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Drive through, Roasted Turkey Dinner
Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 4-6 pm
There will be roasted turkey, vegetables, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, bread, cranberry sauce, and cake. The cost is $10.00 per person. Please have the exact price for the meal(s) you want. No substitutions, no pre-orders, you drive up, pay, and receive your meal.
The Grange is located on the corner of Route 302 and Hardy Road in Westbrook.
FMI Joann 207 233 7119
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Our October Meeting has been rescheduled to October 10, 2025, due to a conflict with the MSG Convention. Potluck at 6 pm, meeting at 7 pm. Grange Bees are Mary and Jim. Walter & Janice were elected delegates to the State Convention in Orono.
A highlight of our September Meeting was the jars of PB & J that appeared as people arrived! We’ve delivered these to Bangor Savings Bank for their annual drive. You can also donate directly to any Branch before 9/30.
Members approved the purchase of dictionaries for this year’s program. We’ll be scheduling presentations and deliveries starting in mid-October. We need team members for these–it’s mostly a matter of carrying things and then helping the kids find words in their new dictionaries. Stay tuned for the schedule and consider lending a hand! Presentations are only about 45 minutes and will be held in Brownville, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Guilford, and Harmony. We’re checking with Athens and the Amish School in Corinth.
We deliver hats and mittens in conjunction with Dictionary Presentations. If you have completed items, we’d appreciate receiving them by October 15, although we collect year-round. Contact any member to arrange delivery! Thanks! Keep those kneedles clicking!
Walter continues to help the Abbot Historical Society with gravestone cleaning. We have a couple of weeks left this year… Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the old village cemetery across from the Town Hall is where and when. It’s easy and fun! Supplies and instruction are included.
Mary Annis is selling raffle tickets to benefit the DUV. She will humbly admit she made the first prize Afghan.
Pat and Steve will be doing some traveling soon… we wish them a safe trip to Texas and will miss them. When they return, Pat will be busy getting ready for Craft Fairs.
The Guilford Register Magazine September Issue featured an article by Walter, “Sticker! Sticker!” It’s about some kids at an Amish Farmstand in Corinth. The October Issue will include a story about the Dover Foxcroft Kiwanis Auction.
South Sangerville Grange is holding a Bean Hole Bean Supper on October 25, 2025, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. More information is available here.
Remember, Valley Grange is happy to publicize your event, but we have to know about it! Submit it to the MSG Website and it’ll get state-wide publicity!
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Jim Annis, Master/President – 207 564-0820 (home)
Mary Annis, Secretary – 207 564-0820 (home)
Walter Boomsma, Program Director/Treasurer – 207 343-1842 (cell)
Janice Boomsma, Chaplain – 207 343-1496 (cell)
Valley Grange Website
Valley Grange Facebook Page
Valley Grange Hall’s GPS Address is 172 Guilford Center Road, Guilford. (Do not send mail here!) The Hall is located at the corner of Guilford Center Road and Butter Street.
By Walter Boomsma,
MSG Communications Director
207 343-1842
Communication Shorts are brief (short) but important items posted for your information and use. Please send us your ideas and thoughts!
Yes, there will be an October Bulletin, although with the State Session, the mailing of the physical copy may be delayed a bit. The deadline for submission is October 14th. Recent issues of the Bulletin can be found on the Program Books and Information Page in the communications section.
Some recent changes to the National Grange Website have resulted in some links not working. If you encounter broken links on the Maine State Grange website, please report them to Walter. If you encounter them on the National Grange website, report them to National Grange.
With the start of another Grange Fiscal Year, essential dates and deadlines abound!
We’re removing dated information from the website. This includes documents, posts, and photos. While some things are considered timeless, a general policy is to remove items that are more than two years old. One of the significant challenges this time of year is updating online directories. Please make sure we have your current information!
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
Albert Camus
At Valley Grange, we schedule meetings a full year in advance and assign “Grange Bees” – individuals responsible for tasks such as ensuring the hall is open and ready, as well as maintaining a supply of staples for potluck meals. It may not be a one-person job, but we want to be clear on who is responsible!
Remember, we don’t share your email address with anyone, and you get a weekly summary of what’s been posted. Subscribe here! Share that link with your members!
Thanks to those who help us keep these directories current by letting us know of changes!
By Walter Boomsma,
MSG Communications Director
207 343-1842
Communication Shorts are brief (short) but important items posted for your information and use. Please send us your ideas and thoughts!
The September Bulletin is now available for download and printing. Recent issues of the Bulletin can be found on the Program Books and Information Page in the communications section.
It’s the end of the Grange Year. Certain State Officers and Directors are expected to file an annual report of their activities and accomplishments. (We’ll be publishing them on the site as they are received.) Have you considered putting one together for your Grange? You can think of your communities as your stockholders. Let them know what you have done this year!
Fall is coming. Some might say it’s already here. With the start of another Grange Fiscal Year, essential dates and deadlines abound! ODDs Note: Annual Reports are due today and Program Books by October 1, 2025!
We’re removing dated information from the website. This includes documents, posts, and photos. While some things are considered timeless, a general policy is to remove items that are more than two years old.
“A dull truth will not be looked at. An exciting lie will. That is what good, sincere people must understand. They must make their truth exciting and new, or their good works will be born dead.”
Bill Bernbach
Last call! We’re almost finished with the BEB (Books Exchange Box) and LFL (Little Free Library) Resource Page. If your Grange has one or is interested in participating, please let us know.
Remember, we don’t share your email address with anyone, and you get a weekly summary of what’s been posted. Subscribe here! Share that link with your members!
Thanks to those who help us keep these directories current by letting us know of changes!
Oct 25, 2025, South Sangerville Grange will host a Bean Hole Bean Supper from 4:30 to 6:00 PM. It includes beans, hot dogs, ham, mac&cheese, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls, biscuits, and corn bread. Deserts include pies (raspberry, blueberry, apple, chocolate cream, along with ice cream. Drinks are coffee, water, and apple cider. $10 minimum donation.
South Sangerville Grange is located at 25 Grange Road in South Sangerville, Maine.
Maybe several things! One that we’re sure of is another resource page for Granges and Grangers. This time, we’ll be introducing an easy-peasy community service that’s already being offered in over 200,000 locations around the world.
The Grange has always emphasized education and literacy. One of our signature programs, Words for Thirds, is an example. Now, in addition to making dictionaries available to third graders, we’re looking at a way to make many books available to everyone through library boxes located at our Grange Halls.
While these libraries do not have to be part of the Little Free Library project, they do offer some great ideas and inspiration.
The resource page we’re building will be available soon. It will include information about several libraries located at Granges in Maine. If your Grange has one or would like, please tell us about it!
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: Vassalboro Grange has been recently awarded a grant with a membership bonus! Have you thought about becoming a Grange Member? If you join before Sept 18th, 2025, our Grange receives additional funding for each member signed up.  FMI Holly weidnerholly@gmail.com
CAPOEIRA EVENT: Saturday, Sept 13, 10 am-3 pm Demo/lesson in Brazilian martial art dance. Fun for many ages and abilities. FMI Molly Holliman molswald@aol.com
PHILOSOPHY TABLE: Sunday, Sept 14, 5 pm-7 pm. Potluck & Discussion of a philosophy topic. This month, featuring Eric Austin’s Town Line article “Why humans and AI might be more alike than we care to admit!” FMI Matthew matthew.freytag@maine.edu
OPEN MIC & COFFEE HOUSE: Saturday, Sept 20th, 7-9 pm Come to enjoy, and if you like, come to play/perform. FMI Kala kwistar11@gmail.com
RECURRING WEEKLY EVENTS:
COFFEE ON THE PORCH: Tuesdays 8:30 am-10 am. It is exactly what it sounds like. FMI Marada 207-316-5321 maradacook@gmail.com This event will welcome a new host for the 2026 season… might that be you? Reach out to me… if someone (or several someones) takes on this event, I will start something new for the Grange.
ZUMBA:  Now Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5:30 pm FMI Theresa Warren warrentheresa684@gmail.com
ART BY JACKSON GREGORY: Displayed in the community room/dining hall, open concurrently with other events. FMI jackson@jacksongregory.com
DON’T BLINK! OCTOBER EVENTS ARE COMING:
Stay tuned for cider pressing week of 9/29 and/or 10/5, Folk Band Concert 10/10, Library Fundraiser event 10/25, along with our usual assortment of community-led, neighbor-rejoining, hall tromping fun!
On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Androscoggin Pomona will confer the Fifth Degree at Danville Junction. Grange, 15 Grange Street in Danville (Auburn). There will be a 6 pm bring-your-own supper / social hour at 6 pm. The meeting will begin at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. If you have a candidate, please reach out beforehand to a member of the Pomona to discuss possibilities.