Evening star., 1925-02-27

that Potomac Grange passed out of
the active grange picture between
1875 and 1879. Even the record of its
work is lost.
The record of Potomac Grange, No.
], became alive again in 1886, when
the Department Of Agriculture was
established by law. and President
Cleveland appointed Norman J. Col
man of Missouri as first Secretary of
Agriculture in the cabinet There is
in existence copy of the bylaws of
Potomac Grange printed in 1886, soon
after its reorganization. showing that
Secretary of Agriculture Colman had
this grange at that time. .~...
The list of officers indicates the in
terest of Washingtonians. and their
participation in this work. The list
is as follows: Master, Norman j. Col
man; overseer, Daniel S. Curtiss;
lecturer. John r. Thompson; steward
Matthew Trimble; assistant steward.
Andrew Glass; chaplain, Rev. James
T. Buck; treasurer, William Saunders:
secretary, William NJ. King: gate
keeper, Walter T. Raub; Ceres. Mrs
d. s. Curtiss; Pomona, Miss Annie
Raub; Flora, Miss Belle Saunders: /:
lady assistant steward, Miss Lizzie
D. Raub.
Three Omcers stiII Here.
still living in this city, and all of
these three are members of the
newly reorganized grange. Maj. VIII
liam King, now residing in Ballston,
Va, was acting master at the time of
the last meeting which is here record
ed. and Maj. King, now go years old,
is still an active member of the
Grange, and is Treasurer under the
reorganization.
treasurer in 1886 and 1887, had been
the first master of the National
Grange, and was one of the seven
founders of the order. Mr.. Saunders
was horticulturist and landscape
gardener, who accepted an appoint
ment in the Department of Agricul-
ture and removed to Washing
ton in 1862. He had charge OF
the Department of Agriculture
grounds and laid out their landscape
and park features. He had charge OF
the tea gardens here while that work
was going on. He also laid out nu-
merous other public parks, including
particularly the Gettysburg National
Cemetery and the grounds about the
Lincoln Monument.
Five of the other six founders of
the Grange were also Washington resi-
dents at the time. John r. Thompson
partment for many years. He was a
native of New England. John Trim
BILE was educated as clergyman, re-
firing because of I'll health, and was
a Treasury Department employe re-
siding here until 1902. william n.
| Ireland was a native of Pennsylvania
but spent most of his life in Wash
ington where he was an employe of
the Post Ofice Department. Aaron
rnCh y1xyasa Ion
minister in the Unitarian Church un-
til III health made his retirement nee
essary. and he moved to Washington
and was in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture from some time
be fore 1857 until the early SOS. He
was first national chaplain, prepared
much of the literary material found
in the ritual and was the author of
notable book, The Mentor in the
Grange" The work of reorganizing
Potomac Grange, No. l. has been done
by DR.. T. c. Atkeson, a resident of
this city for the past six years. for
merly master of the West Virginia
State Grange, and dean of the West
Virginia State College of Agriculture
Associated with him in the effort, In
addition of the writer, there have
been DR.. H c. Taylor, chief Of the Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economies in tho
Reynolds, an agricultural Journalist: :
Matthew Trimble, a lifelong resident of
Washington and brother of one OF the
founders OF the National Grange it.
self; Miss Belle Saunders, another life
long resident of the city and a daugh-
ter Of another of the founders of the
National Grange, and Maj William NJ.
King, a Department of Agriculture
employe of 40 years service.
Officers of the reorganized grange
are: Master, A. NJ. Loomis; over
seer. E. E. Reynolds; lecturer,
]. Clyde Marquis; steward. DR.. III. C.
Taylor; assistant steward. c. w. Hol-
man; chaplain, L. H. Goddard: treas
urer, Maj. william NJ. King; secre-
tary, S. s. McCloskey; gatekeeper, L..
S. Tenney; Ceres. Mrs. J. Clyde Mar
quis; Pomona, Mrs. II. G. Taylor;
Flora, Miss Mary Meek Atkeson; lady
assistant steward, Mrs. A. NJ Loomis.