St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
THE STATE GRANGE.
Annual Meeting Held in BurIing-
ton. Changes in State Lecturers
Work.

The 39th annual session of Yer
mont State Grange, Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, was held in Burlington last
week with 266 registered.
The secretary, A. A. Priest, of
Randolph. reported a total of 202
oranges having total membership
of 1880. The average per grange is
SO. Nine new oranges were institut-
ed during the year as follows: No.
AS, Mad River Valley, Waitsfeld;
446, Lake Shore, Morgan; AT,
Echo, East Charleston; 44S, Island
Pond 449, Neckwackett, Pittsford;
$50, Maple Valley, Albany; 452,
Orange; 453, Cobble Hill, Barre, by
A. E. Whitcomb; 351 Mountain
View, Goshen, by c. A. Bump; 443,
Camels Hump, Huntington Centre,
and AIS Highgate have surrendered
their charters; 351 Union, West
Hartford; 354 Mississquoi Valley,
Sheldon, 332 ,Cascadnac, Hartford,
are dormant.
Eleven oranges have a memberhip
of over 200. Protective of Brattle-
boro still holds first place with 394
members. Maple Valley of Rutland
is a close second with 373; Bridge
water 238, Mortified 274, West
Randolph $50, North Randolph 238,
Marble Valley 228, Springfield 218,
Bennington 211, Williamstown 204;
72 have membership of between
100 and 200. There are "a Pomo-
ma oranges, no new ones having been
instituted. There is a total member
ship of 1000.
The treasurer, Mr.. Pier, reported
amount of current fund on hand,
$10,991.28 which with $856.75,
permanent fund invested by execu-
tive committee makes total of SILL
S4S.03. There was $8,699.35 in the
current fund a year ago. When the
funds were turned over to the pres
ent treasurer 16 years ago, the
amount on hand was $659.14 and
with the exception of one year there
has been a steady increase.
A new and very successful feature
of this year S meeting was lecturers
nlght in charge of State Lecturer E.
H. Hallett of st. Johnsbury Center.
Following was the program for the
evening:
Music, Champlain Valley Grange;
ton, master of Champlain Valley
Grange; response, c. F. Smith,
master of Vermont State Grange;
address, J. C. Mitchell, North Ran
dolph, on ''The Advance of Man."
reading by Mrs. G. N. Whitney, ST.
Johnsbury Center; address,. F. B.
Pier, Brattleboro, treasurer of state
grange, on "reminiscences and FL
nancial Condition of the Order"
selection, H. M. Arms of Richford;
instrumental music, Mrs. Carl Mox-
ley, North Randolph; paper, Mrs. J.
M. McNall, Milton, on 'tWoman's
Work in the Granger" instrumental
music, Mrs. G. G. Mcknight; reading
Mrs. M. H. Roberts; Suggestions
for the Good of the Order" respond
ed to by several short speeches; mus
ic, Champlain Valley Grange.
To Push Educational Work.
The state lecturer has been au-
thorized to enlarge the educational
work of the grange and will hold
meetings throughout the state in
pursuance of that work. He held
a meeting last Friday evening with
the G. w. Pierce Pomona Grange at
South Ryegate and will try to meet
every Pomona grange in the state
during the winter.
On Wednesday the following Off
GERS were elected: Master, G. F.
Smith, Morrisville; overseer,. w. N.
Cady, Middlebury; lecturer, E. H.
Hallett, St. Johnsbury Centre; stew