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gamGrangers toSHE RID AN—Ch auta uqua county Pomona grange held Us annual meeting and fall session on Friday and Saturday at the Grange hall here. George R. Hewes, ofChautauqua ;grange, was a g a i ii elected master of. the bounty organization with IhdrioU^ng .staff' of officers: . .Overseer, Gordon Hooker, of Sherman grange; lecturer, M rs, Eva Blodgett, of Portland grange; steward, Norris Wooley, of Ville-nova 'grange; assistant steward, John Simons, Jr.,- of Niobe grange; Chaplain, .'Mrs. Gfaee Pierpont, of Portland grange; treasurei*, Mrs. Alfreda Wooley, of Arkwright ' grange; ■ secretary, Mrs, Jessie Woodward, of Sin-clairville grange;- gatekeeper, Charles Carlson, .of: Centr alia grange; Ceres, Mrs, Veva Wooley,of Villenova grange; Pomona,Mrs. Theo Hewes, of Chautauqua grange; Flora, Mrs. Jean Hooker of Sherman grange; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Ann Simons . Jr.. of Niobe grange;: executive committee, three years, Benjamiri Cochrane, Panama grange. He succeeds Willard Ayres, of Busti grange. : ' r.Favors Advertising locallyThe grange, through a' resolution passed at the Pomona session, will seek the cooperation of dairy organizations in. the county'to support .a local advertising campaign in the “Milk of Healtht’ -movement to supplimetit the national campaign. The Pomona master -wasinstructed to appoint a committee of three to contact the dairy organizations interested. Another resolution . asked the board of supervisors, the state college extenlioni service, and the U. S. department, of agriculture for cooperation in securing assistance packing and -marketing of farm products. The resolution' expressed' approval of the work now being, done in' extention..Other resolutions opposed requiring all grange members; to subscribe to the National Grange monthly, asked for a change in state grange -election methods, favored requiring second, offenders in reckless -driving to use a sealed speed governor instead of having their license revoked except in the case of habitual offenders.Twenty-five granges from; - th e county and nine from Erie and Madison counties, .were represented at the session. Pomona 'Master George Hewes presided. The welcome was extended by Past Pomona Master, Frank Collins, of Sheridan, and the response by Emery Grout, of Frewsburg, the grange legislative chairman.Sixteen deceased members of the grange were memorialized as services in charge of the •chaplain, Mrs. Grace Pierpont, -assisted by the three graces, Mrs. Claribell Lewis, Mrs. Neva Wooley, a n d 'Mrs. Jean Hooker, -and the lecturer, Mrs. Mildred Whitcomb:...The Rev.. Wayne Price, of Sheridan, delivered the : memorial .address, Floral tributes were 'presented by Gordon Hooker and piano music by Mrs, Robert Wooley,Prof. H. E. Botsford, of Cornell showed colored slides of a plane load of chickens sent: to foreign countries under the Christian -.Rural Overseas- project. The county CROP- chairman, Mrs.- Leonard Trump, of Westfield, spoke on the work of the organization and the days collection of $25.18 was giveri to help CROP send two carloads of dried milk to Korea. : ‘Stockton grange's quilt of the colonial flower,: garden. pattern wasadjudged,, the winner in .the stategrange service and hospitality committee' quilt contest; Hanover, grange was second .with a Mohawk trail pattern and Clymer, third,. Clymer grange with a quilt irt/'thq log babin /pattern. a' ■ -v--;i :-TThe ?judgek; ^ercs MrsliAm TtfaWoodward, of. Sinclairville, a n d•Mrs. Alfreda Woolley, of Arkwright grange;; ,Donald Benston reported on the Busti grange youth program and two representatives who attended the youth leadership school at Cobleskill spoke of the experiences.. Eight grangers were instructed in the fifth degree.The Friday. evening program was in charge of Miss Elizabeth Hagen, Sheridan grange lecturer. Tracy. Tucker gave a piano solo, Mrs. Gladys Tong a vocal solo, and a tableau on “The,. Farmer Feeds. Them All was given by grange members.Saturday Session-. The 'Saturday morning session heard r reports- by various officers and on. conservation by Raymond Colburn, read, by Mrs. Colburn;1 on publicity by Mrs. Woolley, on the; fair; booth - by Norris Woolley, by the : auditing . com mittee, the executive committee, the - Farm bureau, representative, Ernest Engdahl ; the juvenile, deputy. Mrs. Myrle, Washburg, The proceeds of the Rural Life Sunday program were turned over to the service and hospitality committee.Mrs, Washburg reported' the following winners in juvenile grange contests: Safety , book, Portland, first; Busti, second; ' ring t .0 s s, Buzzy Swanson, Garry Albright, Jack and Levi Brown; soap carving, ^Oliver Davis, of Fredonia, Joan Sand bloom and Karen Sand-bloom, of Busti. v v,Honored during the session were Russell Curtis, assistant steward New York state grange and his staff; and Mrs. R6se Holland, .past Pomona lecturer in Erie, county. .Miss Marie:; Zebra sky, lecturer o£ Fredonia . grange, presented-the symbol of Fraternity for Peace, which has travelled to all granges in the county,: to the Pomona lecturer,'; Mrs. Whitcome. There was a special candle lighting service in which all took part. The Pomona grange chorus participated and presented several numbers,Two speakers during the session were Mr. Curtis, state grange assistant steward, who spoke on .the ''Grange of the Future1', and the Rev. Mr. Price, who spoke on “Fraternity for Peace.”The Saturday session collection was given to a fund for polio research.. The installation of newly-eleeted officers was In charge of Mr. Curtis,It was announced that.a Horseshoe tournament will be. held at Niobe . grange on September . 27. that the Officers and Members association will have a tureen dinner at the next meeting on October 8 in Sinclairville. The association is sponsoring a, bus to go to the National grange in Burlington, Vt., on Nov. 12 to 15. Reservations are being made with Mrs. Winifred \rail at Lakewood before October'15. ..On October 4, grangers will holdtheir semi-annual picnic at the Grange temple in Chautauqua. A tureen dinner is planned for 1 p. m.The November session of Pomona grange will be held at Ellington on November f.
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Dunkirk Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer
Dunkirk, New York, US
Tue, Sep 22, 1953
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