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State Session 2005 - Schedule

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Pre-Session Banquet, 7:00 P.M.
Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Hotel

Menu:

 

Chicken Marsala ($26.00 per person, purchased in advance)

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 - J. Joseph Dippel, Director,
Farmland Preservation Program, Connecticut Department of Agriculture

Presentations:

 

Agricultural Awards
Scholarships
Future Farmers of America
Heifer Project International

Announcements - State Master


Thursday, October 20, 2005

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 Master/President William A. Steel of Pennsylvania

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.

Reports of Officers and Committees will be given throughout the session as time permits.


THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:45 P.M.

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

2:00 PM - SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Election of one member of the Executive Committee

Reports as time will permit:

 

Camp Berger, Ellsworth Beecher, Advisor
Legislative, Gordon Gibson, Director
Connecticut Granger, Todd Gelineau, President
Membership, Robert Brockett, Director
Connecticut Agricultural Fair, Todd Gelineau, President

Recess for Sessions Committee Meetings
4:45 - Youth Hospitality Room open for all - Room 101


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

Youth Presentations and Report- Pat Palmer, Director
State Lecturer's Program- Margaret Bernhardt - 7:30 P.M.
Recognition of “Should Auld Acquaintance” Project
Lecturers’ Awards
Recognition of Honor Granges- State Master
Community Service Awards- Robert & Marge Sendewicz
Code Reading Awards
Agricultural Contest Awards

Past Deputies’ Raffle


Friday, October 21, 2005

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
Remarks by State Master

FRIDAY MORNING SESSION- 9:30 A.M.

Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call of Officers
Reading Minutes of Previous Day’s Sessions
Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Memorial Service and Report of Chaplain Marvin Wilbur
Special Presentation by State Master (10:00 AM)

Reports as time will permit.

 

Information, Carl H. Bernhardt, Director
General Deputy George Russell
Pomona Deputy East Edith Schoell
Pomona Deputy West Amy Whitcomb

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 Sixth Degree Rehearsal

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 Crowne Plaza 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 Master William Steel
Recognition of Honored Guests and Past Voting Delegates
Conferral of the Sixth Degree in Full Form
Rose Drill under the direction of CIndy Anderson
Recognition of Golden Sheaf Grangers
Closing the Evening Session in the Fourth Degree by the Youth
March to the Table – Officers and Court

Casino/Game Night followed by an Auction will follow the closing of the session, in the ballroom, sponsored by the State Youth Committee.


Saturday, October 22, 2005

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.

Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call of Officers
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.
Installation of one member of the Executive Committee
Any Unfinished Business
Announcements

Closing in form in the Fourth Degree
of the 121st Session
of the Connecticut State Grange

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