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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
February 1, 1962
The Committee metat the Town Offices at 8 :00
p m Present were : Mrs Fox, Mrs Litchfield and
Messrs. Gilman, Cobb, Howard, Poplawski , Gaughan and
Douglass Also present were members of various town
organizations. Mr. Howard explained the theme, cos-
tumes for the Spirit of '76, and introduced the com-
mittee Those present included :
Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls (Mr Frank Gallagher) , APRIL 19
who will be in the same place in the parade as last
year One of each group will be delegated to give
their pledge at the morning ceremony ;
Hayden, represented by Mrs. Bertha W. Johnson, 9
Knowles Rd . , who will have 45 girl twirlers and 12 boy
drummers , no float ;
4-H Club, represented by Paul Lloyd, 202 Cedar St. ,
which will have 20 mounted horses ;
American Legion, represented by Mr Mel Hunt, who will
appoint someone to take care of the "unorganized"
children in the morning parade.
Marshalls : Ray Lewis named as aides to the chief
marshall, Cornelious P. Cronin and Mel B. Hunt, Jr
Afternoon parade : Prom-Menaders will select Lady Lex-
ington at the March 24 Tenth Anniversary Birthday Ball
Lady Lexington and her escort, Arnold (Bud) Falcione,
386 Marrett Rd , will attend the luncheon.
Marine Corps Leazue : They will have a color guard,
commandant and staff and will work with the Legion in
helping guide the children. The League would like to
have a float and wi'l inform the committee by next week
James Broderick, 15 Maple St. , represented the organization
Minute Men: (3d Division) , represented by John Ward,
will be in the morning parade, go to Concord, and be
back in Lexington for the DAR Ceremony They are host-
ing the Ancient and Honorable Centennial Legions, five
or six of which will come, and there is some possibility
of firing their muskets at the DAR Ceremony. That is,
Whitcomb Rangers will fire their muskets
DeMolay: will have 3 autos and a color guard in the
l'J afternoon
parade The cars will be clearly marked as
to their purpose in the parade.
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Elks: represented by Mr. Belcastro, will have a march-
ing unit and float
Discussion about the 4th Division (civic) led
to a suggestion to have another military group lead the
fourth The alternative is to keep all the veterans in
the 2d Division and rotate the marshalls within this
group. In any event, Hay Lewis should use his judgment
this year in handling who goes where
Mrs Litchfield will write Mr. George White about
the band cadence Both Jr High' s will march
Mr Howard will send a check list to the committee
for Patriots' Day delineating jobs to the various com-
mittee members
Mrs Fernberger will take care of all arrange-
ments for the luncheon, including the menu, seating
plan. place cards, name tags and setting up the dining
room
Floats: To determine judging rules, Dean Duncan will
meet with Mr Howard and Mr Gaughan
Drum and Bugle Corps : still nothing definite
Selectmen have been invited to march in the morning
parade
Expenses : 250th - $5 (from petty cash) for supplies
chairs - $0.14 each
envelopes - $25 for 1000
Correspondence: Lt Col K.S. Brown wrote to send in-
formation on the Minute Man Missile Brad Morse wrote
that he had received a letter from the Old Guard stat-
ing that we might have to defray costs We will write
back to find out what these costs might be.
Fleepo, the Clown, has requested permission to
enter the parade
It is susgested that Mr Edward Armitage Hill,
Macy' s Parade Director, be invited to be our guest at
the luncheon, parade and reception Mr Hill runs the
Thanksgiving Parade for Macy's.
Copies of a memorandum to the Committee and its
own committee have been sent by the 250th subcommittee
stating the responsibilities and operation of that com-
mittee They will meet with us March 1
Linda Fernberger,
Recording Secretary