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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-11-29-TCC-min.pdf 4189 TOWN CELEBRATIOWS COMMITTEE r1 November 29, 1962 The Committee met at the Town Offices at 7 :45 p m Present were : Mrs Litchfield, Mrs. Fox, Mrs Bayle, Messrs. Howard, Gaughan, Gilman and Barnes. Absent were Mr. Poplawski and Mr DiGiammarino The minutes of October 25 and November 8 were MINUTES accepted as read Mrs Litchfield received an acceptance from CORRES- Hanscom Field , by Lt Guy E. Brown, Office of Com- PONDENCE munity Relations The Public Relations Officer of the field is Lt CoL Marion Alexander The Coast Guard asked to be contacted again 2 months prior to ttie Parade. Mrs Litchfield received a call from the Master of George Washington Lodge, Harry Jorgensen, stating that they would like to enter a float in the Patr) ots ' Day parade. Mrs. Litchfield was authorized to send $25. to the Sixth Massachusetts Continentals. The committee voted to turn over its complete files of films to the library in response to a request from Mr Neiren. Mrs. Litchfield will so inform the library and take over the transfer Mrs Litchfield reported that the Committee had TREASURER'S spent 44013 33 last year. The proposed budget for this REPORT year is 85000. The increase was to meet anticipate&. increased expenses due to the 250th celebration. Speaker's Kit: The kits, designed to be a guide to 250TH speakers, were gone over in detail. Mr Barnes was asked to get together with Mr DIGammarino to prepare visual aids preferably by Dec. 6. Mrs Litchfield will get out a letter to interested organizations. Mrs Litchfield, Mr. Howard and Mr Gaughan DEC. 6 MTG. divided up the list of organizations and will call them individually to remind them of the importance of attending the meeting fi 490 Mrs Litchfield will arrange for a meeting room if the Selectmen's room is not available r The films taken by the Air Force last Patriots' Day have been sent to Hollywood for final editing of film and script and will probably not be available for the Dec 6. meeting MINUTEMAN Mr Adams' reply saying that the Selectmen would NATIONAL welcome specific suggestions and information on the PARK part that Lexington should play in the National Park was read. Mr. Howard will reply stating our desire to have a study made to determine whether there is basis for concern that Lexington is not taking full advantage of its opportunity. APRIL 19 Parade Theme : The following suggestions were made for a theme : They Nobly Dared What A Glorious Morning 1713-1963 United We Stand No final decision was made The importance of getting the people to the next meeting was stressed Individual assignments will be given to Committee mem- bers next meeting based on last year's check list Suggestions for Chief Marshall of the Parade were dis- cussed and the name of Joe Rooney was mentioned U. N. DAY Mr Howard reported that the Rotary Club had no objections to the Elks giving all participants in the U.N. Day contest notebooks Mrs Bayle reported that Mrs Wilson of the League of Women Voters said that the League had no ob- jection so far as this year was concerned but they would like to be consulted if other organizations were going to be invited to participate in the Essay contest in the future After discussion it was decided that Mrs Bayle inform Mrs Wilson that the Committee feels that U.N. Essay sponsors should remain the League. the Rotary Club and the Committee each playing the same roles as in the past Perhaps the League might wish to consider having each participant given a small token. 250TH Mr Parks reported for the subcommittee which REPORT joined the Committee at this point in the meeting A report of the subcommittee is appended Mr Welsh, the chairman of the Minuteman Freedom Committee also reported to the full committee. There was discussion 49t on Mr Welsh's request that the Committee give its views on the question of who the invited guest should be to best represent the South American Countries Various plans for financing the Anniversary celebrations were discussed and Mr Parks stated he expected to have some word on whether the subcommittee could count on receiving $1000 to be privately raised, early next week Mrs. LaPorte will check on the report that Weston is also having a 250th Celebration this year Mr Howard suggested that starting in January the Subcommittee meet jointly with the full committee each week for 30 to 40 minutes, beginning at 7145 p m. This was agreed to and the Committee will try to ar- range to meet in the Town Office Building regularly Shirley D Bayle, Recording Secretary 1 492 r I