MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 2017
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER:
Lecturers Notes
Happy Fall to All,
When planning next years meetings, try scheduling one open meeting each quarter. Plan a program with the community in mind, maybe something that is going to happen/ or is being discussed in your community, offer your hall for a meeting and don't forget to ASK people to join, or invite them to one of your meetings.
Vermont's program "GEOGRAPHY', which was preformed at the Northeast Grange Lecturers conference, was handed out at the GRIT workshops in August. If you, as Lecturer, did not receive one, please let me know and I will see who signed for it from your Grange. There is more than enough program material for one meeting. I have most of the props and items to put on the program, so if you would like to borrow them let me know and we can meet halfway, many are bulky so I can't mail them.
The Lecturer contest have been judged, so come to state Grange to see how you placed. Contest entries will be released at 3 pm on Saturday Oct 21st. You will need to sign for them and if you are not able to pick up your entries they will be given to someone in your Grange or your Deputy.
The 2017-2018 program book is out, please read through it, I have added two new categories this year: a Christmas Craft no larger than 12x12x12 inches and a Game for Grange meeting (include instructions and all game pieces). Also I have opened "Create A Program Contest" to all, not just Lecturers. This year (2018) I will be keeping these programs to hopefully reproducing them, so they can be borrowed for your meeting.
If you would like to see something different from the Lecturer department for next year, let me know by January 30, 2018. If you have computer access (free at Library's) go to www.nationalgrange.org and check out the National Lecturer's page for programs and contest. Linda Sanderson
And from the boss… September 1, 2, 3, 4, 2017, Grange Center Rest Stops, Sharon and Randolph, Contact Jim Morse for information
September 8, 9, 10, Fall Festival, Grange Center, Contact Debbie Ploof for information
September 24, 2017, Grange Day at the Big E
Mark Your Calendar
October 20, 21, 22, 2017, State Session, Capital Plaza Hotel, Montpelier
Registration Forms, Committee Assignment Forms and Resolutions will be in the mail soon. Keep an eye out for them.
Our National Representative this year will be Sister Judy Sherrod, National Secretary and President of the Tennessee State Grange.
November 6-11, 2017, National Convention, Seattle, Washington
1st Kingdom Pomona at Blue Mountain Grange 7PM
2nd Gassetts Grange is having their monthly Community Breakfast. 8-9:30 AM. It is all you can eat buffet style, bacon, sausage, home fires, eggs, toast, plain or blueberry pancakes, real syrup, juices, hot cocoa, tea, coffee. All for just $8.00 per person at the door. Eat in or take out. This is at gassetts Grange Hall about 200 ft. above Jct 10 & 103N. Everyone welcome. Any questions? Call Dave @ 892-875-2637.
2nd Gassetts Round & Square Dance Gassetts Grange Hall
2nd Heart of Vermont Pomona working the 5th degree followed by pot luck lunch. Middle Branch Grange, East Bethel. 10 AM
2nd 8pm Contra Dance to Benefit Capital City Grange Hall (sponsored by the Friends of CCGH). 9:30. Dessert Potluck
2nd Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
5th Beacon Light Grange will meet on the First and Third Tuesdays in September. We meet in the Hall at the Holy Rosary church in Richmond. Snacks at 6:30, meeting at 7.
5th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
6th regular meeting, Draping the Charter for Barbara Partington
7th Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there.
8th Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 5:00 pm Bartonsville Grange #481 Monthly Dinner Located at 116 Upper Bartonsville Road, Rockingham Pork Loin dinner served with green beans, corn, potatoes, apple sauce and a variety of desserts $10.00 per person ages 12 and up $5.00 per Children ages 5-11 Children under the age of 5 are FREE
8th Fall Festival starts at the Grange center 5PM
8th September 8, 2017, Blue Spruce Grange meeting, 7:30 p.m., Congregational Church, Main Street
9th Sept 9th Poultney Valley Grange And Bomoseen Grange will be hold a Grocery Bingo at Bomoseen grange hall doors open at 10 Am Bingo starts at 12 noon
9th "All You Can Eat" Breakfast 8AM – 10AM Lake View Grange West Barnet
9th 9:30-11:30am. "Kids Trade & Play" Children's clothing and gear exchange, play and socialize, plus information & referral
9th Saturday, September 9th at 5pm, there will be a Stuffed Roast Pork Dinner at the Grange Center, during Fall Festival. Stuffed Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Applesauce, Coleslaw, Pickles, and Pies for Dessert. $10/Adults and $5/Children 10 and under with reservations made on September 4th and before. $12/Adults and $7/Children if reservations made after September 4th. For reservations, call Ruth Hovey-Sicely at 223-7961.
$30 package deal per person to spend the entire weekend (September 8-10), except Lunch on Saturday is Ala Carte. Friday night potluck, Saturday Breakfast, Saturday Dinner, Sunday Breakfast and both night's lodging. See reservation form in the latest issue of Green Mountain Granger.
9th Saturday, Sept 9 : 7:00pm. Ceilidh (pronounced Kay-lee) per Scottish tradition - Community Gathering featuring local talent (singing, dancing, story-telling, musical instruments, whatever your talent may be). All welcome to listen or participate. Contact: Marsha Nelson 802-584-3880 to perform.
9th Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
10th Fall Festival winds up after breakfast…. Make sure you or someone has picked up your exhibits!!! (any time after 5PM on Saturday and before 10 AM on Sunday)
10th Jamboree at Gassetts 1-4 PM. Lots of good music
11th Lake View Grange regular meeting..7PM Exercises for Body & Mind
11th Poultney valley (G)range #533 regular meeting at Matteson House in Poultney at 6:30
12th (Blue Mountain.Ryegate Corner) 8:00pm. Business Meeting/ Elections
12th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
12th Tuesday, September 12, 2017, Champlain Valley Pomona meeting,7:00 p.m. Charlotte Grange Hall
14th Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there
15th Potluck and program, planning meeting (Riverside)
16th 4:30 Grange Meeting 5:45 Community Potluck (Capitol City)
16th Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
17th Battenkill Grange Breakfast Sept 17, Oct 15, nov 19, Dec 17, Jan 21, Feb 18, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 Breakfast at Federated Church in East Arlington from 7:30 till 9:30. Plain or blueberry pancakes, home fries, scrambled eggs, sausage as well as sausage gravy & biscuits. Price %7.00 for adults. Children 12 and under , $4.00
19th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
19th Beacon Light has its September meetings on 9/5 and 9/19. We will be meeting in the Holy Rosary Church Hall in Richmond, at 6:30. Our meetings start with a light meal/snack, and continue with business and “projects”. This month, we are collecting food stuffs to send to the Richmond Elementary School’s food cupboard. They send donated food home with nutritionally challenged students to help see their families through the weekends.
In our meetings, we are currently making crafts to send to the Big E, and to sell at the Richmond Holiday Craft Fair on December 9, 2017.
20th Center Grange #290,September 20th is having a pot-luck award night @6pm with a planning meeting following supper and awards. at the Hubbardton Town Hall.
21st Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there.
22nd September 22, 2017, Blue Spruce Grange meeting, 7:30 p.m., Congregational Church
23rd Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
23rd Community Dinner at Chelsea followed by $1 bingo
25th Lake View program meeting 7PM. Great Books For Us.
26th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
26th (Blue Mountain) 8:00pm. Program on Self-Improvement
28th Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there.
28th new Horizon Pomona #33 Planning meeting 7:00pm in center Grange
30th Buffet Breakfast at Upper Valley Grange in Norwich. 8-11AM
30th Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
Lecturers Notes
Happy Fall to All,
When planning next years meetings, try scheduling one open meeting each quarter. Plan a program with the community in mind, maybe something that is going to happen/ or is being discussed in your community, offer your hall for a meeting and don't forget to ASK people to join, or invite them to one of your meetings.
Vermont's program "GEOGRAPHY', which was preformed at the Northeast Grange Lecturers conference, was handed out at the GRIT workshops in August. If you, as Lecturer, did not receive one, please let me know and I will see who signed for it from your Grange. There is more than enough program material for one meeting. I have most of the props and items to put on the program, so if you would like to borrow them let me know and we can meet halfway, many are bulky so I can't mail them.
The Lecturer contest have been judged, so come to state Grange to see how you placed. Contest entries will be released at 3 pm on Saturday Oct 21st. You will need to sign for them and if you are not able to pick up your entries they will be given to someone in your Grange or your Deputy.
The 2017-2018 program book is out, please read through it, I have added two new categories this year: a Christmas Craft no larger than 12x12x12 inches and a Game for Grange meeting (include instructions and all game pieces). Also I have opened "Create A Program Contest" to all, not just Lecturers. This year (2018) I will be keeping these programs to hopefully reproducing them, so they can be borrowed for your meeting.
If you would like to see something different from the Lecturer department for next year, let me know by January 30, 2018. If you have computer access (free at Library's) go to www.nationalgrange.org and check out the National Lecturer's page for programs and contest. Linda Sanderson
And from the boss… September 1, 2, 3, 4, 2017, Grange Center Rest Stops, Sharon and Randolph, Contact Jim Morse for information
September 8, 9, 10, Fall Festival, Grange Center, Contact Debbie Ploof for information
September 24, 2017, Grange Day at the Big E
Mark Your Calendar
October 20, 21, 22, 2017, State Session, Capital Plaza Hotel, Montpelier
Registration Forms, Committee Assignment Forms and Resolutions will be in the mail soon. Keep an eye out for them.
Our National Representative this year will be Sister Judy Sherrod, National Secretary and President of the Tennessee State Grange.
November 6-11, 2017, National Convention, Seattle, Washington
1st Kingdom Pomona at Blue Mountain Grange 7PM
2nd Gassetts Grange is having their monthly Community Breakfast. 8-9:30 AM. It is all you can eat buffet style, bacon, sausage, home fires, eggs, toast, plain or blueberry pancakes, real syrup, juices, hot cocoa, tea, coffee. All for just $8.00 per person at the door. Eat in or take out. This is at gassetts Grange Hall about 200 ft. above Jct 10 & 103N. Everyone welcome. Any questions? Call Dave @ 892-875-2637.
2nd Gassetts Round & Square Dance Gassetts Grange Hall
2nd Heart of Vermont Pomona working the 5th degree followed by pot luck lunch. Middle Branch Grange, East Bethel. 10 AM
2nd 8pm Contra Dance to Benefit Capital City Grange Hall (sponsored by the Friends of CCGH). 9:30. Dessert Potluck
2nd Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
5th Beacon Light Grange will meet on the First and Third Tuesdays in September. We meet in the Hall at the Holy Rosary church in Richmond. Snacks at 6:30, meeting at 7.
5th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
6th regular meeting, Draping the Charter for Barbara Partington
7th Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there.
8th Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 5:00 pm Bartonsville Grange #481 Monthly Dinner Located at 116 Upper Bartonsville Road, Rockingham Pork Loin dinner served with green beans, corn, potatoes, apple sauce and a variety of desserts $10.00 per person ages 12 and up $5.00 per Children ages 5-11 Children under the age of 5 are FREE
8th Fall Festival starts at the Grange center 5PM
8th September 8, 2017, Blue Spruce Grange meeting, 7:30 p.m., Congregational Church, Main Street
9th Sept 9th Poultney Valley Grange And Bomoseen Grange will be hold a Grocery Bingo at Bomoseen grange hall doors open at 10 Am Bingo starts at 12 noon
9th "All You Can Eat" Breakfast 8AM – 10AM Lake View Grange West Barnet
9th 9:30-11:30am. "Kids Trade & Play" Children's clothing and gear exchange, play and socialize, plus information & referral
9th Saturday, September 9th at 5pm, there will be a Stuffed Roast Pork Dinner at the Grange Center, during Fall Festival. Stuffed Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Applesauce, Coleslaw, Pickles, and Pies for Dessert. $10/Adults and $5/Children 10 and under with reservations made on September 4th and before. $12/Adults and $7/Children if reservations made after September 4th. For reservations, call Ruth Hovey-Sicely at 223-7961.
$30 package deal per person to spend the entire weekend (September 8-10), except Lunch on Saturday is Ala Carte. Friday night potluck, Saturday Breakfast, Saturday Dinner, Sunday Breakfast and both night's lodging. See reservation form in the latest issue of Green Mountain Granger.
9th Saturday, Sept 9 : 7:00pm. Ceilidh (pronounced Kay-lee) per Scottish tradition - Community Gathering featuring local talent (singing, dancing, story-telling, musical instruments, whatever your talent may be). All welcome to listen or participate. Contact: Marsha Nelson 802-584-3880 to perform.
9th Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
10th Fall Festival winds up after breakfast…. Make sure you or someone has picked up your exhibits!!! (any time after 5PM on Saturday and before 10 AM on Sunday)
10th Jamboree at Gassetts 1-4 PM. Lots of good music
11th Lake View Grange regular meeting..7PM Exercises for Body & Mind
11th Poultney valley (G)range #533 regular meeting at Matteson House in Poultney at 6:30
12th (Blue Mountain.Ryegate Corner) 8:00pm. Business Meeting/ Elections
12th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
12th Tuesday, September 12, 2017, Champlain Valley Pomona meeting,7:00 p.m. Charlotte Grange Hall
14th Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there
15th Potluck and program, planning meeting (Riverside)
16th 4:30 Grange Meeting 5:45 Community Potluck (Capitol City)
16th Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
17th Battenkill Grange Breakfast Sept 17, Oct 15, nov 19, Dec 17, Jan 21, Feb 18, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 Breakfast at Federated Church in East Arlington from 7:30 till 9:30. Plain or blueberry pancakes, home fries, scrambled eggs, sausage as well as sausage gravy & biscuits. Price %7.00 for adults. Children 12 and under , $4.00
19th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
19th Beacon Light has its September meetings on 9/5 and 9/19. We will be meeting in the Holy Rosary Church Hall in Richmond, at 6:30. Our meetings start with a light meal/snack, and continue with business and “projects”. This month, we are collecting food stuffs to send to the Richmond Elementary School’s food cupboard. They send donated food home with nutritionally challenged students to help see their families through the weekends.
In our meetings, we are currently making crafts to send to the Big E, and to sell at the Richmond Holiday Craft Fair on December 9, 2017.
20th Center Grange #290,September 20th is having a pot-luck award night @6pm with a planning meeting following supper and awards. at the Hubbardton Town Hall.
21st Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there.
22nd September 22, 2017, Blue Spruce Grange meeting, 7:30 p.m., Congregational Church
23rd Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available
23rd Community Dinner at Chelsea followed by $1 bingo
25th Lake View program meeting 7PM. Great Books For Us.
26th Cribbage at Lake View Grange in West Barnet 6PM. Tends to be a full and noisy house so come and stake your seat early. Doors open at 5.
26th (Blue Mountain) 8:00pm. Program on Self-Improvement
28th Gassetts Thursday night bingo. We are getting some real good crowds. Starts at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00PM Supper, raffle and 50/50 tickets are on sale. Come and join in. Any info needed, call Donna at 802-591-4290 or you can call the hall at 802-875-1051. Hope to see you there.
28th new Horizon Pomona #33 Planning meeting 7:00pm in center Grange
30th Buffet Breakfast at Upper Valley Grange in Norwich. 8-11AM
30th Bridgewater Grange Bingo EVERY Saturday eve doors open at 5:30 Games start at 6:30. Refreshments available