Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-10
GRANGE WILL INSTALL : AT NEXT MEETING
Social Followed Regular Business ses-
 sion on Wednesday Evening.

 Social Followed Regular Business ses-
 sion on Wednesday Evening.
 Norwich Grange, No. 17s, P. of H., held their regular meeting in the Chamber of Connferce building on Wednesday evening with large num- Der present The usual business ses- sion was held with Worthy Master Charles P. Bushnell in the chair. Fol- lowing the business meeting social time was enjoyed. The entertainment was opened with the singing of Old Glory. This was followed by the roll call which consisted of answering the question Which is the more necessary to the comfort of the home, a good cook or 8 good fireman Miss Gladys Pettigrew then rendered There is Sun shine on the Hill, in a very pleasing manner. As an encore she sang, l Love You Truly, She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Mary Pettigrew ot New London, during the first selection while Miss Nellie Howie of Norwich presided at the. piano during the en- core. This was followed by a grand march around the room, each of the narchers being presented an envelope containing a slip of paper stating the part the recipient was to take in the evenings programme The programme consisted of jokes, funny stories and proverbs proved very amusing and en- tertaining. Miss Pettigrew favored with another selection. When the Boys Come Home, and rendered as an en- core, Keep the Home Fires Burrisg. Ii of the new officers would be held al the next meeting. State Grange Elects. Frask E. Blakeman of Stamford was elected master Of the Connecti- cut State grange Wednesday at the l thirty-third annual session at Food Guard hall, HartfoSd.
 State Master Charles T. Davis o, l MiddletoWn, who completel> witt this session biennial term of twt years, prefaced the election of off cers, the special order at 1915 a. m of other work was so great that h. felt compelled to decline a re-elec ton, which would probably have oc cured. it being the custom to re l tain the same man state master fo ! two terms.
 1 Mir Blakenan was elected maste on the first ballot, receiving seven ty-eight Of the 12S ballots.
 | Allen 3. Cook of Middlebury, tn present lecturer, was elected over seer.
 Professor Charles A. Wheeler 0 the Connecticut Agricultural col lege was elected lecturer.
 State Master David presided an the morning session opened at 9.3Q. 1 A letter from Governor Marcu H. Holcomb was read. The gov ernor expressed his pleasure wit the resolutions of loyalty adopte Tuesday when the support of tn ed for the prosecution of the war. Tn governor added: T wish there wer
 5000o organized farmers in the stat
 They have been potent force for goo
 in the state and nation"
 State Treasurer Norman $. Plat
 of New Haven, presented the .finan
 cial report for the year ending Jan iuary '. The receipts, including tn
 balance of s6,0S041 were $15, ,40S.4 4
 The expenditures were $10,1376 6e
 leaving halance of s2,541.17. ( the expenditures s2.090 was for Lit
 erty bond.
 The total of the invested funds, ir
 ctuding interest and the $2,000 Lit , erty bond is s2025s.11.
 The < executive committee gave a account of the several meetings the committee. It urged more lit
 eral fertilization, intensive cultiva ' tion and larger production by tf , farmers of Connecticut. The sum ( $200 was appropriated by the commit tee for the use of the lecturer.
 Flags given to granges owning the ! I1o11 o1d If 1 gages were presented during the yes : to Stafford grange, Unity of Deep Ri, , l CT, Lyme, Wolcott and Haddam Nec granges. One is to be gwen to, Whis
 grange.
 To suspend the rules and carry men
 bers, "wi4a honor" and without pi1
 ment of dues during the war, whe , such members are in the war servit
 of the United States, was the object
 a resolution offered by Past Sta |. Master J. Arthur Sherwood, of Easto The resolution was referred to the les fslative committee. MT. Sherwoc ,, said the National grange at its annu session in November adopted a resoll
 tion granting the state gran ges u , right to omit subordinate, Pomon 2 state and national dues of all membe in war service.
 SLaI0 MdSIGT-0lSCI G. DIAN man has been a leader of grant work in Connecticut for many year |, He completes now a term of tV . years as state overseer, following fol ? y5crs' service as state lecturer. Pr
 vious to his election as state lectu , CT he was deputy for several years f Fairfield County Pomona grange. 2 Is a past master of Huusatonic gran. o of Stratford, and has held many oth I offices in his home grange. . MT. Brakeman was born Decenb ls1, 1857, in Oronoque (Stratfor6 :, in the house which has been in u 7 Blakeman family since 1880, wht 4 it was built by his grandfather. I - has always lived there. He is a dire G descendant of the Rev. Adam Blak N man of Derbyshife, England, who VI 5 colony, settled in Stratford in 16; . The latter. was pastor of the Co1gr F gational church, founded at tha1 tir
 in Stratford and the state master -ele II has been |. member since boyhood. d Mr. BiJifeman has been active d public affairs. He was a repr D sentative from Stamford in 1903 al = clerk of the committee on ag a culture. He is deputy judge of t s town court of Stratford, and at pre- e ent acting judge in the absence l. Captain Howard W. Curtis, who s in the United States service. \ Y B1akeman has made general farni if his vocation.