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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-02-14-TCC-min.pdf 19 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE February 14, 1963 Present at the fifteenth meeting of the 1962-63 Town Celebrations Committee were Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Fox, Mrs Bayle, and Messrs Howard, Gilman, Gaughan, Rudd and DiGiammarino Mr Barnes was absent Guests included Messrs Ben Nickerson, Dasnery and Cole The minutes of February 7, 1963 were approved as submitted The following correspondence was received. and CORRESPOND- read by Mrs Litchfield: ENCE Mrs Edith Pederson - The Lexington Policewomen will march Mrs McGee - The Dedham Drum and Bugle Corp are interested in attending St Anthony's Drill Team has accepted for the usual donation Lynn Village Drum Band - sent regrets Hope to be in- vited next year Christian High School of Cambridge - would like to enter a float This was re- ferred to Jack Rudd Fort Devens - Gera. & Mrs Verbeck will be unable to at- tend due to illness Mrs Litchfield will extend the invitation to the next in com- mand. Norwich University - Mrs Litchfield will find out how many will be coming Since they will be in Arlington in the morning, Mr Howard will contact Arlington about sharing the expense bars Nickerson of the Baptist south Group is to be in- formed that there is no committee require- ment that the participants must earn every cent for their float Brad Morse - will attend luncheon, if possible, but his wife will not be with him Letter from the secretary of the Sixth Continentals - hope to come this year Mrs Litchfield will write to them regarding reimbursement John Clark - Mr Gilman will write to him and refer his request to Douglas Maxner On the question of the cleaning of the costumes, the Committee agreed that we should keep them in our own files together with the fife which belongs to us and we will see about the cleaning ourselves Director of Mass Agricultural Fairs Assoc letter to Mr Howard - after discussion, agreed to send them a float application Mrs Litchfield was requested to order 2000 envelopes Mr DiGiammarino reported on a letter from Eric Hanley setting forth the prices for 8 mm vs 16 mm film It was agreed by the Committee, after discussion, to try 8 mm film this year After a discussion about treating film to pre- serve it, it was agreed that Mrs Fox would talk to Mr Myren further about this matter as well as about the flagpole TREAS. No report at this meeting REPORT The article has not yet appeared in t'he Minute PUBLICITY REPORT Man It was suggested that we would get some publicity on the appointment of the Parade Marshal and possibly on the invitation to President Kennedy which has gone out Rabbi Rosenbloom' s Proposal : After discussion of 2 proposals made by Rabbi Rosen- bloom to have the Jewish Community participate in the 250th Celebration, the committee agreed that the pro- posal that a tree from Israel be presented to the Town by the Sovereign state of Isreal commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Town and the 15th anniversary of the State of Israel would be acceptable Since the timing of the presentation will probably fall within the juris- diction of the subcommittee, and the location of the tree in the jurisdiction of the Selectmen, Mr Howard will write to both Student Government Day Participation: In connection with Student Government- Day in Lexington, for his project, a Lexington High School student will take a tape recording of the Committee meeting next week He will submit written questions Review of Meeting Schedule: It was agreed that if the Subcommittee finished their work earlier than the date for our last meeting, the date would be moved up 15 Review of Check List Mr Rudd was advised we would need about 12 cars for dignitaries. Mr Gaughan will check the dimensions of the reviewing stand and the flat bed trailer by next meeting Mrs Litchfield will send an invitation to Dan Fenn at the White House. Mrs Litchfield will call Mr Correll of Concord to get his contacts with key individuals in the 18 towns that participated in the Battle of Lexington with a view to working with him to establish liaison with these towns. Mr Dasnery, the business representative of the GUESTS Militia Men Junior Drum & Bugle Corp from Bedford sponsored by the Anthony Hunt Hamilton American Legion Post stated that his group would be in Arlington in the morning and would like to be in the Lexington Parade in the afternoon He was advised that they would be in- vited by the American Legion Post of Lexington in the near future Mr Lincoln Cole presented a letter he had re- ceived from the Sons of Union Veterans' Band requesting an invitation to play in the afternoon parade After discussion, it was agreed to send Maj Arthur A Hill of this group a polite negative. Mr Ben Nickerson of the DeMolay stated that they would have a drill team and a float in the after- noon parade He was given a float application and told to contact Mr Rudd The Chairman of our Committee, Mr Howard, will NEW be the Marshal of the morning parade BUSINESS it was aeciaea na commemorative plates will be given to the women guests and honored guests Mr Howard will suggest to the subcommittee that a Certifi- cate of Appreciation be printed for all guests The Committee agreed to continue the practice of giving bowls to outgoing members of the Committee who had served their full terms Shirley Bayle, Recording Secretary 16 rfl 1