Milford chronicle., 1940-11-08

Of his great department, and Grange
leaders at Syracuse are expecting
to get a clear idea Of what he plans
ahead for the agricultural industry,
with the hope that in such plans the
established Grange program for ag-
rieulture will effectively At.
Many conferences Of Grange work
ers are scheduled for Thursday, No
Vember A., which will be intersper-
sed with the several Seventh Degree
classes and will take on the nature
of overflow meetings, while patrons
are waiting for their turn in the de-
gree presentation. These will in
clude conferences of lecturers, Home
Economics workers, secretaries. dep
uties, juvenile workers and others
Out of these conferences come many
practical plans which are put into
operation throughout the country
during, the year ahead.
Much Importance at the Syracuse
eonVeutiOn viii attRch 10 the juVe-
nile department of Grange activity,
which has been forging ahead very
rapidly in recent years. Besides con-
AEAGAGG1 0A IulAA WI AGAo o. al E4AEA4-
plification of the Juvenile ritualistic
work will be given before one ses-
sion Of the national body. and var
ious Juvenile exhibits and other ex-
pressiOns of the youngsters work
will be seen during the nine days.
Thursday. November IA, is the
peak day" of the entire convention,
because it is given over largely to
the eonferFing of the Seventh De-
gree, the highest rituaism in the
Grange, fraternity. Four and poss-
IDLY fiye big classes will be initiated,
the beautiful LOew's Theatre being
used for the purpose. That the total
of the several classes of candidates
will approximate 10000 is the pres
ent expectancy, the greater number
coming from New York state. where
special sixth degree meetings of the
past month have produced nearly
5000 such candidates in addition to
thousands Of others who have re-
ceived their sixth degree since the
Rochester session of 1880, and who
are therefore pianning to go to Syr-
acuse November Ia. The Seventh
Degree is said to rank with the most
impressive ritualism of all fTatern-
titles and it will be remembered that
the Rochester class of ten years ago
11.125. which has been ex- /
ceeded only by the Hartford. Conn,
class of 1884, whose total was 1853. !
While the ritualistic work is in !
progress all day Thursday at LOew's
Theatre a big simultaneous meeting
Of overflow character will be going i
on at the Lincoln Auditorium, and
L Is there that many prominent ma
honal leaders will be heard in time
" addresses. Wendell L. Willkie.
Charles L. McNary and Henry A.
Wallace have all been invited to ad-
dress the convention and if heard 1t
will probably be during Thursday.
Grange business sessions always
stop on Sunday and the convention
receives a decidedly relig-
lous touch from the fact that the as
5embled patrons always attend
church in a body, with special rec
paid to them in the service.
change from the usual plan OF
in one of the churches of
he convention city is made this
rear, when the entire Grange party
giil go to Auburn, 20 miles away,
70 attend morning service at Trinity
Methodist Church, whose pastor is
he chaplain Of the New York State
Grange, Rev. Robert C. Root. A
ierYice Of particular interest will be
in which several Grange
'filcers will assist, and State Chap
ain Root will preach timely SER
non.
A special order of business will be
made for Monday forenoon, Novem-
ler IS, when the meeting place OF
be 1871 annual convention will be
by ballot. Inasmuch as
hat will be the Diamond Jubilee ses-
ion Of the organization, marking the
Of three-quarters Of a
entury Of its active life, great in
crest attaches to the meeting place
elected A strong effort will be made
o carry the session to some New
ingland point, because the latter
las the home of Oliver Hudson Kel-
~ founder Of the order, and the or
anization has attained such strength
D the six Northeastern states as to
asuf in the designation Of that ter
tory as the Gibraltar Of the
range" Il