Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-23
COUNTY GRANGE HELD FIELD DAY
Attendance of About 200 at Lincoln ParNaonal Over Healy and State Officers List of Speakers-Co- operation for Community Upft Made Text for Several Addresses

New London County Pomona. No. 6, Patrons of Hnsbandry, heldF 8 field day on Friday at Lincoln park instead of its August meeting and had soeo attendance of Patrons who enjoyed the informal social diversions Of the morning and the programme of the afternoon. The attendance of the day numbered close to 200.
 On the list of speakers the presence of one national officer and several state grange officers lent added interest to the programme, and the words that they spoke were listened to with in tense interest by the audience assem- bled in the casino.
 Worthy Master Billings T. Avery was in general charge during the day and was on hand in the morning to welcome the early arrivals. At noon the tables were ready in the refresh ment hall and an inviting menu which was patronized by about 100 was served by Zabriskie and Barnes.
 Afternoon Session.
 | Worthy Master Billings T. Avery Presided at the afternoon session, which opened in the pavilion shortly after o'clock, and began with auartette from Preston City grange, which rendered a selection entitled The Girl Who Sat Down on My Hat.
 State Master Sherwood.
 Worthy State Master J. Arthur Sherwood of Easton was the first speaker introduced. explaining at the opening of his remarks that National Grange Lecturer N. P. Hull of Dimon- dale, Mich, who had been expected to attend this meeting, had been detained in New Jersey and would not be able to attend The state master went on to spea1 of the benefits to be derived from these Pomona meetings, dwell ing upon the two points of education and cooperation
 The grange he said, was doing work in education that no other or ganization was doing today and this idea of education was one of it's under lying principles. It meant much and was intended to mean much to the boy and girl in the country. We do not want to keep all the boys and girls on the farm, for what would the cities do without the country boys and girls who come to them? But we do want to make it worth while for the boys and girls who stay on the farm. and the grange aims to do that through the education it can furnish them.
 He spoke of the intention of the national grange to have a class of sew eral thousand in the seventh degree and of this number Connecticut was asked to furnish 800, so that he urged New London County Pomona to do it's share towards filling this quota.
 Influence of the Grange.
 state bepuly 0- w. DIduley OL Rockville followed with some appro- priate remarks along the line of grange work and he was succeeded by State Lecturer F. E. Blakeman of Oronoke, who emphasized the thought of the influence exerted by the grange. This should be made so strong and valuable that the grange should speak for itself to those to whom it could be of value and bring into it's membership all those in community whom it could serve. This could be exercised along school lines, along farming lines and along other special lines of particular value to particular communities.
 Community UpIift.
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