Why was New England well suited for town meetings?
A regular bone of contention in Whitefield has been the inability of the town to transform the picturesque Common into a winter skating rink. This responsibility has reluctantly fallen on the beleaguered highway department. With record snow fall, the highway crew has properly tended to the roads, not the common. Last week two townsmen took it upon themselves to flood the common so that children could enjoy skating during their February vacation. Making ice is not difficult. Like a successful democracy, it takes an underlying faith in the people, a suspicion of government at any level, and a little cold weather.
