The Republican journal., 1916-12-07
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

1t is expected that four thousand people will
State Grange during the week of Dec, 18th.
and preparations are being made to entertain
them. Rooms will be engaged outside of the
hotels and the Chamber of Commerce will pre-
pare lists of available places.
Seaside Grange held their annual meeting
last Friday evening and omitted the program,
which will be given tomorrow, Friday, even
ing. Officers were elected as follows: Mas
ter, Victor l. Merriam; overseer. James W.
Wallace; lecturer. Mrs. Elmira A McKeen;
steward Roy E. Sholes; gate keeper. A. B.
Smaley; assistant steward, Elijah Ritchie;
chaplain, Mrs. Nettie M. Merrithew; treasurer,
j. Earl Braley; secretary, Miss Lucy A Coch-
ran; Ceres, Mrs. Dora ]. Bridges; Pomona,
Mrs. Addie NJ Merriam; Flora, Miss Louise
Lynn: lady assistant steward, Mrs. Lura H,
Richie. The installation will be held eariy in
January.
Morning Light Grange, Monroe. met in re-
gular session Saturday evening. December
%, and after transaction of business the fol-
lowing program was presented: Music by
choir; rolcall of officers, quotations from the
ritual reading, Extract from the Grange De-
claration of Purposes Mrs. Woodman; reading,
Oliver H Kelly and the Founding of the Grange,
Helen A. Cooper; What the Grange Has Done
to Develop Character, D. NJ. Kimball; reading
M. J. Curtis; ,pic for discussion, What should
the Grange Aim to Accomplish in the Next
Fifty Years. Election of officers will take
Place at the next meeting.
Union Harvest Grange. Center M ontville
elected officers for 1917 on Saturday evening"
Dec. End as follows: Master, J. V. Jackson:
overseer. M. M. Wentworth; lecturer, Mrs.
Kitty Tibbetts; steward, j. W. Wentworth;
assistant steward. F. l.. Gay; chaplain, M L.
Howard; treasurer, J. W. Tibbetts secretary,
Mehuren; Ceres, Mrs. Ida Jackson; Pomona,
Mrs. Carrie Mehuren; Flora, Mrs. Isabel Went
worth; lady assistant steward. Mrs Cora Gay;
pianist. Miss Hazel Arno. The grange will
have Christmas tree for the children and
young people Saturday night. Dec. 23rd
Sebasticook Grange of Newport has complet-
ed the changes on their hall. The dining room
has new floor, partitions torn down, painted
and papered,new tables with seating capacity
of $50 persons, the kitchen made most con-
venient and new toilets in the basement. A
large flag pole is soon to be put up, which will
hold nice large flag, present from one of its
members. The first week in December marks
the anniversary of Patrons of Husbandry in
Penobscot county and at that time the flag will
be unfurled. The opening of the dining room
will be held with appropriate ceremony by
Sebasticook Grange and invited Oranges Plans
are formulated to have one of the largest
meetings ever held in town.
State Grange Master w. J. Thompson, Mrs.
Thompson and their daughter, Miss Florence
Carl Thompson. returned last week to theii
home in South China from Washington, D. C.
where they had been in attendance at the an
nual meeting of the National Grange. In
speaking of the meeting Mr.. Thompson said
that the sessions, which extended over period
OF 10 days. proved to be especially interesting
and there was large attendance. About 1000
were present and these we're representing 33
States. About rs were present from this State.
Mr.. Thompson said that the National Grange
took decided stand against any embargo on
food products unless some provision be made
in relation to manufacturing goods which the
farmer has to use.