The History of New York State Grange, 1934-1960, Part 19

Author: Arthur, Elizabeth L
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: [New York] : [The Grange]
Number of Pages: 242


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1938*


441. Sodus


Wayne


1938


442. Allegany


Cattaraugus


1939*


443. Cattaraugus


Cattaraugus


1939*


444. East Greenbush


Rensselaer


1939*


445. Deposit


Broome


1939*


446. Fredonia


Chautauqua


1939


Reor. 1950


447.


Otego Valley


Otsego


1939*


448.


Pierstown


Otsego'


1939


Reor. 1957


449.


Glens Falls


Warren


1939


Reor. 1948


450. Fayetteville


Onondaga


1939


Reor. 1954*


451. Franklin


Delaware


1939*


452. Horseheads


Chemung


1939


Reor. 1958


453. Lindenwald


Columbia


1939


Reor. 1950*


454. Monticello


Sullivan


1939*


209


No. Name of Grange


County


Yr. Organized


455. Hermitage


Wyoming


1939* Reor. 1958


456. Adams


Jefferson


1939 Reor. 1957


457. Addison


Steuben


1939


Reor. 1952


458. Twin Valley


Broome


1939


Reor. 1955


Villenova


Chautauqua


1939 Reor. 1948*


Onondaga


1939


Reor. 1955


462.


Clarence


Erie


1939'


463. Candor


Tioga


1939


Reor. 1951


464.


Portville


Cattaraugus


1940


Reor. 1947, 1954


465.


Clayton


Jefferson


1940*


466.


Panama Rock


Chautauqua


1940*


467.


Ticonderoga


Essex


1940*


468.


Ashville


Chautauqua


1940*


469.


Belfast


Allegany


1940


Reor. 1956


470.


Richfield


Otsego


1940*


471.


Burdett


Schuyler


1940*


472. Beaver Dams


Schuyler


1940


Reor. 1953*


473.


Franklinville


Cattaraugus


1940*


474.


Keene


Essex


1940*


475.


Tully


Onondaga


1940


Reor. 1954


476.


Boonville


Oneida


1940*


477.


Ellington


Chautauqua


1940*


478. Centralia


Chautauqua


1940*


479. Beaver Falls


Lewis


1940*


480.


Pawling


Dutchess


1940*


Redfield


Oswego


1940


Reor. 1953*


481. 482. 483.


Spencer


Tioga


1940*


484.


Fly Creek Valley


Otsego


1940*


485.


Townsend


Schuyler


1940*


486.


Corinth


Saratoga


1940


Reor. 1949


487.


Charlotte Center


Chautauqua


1940


Reor. 1954*


488.


Silver Lake


Dutchess


1940


Reor. 1953*


489.


Fabius


Onondaga


1940*


490.


Fallkill


Dutchess


1941


Reor. 1947*


491.


Greene


Chenango


1941


Reor. 1949*


492.


Cherry Creek


Chautauqua


1941*


493.


Parish


Oswego


1941*


494.


Freedom Plains


Dutchess


1941


Reor. 1953*


495.


Washingtonville


Orange


1941*


496.


Adirondack


St. Lawrence


1941*


497.


Pleasant Valley


Washington


1941


Reor. 1949


498.


North Manlius


Onondaga


1941*


499.


Hall


Ontario


1941*


500.


Catskill


Greene


1941*


501.


Portland


Chautauqua


1941*


502.


Deerpark


Orange


1941


Reor. 1954


503. Sinclairville


Chautauqua


1941*


504.


Mentz


Cayuga


1941


Reor. 1946*


505.


Valley


Clinton


1941


·Reor. 1946*


506. Albion


Oswego


1941*


Oak Hill


Steuben


1940*


210


459. 460. Lysander 461. Manchester


Ontario


1939


No. Name of Grange


County


Yr. Organized


507. St. Lawrence


Jefferson


1941


Reor. 1947, 1955*


508. Seifert Corners


Oneida


1941*


509. Newfane


Niagara


1941


Reor. 1951*


510. Johnsburg


Warren


1942*


511.


Perthshire


Fulton


1942


512.


Galway


Saratoga


1942


513. Mountainside


Warren


1942


Reor. 1952


514. Arkwright Center


Chautauqua


1942


Reor. 1949*


515. Helderberg


Albany


1942


Reor. 1955


516. South Harmony


Chautauqua


1942


Reor. 1954*


517.


Bridgeport


Madison


1942*


518.


Otsenango


Chenango


1943


Reor. 1951


519. Madrid


St. Lawrence


1943


520.


Elizaville


Columbia


1943*


521.


West Laurens


Otsego


1943


522.


Freeman


Steuben


1943


Reor. 1949*


523.


Smyrna


Chenango


1943


524. Brier Hill


St. Lawrence


1943*


525.


Howard


Steuben


1943


526.


Winfield


Herkimer


1943*


527.


Algonquin


Chenango


1944*


528. Southold


Suffolk


1944*


529. Seward Valley


Schoharie


1944*


530.


Norwich Township


Chenango


1944


Reor. 1951


531. South Ripley


Chautauqua


1944*


532.


Unadilla


Otsego


1944


533.


Mohawk Valley


Saratoga


1944*


534


Erieville


Madison


1945 Reor. 1952,* 1958


535. 536.


Yorks


Allegany


1945*


537.


Louisville


Otsego


1945


Reor. 1952*


538.


Plattekill


Ulster


1945


Reor. 1950, 1956*


539.


Harmony


Herkimer


1945*


540.


Waneta


Schuyler


1945*


541.


Chemung


Chemung


1945


Reor. 1949


542.


Ulster


Ulster


1945*


543. North Java


Wyoming


1945*


544. Westville


Otsego


1945


545.


Mountainville


Orange


1946*


546.


Union


Chautauqua


1946*


547.


Halfmoon


Saratoga


1946*


548. Wawayanda


Orange


1946*


549.


Minisink


Orange


1946


550.


Little Britain


Orange


1946*


Reor. 1961


551.


Ballston


Saratoga


1946*


552.


Clinton


Clinton


1946*


553.


Olive Branch


Schuyler


1946


Reor. 1953*


554.


Glen


Montgomery


1946


Reor. 1950*


555.


Happy Thought


Oswego


1946*


556.


Bolivar


Allegany


1946


Former No. 348*


557. Wellsville


Allegany


1946*


558. Marcy


Oneida


1946*


Belmont


Allegany


1945


Reor. 1951*


211


No. Name of Grange


County


Yr. Organized


559. North Lansing


Tompkins


1946


560. Stone Ridge


Ulster


1946


Reor. 1955


561. Rural Grove


Montgomery 1947*


562. Ogden


Monroe


1947


563. Ouleout


Delaware


1947*


564.


Masonville


Delaware


1947*


565.


Battle Hill


Washington


1947*


566.


Lake View


Seneca


1947*


567.


Kendrew


St. Lawrence


1947


Reor. 1953


568.


Rensselaer Falls


St. Lawrence


1947*


569.


Akron


Erie


1947*


570. Holland


Erie


1947


571.


Nicholville


St. Lawrence


1947*


572.


Otselic Valley


Chenango


1947*


573.


Macomb


St. Lawrence


1947


Former No. 36


574.


Mt. Hope


Dutchess


1947*


575.


Alderbrook


Madison


1947*


576. North Colesville


Broome


1947*


577.


Clifton Springs


Ontario


1948*


578. Climax


Greene


1948* Reor. 1958


579.


West Hermon


St .. Lawrence


1948*


580.


Three Mile Bay


Jefferson


1948*


581.


Caneadea


Allegany


1948


582.


Savannah


Wayne


1948


Reor. 1956


583.


South Side


Suffolk


1948*


584.


Westville


Franklin


1948


585.


Middlesex Valley


Yates


1948*


586.


Greene Valley


Greene


1948


587.


Hiawatha


Albany


1948


588.


Hebron


Washington


1948


589.


Lansingville


Tompkins


1948


590.


Erie


Lewis


1948*


591. Pine Grove


Jefferson


1948


592. Petries Corners


Lewis


1948*


593.


Roseboom


Otsego


1949*


594.


Sheridan


Chautauqua


1949*


595.


Eureka


Wayne


1949


596.


Hurley


Ulster


1949*


597. Wide Awake


Ontario


1949


Reor. 1957


598.


Hawleyton


Broome


1949*


599.


Magee


Seneca


1949*


600.


Riga


Monroe


1949*


601.


Emerald


Cattaraugus


1949*


602. Buffalo Valley


Wyoming


1949*


603. Gallupville


Schoharie


1949


604.


East Lansing


Tompkins


1949* Reor. 1958


605.


Cannonsville


Delaware


1949*


606


McLean


Tompkins


1949*


607.


Kelley


Chenango


1949*


608. Jasper


Steuben


1949* Reor. 1960


609. Philadelphia


Jefferson


1949*


610. West Pomona


Rockland


1949*


212


No. Name of Grange


County


Yr. Organized


611. Scattergood


Montgomery


1949*


612. Victory


Cayuga


1949*


613. Hartsville


Steuben


1950*


614. Chautauqua


Chautauqua


1950*


615.


Cottage


Cattaraugus


1950*


616.


Hartwick Seminary


Otsego


1950


Reor. 1954*


617.


Union Vale


Dutchess


1950


618.


Knoxboro


Oneida


1950


619. Chemung Valley


Chemung


1950


Reor. 1955


620.


Smithville Valley


Chenango


1950


621. Curriers


Wyoming


1950*


622.


Henry D. Sherwood


Dutchess


1950*


623.


Cuyler


Cortland


1950*


624.


Fosterdale


Sullivan


1951*


625.


Burke


Franklin


1951*


626.


Otsquago


Montgomery


1951


627


Springville


Erie


1951*


628.


Mandana


Onondaga


1951*


629.


South Lansing


Tompkins


1951*


630.


Pine Bush


Orange


1951*


631.


Shushan


Washington


1951*


632.


Hinman Hollow


Otsego


1951


633. Eden


Erie


1951


Reor. 1956


634.


Wheeler


Steuben


1952


635.


Hopewell


Ontario


1952


636.


Windy Ridge


Schoharie


1952


637.


Napoli


Cattaraugus


1952


638.


Lyndonville


Orleans


1952*


639.


Owahgena


Madison


1952


640.


Scotch Church


Schenectady


1952*


641. Hartford


Washington


1952*


642. Gifford


Albany


1952


643. Red Creek Valley


Otsego


1952


644. Woodhull


Steuben


1952* Reor. 1959


645. Randolph


Cattaraugus


1952*


646.


Melrose


Rensselaer


1952


647.


Mayfield


Fulton


1952*


648.


Worcester


Otsego


1953


649.


Junius


Seneca


1953


650.


Stony Creek


Warren


1953


651.


Ticonderoga


Essex


1953'


652.


Oneonta


Otsego


1953*


653.


Jackson Corners


Dutchess


1953*


654.


Rose


Wayne


1953


655.


Perryville


Madison


1953


656.


Mansfield


Cattaraugus


1953*


657. Hanover


Chautauqua


1953


658. Niobe


Chautauqua


1954


659. West Branch


Oneida


1953


660. Union


Jefferson


1954


661. Coventry


Chenango


1954*


662. Putnam Valley


Washington


1954


213


No. Name of Grange


County


Yr. Organized


663. Ravena


Albany


1954


664. Montgomery


Orange


1954


665. Freetown


Cortland


1954*


666. Wallington


Wayne


1954


667. Ellery


Chautauqua


1954


668.


Otego Susquehanna Val


Otsego


1955


669. East Clay


Onondaga


1955


670.


Lombard


Chautauqua


1955


671.


DeRuyter


Madison


1955


672.


Chester


Orange-Rockland


1955


673. Olean


Cattaraugus


1955*


674.


Taylor Center


Cortland


1955*


675.


Summit


Schoharie


1955


676. Fair Haven


Cayuga


1955*


677.


Schoharie Valley


Schoharie


1956


678.


South Sodus


Wayne


1956


679.


Nanticoke Valley


Broome


1956*


680.


Macedon


Wayne


1956*


681.


Camillus


Onondaga


1956


682. West Ghent


Columbia


1956


683.


Hallsport


Allegany


1957


684.


Ellenburg


Clinton


1957


685.


Harford


Cortland


1957*


686.


Franklinton


Schoharie


1957


687.


Johnsonville


Rensselaer


1957


688.


Pennellville


Oswego


1958


689.


Asbury


Ulster


1958


690.


Pleasant Valley


Dutchess


1958


691.


Ethan Allen


Essex


1958


692.


Bemis Heights


Saratoga


1959


693.


Banner


Steuben


1959


694.


Rathbone


Steuben


1959


695.


Hortonville


Sullivan


1960


696.


Rock District


Schoharie


1960


697.


Mellenville


Columbia


1960


698.


New Haven


Oswego


1960


699.


Canaan


Columbia


1960


700.


Hedgesville


Steuben


1960


701.


Walton


Delaware


1960


702. Hornby


Steuben


1961


703.


Prattsburg


Steuben


1961


704.


Upper Lisle


Broome


1961


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Chapter 11. RECOGNITION OF GRANGE BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES


ADVISORY BOARD OF NEW YORK STATE FAIR: Mr. Free- stone, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Johncox, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Smith.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AGRONOMY DEPARTMENT, COR- NELL: Mr. Stanley.


ADVISORY COMMITTE, CONSUMERS COUNCIL: Mrs. Lorenzo Palmer.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION: (President Eisenhower's) Mr. Leland D. Smith.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE to JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMIT- TEE ON LEGISLATION: Mr. Kenneth H. Fake.


ADVISORY COUNCIL OF EDUCATION PRACTICE ACT: (Appointed by Board of Regents) Mr. Stanley.


AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE COUNCIL: Mr. Leland D. Smith. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: Mr. Van Whittemore, (former State Steward) President in 1947.


AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: Mr. Harold M. Stanley. President.


AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL: Mr. Stanley, Secretary.


CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN- TION: Mr. Stanley.


CITIZENS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SURVEY: Mr. Leland D. Smith.


CONFERENCE BOARD OF WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL ORGA- NIZATIONS: Mrs. Charles Everett, Mrs. Lee Husted, Mrs. Nehemiah Andrews, Katherine Dillenbeck.


CORNELL BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Mr. Howard Edward Bab- cock, Mr. Stanley, Dr. Bruce Widgin.


CORNELL UNIVERSITY VETERINARY COUNCIL: Mr. Kenneth Patchen.


COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: Mr. Clifton Pratt.


COUNCIL COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS: Mrs. Bruce Scudder, Mrs. Floyd Wilmot, Mrs. Charles Arnold.


COUNCIL RURAL EDUCATION:Mr. David Kidd.


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COUNCIL OF RURAL WOMEN: Mrs. Jay Keller, Mrs. Guy Haviland, Sr., and Mrs. Clayton Taylor have served as Presi- dents. Member War and Peace Committee, Mrs. Seward Davis.


CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM: Mr. Henry Sherwood, Board of Directors.


EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE: Mr. W. J. Rich.


EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKETING COOPERATIVE: Mr. Clarence Johncox, Mr. Harold Stanley, Mr. Leland D. Smith.


FAMILY LIFE TRAINING CONFERENCE: Catherine Dillen- beck.


FARM CONFERENCE BOARD: State Master, State Secretary, Mr. Fake.


FARMERS AND TRADERS LIFE INSURANCE: Mr. Leland D. Smith, Mr. Fred J. Freestone, Mr. Clarence Johncox, Mr. Harold Stanley, Mr. Matthias Smith.


FARMERS IN WORLD AFFAIRS. Mrs. Lorenzo Palmer, Board of Directors.


FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION: (Canton) Mr. Louis C. Archer, Mr. Walter Goff.


FREE FARMERS, INC .: Mr. W. J. Rich, Vice-President, 1942. Set up by leading Farm Organizations in New York Milkshed to combat attempt to unionize farmers by United Mine Workers.


GRANGE-LEAGUE-FEDERATION-EXCHANGE, INC .: E. J. Walrath, J. C. Corwith, Earl Clark, William Hubbard.


HIGHWAY USERS CONFERENCE: State Master.


HOME ECONOMICS COUNCIL: Mrs. Leslie Tanner, Mrs. Lee Husted.


INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY NEW YORK STATE FAIR: Mrs. Jay Keller.


MIGANT LABOR COMMITTEE, COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: Mrs. Jay Keller.


MILK FOR HEALTH, INC .: Mr. H. M. Stanley.


NATIONAL GRANGE MUTUAL INSURANCE: Mr. Fred J. Freestone, Mr. W. J. Rich, Mr. Leland D. Smith.


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NATIONAL GRANGE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Mr. Guy Haviland, Jr.


NATIONAL SEAWAY COUNCIL: Mr. Fred J. Freestone. NEW YORK STATE:


ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS: Edson J. Walrath, 1936.


CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Mr. Stanley.


CITIZENS COUNCIL: State Master.


CONFERENCE YOUTH AND DELINQUENCY: Mrs. Roger Miller, Miss Pat Emerson.


CROP: Mr. Henry Sherwood, Chairman; Mrs. Floyd Wilmot, Executive Committee.


COUNCIL OF HOME ECONOMICS: Mrs. Kenneth Augur, Mrs. Herbert Thomsen.


DAIRY EXHIBITS, INC .: Mr. Leland D. Smith.


EDUCATION COMMISSION ON REDISTRICTING SCHOOLS: Mr. Leland D. Smith.


EMERGENCY FOOD COMMISSION, WORLD WAR 2: Mr. H. M. Stanley, Chairman.


INDUSTRIAL AND ALL-FOODS EXPOSITION, ADVISORY PLANNING COMMITTEE, 1961: Mr. H. M. Stanley.


JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERECE: Mr. Paul Taber.


NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, STATE WIDE COMMITTEE: Mr. Leland D. Smith.


POWER AUTHORITY: Mr. Fred J. Freestone.


RURAL CHURCH CONFERENCE: Rev. Fred Dean, Mr. Harry Graham.


RURAL ELECTRIFICATION CONFERENCE: Mr. Fred J. Freestone.


RURAL SAFETY COUNCIL: Mr. Leland D. Smith, President, Mr. Stanley Munro, Secretary.


RURAL YOUTH CONFERENCE: Mrs. John Thew, Mrs. Theron Pickett, President.


SOIL CONSERVATION: Mr. Kent Leavitt (also President National Soil Conservation District,) Mr. Leon Benjamin, Mr. Charles Downey, Mr. Rodmann Fellows.


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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL-TECHNICAL INSTI- TUTE, CANTON: Re-appointed to Council by Governor Nelson Rockefeller for period expiring 1970, Mr. Leland D. Smith.


TEMPORARY COMMISSION ON REVISION AND SIMPLIFI- CATION OF STATE CONSTITUTION: Appointment by Governor Rockefeller, Mr. H. M. Stanley.


RURAL RADIO FOUNDATION: Mr. H. M. Stanley.


WOMEN'S COMMITTEE STATE FAIR: Miss Elizabeth L. Arthur, Mrs. David Mabie, Mrs. Lorenzo Palmer.


WOMEN'S COMMITTEE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, 1939: Miss E. L. Arthur.


WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY FOR CANCER CONTROL: Mrs. Clyde Myers.


WOMEN'S LEGISLATIVE FORUM: Mrs. Seward Davis, Mrs. Lee Husted, Mrs. Rutherford Haynor, Mrs. Leslie Tanner, part time.


WORLD CONGRESS ON EDUCATION IN DEMOCRACY: Mr. Harold M. Stanley.


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Chapter 12.


QUOTABLE GRANGE QUOTES


The forefront of history is made by those who have reached out beyond the ordinary in contribution to the vital story of civilization. History records evident causes and results, but what about the powerful germ hidden in the background? The Subor- dinate member, the Subordinate Grange, its lecture hour forum, discussion period, the quiet enthusiasm of a faithful member, and loyal personnel have ultimate effect.


Someone has said that at the clarion summons of the last trump, all important sounds of Time shall return on the ether waves of the Universe. Words, voices, whispers, shouts will sound again in just and final judgment. Thus, the prayer of Washington at Valley Forge, the words of Lincoln at Gettysburg, the beloved voice of our Saviour in the Sermon on the Mount. shall once more become vibrant in spoken word. Your word,-my word,-will they come to judgment once again as they hover on the still air? What will the verdict be?


None of us can press a button which will enroll the scroll of the past. We can record samples of countless tributes to the Grange, expressed by Patrons everywhere. We trust these may be of assistance to writers, speakers, and seekers after Grange wisdom.


"The whole history of the Grange has been a story of accom- plishments for the wellbeing of that large group of our citizenship who come from the backbone and heart of our nation,-the American Farmer. No selfish wish has ever dominated its thought or controlled its action." Verna Brown, Hebron Valley Grange No. 1103, winner of 1934 Highway Safety Contest.


"We believe the fraternal cooperative spirit of our country people will broaden and deepen our rural life, improve its moral and educational outlook and raise the standard of the Grange higher and make it even more commanding." Leon Collins, Alle- gany County, 1934.


"Most Granges have carried out definite programs to promote the welfare of our Order and the Community, and a keener inter- est and stronger sense of duty among Grange members." John Osburn, Delegate-at-large Monroe County.


"The ancient husbandman before sowing the field, thus in- voked Ceres:' O Ceres, great Mother of Harvests, let it be well sown,'-and after the sowing was finished, 'O Lady Ceres of the golden sword and rich fruits, bless the sowing of this day.' Today


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we know we have no right to ask God's blessing on our work unless we have performed our part well." Mary Stafford, Ceres, 1934.


"Measured by numbers we have to report a decline, but measured by a true spirit of Grange principles we are on a sharp turn upward." Claude Pierpont, Chautauqua County, 1934.


"The inspiration to higher ideals and better service derived from Grange meetings and speakers is much appreciated by us." Emmett Ryan, Clinton County Delegate, 1934.


"Hand in hand with the church and the school, the Grange is a great educator, bringing Rural America all the best in frater- nal life; a power feared by policians, and respected by all for its firm, unyielding battle for the right." Mrs. Edwin Patterson, Oakfield. Honorable mention in National Grange definition con- test, 1938.


"The Founders of our Order built into our foundation struc- ture, not force, not hate, not strife, no quack or short cut remedies of any nature. At the very entrance to the Grange they placed Faith in God, hope and courage, charity in all things and fidelity to the highest ideals of rural life. That was their answer to the agricultural quacks of their day. .. . Without the church, the Grange must eventually die; wthout the Grange, rural church folk suffer the loss of a strong rght arm." Rev. Fred Dean, 1936-37 State Chaplain.


"All of our Granges are cooperating with churches and schools in developing a community program." George L. Howard, Schuyler County Delegate-at-large, 1938.


"Rural people such as Grangers have saved the Constitution in the past and will save it today." Senator Joseph Hanley.


"How precious is the spirit of fraternity, of mutual helpful- ness; how needful in the development of humanity is fellowship, the warm handclasp, the kind word spoken." Ida Potter, State Pomona, 1934.


"The Grange is an organization of farm people established to enrich the lives of its members so that they, through Divine guidance, may be a benefit to mankind." Eleanor M. Brown, Amsterdam.


"That the Grange holds the respect of the entire community in which it functions, over the whole State is evidenced by its increasing membership during the past year." Timothy Thomas, Assistant Steward, 1936.


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"Rural people need first their church, then their schools, then their Grange." Dwight Pierson, 92 years old, at 1938 Oakfield Grange meeting.


"Let us bear in mind that if we are alive to our neighbor's needs, our works shall bring forth fruit in due season." Mary Silliman, State Pomona, 1937.


"A Grange meeting should be a place where all the problems of rural life, economical as well as social, can be discussed and resolved upon." Willard Kinney, Chairman Onondaga Tax and Legislative Committee.


"A live Grange has an actual money value to the community where it exists." Mrs. Earl Clark, Service and Hospitality, 1934.


"Our successes and failures urge us onward, and we are ever mindful that we fail to see shadows if we face the sun." Lloyd E. Germain, Washington County, 1936 Delegate-at-large.


"The Grange fraternity of men and women works together for agriculture and the rural home; thinks together for liberty and democracy; lives together for peace and community pro- gress, and grows together to save America for posterity." Edwin R. Hales, Medina, Orleans County, 1938.


"Did you ever stop and ponder on the good the Grange has done, the many problems they have tackled, the many victories. won? They are ever working, working to bring the farmers good. They are ever stanch and loyal to their splendid Brotherhood." Mrs. Barbara Sweeney, Clinton Grange No. 1029, Clinton County, 1936.


"The spirit of the Grange moves steadily forward in spite of reversals." Herman Porter, when Tioga County Delegate-at-large.


"To me, the Grange stands for Fraternal Rights and Privi- leges for all members of the family; a place where young and old can equally join in discussions, Community Service and wel- fare of the Grange." Marguerite Johnson, Service and Hospitality Committee, Maple Leaf Grange No. 11, 1958.


"This is a time when the Grange, with other free institutions, needs to keep an eternal vigilance, not only in regard to agricul- ture but also in regard to all of the civil and social heritages which have been so dearly bought by our forebears. Such a motto as was inscribed on the grave of William Bradford of Plymouth Colony might well be ours: "What our fathers with so great difficulty secured, let us not basely relinquish." Rev. Robert Root, Cayuga County, State Chaplain.


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"Workers are we then together, janitor or boss, If the one man fails or falters it's the others loss; Side by side we climb the mountain, no man strives alone, Help to build another's fortunes and you build your own."


Esther Bailey, Yates County, State Pomona, 1939.


"Each year brings new evidence of the worth of our Order and the wonderful opportunities it furnishes rural people in social, educational and legislative ways." Ada Swift, Herkimer County, State Ceres, 1939.


"To me the Grange is ideal. I like the friendly spirit. I admire the superb Ritual." J. Orville Gamble, Maple Leaf No. 11.


"Come every Patron, far and near, join hands and work to- day. Fling high the banner of the Grange, keep step along the way." Mrs. C. J. Murphy, Copenhagen Grange.


"The Grange must not accept defeat; we are going to gain back more than we have lost." Eloise Hays, past Lecturer Towles- ville Grange No. 430.


"Your church is No. 1. Your Grange is No. 2." Irving Hosken- berger, Webster Grange Treasurer, 1959.


"To me the Grange has the greatest opportunity of any organization." Lawrence Benson, Dutchess County.


"I do not think I can find a weak point in the structure of the Grange". Matthias Smith, 1958.


"In our great Farm Fraternity The duties performed by you and me, In every single case should be 'FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.'


We shouldn't seek a personal gain But rather when things seem on the wane We should cheerfully work with hands and brain 'FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.'"


Miss Catherine Marolf, Lecturer Beaver Falls Grange, 1960.


"So often I remark how grateful I am for the experience and friends I have gained all over because I am a Granger." Edward Baker, Deputy Wayne County, 1959.


"The farmers of America own a large amount of capital. They have a heavy investment also in education and technical skill. They are the stewards, not only of the country's most precious asset, land, but of a way of living and doing business that sums up what we think and speak of as 'The American Way.'


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Despotic government can't get anywhere until it has liquidated the farmer. . . . I have belonged to the Grange for 33 years. I have never thought of it other than as an organization that would stand up for the freedom and integrity of the American farm enterprise, come what may. I think of the New York State Grange now as a force that can and will assert staunch North- eastern leadership in times when judgment is sorely needed." From address, 1948 Session, by Dr. A. B. Genung, Economist for the Northeast Farm Foundation, an organization developed in 1945 by the G. L. F. The Grange was one of the financial backers.


"A lady from one of the States where the Grange is somewhat new was visiting one of the big strong ones, and noting the sub- stantial halls, some of them with over a half century of service, said: 'The English say there will always be an England, but from the looks of things I'd say, There will always be a Grange.'" Secretary Harry A. Caton in October 1945 National Grange Monthly.


"My interest in church, Grange and school never wanes. I am always in favor of anything for the improvement of the com- munity, and I consider the Grange a splendid place to exchange ideas and have a wholesome social time." Mrs. Emely F. Perry, member of Putman Valley Grange, in 1945 National Grange Monthly. She'was 104 years old.


I saw the sun in the blue Heaven,


Its rays breaking through the clouds, drawing water, And I thought of the Grange with its great arms, drawing together all of us in a joyous bond of Brotherhood."


from Plattekill Grange yearbook, 1959.


"Let us make Grange growth mean more than new members. alone. Let us make it a veritable stream of power coming from the soul." The late Louis J. Taber, when National Grange Master.


"Nothing less than my best is quite good enough for the Grange." May Goodfellow, Maple Leaf Grange, 1959.


"We need the youth in our Granges that we may share their natural enthusiasm and curiosity. The conservative attitude of the Grange on important questions should help any young person to find a firm foundation on which to stand." Earl C. Watson, former State Gatekeeper.


"I am sure that if we place our trust in God and labor to- gether in peace and harmony, we will continue to give to Rural America an organization that will be of benefit to all." Clarence Johncox, Corfu.


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"The only thing to be done is to be so enthusiastic that some of your enthusiasm will rub off on others. The Grange is march- ing on." Leonard Fuller, Edwards Grange.


"I like to meet people and there is no nicer place to meet people than in the Grange." Adolph Trips, Sullivan County Deputy, 1958.


"There is nothing in our lives has done for us what the Grange has done." Mrs. Bert Weeks, Adirondack Grange No. 530. Our Juvenile Grange is thriving, and will produce a good Grange for the future." Bert Weeks, 1959.


"The ladder of life is full of splinters but they prick the hardest when we are sliding down. TRY CLIMBING." National Secretary Harry Caton.


"We surely enjoy our meetings. At least I do, for I love the old P. of H. and all for which it stands." Anna Pallace, Lysander.


"I have received such splendid cooperation! I have heard people say, when such-and such a person took part in the pro- grams, 'Why I never knew she or he could do that!' and this was the way I had of getting others to do something, too, by letting them see that the ones they thought were unable to do anything at all could do something worth while." Theresa M. Gardner, Farmington Grange No. 431.


"The future of the Grange, the country and international peace rests in the rural blood of America." Dr. Earl Bates, Cornell.


"I think there was nothing I ever enjoyed more than the Grange orchestra when I joined Denmark Grange." Robert Merriam, 1958 Delegate.


"The Grange is doing a wonderful work in getting the farmer a better standard of living." Allan Hunter, Maple Leaf.


"Wherever you go in our wonderful Empire State you will find members of the Grange the most friendly, the most hospita- ble and the most lovable people." Rev. O. B. Hill, State Chaplain, 1955.


"I don't suppose I would ever have been able to stand on my own feet and say my soul was my own, or get away from my own chimney fire, if it hadn't been for the Grange." T. A. DeLancey, former Special Deputy, in 1959.


"I have often thought what a lift the Grange would get if every suboordinate Grange could equal the work done by the best. Perhaps 'would' is a better word than could, because I feel that the will to do it will bring results." Hugh Cosline, American Agriculturist.


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"There is work for all in the Grange hall as well as in our homes and farms to bring about the goals set by Grange folks." Robert Drake, Gatekeeper, 1956.


"In all my associations with fellow Grangers this past year I have experienced a fulfillment of brotherhood and friendiness." Helen Lou Barden, Flora, 1952.


"What a loss has been mine.since I dropped out of the Grange. It is worthwhile." The late Mrs. George B. Hewitt, former Presi- dent New York State Federation of Women's Clubs.


"I belong here in Grange where fellow Christians meet,


To find. . . a friendly hand. . . a welcome smile,


A song of faith, blessing the soul,


And yes, a challenge to serve. . . community, neighbor and God. .. Fellowship and lecturer's hour


Make the Grange a source of strength. . .


Yes, I belong here, a pastor. . . among a pastor's people.".


Rev. Marion Woods, Plattekill, N. Y.


"I will say that I enjoy the Grange, and we can get out of it what we put into it." Burr Harwood, 90 years old, a 65 year mem- ber of Hebron Valley Grange No. 1103, 1960.


"The Grange is a place where we use our talent, thought, strength and willingness to labor for the highest ideals, better education, more prosperous agriculture and a keener sense of citizenship." Thomas Bennett, Fillmore, N. Y.


"Our Grange to be progressive depends largely upon the unity shown by the members and their attendance at Grange meetings." Mrs. Frank Wood, Matron Linwood Grange, 1943.


"My father, John Stephen Martin, a member of the Consulate in Marseilles, and later Translator for the State, and who knew of the National Grange in Washington, when he knew that I had joined the Grange, said,'I am proud that a daughter of mine should belong to such an organization.'" Mrs. Jeanne Geagan, Secretary Albany County Pomona, 1958.


"We have been active in Grange ever since we joined 18 years ago. Both of us having been born on farms, and now oper- ating 350 acres, you can see why we are so interested. We love the ritualistic work as well as the many people we have become acquainted with." Mrs. Edward Beightol, Secretary Chautauqua Pomona Grange, 1961. "I pledge myself to give my all to the greatest Fraternal organization in the country." Edward Beightol, Gatekeeper, 1960.


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"If it (The Order) is well advertised, it will have a tremen- dous run, as there is merit in it. It must be advertised as vigor- ously as if it were a patent medicine, but I cannot do all the work, other friends must aid. God bless you." Oliver Hudson Kelley, Aug. 26, 1868, in letter to Francis M. McDowell.


"I get to thinking, as I go along the road trying to do the part of the Grange work assigned to me, what a wonderful organization you and I belong to, and perhaps by belonging and working we can be a small part of what Oliver Wendell Holmes said: 'To have one flag, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore.' State Master Leland D. Smith, August, 1961.


PRECIOUS OINTMENT: (See conclusion of Installation Cere- mony)


"The 'balsam of Aaron' is described as a very fine oil, which emits no scent or smell and is very proper for preparing odori- ferous ointment. It is obtained from a tree called behen, which grows in Mt. Sinai and upper Egypt, and in certain parts of the Holy Land. Travellers assert that it is the very perfume with which the ancient high priest of the Jews with whose name it is connected, was wont to anoint his beard, and which the Psalmist extols so much on account of its rich and mollifying qualities, -- it is the emblem of domestic harmony and brotherly love." Extract from "Palestine", a book found in a very old School Library.


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NEW YORK STATE GRANGE SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE CREED:


To treasure farm life as a satisfying way of life; to extend to all who enter our Grange homes the gracious welcome of Christian hospitality; to guard against careless speech and gossip which would injure others; to make word and action construc- tive; by unselfish service to build a better and higher manhood and womanhood; to guard against prejudice-race, creed or nationality; to promote deeper understanding through fraternal neighborliness; to develop creative beauty,- today's heritage, tomorrow's promise, God's partnership; to share actively, today's responsibility, God's gift to us,-as we use today, so shall to- morrow be to tomorrow's children. To realize the spiritual guardianship of home and community rests largely upon our shoulders,-our privilege to safeguard for the larger community that reaches beyond us. Each, in her measure, to add to the treasures of the common life of mankind.


To help our children find new horizons, based on the sure outlook of truth, honesty, faith and justice; to work with courage, to prove an enduring peace can be built upon the sound founda- tion of faith in God; to exert our utmost for a clearcut spiritual awakening here and now, that our faith and our freedom, living, vital, may endure forever. This is our creed.


Elizabeth L. Arthur, 1952


LAND AHEAD! ARROW POINTS TO THE FUTURE!


No, this is not the end. It is the beginning of the Grange His- tory of tomorrow which you, and you, and you, Patrons of the Empire State, are to write large upon the scroll of Time.


Many untilled acres await you in our great New York State Farm, our Grange. Do not leave them fallow. An untold crop of human welfare requires your tillage. Agricultural, economic, educational, social and spiritual betterment challenge you. In your hands the future looks very bright. You will not fail the wide opportunity, nor neglect your responsibility to rural good.


The Book of Genesis holds the promise: "Look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward; for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it."


"Look from the place where thou art." Look at the wide acres which stretch before you, and it is for you, and you only, to determine the boundary markers of our great Farm. The goals that you set may prove to be foundation stones for rural freedom. May the blessing of God rest upon you as you go forward into this undiscovered country.


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