The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-15

| which Vermont may well be proud.
The survey has already been made
| and it is expected that most of the
| drainage work will be put in this fall
, and the road itself built early in the
| spring.
Dorset Campaign Next.
The next campaign conducted by
| the County Association is to be con
Quoted in the village of Dorset the
week of Oct. 10th to 18th. A commit
tee of local citizens is busy at work
making preliminary plans in co-opera-
ton with the County Association.
Details of the plan are not as yet
worked out but the campaign will be-
gin on Oct 10th with two meetings
in the village church. During the
week meetings will be held every
night in the village hall. They will
have to do with such subjects as Bet
ter Roads, Better Schools, Better Ag-
riculture, Village Identification, Pub
lie Health, etc. 1t is also part of the
plan to have one big field day and
celebration. The campaign will end
on Sunday, the 18th, with two more
meetings in the church.
What a Campaign Is.
Many Inquiries are being made of
the County Association as to what
these campaigns are. To express the
object in one sentence: 1t is to uni
fy the life of the community. In
most of the communities of the coun-
try approximately one-half of the
people take an interest in public af
fairs, support organizations and as
sociations of public benefit, while ap-
proXimately the other half take little
or no interest in things of a public
nature, are therefore uniformed and
disinterested in public movements
and thus are apt many times to even
work against movements for the bet
terment of the people as whole.
Then, the very best of us get into
ruts. We form habits of giving our
attention to things sometimes of min
or Importance, of neglecting things
which are of major Importance and
need our attention. From time to
time we all need to come in contact
with something vital and energetic
outside of ourselves which arouses
us to our community responsibility.
These campaigns are an effort to
induce every individual and every or
ganization in township or a village
to come out and meet with the other
individuals to consider problems of
general interest The work is carri-
ed on jointly by the County Associa-
tion and by local committee of citi-
zens. A thorough canvass and sur
vey of the town is first made Every
person in the community is seen and
asked to take some part in the cam
paign. Community meetings are
held every day for an entire week
The most important features of com
munity life are considered from
every angle.
But if such campaign resulted in
mere interest alone it would not be
successful. 1t must amount to more
than that. 1t must lead to definite
plans for action. Therefore before
the close of each campaign it is plan
ned that each organization in the
| town and different committees of citi-
zens shall make definite plans for
community advancement along their
respective lines, that the whole com
munity shall be informed as to their
respective purposes and shall not on
ly be interested but shall be pledged
as far as possible to stand back of
these endeayors. The County Associ
alton then plans to keep in intimate
touch with the different movements
of the town and to be at all times
ready to assist wherever possible.
How the Towns are Selected