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1967 — 68 (1) 3eptenber 2, 1967
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1 vR pnIG% CENnEN41AL 19671
"llr. Granville i,00dy, a ,popular army chaplain durinJ the Civil .Jar,
could forget the cloth, when necessary, with evangelic tact. At
Lookout 11ountain, the colonel of iIoody' s re3irient Trent tearing up
and dorm the lines , yelling to the troops, "Give 'er. hell, boysl "
The chaplain was at his heels, yellin , 'iDo as your Colonel tells
you, boys: Do as your Colonel tells you: "
And how ryas your su;imer% fie had ilov, some more good news. An
a full and a busy one to say the added incentive to our labors came
Toast. And ore 're about to con- when it was announced that little
ment on some of the events that old LnfielCl. Valley Gran Se , 295
have taken place since our last had captured 1st place in the
newsletter. Grange exhibits at the Toim and
Country :Fair recently. :'first
Of course we couldn't start off prize consists of 125.00. A
a newsletter without our most ex- Dillion and a half thanks -o out
citing news. Very shortly, Tire to our sternind, ;,illicent, and.
will have our furnace installed. her able assistants, Ray, liarcia,
fie have mana.-ed to raise nearly George and :_ildred. Just -reatii
2/3 of the total needed. It's
certainly 7ratifying to look I.,YOI-i'.':.iT
back over the past. A little 3epteiiber 12th is the regular
over 9 <inths a;;o, our Grangers meetin.; night of Grange. It is
set out to reach a , oal. That also the ni,,,ht for election of
.-oal, of course, rras our furnace, officers. ,le can't stress too
A lot of work, fun and hope have strongly how important it is for
;;one into these past nine months each member to ila'_e every effort
and we 're sure all of •Tou are to be at the election of officers
with us when we say that it was -ieetinZ.
worth every ninute of it.
It the July �a;rona neetingn , ._as-
.1hat this world needs these days ter Todd said that there eras a
is a little :lore togetherness and tr^.in for -rariLers waiting at the
these .Infield Grangers have cer- station and those that weren't
tainly proven that. since *,re ready would be left behind. 'le ll,
have come this close , ire know `re 're ,;oing to shorn 1.r. iodd that
thct it won't be lon- now before the nui'-)er on his engine is 295.
we have enou;�1? money to say, "�7ell See you Tuesday ni ht. �orlp..cins Co.
done, brothers and sisters, irell has 14 Gran-es, le 'll have to
done. " really -,orh to gull all that.
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Sight here and now, vre tale ti-ie Quite a bit of interest has been
out to extend a hearty and e.:ci- shown by persons ?rishing. to help
tin- invitation to our Junior out 7rith our card parties but not
Grangers. The first iaeeting of able to take full charge. One of
the Enfield. Valley Junior Grange our members has come up with the
will be held at 7 :30 p.m, on idea of ha.vin.- a. card party pantry.
September 12th. J.G . is for all ie 'll toss it out to you and see
youth between 5 and 16 . Ie have what you thin':.
already started the �rheels in
motion for several activities for The idea is to have those who Irish
our J.G. 's. to, donate items to a, pantry for
use at the card parties. Such items
se hope to find enou; h young- would include paper plates, cups,
people interested in a :.olloween coffee , napkins, cards, plastic
hayride , a Thanksgivin.- turkey silver, prizes or anythin of that
aloo, and a bil- Christnas pro- nature, JeIll, there you have it.
dram. Oh yes, we -rill be busy.
Jill interested your.- people are several decks of cards were donated
invited to be there next Tuesday at the July uth party. Our sure
night, de have somethin.- for all .-et used with all the card playin.-
aces. • the Granl-e does. ;,any t?.an'_,s.
If transportation is your prob- Don't forget that we still welcome
lem, let us know and reIll try new me.fibers all the time . re hope
and work somethinl- out. You're to tale in some new people in the
parents need not be gran;;e me; nest few months and we 'd like to
bers before you can join. Do it include you if possible. Anyone
on your own. interested in joinin.- our merry
band may find out more information
.le hope to have a lar-e turnout by callin, either :3ob Carpenter at
for the ,September meetin; so that 337-6001 or i?oger Frown at Aft-23099.
we can ma'_;e arrangements to elect
our officers and have the state On September 23rd, there will be a
Junior i.atron meet With us in Oct. 5th del-ree given in Interlaken.
roue of our Members have already
Our next card Darty will be held asked to take their 's then. If
September 9th at the Grange :all, there is anyone else who mould like
Due to several conflictions, we to do this and hasn't been contacted.
will have a layover of three weeks call Geor e immediately. Sixth
between each of the next tiro card degree will be October 2nd in Int-
parties and then we 'll be ri.-ht erlaken.
back on schedule. September 30th
is t'ie folloirinS one. As soon as Our riembers who too]: the 5th degree
vae get rollin.- on a, re,-ular basis doirn at the Ag Center in Ithaca on
again, ire plan 'more dish to pass July 14th were lay Carpenter, Joyce
suppers. They sure are so'_aethin,;. and George Laue, :.itch and fat Gray.
fat was an attendant for the de.-ree.
iresently posted in the Granl-e
:all is a list of aids in plannin;; On July 31st, 39 people took the
and carrying out the duty of host 6t'i de-rec at the fansin.- School.
or hostess. Ie hope that now that In addition to the above mentioned
Tye have a permanent place for our five,, Lee Carpenter and .-illicent
card parties , *re can build_ u_, a Toombs also became state members.
list of people interested. in put- Lee -,as an atteiii_ant for the degree
tin. on these Darties. and wore a, lovely lon: ;rhite ,-own.
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at -2a.s in the drill temp and wore Someone trill be at the Crange from
k a long pastel peach oin�.. .,ob and 12:30 to �' :00, three days previous
i,illicent were ?uarchin-; candidates to the sale, for those rho Trish to
and i?ore long white goems. At leave items off then. For those
least ..illlcent did. The de,;,ree who wish to have things picked up,
work and the precision marchin give Lee Carpenter a call at 3�7-
urere beautiful si,hts to behold. Nol and she u,Till i'.ake arrangements.
Do you notice hoiT Lnfield Valley enember, ere take everything.
keeps their finers iz the pie?
Over the sunuer:
le urould like all Lamona members
to take special interest in the The kmuaS denonst: 2tion netted the
;slept. 8th neeting in Ithaca. 1 lans ra-ru;;e a number of green stanps
are in motion to build up the sub- towards -a card table.
orinate granLes throu;,hout T0:1*P. _
County. A lot of planning has 3one State picnic at Eldrige earl;. on Aug.
into this and it Till cone up for 13th was attended by Bone of our
approval the 8th. .ay )e you can members.
contribute an idea or trro that will
help our granites. Lets represent County picnic at Jacksonville -_ark
Lnfield Friday night. The plans on Aug. 12th also included some of
revolve around the Family Gran.-e, us.
Winfield has 24 iamona nembers.
Doris and goody betted off to Calif-
Over 50 people attended our pin ornia and Disney land.
presentation program the 20th of
June including most of the over 50 1Jarena is still spending a long
members. It was a beautiful sight vacation in .lorida. De back the
to see, le were honored by havin.r loth or so, iiha.t a retireei
the State Chaplain and =.rs. State
Chaplain. Also the State Deputy Susie tools a weeks vacation too.
and Jr. Deputy. i.enory bring bacl,
the name of irs. State decretary rearl had visitors from Carolina.
halliday but who that ras that
cane with her is value at this George not only tool: a vacation,
moment, But I do remember him from he tool :iildred with hin. And they
the 6th de;;ree. double celebrated by having their
21st a;nziversary on Ku�tst 21st.
Another aum;aaLe ;Sale coming up the ;!any ?lore foll_s.
end of :jeptember. Friday the 22nd
from 6 :00 till 0:00 p.n, and uat. ,le close *.Tith a wor6. of thou3ht
the 23rd. from 10:00 until 4:00. for our members *rho have passed
away over the sw•uier. Theodore
Already on hand for the sale are ,jchaeber on June 19th and is. Fred
the followin ite;is: 6 irons, a D. :'umsey who died a week ago.
36" electric rail"e , setee, uashin.-
machine , oil heater, electric with the passing of Fred D. Rumsey,
heater, -ranCle , fire e-tinguishers, the Crange , the community, and_ a
venetian blinds, lamp shades, ;seat :mazy people have fond meru-
flower pots, sin':, hub cans, tires , cries. Fred D. j*as a truly sincere
autorear speaker, mi:er, hot plates , and ernest erorl-er for his ;,range.
dishes, and clothes, clothes.
"The heavens declare the ;,lory of
School starts this 7ree17. Drive God, and the f irnanent sho*reth
carefully, the life you save may His handirror'_:.
be _-jy childs.