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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
February 6, 1969
PRESENT Chmn Barnes, Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Reed, Mr Lord and Mrs Hall
VISITORS Hazel LaPorte Girl Scouts Walter Johnson, Lexington Youth Baseball ;
Dr Foley and Jane Foley, Lexington Light Horse Club; Guy Doran, Battle Green
DeMolay Jerry Stofer, Battle Green DeMolay Richard Vossler, Christian Service
Brigade; Forestine Cole, Pioneer Girls; Norma Martis, Camp Fire Girls Edward
Mann and Gene Balazy, Order of Rainbow for Girls Dick Casey and Tom Battin,
Promanaders George Cooper, Boy Scouts Fred Kolb, American Legion and Robert
Saunders, Lexington Minute Men
PATRIOTS DAY Chmn Barnes welcomed our visitors and went over a few points of
interest to those attending He announced that Col Richard Zeoli will be this
year's Chief Marshal Col Zeoli was Chief of Staff last year
The Lexington Youth Baseball will march in the Sunrise Parade with about 90
boys The Lexington Light Horse Club will march at the end of the Sunrise Parade
The Camp Fire Girls will march about 60 girls consisting of five Blue B'i'rd groups
and nine older groups The Pioneer girls will march again and like their position
in last year's parade (not too near the DeMolay cadence) The DeMolay boys will
march in the morning, and will march again with their float in the afternoon
The Rainbow Drill Team will march in both parades There are about 30 girls in
the Drill Team The Prom-manaders will feature their Lady Lexington float in the
afternoon parade as usual The Girl Scouts will march in the morning, and may
possibly march with the Needham Drum & Bugle Corps as their invited guests The
committee will hear more of this arrangement from Mrs LaPorte, the latter
arrangement being for the afternoon parade The Lexington girls may even have
some music Plans will be announced soon The Boy Scouts will march in the
morning parade, and hopefully 23 will arrive at the parade line-up in Ease
Lexington in time to march in the afternoon parade after a small group (about
25 men) have participated in a 20-mile hike from Cambridge to Lexington which
will begin in the wee small hours of the morning
Dr Foley asked about having the Lexington Light Horse Club march in the
afternoon parade and was told this has never been done, at least not in recent
years Dr Foley wanted to discuss this matter with his club members, and may
come back to the committee for further discussion
The 4-H groups will have a small participating group in the Sunrise Parade
The American Legion will invite all units in the county hoping for a good showing
They will again sponsor the Elementary School Children in the Sunrise Parade
The Lexington Minute Men will form on the Green at 10 AM for the awarding of
the certificate citation, followed by escorting the D A R ladies to the graves
for decorating They have invited the Consul General and will advise us if she
can come Mrs Litchfield will order three wreathes for the Minutemen's ceremonies
The Minute Men will be thinking about putting on a program in conjunction with
Linn Village to take place on the Green on Sunday afternoon, April 20th
The Rutgers Colonial Guard have asked to march Mrs Litchfield will advise
them that the Minute Men will contact them for placement in the 3rd division
Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn Hall
Recording Secretary