The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-20
YEARS PROGRAM
RECOMMENDED
Directors Chosen by Local
Community Service
Committee
OFFICERS TO BE
ELECTED THURSDAY
Nineteen Directors Elected and Others
May BE Added to LSt-Outline of
Various Activities Proposed for BrattIe-
bOro Last Evening.

4 committee of citizens interested in
Community service met in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms last evening with F.
7. Brown, who came here a short time
ago to organize Community Service for
Brattleboro. elected board of directors
and voted to recommend the suggested
year-round program which is given here
with. The directors will meet to organize
and elect officers and transact other bust
ness Truhsday evening at 7.30 o'clock in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
The activities of Community Service
are intended to promote better citizenship
through the active participation and lead
ership of all the people in the community
in leisure-time programs of recreation,
under trained executive leadership. and
it is expected that two other community
service workers viii come here within
short time to work with Mr.. Brown.
1t is expected that the organization in
Brattleboro will consist Of a board of di4
rectOrs. an executive committee, an exec
utive secretary. and recreation, finance.
drama, music and membership commit
tees. The committees have not yet been
appointed.
Following is the board of directors:
VI
Charles f. Mann. Miss Florence NJ. Well
man, Ephraim II. Crane, Mrs. Fremont
Hamilton. Jacob p. Estey, Col T. w.
Gibson, Mrs. Henry r. Brown L. GUY
Tasker, Verne H. Winchester, Herman V.
Brooks, Mrs. George b. Hunter of West
Brattleboro. John L. johnson. Mrs Emma
c. Harrington, Harold w Mason, Mrs.
Daniel J. Stolte. John Mckay. George J.
Perkins, Mrs. Howard c. Rice Robert L.
Fits. and others to be added
The suggested program which the COM
mittee recommends follows:
Winter Sports-Skating, skiing coast
ing, snOwshoe and ski hikes. neighhorhood
ice and snow carnivals, winter parade
straw and sleigh rides and visitations,
hockey league, development of rinks, ski
runs and snow courses, basketball league
indoor games, quoits. shuttle board. etc.
Summer Sports-Swimming and swim
ming facilities and supervision. water
sports, baseball league, playground devel-
opment games. contests, doll and NET
shows, Fourth of July parade and athletic
carnival, Institutes for the training of vol
unteer workers in games leadership. etc.
qu0it-pitching league. Halloween parade
Community AIusic-Community chorus,
folk songs, community and neighbor-
hood sings. Christmas carols (town-wide).
band music. music memory contest. music
week, training class for song leaders, or
chestras.. childrens symphony.
Community Drama-Development of
storytelling GYPSY story-tellersl, Christ
mas tree tableaux, May day festival. pag-
eantry. pantOmimes, plays. folk dances.
costume dances, puppets institute for
training IN storytelling, plays and dra-
matte leadership.
NeighborhOod Organization-Est blish-
ment of neighborhood organizations for
through picnics, play DAYS.
sOcials and family recreation.
Community Centre-The maintainanca
of community house. as a community
centre. for classes, institutes, committees.
executive facilities. and community activi-
ties.