The Western news., 1943-07-22
Grange Is
Active In
War Work
Wide Variety of War
Winning Projects Being
Sponsored Here and There.
NOVEL METHODS HAVE
BEEN ORIGINATED

Lincoln County Grangers will
find much of interest In the pa
triotic activities of other Oranges
from one end of the county to the
other A report from Washington,
D. c., says that from every side
come more reports of war-Winning
activities among Oranges, indicat-
ing the important part this rural
fraternity is playing in carrying out
local projects Of patriotic character
These not only include victory gar
dens, home canning demonstrations,
ETC., but war bond and stamp buy
ing projects of far-reaching scope.
In the Riverside District Pomona
in Yakima county, Washington,
miniature prairie schooner was rig
ged up, named the Bond Wagon"
and sent travelling from Grange to
Grange raising money. which was
devoted fifty-fifty between the pur-
chase of war bonds and donations
to USO centers. Ten Oranges in
the county participated in series
of recent meetings, and the two
worthy projects named benefited to
the joint extent of 1922
In Whitman county, in the same
state, pie auction was conducted
by Lamont Grange, and the pies,
made by members, were auctioned
off for war bonds and stamps Bid
ding was lively, the Al pies con-
tributed brought $4759 in sales; and
then the buyers turned the pies
over to provide refreshments that
closed CHEEKY evening
Webutuck Grange in Connecticut,
located on the border line of New
York state, recently conducted an
open meeting, expressly for the
purpose of selling bonds and stamps,
with the result that the evening
sales totaled $2375 in bonds and
SOS in stamps. A fitting patriotic
program was put on, and this bond
rally was the most successful held
anywhere in that vicinity. From 20
families on the Webutuck member
ship roll, 33 boys are now in mill
tary service.
Pittsfield, Mass, has two lively
Oranges, and each one has recently
conducted bond rally meeting At
one the evenings sales Of bonds to-
tailed $2I00 and at the other the
figure reached was $3.50. The form
er is one of the oldest Oranges in
Massachusetts, and the latter among
those most recently organized
Moosup Valley Grange, No. 26, in
J Rhode Island, is selling large guam
titles of bonds and stamps every
meeting and has been very active
in civilian defense, auxiliary police,
! Minute Men and airplane spotters,
: also making surgical dressings and
/ countless quantities of work for the
local Red Cross, as well as in ex-
tenslve collection Of grease, scrap,
etc. A large group of Moosup Val
ley members have already donated
: to the Red Cross blood bank, and
! numerous others are signing up for
the next donation.
Even Juvenile Oranges, composed
1 of boys and girls of Grange mem
: bers, have caught the helpfulness
!, idea, and Mrs. Margaret H. Cald
: well, National Juvenile Grange Su-
= perintendent, has worked out 9
: Juvenile Grange Mobilization- for
1 Victory campaign in which mem
bers of a Juvenile Grange pledged
themselves to do all they can ir
buying war stamps and bonds; sal
Y vaging scrap materials; planting
t gardens; conserving food; poultry
beef and lamb projects; improving
: health, contributing to Red Gross
] and other worthwhile agencies
c helping maintain civilian morale
Il preventing accidents, Strengthening
the Grange