{"id":31,"date":"2012-07-02T18:33:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T18:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2013-07-28T15:24:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T15:24:45","slug":"runaway-pond-200th-anniversary-celebration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/runaway-pond-200th-anniversary-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway Pond 200th Anniversary Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Our bicentennial celebration of the letting out of Long Pond, better known today as Runaway Pond, was a three day extravaganza. \u00a0Here is the schedule of that special weekend, along with a list of all of the sponsors.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2010 Schedule<\/h2>\n<h3>Friday, June 4<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>11am-On: Visit the fun new Runaway Pond \u201cMuseum\u201d at Dolan barn on Rt. 16<\/li>\n<li>1:00: \u201cGraveyard Ghosts remember Runaway Pond\u201d play performed by gr. \u001f6-7-8; Glover History Cards, and Runaway Pond DVD presentation (Glover School)<\/li>\n<li>3:00: Quilt Show, Gift Shop and Exhibits opening (Town Hall)<\/li>\n<li>7:00: Runaway Pond Experience \u2013 a Google Earth virtual encounter (Glover School)<\/li>\n<li>7:45: \u201cRunaway Waters: When the best laid plans go bad\u201d and \u201cThe Geology of Runaway Pond: Presentations by George Springston, geologist and Dr. Stacy Daniels, engineer.(Glover School)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Saturday, June 5<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8:30: Breakfast for Chamberlain descendants (Runaway Caf\u00e9)<\/li>\n<li>9:00: Runaway Pond Race (9 AM start at Runaway Pond park; finish at Glover Green; shuttle available, register 8am at town green)<\/li>\n<li>9:00-2:00: Crafts\/farmers\u2019 market, Kid\u2019s games, Music, Bread &amp; Puppet Theater Play, (Glover Town Green)<\/li>\n<li>9:00-On: Visit the fun new Runaway Pond \u201cMuseum\u201d at Dolan barn on Rt. 16<\/li>\n<li>9:00\u20133:00: Quilt Show, Gift Shop and Runaway Pond exhibits (Glover Town Hall)<\/li>\n<li>10:00-noon: Runaway Pond pictorial postmark, cachet envelope and commemorative stamp (Glover Post Office located in Currier\u2019s Market)<\/li>\n<li>11:00-1:00: BBQ at the Busy Bee (Glover Village)<\/li>\n<li>Noon-1:00: Parade (Glover Village, organized by the Glover Public Library)<\/li>\n<li>1:30 and 3:30: Tours \u2013 guided walking tours of Runaway Pond site; guided bus tours of Runaway Pond path in Glover; self \u2013guided Quest (tours begin at Runaway Pond Park; self guided Runaway Pond Quest directions available at Town Hall all weekend)<\/li>\n<li>5:00-6:30: Church supper (Glover Community Church, Glover Village)<\/li>\n<li>7:00 Runaway Pond Play preformed by Gr. 3-4-5 &amp; Student displays (Glover School)<\/li>\n<li>8:00-9:30: Concert with the\u00a0MacArthur\u00a0Family (Glover School)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shuttle bus schedule for Saturday: leaving at 8:00am from Glover School parking lot, heading to Runaway Pond Park, with pickups at other labeled parking lots along Rt. 16; repeating trip every hour.<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, June 6<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00-10:00: Reenactment of 1810 hike to the Runaway Pond site, following the tin horns (Runaway Pond site)<\/li>\n<li>9:00: Outdoor Ecumenical Church Service (Clark Pond Fishing Access; organized by Lake Region Parish)<\/li>\n<li>10:30-11:00: Shape Note Sing (Runaway Pond Park)<\/li>\n<li>11:30-1:00: Music with local musicians, coffee cooking in open kettle; food vendors, cake and pie contest; picnic lunch (Runaway Pond Park)<\/li>\n<li>12:30: Bread and Puppet Theater Runaway Pond Play (Runaway Pond Park)<\/li>\n<li>1:00-2:30: Bicentennial Ceremony: welcome from Gov. Douglas, recognition of descendants, unveiling &amp; dedication of roadside historic marker, firing of cannon;\u00a0MacArthur\u00a0Family singing Ballad of Runaway Pond ( Runaway Pond Park)<\/li>\n<li>2:30: 1997 Time capsule dug up (Runaway Pond Park)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday Bus schedule: leaving Glover school at 9:30 am from Glover school parking lot, heading to Runaway Pond Park, with pickups at other labeled parking lots along Rt. 16; repeating trip every hour.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for help funding the celebration! If you can help, please send donations to the GHS at P.O. Box 208, Glover, VT 05839. We will thank all donors, businesses and individuals, on our website, and on brochures and posters. Let us know if you would like to sponsor a particular event. Call 525-6212 or 525-4051. We are also looking for volunteers! Check the newspapers for our monthly\/biweekly planning committee meetings held in the library and join us!<\/p>\n<h1>These are the businesses, individuals and organizations that have so generously contributed to support our celebration agenda. Thank you so very much.<\/h1>\n<p>Currier\u2019s Quality Market<\/p>\n<p>RC Construction<\/p>\n<p>Parker Pie<\/p>\n<p>Radiant Floor<\/p>\n<p>Racine Tent Rental<\/p>\n<p>Glover Ambulance Squad<\/p>\n<p>Union House Nursing Home<\/p>\n<p>Community National Bank<\/p>\n<p>TD Bank<\/p>\n<p>Barton Area Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n<p>Family of Asa Brown, digger<\/p>\n<p>Family of Elijah Stone, digger<\/p>\n<p>Family of Aaron Wilson, miller<\/p>\n<p>Family of Edward Carey, carver<\/p>\n<p>Family of Capt. Samuel Twombley, digger<\/p>\n<p>Concept 2<\/p>\n<p>Old Stone House Museum<\/p>\n<p>Northeast Kingdom Balsam<\/p>\n<p>American Legion Auxiliary Post # 76<\/p>\n<p>Wheelock Wood Yard<\/p>\n<p>Wilfred Paquet &amp; Fils<\/p>\n<p>Parson\u2019s Corner<\/p>\n<p>Thurmond Knight Violins<\/p>\n<p>Perron Graphics<\/p>\n<p>Runaway Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Robert N. Taplins, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Parker Association<\/p>\n<p>Greensboro Historical Society<\/p>\n<p>The Chronicle<\/p>\n<p>Labor of Love Landscaping<\/p>\n<p>Glover Historical Society<\/p>\n<p>Glover Recreation Committee<\/p>\n<p>Butler\u2019s Bus<\/p>\n<p>Rodger\u2019s Country Inn<\/p>\n<p>Old School Builders<\/p>\n<p>Shadow Lake Association<\/p>\n<p>Lake Parker Country Store<\/p>\n<p>Nature By Design<\/p>\n<p>Red Sky Trading Co.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton Bickford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our bicentennial celebration of the letting out of Long Pond, better known today as Runaway Pond, was a three day extravaganza. \u00a0Here is the schedule of that special weekend, along with a list of all of the sponsors. 2010 Schedule &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/runaway-pond-200th-anniversary-celebration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org\/ghs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}