The Republican journal., 1903-11-05
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

next SATURDAY evening.
Comet Grange, Swanville, had small at
tendance last Monday night on account of
smallpox scare.
Equity Grange has three candidates on
the way and will confer the third and
fourth degrees next Saturday evening.
We renew now the invitation so often
given, to secretaries and all interested in
grange work, to send in reports of meetings,
harvest feasts-everything in short OF inter-
est to the order in Waldo county.
Medomac Valley Grange, Appleton, had
sociable last Saturday evening to which the
public were invited. A very nice supper
was served for the small price Of ten cents.
The guess cake was won by John Wads-
worth and quilt by Clarence Simmons.
The grange recently had their building
shingled and the work was done in one day
by a crew of ten men. The building is 60
feet long.
Seaside Grange, Belfast, has adopted the
following resolutions of respect:
In the death of our sister Lulu Gurney
Seaside Grange has lost from its fraternal
Der. AS slight token of our sincere sOr-
row in the death of our sister in the spring
time of her life, and our sympathy for the
bereaved husband and family.
Resolved, That our charter be draped, a
COPY of these resolutions be spread upon
the the records, published in The Republican
journal and sent to the family of the de-
ceased.
MRS. J; F; Wilson, Committee
Mrs. II. E. ELLIS, on
MRS. S. A. KNIGHT. Resolutions
The meeting of Morning Light Grange,
Monroe, Saturday evening, Oct. 31st, will
long be remembered by the patrons. The
occasion was harvest feast, and the visit
of Northern Light of Winterport. About
70 of the members of the visiting grange
were present, and visiting members from
other oranges made the number present
about 200 The streets of our quiet little
village looked like night during the fair.
Teams were coming from every direction
and the grange stable was soon filled up
and every stall in the hotel stables occupied.
When Worthy Master Curtis opened the
grange the hall was completely filled. After
the grange was opened District Deputy A.
j. Webb of ThOrndike made some excellent
remarks for the good of the order, and at
the close of his address supper was an
nounced and the six large tables were soon
filled with the visitors, and as each table
was set for twelve the visitors were over y,
as a few had to wait for the next table. The
tables were filed nearly three times. The
supper was excellent, as all grange harvest
foactS aro Aftar tho simmer IT, was voted
to hold an open session, and the following
| program was given: Song by the choir,
'sThe Bill of Fare; address of welcome,
Miss Lizzie Moore; song, Freeman Ritchie
recitation, Oscar Dow; song, Ethel Chase
recitation, Beulah Ritchie; song, Lizzie
| Weber; dialogue, "Imps in the Trunk, y
the Imps, Mamie Curtis and Eva Knowlton
song, Effie jenkins. Remarks from the
visitors were then in order; closing with a
song by Jack Hartwell of Winterport. So
! ended one of the pleasantest evenings in
the history of Morning Light Grange. These
visits are what makes the grange one of the
best, if not the very best, society we have in
our State The good feeling, fraternity and
, sociability of the grange are its strong fea-
lures AS Mrs Roscoe Clements said in
| her remarks for the good of the order: 81
am proud of my country, proud OF my
State, proud of my county, and more than
| proud that am a member of the Grange.
| At the closing, and when the good nights
had been said, all went home feeling as did
Mrs. Clements, that they were proud of their
membership in the grange.-H. X. ID.