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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
October 10, 1968
PRESENT Chmn Barnes, Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Severance, Mr Lord,
and Mrs Hall
UNITED NATIONS DAY (October 24, 1968)
Posters ordered for stores and schools from the UN in New York were
not received as ordered Instead, pamphlets arrived which are of no
use to this committee Therefore, Mr Barnes will call the UN in New
York and request the original poster order be sent immediately
Mrs Hall will return the pamphlets and write an accompanying letter
of explanation
Mrs Hall will call Ray Lewis and ask that he be responsible for
setting up a Color Guard for both UN Day and Veterans Day programs
He will be asked to give the names of Color Guard personnel to
Mrs Severance for publicity
Rev Floyd J Taylor of the First Parish Church will give the in-
vocation and benediction for the program on the Green Sgt Stone
of the Minutemen will be the bugler for the UN Day program and the
Veterans Day program
Mrs Litchfield will invite the Board of Selectmen to be present at
the UN Day program (7AM on the Green) , and will ask Chairman Cole to
read the Governor's proclamation
Mrs Severance and Mrs Hall will call the organizations involved in
UN Day and procure names of representatives to be present at the
program on the Green They will relay this information to Mr Barnes
VETERANS DAY The following groups will march in our parade the
Lexington Minutemen; Lexington High School Band; Marching Unit from
Hanscom Field; Marching Unit from the National Guard
Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Severance, and Mrs Hall will call the Town 's
Youth Groups to ask their participation in our parade They will
report their results to the Committee at our next meeting
Col Grumbles, Base Commander at Hanscom, is unable to be our Speaker
of the Day Mrs Litchfield will call Mary Farris for a speaker
suggestion
The next TCC meeting will be on October 24th and on November 7th at
the same time and location
Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn L Hall
Recording Secretary
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