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TOWN CE1EBRATIONS COMMITTEE
October 21, 1965
PRESENT Chairman Barnes, 'Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Severance,
Mr. Broderick, Mr. Healy, Mr Sperdute,
Mr Lord, and Mrs Hall
VISITORS Lincoln P. Cole, Chairman, Beard of Selectmen
Rickard Michelson, Jaycees
Raymond Lewis, American Legion
Earl Batson, Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Charles Whalen, Veterans Of Foreign Wars
UNITED NATIONS DAY Rev. Miles R. McKey of the Follen Church
will give the invocation at the Green ceremony Rev. Clark
of the Hancock Church will be out of town, and sends his
regrets.
VETERANS DAY The parade will start from the Munroe School
at 10 a.m. Assembly time is 9:45 a.m. This committee still
hasn't heard from Col. Passales. Mrs Litchfield will write
to the State Adjutant of the National Guard to attempt to
establish a more efficient method of communication and
cooperation between the National Guard and this committee.
We still have no speaker for the Green ceremony.
Admiral Sieglaff sent his regrets. Mr. Healy cannot reach
Col. Riley Mr Raymond Lewis will try to procure for us
the Department Commander of the American Legion. He will
advise Mrs. Litchfield by phone early this week of his
results. If the results are unfavorable, there are two
other possibilities for speaker Col. Jordahn at the
Watertown Arsenal, and Col. Carroll of the 94th Troop
Carr-ier-W-ing-at Hanscom.
PERMANENT RAISING OF THE FLAG Mr. Lincoln Cole, Chairman
of our Board of Selectmen, informed this committee tonight
of the passing of the bill for the permanent raising of
the flag in Lexington. The bill awaits President Johnson's
signature. Since this appears to be in the near future,
Mr. Cole, speaking for the Board of Selectmen, asked this
committee to undertake the planning of a suitable observance
on a designated day, being careful to remember all people
involved in pushing this bill through. The date and plans
would be checked out with the Board of Selectmen before
finalization. Our Congressman, Mr. Bradford Morse, was
one of the people directly responsible for the bill's passage,
and he will be asked to be the speaker at this observance.
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Mr. Richard Michelson of the Jaycees suggested this observance
take place at sundown. He brought up the possibility of
procuring national publication for Lexington. He further
mentioned that the Jaycees might wimp to place a plaque at
this observance.
The four Veterans groups in Lexington, the Elks, and the
Jaycees will be invited to meet with this committee next
week, October 28th, to further discuss these plans.
SISTER CITY PROGRAM Mr. Sperduto spoke with a Mr. Sister,
Chairman of the World Affairs Council of the Pan American
Society, about the possibility of Lexington's becoming a
Sister City with Dolores Hidalgo in •Mexico. Their struggle
for independence _began in 1810. Mr Sperduto will ask
Mr Slate for details of the responsibilities of becoming
a Sister City, and then ask that Mr. Sista write said
details in a letter to our Board of Selectmen for their
approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn Hall
Recording Secretary