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Hoosick Grange met on October 10 with its new slate of officers. Master David Cornell conducted the business meeting. After the meeting the Lecturer with the Grangers planned meetings and refreshment committees for the year. Everyone could suggest changes and give their opinion.
The New York State Grange 140th Annual Session will be held in Cortland, NY, on October 19 through 23. Martha Babbitt will be going as Delegate-at-Large. The rolled sugar cookie contest will be held. In 2013, next year, the contest will be Plain Baking Powder Biscuits.
Our next meeting is on October 24. Martha will give her report on the State Grange Session. David Cornell is in charge of refreshments that night
Elsie Marpe had a short Lecturer’s program on the subject October. The 10th month of the year’s birthstone is the opal or tourmaline. It comes in different colors and some are iridescent. She told us the flowers were calendula or cosmos.
Refreshments for the evening were provided by Edna and Allen Cornell.