The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-23
GRANGE NEWS

LakeVllie Grange, NO. l44f, neio
regular meeting last Wednesday
evening. After the regular busi-
ness had been disposed of com-
munication was read from F. l..
Hartford, requesting the appointment
of a press correspondent and after
the matter was discussed at some
length lev. H. I. Purkiss was ap-
| pointed correspondent Tor this
Grange.
| The nour for the literary program
/ having arrived, and in the absence
OF the Worthy Lecturer, Bro. Theo.
| Klein, State Grange Organizer, who
was present, consented to take
charge and gave a very interesting
talk upon raising alfalfa, and the
va.ue of skim milk as fertilizer on
| the farm. He also gave a very in
resting and amusing talk On rats"
and now to catch them.
Brother Seegar gave his expert
enee ON "Scarecrows" on the corn
held and also on Rats AID the
| fun there is in catching them.
After a very enjoyable and
profitable meeting the grange was
closed in regular form.
Sterling Grange meets each We'd
nesday evening. The last meeting
was unusually interesting.
After the usual order of business
was concluded Rev. w. E. Webster,
member of this grange, gave a
splendid talk on various phases of
Grange work, showing how the
farmer through the help derived
from the Grange, might make his
farm more productive and yield
greater financial returns. After all
hes said the greatest product of the
farm is the boys and girls and the
Grange may be a great help in
moulding and developing their lives
mentally, morally and physically.
Several other short talks were
given after which the Worthy Lect-
urer, r. d. Gilpin, announced a
series of debates upon questions of
interest to farmers, one to be taken
up at each meeting.
The question for debate at the
next meeting is, Resolved that the
cash road tax system is best for the
firmative and DR.. r. A. Smith the
negative side.
At the close of the Grange the
|
the lower hall for a social hour
where ice cream and cake were serv-
ed.
Salem Grange, as usual, had a
most excellent meeting on Friday
evening, although a large number
of our younger members attended
the High school commencement at
Ariel that evening, Clara Basley, one
of our members, being among the
graduates.
In the absence of the Master, l. G.
Williams, Postmaster F. l.. Hart
ford took the chair.
/ The secretary read a communica-
tion from w. e. Perham suggesting
the possibility of getting one of
the movable schools of Agriculture to
come to Salem this winter. The
matter was discussed and the secre-
tary was instructed to secure a list
of names with pledges of attendance
and return to Mr.. Perham at once.
! The picnic committee reported
that on account of so much rains
lately the farmers were very busy
and it was advisable to postpone our
picnic until early in August and the
report was adopted.
An excellent literary program was
rendered consisting of songs, recita-
tions and select readings, among
them poem read by Mrs. D. w.
Edwards, entitled This Old World
is Full of Beauty; a recitation by
Arthur Curtis, 'What Pa Did When
He Was Young; a recitation by
Leola Hartford, Hail to the Farm
er Girl; select reading by Edna
Chumard, entitled How the Deacon
Drove the Calf" The program was
closed by singing, ''The Farmer
Feeds Them ALL"
Sisters Clair Simons and Elba Alt
return home this week from the
State Normal school at Stroudsburg
for their summer vacation.
Sister Edna Resigne is again with
us after a prolonged stay at Homes
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