Hello everyone! Greetings
from Central PA. where springtime brings Grange, Curve Baseball, Grange,
Jaffa Circus, and more Grange.
What a great Regional Meeting we had at Scotch Valley Grange hall,
following a spaghetti supper! For those who just came for the dinner,
they were met at the door by Carl Meiss and given a Grange pamphlet to
read. No one, but no one, escapes "That Man," who extends the long arm
of the Grange wherever he goes.
Discussions by committees
were a big part of the evening. Most all of the committees reported.
Our Family Activities had
items to show, including our new project, "The Dignity Shirt." Patterns
were available for our visitors. Lap robes were available to be taken by
ladies if needed for their counties. I know they were all working hard
on their projects.
Baby blankets are to be 40"
X 40" minimum, made from new, washable fabric. A great size is 42" X
48". "Baby blankets," or "ABC Quilts," will be sent to Family Festival
this year. Each Grange in our region is going to try to send 10. I hope
Ginny is inundated as she was with the "Quilts for the Brave."
We took baby quilts, hospital dolls, youth Barbara Bestwick #1506 quilts
and toys to a hospital before Easter. Everyone was so happy to get them.
From the folks who volunteer from Granges to the volunteers who work at
the hospital, there certainly is a bonding of caring and sharing.
As Ginny stated in our April
Advocate - elections are coming up and we need to get Family Activities
Chairpersons names into the State Office so we are all able to cooperate
together to contribute to that continued stream of "Community Caring"
that flows so freely from our Granges.
The ripples in our "Stream
of Caring," the blankets, lap robes, dignity shirts and toys show that
Grangers do care.
I heard one lady in our
region say "Our group is getting smaller. I'm afraid we won't reach our
goal" (Of what we want to do). Plan to come to Family Festival and be
revitalized and encourage your friends and Grange friends to come along.
Each year it has been great
to go to Family Festival to meet those you haven't seen for a while, do
crafts, go on a hike, play horseshoes, ride a bike, learn to square
dance, eat (Oh yes, there is a lot of eating going on!), or just sit
back and enjoy the day.
This year we will be treated
to Civil War re-enactors at the beautiful Centre County Grange
Fairgrounds. Mark your calendars for July 17th - 20th and come for the
fun. Civil War decorations for campers and tents will be judged.
Costumes will also be judged on Friday night. Take a break from your
every day and come along!!
Lee Pressler is getting his
"Covered Wagon" ready to transport us to our picnic and campfire Friday
evening. We have been rained on a few times, but that has never dampened
the enthusiasm!
We would like everyone to
remember Yvonne, Vincent and Ronald Conrad in their prayers. They lost
their home and most of their household belongings to a fire.
Esther Krepps, long-time
Granger from Shirleysburg Grange #0119 in Huntingdon County, used this
raisin-filled cookie recipe to feed us for years. Enjoy!!
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
1/2 cup sour milk
1 egg
3 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda
2 1/4 cups flour
Filling:
1 cup raisins
1 cup sugar
2 cups water
Boil filling ingredients and
thicken a little. Mix together the sugars, shortening and egg. Beat
well. Add milk alternately with sifted dry ingredients. Roll out dough.
Cut with round cookie cutter. Place spoonful of filling on one cookie,
then top with another cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
Our National Master, Edward Luttrell visited with us at our Regional
Meeting, along with Master Betsy. Ed gave us a lot of information and
answered many questions.
Take a break and attend our
Fabulous Fifth Family Festival July 17th - 20th.
Grace Lepperd
Region F
BREAST CANCER PROJECT/QUILT RAFFLE
As you read in The Advocate last month, the FA Committee is
holding a raffle for a state-wide project to benefit the Breast Cancer
Coalition of Pennsylvania. This organization assists those in
Pennsylvania that cannot afford the cost of cancer treatments. Along
with the raffle of the Rose of Sharon Quilt, we are blessed to have a
Longaberger Horizon of Hope Basket to raffle off as well. The pink
tickets we are selling for this are marked for Breast Cancer, so be sure
that you help people to understand which ticket they are purchasing. The
money raised from the breast cancer pink tickets will be given to the
state coalition. We also need you to sell the raffle tickets we sell
each year to cover the cost of all the contests we hold. We have 27
classes and most of them have 2 or 3 categories, which adds up to a
large amount of money for the prizes on the state level. The raffles
will both be drawn at the annual State Session in Lancaster in October.
So, as you see there are
going to be many opportunities for you to win a prize or a quilt. We
hope that you will continue to sell both kinds of tickets as well as
make us the Dignity Shirts for our Breast Cancer project. Our goal for
the shirts is 200 or more. These shirts are to be brought to the State
Session in October. Please help us out and help a cancer patient keep
her dignity while going through treatments.
We also hope that you are
making the ABC quilts for the children. Just remember that they are to
be brought to the annual Family Festival in July. Our goal for this
project is 200 quilts. Please be a part of this project and help put a
smile on a child's face.
Ginny Mangel
FA Director
