The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-11-21
KIONA-BENTON GRANGE
HOST TO POMONA

KIONA- BENTON GRANGE
HOST TO POMONA
Benton County Pomona Grange
met with ona-Benton Grange at
Benton City last Saturday for one
of the best attended meetings of
the year. Kiona-Benton entertain
ed royalty, the dinner being spread
at six o'clock. The lecturers hour
program was one of the best that
the Grange has had during the
year.
The Grange opened with Master
McBee in the chair. After the for
malities of the opening Of the
Grange were called upon for re-
ports.
Reports were called for from
special committees and Knute Hill
reporting for the committee which
had been appointed to take up the
bonding issue, said that they had
not yet been able to secure the
needed information and that the
committee was still working on
the matter and would try to report
at the next meeting of Pomona.
E. C. Durdle, Of the committee to
handle the apple deal for National
Grange reported that the apples
had been arranged for at the
White Bluffs warehouse from
which shipment could be made to
Seattle at 15c per box. The apples
are in readiness to be shipped as
soon as funds are available. Dur
ing the afternoon and evening, it
developed that,most of the Oranges
had sent in their contributions and
these were ordered paid for from
| the money already in and from
the Pomona treasury, to be rein-
bursed from additional funds still
| to come in. The chairman of the
committee was instructed to see
that the apples were shipped as
! soon as possible.
i The principle item of business
! for the afternoon session was the
| election of officers. The following
officers were elected for the COM
ing year.
Preston Roger, Whitstran, mas
ter; Mrs. M. " Heberlein, Locust,
| lecturer; D. L. Hensen, Horse
Heaven, assistant steward; Char
| les Morgan, Kiona- Benton, treas
urer; Oscar Anderson, Vale, gate
keeper; Mrs. Swayze, Kennewick
valley, Pomona; Mrs. Henson, of
i Horse Heaven, lady assistant ste
ward; David Hartman, Hanford
overseer; G. Pudenbaugh, Finley,
Steward; Sister Case, Finley chap
lain; J. C. Swayze, Kennewick val
| ley, secretary; Lucille Heberlein
Locust Grove, Flora; Alta Puder-
baugh, Finley, Ceres.
Immediately following the lee
turer's program, Mr.. Perry, mana
ger of the Yakima Dairy associa-
ton, gave a short but interesting
1 talk on the places of ccoperatives
in present day marketing. Perry
stressed the fact that the mem
Der of the Cooperative Organiza-
ton thru his membership had a
vital interest in the organization
and in this way helped to develop
not only the production of better
products, but the better market
ing Of them. He pointed out that
unless the organization was organ
lied on sound financial basis that
farmers couldn't expect the organ
ization to accomplish much for
them. The Yakima Dairymen's as
ISOLATION is now organized on a
4 sound financial basis and owning
their plants and equipment and
able to return to the farmer high
percentage Of what the market
would pay for dairy products.
During the evening, the Vale de-
gree team put on a demonstration
drill preceding the lecturers pro-
| gram. They also conducted the in
| itiation of the new members into
Pomona. Those who took the fifth
degree were: Mrs. Bone, Buena
Vista, Mr.. Slavens of Hanford
/ Marie Webber, Mrs. N. j. jenkins
and Mrs. Kirby of White Bluffs.
/ During the afternoon session, :
committee of committees to ar
! range for the annual meeting In
January was appointed as follows:
r. II. Bone, C. C. Williams and q.
| S. Case. This committee later
brought in a report on the appoint
ment of the various committees
4 which were as follows: entertain
ment, Mrs. I. M. Hartman, Kiona-
Benton; Mrs. M. v. Heberlein, Lo-
Gust Grove; Carl Williams, Locust