The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-23
POMONA GRANGE
Meeting AT
INDIAN ORCHARD
UNION GRANGE WAS THE WIN
NER OF THE PRIZE.


degree in regular form at II o'clock
a. m, with Worthy Master, NJ. G..
Noble, in the chair. Reading of re-
ports, fifteen of which were in the
Secretary's hands, were of much in
terest, because of the progressive
work and substantial gains in mem
bership. The two remaining Oranges
were heard from by the following
, mail so that every Grange in the
county was heard from in the form
of a report.
There was a very close contest for
Pomona's honor banner between
Sterling, Labor and Union Oranges,
the latter, however, was the sue
cessful winner, having secured one
more new member than Labor
Grange and three more than Sterl-
ing Grange. On motion regularly
made and seconded, Rev. J. B. Cody
was chosen at this time to present
the banner, which he did in very
able manner. He urged the mem
bers of Union Grange to press on
ward and upward.
The noon hour arrived before we
were aware of it and further Grange
work had to be suspended for the
time A large delegation was pres
ent, some coming many miles to
greet friends and co-workers in this
great and noble cause which is or
ganized not for greed and selfish
motives, but to build up and bind
together into one great family, the
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| higher and better manhood and
womanhood among ourselves; to
enhance the comforts and attractions
of our homes and strengthen our
attachments to our pursuits; and we
| favor the enactment of such laws
1 that will bring the greatest good to
| the greatest number of people. An
| excellent dinner was provided, and,
! by the way the visiting members
! put things out of sight, it showed
! that they were not amateurs at the
/ work The ladies of Indian Orchard,
! however, showed themselves equal
! for the occasion, and as soon as one
! table was cleared another would be
| Immediately replaced with good
things until the multitude had been
| fed. AS soon as possible after din
ner the meeting came to order and
the general routine of business was
followed. The following commit
tees were appointed:
Soliciting-T. F. Taylor, Fl. r.
Samson, Viola Knorr.
Time and Place-F. w. Stephens,
R. e. Ransom. B. w. Bryant.
Resolutions-C. H. Williams, w.
E. Perham, Earl Rockwell
Music-Adam Knorr, F. NJ. Shat
fer, Mrs. c. C. Gray.
Executive Committee-E. w.
Gammell, Geo. Erik, |. F. Taylor.
Legislative Committee-W. E.
Perham, w. W. Baker, E. w. Gam
nell.
Finance-George Erik, E. E. Kins-
man, c. c. Gray.
Entertainment-Mis Lille Emo,
w. H. Hall. Miss Susie Brown
The Worthy Lecturer now occu-
pied the chair, when the following
programme was furnished:
A valuable paper on the ''Renova-
ton of the Old Orchard" by w. H.
Bullock, which was instructive and
If put into practice, can not help pro-
ducing good results. This paper
brought out questions and answers
that were also helpful, especially
from Mark Gilpin, man of much
experience, in grating fruit trees and
how he developed a profitable or
chard out of wild apple trees scat
tered all over his farm.
Song by the choir
Past Master, w. w. Baker, was
next called, who gave an able talk
on the good qualifications of the
Grange, laying considerable stress
on its close relationship with the
church and school.
George Erik followed with prac,
tical talk on "Silos and Silo Con,
struction." a very important sub
ject for those who are interested
in dairying and the raising of stock
more especially since feed has be
come so high in price that it is doubt
full whether it pays to feed mucl
feed to produce milk or butter a
the present high price of feeds.
Song by F. Nj. Shaffer.
John Knorr of Champion Grange
had sample of the Kentucky Blu,
grass on exhibition that he harvested
last year. 1t made a good, stroni
growth with an abundance of lea
blades which would make ii all tn,
more desirable for feeding purposes
Mr., Knorr is in love with the plan
and thinks it can be successful,
grown in Wayne county, While w
would not recommend planting it ol
a large scale until it has been NOR
fully tested, we would recommend
planting some in an experimental
way and proving for yourself with
out doubt whether it is profitabl
and adapted TO your needs or not
Another halt had to be made
This time it was for supper Sup
per over Fifth degree session wa
called to order and class of min
candidates were presented for tn
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