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May 20, 2023
12:00 – 2:00 pm
or until sold out
during our weekly flea market
American Chop Suey, Sweet Italian sausage, green beans, garlic bread, and a whoopie pie.
$10.00 take-home only
We will also have baked beans & dynamites, beef and gravy pints or quarts-to-go, RADA Cutlery, and Maine Rebekah Cookbooks.
Kennebec Valley Grange
560 Main Street, Madison
FMI-Diane Pinkham 314-5135
We are looking for helping hands…
Friday, May 12, 2023
starting at 2:00 pm
for a wide variety of tasks and projects… all designed to prepare our hall for our big community celebration coming soon! Inside tasks will include sweeping, dusting, wiping, rearranging, and setting up chairs… outside tasks will include raking and pruning… maybe some painting if the weather’s right!
Bring your favorite tools and labor-saving devices. Come any time after 2:00 pm… or before if you can see what needs doing and don’t mind working alone! Better yet, bring a friend! Many hands make work light.
For more information call Walter at 207 343-1842 or Mary at 207 564-0820.
In Other News
We were busy at our April Meeting! Get your calendars out and mark these dates:
We need your input and suggestions! As part of our Community Celebration, we will recognize individuals and organizations supporting Valley Grange and their communities! We’ve started a pretty good list, but we welcome suggestions! We also need members and guests to “fill the chairs” during our Community Celebration on May 19, 2023. Please RSVP if you can help us by filling a role during this meeting—there are some easy ones! We also need your help with the potluck—please plan to make larger dishes than usual!
The CWA Committee raised some funds with a cake raffle and recommended donations to the House in the Woods and Home for Little Wanderers. “All in favor!”
We will kick off a “Meat or Heat” Raffle with the Guilford River Festival. Details to follow!
By Rick Grotton,
Membership Committee Director
207 582-5915
What has your Grange done for Grange month? I know there have been many active Granges doing wonderful things to help the community and to gain membership. Please send me information on what is going on in your area. My Grange is preparing its annual open hall May Basket project for veterans at the VA center and local nursing homes. We invite the community, especially the children, to come in to decorate and fill the baskets. Items used are small travel samples of toothpaste, deodorant, etc. as well as sugar-free candies and a note saying “Thank you for your service”. Tours of the Hall are also coordinated.
Membership drives should be continuous and a priority. Be aware of the upcoming degree days. Without members, we will not exist. The importance of getting new members is needed more than ever. I know you have heard this over and over, but it is our lifeline. Keep active, communicate, and most of all keep your doors open to new members!
Special Guest for Sagadahoc Pomona Fifth Degree will be Gerry Simmons, Past Master of Minuteman Pomona and Past Steward of Massachusetts State Grange. Other special guests filling chairs include Rick Grotton, Sharon Morton, and Henry Morton.
Sagadahoc Pomona will hold its annual Fifth Degree at Enterprise Grange #48, 15 Alexander Reed Road, Richmond, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. From Main Street in Richmond, take the street across from the library and fire department, and pass two houses and the ballfield.
A potluck supper at 6:00 with a meeting at 7:00.
Other Pomonas are welcome to take their candidates. Please be sure the candidates have their applications signed by their Subordinate Master or Secretary. Contact Ben Edgerly or Marilyn Stinson for more info.
Due to an issue with the furnace at State Grange Headquarters, the Degree Day scheduled for April 23, 2023, will be held at Manchester Grange located at 953 Western Ave, (Route 202), Manchester, ME 04351 starting at 1:00 pm. Please contact Maynard Chapman or Sherry Harriman for more information!
April 15, 2023, 11:30 – 1:00 (or until the food runs out)
Enjoy lunch to go from Kennebec Valley Grange! The menu includes smothered beef, mashed potatoes, peas & carrots, homemade biscuit, and peach cobbler. The cost is $10 per lunch.
Kennebec Valley Grange is located at 560 Main Street in Madison, Maine.
For more information, email Diane Pinkham or call 207 314-5135.
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