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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
May 28, 1970
PRESENT Vice Chmn Gaughan, Mrs Litchfield, Mr Lord, Mr Broderick, and
Mrs Hall
MEMORIAL DAY
Mrs Litchfield will pay the National Guard for participating in our
Patriots Day and Memorial Day parades, and the High School Band for the Memorial
Day parade The committee voted to pay the Malden Square and Compass marching
unit the sum of $175 00 to cover the cost of uniform cleaning as well as parade
participation, due to the poor marching conditions weatherwise The committee
also voted to authorize Mrs Litchfield to pay any outstanding bills for the committee
coming in over the summer months
Mr Gaughan requested that discussion of payment of the wreathes for the
veterans' graves come up at our first Fall meeting
Mrs Litchfield will thank Don Gillespie in writing for the High School
Band's fine participation in our Memorial Day exercises
200TH PATRIOTS DAY CELEBRATION
Our committee, as it presently stands, would be the overall coordinating
committee for the 200th celebration in 1975 There would be several other com-
mittees with more specific duties reporting to us, but working independently A
master committee should be formed first, with the other committees following
All committees should schedule open meetings from time to time for public par-
ticipation, ideas, suggestions, etc
TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
(Responsible for regular
Patriots Day functions)
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Order of Precedence 1 Responsibilities
( I ) ' MASTER PLAN GROUP 9 Develops and coordinates dates and programs,
1 and does research for coordinated activities
with other cities and towns
(2) VETERANS - FRATERNAL - I Plan their participation
CIVIC - CHURCH GROUPS
(3) ' SPECIAL EVENTS Plays, varied programs, costumes, etc
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(4) ' YOUTH - SCHOOLS I School programs and coordinated activities
with other Town activities
The above chart is a beginning of our organizational planning for the
200TH Celebration
Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn L Hall
Recording Secretary