Cavendish Update 9/24/10 Power Outage/CHS/Classifieds

The 9/24/10 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Power Outage
2. Cavendish Historical Society Wins Awards and Other News
3. Classifieds: Help Wanted
4. Cavendish Events 9/24-9/30

1. Cavendish Power Outage
Around 7 pm, on Thursday Sept. 23, a car hit a power pole on High Street (corner of the Cemetery and Ranney Hill) in Cavendish. Broken in three places, CVPS had to replace the pole, leaving 33 homes without power. Three people were in the car at the time of the accident. One was transported to the hospital by ambulance.

2. Cavendish Historical Society Wins Awards and Other News
The Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) has recently received word that it is receiving an award from the Vermont Historical Society for two of our program, It is with great pleasure that I write to inform you that the Local Historical Societies Awards Committee met today and has overwhelmingly agreed that you nominations for both the Cemetery Care and Maintenance Project and Young Historians Program are both meritorious and worthy of award. The committee was very impressed with the well thought out, diligent implementation and community wide resonance of your programming. It was felt that your programs are exemplary and can serve as excellent models for other organizations. This award was only possible through the generous support of the Cavendish community, volunteers, the Cavendish Town Elementary School and the Cavendish Cemetery Commission. CHS will receive their award at the 57th Annual Meeting of the League of Local Historical Societies and Museums.

Young Historians: Playing cards was how the youth of 1940’s learned to identify enemy aircraft flying over Cavendish. This past Wednesday, the Young Historians, Cavendish Elementary School students, in grades 3-6, met for the first time this year to begin learning about Cavendish in the 1940’s. Each student received a packet of “spotter cards.” Because of the proximity to Springfield, which was number 6 on the German’s “to be bombed list,” the town had three spotter towers, which kept a look out for airplanes. One was located above the Duttonsville School, a second off of East Road in Cavendish and the third off of Blood Terrace in Proctorsville. Women, along with children, and men not serving in the war, staffed the Spotter towers in two hour shifts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you have information or items you would like to share with the children, please call 802-226-7807 or e-mail margoc@tds.net You can learn more about the program, and follow the various activities, by going to the CHS blog www.cavendishhistoricalsocietynews.blogspot.com This program is a joint effort of the Cavendish Elementary School and CHS. It is sponsored in part by the Cavendish Community Fund, a project of the Cavendish Conservation and Community Association.

Cemetery and Proctorsville Tours: The annual cemetery tour will take place on Oct. 10 at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Proctorsville. Carmine Guica, historian and genealogist will be leading the tour. Meet at the Cemetery at 2 pm. The Proctorsville Walking Tour begins at 1 pm at the War Memorial in Proctorsville. It will connect with the Hillcrest Cemetery Tour at 2 pm.

CHS Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner: CHS will be holding its annual meeting on October 17 at 5 pm at the Cavendish Elementary School. While this has been a potluck dinner in the past, CHS is providing dinner in thanks to the many members of our community who have contributed to the success of our programs this year. These are just some of the activities volunteers did this past year: planning and staffing programs for the Young Historian’s; cutting the lawn of the Old Stone Church; cleaning gravestones; letting us run hoses from their homes to clean gravestones; organizing and running the plant sale (a special thanks to Pieter Van Schack for taking this over after Craig Rankin died); cleaning the Stone Church prior to the quilt show; restoring the Grange Hall Painted Curtain; deciding that the Joshua Parker Green loom could be restored and taking steps to make that happen; crawling up inside the cupola of the Museum to make sure it was in good shape; painting; carpentry; staffing the various booths at Old Home Day; shoveling snow in front of the Museum; hiking up Hawks Mountain in the continuing search for the rumored cannon; bringing water to volunteers; keeping a watchful eye on the Museum; donating items for the WWII Museum Exhibit-who else but Carmine would dash home and loan us his uniform for the summer; and spending many hours providing information about town history and genealogy.

For their gift of time, we would like to thank the following: Donna Allen; Ron Bates; Jackie and Joe Blanchard; Gene Bont; Pam Bruno, Dan Churchill, Winston Churchill, David Churchill; Tracy Churchill; Danielle Dulaney; Bradley Goodrich, Abe Gross; Carmine Guica; Jenn and Jarrod Harper; Tim Jefferson, Nancy Kelley; Gloria and Seymour Leven; Peter LaBelle; Cheryl and Carl Liener; Jennifer McBride; Bruce McEnaney; Diane McNamara; Chris Merrill; Priscilla Mound; Mary Ormrod; Jon and Bev Owens; Alex Provance; Bob, Spenser and Cooper Naess; Mike Pember; Chris Quinn; Wendy and Allen Regier; Sandra Russo; Pieter Van Schak; John Snarksi; Carolyn Van Tassel; Pang Ting; Linda Welch; Dwayne Warren; and Gail and Leon (Woodie) Woods.

Every donation we receive is a valued contribution. People give what they can and we appreciate it. A special note of thanks to Stanford Durkin; Dan and Winston Churchill; Theresa Schrag; Foster Johnson; Sandra Russo; Gary Wheeler; Otis Heald; and Patty Derr.

We also want to recognize and thank:
• The Town of Cavendish
• The Cavendish Library
• The Cavendish Community Fund (CCF) and Wendell Smith Foundation for funding several of our programs
• The Vermont Country Store for their generous donations to the Young Historians Program
• The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association (CCCA) for their continuing support of the Cavendish Update, which serves a twofold person, keeping our community informed about what’s happening and helping to keep a record of “tomorrow’s history .”
• The students of Cavendish Town Elementary School-grade 4 for helping to open and close the Museum; grades 6 and 4 for their assistance in the care of the Proctor Cemetery; and the Young Historians.

Everyone is welcome to the dinner and annual meeting. The raffles for the instant wine bar and the Carolyn Van Tassel quilt will take place that evening. This is a free event. If you plan to attend the dinner on Oct. 17, please e-mail margoc@tds.net or call 802-226-7807 by October 11.

3. Classifieds: Help Wanted
The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library is looking for an organized self starter with excellent people skills to work part time (10-17 hours a week) in our bright and cheerful library. Computer and organizational skills are necessary. Library experience and experience with working with children is helpful but not needed. Artistic ability is a plus Please reply with a copy of your resume by October 1 to: Kata Welch PO Box 266, Proctorsville, VT 05153.

4. Cavendish Events 9/24-9/30
If you have events for the Cavendish Monthly Calendar, please e-mail them to margoc@tds.net by Tuesday Sept. 28

September 24 (Friday): Goodman’s American Pie hosts their third annual fundraiser for multiple sclerosis. This event takes place in the Goodman’s backyard in Proctorsville and will feature wood fired pizza, BBQ and beverages. FMI 228-4271
• Farmer’s Market, Okemo Mountain School Campus on Main Street Ludlow 4-7 pm.

September 25 (Saturday): National Take Back Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction. The following sites near Cavendish are collection sites:
- Ludlow Police Department 19 West Hill Rd, Ludlow
- Weathersfield Transfer Station 5024 VT Route 106, Weathersfield
- Chester Police Department 556 Elm Street, Chester
- Springfield Police Department 201 Clinton St., Springfield
- Windsor Police Department 29 Union Street Windsor

FMI: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/takeback/

September 26 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum Open 2-4 pm. Special focus on the 1940s. Be sure to visit the 1940’s Candy Store being run by the Young Historians. FMI: 226-7807
• Free Facilitate Meditation 4-5 PM. FMI: Robin 226-7736

September 29 (Wednesday): Inservice for teachers. No school for GMUHS and Cavendish Elementary

September 30 (Thursday): Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373