Category: Grange News

Notes from National – May 2022

Reminders

Regional Leadership Conferences are coming up soon… National Grange Convention registration will be opening soon… 2022 Communications applications are now open–any and all ages welcome! Check recent issues of Patrons Chain for more information.

National Grange Virtual Photo Contest

Remember the deadline is June 30, 2022. Submission guidelines are available on the MSG Website.)

National Grange Convention

156th National Grange Convention will be held at the Nugget Casion Resort in Sparks, Nevada from November 15-19, 2022. Visit the National Grange Website for information and to register.

National Grange Heirloom Program

Grange Heirlooms are snippets from the lessons of the Grange as taught in the Ritual and Declaration of Purposes. Please share “success stories” about the use of the program with us, or if you come up with other innovative ways to incorporate the Program in your Granges. Information and materials are now available on the National Grange Website.

New Member Recognition in Good Day Magazine

Want to see your new members recognized in Good Day Magazine? Anyone who has not been recognized as a new member in the past year can be included. Use this link to share the news. The deadlines for each issue are:

  • June 30, 2022
  • August 30, 2022
  • November 30, 2022

156th National Grange Session is scheduled for November 15-19, 2022 in Sparks, NV

Overheard at Ocean View Grange

Ocean View Grange is sporting its primer coat.

Thank Spinner Lee, for getting this going. Great leader! I think we need a vote to rent the lift for another day to finish coat the front and wash at least one side. The lift saves a huge amount of time setting up ladders/staging. And a lot of wear and tear in the old guys. I, for one, cannot climb ladders anymore.  I vote yes!

(There were lots of “yes” votes!)

What an undertaking!

It is hard work, but a labor of love and respect for our Grange hall. Thanks to everyone who has and is helping.

I’m glad we could get the ball rolling on the painting. We’d be remiss if we didn’t include Josh Coggeshall on the paint team. Not only was Josh a technical voice of reason, but he swang a mean scrapper. You’ll remember that Josh is always there to help. Puttying windows is a labor of love and time, and Josh did a great job there. He models a true Granger.

Don’t forget that Saturday, May 28th at 10 am is Flag Day at the Ridge Church… You are welcome to join us in honoring our fallen veterans. Bring some tall boots and gloves and anyone who wants to help!

(Ocean View Grangers are always busy! What do you suppose they are doing that requires tall boots and gloves?!)

Mill Stream Grange at Work

Mill Stream Grange members (l-r) Ingrid Grenon, Debbie Lavender, Lisa Goucher, Jill Sampson, Laurie Cunningham, Allan Harville, and Paul Lavender (taking photo) placed U.S. flags at three cemeteries on the Tower Road in Vienna to honor and remember veterans on Memorial Day.  Ray Anderson (on stone) was a long-time member of the Grange.   (If we have inadvertently missed your military loved one, please call 293-4408 or 293-4960, and we will make sure the flag is placed.)

Highland Lake Grange Marks Members

While placing American flags in Highland Lake Cemetery, the Grangers at Highland Lake Grange P of H No. 87 thought it would be nice to mark the graves of members interred at the cemetery. Kathy Gowen came up with a design, and we worked together to assemble them at our last meeting. We identified 16 headstones of members (including married couples or multiple members in a family with one headstone). Several were charter members of Highland Lake Grange in 1875. Here are photos of a few of them.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Patrons of Husbandry

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! From the town crier to social media, the Grange has and continues to play an important role in Maine Communities and beyond.

Join Victoria Huff, past president of the Maine State Grange, and Walter Boomsma, author of the book “Exploring Traditions — Celebrating the Grange Way of Life,” for a lively discussion of the Grange’s contributions.

The program is sponsored and hosted by Waterboro Historical Society on June 1, 2022 starting at 7 pm. It is especially fitting that the WHS meets at the former Waterboro Grange Hall. The hall is now owned by the Society. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. Located at 31 West Road in South Waterboro, it is used for business program meetings of the society and rented out for weddings, parties, and other programs.

All are welcome! It would be great to see some Grangers there!

Visit the Waterboro Historical Society Facebook Page

Jonesboro Grange “Touch a Truck”

Jonesboro Grange to host 2nd annual Touch-A-Truck event will be held on June 18, 2022 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Jonesboro Elementary School parking lot. THere will be excavators, Dump trucks, cement trucks, 18 Wheeler trucks, Fire Engines and MORE! No admission charge for families. 

Popcorn, plastic kids hard hats, balloons, bounce house, face painting, lawn games – all by donation! Donations given to Jonesboro Volunteer Fire Dept. 

Lunch will be for sale! Purchase a raffle ticket to win a brand new 6 burner gas grill and grilling gift basket just in time for Father’s Day. Proceeds benefit Jonesboro Grange #357 as they continue to serve the community. 

Check out this event on Facebook!

Jonesboro Grange News

Jonesboro Grange is located in Jonesboro Maine

Check out this fun-filled newsletter to discover what’s happening at the Jonesboro Grange, including their Crush Cancer Weekend June 24-26, 2022. Member news includes the fact that member Rebekah Hodgson has been selected to represent Maine in the 2022 Mrs. International Pageant held in Tennessee in July. You’ll also want to check out members wearing their Kentucky Derby hats at the conclusion of the recent Jonesboro Craft Fair.

Jonesboro Grange May Newsletter