The Newtown bee., 1893-03-03

Its History and Workngs.-The Aim of the Grange List of Officers.
 Washington grange, No. Il, was first orgaulzed at the house of Brother k. W Ford, in February, 1875. The officers were: C. II. Mason, master; A. H. Wy ant, O; $. s. smith, L.; R. W. Ford, S; Oraste> hickox, A. S; ;. D. Ford, C; W. Y. Odeli, Treas; F. N. Galpin. Secy C. C. Feun, c. R; Mrs c. Il. Mason, Ceres; Mrs k. W. Ford, Pomona; Mr. II. ;. Hartwell, Flora; Mrs Oraste- Hickox, l.. A. 5.
 Soon after organizing, the old Masonic lodge room was rented and used as place of meeting, the furnishings of the room being contributed by the members. The grange was In active operation for about i've years, after which interest in the order declined and the charter was finally surrendered, as were those of neaaly all the granges in the state, num- bering at that time 20.
 IN THE WINTER
 of lS90.9l, petition recalling the char ter was signed by number of the old members; and on March 3l, 1891, Dis tricE Deputy c. c. Beckwith reorganized the grange, with 25 old and II new char ter members. That the members of the old grange were zeaiously attached to the order, Is eVinced by the fact that they were the first of the dormant granges to recall their charter.
 Upon recognizing, H. O. Averill, one of the new charter members, was chosen master. The choice was good one, as subsequent events proved. MT Averill has twice been unanimously reelected master, and has spared neither time nor labor to make his grange an ideal one. By ts-s, fsrV, h, detail of grange work, and has held the organization together and developed it in all it's branches as no man of less eXe- cutiyc ability could have done.
 THAT HE Is AMONG THE FOREMOST in grange work in the state, may be seen b, the fac that he has lately been chOn- eu ma-ltr of Pomona grange, No. winch has juri>dictiOn over 20 towns He also ~CrNr~ uu an important commit tee in the >tale grange.
 Mrs C. C Ford was chosen lecturer upon reorganization, and filed the office admirably, being at the pains to collecI aud edit valuable statistics relative L" tht- and other grangrs.
 i'nr WrlI- known Mir O'Hara was the ti,-r secretary, his past training and eX- |. .rb,"cr e pcc~lly fitting him for thi- p,-Ili pu AfLrr Ouv term of office he
 
 d clurd , r".rl"ctUn, He was succeed ed bN C. II Nichols who was no les p1lul ,T rhin Ui> predecessor. He too Wal uuuimuu-iv re elected but declined. Tn udunu~ duties of the secretary unlrr nt,' nov performed by F. c. Net rl,t"u, n young man nf promise, who is rapid Y rdaptiug hims"lf to the work,
 l.. A. Mason, assistant ~teward, has grt the work in his department down to q l,t md ia n
 THIS GRANGE HAS GROWN
 trom 39 members in 1891, to 100 in 1893. Worthy Master Averill aims to make this one of the leading granges of the state, and he has the push and determi- nation to Q lable him to do it.
 c. H. Mason, the genial and popular postmaster, takes q lively interest in all grange work, and is a good man to fall back upon in an emergency.
 The declared objects of the order are "to develop better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves; to exhance the comforts and attractions of our homes, and strengthen our attach ments to our pursuits" The three graces are an attractive and indispensa- be feature of every meeting of the grange. Were it not for the presence of woman to soften and refine, and bring S the less noble impulses; he grange would fall short of being the
 PERFECT AND HARMONIOUS organization that it Is. It is the oldest secret society that admits women on an equal footing with men. Nine brothers and sisters are counted among the frater- nal dead of Washington grange. Abel Bristol was the first, and died February ioI i,, 1892, and Is the only member who has died since the grange was reorganized.
 The number of granges in the state in 1885 was l6. There are'now more than eight times that number.
 o. II. Kelley and the gentlemen who were associated with him in founding the order of "Patrons of Husbandry," in the city of Washington, p years ago, "builded better than they knew"
 AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD
 was then and there started which, as the years roll on will expand beyond meas- ure; and unlike sound waves, will grow stronger with the expanding. The fol- lowing are the officers of Washington grange, No II, for lS93 H. O. Averill, master; F. J. Kilborn, O; Miss Julia Averill, l.; Howard Cogswell, S; l.. A. Mason, A. $; F. L. Hallock, c; c. c. lIFdS 0s rtlblSIOut pBCy ID. c. Humphrey. c. R; Mrs H. c. Averill, Ceres; Miss Bessie Taylor, Flora; Mrs J. B. Holli~ter, Pomona; Mrs Mary Kinney, L. A. $; Committee on enter tanment, Mrs Albert Titus, Mrs Minnie Rvdean, Loui- NJ. Logan, E. R. Black, Mis- Edith l.. Meeker.
 Committee on woman's work, Mrs E. c. Whitehead, Mrs c. C.. Fenn, Miss Edith Smith.