ,- r = rP , LI .ail liair• , Mrs. Litchfield,
and I es.0rs Cronin, HoNc 'rl , Bongior in, Cobb, Gilman
and Dousola a Also pr= gent war Chief �f Iolice, Jahn
rdvcroft
Police Chief Iih'croft AF'IL 19
Pro )'I_ems of traffic control imere 1' i sell, red
2 _I shun] ] bs '1 certai 'ed from Dr I,,c::oiial 1 or the
Colcml Commute whet -ler or :P`ri Q"Fresco t" will ride
with "Revere and Dalai a" tart year , Te In° ton police-
mei
.,olice-
met w-(inl y awai ter his arrival
2 Questions arose es to pi ,u5. poi Lire Afrl Csra U N
fele ate and acne ,r .r police protection Cor them
(Dr Smit r of til Citizens Cornmitte, N' ich is soo.isor-
inn the visit Till. be i ivi ter9 to the next Celebrations
Vo-
Vre )
in ,h i't te,- r- tJ_i14.
li A police ice ocr 'ill bt- avail:nide for ti's-sor.,rti.)iP' the
Ch irrnan of in B erd of Cel ctmen from the lunch to
the Minut Man statu on ILhe Grey n to awalt tin arrival
of Foul Revere
5 Ti ,:Cline Department reque La 1'125 for foot_ ev-
peilses tits year (The 1r0 of last, year w-+s Art ade-
juate )
Floats I-n Ron iorno reported that 0 floats are being
pl a_ineu i; _repeat The are
1 Grace Chapel Ch umber of
Co nmer•ce
Ueposi Pers ° Trutt Co 6 Rapti r Church
0 Junior Cha.nber' of Commerce 7 lions Club
notary Club n Ji-Tr
0 Church of Jesus Chvi t of Latter Day Saints
f' ars'hal_s and Aides
Chief I- rshal dillia -I F Ronrinrno
Alla to Chief Marshal John Rudd, U - C
or 11e1 of First Divi ion Mel Bunt, American Leaio:i
( ,ide nit t named)
ar ] ?l of iSee- id Division Franca Benoit, Commander of
V Rlr
Marohal of Thirl Division Edmund Cldv, I, xLitTton Minute
L_R
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Aide t(. Third Division Do_ cl i Ii Hi coc , U A R
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War hal of Fourth Division Martin Gilman ( Celebrations
Committee)
Marshal of Fitt Division William F Fitzgerald , Fire
Commissioner
(2 firegem will be aides to Firth Division arshal )
Bands and Drill Tea '[C
1 The Committee emu cts replies from the Army and
Hwy Ban soon
2 The Levin ton Lodge of Elks (Mr LeBornberd) accepts
invitatioi for about 150 m sobers to march in the after-
noon parade
Communicati.o'is
1_ Civil Defense ears will be used (Mr 4rthur E
Burrell will be invited to a Committee me=ting in this
connection )
2 A, part of the pron'ra for the day, the Jaycees in
cooperation rich tine Civil Defense will have on display
a bomb shelter which will be constructed above around
somewhere near the Green
3 "Exec-U-Fhone Systems, Inc " will upiily the loud
speaker system and i 1ieinr- contacted by Mr Howl 1
Luncheon Mrs Iitc'hfiell Mrs Williams and Mi
Howard will reconfirm tie reservation for lunch with
t e Levi. lc''ton F tt l eare n Restaurant an' mill d iscu a
me 11F with tis restaurant
Automobiles
1 Mr Douail ass has arranger) for automol-iles from
Lexin ton automobile companies These will be used
to tre sport dignitaries from the luncheon to the
parade a sembly and tine ice to the reviewing stand
Mr Howard reg. nests the name of di°'nitari,es, who
will be ridinrr is thm automobilea, as soon as possible
so that placer- s with t re names can be m de by the art
department of Yr ro*.,card' s co pHn1, Th se placards
will be placed an the silee of t e cars
Bece;otion Mr Don lass hns reserved the Belfry Club
for t to afternoo of April 19 Coffee 1 , sandwiches
will be ordered &-fresh_neite will be served at the
receptiol until 6 00 p m
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1 Chnire from the Belfry Club sill be delivered to
the reviewin, stard 'v iii sto c. rd
2 Bean ( .ove.rs ) ill be en, red to j)ic:C up the
ch- ire, after the parade and ke them hack Lo the
Belfry Club (yd. 13oward will arranc-e for this with
J . P,en )
3 i l er ill i i out fro r:r. 7 1p1 Tucher,
Preside t of the Lex_1ncton IIi -torical Society, whether
or not a tour of Suckmn i Traver i, and uerhal's some
coffee could be arranged for the ladle of the review-
inn- st, ad durinr the interval between the luncheon and
the ti-'e that Ehe parade arrive° in the center of town
Sinirit of ' 76 Unit :
1 Mr Co b reported that costume materials hvve been
purchased by the r , 7 n . [Tome iscomomi cs Departm nt from
Baker 's for '31 OR, 'id work nn the costume is being
started by the 'Tome ',cenoyri.ce Dep rtr.ent
2 uJtep en Shaw, the sixth nn'r.anle drummer, frost Bern- I,
eade Dr , will march il only 1 parade (Pr Gilman
will speak to A';i Pechh =nen an-all to find out whether
uot'her 1uy clru ti evaila1,le )
3 The drummer `ro- Carlisle -ill to the part of
the grandfatt' er of the trio (A stipend of liP will
be criers:_; to biro for expenses is this connection )
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Mrs Fox will inquire of the Frederick Tul_larn of
s Ave as to u e availal it ity or
a 1'ro 11 wig
for the father of the croup, e white wi, for the grand-
father (The Tu' lars mere in & 'erre. of costumes and
make-um for the 19;0 celebration )
Publicity
1 ,•_rs Fc w fa,ssed round copies of s , rant' i or ',er
weekly schedule fpr newspaper p'.thli .ity from new ttiti.1
April 27
2 ''o Committee members have b-?ran invited to attend the
71r17 ,rch 1P At th ti !^ the Pror,-
Paua.ders ' queen will be chosen She in turn will be
name, "Lai -L€-xir toi--l ^61 "
3 Arr&npw'mcnts for a portrait p oio -reph of "Lady
Pe'cjr_ tc n" must be made -with Pei* Junes or '-url i ngton
AI (i4nrtin Haggerty was 'mentioned a ail alternate phot,o-
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rapliar ) I,I
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-I- Mr Fox will prepare the mornin parade procram
and will to e 11 to Hayle-1 Centre where 500 copies
will be made
5 Mr Ernest Kitchen, 4 Kimball Rd is handling
publicity is connection with the African U 1, delegates '
visit to Lexington
6 An item of 1 terest for puhlicity is the fact that
the Tufts Armed Drill Team which will prrticipate in
the parade is under the cornmanc of a Lexington boy, 1st
Lt William ') Faxton, R n T C Tufts Air Force Unit
7 Fermi sion for distribution of Patriots ' Day pro-
ram throu -h the schools has not been received from
School Supt Medill Bair, yet
High School Band Reception: Mr Cobb noted that the
Citizens Committee sponsoring the Africa-1 delegation
has reserved the auditorium, t e 1-itchen , the dining
room, and the gymnasium of the Hi 'h School from
4-11 n0 p m on April 19 (The Student Council has
not reserved space for the High School Reception A
place for the TTigh chool reception mu L be found )
Photo Contest A representative of the T T r- P'hoto-
r-ramhv Cllii ghouli be 1-wited to the Cel br tions Com-
mittee meetin next week Plans for I- e Photo Contest
should be dicer sed (ih,r Crorii. , sus' esterl that the
Photo. Clur „i ht be int rested i, s (a- Aro- the
Coam_ ttee ' s P triots ' Day movie to it proun )
Parade Roster : It wee the co lse 1sirs of the meetin,q
that outside secreterial service should be hired for
the l ypewritinc° and mimeoc-r phing of tie parade roster
this er
Deecoroti Universal Deco etino- Co will be hied
for decor' tiro C, ry Me o irl Hall rn the re-vicwi,-&
stand The buntira will. be Put up , n April 10 or 11
Invited Guests Z Con -ressrn. .i Bradford Morse has
auceptte invitation to take part in i -xilr-t( n'
cel r' do "l "o In 1l l Cc ( 'i " F , H 11500w
Fi erld , Bedford) and Maj General Mrs' P r -qui t
(al Bedford_) h-,vh 'n,celted , also
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l Three i :L.ttatiler or t''' P_ e its y it l he ort ere3 1'Z�
Kr r i Lehr lead
2 Belebi trbea Bose 1_'112-= 1' 1 ri„ t,i ' Tienedscti or
t the an.rni m cerem ny
Kr Cr° 'li.n re-+il ci c,,py cf a let tel r. lit It b Cl. t. XPi
et_t to Dr Si ith of th Citizen Cola ittc_e spon ,urinp.
l.t .fr'ic lel tor ' ,i 1; T'-e 1e'te' etiivised
the Citizu le Co mittee to coo;'-31 t-tet it cF for
d tY'lOtS' Day wit', 1-'- e Toy Cel etr i.i J'"G Col ittee
ah .il is of ,f ed 1' y the tOiet, for thc: ove -- 11 pIaktni_tg
c,f the P Lrl ota,' Da-si cel.ehr ii ou
Ceor i. -I TI ldi.11Iam e,
recol =oh. Semuretery
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