Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-25
the leaders Of the grange. State and
nation, tomorrow.
MIR. Day on Grange Problems

the icdOcTS VI Tic grange, StdtS anu
nation, tomorrow.
MIR. Day on Grange Problems
Clarence A. Day. kennebec county
Farm Bureau Agent then gave a fine
talk on the Grange Lecturer and Boys
and Girls Work. The problems
which the Grange lecturer has to con-
tend with. both through the refusal
of members to take part in the pro-
gram and of their failure to do their
part after they have consented, was
. spoken of by this speaker and he re-
marked that it would be a pleasure
! to have Massachusetts boy of which
! he had heard to take part in the
Grange programs. TIE boy in ques-
ton had So0-pouni hog to weigh
and only a ten-pound pair of kitchen
scales to weigh it on. Instead of get
ting discouraged he started to solve
the problem which he did by making
a balance on a convenient fence. on
one end of which he placed the hog,
balancing it by putting small stones
on the other end. He then got the
weight by weighing The stones.
There are many things which the
boys and girls of the clubs will do
for the Grange of their locality. One
way is by reading the story which
each member of club must write to
! complete his or her seasons work.
Another is by giving little entertain
ments and readings. 1t has been
found that the members of these
clubs will furnish the whole of an
evenings entertainment. And these
programs are so good that at the end
OF one which was arranged by the
Lecturer of the Kenncbec Pomona.
last May, prominent Granger was
heard to remark that it was the most
helpful meeting that he had ever at
tended.
| The Oranges can also help this
work along by offering prizes for the
club work in their vicinity. The
training in leadership which the
Grange offers is also of great value to
the club members. as is shown bv the
1act that there are today many club
members in Maine who are perfectly
capable of filling any chair in the
Grange.
The encouragement which the
Grange members give to the members
OF the clubs. especially to their own
chlloren is of great help and accom-
plishes great results as has been
shown by the number of young peo-
rle who have distinguished themselves
IN the clubs. and who are from fam
lilies wcll-known in the Grange.
"Problems Of Pomona Lecturer,
Some Problems of the Pomona
Lecturer was the subject of Mabel
'. Wood, Lecturer of Androscogsin
Pomona. She spoke of the diffic,,,-
ties both in selecting the program
ana IN selecting the proper person
Tor each subject. She said that her
program committee now COMPRISED
the lecturers of the subordinate
Oranges together with other mem.
bers of the Grange who were real
workers. By having representatives
from each section of her district she
was able to find speakers who knew
well the subjects they were to cover
in any program.
1t is necessary to have the best
man for the speech. that can be
found in that locality. Not knowing
thcm all personally, the lecturer
mas the person wanted through the
knowledge which her assistants on
the program committee have of the
different parts of the district in
which the Grange is located.
The value of a printed program
! 1,
She said that she did not know what
success the other lecturers were
having with their programs, but that
her percentage for the year was
Al IL, meaning that she had been
able to average Al IL percent of the
subjects of her program as origin
ally laid out.
That the work and conference
with both the subordinate and state
| lecturers is of great help to the lee
turers of the Pomona Grange was
her belief and she said that they
might help still further by printing
the program which they actually put
on so that all the other Oranges
migt see what each was doing and
perhaps benefit from reading the
subjects covered by this program.
The shortness of the time which
| can be devoted to a program was
deplored by Miss Wood. who said
that it had been her experience that
the time for the program of an all
day meeting was cut into in the
morning by the fact that transporta-
ton facilities were bad and in the
afternoon by the dinner taking more
time than was expected. In this way
the time of the sessions is cut to
utes for each session. The daylight
saving in the summer adds to the
| difficulty which is experienced in
having real program of some
| length.
Better Citizenship Movement"
ernoon, Charles F. Marble of Port
| land, executive secretary of the
Maine Federation of Retail Merchants
! Association, spoke of the Junior Bet
| ter Citizenship Movement. He ex-
! pressed his idea that the Grange was
| not run to teach the members to get
more money out of the land, but 10
| teach them to become better citizens
| He spoke of the larger ideas of Cit
izenship which we have developed
since the start of the war and of the
manner in which many of our close
/ friends had failed to measure up TO
| these ideas. especially during the time
| of food rationing. He said that pa