Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-17
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The next meeting will probably be
held in Augusta or Lewiston.
Everybody examines and admires the
exhibit of Winslow Grange in the
rooms of the Board of Aldermen.
Hancock county has the distinction
of being the only county in which ev-
cry subordinate grange made gain in
membership during the past year.
One of the best things of the session
will be the love feast with it's infor-
NAL speeches and general good time,
with which the meeting will close,
Thursday evening.
Father" o. III. Kelley occupied the
chair of the master for a while during
the ballcting, Wednesday afternoon
This old man has won the hearts of all
and his presence at the sessions will he
! a treasured memory on the part of all
present.
G. Fred Terry, the Waterville pub
| Usher, who is a member of the order,
invites all Patrons to visit the estab-
| lishnent of the Sawyer Publishing
Company, near the Maine Central de-
PIT, between the hours of 10 and r.,
| Thursday.
| w. j. Ryan, the well-known blind
almanac peddler of Portland, is a con-
| spicuous figure, at the sessions. His
resolution giving the endorsement of
the State Grange, to the proposed In
dustrial School and Home for the Blind
| in Portland, was referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions.
\ Tho hch W.
| trio light system was taking things
easy, Wednesday afternoon. With the
several hundred incandescents in the
hall all turned on, it was still so dark
at the secretary's desk on the front of
the stage that a kerosene lamp had to
be brought into requisition.
Now that the 10000 mark has beef
reached and passed. gain of 1900
members in the six years of Worthy
Master Gardeners administration
when is the Grange to stop growing?
This is surely the most prosperous pc
Rod in it's history in Maine. Its halls
alone are valued at over 100000.
-Four past masters of the State
Grange are living: Daniel Fl. Thing of
Mt. Vernon, Frederick Robe of Coz
ham. M. B. Hunt of Belmont and Ed
| ward Wiggin of Augusta. Those who
have died are Nelson Ham of Lewis
ton, who was the first master, and Ru-
fus Prince of Turner, the third master
No Patron present has attended more
State meetings or longer been actively
identified with the order than M. p.
Hunt of Belmont, who was reelected
for a sixth term as treasurer. He was
initiated, Jan. IS, 1875, and in the %
years since then has rendered SO years
of service in the subordinate, Pomona,
State and National Oranges. He was
the first master of Mystic Tie Grange,
Belmont, and held the office for II
years. He was the first master of
Waldo Pomona Grange. In 1899 he
was elected overseer of the State
Grange becoming acting master upon
the death of Mr.. Prince, and in 1891
twas elected master for two years. In
1898 he was elected treasurer of the
State Grange and has since continued
! in that Office by unanimous re-elec.
tons. In 1922, he was steward of
the National Grange. He was not at
| the first meeting of the State Grange
held in Lewiston, 80 years ago, nor at
the meeting held in Waterville, % years
ago, out with these exceptions and one
or two others in the early years, Mr.
Hunt has not missed a meeting of the
State Grange in it's history. He has
been at every session for the past ~
years. Mr.. Hunt has the full conf
dence and esteem OF every Patron III
the State and is personally known to
very large share of them