1989-04-25 Celebration Trust Committee Minutes

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Minutes of the First Meeting of Reading's 350th Anniversary Celebration Steering Committee April 25,1989, Thursday 7:30 PM Library Director's Office, Reading Public'Library in attendance: Edward Palmer, Pro Tem Chairman, representing the Historical Commission Everett Blodgett, representing the Antiquarian Society Susan Flannery, appointed by the Board of Selectmen Alan Foulds, appointed by the Board of Selectmen Susan Horn, appointed by the Town Moderator Paul Sweeney, appointed by the Town Moderator Susan Theophanis, appointed by the Board of Selectmen Susan Wheltle, representing the School Department The first meeting of Reading's 350th Anniversary Celebration Committee was called to order April 25, 1989, Tuesday evening, at 7:30 PM in the Director's Office of the Reading Public Library by Ed Palmer, Pro Tem Chairman. All members of the Committee, with the exception of Susan Wheltle, have been sworn in by the Town Clerk, thus giving us seven (7) voting members at our first meeting. 1. Appoint 9th member of Steering Committee The first order of business was to appoint a ninth member of the Steering Committee to fill any gap the Committee felt exists in any area of expertise we may need. The Town . Moderator held one of his three appointments open for just this purpose. Prior to our first meeting Ed Palmer surveyed each member of the Committee as to background', interest and skills and distributed the information to each committee member. We further introduced ourselves. With this background Ed further presented the names of people who had filled out cards indicating their interest in serving on the Steering Committee. They were: