The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-09
STATE GRANGE MEETING
Annual Session in Rutland Next
Week.

hulidl1u, Dec. y ne OlHCldl pro-
gram for the 45th annual session of
the Vermont State grange, which will
be held in this city Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday of next week, was
announced from the Office of the state
master, W. N. Cady, of Middlebury,
yesterday.
1t is expected that between 1000 and
from all parts of the state will be
present at the meetings which will be
held in the Shrine temple on Wales
street
Official headquarters will be estab-
lished at the Hotel Berwick Special
convention rates have been arranged
by the Rutland and Central Vermont
railroads.
The Rutland Business Mems asso-
citation is making efforts to take care
of the visitors and make their stay
in the city pleasant
The following is the program;
Tuesday December ~.
First session, II o'clock-Opening
grange in fifth degree; appointment
of standing committees; report of the
committee on home economics.
Afternoon Session, 1.30 o'colck-.
Annual address OF worthy master; re-
ports of officers: introduction OF reso-
lutions without debate; reports of dep
uties and Pomona oranges. reports not
to exceed two minutes in length.
Evening session, 7.30 o'clock-The
program for this meeting is not COM
plete DR.. NJ, b. Hillegas, commissions
er of education, will give an address,
also some member OF National grange
after which the grange will be enter
tanned by Rutland city.
Wednesday, December t3.
Morning session. $50 oclock-A
talk on grange fire insurance by A. w.
Foote. also on benefit insurance by
A. G. Halliday introduction of resolu-
tions; 10:30, election of officers and
two members of executive committee.
A lecturers conference will be held
sometime during the second day
All lecturers who have made COM
plete reports of their work (as pre-
scribed by the state lecturer) includ-
ing last quarter, ending September
80. and who are in annual attendance
through the session, are entitled to
mileage.
Afternoon session, 130 o'clock
Exemplification of the third and fourth
degrees by Rutland Valley grange,
No. 315.
Evening session, 8 o'clock-Grange
opened in the sixth degree and con-
ferring the same grange opened in
the fourth degree: reports of commit
tees on mileage, finance and educa-
tion.
Thursday, December IA.
Morning session, 9 oclock-Reports
of committees on resolutions, good of
the order. cooperation transporta-
tion. publication. agriculture, amend
ments and bylaws, claims and griev
ances, dormant oranges, trials and ap-
peals; unfinished business; install
lation of officers,
The voting members OF the state
grange are the masters of Pomona
and subordinate oranges, and If the
master has a wife or husband who is
a fourth degree member in good stand
ing, he or she becomes the second
from such grange. In
case neither master, nor wife nor hus-
band, are able to attend the state
grange from sickness or other suffici
ent cause, the grange may elect a dele
gate, who becomes the representative f,
of such grange, and if the delegate
has a wife or husband who is a fourth
degree member in good standing, he
or she becomes the second represen-
tative of such grange as in the case
OF the master.