Milford chronicle., 1953-07-31
Grange Lecturers
To Hold Farley

will gather at the University of
Delaware on next Monday for the
annual three-day Middle Atlantic
Grange Lecturers Conference, of
which Mrs. R. Ransom Elston of
near Middletown, Delaware State
Grange lecturer, is president
The states comprising the confer
ence area are Delaware, Maryland,
New Jersey, New York and Pennyl-
vania. The lecturers of the various
subordinate oranges OF the five
states will be delegates to the con-
ference
The officers, in addition to Mrs.
Elston, are Andre J. MallegO of Old
Bridge, N. j., New Jersey State
Grange lecturer, vice president;
and Mrs. Vernon Norris of Valencia,
Pa, Pennsylvania State Grange lee
turer, secretary-treasurer.
Afternoon and night sessions will
be held Monday morning, after
noon and night meetings are sched-
uled for Tuesday and two morning
meetings will be held on Wednes-
day according to plans announced
here today.
Workshops Slated
Registration will be from 10 am
to noon on Monday, the first gen.
eral session opening at 1:15 p. m.
with Mrs. ElstOn presiding. Edward
F. Hotter, lecturer of the National
Grange, will discuss "Our OppOr-
tunities" while Mrs. Paul w. Nit
chell of HOckessin, home economics
chairman of the National Grange.
will speak on, Working With Home
Economics Chairmen."
The talks will be followed by the
starting Of four clinical workshops:
Source of Materials" in charge of
Arthur B. Hamilton, Maryland State
Grange lecturer; Recreation for
ALL" in charge of Mrs. E. Nevin
DeTurk, director of youth and young
adult recreation of the Wilmington
YWCA; "Dramatics," in charge of
Mrs. James Norris, a part-time
member of the faculty of the New
York School of Social Work, Column
bia University, and "Teaming With
Youth" in charge of Mr.. Mallegol.
Harry c. Johnson of Smyrna,
master of the Delaware S-tate
Grange, will welcome the delegates
at the night session, at which Mrs.
ElstOn will preside. Mr.. MallegOl
will extend greetings. The speaker
will be Herschel d. NewsOm, master
of the National Grange. Sponsored
by New Castle County Pomona
Grange No. 1, reception will be
held for conference members and
friends under the direction of Mrs.
Joseph Mitchell, lecturer, assisted
by subordinate lecturers.
Panel Discussion
Mr.. MallegOl will preside at the
Tuesday morning meeting at which
panel discussion on the topic,
How can Agriculture get it's Story
Over to the PeOple?" will be held.
Prof. Arthur B. Hamilton of the
University of Maryland and lecturer
of the Maryland State Grange, will
be the moderator. The members of
the panel will be William P. Frank,
Morning News columnist; Mrs.
Marion X. Stocker, associate editor
of Farm Journal and Pathfinder
magazines; George M. WOrrilOw OF
Newark, director of the extension
service, and Paul M. Mitchell, farm
er and past master of the Delaware
State Grange.
Mrs. Harry c. Johnson, Smyrna,
Flora of the National Grange, will
speak and clinical workshops will
be resumed. In the afternoon, the
conference delegates will be taken
on tour of the Chrysler Tank plant
and the clinical workshops will be
continued
Dr. Beatty Dimit, master of TIE
Pennsylvania State Grange, will
speak on "a State Master Looks at
Pomona" at the night session, which
will also include THE Challenge OF
Pomona Grange" Mrs. Minnie
Haines, lecturer of the Gloucester
County, N. J. Pomona, and Mrs. Ira
Coon, lecturer of the Monmouth
County N. j., Pomona, with the
audience participating and greet
ings by Dean George L. SchusteT
of the School of Agriculture, Uni
versity of Delaware. Mrs. ElstOr
will preside at the session.
Mrs. Florence c. Pickett, lecturer
of the New York State Grange, will
preside Wednesday morning during
which the clinical workshops will
again be held until II o'clock. In the
second session of the morning meet
ing, Vaughan Fox, exchange student
from the United States to India anC
a University of Delaware student
will speak and the state lecturer:
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