November 1975
A committee was appointed by the selectmen to investigate Harvard’s landfill operations, and explored such questions as: Are there other or better means of disposing of solid waste than a landfill? How much longer will Harvard be able to use its present landfill site? How will the town dispose of its paper, plastics, glass, and metals in the years and decades to come?
The chairman of Bromfield’s industrial arts department approached the School Committee for more funding for the three areas under his jurisdiction: the home economics program, which provided education in nutrition, child development, and personal grooming; the industrial arts program, which emphasized preparation for industry and technology jobs and trained students to be future “consumers and producers;” and the business program, which provided an education in “every day living” as well as specialized training in management and office work.
A group of parents met to develop a proposal for the School Committee on establishing an instrumental music program in the high school. They were dismayed that the only school instrumental music program in town ended in the eighth grade. There were reportedly more than 100 students in grades five through eight involved in the middle school instrumental music program that year, and there was concern that the 18 students in the eighth grade would not be able to continue their instrumental music studies in school the following year.
November 1976
The Board of Selectmen announced its intention to include in the 1977 Annual Town Meeting warrant an article that would create a Council on Aging.
The Office of State Planning awarded $500 to the Harvard Growth Policy Committee for a study on the needs of Harvard’s elderly citizens. It was one of only 40 requests awarded, out of 100 requests that office received..
—Based on reports in the old Harvard Post
