Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-20

ty Pomona, No. G. was held, with Wor- thy Master Billings T. Avery presid- ing. and the minutes were kept by the secretary, Miss Alice M Bishop. Due to the storm, the attendance was only about half the usual number. They. represented nine of the granges of the county
 In the business of the morning ses- sion. which began shortly after 10 o'clock, three new members were obli- gated in the fifth degree They were Ernest J. Dolbaumn of Stonington grange, Griswold A. Chappell and Clifford C. King of Lebanon grange. Three dernits were granted.
 At 1230 dinner was served for the grange members at the Buckingham Memorial by Sedgwick Wsman's Re- lief corps. No. 16.
 The well served menu comprised meat loaf, mashed potatoes. lima beans, rolls. pickles, squash pie and coffee. The committee in charge con sisted of Dorothea W. Ba1com Cchair- man, Gertrude Johnson, Ida R. Green, Agnes Blackburn, Laura J. Hutchins, Emily Dolbeare. Lillian E. Brewster, Maud B. Baker and Marie s. Disaue. and were assisted by Annie L. Raw son, Mabel George, Jennie Seed, Grace Fillmore, Lena Lester, Lizzie Burke, Esther H. Blfnn, Nellie E. Bailey and Maria Briggs. Tickets were sold by GertFuQe V. IoOJlll.
 Afternoon Session.
 Ath the opening of the afternoon session Worthy Master Avery intro duced Herbert R. Branehe, president of the Norwich Business Mems asso- citation, to explain some of the points about the farm bureau which the Bus- mess Mems association is taking a particular interest in as relating to the branch to be located in Norwich for New London county.
 County Farm Bureau.
 MT, Branche explained that the Nor wich Business Mems association had taken up the matter or organizing New London county as part of the prGl1m- mary work This consists of getting as large a membership as possible at S1 apiece, and a large measure Of suc- cess hhd been met so far.
 Mir Branche spoke of the Leever bill having a national application and re- ferred to the success of farm bureaus in New York state and in Massachu- sets, and said that the business men felt that the prosperity Of the farmer was of vital concern to the business men, and the business men were talk ing up the work with that feeling be- fore their minds.
 John A Vaughn. from the local of- fees of the Shore Line Electric Rail way company, was next introduced, ana was S1N6N OppOA tuhIIy tO SECehA upon some of the results of investfga- tions he had made for the trolley com pany in the line of farm bureaus. He gave it as his opinion that the helpful aid promised to be extended by the farm bureau would be gladly received by the farmer, and it could really be of great value to him, as was already demonstrated by the places where It was already working. He referred to what success had been shown by farm bureau work in Minnesota, and In Eamden county, Massachusetts. 1t IS one of the aims of farm bureau work to bring farmer, school, bushes men and church into one mutually heipful community, From what he had learn ed by the work Of the Hamden farm bureau Mir. Vaughn told of the expert advice that comes from the farm bu- reau relating to crops, fertllizlng' mar keting, buying, and In many ways helpful for the community life, ma<- ing it an uplift movement for all.
 For the farm bureau work here there is s1.o00 available from a fund pro- vided by the state. and the county should raise from s3,0o0 to s4ooo. Both speakers were given a rising vote of thanks.
 Lecturers Programme.
 When theys had retired the lectur CTS programme was taken up, in charge of Mrs. Maud E. Bliss. It opened with a finely rendered selec-- tion by the Lebanon Grange orchestra and a recitation. Where Are Those Po- tatoes? nicely given by Mrs. A. D. Zabriel1ie of Preston City Grange.
 Attorney Tanners Talk on Corn. Attorney Abel P. Tanner of New ! I.ondon,a a member of konomoc Grange, followed with a talk on corn, which he said might be considered a strange topic for a lawyer whose acquaintance l with the cereals might be supposed to be limited to the breakfast table and the stock market Yet MT. Tanner said he had been born on a farm aid 1 had had some early acquaintance with ! corn. MT. Tanner went on to speak 1 of the universality of corn cultivated ! under one name or another wherever | grain Is grown. He made his talk a | particularly wfttey one with numerous 1 anecdotes. He spoke of the immense 1 size of the corn belt in the United l States equal in area to twice of Italy l and equal to the combined area Of l Germany and France. He was heart 1 fly applauded at the clese of his talk. Hon. Charles M. Gardner. 1 After another selection by the Leb- anon Grange orchestra and 8 reading, | The Deacons Courtship, by Mrs. Mary ] E. Phillips of Norwich Grange, Hon. 1 Charles M. Gardner of Westfield, | Mass, high priest of Demeter of the 1 National Grange, was called upon to | speak on the topic, The Enduring Grange.
 MT. Gardner; who Is 8 past master l of the Massachusetts State Grange, 1 referred with appreciation to the l speech which he had heard from At 1 torney Tanner. which he referred to l as a gem of agricultural humor, and he | went on in g bright and entertaining ! way to speak of the remarkable
 growth enjoyed by the grange since it's organization, making 1t 9 factor to be
 reckoned with in modern day life. The grange is to be an enduring or
 ganization, he said. It is prosperous
 popular and powerful, but it will be enduring not because of the record of the past but because it continues 10
 possess within Itself certain elements
 which make it stable and substantial
 These three or four foundation stones
 must underIie every grange every
 where. First, the grange must be 3 nejghborly one, and ill this respect the
 grangss of New England have a rare
 privilege, and it has been a vitalizing
 force in bringing its members into 8
 broad and helpful neighborliness.
 Then the grange must have progres-
 siyenes5 for another cornerstone of the
 future. In the past one accomplish
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