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State Session 2004 - Schedule

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2004

Pre-Session Banquet, 7:00 P.M.
Ballroom, Sheraton Hartford Hotel

Menu:

 

Tossed Garden Salad
Roast Turkey with Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes
Hubbard Squash
Rolls and Butter
Pie
Coffee, Tea, Decaf

Welcome by F. Philip Prelli, State Master
Invocation by Marvin Wilbur, State Chaplain
Star Spangled Banner by Huena Wetmore, Pianist

Introduction of Special Guests:

 


Guest Speaker - Bill Davenport, Agri-Science/Technology Teacher, FFA Advisor, Ellis Clark Regional Agriculture Center, Nonnewaug High School, Woodbury, CT

Presentations:
Agricultural Awards
Scholarships
Future Farmers of America
Heifer Project International

Announcements - State Master

Thursday, October 20, 2004

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.

Opening in form in the Sixth Degree

 

(Guests will be recognized and escorted throughout the session as they may arrive.)

Introduction of National Representative:

 

National Grange Lecturer Judy Sherrod of Tennessee

Roll Call of Officers, Committees, Deputies
Lower Grange to Fourth Degree
Presentation of Fourth Degree Delegates
Roll Call of Granges

Report of Credential Committee
Sessions Committee Appointments
Introduction of business to be referred without debate
Address of State Master, F. Philip Prelli
Report of State Lecturer, Margaret Bernhardt
Report of State Treasurer, Philip Bergquist
Report of State Secretary, Marion W. Beecher
Report of Auditing Committee
Report of Executive Committee, Duane K. Wetmore, Chmn.


THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:45 P.M.

Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Introduction of Past Voting Delegates


2:00- SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS:
Election of the Officers of the Connecticut State Grange

Reports as time will permit:

Recess for Sessions Committee Meetings
4:45 - Youth Hospitality Room open for all


THURSDAY EVENING SESSION
Open Meeting, 7:00 P.M.

Youth Presentations and report- Jodi Ann Cameron, Director
State Lecturer's Program- Margaret Bernhardt - 7:30 P.M.
Recognition of “Should Auld Acquaintance” Project
Recognition of Lecturers’ Awards
Recognition of Honor Granges- State Master
Community Service Awards- Robert & Marge Sendewicz
Announcement of Agricultural Contest Awards
Code Reading Awards
Agricultural Contest Awards
Past Deputies’ Raffle

Friday, October 21, 2004

7:00 A.M. Insurance Breakfast for Delegates, Officers, Committees and Deputies
(Tickets will be distributed in advance by Earl Phillips)

Report of National Grange Mutual Insurance Company
Report of Patrons Group - William Siclari
Remarks by State Master

FRIDAY MORNING SESSION- 9:30 A.M.

Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call
Reading Minutes of Previous Day’s Sessions
Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Memorial Service and Report of Chaplain Marvin Wilbur

Reports as time will permit.

Presentation by State Master.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:45 P.M.

Introduction of Business to be referred without debate (last opportunity)

2:00 P.M. - Report of Committee on Women's Activities - Betty Jane Gardiner, Director
Any other reports to be read.
Recess at 3:00 P.M. for rehearsal of all officers.

ALL OTHER OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES' REPORTS SHOULD BE TURNED IN TO THE SECRETARY, IF NOT SENT IN PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE HAVE THEM TYPED AND READY FOR PRINTING.

FRIDAY EVENING SESSION - 7:45 P.M.

 

Candidates must be at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel by 7:45 P.M.

Candidates must have the fourth and fifth degree words and the sixth degree ticket stub to give to the deputy at the door.

Applications for the sixth degree will be on sale during the session and at the door from 6:00 P.M. to 7:45 P.M. on Friday. Cost of the application is $5.00.

Opening in form in the Sixth Degree - 7:45 P.M.
Escorting National Representatives
Recognition of Honored Guests and Past Voting Delegates
Conferral of the Sixth Degree in Full Form
Rose Drill
Recognition of Golden Sheaf Grangers
Closing the Evening Session in the Fourth Degree by the Youth
March to the Table – Officers and Court

Game NIght will follow the closing of the session, in the ballroom, sponsored by the State Youth Committee.

Saturday, October 22, 2004

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.

Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call
Reading Minutes of Previous Day’s Sessions
Session Committee Reports and action thereon.
Recess 12:15 P.M.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:15 P.M.

Junior Grange Program and Report – Joanne Cipriano - Junior Director

 

(Please leave the front row around the hall empty for
the Junior members who may be present)

Reconvening in the Fourth Degree following the Junior program.
Remaining Sessions Committee reports and action thereon.
Announcements
Closing in form in the Fourth Degree.

 

SATURDAY EVENING SESSION - 7:30 P.M.

Installation of the Officers of the Connecticut State Grange
Closing of the 120th Session of the Connecticut State Grange

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