The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-22
POMONA GRANGE
HOLDS CONVENTION
Elect Officers Last Tues
day Afternoon.
200 DELEGATES ATTEND QUAR-
TERLY CONVENTION MORE
THAN A SCORE OF ORANGES
IN WAYNE COUNTY-PRIZES
AWARDED FRUIT-GROWERS.

AWARDED FRUIT-GROWERS.
About 200 delegates attended the
quarterly convention of the Wayne
County Pomona Grange, No. Al.
Patrons of Husbandry, which was
held in Odd Fellows hall, Honesdale,
last Tuesday. The Grange was call
ed to order and opened in the fourth
degree in full form at IL a. m,
Worthy Master M. G. Noble, Calkins,
presiding and the other officers in
their respective places.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted and reports
from the various subordinate Gran
ges in the county of which there are
now over twenty, were presented.
Harvest Grange recently organized
recaptured Pomona honor banner
for having added 25 members to
their roll during the quarter. w.
w. Baker, Honesdale, was called on
to present the banner. Mr.. Baker
responded in his usual happy vein
and with encouraging and appropri-
ate remarks presented the banner
from Harvest Grange. Adjournment
was taken at this time for dinner
which was furnished by the ladies
of the w. G. T. U. society The af-
| ternoon session was opened at 1880
o'clock and the election of officers
| Immediately followed, resulting as
| follows:
Master: Samuel Saunders, Damas-
Gus; overseer: T. F. Taylor, Cherry
Ridge; lecturer: w. B. Lesher.
Honesdale; steward: G. A. Curtis.
Calkins; assistant steward: Adam
Knorr, Farno; chaplain: F. S. Hart
ford, Callapoose; secretary, E. e.
Kinsman, Cherry Ridge; treasurer:
e. e. Manger, Smith Hill; gate
keeper Friend zimmerman, Gravity;
ceres: Mrs. S. H. Hine, Orson; po-
mona: Mrs. G. A. Curtis, Farno;
fora: Mrs. A. e. Sheard, Calkins;
lady assistant steward: Mrs. Olive
Shaffer, Gravity.
Most of the afternoon session was
| taken up with the election of off
GERS. W. w. Baker, an ideal Grang-
er, at this time, offered a few re-
marks II behalf of the retiring Off
GERS, having a good word to say for
all making special mention of the
secretary, w. H. Bullock, who had
been so faithful in the discharge of
his duties for the last six years. He
also spoke encouragingly to the
newly-elected officers, urging them to
strive to build up still higher the
Grange which is looking dourishing
and prosperous in Wayne county at
the present time.
The evening session opened in the
fifth degree in full form. There were
thirteen candidates for the fifth de-
gree who for lack of time were OBJ
ligated in the mysteries of this beau
tiful degree.
Grange now opened in the fourth
degree when the newly-elected Lect-
urer, w. b. Lesher, took the chair,
and the following program was CIV
en-:
Song by the Grange.
Address of welcome, w. w. Baker.
Response, W. H. Marshall.
Piano and violin selection, Adam
: and Viola Knorr.
A talk was given by County Sup
erintendent j. ]. Koehler on Good
Books"
. Recitation, w. B. Lesher.
Talk, Judge A. T. Searle.
Violin and piano selection, Adam
and Viola Knorr, Girdland.
Tioga is the banner Grange coun-
ty of the state, having 38 Oranges.
T Bradford and Crawford follow with
SO, Susquehanna 80, and Clearfield
81 each. Wayne has considerably
more than the average, but every
I county now has one or more oranges
Wayne has made rapid strides in the
last five years, when it is remember.
ed that there were only five or si1
u live Oranges in the county sever
u years ago.
= The prizes in the Fruit and Corr
Show were awarded by R. M. Stock
. er, Esq, Honesdale. The first priz'
d for apples was won by w. w. Baker
u These splendid specimens were grown
y in a State Demonstration orchard II
e charge of Inspector w. H. Bullock.