TURNER — The town’s 225th anniversary celebration was the major topic at Monday night’s meeting of selectmen.

The July 3-4 celebration will open at 2 p.m. with a procession from the Town Office to the park beside the Main Street Bridge. Two hundred people representing more than 30 groups, such as Boy Scouts and the Red Hat Ladies, have registered to walk in the procession.

At the park, the Turner Sons of the American Legion Post No. 111 and the Turner Auxiliary Post No. 111 will formally dedicate the park and unveil a monument and memorial plaque in honor of Philip Bryant, the only Turner resident who died in the Vietnam War.

The Legion and Auxiliary worked to raise the funds for the memorial. Numerous national, state and local politicians and notables are expected to take part in the dedication. The bag piper who will play taps played at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy.

The Century Box containing mementos from Turner’s history will be opened and displayed for the first time in 25 years. There will be performances in the gazebo area on the green and numerous other activities.

The Sunday night finale will be a fireworks display at 9:30. The celebration will continue Monday, July 4, in recognition of Independence Day.

In other business at the meeting, selectmen expressed their displeasure with the quality of town lawn care. Chairman Angelo Terreri said youths had difficulty finding balls in the knee-high grass on town ball fields.

Town Manager Eva Leavitt said she spoke to the mowing contractor and expected to see improvement. Part of the problem was heavy rains that made the grass grow fast while preventing mowing and part was equipment failures, she said.

Leavitt asked selectmen to start considering options for waste disposal due to changes at their present disposal site in Lewiston. One option will be to go to “single-sort” disposal.

Selectmen reviewed the street light ordinance, which requires a finding that there is an overwhelming need relative to public safety before the selectmen can propose a new street light.

Selectman Ralph Caldwell said a previous board had reduced the number of street lights from more than 40 to five for a considerable saving on the town’s electric bill.

Leavitt announced there will be a SAD 52 referendum July 19 to determine action on school bonds. The polls will be open from 1 to 7 p.m. in the Town Office.