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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1968
Page
6
A reflection on public school religion after the Supreme Court ban on Bible and prayer. The piece discusses holiday displays, the balance between church and state, and a memory of a school motto about suspending prayer rules during an atomic attack. It highlights the tension between sectarianism and religious study in education.
Calendar of December and January gatherings across So Gong includes church Christmas events at Methodist and Perry City, library hours, Rotary and Ladies Podunk parties, Star Chapter 479 and American Legion meetings, Searsburg Grange party, RAM Fidelity Chapter 77, Village Board, and a New Year’s Day turkey dinner at Methodist Church open to the public.
Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Inc will hold officer elections on Thursday December 19. Eligible members are urged to attend. The January banquet will honor firefighters at Enfield Grange Hall with tickets sold by several members. Santa visited the Community Christmas Party as trees were lit and meals prepared. Churches announce Christmas programs with cantatas and fellowship meals. Mert and Velma Inman display a 43 inch Florida shark mounted from a vacation. Seasons greetings to all.
The Business Law class of 10 students from South Seneca Central School led by teacher Richard Curtiss visited the Hall of Justice in Rochester on Thursday December 12. Judge Jer ome B E Wolff hosted a tour and explained courtroom operations. Each student received a permission slip to sit in on future cases.
Interlaken High School senior John Bassette has been accepted to Cornell University in the class of 1973 under the Early Decision Plan. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bassette Jr. of Fort Ceners Road.
An 1836 notice announces the tavern stand at the Covert Stage House in Trumansburg operated by Col. C Pratt's successor. The new proprietor invites friends and the public to rest there, promising ample rooms, a well supplied bar and larder, and pleasant Cotillion or Pleasure parties. The piece also references later wedding gift lists and a 1903 curfew law in Ovid.
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