Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1909-12-09
POMONA GRANGE HAS BIG MEETING
Fully Two Hundred and Fifty Attend Meeting Fruitand
Last Frday-Session Voted by All Attending to be
Biggest of Year-An Interesting Report.

ance at the quarterly meeting of tn
Payette Valley Pomona Grange hell
in Fruitland last Friday. Thru th'
courtesy of Gen. Manager II. e. Dunn
a special train was made up for the
Payette delegation, arriving at Fruit
land at 1915 a. m. and an extra ev
ening train returning the New Ply
mouth, Valley View and Payette mem
bers to their respective homes after
the evening session.
State Master D. c. Miller, of Nam
IA, Past Master A. E. Gipson, OF
81 ell and 1Ie5sers E. B. c. Conk-
lii. e. Amidon, A. Fl. McGregor,
of the Boulevard Grange, Ontario, Or
egon, We're among the visiting mem
bers present.
This meeting proved to be one OF
the busiest and most profitable ses-
sions of the year. There was some
thing doing all the time. From the
opening at 10 a. m. until the close OF
the evening session at 10 p. m. there
was not an idle nor a duh moment
A preliminary meeting of the Fruit
land Grange was first called and in
the neighborhood of twenty candidatel
whose applications had been received
the previous week were voted into
membership. The morning session
was devoted principally TO the exem-
plificaHon Of the First degree of the
order by the Payette Degree Team of
the lady officers. The team although
but recently organized presented the
work in most creditable manner
and was heartily applauded
Dinner was the welcome call that
greeted the ears OF the assembly at
1890 and without further ceremony
an adjournment was taken to the din
ing hall, one of Fruitland's fine new
store buildings, where three tables
running the entire length of the build-
ing were found to be positively groan-
X with their load Of roasted chicken
!. sery, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie
hnd in fact every seasonable dainty,
all having been prepared by the ladie
of the Fruitland Grange.
The afternoon session was opened
by an address OF welcome by Harry T
Lewis Master Of the Fruitland Grange
followed with a response from Walter
Burke Master Of the Pomona Grange
in which an invitation to hold the
March Pomona meeting at New Ply
mouth as guests Of the New Plymout
and Valley View Oranges was eX-
tended and by unanimous vote the in
vitation was accepted.
Prof Conklin made announcement
of the Ontario Fair and bridge open
ing celebration to be held at Ontar
10 on December 18th and 10th and ex-
tended a most cordial invitation to ev
cry member present and to the Pay
ette bench in general to attend and
participate.
A. E. Gipson, of Caldwell made an
Of the Idaho State Pure
Seed Show to be held at Caldwell on
January 18Th and 14th in which the
different oranges of thee state were
interested and an earnest invitation
was extended to all to attend and as
far as possible enter for premium.
The balance of the afternoon ses-
sion was devoted to business, reports
from the different oranges and the
election Of officers for the ensuing
year.
A marked increase in membership
and interest since the last meeting
was particularly noticeably, the Pay
lite, Grange being in the lead With a
p hD Of 24O in good standing.
90 Election OF officers resulted in
I 4 following being chosen for Pomo-
haNE9range for the ensuing year.
Walter Burke, New Ply
mouth.
oyerseer-Frsd P. French, Valley
View.
steward-w.'E Edwards. Valley
view.
Asst. stawari-B. H. Woods, Pay
stte
Chaplain-H. J. Courtner, Payette.
Lecturer-H. Harland. Payette. {
Secretary-H. E. Smith, Fruitland. l
Treasurer.-E T. Lewis, Fruitland. {
Gate Keeper-A. Relyea, Valley
view. ]
Ceres-Miss stegner Fruitland. I
Flora.-8Trs Link, Fruitland.
Pomona-1Irs. Walter Burke, New {
Plymouth.
Lady Asst steward.-3irs. A. H. a
5arside, Payette
Through A. Z. Gipson a joint meet
ng of the Payette Valley and the
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