By Sherry Harriman,
Maine State Grange President/Master
207 490-1029
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Hug your family and friends. Help someone every day.
Our 150th State Grange Session went well. Thank you to the Officers, Delegates, Members, Deputies, Directors, and Committee members who attended. I appreciate your participation and input during the business and activities. A wonderful banquet & luncheon were shared, awards were presented, Juniors participated, and a heartfelt Memorial Service was held; Barbara Foster was pleased to be with us. We elected Carolyn Van Horn to the Executive Committee and welcomed five new State Grange members who received the Sixth degree.
The new Department Program Books and Annual Reports were given to the Delegates for your Grange. If you did not have delegates at session, you may download the programs and reports from the web under “Program Books” or if you want a printed copy, email or call the office or myself and we will send them to you. You may request all or just select certain ones. Agricultural Scholarship, Educational Aid & Howes Nurses Scholarship requirements and applications can also be found on the website or requested from the office. Grange Enterprise Award information and the application can be found there too or requested.
Deputy School was held on Nov 2 with several State Officers & Committee people also attending. Paperwork was passed out, we covered Opening & Closing — Opening the Bible, Presenting the Flag, Introducing Honored Guests, balloting, and discussed other Grange business.
I would like to do instruction meetings in your areas again this year. Think about setting something up in the spring with me. I would prefer a Saturday meeting during the day but could do an evening if requested. We will be covering the same as above. Everyone is invited to attend.
Contact the office or myself if you would like to have any of the following materials:
- Expectations of State Officers and Deputies
- Visitation reports — Subordinate and Pomona
- Maine State Grange Guidelines, Information, and Instructions.
- Hello Worthy Master and Members (information regarding closing/consolidation of Granges)
- Maine State Grange Ritual Handbook
- Suggestions and Instructions for Grange Procedure
- Code Book with instructions on Grange Ritual
- Official Obligation Ceremony
- New Member Welcoming Ceremony
- Official Fifth Degree Obligation Ceremony
- By-Laws of the Maine State Grange (newly revised edition)
- Officers, Deputies, and Directors List 2025. The complete roster will be available soon. Additional materials are listed in the book.
- Maine State Grange Leadership Directory from Webmaster.
- Maine Granges, Town, and Contact Brochure (many changes included)
- Subordinate/Community Manual Edition 2023 (printed on regular-size Paper)
- Manual of Pomona Granges 2017* (printed on regular-size paper)
