Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

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rendered by Messrs. Work and jack
son and THE Bridge" by Mrs. l.. M.
Jones of Turner.
Resolutions upon the death of S. p.
Smith of Norway were presented by
Frank P. Towne of Norway, and upon
the death Of Mrs. Edward Wiggin of
Maysville by Mrs. L. E. Tuttle of Car
| ibou. Mr.. Smith, who died Jan. "a, 1908,
at the age Of IS, was for II years treas
urer of the State Grange. Mrs. Wig
gin, wife of Past State Master WigSin,
was for four years Flora of the State
Grange. and also Flora of the Nation
al Grange. Remarks upon the life and
| work of Mr.. Smith were made by
I Worthy Master Edwards of Oxford
| Pomona Grange and by Past State
Master Gardner Mr.. Gardner also paid
high tribute to Mrs. Wiggin. Colum-
| bus Hayford of Maysville, a member
Of the executive committee. spoke a
few words in memory of Mrs. Wig
gin. 3. Walker McKeen of Fryeburg,
former secretary Of agriculture, spoke
Of his personal relations with Mr..
Smith, who was for a time a member
of the State Board Of Agriculture, and
warmly praised his work in strength
ening the Grange in Oxford county.
The exercises closed with the singing
of "Face to Face by F. A. Pike OF
Norway and the benediction by the
cha plain The memorial service Occu-
pied exactly an hour and was most
impressively carried out. 1t was
beautiful part of the weeks program
and Will linger long in the memory of
all who We're present.
Ovcrseer Bearce resumed the chair
and announced the appointment OF
Prof w. d. Hurd of Orono to repre-
sent the Maine State Grange at the
meeting of the new national commits
sion on rural life which is to meet at
Boston Friday At the suggestion of
Lecturer Thompson, warmly seconded
in eloquent speeches by Col L. c.
Bateman and Editor E. p Mayo. a col
lection was taken for the benefit of w.
J. Ryan Of Portland, the blind man,
who has worked SO hard in behalf of
an industrial school for the blind and
who recently lost most of his personal
belongings by fire. Mr.. Ryan is Pat
roE and always attends the State
meetings. The collection resulted in the
sum Of S57.4O, which was given to MI.
Ryan to cheer his heart.
More committee reports We're then
made. NJ. j. Dow of Plymouth for the
committee on officers salaries recon-
mended that these salaries remain as
at present B. w. McKeen of Fryeburg
reported for the committee on educa-
tion, K. l.. Copeland of Holden for the
committee on Pomona Oranges and d.
r. Briggs of Livermore for the COM
mittee on fees and dues. The last-nam-
ed report was the first made by COM
mittec which brought on any discus
sion The committee recommended
that all the fees and dues remain as
at present and refused to endorse
resolution doing away with the pres
ent Pomona dues which are now only
10 cents per year Those favoring the
resolution make the point that the ~
cent dues are not now collected In
some counties and that it would be
better to do away with the law than
to have it ignored. Past Master Gard
ner spoke in favor of the resolution
and Secretary Libby against, Several
speakers We're heard from the floor
and the first lively debate of the week
TeSulleu HcIe "CIC q ocHSh ''iA"'
speeches pro and con, and when final
ly q vote was reached the report OF the
committee was almost unanimously
adopted.
The final report of the committee on
was then read as follows:
Oranges represented by
and wives. 124; by masters
alone. 145: by delegates and wives. %;
by delegates alone. 90: total, 3S2 out OF
the 428 subordinate Oranges in Maine.
Pomona Oranges represented by mas
ters and wives, 10: by masters alone,
Is; by delegate. l. total, 26. This gave
a voting membership at this meeting
of 565, which is only 36 less than that
at Lewiston q year ago, when the great
interest in the election of officers drew
out d record breaking attendance.
BY this time there was a general de-
sire fol a little lighter entertainment
and calls Tor Miss Andrews and Prof.
Morse failed to bring responses, as
they mad left the hall. V. w. Canham
of Lisbon responded to the appeal and
told d few good stories and sang g
couple of songs which made great
hit Incidentally he told story at
the expense of Col l.. c. Bateman
which resulted in general demand
that that gentleman say few words
in self f-defence. The colonel was equal
to the occasion and got back at Mr..
Can,iam with interest thrown in. His
stories were new and brought down the
house. After a song by Mrs. True ad-
journmcnt was taken at p. M. until
evening.
Thursday Evening.