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October 1973
LLEC'1IQ1 DlIG121 SUS 1.EH. . . . .,. .., tive committee at the, end of his
term. Others elected were: Over-
'Lhe Enfield Grangers ?-gill be put seer, `Doris Specht; lecturer,
Ling on an Election Ijlght Supper 7 iiillicent Carpenter; steward, Dale
again this year. Cast your vote- .,, Laue; lady assistant steward
i4ovenber 6th and cone on over to Carol Laue; chaplain, Elizabeth
the Grange for a nice feed. Runsey; treasurer, Joyce Laue and
-secretary, Warena Ramsey.
Serving starts at 5:00 p.m. Sane
good cooks. Same good food. Be Also: gatekeeper, Doug AumseY;
prepared to be solicited Grangers. Ceres, Bridgette Brown, Pomona,
;':_he Gray's are donating some of hatie Smith and Flora, -Gayle Hall.
the red cabbage that Ld Marshall
cultivated .in our garden this sun—
TMer. he transplanted 200-heads! )
WE L1MALLED OUR OW14.. : . .:. .
Farold Laue did a great job in
: -i the event you're wondering whY heading up our oim. installation
his tietvsletter is being done I 'll tea.n. =articipating, inaddition
'tell you. Secretary , Wareaa Ram- to Barold were Andy Krayn ak,
cey (who feels bad when she goes Ralph and Blanch Lovelace, Bob and
to Florida. and has to ask ;someone Lee Carpenter, Roger Laue, rat
L,o take the minutes for her) has Gray. Julie Smith and Florence
agreed to continue as secretary Laue on piano.
"arid I have agreed to whip up a -
btt of news to sharp with you. 4e had a dish-to-pass supper ius�t
s�tng Pat Gray`,for those of you
l lati before the insta on and had a
, very nice .turnout. .
t�r�tio i didn't know. ).
ti44E'VLd, WARUJA IS S1 ICnIi4G I I. OUR iVPU G23A11GE S"'IAtRIMAG TIME. . . . . . .
DUES vaOrLICES SO WL =4 KILL WO
bT-dDS d11 h ME S10! L. ALiJAYS LFE Starting with the November 13th
C�.REFUL Oi`JE T�I>A�3 Ii COi ES `1O SPL�uD neetitrg new AGrange time will be
I v;, IyIOty EY St:E FELLhIS WAY �dL 7 30 n.r�. Regular Grange -trite I s
COiJLD SAVE Oid POSTAGE. still the 2nd Tuesday of -each
month, kith so marry young, people
lease note that the Grange has tarring Pn- active part, we have to
had to raise_ its dues 41.00 more. allow them horiework time, etc.
Dazes are now- 4p4.00 per year per
r ember. -he reason for the incr- ' #
ease is because the. State has
raised the amount we pay to then. But the young people are not the
Out of each �4..00 we. have to ,renit only worriers. Good ole George
w3.4 8. ghat -only leaves us ,52 Stark, and Hildred, who have
And when a Member doesn't pay his faithfully carried out 'their
dues, that 52s is soon depleted, duties as "Card tarty Overseers''
have conducted all but a few of
the card parties alone over the
past 14• months. And during that
First bit of news is our, new slate time., the '_grange has banked`
of Officers: Charles "Chuck" Guy-:, 44.31 16 from this project. Sounds
ett has been installed as Master-.,,, Like they have been keeping our
of the grange succeeding Gerhardt pockete lined pretty well. Maybe
c�.111es 'Sr. who joined the execu- a few of 'us can ,.give him a hand,
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hva,'31S (cont. ). . . . . . . . . . . . . Another local resident, 11yrtle
Aothermich will also observe her
On October 23., the t1ew York State 97th ,birthday this month. Arthur
Grange presented a 42,000 -ift to Teeter was 95 on June 14•th, Martha
the rd .Y.S. College of Agriculture Updike will be 90 on Jenuary 20th
and Life Sciences at Cordell Univ. and Lida Griffin will be 89 on
In celebration of its centennial December 28th.
year.
Birthday remembrances to Elizabeth
the presentation was made by Rob't Runsey October :14-th, Flog Brovn on
S. Drake of Woodhull, State . Grange 11Iovember 22nd and my man ,with a -
master., and by Dr. Bruce Widger plow, Rink Wright, on Dec loth. ,
(DV11) -of harcellus, Grange z ep
resentative to the Cornell Univ. ' '�"�'` ;fha�'fif
hoard of `irustees.
BITS AND iIECES.:a . . . .....
Drake said the gift is in keeping
with the Granges 25 year history Lawrence and Harjorie Stevenson
of scholarship and loan support recently celebrated` their 14.8th
to students attending agricultural wedding <anniversary. Ralph and
and technical colleges in the state.Doris Lovelace were feted for
their 49th anniversary in Jule
the college scholarship will be and Leon and Lila Rothermich will'
awarded on the basis of character, observe 50 years_ of wedded bliss
scholastic ability and financial this montho
need to a transfer student. from
one of the Agricultural and tech- Laura Hovencamp 'Tyler, Georgia
nical Colleges. Gould and Warena Ramsey were en-
tertained- by fir. &-Mrs. Leon
In looking over .the list Hof newly Tucker on October llth preceeding,
installed officers its nice to see Irs S.yIer's departure for her
so many young people. (And spkin- winter home in St, Cloud, Fla.
kled in with them .are the older
leaders who help with the inspir Harry and Gladys Willis have had .
ation of a young group. ) Maybe the upstairs of the Baptist Church
some of us oldsters should try a " panelled, painted and divided
little harder to make the meetings into two Sunday School rooms by
and keep the young ones from be- a partition and two folding doers°
coming discouraged. All -this was done in memory of
their late son, Janes "Chip',
Ray Carpenter has been Pomona Willis.
Master for the past year.
Local P2ifield teacher, airs. Ruth
'ihe last of next month something Boyer, -retired from the ''runans--
new . in the way of Grange Officers ' burg School staff after teaching
Instruction will be initiated. Be- there for nany years.
ginning the last week in Dovember,
more than 20 instruction .sessions Edna Graham-who sold her home on
will be held across the` sta.te. the Bostwick Road earlier this
year and moved into the 11cGraw
House in Ithaca is presently a
patient at ithe Tompkins County
BIffiHDAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . .-. . _ Hospital where she has been for
a few few weeks.
October is the month that Emma
.Cowell reaches her 97th birthday.
10/73
B11.S ArJ D 'IEC (coat, ) ... . . .. Young Bob Lovelace played
Small Fry fbbtba-ll until he hurt
Aillicent Carpenter is back out his elbow.
of retirement again and working in
the kitchen at the i.icGraw douse Doug Rumsey, our new gatekeeper
in Ithaca, is another active youth and rides
a mean motorcycle.
i4ildred Humsey, after having spent
quite some time in the Enfield Bridgette Brown and Katie Smith
area left a- few week:, ago for her are so gro-m' up I have to .look up
home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. to both of then.
Elmina Humsey sold her home on the George vale er hAs purchased a.
Searsburg Road, had a Private Sale new hone on the Halseyville Boad
of. her furniture and is now a res- and moved in over the su_mme2,
ident of the I.O.O.F. on the ru-
mansburg goad. Glad to hear that fiildred Stark
is feeling better.
i.,Utch. and i'at Gray will celebrate
their 18th wedding anniversary on Doris 8pecht. r,1ade hey yearly
vovenber 5th. A progress -report visit to her. childrents home, on
of the Gray household shows that the Vest Coast this summer. ahos e
in February of this year they adop- school secretaries sure have it
bed their foster daughter, Any rough during the sunner.
:cepper, and Any turned 18 this
month, graduated in June and is Jack 1hall ''s wife, Mary, has been
new a student at LOW Doreen is in and out of the hospital over
17 and a Senior. idm is 15 and the surimer and still isn't feel�_ng
entered highschool this fall. nick as well as she would like to.,
-vfho suffered a broken arri this
summer, was 11 on October 21st.. Boger Ballard. joined our Grange
and the tw"Lns . turned 9 in August. on a demit from Caroline Grange
All is lively on the Gray elanet. and Charlotte Ballard was reinst-
ated.
Allen Gould, a born and raised
Enfielder, died October 7th. His Our sincerest sympathy is extended
wife, Elsie, has- asked to have her - to the family of young Bob hov.,ard
sincere appreciation extended for who died unexpectedly on October
the many, many things people have 4-th' at the age of 22.
done for her.
The Roger Hubbell 's are building
Exma i Lowell is still a resident of a new home . on the Enfield Center
Ward C-1 of the romp. Co. Hospital. Road.
Granger, Mabel iurdy,. maintains .Lina Jones continues. to carry out
her position as Town Clerk and. . -her goodwill deeds and her regular
Edna i1almer keeps on collecting visitations. :
our taxes:
The Grange extends condolences to
Bew neighbors of Ldna 's are Jim Sister Wanda Kemp at the loss of
and Huth VanOrder who are former. her. Mother, Hae Freelove, this
Enfielders. summer. Hae had lived in the
area most of her life..
Jo Lovelace turned 16 in August
and has her permit, plays in the Carl Newhart is still trying to
school band and keeps very active, get,. the arm,. he injured badly this
spring, to mend.
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BITS AL�D i'IECM (cont. . . . . . . . . For those of you who read the
i1E, JFIELD 14EWS, there was a great .;
They say the Grange is a family map showing all the roads on
organization. Well, it sure looks Connecticut Hill for those of
that Tay as far as the Laue 's are you who like to go for a ride on
concerned. Every one in Earold 8: Sunday afternoons.
Florence's family holds an office,
`ghat must be one for the record '10n the, Go',- Hazel is how we re-
books. We 'll have to have 1 or'ris fer to our travelling member,
halladay check on that. Hazel Updike. Received the nicest
letter from her and she was sit
Arthur Aasterman has been rein ting on the balcony; at a motel
stated in our grange, a transfer in Palma, Spain, describing the
from Cincinnatus Grange #485• trip, the sailing, the tours,
etc, , that she and Darold en-
Llizabeth Stevenson Bennett and ,toyed in Auguste (What a way to
husband crane to town fron Windsor celebrate a birthday. ) Spanish
Aew York to be a part of the honor guitars, delicious wines, hugh
bestowed upon her father, Harvey outdoor bar-b-ques, orchestras
Stevenson, earlier this year by the and patio dancing., Zhose are
Baptist Church. "harvey Stevenson some of the enjoyments they
Day" paid tribute for all the fine witnessed on their la day cruise'
things he has done for the connun- -of the Mediterranean.
ity over many years.
And here it is October, and she's`
Roger Brown and Lva Krayniak dueted still not hone. She arrived at
during the Installation of Officers. Warena's on October 19th because
a staunch Granger like Hazel
Charles Burns moved from the Still wouldn't miss the State Grange
well Road to a trailer park on the Session this next week for any-
Douglas Road in ilewfield. thing.
the Robert Carpenter ' s oldest dau- We 'll so goes it for a quickly
ghter, Aarcia., entered Aorrisville put- together Enfield Grange
College this fall. 15 year old Newsletter. We 've tried to
Bob is a regular on the 1-Burg touch on most of our members
JV football team and has made one and those we've mJ_ssed were only
or two touchdowns in every game he because we haven't kept good
has played in. He was sidelined track of them
with a pulled back muscle for one
game but is on the mend and raring We hope to see you at the Elec-
to go. 114. year old Belinda is a tion night supper. And our best
JV cheerleader and 8 year old wishes for the upcoming Thanks-
Russell ,joins the family in part- giving and Christmas Seasons.
icipation at all the gapes. Give your attentions to someone
less fortunate than you or some-
Louella Cavanaugh is a patient at one who nay have to be alone at
Oak Hill iianor on Hudson Street in holiday time.
Ithaca.
Roland and tiadeline Fowler have sold And, good luck, Chuck. Guyette,
as you start your year as Vaster
their home on Hines Road and moved of a fine grange. Just glance
to Lansing Apartments West. back thru this newsletter and
see all the fine people you have
Sue Achilles has been in and out of following right behind you. You
the hospital several times lately. can't miss.