St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-04
ST. JOHNsBURY CENTER.
(Mrs. Edith Mclaughlin. Corp
Green Mountain Grange Meeting.

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On Friday evening, June 90, the
members OF Green Mountain Grange
NO. l, their families and invited
| guests to the number of 200 or more
met at their hall to celebrate the pay
Off of their Indebtedness and to wit
ness the burning of the mortgage The
| hall was very tastefully decorated with
| crepe paper, flags and cut flowers The
exercises were opened with volun-
tary followed Immediately by the rem
dering of Mothers Song" by a quar-
tet. Then came the address of well
come by Worthy Master w. ]. Hen
derson, who gave history of
oranges. He stated that the origin of
Green Mountain Grange No. / dated
back to the fall and winter of 1870,
when his father, the late Jonathan
Lawrence, after reading an account of
the grange in a newspaper, wrote for
information. The result was the in
stitution of this grange on July 4,
1871. 1t was not only the first grange
Instituted in this State, but the first in
New England. Next came the history
of the building of the hall, by Mrs.
Nelly E. Whitney After this came
the event of the evening, the burning
of the mortgage by its oldest member,
Eliza A. Allen. AS, with her lighted
candle, she set fire to the mortgage a
lively little song entitled "Merrily
Slng, was rendered, and as the mort
gage crumbled to ashes a long and
hearty applause rang out The fol-
lowing program was rendered.: Read
ing, "Laska,'' Mrs. P. W. Stearns. who
responded to an encore with "a Crate
full Man.; duet alone in Loves Gar
den,' the Misses Rae and Shirley AS
tie, accompanied by Leslie Moylos
piano, and Charlotte F. Mclaughlin,
violin, responding to an encore with
"Jaunita"; reading, 1.-THE Hero of the
Hill,'' Mrs. Oscar Cummings of ST.
Johnsbury, responding to an encore
she gave "One Of Jobs Comforters''
solo, MY Wonderful Love in Thee"
Mrs. Lulu Twrombly, responding to an
encore with Groom Time; reading,
"Aunt Shaw's Pet Jug" Mrs. Eta
Prescott; solo, I'm the Sunshine of
Your Smile" Miss Katherine Nor
rison. of st. Johnsbury, responding to
encore with Pm Longing for YOU"
Brief remarks of much interest were
made at this time by Worthy Past
State Lecturer E. H. Hallut, who at
the present time is worthy master OF
Wide-Awake Grange No. Sc. In re-
ferring to teh decline of the grange
he said much credit was due to Alpha
Messer, Hon. c. J. Bell and others for
their untiring efforts and faithfulness
in the work of organization and the
upbuilding of the grange along edu-
cational lines, and today the grange
had become the greatest and best ag
ricultural organization in the world.
Piano solo, Convent Bells" Leslie
Moyles, responding to an encore with
"Within the SWING; reading, How
Jonathan Helped john" Stella E. AL
len; solo, Mother Machree," Miss
Katherine Morrison; dramatic read
ing, I'm the Sign of the Cross" Rev.
r. S. Caldwell; reading, my Warn
ing" Mrs. Oscar Cummings. Each of
the last numbers received an encore.
but as the hour was getting late no
one responded. The exercises were
closed by all rising and singing Amer
lea" Immediately following the close
of the exercises refreshments OF meat
loaf. rolls, cake, coffee and ice cream
were served in tn dining room, when
dancing and social hour was enjoyed
bV ALL '!+