The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-02
Big Growth
In Grange
Membership
Large Number Assemble at
Kalispell for Orders First
State Convention.
ADOPTS NUMBER OF
IMPORTANT PROJECTS

i The first annual convention of the
Montana State Grange was held If
Kalispell October 27 and %.
Reports from masters showed q
large increase in membership and
that the Grange has become a great
influence in the lives and affairs oil
Montana farm families.
During the first afternoon the
Whitepine Juvenile Grange put on
wonderful demonstration of their
work. Their floor work was per-
feet.
The disqualification Of the first
four degrees were very ably given
by the GrandvieW. Eastside, Still
water and Trout Greek Oranges.
Friday evening the first degree
was conferred on large class by
the Sanders county Pomona drill
team. Sixty received the sixth de-
gree given by the Montana State
Grange officers Those from Lin
coin county taking the sixth degree
were Master and Sister Bergseiker
and Mrs. Pearl Chappell, Montana
Treasure Grange, Leonia. Master
and Sister Bowen, Sisters Manicke,
Herbst and Beebe of Kootenai Val
ley Grange. Libby; Master and Sis
ter Moses, Brother and Sister Wey-
demeyer. Tobacco Valley Grange
Eureka.
Memorial services were held Sat
urday morning for departed mem
bers. This was a most beautiful
service. Sister Carol Haase and Sis
ter Doris Kraus accompanied by
Worthy Master Haase sang I'm the
Garden and THE Old Rugged
Cross" A number of resolutions
were presented and approved,
among which were.
|. To prevent shoddy wool from
being shipped into the United
States.
2. To provide a living wage for
the American farmer.
3. A resolution to Montana State
legislature to provide noxious
weed control along highways and
on state and county owned lands.
4. To provide rodent control on
state, county and government
owned lands.
s. That relief supplies be bought
locally where possible, giving To-
cal producers a market for their
potatoes, apples, eggs, butter and
flour.
6. A resolution calling for an
American market for the American
people was also presented.
Z The Warm Spring Theraphy
project being sponsored by Lake
and Sanders Federation of Women's
Clubs was given the support of the
Grange
Several changes in the bylaws
were made. One of which sets the
next convention for the third Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday of Oc-
tober instead of the last Friday and
Saturday of October.
A warning was issued against a
Minnesota outfit which is going
through the state selling an ink
marking outfit for stock. This mark
is not legal SO do not buy.
Election of state officers result
ed in Worthy Master Haase being
reelected by large majority She
is the only woman to hold the
WOlLily Nld5lGI Llidtl III lWD l1llIio
in the 70 years of Grange
The annual banquet was held in
the beautiful Temple Tea Room I'M
der the supervision of Mrs. Ber-
nard Some two hundred were
seated at beautifully decorated Ia
bles. Mr. Grin P. Kendall, White
pine, retiring state lecturer, was
POSTMASTER Toasts were respond
ed to by Mayor Williams of Kali
ispell; Brother Jellison La Selle
Grange; Brother Cheek, Washing
ton State Grange, secretary; Broth
er r. E. Ward, executive board
chairman, and Sister Haase, state
worthy master Sisters Carol Haase
and Doris Kraus, Jr., sang and Sis
ter Beamish of Plains lead group
singing.
Installing officer Grin P. Kendall,
assisted by marshalls from The
Whitepine Grange, installed the
state officers.
Worthy Master Bowen of Koote-
mai Valley Grange issued an in
vitation to the State Grange to hold
its next convention in Libby, which
was accepted
An old time dance was the clos
ing feature of the convention
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