The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-15
Pomona Grange
Asks Control Aid
of NOXiOus Weeds
Misleading Advertising Is
Scored; Subordinates
Make Reports
Alice b. Ayers, Reporter

WAKE pepOIIS
Alice b. Ayers, Reporter
Further plans We're made for the
state grange meeting, which con-
venes at walla Walla the second
week in June, when the Benton
County Pomona grange was enter
tanned Jointly by White Bluffs and
Hanford at White Bluffs April 10.
Deputy Master Shea and Sister
Shea were present. Brother Shea,
who is chairman OF the parade COM
mittee, told of the extensive plans
being made for the parade wednes-
day Of the meeting. It will be led by
the fife and drum band OF forty
members from White Bluffs. They
hope to have 5000 grangers in the
parade and on the street and 1000
candidates for the sixth degree.
Benton county will have a float.
Brother Shea viii make the follow
ing visits to oranges In Benton coun-
ty before the state meeting: Kiona-
Benton, May 5th; Buena Vista, May
18th, Kennewick Highlands, May 10
and Whitstran, May IA.
| Mr.. Towne, consulting engineer
for the Benton County Utilities,
talked on the power situation in the
state.
The chaplain reported having sent
cards or flowers to sick members and
also a card OF sympathy to Sister
Fred w. Lewis.
The Lecturer again announced
that she had material to send To
lecturers in the county and also
asked members to send her any
thing they found that would be good
for a grange program number.
Present Resolutions
Three resolutions were presented.
One for Garden City No. $50 OF
Snohomish County against the UNI
fair and misleading advertising OF
liquors and tobacco products In pa
pers, in magazines, on billboards
and over radio was approved by the
grange.
One from Benton asking
for Federal, State and County aid In
control and eradication Of noxious
weeds was approved.
One from White Bluffs asked
that a committee on agriculture be
appointed was approved and the
Master appointed Brothers G. @.
Williams, Gilbert Clodfelter, John
Erickson and j. r. Ayers.
Sister /. M. Hartman, Pomona
home economics chairman. said she
had received only three reports from
the subordinate chairmen. She asks
the others to report by the next
meeting so she can make her report
to the state chairman. All chair
men have been sent blanks and she
asks that some mark be placed In
each blank whether there is any re-
port to be made on IL or not SO she
may know it has not been overlook
ed. Will home economic chairmen
please take notice.
Subordinates Reort
Subordinate oranges reported as
follows:
Finley-On April ] Vale degree
team conferred the first and second
degrees on l3 candidates, sent $500
to the Kegley Memorial Fund, have
all bills paid, three dances netted
over $40 and the men will serve the
refreshments at the next meeting
when the Kennewick Valley team
will be present to give the third and
fourth degrees.
Kennewick Valley - Three have
been given the third and fourth
degrees, $1,000 to the state grange
fund, and Juveniles very active
making money to buy a piano and
forming drill team.
Kennewick Highlands-Two new
members have been initiated and
one reinstated, $1,000 sent to the
state grange meeting fund, men put
on the program at the last meeting
and the live agricultural commit
tee had Mr.. Singleton Of ProSser
give lecture illustrated by pic
lures.
Locust Grove-The meeting date
has been changed back to the first
and third Saturday. They have had
one dance and have taken a collec-
ton for the Kegley fund.
Initiate Five
vale-Five new members have
been initiated in the third and
fourth, two in the first and second.
two applications, one Brother moved
to New Jersey, four insurance pol
icies have been written, Charter was
draped for Brother Fred w. Lewis.
gained twelve new members last
quarter, sent $500 to Kegley fund
and $1,000 to the state grange meet
ing fund, paid $1,000 on the new
floor and had Brother Swayze give
talk on the state grange program.
Mountaineering home econ
omics committee gave its annual
program and served refreshments.
have one application and had an
open meeting with other orpaniza-